PRZ Football City Clash: 18U Saturday Notes

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Prep Redzone Football City Clash is officially in the books. We saw a lot of good competition at Manchester Meadows in Rock Hill over the weekend from the two Carolinas, Ohio and even as far as Florida.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>If you missed our standouts article from Saturday, check it out <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2026/03/football-city-clash-top-performers-day-1-18u-division/">here:</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here's a look at our notes from Saturday's session.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Tajeh Watson Martin </strong>from Westside ran a nice route on a corner route, and a good route out of the backfield. Both were completions on the play. <strong>Dreshaun Smith </strong>ran a nice inside route for a score. <strong>Demais Thomas </strong>from TL Hanna made a nice pass breakup on a quick route.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Cade Ramussen </strong>from Davidson (NC) made a nice interception on a rollout to end a drive.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Carson Boutwell </strong>from Catawba Ridge made a good catch on the slant and got up field after making the catch. He knows where to find the green grass.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Khylibe Rodriguez </strong>from Audrey Kell (NC) came up with a critical two-point conversion during the first game we saw.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Josh Autry </strong>(pictured above) from Hough showed excellent concentration near the sideline for a touchdown. Mallard Creek's <strong>Ky-Mani Scruse </strong>flew down the sideline for a touchdown on a vertical route. <strong>Makorean Anderson </strong>from Mountain View Prep in the Upstate was another quarterback who caught our eye with solid throws and showed good pocket presence. He made a nice throw to the back right corner, showing good arm strength as well.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cannon (NC) QB <strong>Lucas Lopez </strong>connected on what was a diving reception and put it where only the receiver could catch it. <strong>Marcus Waitekus </strong>made a nice throw off to the right with the play clock expiring for a touchdown to <strong>Sargent Chizmadia. </strong>Waitekus was impressive on rollouts.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>From Ohio, <strong>Aboubacar Diagouraga </strong>did an excellent job of jumping the route for an interception for the Cincy Cats.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Boden Zaifert </strong>from Lucy Beckham did a good job of sitting in the hole of zone coverage for a first down. <strong>Caleb Davis </strong>from Wando showed good command of the offense and what they were trying to do. He made good throws consistently. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Ethan Garland </strong>from Florida was tough to tackle out of the backfield. He made good catches and knows how to get open.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Lowcounty SC connection: Ryan Szymanski </strong>from Wando found <strong>Jayvon Harrell </strong>on a wheel route for a touchdown.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->