Week 8 Game Balls: Midlands Area
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<p>It's the largest Game Ball selection of the season for the Midlands. This week we hand out Game Balls to five defensive players, four running backs, and two quarterbacks.</p>
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<p><strong>Sky Harter, RB, Lugoff-Elgin</strong></p>
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<p>The senior ran for 167 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Demons to a 35-28 victory over Richland Northeast.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='262678' first='Jaylen' last='Hinton'], LB, Dutch Fork</strong></p>
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<p>The senior linebacker recorded nine tackles in helping the Silver Foxes limit Chapin to 45 yards of total offense in a 51-0 Dutch Fork victory.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='947684' first='Will' last='McQueen'], LB/DB, Hammond</strong></p>
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<p>The junior recorded three touchdowns from the defensive side of the ball in the Skyhawks dominating 54-7 win over Trinity Collegiate.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='443502' first='Jonah' last='Norris'], RB, Lexington</strong></p>
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<p>Norris has become a regular in this column for the Wildcats. The senior ran for 199 yards and touchdowns of 6, 61, 11, and 9 yards to help the Wildcats defeat White Knoll 36-33 in overtime.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1142538' first='Caleb' last='Pearson'], QB, CA Johnson</strong></p>
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<p>Pearson accounted for four touchdowns – two passing and two rushing – to lead the Green Hornets to a much needed 36-34-26 win over McBee.</p>
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<p><strong>Edward Robinson, DL, Blythewood</strong></p>
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<p>The junior set a new school record on the season with 22 sacks. In the 21-7 win over Clover, he recorded eight tackles, five tackles for loss and four sacks. </p>
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<p><strong>David Rodgers, LB, Cardinal Newman</strong></p>
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<p>The junior registered 15.5 tackles, four tackles for loss, a fumble recovery, and a sack in a 38-6 win over Camden Military. </p>
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<p><strong>Landon</strong> <strong>Sharpe, QB, White Knoll</strong></p>
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<p>The sophomore was outstanding and 36-33 loss to Lexington in overtime. Sharp was 27-of-38 for 440 yards and three passing touchdowns. He added 17 yards rushing and another touchdown.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='997222' first='Casey' last='Shropshire'], RB, North Central</strong></p>
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<p>The junior scored four touchdowns and ran for 272 yards to give the Knights their first win of the season, a 32-23 decision over Cheraw.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='202726' first='Markel' last='Townsend'], RB, AC Flora</strong></p>
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<p>Another regular in his column, the senior ran for 220 yards and three scores and added a 32-yard TD pass, the first of his career, in the Falcons 35-21 victory over Irmo. </p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='202737' first='David' last='Wilson'], LB, Spring Valley</strong></p>
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<p>Wilson continued his stellar senior season with 25 tackles, 15 solo stops, in a 28-21 win over Fort Mill.</p>
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It's the largest Game Ball selection of the season for the Midlands. This week we hand out Game Balls to five defensive players, four running backs, and two quarterbacks.
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