Bamberg-Ehrhardt, Calhoun County claim Class A track titles

By WORTHY EVANS Contributing Writer, HSSR Columbia - In its Region 5-5A opener Friday night, Ridge View had a simple but solid game plan. Dominate the line of scrimmage and run, run, run. Spencer Bobian rushed for 191 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries, and the Blazers rolled up 304 rushing yards on 46 tries to plow past Westwood 46-8. “We’re a good rushing football team. We’ve got two or three guys who can really run the football,” fifth-year Ridge View head coach Derek Howard said. “A lot of it is Aiden Keefe who’s been playing H-back for us. He’s opened up a lot of holes. He’s like an extra offensive lineman playing in a fullback position. We’re a different offense when he’s in there. Spencer Bobian did a great job of carrying the football and I think Ryan Williams did a good job for us as well.” Nine Ridge View runners had touches, most of them as substitutions in the second half. Bobian’s running attack set up all the scores in the first half. The Blazers (3-2) cruised through the first half riding the coattails of Bobian, who went into the locker room at halftime with 161 yards and a score on 17 carries. Bobian’s rushes set up Ashton Champman’s 17-yard touchdown pass to Carter Coleman and two Ryan Williams rushing touchdowns of 23 and 17 yards. Bobian gave Ridge View a 32-0 lead with a 1-yard TD run with 1:40 left in the first half. After Champman’s TD pass to Coleman and Williams’ first score—both of which Aidan Keefe followed with 2-point conversion runs—The Blazers defense chalked up a safety at the 2:57 mark of the first quarter to go up 18-0. “That’s kind of where we are and what we do,” Howard said about Ridge View’s start. “When we’ve come out in our games we’ve been hyped up real early, it’s just trying to keep that intensity throughout the whole game is the part that we’re trying to work towards.” The only highlight of the night for Westwood—and the team’s only first down, came just before halftime. Ridge View held Westwood (4-2) to minus-8 total yards until late in the second quarter. With the Redhawks parked at their own 20-yard line, Jovan Howard burst up the middle for a 78-yard run. Carrington Carter finished the quick drive with a 2-yard touchdown pass to Miles Grant . Carter found Jaylen Donaldson in the end zone for the 2-point conversion with 12.6 seconds to go before intermission to cut Ridge View’s lead to 32-8. In a scoreless third quarter the Westwood defense managed to force Ridge View to two turnovers on downs, but the Blazers’ offense couldn’t capitalize. The Blazers picked up two fourth-quarter scores, Bobian’s 2-yard TD run and Toryn Stuckey’s touchdown from 20 yards out, to seal the win. Westwood’s loss snapped its 4-game winning streak. “They’re one of the best teams in the state of South Carolina, and we’re not. And tonight showed that,” Westwood first-year head coach Stephen Burris said. “They’re physical, they’re fast, they play the game the way it’s supposed to be played, and until we do the day-to-day things as a program to get to that stage, these nights are going to happen.” Ridge View plays host to Spring Valley Friday. Westwood is idle this week and plays the Vikings at Spring Valley Oct. 9. Ridge View 18 14 0 14 – 46 Westwood 0 8 0 0 – 8 First Quarter R - Carter Coleman 17 pass from Ashton Champman (Aidan Keefe run) 7:42 R - Ryan Williams 23 run (Keefe run) 5:01 R - Safety 2:57 Second Quarter R - Williams 17 run (Issaija Yohannes kick) 3:01 R - Spencer Bobian 1 run (Yohannes kick) 1:40 W - Miles Grant 2 pass from Carrington Carter (Jaylen Donaldson pass from Carter) Fourth Quarter R - Bobian 2 run (Yohannes kick) 10:31 R - Toryn Stuckey 20 run (Yohannes kick) 1:41 RV WHS First downs 22 1 Rushes-yds 46-304 20-70 Passing yds 35 4 Att-Com-Int 15-9-2 14-2-1 Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-yds 10-83 3-30 Punts-avg 1-41 8-28.8 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING R - Spencer Bobian 24-191, Ryan Williams 5-40, Aidan Keefe 4-9, Chris Capers 3-12, Chris McDonald 3-6, Toryn Stuckey 2-27, Liam Mueller 2-6, Ashton Chapman 2-(-7), Jalyq Black 1-21. W - Jovan Howard 8-76, Carrington Carter 8-11, Quentin McGill 4- (-17). PASSING R - Ashton Champman 8-12-1 Bijon Virgo 1-3-1. W - Carrington Carter 2-13-1. Josiah Henryhand 0-1-0. RECEIVING R - Jourdin Mack 3-19, Carter Coleman 2-20, Aidan Keefe 2-(-2), Chris McDonald 1-(-2), Tyler Mathis 1-4. W - C.J. Bennett 1-2. Kham Cunningham 1-2.

Christ Church head coach Quin Hatfield.

Northwood tops Hammond 23-10 to highlight the week of games

South Florence seniors, Gabe McLaughlin takes the handoff from Messiah Jackson. Photo courtesy of Daisy Bostick.

Thirty-one players are from High School Sports Report sponsored schools

2024 Flight 2 Singles Champion, Emily Smith from AC Flora High School.

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AAAAA Honor Roll Jachin Davis, Stratford, 164 yards passing, 2 TD;77 yards rushing, 2 TD Max Stafford, Summerville, 176 yards passing, 2 TD Jayven Williams, Summerville, 126 yards rushing, 3 TD; 90-yard kick return TD Jack LaMonica, Lucy Beckham, 219 yards rushing, 3 TD Connor Dantzler, James Island, 345 yards passing, 3 TD Raph Puiu, James Island, 5 receptions, 168 yards, 2 TD Drevon Dopson, Irmo, 4 TD passes Brayden Moore, River Bluff, 213 yds passing, 3 TD Darius Carter, River Bluff, 9 rec, 123 yds, 2 TD Xavier Means, Northwestern, 236 yds pass, 2 TD; 47 yds rush, TD Nigel Smith, Northwestern, 108 yds rush, 3 TD Kason Cannupp, Nation Ford, 276 yds passing, 3 TD Jayden Scott, Nation Ford, 17 rec, 109 yds 3 TD Banks Bouton, Gaffney, 273 yds pass, 2 TD Bradley Smith, Gaffney, 110 yds rec, TD Peyton Schrader, Eastside, 107 yds pass 71 yds rush. 3 TD Kishawn Farrow, Greenville,174 yds pass, TD; 118 yds rush, TD Matt Kucia, Indian Land, 198 yds passing, TD Sequel Patterson, Indian Land, TD rush; 93-yd kick ret TD Jamol Horton, Indian Land, 105 yds rush, 2 TD Will Griggs, Catawba Ridge, 157 yds passing,2 TD Emani Nance, TL Hanna, 104 yds rush, 4 TD Zach Williams, Lugoff-Elgin, 231 yds pass, TD Shamil Saddig, Lugoff-Elgin, 143 ys rec, TD Trenton Lynch, Spartanburg, 208 yds rush, 3 TD; 65 yds rec, 2 TD Trey Burke, Spartanburg, 222 yds pass, 3 TD Lucas Tankersly, Eastside, 181 yds rush, 3 TD Jayvonte Brown, Sumter, 10 tackles, 7 TFl AAAA Honor Roll Quinn Mahoney, Bishop England, passed for 201 yards and three touchdowns; 2 rushing TD J’Zavien Currance, South Pointe, 222 yards passing, TD; 86yards rushing, TD Roper Wentsky, AC Flora, 222 yards passing, TD Xavier Wright, Gray Collegiate, 132 yards passing, TD Grayson Rumpf, Camden, 18 of 20 passing, 371 yards, 7 TD Tylin Drakeford, Camden, 157 yds rec, 3 TD Will Haunert, Camden, 147 yds rec, 3 TD Andrew Frick, Brook-Cayce, 3 TD passes Tyree Johnson, Brook-Cayce, TD rec, Int. 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TD AJ Hillary, North Augusta, 4 TD passes Tayshon Freeman, 3 TD pass, 2 TD rush Messiah Jackson, South Florence, 123 yds pass, TD; 53 yds rush, 2 TD Jace Grass, Daniel, 146 yds pass, 2 TD Gavin Thoma, Seneca, 250 yds pass, 4 TD Amari Verner, Seneca, 216 yds rush, 2 TD Judd Windham, Christ Church, 177 yds pass, 2 TD Michael Martin, Christ Church, 127 yds rush, 4 TD Jackson Dearybury, Broome, 25 of 29 passing, 370 yds, 3 TD Tyqwon Booker, Broome, 238 yds rush, TD Reece Wangermann, Broome, 11 rec, 134 yds, TD; rush TD Derrick Raniszewski, Hilton Head, 139 yds pass, TD Thad Czarnecki, Hilton Head, 113 yds rush, TD AAA Honor Roll Aiden Manavian, Oceanside Collegiate, 285 yds pass, 3 TD Terence Johnson, Oceanside Collegiate, 7 receptions, 111 yards, 2 TD Isaiah Snodgrass, Hanahan, 181 yards rushing, 4 TD CJ Furby, North Charleston, 220 yards passing, 3 TD Mak Anderson, MVP, 173 pass yds TD; 2 TD rush Lorenzo Kitching, North Charleston, 175 yards rushing, 2 TD; 168 yards receiving, 2 tD Kenton Caldwell, Newberry, 314 all-purpose yds, 2 TD pass, TD rush DJ Lee, Southside Christian, 185 yds rush, 2 TD MJ Earl, BHP, 126 yds rush, 3 TD Collin Davis, Woodruff, 121 yds pass, 2 TD Aiden Gibson, Woodruff, 146 yds rush, 2 TD Qa Brannon, Union Co, 182 yds pass, TD AA Honor Roll Hayes Goddard, Philip Simmons, 254 yards passing, 4 TD Ashton Kellerman, Philip Simmons, 137 yards receiving, 2 TD Bri’Shawn Lee, Strom Thurmond, 181 yds pass, 2 TD Logan Neal. Andrew Jackson, 139 yds pass, TD Kamron McGill, Andrew Jackson, 17 tackles Jase Fair, Andrew Jackson, 13 tackles Kaden Diggs, Fair-Cent., 85 yds pass, 93 yds rush, TD Ty Shannon, Fair-Cent., 112 rec. yds Caleb Feaster, Chester, 112 yds rush, 2 TD Hudhaifah Taylr, Chester,108 yds rush, TD T’Mari Caldwell, Chester, 105 yds rush, TD Luke Reed, Chester, 7 tackles, 5 TFL Jaylen Singletary, Hampton Co, 171 yds rush, 2 TD Jamijae Karim, Liberty, 124 yds rush, 2 TD Tanner Elrod, Liberty, 124 yds rush, 2 TD Bryce Adams, Chesterfield, 188 yds pass Holden Lowery, Chesterfield, 101 rec yds Class A Honor Roll Tyler Harris, Cross, 3 TD passes Kendrick Patterson, Great Falls, 209 yds rushing Demars Stevens, Great Falls, 117 yds rush, TD Jalen McGraw, Bamberg-Ehr., 100 yds rush, TD Zori Pierce, Lamar, 196 pass yds, 2 TD; 73 yds rush, 2 TD Jacorreun Howze, Lewisville, 101 yds rush, 3 TD; 62 yds pass Brayden Franklin, Baptist Hill, 104 yds pass, 3 TD Lamar Singleton, Baptist Hill, 15 tackles Jasir Grant, Baptist Hill, 15 tackles Kevin Smalls, Baptist Hill, 20 tackles, 4 TFL, 3 sacks Darrell Harper, McBee,183 yds rush, TD Kaiden Howard, McBee, 141 rush, 2 TD SCISA Honor Roll Scott Tibbals, Porter-Gaud, 233 passing yards, 2 TD Kevin Johnson, Northwood Academy, 236 yards passing, 2 TD Aydan Hogan, Northwood Academy, 7 receptions, 113 yards, TD Dominic Russell, Northwood Academy, 13 tackles John Whetsell, Dorchester Academy, 213 yards rushing, 3 TD Silas Brawner, Pinewood Prep, 367 yards passing, 4 TD Lavoris Lucas, Pinewood Prep, 133 yards receiving Grayson Salego, Pinewood Prep, 117 yards rushing Will Watson, Pinewood Prep, 13 tackles, 6 TFL JOSEPH MORSE WW KING RUSHED 22/375 5 TDS 1 BLOCKED PUNT TUCKER MCGINTY W W KING 15 TACKLES JACOB BUSSEY WW KING 26 TACKLES MATTHEW BEHMER WILSON HALL 3 INTS PATRICK BELK HEATHWOOD HALL PASSED 10/17 161 2 TDS DRAKE PORTER BEN LIPPEN 15 TACKLES BEN MORRIS BEN LIPPEN 12 TACKLES PARKER KIZER HOLLY HILL RUSHED 29/233 4 TDS DAVIDSON LYNCH TRINITY COLLEGIATE PASSED 9/23 114 2 TDS WALKER WILLCOX TRINITY COLLEGIATE 15 TACKLES MICAH BALDER WILLIAMSBURG RUSHED 4/132 1 TD GRANT SMALL WILLIAMSBURG RUSHED 18/143 3 TDS MICHAEL ARD WILLIAMSBURG 15 TACKLES JAY KELLAHAN WILLIAMSBURG 14 TACKLES NOAH CAFFELL SPARTANBURG CHRISTIAN RUSHED 29/184 2 TDS BEN MUELA KISER HAMMOND PASSED 7/11 145 RUSHED 12/152 JACE WILLIAMS THOMAS SUMTER PASSED 22/29 310 2 TDS C. WILLIAMS THOMAS SUMTER RECEIVING 10/126 1 TD ETHAN COLLINS LAURENS ACADEMY PASSED 15/21 242

Matchups broken down into class, region, non-region and intra-class

OCA's Junior QB Aiden Manavian in the 2024 State Title Game.