GSPD Week 8 Game Balls
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Some fresh faces have joined the conversation. The Week 8 Game Balls for the Grand Strand and Pee Dee includes three quarterbacks, two tailbacks, two receivers and a defensive end who made sure his team stayed undefeated against its last…
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The Week 8 Game Balls for the Grand Strand and Pee Dee includes three quarterbacks, two tailbacks, two receivers and a defensive end who made sure his team stayed undefeated against its last big regular-season opponent.
Zori Pierce Zori Pierce 6'0" | 160 lbs | QB Lamar | 2026 State SC QB and Zoom Jackson Zoom Jackson 5'8" | 140 lbs | ATH Lamar | 2025 SC WR, Lamar – After starting the season 1-3, the Silver Foxes are starting to find their groove, thanks in large part to Pierce and Jackson. In the 48-20 win over Hannah-Pamplico – Lamar’s fifth straight victory – Jackson hauled in six receptions for 172 yards and three touchdowns. For Pierce, a sophomore, he had his biggest game to date, finishing with 329 yards and five touchdowns through the air and another 64 yards and score on the ground. Pierce’s touchdown-interception ratio this year now stands at 17-to-0.
Terrance Moorer Terrance Moorer 6'3" | 220 lbs | DL South Florence | 2024 State SC DL, South Florence – Myrtle Beach knows it lost to South in a vital region content for a few reasons, but Moorer might have been the biggest. Among the defensive end’s big night: 4.5 tackles, two tackles for loss, an interception and three huge sacks. His biggest play of the game, however, didn’t even show up on his stat line. While coming off the edge, he forced Myrtle Beach quarterback Gibson Goodroe Gibson Goodroe 5'10" | 170 lbs | QB Myrtle Beach | 2025 State SC back into the middle of the line where Amare Adams Amare Adams 6'4" | 305 lbs | DL South Florence | 2025 State SC was waiting to deliver a game-changing hit.
Rocco Wojcik Rocco Wojcik 5'11" | 165 lbs | QB Socastee | 2024 State SC QB, and Hayes Hardwick WR, Socastee – With the Braves trailing by seven point to Conway in what amounted to a de facto playoff elimination game, Wojcik (pictured) and Hayes kept Socastee’s prospects viable. Of Wojcik’s 222 passing yards and three touchdown passes, two went to Hardwick in the fourth quarter. It turned a 21-14 deficit into a 27-21 victory that will send Socastee to the postseason barring some crazy happening in the next two weeks.
Hakeem Watters Hakeem Watters 5'6" | 170 lbs | RB Hartsville | 2025 State SC RB, Hartsville – Watters didn’t disappoint in his second game without normal backfield mate Carmello McDaniel Carmello McDaniel 5'8" | 175 lbs | RB Hartsville | 2024 State SC – still out after taking a big hit against South two weeks ago. In the win over North Myrtle Beach, Watters used only 12 carries to pile up 215 yards and four touchdowns. He also caught a pair of passes and turned them into an another 41 yards. It was Watters’ third 200-yard rushing performance of the season and he’s now 1,079 yards and 16 touchdowns for the year.
Jamarion Fling Jamarion Fling 5'8" | 160 lbs | RB Dillon | 2025 State SC RB, Dillon – The second half of the year has been Fling’s coming out party, and he kept that trend going in what appears to be the biggest win of the Wildcats’ season to date. In dispatching previously undefeated Manning, Fling rushed 34 times for 181 and four more touchdowns. He also hauled in two passes for another 74 yards, with both of the receptions going for 36-plus. Fling (950 rushing yards, 21 touchdowns) has developed into a handful for opponents in a hurry.
Gabe Cusack Gabe Cusack 6'1" | 190 lbs | QB Marion | 2024 State SC QB, Marion – Cusack has been Marion’s starting quarterback for four seasons. And while he’s had some huge games, he hasn’t had many like his night against East Clarendon from Friday. Cusack (unofficially) finished with 316 yards and four touchdowns passing and another score on the ground. In total this year, the senior has compiled 28 touchdowns in nine games.