Rock Hill 7-on-7: News, Notes and Analysis

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>ROCK HILL </strong>| There was plenty of news and notes to go around at the 7-on-7 that took place at Rock Hill High on Thursday, including a linebacker who made plays on both sides of the ball.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HIGHLIGHTS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Spartanburg's JV team defeated Catawba Ridge, as we mentioned in <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2023/06/rock-hill-7-on-7-standouts-from-each-palmetto-state-team/">our standouts story.</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Spartanburg's <strong>Torrien Davis </strong>showed off his speed on a post route for a touchdown. He has an offer from Coastal Carolina.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Catawba Ridge's <strong>Jackson Burger </strong>displayed good closing speed on an out route. He's a physical linebacker who can move around. Burger currently holds an offer from Limestone University.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Spartanburg's <strong>Zy Williams Bonds </strong>made an excellent sliding catch.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Spartanburg's <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1592374' first='Trey' last='Burke']</strong>, who we mentioned in our standouts article showed patience in waiting for the route to open</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Catawba Ridge's <strong>Preston Cooper </strong>made a great catch near the sideline towards the end of the session – he was a standout throughout the day.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>MOVING QUICKLY</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Catawba Ridge's <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='595831' first='Rasean' last='Marajah'] </strong>played both offense and defense, but he made a sequence of two plays where he stepped in front of a throw, making a wonderful break on the ball. He intercepted the ball on the next play.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Catawba Ridge's <strong>DJ Lattimore </strong>made a nice pass break up to end a drive.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rock Hill's <strong>Jeremiah Hines </strong>ran a route at full speed allowing him to run right underneath it and catch it right in stride. <strong>Kyle Barber </strong>also had a nice catch and run on the out route during the morning session.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>ADDITIONAL RESULTS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Catawba Ridge defeated Parkwood, Providence before advancing to the championship game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Spartanburg defeated Rock Hill to advance to the championship game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rock Hill's B Team won the consolation side of the bracket.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->