Second Round Playoff Game Balls: Catawba River

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The field is beginning to become smaller, but the impact is the same for the teams that remain in the Catawba River Region. The highlights include two non-offensive touchdowns, and one team that is riding the momentum of getting hot at the exact right time.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='241044' first='Finley' last='Polk'] </strong>| QB | Northwestern</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Trojans rolled over their second round opponent, Greenwood in a 55-7 rout on Friday. Polk (pictured above) threw for 126 yards and three touchdowns to three different receivers, which has been a recurring theme for this offense throughout the year. <strong>Jaylen Burris, Daniel Caldwell </strong>and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='753896' first='Jayden' last='Nichols'] </strong>were the receivers for those scores.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jayden Woods </strong>| LB | Northwestern</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Woods had a 15-yard pick six in the win over Greenwood, while <strong>Mason Davis </strong>had a 17-yard fumble recovery for a score. Both non-offensive touchdowns came in the second quarter as the Trojans took a 45-0 lead to the halftime locker room.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1142778' first='Mikal' last='McCollum']</strong> | RB | Lancaster</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lancaster is turning into one of the feel good stories of the 4A playoffs with an upset win over Ridge View and a second round 38-20 win over Lucy Beckham on Friday night. The play of McCollum and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1165128' first='RJ' last='Brown'] </strong>is a big reason why.  McCollum had 4 rushing touchdowns, including runs of 31 and 8 yards. Brown had 2 short rushing TDs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='771062' first='Reggie' last='Heath'] </strong>| ATH | Chester<br>Heath was one of the key contributors in <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2023/11/what-we-saw-chester-58-chapman-24/">the Cyclones' 58-24 second round win over Chapman.</a> He was all over the field with two interceptions and two touchdowns, one on the ground and one receiving.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->