The NC high school football players of the week are Curtis Fields, Caden Haywood, Brody Norman, and Zay Bolden who joins us in the studio.
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Foreign [Music] What's going on everybody you know what Time it is it's time for grice's gems I've got to have my man the other G here Sam Griner but hey without further Ado We're going to get into it the first guy Is Curtis Fields from West Cabarrus the Senior receiver touched about eight Times in Friday's 23-22 overtime win Over South Iredell he actually scored on Three of those touches which is crazy uh Your percentages right there grinder Additionally finished with four catches For 42 yards and the game-tying Touchdown included the Pat in overtime He ran three times for five yards and Two touchdowns I mean what what is that There West cabarians won their first Game in 706 days as coach Hanson is Taking over and making an immediate Impact quickly grinder what do you see About this guy stat stuffer Yeah definitely he's all over the field He's the heart and soul of the team and He's trying to create an identity for That West Cabarrus Community For sure without question let's get to The second guy guy I know all too well Yep that is it's my quarterback Kaden Haywood out of Hickory Ridge High School In a 33-28 win over Daniel Brown Kaden Haywood completed 24 of 37 passes for 372 yards and three touchdowns he also
Ran 12 times for 87 yards and another Score Grinder like I say all the time we Needed every one of those yards and Every touchdown he could make for us Grinding tell me what you saw because You were on site yeah AKA Josh Allen the Man is as big as Josh Allen and he's Athletic as Josh Allen It's amazing to See Um I I can't wait to see some Quarterback power from grice's uh you Know Arsenal down the road but this guy When he finished with the run it was a Superman finish not just a run but a Superman finish five feet up above the Air you know all 255 pounds of muscle Going through the air torpedo style but This man is the human tree trunk a lot Of big arm and he's fun to watch like His eye-catching just his appearance but His arm Talent everything he's got one Of my favorite quarterbacks to watch in The state for sure congrats uh Kaden We'll continue on this gm4 theme with Brody Norman out of Morrisville the Sophomore quarterback threw four Touchdowns in the first half of Friday's 42-3 win over Coxwell high school he Finished in only I think three pretty Much two in maybe a couple drives worth Of work in the third quarter it is 12 or 17 for 215 yards that's 215 yards and Four touchdowns and also ran for a score In the second half to end this day I
Love growing I love getting guys on that Don't even have to play a full you know Full game to show what they can do yeah I mean this team is is pretty Spectacular I know you guys will be Seeing them very soon but I'll tell you What Brody is doing an amazing job for His team they're the team to be reckoned With in their conference right now For sure definitely an exciting match up Here coming up this week now we've got The guy we got the we gave the call here Zay Bolden welcome on the screens they Gotta gotta read out your stats and Everything that you did before we talk To you real quick to let people know why We gave you the call so Zay bones Jr That had a huge game in a 46-33 win over Olympic that was the Sabers first win of The season with head coach Joe Evans Shout out to coach Evans uh Boulder you Had an interception return for a Touchdown you forced to Fumble that Return for a score and you also had 12 Tackles in the game now I you know Ground always gives me crap I Gotta Give Love to my defensive guys today so I had To get you on and give you the call Grinder I'll turn it over to you to get This one of the best defensive Performances in the state this week talk To him grinder yeah I mean Zay we're so Impressed with what you did I talked to Joe Evans he loves you like he said you
Literally don't care what position you Play you're all about the team he said You played defensive end your sophomore Year on JV moved to running back your Junior year still a little bit of Running back but now he's in the back End and I'll tell you what my favorite Thing about you is your eye control a Lot of these rpos you do not have your Eyes in the wrong place you make big Time plays because you're great eye Controlling ball skills in the air Phenomenal that strip touchdown you had Was high level that's NFL level stuff Say tell me a little bit about that when You stripped it out Well honestly You know we we needed to start the game With some fire And I knew if defense could come out With the first score on the board that Would be the momentum we need it but I know I know you know that was a good Running back but he came straight up Through that middle And you know coach Market seeing our Defensive coordinator always coaches Everybody to the ball and you know I was The last line of defense so I seen the Ball open so I just football Instinct IQ I mean I don't know if you know who Peanut Tillman is but it was a piedmont Peanut Tillman type strip like you Literally reached in the intention to
Get the ball it was amazing so uh and Then at the very end we'll wrap it up a Little bit but you stop the game at the End Olympic was driving the score you're Only up six if they score get the extra Point they go up by one you ice the game With the pick six amazing job say where To get that big Conference win for your Guys Yes sir thank you definitely say we're Glad to have you on here if you think You have a performance worthy of a Crisis gym nomination please reach out To me at coach J Grace on Twitter reach Out to Ed Observer preps or at Langston Works Jr and as we say if you ball You get to get the call see you next Week [Music]
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