High School Football

Area individual statistical leaders (Oct. 13)


Myrtle Beach’s Drayton Arnold moved into second in area passing yards this week.
Myrtle Beach’s Drayton Arnold moved into second in area passing yards this week. jlee@thesunnews.com

A couple players from a normally successful passing program are starting to make their mark.

Myrtle Beach quarterback Drayton Arnold and newfound favorite target Elijah Rice have each jumped all the way to second in the area in passing and receiving yards, respectively, after each had big performances on Saturday in a double-overtime region win at Lake City.

Arnold threw for 301 yards and a pair of touchdowns, both to Rice. The receiver finished with 220 yards, which accounts for more than a third of his season total.

But while it was Arnold’s first 300-yard game of the season and easily the biggest yardage game of Rice’s seven-game career, the duo have been coming on strong in recent weeks. Rice has back-to-back games north of 150 yards while contributing five touchdowns in those two games.

Arnold has thrown for 530 yards and six touchdowns in that time.

They are still a ways back of Conway’s tandem of Peyton Derrick and Bryan Edwards, but the gap has most definitely closed some from where it was three weeks ago.

Rushing

Att.

Yards

Avg.

1. Dyverse Simmons

CF

157

1,084

6.9

2. Brandon Sinclair

MB

120

822

6.9

3. Jah’Maine Martin

Con

89

686

7.7

4. Kered Class

NMB

85

594

7.0

5. Jay-Mion Pressley

SJ

90

495

5.5

6. Zach Todd

Ayn

85

430

5.1

7. Wyatt Upchurch

GSF

40

391

9.8

8. Tony Lara

GT

99

389

3.9

9. Dequan Montgomery

NMB

49

387

7.9

10. Jamarius Faulkner

SJ

83

356

4.3

Passing

Comp.

Att.

Int.

TDs

Yards

1. Peyton Derrick

Con

107

173

2

21

1,787

2. Drayton Arnold

MB

94

195

9

11

1,317

3. Jarvis Brown

GT

69

116

4

10

1,145

4. Zach Werba

SJ

100

166

3

11

1,056

5. Matt Beale

CF

60

106

9

7

937

Receiving

Rec.

Yards

Avg.

1. Bryan Edwards

Con

41

873

21.3

2. Elijah Rice

MB

34

599

17.6

3. Taylor Karnap

Soc

32

451

14.1

4. Jackson Hurston

SJ

41

448

10.9

5. Cavonte Gambel

GT

27

438

16.2

Touchdowns

Name

TDs

1. Peyton Derrick

Con

22

2. Jarvis Brown

GT

17

3.Matt Beale

CF

15

4. Ronnie Bass

NMB

14

5. Brandon Sinclair

MB

13

5. Jah’Maine Martin

Con

13

Area teams: Aynor, Carolina Forest, Carvers Bay, Conway, Georgetown, Green Sea Floyds, Loris, Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Socastee, St. James, Waccamaw

This story was originally published October 12, 2015 at 5:04 PM with the headline "Area individual statistical leaders (Oct. 13)."

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