Westside edges South Florence in the final seconds to capture the South Carolina 4-A football state championship

Cutter Woods' 17-yard TD toss to Jimmar "Tank" Boston lifts the Rams to thrilling 34-32 victory over South Florence

Mike Duprez | Dec 2, 2023

Westside edges South Florence in the final seconds to capture the South Carolina 4-A football state championship /

Cutter Woods threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Jimmar "Tank" Boston with 15 seconds left, lifting Westside to a 34-32 win over South Florence in the 4-A state championship game on Saturday.

The Rams rallied from a 32-20 deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the defending state champions and end their 29-game winning streak.

Woods threw two touchdown passes and ran for another.

Sy'Ree Livingston had three touchdown runs for South Florence.

FINAL: WESTSIDE 34, SOUTH FLORENCE 32

-TOUCHDOWN! Woods fires a 17-yard TD pass to Tank Boston with 15 seconds left.

-Westside has 4th-and-2 at the 17.

-Timeout SF with 1:35 left. Westside at the SF 19.

-Westside at the SF 25 following a personal foul.

-Nice first down scramble by Woods.

-Westside takes over at its 22 following a punt - 2:44 to go.

SF converts a 4th-and-1 from its 42 with 5:15 left.

-TOUCHDOWN! Woods with the 14-yard TD pass to Josh Williams - 9:48 left.

END 3Q: SOUTH FLORENCE 32, WESTSIDE 20

-Bad punt snap. Westside takes over at SF 17.

-TOUCHDOWN! Livingston with his third TD of the day - 5:21 left in the quarter. That was a 13-play, 74-yard drive.

HALFTIME: SOUTH FLORENCE 26, WESTSIDE 20

-TOUCHDOWN! Cutter Woods on the 3-yard keeper with 20 seconds left in the half.

-TOUCHDOWN! Raleigh Jett with the 19-yard TD run - 3:30 left in the half.

-SF holds on after Westside drive to the red zone.

-SF fumbles on the kickoff. Westside at its own 42.

-TOUCHDOWN! Sharode Robinson races 70 yards for the TD with 10:39 left in the half.

END 1Q: SOUTH FLORENCE 20, WESTSIDE 7

-TOUCHDOWN! Livingston with a 5-yard run - 5:09 left in the first quarter.

-Interception! SF's Brian Brownlee returns it 39 yards to the Westside 5.

-TOUCHDOWN! Zion Gilbert gets a 7-yard TD run with 5:34 left.

-Fumble! South Florence gets possession at the Westside 19. Cameron Coe with the recovery on the kickoff return.

-TOUCHDOWN! Sy'Ree Livingston with a 5-yard TD run out of the wildcat - 8:11 left in the first quarter.

-SF's Zion Gilbert runs 80 yards to the Westside 7.

-Cutter Woods with the 58-yard pass to Tank Boston was the big play on the drive.

-TOUCHDOWN! De Robertson take it in from 1 with 11:09 to go. 4-play, 77-yard drive.

WESTSIDE VS. SOUTH FLORENCE

- Kickoff is schedule for 12:00 p.m.

Published Dec 2, 2023

MIKE DUPREZ

Mike Duprez became a freelance sports journalist for Scorebooklive.com several months after retiring from the newspaper business. A native of Oakland, California, Duprez moved around as a child due to his father’s service in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. Duprez, who lives in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had 30 years of experience in newspapers as well as other endeavors before retiring at the end of 2021. He covers stories in both North Carolina and South Carolina for Scorebooklive.com.