4Adefender, if you're going to dispute a quote by me...read it first.
"Honestly I think most people will agree that they will have to beat themselves and not show up for a game in order to lose BEFORE the state championship."
every team but two that you just mentioned is in lowerstate, therefore if they even play NW then it will obviously be in the state championship, where anything can happen.
Fort Mill will not beat Northwestern, plain and simple. Not bashing on Fort Mill, but a rivalry game like that just means too much, NW will always play their best in that situation.
As for South Aiken, I don't really have a comment on that. It was a good game last year, whoever won the upperstate final was going to win state. I honestly think NW has a better team this year, but it would still be a great upperstate rematch.
I would personally love to see NW vs. Fort Mill in upperstate