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...The only clear and proven statistic is The State Championship participants which has been dominated by the upstate and the coast for several years...


The upstate/coastal dominance is definitely true for 2A/1A where it's been Bishop England against an upstate team each of the past five years, but it has been more balanced than that for 4A and 3A. If you divide the state into Upstate, Midstate (including Rock Hill and Aiken) and Coastal areas, the distribution of 4A & 3A girls state championship participants over the past five years has been:

4A:
Coastal 4
Upstate 3
Midstate 3


3A:
Upstate 5
Midstate 3
Coastal 2