The Grimsley Whirlies vs. the Weddington Warriors in Round Five of the NCHSAA Football Playoffs on Friday night, at Jamieson Stadium, and this will be the 4-A West Regional Championship Game…Kickoff set for 7:30pm, and we will have a pregame show going on at around 6:50pm on GreensboroSports Radio…The Murphy Wainer Orthopedic Specialists Game of the Week, tomorrow night, with Grimsley vs. Weddington on GreensboroSports Radio…
Taking our look at Grimsley vs. Weddington for Friday night…
#1 Grimsley Whirlies(14-0)
QB Ryan Stephens(Grimsley) 118-188 for 1,960 yards, with 19 TD/2 INT……Stephens(Grimsley) with 125 carries for 1,003 yards and 24 TD’s…
[Ryan Stephens now with 2,963 Total Yards for the year…Stephens responsible for 43 touchdowns combined, between passing(19) and rushing(24)…]
QB backup Faison Brandon is 32-44 passing for 534 yards, with 8 TD’s/4 INT.
RB Mitchell Summers(Grimsley) 219 carries for 1,945 yards and 21 TD’s…
RB Ja’carion Maynard(Grimsley) 64 carries for 565 yards and 7 TD’s…
WR Terrell Anderson(Grimsley) with 57 receptions for 1,065 yards and 9 TD’s…
WR Alex Taylor(Grimsley) with 62 receptions for 957 yards and 12 TD’s…
K Jackson Henry is 64-70 on PAT kicks, plus he has gone 2-3 on Field Goals and he hit the game-winner vs. Hough last Friday night, in Overtime…
Top Tackler on Defense for Grimsley is Khalil Stimpson with 88 tackles, and the #2 tackler is Bryce Davis with 82 total tackles..Other top tacklers for Grimsley are Keshaun Jones, Jamaal Jarrett and Jamarie Davis…Bryce Davis leads the Whirlies in Sacks, with 12 sacks on the season…Fred Sellars leads the team in Interceptions with 5, and Deon McLaughlin has 4…Frederick Sellars also with 13 Pass Deflections…
VS.
#6 Weddington Warriors(13-1)
Weddington QB junior Tyler Budge 6’3/200 has gone 211-350 for 2,933 yards and good for 31 TD’s/13 INT….Budge with 242 rushing yards and 4 TD’s…
RB Nick Diamond with 72 carries for 573 yards and 9 TD’s…
RB Wesley McElveen with 79 carries for 499 yards and 1 TD…
RB Brady Ritter with 84 carries for 483 yards and 2 TD’s…
RB/QB Knox Willingham with 41 carries for 239 yards, and 7 TD’s…Willingham 10-22 passing for 127 yards, but with 5 TD’s/3 INT.(10 completed passes and five of them going for touchdowns…
WR Evan Gilbert with 55 receptions for 852 yards and 9 TD’s…
WR Zymill Patterson with 53 receptions for 724 yards and 10 TD’s…Patterson also an excellent Punt and Kickoff Return man…
TE Griffin Reimer with 46 receptions for 530 yards and 6 TD’s…25 TD receptions among these top three receivers from Weddington…Brett Williams and Bryson Dermid both also with over 200 yards receiving each, and together combining for 7 TD’s…
P Kylan Odean with a 32.7 yards per punt average…
K Everett Scott going 55-58 on PAT kicks/6-10 on Field Goals…A long field goal of 43 yards…
MLB Jack Collins with 120 Tackles…
OLB Braden Barger with 82 Tackles…
OLB Evan Easterling with 81 Tackles…
DE Michael Luisa with 72 Tackles…
Weddington with 13 Interceptions as a defensive unit….
**********Looks like the key for Weddington will be the QB Budge on offense, and look out for Willingham, and on defense watch out closely for Jack Collins, at middle linebacker…**********
**********Other games from around the area, and across the state…**********
2-A West:
#3 Burns(13-1) at #1 Reidsville(13-1) 7pm
1-A West:
#6 Draughn(13-1) at #4 Mount Airy(13-1) 7pm
Other Games:
4-A East
#12 Raleigh Millbrook(13-1) at #2 New Bern(14-0) 7pm
3-A West
#11 South Point(13-1) at #4 East Lincoln(14-0) 7:30pm
3-A East
Fayetteville 71st(14-0) at Northern Nash(14-0) 7pm
2-A East
#12 Wallace-Rose Hill(12-2) at #2 East Duplin(13-1) 7pm
1-A East
#3 Rosewood(10-4) at #1 Tarboro(12-1) 7pm