Week 6 Preview: York & Lancaster Counties
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Region play in the state of South Carolina begins on Friday night and this is when it all begins to count. If you win these games, you can set yourself up to get home field advantage on the road to…
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Continue ReadingRegion play in the state of South Carolina begins on Friday night and this is when it all begins to count. If you win these games, you can set yourself up to get home field advantage on the road to Benedict College for the state championship. There are some interesting games that you’ll definitely want to be keeping your eye on.
Nation Ford at Fort Mill – QB Carson Black Carson Black 6'3" | 190 lbs | QB Nation Ford | 2023 State SC (@CarsonBlack16) and the Falcons put up their highest offensive output of the season so far with 55 points last week against Harding University High. Nation Ford has been in every game that they’ve played, with the exception of one and appear to be turning a corner. They’ll look to continue that against Fort Mill and a guy like DE Miller Shouse Miller Shouse 6'1" | 235 lbs | DL Fort Mill | 2022 State SC (@ShouseMiller), who was used in multiple ways in the non-region slate.
York at Indian Land – Both of these teams are riding high in the win column, physical on both lines of scrimmage and will try to establish the run game on Friday night. For York, QB Ayden Davis Ayden Davis 6'0" | 170 lbs | QB York | 2024 State SC (@AydenDavis03) has a good grasp of what the Cougars are doing offensively and he also has WR Jevon Long Jevon Long 5'9" | 150 lbs | WR York | 2022 State SC at his disposal to take the load off. Indian Land DL J.T. Knight (@JTKnight20) had two quarterback pressures last week and that will be put to the test on Friday. WR/DB Drew Hardin Drew Hardin 5'11" | 180 lbs | DB Indian Land | 2022 State SC (@drew_hardin13) was heavily involved at receiver and he will go up against York LBs Mekayle Burris Mekayle Burris 6'2" | 200 lbs | LB York | 2022 State SC (@k8_Officiall) and Ashton Edington Ashton Edington 5'8" | 170 lbs | LB York | 2022 State SC (@ashton_19), who will look to slow him and RB Jaden Singletary Jaden Singletary 5'10" | 190 lbs | RB Indian Land | 2024 State SC (@JadenSingletar6) down.
Rock Hill at Spring Valley – Spring Valley pulled off a mild upset of South Pointe last Friday night and made it into the Top 10 of the statewide 5A media poll. They recorded 9 sacks against the Stallions and if they can do anything close to that, region play will get off to a great start. Rock Hill ended a two-year losing streak against Clover last week. TE/DE Luke Bracey Luke Bracey 6'6" | 235 lbs | TE Rock Hill | 2022 State SC (@bracey_luke) had a touchdown, blocked punt and 4 sacks on the night and he’ll look to continue that.
Ridge View at Northwestern – Northwestern has been rolling since their season opening loss to South Pointe back in August as QB Will Mattison Will Mattison 6'4" | 190 lbs | QB Northwestern | 2022 State SC (@Will1Mattison) and the duo of backs in RB Turbo Richard (@TurboRichard1) and Qua Howard Qua Howard 6'0" | 180 lbs | RB Keenan | 2023 State SC (@qua4k), who have been on display in the last few weeks, along with all of their offensive talent. Ridge View will roll into Rock Hill on Friday night looking to re-establish themselves after losing their last two games and having one game cancelled due to COVID-19. The Blazers don’t have a shortage of stars which includes SC State commit QB Andre Washington Andre Washington 6'4" | 200 lbs | QB Ridge View | 2022 State SC (@andrewash7ngton) and WR Chase Smith Chase Smith 6'2" | 180 lbs | WR Ridge View | 2022 State SC (@chase_s3).
South Pointe at Catawba Ridge – This game will be loaded with future college talent across the board on Friday night whether it’s Catawba Ridge QB Jadyn Davis Jadyn Davis 6'1" | 185 lbs | QB Providence Day | 2024 State NC (@iamjadyndavis), Jacobie Henderson Jacobie Henderson 6'0" | 185 lbs | WR Catawba Ridge | 2022 State SC (@jacobieh10), Asa Johnson Asa Johnson 5'11" | 260 lbs | DL Catawba Ridge | 2022 State SC (@Asajohnson55), who are looking to bounce back after a tough last few weeks with losses. South Pointe is also coming off a loss to Spring Valley last Friday and they will be looking to bounce back with their star power of QB Zay McCrorey Zay McCrorey 6'5" | 220 lbs | QB South Pointe | 2022 State SC (@ZayMccrorey1), RB Caleb Sims (@Calebsims34) and defensive stars in Chris Dixon Chris Dixon 6'2" | 260 lbs | DL South Pointe | 2024 State SC (@Cjdixon_417) and A.J. Miller (@Ajmiller92).