High School Football Tonight with Round Four of the NCHSAA Playoffs, plus our Murphy Wainer Orthopedic Specialists Game of the Week

High School Football Tonight with Round Four of the NCHSAA Playoffs
4-A West Regional Semifinals:
#4 Grimsley(13-0) at #1 Weddington(11-2) 7pm…
Game Preview and Postgame Report from Mike Fanning at GreensboroSports.com….

Grimsley leaders going into the Weddington Warriors game…..
QB Faizon Brandon passing…170-244 for 2,795 yards, with 35 TDs/3 INT./69.7% Pass Completion Rate….521 yards on 77 carries with 9 TDs…

RB Mitchell Summers with 1,973 yards on 214 carries with 39 TDs…

WR Alex Taylor has 58 receptions for 1,009 yards and 14 TDs…

WR Terrell Anderson with 53 receptions for 985 yards and 13 TDs…

WR Kaden Catoe has 23 receptions for 343 yards and 5 TDs…
No updated defensive numbers on Grimsley, and No updated stats at all on the Weddington Warriors…

Mike Fanning has been covering the Grimsley Whirlies all season long for GreensboroSports.com and he has the preview of the Grimsley-Weddington game here at the site…Just a few normal notes going with Grimsley over Weddington in the playoffs last season, squeaking by with a 28-27 victory, and that was added to Grimsley’s Triple Overtime win over Hough last season, and some are saying Hough is MORE tough than Weddington, and Weddington just has a longer name….Weddington went long and topped the Charlotte Catholic Cougars, last week in Round Three action…First playoff road game for Grimsley since the 2018 season, and that ought to tell you something…Grimsley has been playing so good in recent years that the Whirlies have been able to stay off of the road…Also it tells you that Grimsley is headed into unchartered territory, but you also have to consider that Grimsley has played in Championship Games on the road in Chapel Hill, and that also involves getting out of town, before sundown for Coach Brown, and his men in White and Blue….Good Luck Tonight, on the 7 O’Clock Flight, into the night, and got to get it right, for the Blue and White…It could be Dynomite in Matthews….

3-A West Regional Semifinals:
#4 Dudley(13-0) at #1 Boiling Springs Crest(13-0) 7:30pm
We will have this Game Broadcast for you on GreensboroSports Radio…Pregame at 6:45pm, with the Kickoff at 7:30pm…..Nile Harris will join us for the broadcast from Crest High School, on GreensboroSportsRadio.com…

Dudley Panthers will work to get the ball into the playmakers hands, and that means the ball going to Newkirk, Neely, Bartley, Southern, Jayden Brown, Lee, and Blackwell…Every Bartley run you see, usually turns into a highlight reel, and I would really like to see MORE of that TONIGHT…The MORE touches Newkirk gets, the MORE it seems the scoreboard is lighting up….The Dudley wideouts going long distance in yards per catch, and they really get the biggest part of their yardage in their runs after the catch…Nasir Newkirk with 21.9 yards per catch…CJ Neely with 20.9 yards per catch…Kordell Bartley with 17.1 yards per catch…LJ Southern with 9.4 yards per carry and 18.3 yards per reception….Jayden Brown with 10.5 yards per carry and 21.4 yards per reception…Antonio Lee with 15.1 yards per catch..

As you can see, that can add up to some yards, with Dudley QB Andrew/Drew Attmore II being more than happy to sling that football around in a lot of different directions…Keeping all Panthers happy, in the proceeding process…

The Crest offense is a potent force that the Panthers will have to find a way to position themselves into stopping…Got to make inroads into the backfield and join the “Roll Call at the Football”…Need to see Bell, Ishmael, Ratliff, and Dakota Brown, going into Crest Town, and being all around the Chargers QB Ny’Tavious Huskey….Got to get it done with the Four D’s…Dudley, Defense, Davis, and all-out Discipline….Wilson, Baldwin, McCollum and Parker will make it a point to get to the Chargers quickly, and make sure they get the Dudley Defense, off of the field….

We want to watch the Dudley offense go at it all night long…If the Dudley Offense in on the field, and if Dudley has the football, Crest can’t score…Dudley has been doing a very good job of hitting for the big plays, and grabbing the Big Chunk plays on Offense…Great to see that Dudley Offense really come alive last week, vs. JM Robinson, at The Tarp/Tarpley Stadium…Dudley Defense getting Crest off of the field, will be a huge plus in this game, and it does nothing more than to insure that the Panthers’ offense has the ball, and they will be getting ready to go on the attack….Move the ball, move the chains, change the scoreboard score, beside the Visitors name…Dudley, that is….

Also need a big game from sophomore kicker/punter Andre Cummings…Want to see him have a perfect night on his PAT Kicks….Dudley kick returns could play a major field position factor, with Kordell Bartley and LJ Southern back there in Kickoff and Punt Return mode….

Of those four D’s, the Discipline may be the KEY D for this contest…Need no False Start calls, and no holding calls…You shore those up, and you should be able to land on shore, at the next Port/Round of the Playoffs….

Looking at Dudley leaders going into their game with the Crest Chargers…..
QB Andrew Attmore II going 189-256 for 3,546 yards passing with 49 TDs/4 INT./73.8 Pass Completion Rate…

RB LJ Southern with 913 rushing yards on 97 carries with 14 TDs…275 receiving yards and 5 more TDs…

RB Jayden Brown with 839 rushing yards on 80 carries, with 8 TDs…214 receiving yards and 1 TD…

WR Nasir Newkirk has 43 receptions for 943 yards with 13 TDs…

WR CJ Neely with 981 receiving yards on 47 receptions with 15 TDs…

WR/SB Kordell Bartley with 51 receptions for 870 yards and 9 TDs…118 yards rushing and 4 TDs…

WR Antonio Lee with 24 receptions for 363 yards and 5 TDs…

Dudley Defense with Top Tacklers:
Latrell Wilson (127 Total Tackles for the Season)…Robert McCollum(86 Total Tackles for the Season)…Kameron Baldwin(92 Total Tackles for the Season)…Other leaders on Defense =’s Sa’Mad Bell, Ishmael Mande, Dakota Brown and Jordan Ratliff, Sofiyan Oumarou, Kordell Bartley, Nasir Newkirk, Jerron Blackwell, LJ Southern, BJ Hale, Le’Ezra Brown, and Dre Deese…

Looking at the Crest Chargers by the numbers in 2023:
QB Ny´Tavious Huskey is 201-298 for 3,431 yards with 43 TDs/10 INT./67.4% Completion Rate…97 carries for 588 yards with 7 TDs…

RB Aiden Carson with 906 yards on 99 carries with 13 TDs…

WR AJ Adams has 65 receptions for 1,089 yards and 12 TDs…

WR Javarius Green with 53 receptions for 1,086 yards and 16 TDs…

WR Michael Edwards with 19 receptions for 217 yards and 2 TDs….

K Carson Grier is 27-35 on PAT kicks

DE Derek Mitchell with 136 Total Tackles and 13 TFL/5 Sacks/8 QB Hurries/3 Fumble Recoveries

OLB Cam Anderson with 89 Total Tackles/7 TFL/2 Sacks/3 QB Hurries/1 Interception

OLB Nehemiah Parker with 59 Total Tackles/6 TFL/2 Sacks/1 QB Hurry/1 Fumble Recovery…

More from our area:
#4 Bunker Hill(13-0) at #1 Reidsville(12-1) 7pm…Jay Ramey with a postgame report on this one, at GreensboroSports.com…
#3 Southern Alamance(12-1) at #2 Fayetteville 71st(13-0) 7pm
#3 Eastern Randolph(12-1) at #2 Mount Airy(13-0) 7:30pm

And MORE:
4-A West Charlotte Independence(10-3) at Matthews Butler(12-1)
3-A West West Henderson(13-0) at Hickory(13-0)
1-A West North Rowan(11-2) at Robbinsville(12-1)
2-A West Forest Hills(12-1) at Shelby(10-3)
4-A East Cardinal Gibbons(11-2) at Rolesville(12-1)
4-A East Wilmington Hoggard(12-1) at Cleveland(13-0)
2-A East Nash Central(11-2) at Clinton(13-0)
3-A East Northern Nash(12-1) at Havelock(13-0)
2-A East Whiteville(11-2) at Northeastern(13-0)
1-A East East Bladen(8-5) at Tarboro(11-0)

Winners:
Grimsley
Dudley
Reidsville
Fayetteville 71st
Mount Airy
Matthews Butler
Hickory
Robbinsville
Shelby
Rolesville
Cleveland
Clinton
Havelock
Northeastern
Tarboro

Area Poll:
1)Tie:Grimsley(13-0)/Dudley(13-0)
3)Reidsville(12-1)
4)Mount Airy(13-0)
5)Eastern Randolph(12-1)
6)Southern Alamance(12-1)