Week 9 Game Balls: Upstate

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Upstate schedule is just about caught up, and teams will fight it out for playoff position down the stretch. Here's a list of guys who put their teams in a great position in Week 9, deserving of game balls.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='402497' first='Kentavion' last='Anderson']</strong> LB, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1316823' first='Dru' last='Darby'] </strong>LB, and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1822658' first='Ranson' last='Farr'] </strong>K, Dorman</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dorman's defense was lights-out in a 9-7 win over Gaffney, and Anderson and Darby were in the middle of the action. Darby notched 11 tackles, three sacks, and four tackles for loss, while Anderson had eight tackles and two sacks of his own. Farr, meanwhile, provided all the offense the Cavaliers needed, booting field goals of 41, 37, and 41 yards, the last with 3:04 to play to give Dorman the lead for good.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/hudl {"name":"acf/hudl","data":{"embed_code":"u003ciframe src='https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/18033699/671d675fc770cc78ad9d6fad' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreenu003eu003c/iframeu003e","_embed_code":"field_62daf7995fd8c"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-671d9bb72bf29"} /--> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1172345' first='Trenton' last='Lynch']</strong> RB, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='816752' first='Will' last='Love']</strong> K, and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1278414' first='John' last='Hammond'] </strong>OL, Spartanburg</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lynch had a huge night in the Vikings' big win over Byrnes, racking up 186 yards and a pair of touchdowns on just 14 carries. Love continued his phenomenal season, breaking his own school record again, this time with a 54-yard bomb. And Hammond held together a Spartanburg offensive line with a ton of injuries. They paved the way for nearly 400 yards of offense, including 314 yards on the ground on 37 carries.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1012830' first='Tushawan' last='Richardson']</strong> QB, Clinton</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Red Devils could have racked up any number of game balls thanks to Friday night's offensive explosion against Blacksburg, in which they racked up 605 yards of offense, including 478 on the ground. Richardson put up another big night, with 102 passing yards and 73 yards with two touchdowns rushing.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1254085' first='Ezekiel' last='Belcher']</strong> RB, Woodmont</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There are good weeks, and then there's what Belcher did last week in the Wildcats Tuesday and Saturday contests. Against Mauldin, he rushed for 222 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Mauldin. In Saturday's game against Hillcrest, he totaled 230 more yards from scrimmage - 137 rushing yards, 93 receiving yards, and two more touchdowns.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/hudl {"name":"acf/hudl","data":{"embed_code":"u003ciframe src='https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/16127864/671d6f4d280cd4555033bc22' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreenu003eu003c/iframeu003e","_embed_code":"field_62daf7995fd8c"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-671d9bb72bf58"} /--> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1574101' first='William' last='Gillespie']</strong> RB, St. Joseph's</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gillespie was a standout on both sides of the ball in the Knights' key win over Palmetto. He rushed for 153 yards and four TDs on just 13 carries, and notched seven tackles and a sack on defense.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1249737' first='Wyatt' last='Ward']</strong> LB, J.L. Mann</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ward had 14 tackles, two tackles for loss, and ran a fake punt for a touchdown in a win for the Patriots.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/hudl {"name":"acf/hudl","data":{"embed_code":"u003ciframe src='https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/17737525/6718d8368902a92fcded7da1' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreenu003eu003c/iframeu003e","_embed_code":"field_62daf7995fd8c"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-671d9bb72bf77"} /--> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1359171' first='Frank' last='Starks']</strong> RB, Hillcrest</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Want an efficient night? How about Starks against Hillcrest. He carried six times for 102 yards and a touchdown in the Rams' win over Woodmont.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->