Catawba River Region Players To Watch In Week 9

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Offenses who are hitting their stride at the right time, both in the passing and run game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>And one defensive lineman who had a performance, you'll want to know about.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>All that and more as we take a look at 21 players to watch this week in the Catawba River Region.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1603816' first='Grady' last='Stone'] </strong>| RB | Clover</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Stone brothers have become a one two punch for the Blue Eagles. The duo scored a touchdown respectively, including a 29-yard touchdown by older brother <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1012627' first='Landon' last='Stone']</strong> to close out the 21-7 win over Indian Land last week. They ran for a combined 191 yards.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1407416' first='Aaron' last='Shealey'] </strong>threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='402485' first='Cameron' last='James'] </strong>to complement a solid night, going 14-of-17 and 110 yards.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1696778' first='Najeh' last='Potts'] </strong>| CB | Clover</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Potts had six assisted tackles and one interception in the Blue Eagles' win over Indian Land. <strong>Sam Lee </strong>also had six assisted tackles.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Blue Eagles face Nation Ford on the road on Friday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='816734' first='Terry' last='Radford'] </strong>| DL | Chester</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There may not have been a better defensive performance than what Radford (pictured above) put together last week against Columbia. His stat line went like this: 15 tackles, 8 tackles-for-loss, 6 sacks <em>AND </em>a blocked punt. That's no misprint.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Radford and the Cyclones will take on Mid Carolina on Friday night at home.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='473002' first='Cameron' last='McMillon'] </strong>| QB | South Pointe&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It was another week, and another explosive night for the senior quarterback in the Stallions' 42-16 win over Lancaster. He threw four touchdowns, including a 30-yard pass to <strong>Dalian Duncan, </strong>two touchdowns to <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1249764' first='Jordan' last='Collins']</strong> and a 64-yard catch and run by <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1158006' first='Avery' last='Alexander'].</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The ability from McMillion to spread the wealth around is fun to watch, as he'll be leading the Stallions into a road trip to the Midlands against Dreher.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1157761' first='Mason' last='Picket-Hicks']</strong> | RB | South Pointe</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Picket-Hicks is hitting his stride at the right time for the Stallions as the regular season is winding down. He had two long touchdowns last week, including a 90-yard touchdown run. Again that's not a typo, folks.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>He was selected for the North-South Game earlier this week as well.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1165128' first='RJ' last='Brown'] </strong>| QB | Lancaster&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brown had a 61-yard TD run against South Pointe last week. He will be looking to continue that trend against the Camden Bulldogs this week.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1592521' first='Kason' last='Canupp'] </strong>| QB | Rock Hill&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Canupp has settled into his role as QB1 for the Bearcats. He'll look to rebound after a tough showing against Northwestern last week. But he'll have <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1012834' first='Malik' last='Clark'] </strong>to throw to, who had six catches for 140 yards last week along with <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1036779' first='Kaiden' last='Watkins'] </strong>and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1360412' first='EJ' last='Ratley']</strong>, who had 46 yards and one touchdown last week.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This week's game at District 3 Stadium against Catawba Ridge will be critical for playoff positioning as the Bearcats go into their BYE next week.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jaquavis Clark </strong>| WR | Chesterfield</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Clark had two touchdowns, including a 50-yard run to seal the deal against Buford in a 35-21 win to end a two-game skid for the Rams. <strong>Bryce Adams </strong>went 13-of-19 for 146 yards and two touchdowns as well.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>TJ McBride </strong>was a star for the Rams offensively as well, running for 196 yards and one touchdown on 33 carries. <strong>Tage Diggs </strong>earned defensive player of the week honors, with 3 tackles for loss and 1 sack.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Rams will enter a critical game with playoff implications at home against Central Pageland on Friday night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->