AL Brown at West Cabarrus - Overall Standouts

The West Cabarrus Warriors won a tight game on the last play of the game on a 30 yard field goal, prevailing 16-14 over the AL Brown Wonders this past Friday night. This win helped put West Cabarrus into 2nd place in the Greater Metro 4A Conference. There were standout players on both sides that we will take a look at here.    Daylon scored both of the Wolverines touchdowns in this game. The first touchdown came in the first quarter and was a short run that was set up by his own long run down to the 1 yard line. Daylon's second touchdown was an impressive 59 yard TD run where he straight ran through a linebacker at the 2nd level of the defense. The biggest thing with Daylon is his speed - he is incredibly fast once he gets into the open field. I had a chance to speak with Daylon after the game.   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/pepman704/status/1844921647742189631?t=VnPmqDO2iO4cQhpbpNhoXA&s=19 </div></figure>       Jared showed off a lot of his escapability and dual-threat potential in this game. The Wolverines had a pretty conservative gameplan in this one, and when Jared was given the chance to throw, he was under pressure a good bit. The good thing was that he really showed that he can move in the pocket and extend plays very well with his legs. Jared did complete a very important pass on 4th down on the final drive of the game for a first down that ultimately set up the game-winning field goal for the Wolverines.     The West Cabarrus defense overall was a very fast defense that got to the football quickly and tackled well in space. I thought amongst the defensive linemen that Kalum was the most impressive individually. Playing defensive end, Kalum consistently got penetration in the backfield on both running and passing plays. Kalum showed a good usage of his hands and combined that with a good get-off at the snap to make plays throughout the game.     Out of the Wolverines' linebacking core, Mekhi was the most impressive to me. I kept consistently seeing #8, his jersey number, being the first to tackles in the running game especially. I thought Mekhi's overall speed and the quick way he diagnosed running plays in the AL Brown offense was really impressive. Mekhi also tackled very well overall, I don't remember seeing very many broken tackles by AL Brown offensive players.     The Wonders also had a pretty conservative gameplan which didn't allow CJ to show too much in the game, but he did record a nice touchdown pass in the red zone which was setup on some nice screen action to deceive the defense. Otherwise, I thought CJ did what he could with running the football from the quarterback position - the Wolverines' defense didn't give him much of an opportunity to show what he could do in space. CJ missed a couple of down field throws that could have kept the chains moving for the Wonders, but his arm strength was impressive.     After nearly rushing for 1500 yards last year as a junior, defenses are definitely keying in on Mekhi and he is facing a lot of crowded fronts and boxes to run against. Despite the increased attention, Mekhi was able to burst through the middle of the Wolverines' defense for a 6 yard touchdown run late in the first half. It appears to me that Mekhi bulked up a little bit this off-season and is running with more power behind his pads. I thought Mekhi did a good job of reading the defense and taking what was there for him - his vision in my opinion is one of his best traits in the interior running game.

The West Cabarrus Warriors won a tight game on the last play of the game on a 30 yard field goal, prevailing 16-14 over the AL Brown Wonders this past Friday night. This win helped put West Cabarrus into 2nd place in the Greater Metro 4A Conference. There were standout players on both sides that we will take a look at here.