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SCHSL makes right move putting title games back in Columbia

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High school football is less than a week away from starting its official "Week 0" contest. And while the South Carolina High School League, with its sometimes baffling decision, hasn't yet released a playoff format for the newly aligned Class 3A division, they have made ruling on where 3A, along with both classes of division 4A, will have its state championship game. According to renowned reporter Jason Gilmer, the weekend of champions is relocating back to the Capital City. Here is his report . South Carolina's Williams-Brice Stadium As he said, last year's state championships for 3A and 4A were held at Clemson University's Memorial Stadium on the border of Pickens and Oconee counties. The SCHSL has, for once, made a smart decision. This is not a slight against Clemson: There stadium is similar in size to South Carolina's Williams-Brice. The problem, as I touched on in a column when it was announced Clemson was hosting the games, is logi