Hilton Head Island vs Beaufort: Beaufort SC Football
Published October 29, 2026 at 7:51 am|By Bristol Ainsley, Staff Reporter
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Hilton Head Island wraps up its regular season on the road Friday night at Beaufort, a 7:30 p.m. region game for a Seahawks team that has already locked up the league title.
The Seahawks are 8-1, unbeaten at 4-0 in Region 6-4A and winners of six straight. They clinched the region crown last week with a 48-7 rout of Colleton County, the program’s first pair of consecutive region titles in 35 years.
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Derek Raniszewski threw three touchdown passes in that game, finishing 10 of 14 for 112 yards, and Thaddeus Czarnecki added 78 rushing yards and a score. The special teams chipped in too, with punt-return scores from both Brayden Smith and Jeremiah Walters.
The Seahawks will sit out the opening round of the 4A playoffs with a bye and remain in the hunt for the No. 1 Lower State seed. Hilton Head has scored 309 points and allowed 138 this season, and they are 4-0 away from home.
Beaufort is coming off a 43-29 loss to May River.
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