Catawba River Region Players To Watch In Week 5
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<p>Week Five of the regular season is here with Week 2 of region play is set to take place this week, weather permitting. One offensive player continues to put up points and yards in bunches, while there are other teams that are starting to find their groove at the right time as things are beginning to mesh.</p>
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<p>Let's take a look at 21 players to watch in Week 5:</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='809751' first='Ian' last='Grissom'] </strong>| QB | Rock Hill</p>
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<p>Grissom has an impressive duo of receivers to throw to, and that was on full display in their 27-21 win over Clover. He threw a 43-yard touchdown to <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1036779' first='Kaiden' last='Watkins'] </strong>(pictured above)<strong>. </strong>He also threw a pair of touchdowns of 14 and 29 yards to <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1360412' first='EJ' last='Ratley']. Donovan Franklin </strong>also ran in for a score.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1574007' first='CJ' last='Couch'] </strong>| QB | Catawba Ridge</p>
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<p>Couch is finding his groove with his receivers, as he connected for two touchdowns in the Copperheads' 30-0 win over Fort Mill to open region play. One was a 10-yard reception to <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1603804' first='Colton' last='McCauley'], </strong>the other being a 5-yard reception to <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1270438' first='Connor' last='McFadden']. Brayden Wasik</strong> scored a touchdown as well.</p>
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<p><strong>Camden Gifford</strong> was 3-for-3 on field goals for the evening.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='241044' first='Finley' last='Polk'] </strong>| QB | Northwestern</p>
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<p>Polk is continuing to carve up defenses each week – this past week it was against Nation Ford, where the game was over before halftime in a 67-13 rout. He went 18-of-20 for 335 yards and three touchdowns, including a 49-yard strike to <strong>Daniel Caldwell </strong>in the first quarter and a 58-yard score to <strong>Nigel Smith</strong>. <strong>TaDarrian Knox </strong>also had a score from 11 yards out.</p>
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<p><strong>Qua Mobley </strong>| RB | Northwestern</p>
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<p>Mobley ran for two scores of one and 9 yards. <strong>Zymier Gordon Miles </strong>also ran for a pair of touchdowns, rushing for 23 yards on the night.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='605531' first='Will' last='Massey'] </strong>| DL | Northwestern</p>
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<p>Massey led the Trojans in tackles in the win over Nation Ford with three, including two for a loss. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1360210' first='Mason' last='Grier'] </strong>and <strong>Danija McMullen</strong> each had two tackles respectively.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1012627' first='Landon' last='Stone'] </strong>| RB | Clover</p>
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<p>Stone had another solid effort, although in a 27-21 loss to Rock Hill, the senior ran for 145 yards on 28 carries. <strong>TJ McCluney </strong>and <strong>Dane Craig </strong>each caught touchdowns.</p>
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<p><strong>Sam Lee </strong>| LB | Clover</p>
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<p>Lee led the Blue Eagles in tackles with 10. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1734584' first='Brandon' last='Smith'] </strong>and <strong>Javonte Smith </strong>each nabbed an interception.</p>
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Week Five of the regular season is here with Week 2 of region play is set to take place this week, weather permitting. One offensive player continues to put up points and yards in bunches, while there are other teams that are starting to find their groove at the right time as things are beginning to mesh.
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