High School Football

Area individual statistical leaders (Nov. 9)

Carolina Forest running back Dyverse Simmons leads the area in rushing.
Carolina Forest running back Dyverse Simmons leads the area in rushing. For The Sun News

Two different area running backs have been chasing former Conway star Bobby Wallace’s milestones throughout the season.

Now, it appears Carolina Forest’s Dyverse Simmons and Myrtle Beach’s Brandon Sinclair are within striking distance.

With 123 yards in Carolina Forest’s expected playoff game next week, Simmons will become the first area tailback to go for 2,000 yards in a season since Wallace did so as a junior in 2003. The Panthers will discover their playoff opponent on Thursday night, and the brackets will be officially released on Saturday. Carolina Forest is projected to be either a 14 or 15 seed and play on the road.

For Sinclair, he’s 190 yards shy of 5,000 for his career. Myrtle Beach will open the playoffs at home against Dreher on Friday. Wallace was the last area player to top 5,000 career rushing yards. He finished with 5,151 yards before heading to the University of South Carolina.

Rushing

Att.

Yards

Avg.

1. Dyverse Simmons

CF

251

1,877

7.5

2. Brandon Sinclair

MB

204

1,295

6.4

3. Kered Class

NMB

144

1,091

7.6

4. Jah’Maine Martin

Con

138

1,051

7.6

5. Wyatt Upchurch

GSF

83

881

10.6

6. Malachi McClendon

Soc

145

731

5.0

7. Jay-Mion Pressley

SJ

151

716

4.7

8. Kevin Gasque

Wac

151

686

4.5

9. Henry Moody

GSF

130

679

5.2

10. Dequan Montgomery

NMB

92

671

7.3

Passing

Comp.

Att.

Int.

TDs

Yards

1. Peyton Derrick

Con

172

261

6

28

2,439

2. Jarvis Brown

GT

131

166

8

21

2,148

3. Drayton Arnold

MB

154

277

9

22

2,124

4. Zach Werba

SJ

155

250

7

13

1,518

5. Matt Beale

CF

92

179

10

11

1,495

Receiving

Rec.

Yards

Avg.

1. Bryan Edwards

Con

53

969

18.3

2. Elijah Rice

MB

54

929

17.2

3. Cavonte Gamble

GT

46

778

16.9

4. Deakidd Anderson

GT

36

747

20.8

5. Desmond Dozier

Lor

52

689

13.3

Touchdowns

Name

TDs

1. Jarvis Brown

GT

31

2. Peyton Derrick

Con

30

3. Drayton Arnold

MB

22

4. Jah’Maine Martin

Con

22

5. Brandon Sinclair

Con

20

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 November 9, 2015 at 10:53 PM with the headline "Area individual statistical leaders (Nov. 9)."

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