Football City Clash: 18U Wrap Up

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This past weekend's Prep Redzone Football City 7-on-7 held at Manchester Meadows in Rock Hill gave us a chance to take a look at a lot of prospects from across the two Carolinas, Florida and Ohio.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sunday was the final day of the tournament with the G7 Team out of Charlotte walking out with the championship, but there was no shortage of talent in the Class of 2027, 2028 and 2029.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2154959' first='Marcus' last='Sales'] </strong>ran a good route over the middle for a touchdown for the G7 Team out of Lake Norman. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1743603' first='Rudolph' last='Davis'] </strong>caught our eye with his ability to run inside routes for a first down. He has good size on him and runs good routes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Myers Park's <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1680614' first='Eric' last='Santos'] </strong>impressed throughout the weekend as he had a good catch and run for a first down – he also came back later for a catch off a tip for a two-point conversion.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Brandon Proffit </strong>from Cincinnati Country Day (OH) showed soft hands on a touchdown catch.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>JT Heath </strong>from West Charlotte jumped a route beautifully to make a pick to end a scoring threat. He's only a freshman and we anticipate he'll be a name to know in the coming years. His teammate <strong>Zayveon Skeen </strong>made a great pick as well.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Churi Santiago </strong>from Myers Park out of Charlotte made an unbelievable catch for a first down, showing excellent concentration. Palisades' <strong>Nicloas Rankin </strong>made a great catch off a tip on a two-point conversion. Rankin catches the ball and gets up field quickly.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='718315' first='Hudson' last='Nolden'] </strong>from Palisades impressed with his smooth hands to be able to make catches and get up field.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Karter Farris </strong>from York Comprehensive High made a good catch and run before <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2151273' first='Amaren' last='Neely'] </strong>capped off a drive with a touchdown for the Fort Mill Saints.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1718680' first='Payton' last='Vining'] </strong>(pictured above) from Northwestern adjusted to the ball on a throw in the later game and made the catch. Vining has great hands and runs excellent routes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1824270' first='Carson' last='Boutwell'] </strong>from Catawba Ridge made a great catch on a slant, and ran a good route and showed great hands for a touchdown.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Brayden Patterson </strong>from Summerville showed good hands on a catch early on in a drive to help keep the offense on schedule. <strong>Grayson Mathis </strong>from Hanahan made a move in space with a good catch and run for a first down.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2106098' first='Banks' last='Luton'] </strong>from Bishop England made some excellent throws, showing good pocket presence in the time that we got to watch him throw.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->