Week 4 Game Balls: Catawba River Region

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Editor's Note: If you'd like to be recognized in future Game Balls in the Catawba River Region, please DM @1BStockdale by Sunday evening.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Defensive backs who made tackles all over the field, a quarterback who is continuing a hot streak of putting up huge numbers and one Division 1 bound running back made a huge impact for his team last week.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here's the Game Balls from Week 4 in the Catawba River Region:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Brayden Woolbright </strong>| DB | Clover</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Woolbright turned in a solid performance at Dorman last week. He stood out for his play at wide receiver as he made some contested catches and was shifty when he got into space from his slot position. On defense, the Blue Eagles lined him up at safety and he came down hill and made tackles in run support.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1142626' first='Gavin' last='Brandwood'] </strong>and <strong>Braylon Thomas </strong>|<strong> </strong>DB | Fort Mill</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brandwood was all over the place in the <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2023/09/what-we-saw-fort-mill-surges-in-second-half-to-beat-lugoff-elgin/">Yellow Jackets' 25-15 win over Lugoff-Elgin</a>. When the Demons tried to get their run game going, it seemed like he was there to make a tackle for loss. He also had sacks and a deflection on a two-point conversion.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Thomas made a great break on the ball and almost made an interception late in the second quarter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='265222' first='Turbo' last='Richard'] </strong>| RB | Northwestern</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Richard made his impact known from the first play of the game. Literally. He took the opening kickoff 94 yards to the house as the Trojans routed the No. 2 team in 5A, Gaffney, 49-24 on Friday night. His special teams impact continued with a 53-yard punt return in the third quarter. The Boston College commit also took a run 66 yards to the paint.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='809751' first='Ian' last='Grissom'] </strong>| QB | Lewisville</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It was another week of video game numbers for Grissom, this time in a 71-0 win over Ridge Spring-Monetta. He can let it fly and has an impressive velocity on his throws – he knows where to find the green grass. Grissom went 16-of-23 for 326 yards and 5 touchdowns. He also ran for 52 yards and 2 touchdowns on 4 carries.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://twitter.com/iangrissom6/status/1703454291577520193","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/iangrissom6/status/1703454291577520193 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1012627' first='Landon' last='Stone'] </strong>| RB | Clover</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stone continues to have the hot hand as we enter the final week of non-region play. He ran for 234 yards and a touchdown in the Blue Eagles' 35-13 win over Dorman last week.&nbsp;His quarterback, <strong>Jaylon Hoover </strong>excelled on throws on the run and can create with his feet. He has a zip on the ball that is fun to watch. Hoover's final stat line was 12-of-19 for 248 yards and three touchdowns.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/hudl {"name":"acf/hudl","data":{"embed_code":"u003ciframe src='https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/15080134/6506f1ea478e88133857c888' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreenu003eu003c/iframeu003e","_embed_code":"field_62daf7995fd8c"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-650887c1c2d62"} /--> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='457973' first='Trooper' last='Floyd'] </strong>| QB | Chester</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Floyd connected with <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='771067' first='Antonio' last='Hopkins'] </strong>for an 82-yard touchdown. He also hooked up with <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='771062' first='Reggie' last='Heath'] </strong>for a score as well in the Cyclones' 30-17 win over Catawba Ridge.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='589053' first='DeMaurion' last='Stewart'] </strong>| DB | York</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stewart (pictured above) was active in the secondary and on special teams in the Cougars' wild 51-48 win over Rock Hill on Friday night. His motor was running constantly and he didn't allow the ball carrier to get past him if it was a short yardage play in between the tackles. He recovered a fumble on a punt as well. <strong>Najib Yunsuah </strong>had a pick six against the Bearcats as well.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/hudl {"name":"acf/hudl","data":{"embed_code":"u003ciframe src='https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/13321911/6505ac88176ce30fc4a722ad' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreenu003eu003c/iframeu003e","_embed_code":"field_62daf7995fd8c"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6507a4e7d34b9"} /-->