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South Carolina High School Football Scores | Week 6, 9-25-2026
Friday’s South Carolina high school football results are in from September 25, 2026. Here are the reported finals from Four Quarter Friday’s six coverage areas around the state, followed by private-school scores, and weather-related schedule changes. Watch Four Quarter Friday on YouTube for our Friday show at 9 a.m. or catch the replay. Have a score or a standout performance to share? Send it to the Four Quarter Friday team.
BWX Technologies earnings estimate cut at BNP Paribas ahead of investor day
Sep 24, 2026, 11:27 AM ETBy: , SA News Editor BNP Paribas cut its earnings estimate for BWX Technologies (BWXT) ahead of the nuclear technology and defense contractor’s Sept. 29 investor day. The bank lowered those estimates by roughly 3% to 4%, leaving its forecasts close to the Wall Street consensus. To ensure this doesn’t happen in the future, please enable Javascript and cookies in your browser. If you have an ad-blocker enabled you may be blocked from proceeding.
Week 6 Top 10 Games Insider Notes
South Carolina High School Football Week 6 Top 10 Games Insider Notes No searching for the headliner this week in the top 10 games of Week 6. We have a rivalry showdown in Rock Hill, Gaffney-Byrnes, an unbeaten Dorman team traveling to Sumter, and ranked matchups across the state. Coaches across South Carolina helped us break down the biggest games.
Toronto Blue Jays officially eliminated from playoff contention
It's over. One year after coming so close to winning the World Series, the Toronto Blue Jays have failed to even make the postseason in 2026. Their fate was sealed Wednesday afternoon in Baltimore, losing 4-2 to the Orioles. It puts the Blue Jays 4.5 games back of the Chicago White Sox for the final wild card spot in the American League, with only four games left in the season. More to come... Lead photo by Jerome Miron/Imagn Images
Boeing pushes suppliers toward automation as jet production ramps up
Sep 23, 2026, 3:51 PM ET, , , , , , , , By: , SA News Editor Boeing (BA) is urging its suppliers to embrace greater automation as the aircraft maker works to increase jet production and overcome persistent manufacturing bottlenecks. Chief Technology Officer Lane Ballard said at an industry event Wednesday that aerospace manufacturing needs to To ensure this doesn’t happen in the future, please enable Javascript and cookies in your browser.
Boeing, Turkish Airlines finalize order for up to 150 737 Max Jets
Sep 23, 2026, 3:08 PM ETBy: , SA News Editor Boeing (BA) and Turkish Airlines finalized an order for as many as 150 737 Max aircraft, completing discussions that began last year as the carrier expands its fleet and Istanbul-based network. Turkish Airlines placed firm orders for 100 737-8 aircraft To ensure this doesn’t happen in the future, please enable Javascript and cookies in your browser. If you have an ad-blocker enabled you may be blocked from proceeding.
South Pointe, Northwestern Set for Rock Hill Showdown
South Carolina High School Football South Pointe, Northwestern Set for Rock Hill Showdown South Pointe and Northwestern will renew one of the state’s premier rivalries Friday night in Rock Hill. For Stallions head coach Bobby Collins, the matchup comes after an unusual start to the season. South Pointe entered the year with only nine regular-season games scheduled before its opener against Ridge View was canceled.
Retail Media Bridges Its Onsite-Offsite Divide with Improved Ties
CANNES, France – Retail media has spent years promising advertisers a seamless system connecting ads, shoppers and sales. The industry has also spent years handing marketers a collection of platforms, dashboards and passwords that suggest “seamless” may have been used in its loosest possible sense. Dollar General Media Network is now working with The Trade Desk and Kevel Ads to bring its onsite and offsite advertising into one buying environment.
AI Takes Over Performance Marketing’s Busywork, With Humans Still Holding the Map
CANNES, France – Artificial intelligence has spent the past few years promising to remake advertising. Now it’s being asked to do something considerably harder: produce results. Executives from Chalice.AI, Horizon Media and OMD US discussed how AI is changing campaign planning, buying and measurement during the “AI, Automation & the New Performance Playbook” panel at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Trust Becomes Advertising’s Most Valuable Currency in AI Era
CANNES, France – Advertising has spent years perfecting the art of finding consumers. Whether consumers are delighted to be found is another matter. As data, artificial intelligence and commerce media reshape the industry, trust has become both more valuable and more difficult to earn. Consumers want relevant messages, but they don’t want the eerie feeling that their phones have been eavesdropping during brunch.
Leidos wins Army contract worth up to $127 million
Sep 22, 2026, 3:21 PM ETBy: , SA News Editor Leidos (LDOS) won a U.S. Army contract worth up to $127 million to continue operating surveillance aircraft that gather intelligence for military commanders in Europe and other regions. The award for the Airborne Reconnaissance and Targeting Exploitation Multi-Mission Intelligence System, or To ensure this doesn’t happen in the future, please enable Javascript and cookies in your browser.
GE Aerospace names Wes Bush independent lead director
Sep 22, 2026, 1:40 PM ET, , , , , By: , SA News Editor GE Aerospace (GE) named former Northrop Grumman (NOC) Chairman and CEO Wes Bush as independent lead director of its board, succeeding Tom Horton in the role. The appointment took effect Sept. 21, the company announced Tuesday. Horton, who had served as independent lead director To ensure this doesn’t happen in the future, please enable Javascript and cookies in your browser. If you have an ad-blocker enabled you may be blocked from proceeding.
Americans Love A Free Press, With Terms And Conditions
Americans really like freedom of the press.They're just a little fuzzy on the "freedom" part. A new Pew Research Center study finds that 73% of U.S. adults consider press freedom extremely or very important to society.But when Pew started asking what that freedom should actually include, the consensus developed more fine print than a streaming-service subscription.
Defense stocks fall as Trump raises prospect of Iran peace deal at UN
Sep 22, 2026, 12:10 PM ET, , , , , , , , , , , , , By: , SA News Editor Aerospace and defense stocks fell broadly Tuesday as President Donald Trump raised the prospect of a negotiated end to the U.S. conflict with Iran during an address to the United Nations, while warning that military action could intensify if Tehran refuses to To ensure this doesn’t happen in the future, please enable Javascript and cookies in your browser.
High School Football Rankings | South Carolina Week 6
The Rivals Composite, the algorithm-based ranking used by Four Quarter Friday, has been updated following Week 5. Here’s the South Carolina high school football rankings heading into Week 6. READ: Week 5 Insider Recap South Carolina High School Football Rankings Top 25 Dutch Fork holds the No. 1 spot after beating Sumter 55-26. Northwestern follows at No. 2 after its 67-21 win over Berkeley, with unbeaten Dorman, Rock Hill, and James Island completing the top five.
BAE Systems delivers combat vehicle prototypes to U.S. Army
Sep 22, 2026, 11:09 AM ETBy: , SA News Editor BAE Systems (BAESF)(BAESY) on Tuesday said it delivered two prototype infantry fighting vehicles to the U.S. Army as the service evaluates new capabilities for its armored formations. The company developed the AMPV 30 vehicles using $17 million of internal research and To ensure this doesn’t happen in the future, please enable Javascript and cookies in your browser. If you have an ad-blocker enabled you may be blocked from proceeding.
Top Offensive Players Through Week 5
South Carolina High School Football Top Offensive Players Through Week 5 Five weeks into the 2026 South Carolina high school football season, players across the state are producing some eye-catching numbers. From the largest Class 5A programs to schools in Class A, the opening half of the regular season has delivered breakout performances, fast starts, and several statistical lines that stand out across the state.
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Top Defensive Players Through Week 5
South Carolina High School Football Top Defensive Players Through Week 5 Five weeks into the 2026 South Carolina high school football season, players across the state are producing some eye-catching numbers. From the largest Class 5A programs to schools in Class A, the opening half of the regular season has delivered breakout performances, fast starts, and several statistical lines that stand out across the state.
Week 5 High School Football Insider Recap
South Carolina High School Football Week 5 High School Football Insider Recap Here are the Week 5 insider notes fast version: Northwestern rolled. Dorman’s defense answered the call. James Island adjusted. Boiling Springs bounced back. South Florence won a shootout. Strom Thurmond controlled Lincoln County. Chapin recorded another shutout.
AC/DC leaves Winnipeg crowd thunderstruck
AC/DC proved once again that rock ‘n’ roll ain’t noise pollution. A rowdy stadium of about 35,000 people at Princess Auto Stadium couldn’t agree more as the Australian rock legends made their first trip to the city since 2015 on their PWR/UP tour, cranking out two hours and 20 minutes of raw and raunchy high-voltage material, a mix of blues, crunchy power chords, melodic riffs and double entendres that spanned five decades.
Commerce Media Moves Beyond the Checkout Aisle in Omnichannel Push
CANNES, France – Commerce media is growing beyond its retail roots as platforms use shopping, travel and mobility data to reach consumers throughout their daily lives, according to industry executives speaking at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The expansion gives marketers a much richer collection of behavioral signals.
Agentic AI Won’t Kill Premium Media, but It Will Make It Prove Its Value
CANNES, France — Artificial intelligence may soon handle more media buying, campaign optimization and audience targeting without needing a human to hover over every transaction. It still hasn’t figured out how to make the advertising industry simple, which may be its most difficult assignment. Executives from Samsung Ads, Seven.One Media, Accenture Song and MNTN discussed how buyers and sellers can protect premium advertising as autonomous AI systems take on more work.
Why Curation and Cultural Relevance Convert Premium Consumers: Chase Media’s Sam Palmer
CANNES, France – Premium brands can’t convert consumers through culture simply by buying their way into the right event. They must understand why people care about it, offer something meaningful and appear at precisely the right moment. That’s the formula outlined by Sam Palmer, president of Chase Media Solutions at J.P. Morgan Chase, during a conversation with Zach Rodgers, principal at Sensical Consulting, at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
HSR’s Maggie Sellers Takes Brand Building Beyond the Algorithm
CANNES, France – For a generation of marketers raised on clicks, likes and the occasional desperate refresh of an analytics dashboard, a billboard can seem almost quaint. It doesn’t follow anyone around the internet. It doesn’t demand an email address. It just stands there, enormous and mildly judgmental. That physical presence is precisely what gives out-of-home advertising its power, according to Maggie Sellers, founder of HSR.
Converse reviews ad approvals after campaign draws racism backlash
Sep 20, 2026, 5:10 PM ETBy: , SA News Editor Converse is reviewing its internal approval procedures after an advertisement drew widespread criticism for imagery that some viewers associated with the Ku Klux Klan and lynching, Bloomberg News reported Sunday. Chief Executive Aaron Cain told employees that the Nike-owned ( To ensure this doesn’t happen in the future, please enable Javascript and cookies in your browser. If you have an ad-blocker enabled you may be blocked from proceeding.
Volvo names Klaus Zellmer as next CEO amid turnaround push
Sep 20, 2026, 8:31 AM ET, By: , SA News Editor Volvo Car (VLVOF)(VLVCY) named Klaus Zellmer as its next president and chief executive, setting up another leadership change as the Swedish automaker tries to improve sales and profitability. Zellmer will assume the role no later than Oct. 1, 2027. He will succeed Hakan To ensure this doesn’t happen in the future, please enable Javascript and cookies in your browser. If you have an ad-blocker enabled you may be blocked from proceeding.
Retail Media Confronts Its Grading-Your-Own-Homework Problem
CANNES, France — Retail media has spent the past few years multiplying at a pace normally associated with rabbits, streaming subscriptions and Cannes invitations. Now comes the less glamorous phase: proving that all those networks, promotions and data partnerships actually sell something. “Most of our conversations are centered around proof,” Chris Riedy, chief revenue officer of Ibotta, said during a Beet.TV leadership session presented by the company.
Google’s Peentoo Patel Sees AI Turning Adtech Hours Into Minutes
CANNES, France – Artificial intelligence may someday buy a Super Bowl commercial without breaking into a digital sweat. For now, Google is giving it a slightly less glamorous assignment: figuring out why an ad campaign stopped delivering before everyone finishes blaming everyone else.
Marketers Must Connect Data, AI and Creative to Maximize Results
CANNES, France – Advertisers have spent years collecting data, building clean rooms and producing diagrams that explain how everything theoretically works together. Now comes the awkward part: proving that any of it actually improves advertising. Denise Colella, vice president of Adobe’s Global Digital Strategy Group, said brands and publishers already have the technology and data needed to personalize advertising across television and other channels.
South Carolina High School Football Scores | Week 5, 9-18-2026
Friday’s South Carolina high school football results are in from September 18, 2026. Here are the reported finals from Four Quarter Friday’s six coverage areas around the state, followed by private-school scores, and weather-related schedule changes. Watch Four Quarter Friday on YouTube for our Friday show at 9 a.m. or catch the replay. Have a score or a standout performance to share? Send it to the Four Quarter Friday team.
Week 5 Top Ten Games Insider Notes
South Carolina High School Week 5 Top Ten Games Insider Notes 7 of the top 10 games will be played in the Upstate or the Lowcountry Week 5 gives us unbeaten teams, heavyweight programs colliding, and ranked matchups from the Upstate to the Lowcountry. Coaches across South Carolina helped us break down the biggest games. Here are the Week 5 insider notes on the Top 10 games in the state using the latest Rivals Composite rankings.
Best Football Team in Every Class A Region After Week 4
South Carolina High School Football Best Football Team in Every Class A Region After Week 4 Four weeks into the 2026 season, region play has barely begun for most of South Carolina. Some teams begin this week and others still have games to play before hitting the region slate. That makes overall record the clearest starting point for identifying each region’s best team, but the Rivals Composite adds needed context.
Best Football Team in Every 2A Region After Week 4
South Carolina High School Football Best Football Team in Every 2A Region After Week 4 Four weeks into the 2026 season, region play has barely begun for most of South Carolina. Some teams begin this week and others still have games to play before hitting the region slate. That makes overall record the clearest starting point for identifying each region’s best team, but the Rivals Composite adds needed context.
Judge Dredd: Rend and Tear With Tooth and Claw & Judge Dredd: And to the Sea Return
Rebellion Press had recently graced my shelves with two new collections of Judge Dredd stories: Rend & Tear With Tooth & Claw and To the Sea Return. Two pretty good collections, overall, and certainly worthy of engagement as the future of the (sorry for that word) franchise. John Wagner, co-creator and main writer of the strip over last five decades, announced his retirement from Judge Dredd , and it takes a whole crop of writers to fill those boots.
AI Makes Creatives Faster, Brands Cheaper, Agencies More Expensive
Artificial intelligence has become a routinepart of creative work, though nobody appears entirely sure whether it's a collaborator, a cost-cutting device or the colleague who'll eventually steal everyone's lunch from theoffice refrigerator. A new report from Luma AI found that 81% of creativeprofessionals have released AI-generated content. Yet no single creative task has reached 50% adoption, suggesting AI is everywhere in theory and scattered all over the place in practice.
AI Makes Creatives Faster, Brands Cheaper, Agencies More Expensive
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AI Makes Creatives Faster, Brands Cheaper, Agencies More Expensive
While other MediaPost newsletters and articles remain free to all ... our new Research Intelligencer service is reserved for paid subscribers ... Subscribe today to gain access to every Research Intelligencer article we publish as well as the exclusive daily newsletter, full access to The MediaPost Cases, first-look research and daily insights from Joe Mandese, Editor in Chief. Become a subscriber today! If you're already a paid subscriber, please sign-in. Username Password Forgot?
Best Football Team in Every 3A Region After Week 4
South Carolina High School Football Best Football Team in Every 3A Region After Week 4 Four weeks into the 2026 season, region play has barely begun for most of South Carolina. Some teams begin this week and others still have games to play before hitting the region slate. That makes overall record the clearest starting point for identifying each region’s best team, but the Rivals Composite adds needed context.
Tomorrow's Consumers Can Scroll, But Can They Read The Offer?
The next generation of consumers may haveartificial intelligence in its pocket, endless video in its feed and some difficulty understanding the price per ounce at the grocery store. That's the uncomfortable picture in theOECD's latest global assessment of 15-year-olds. The organization's PISA 2025 study found that averageperformance across developed economies hit its lowest recorded level in science, reading and mathematics.
Chapman Rolls to 4-0 | Cabaniss Sees Patience Paying Off
South Carolina High School Football Chapman Rolls to 4-0 | Cabaniss Sees Patience Paying Off Chapman’s unbeaten start is getting attention. The work behind it has been going on a lot longer. After a convincing win over Clinton, the Panthers are 4-0 with a group that has taken its lumps, stayed together, and started turning that experience into wins.
Best Football Team in Every 4A Region After Week 4
South Carolina High School Football Best Football Team in Every 4A Region After Week 4 Four weeks into the 2026 season, region play has barely begun for most of South Carolina. Some teams begin this week and others still have games to play before hitting the region slate. That makes overall record the clearest starting point for identifying each region’s best team, but the Rivals Composite adds needed context.
Electronic Arts’ Alex Dao, LiveRamp’s Frederick Stanichev and DoorDash’s Katie Daleo Turn Marketing Into Moments
CANNES, Lions — Consumers increasingly divide their time among video games, delivery apps, live events and the occasional attempt to experience reality without checking a phone. That fragmentation is pushing marketers to look beyond conventional media placements and find moments when people are actively engaged.
Brands Must Take Holistic Approach to AI: Flywheel’s Amie Owen
CANNES, France – Artificial intelligence may be capable of planning vacations, organizing inboxes and softening emails written in a moment of righteous irritation. Transforming a sprawling marketing organization is another matter. Companies must prepare for AI across their operations, even if employees, clients and finance chiefs are not entirely comfortable with the cost or consequences, said Amie Owen, chief client officer of Flywheel and Omnicom Media.
Basis’ Mike Olson and PHD’s Emily Costello Want Agentic AI to Work, Not Just Look Busy
CANNES, France — Artificial intelligence may be able to create a media plan, generate thousands of ads and summarize a meeting before anyone has found the conference room. That does not mean it always should. As agencies and brands race to adopt agentic AI, the industry needs to move beyond isolated experiments and build systems that improve actual business outcomes, executives from Basis and PHD said at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Adobe’s Ryan Fleisch Wants Marketers to Escape the Data Silo Factory
Marketers spent years building first-party data systems to escape their dependence on third-party cookies. Then many discovered that the solution came with its own collection of clean rooms, technology integrations and fresh silos. Apparently, data infrastructure follows the same rule as household storage: The more containers you buy, the more clutter you find.
AI Can Scale Marketing, but Human Taste Still Sets It Apart
CANNES, France — Artificial intelligence may be able to write an advertisement, analyze an audience and rescue an executive from the inconvenience of forming an original sentence. That does not mean it should run the marketing department. AI’s proper role is to help people work faster and make better decisions, according to marketing leaders who spoke during a panel at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Tomorrow's Consumers Can Scroll, But Can They Read The Offer?
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Video Podcasts Open New Doors for Advertisers: Omnicom Media’s Maureen Bosetti
CANNES, France – Podcasts were once the place where two people could talk into microphones for three hours and confidently assume nobody needed to see what they were wearing. That era is ending. Podcasts are rapidly becoming a video medium, giving advertisers new ways to combine the intimacy of host-driven audio with the visual impact of television, Maureen Bosetti, chief investment officer at Omnicom Media, said at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Playing It Safe May be a Brand’s Riskiest Move: Amazon’s Lauren Anderson
CANNES, France — Advertisers searching for the next great use of artificial intelligence might want to put down the efficiency spreadsheet for a moment. For Lauren Anderson, U.S. head of Amazon Ads Brand Innovation Lab, AI is not merely a tool for making ads faster or cheaper. It can help creative teams build customer experiences that previously were not possible, provided humans remain in charge of the creative decisions.
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