Looking in at how the Grimsley Whirlies and the New Bern Bears match up on offense, prior to their 4-A State Championship Football Game in Chapel Hill…..Looking for “The Edge”…..
Let’s begin our look at the quarterback spot….
Ryan Stephens vs. Damaree Tucker:
Ryan Stephens(Grimsley HS) 125-201 passing for 2,067 yards, with 20 TD/2 INT.
Stephens with 137 carries for 1,037 rushing yards and 24 TD’s…
Stephens with 3,104 Total Yards, plus a total of 2,067 yards passing and 1,037 yards rushing, with 44 Total Touchdowns, 20 passing and 24 rushing
Damaree Tucker(New Bern HS) is 15-32 passing for 515 yards, with 9 TD’s/3 INT.
Tucker with 1,145 yards rushing on 122 carries, with 16 rushing touchdowns…
Tucker with 1,660 Total Yards on the year, and 25 Total TD’s…
Looking at the running back positions:(The big piece of this puzzle shows the New Bern Bears with over 6,000 yards rushing this season as a team, Grimsley with 4,193 rushing yards as a team this season.)
Mitchell Summers vs. Aronne Herring:
Mitchell Summers(Grimsley HS) 241 carries for 2,064 yards and 24 TD’s…
Aronne Herring(New Bern HS) with 166 carries on the season, good for 1,984 rushing yards and 29 touchdowns…
More from the running back position:
Ja’carion Maynard(Grimsley HS) with 73 carries for 644 yards and 7 TD’s…
Jayden Wallace(New Bern HS) with 1,256 rushing yards, on 140 carries, with 15 TD’s…
Malachi Dockett(New Bern HS) with 748 yards on 88 carries, with 5 TD’s……
Wide Receiver Matchups:
Terrell Anderson(Grimsley HS) with 63 receptions for 1,169 yards and 10 TD’s…
Alex Taylor(Grimsley HS) with 62 receptions for 957 yards and 12 TD’s…
vs.
Malachi Dockett(New Bern HS) 3 receptions for 151 yards and 1 TD…
Will Brimmer(New Bern HS) with 3 receptions for 111 yards and 2 TD’s…
**********Rushing/running edge goes to the New Bern Bears, and the passing/receiving edge goes to the Grimsley Whirlies…New Bern gave up 264 passing yards to the Raleigh Millbrook Wildcats last week, in their East Regional Championship game…**********
(Grimsley has completed 125 passes on the season, and New Bern has completed 15.)
++++++++++Look for New Bern and Grimsley both to come out running the ball on Friday night, as a way to test the defenses early in the contest…The defenses from both schools will be tested, and who will pass the test??? Early leaners, are leaning toward the Greensboro Grimsley Whirlies…New Bern likes to run that wishbone offense, so this could be a blast from the past, as a Bud Wilkinson(Oklahoma University)/Darrell Royal(University of Texas) offense will be on display…..++++++++++
See you in Chapel Hill on Friday night, and you will be able to hear us talking about the game LIVE, on GreensboroSports Radio…….