Week 1 Preview: York, Lancaster and Chester Counties

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Week 1 of the 2021 high school football season offers the potential for a high scoring shootout as well as some star individual performances that guys will be trying to build upon this week against quality non-region opponents in York, Chester and Lancaster counties on Friday night.</span> <b>Catawba Ridge at Nation Ford</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – If you like points and offense, this one’s for you on Friday night. This game features two of the top quarterbacks in the 2023 and 2024 recruiting classes: </span><b>[player_tooltip player_id="91150" first="Carson" last="Black"] </b><a href="https://twitter.com/CarsonBlack16"><b>(@CarsonBlack16)</b></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for Nation Ford and </span><b>[player_tooltip player_id="91362" first="Jadyn" last="Davis"]  </b><a href="https://twitter.com/iamjadyndavis"><b>(@iamjadyndavis)</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for Catawba Ridge</span><b>. </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Falcons will be looking to bounce back <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2021/08/what-we-saw-indian-land-defeats-nation-ford-in-opening-thriller/">following a loss to Indian Land last week where first half mistakes plagued them.</a> Look for Falcons running back </span><b>Eli Whitner </b><a href="https://twitter.com/EliWhitner"><b>(@EliWhitner)</b></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to potentially carry more of the load this week. Copperheads wide receiver and defensive back </span><b>[player_tooltip player_id="153256" first="Jacobie" last="Henderson"] </b><a href="https://twitter.com/cobieh10"><b>(@cobieh10)</b></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">will also be a factor looking to build on his solid opening performance which included 1 touchdown and 1 sack last week.</span> <b>Myers Park (NC) at Clover</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – The Blue Eagles pulled off an upset of Dorman last week on the road and they now turn their attention to Charlotte power Myers Park. Linebacker </span><b>Cooper Zohner </b><a href="https://twitter.com/cooperzohner"><b>(@cooperzohner)</b></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">will be looking to follow up on a solid opening performance where he had 13 tackles, with three of them for a loss. Clover’s run game could be a factor Friday night as well with running back </span><b>Elijah Farmer</b> <a href="https://twitter.com/elijahfarmer13"><b>(@elijahfarmer13)</b></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">looking to build off a strong opening performance as well.</span> <b>Rock Hill at Northwestern</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – The news came out Thursday morning that these two rivals will meet up in a non-region matchup as both the Trojans and Bearcats won’t be able to play their originally scheduled opponents due to COVID-19 issues with Indian Land and South Pointe. </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Rock Hill defensive linemen </span><b>Maurice Bonneau </b><a href="https://twitter.com/MauriceB55"><b>(@MauriceB55)</b></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><b>Zay Robinson </b><a href="https://twitter.com/zayrobb"><b>(@zayrobb)</b></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">will look to get pressure on the Trojans’ offensive line along with quarterback </span><b>[player_tooltip player_id="139293" first="Matthew" last="Wilson"] </b><a href="https://twitter.com/matthew76905115"><b>(@matthew76905115)</b></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">making plays in the run and pass game.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">For the Trojans, will be interesting to watch the play of the Trojan defensive line after giving up 200+ yards on the ground last week. The Trojans’ connection between </span><b>[player_tooltip player_id="89316" first="Will" last="Mattison"] </b><a href="https://twitter.com/will1mattison?lang=en"><b>(@Will1Mattison)</b></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><b>[player_tooltip player_id="91200" first="Calique" last="Cunningham"] </b><a href="https://twitter.com/4Calique"><b>(@4Calique_)</b></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">was active last week and you can expect that to continue.</span> <em><strong>NOTE about Northwestern - The Trojans will honor the undefeated (15-0) 2010 state championship team on Friday night.</strong></em> <b>Fort Mill at Chester </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Chester quarterback </span><b>[player_tooltip player_id="59469" first="Zan" last="Dunham"] </b><a href="https://twitter.com/ZanDunham17"><b>(@ZanDunham17)</b></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is another quarterback in the 2022 class who has a plethora of P5 offers. Fort Mill cornerback/wide receiver </span><b>J.J. Ogwal </b><a href="https://twitter.com/jj_ogwal"><b>(@jj_ogwal)</b></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">played mainly on the defensive side and did a nice job of making tackles in space against Catawba Ridge. Middle linebacker </span><b>Stephen Ocampo </b><a href="https://twitter.com/stephenhuizar"><b>(@stephenhuizar)</b></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">will also be a guy to watch as he came up and made plays in the hole against the top quarterbacks in the 2024 class at Catawba Ridge last week.</span> <b>Legion Collegiate Academy at Cannon School (Concord, NC) </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Legion will open the 2021 season following a pause due to COVID-19. Coach Strait Herron’s team has a plethora of talent including wide receiver/defensive back </span><b>Vic Lindsay </b><a href="https://twitter.com/Viclindsay1"><b>(@Viclindsay1)</b></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and defensive back </span><b>Skylar Woodard </b><a href="https://twitter.com/sky_woody04?lang=en"><b>(​​@sky_woody04)</b></a><b>.</b>