Westside takes down No. 85 South Florence for South Carolina 4A state championship

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Westside overcame a two-score deficit in the fourth quarter Saturday to beat reigning South Carolina 4A champ South Florence in the 2023 state championship game at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg. The 34-32 win gave Westside its first state title since 1969 and snapped South Florence’s 29-game win streak. South Florence entered the game ranked No. 85 in the High School Football America 300 national rankings, powered by NFL Play Football.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.