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The Copper Basin (Copperhill, TN) varsity football team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Hayesville (NC) by a score of 41-8.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Hayesville	7	20	14	0	41
Copper Basin	0	0	8	0	8

Final score provided by K. Thompson.

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Box Score Stats

Hayesville (25-26)		Copper Basin (25-26)
34	Total Plays	39
9	First Downs	6
5	Penalties	8
55	Penalty Yards	53

Game Stats

Copper Basin (25-26)

Hayesville

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	2	9	35	.222	17.5	2	18	82.9
1	Peyton McGaha (Sr)	1	2	18	.500	18.0	1	18	120.8
12	Lance Coker (Jr)	1	7	17	.143	17.0	1	17	79.2

Copper Basin

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	0	2	0	.000				0	39.6
6	Drew Crowder (Sr)	0	2	0	.000				0	39.6

Hayesville

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	100+	TD
	Team Totals	25	225	9.0	56	1	4
1	Peyton McGaha (Sr)	2	-7	-3.5	-2	0
3	Colton Bruggers (Sr)	1	13	13.0	13	0
6	Tre Graves (Sr)	14	143	10.2	20	1	3
9	Rylan Graves (So)	1	3	3.0	3	0
10	Daemien Soto (Jr)	1	5	5.0	5	0
12	Lance Coker (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
25	Kaden Ledford (Jr)	4	68	17.0	56	0	1

Copper Basin

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Team Totals	22	23	1.0	18
1	Nathan Spencer (Sr)	5	6	1.2	2
6	Drew Crowder (Sr)	9	48	5.3	18
11	Nick Bird (Jr)	2	-14	-7.0	-6
15	Dawson Pittman (So)	4	-18	-4.5	4
88	Aj Pero (So)	2	1	0.5	3

Hayesville

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	2	35	17.5	18	2
4	Ben Bethel (Sr)	1	17	17.0	17	1
9	Rylan Graves (So)	1	18	18.0	18	1

Copper Basin

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Team Totals	5	39	7.8	15
1	Nathan Spencer (Sr)	1	6	6.0	6
6	Drew Crowder (Sr)	4	33	8.3	15

Hayesville

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	PR	IR	Total
	Team Totals	225	35	26	12	298
1	Peyton McGaha (Sr)	-7				-7
3	Colton Bruggers (Sr)	13			11	24
4	Ben Bethel (Sr)		17			17
6	Tre Graves (Sr)	143				143
7	Eli Jack (Sr)			7		7
9	Rylan Graves (So)	3	18			21
10	Daemien Soto (Jr)	5				5
15	Elio Murillo (Sr)			15		15
24	CJ Finn (So)				1	1
25	Kaden Ledford (Jr)	68				68
59	Wayne Fullmer (So)			4		4

Copper Basin

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	Total
	Team Totals	23	39	101	163
1	Nathan Spencer (Sr)	6	6	90	102
6	Drew Crowder (Sr)	48	33		81
11	Nick Bird (Jr)	-14		11	-3
15	Dawson Pittman (So)	-18			-18
88	Aj Pero (So)	1			1

Hayesville

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	225	35	35	260
1	Peyton McGaha (Sr)	-7	18		11
3	Colton Bruggers (Sr)	13			13
4	Ben Bethel (Sr)			17	17
6	Tre Graves (Sr)	143			143
9	Rylan Graves (So)	3		18	21
10	Daemien Soto (Jr)	5			5
12	Lance Coker (Jr)	0	17		17
25	Kaden Ledford (Jr)	68			68

Copper Basin

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	23	0	39	23
1	Nathan Spencer (Sr)	6		6	12
6	Drew Crowder (Sr)	48	0	33	81
11	Nick Bird (Jr)	-14			-14
15	Dawson Pittman (So)	-18			-18
88	Aj Pero (So)	1			1

Hayesville

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	28	7	35	9.0
2	Braden Thompson (Sr)	1		1
3	Colton Bruggers (Sr)	2		2	1.0
6	Tre Graves (Sr)	1		1	1.0
10	Daemien Soto (Jr)	2		2
11	Donivin Soto (So)	1		1
14	Ephraim Jones (So)	1		1	1.0
17	Johan Webb (Jr)		1	1	.5
18	Crow Collins (So)	3		3
20	Logan Querns (So)	2		2	1.0
21	Cale Cothren (So)	1	2	3
24	CJ Finn (So)	1		1
25	Kaden Ledford (Jr)	1		1
51	Brendon Collins (Sr)	1		1	1.0
55	Matt Gorham (Jr)	2	2	4
56	Will Brown (Sr)	4		4	1.0
59	Wayne Fullmer (So)	2		2
62	Mason Buckner (Sr)	1	1	2
74	Wyatt James (Sr)	1	1	2	1.5
81	Jameson Dawson (Sr)	1		1	1.0

Copper Basin

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls
	Team Totals	19	13	32
6	Drew Crowder (Sr)	5		5
11	Nick Bird (Jr)	4	1	5
12	Logan Cochran (Sr)	2		2
15	Dawson Pittman (So)		1	1
33	Easton Dockery (Fr)	1	5	6
52	Darrius Harris (Jr)		1	1
55	Wyatt Holder (Jr)	1		1
64	Cooper Floyd (Sr)	1		1
70	T. Davis (Fr)		2	2
75	Dylan Beaver (Fr)	3	2	5
88	Aj Pero (So)	2	1	3

Hayesville

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl
	Team Totals	4.0	36
14	Ephraim Jones (So)	1.0	8
20	Logan Querns (So)	1.0	8
51	Brendon Collins (Sr)	1.0	8
56	Will Brown (Sr)	1.0	12

Sacks

Copper Basin has not entered any sacks stats.

Hayesville

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg
	Team Totals	2	12	6.0
3	Colton Bruggers (Sr)	1	11	11.0
24	CJ Finn (So)	1	1	1.0

Copper Basin

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Fmb Rec	FR Yds	Caus
	Team Totals	1	0	1
55	Wyatt Holder (Jr)			1
64	Cooper Floyd (Sr)	1	0

Punts

Hayesville has not entered any punts stats.

Copper Basin

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	4	111	27.8	40
1	Nathan Spencer (Sr)	4	111	27.8	40

Hayesville

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	3	26	8.7	15	26
7	Eli Jack (Sr)	1	7	7.0	7	7
15	Elio Murillo (Sr)	1	15	15.0	15	15
59	Wayne Fullmer (So)	1	4	4.0	4	4

Copper Basin

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	2	101	50.5	90	101
1	Nathan Spencer (Sr)	1	90	90.0	90	90
11	Nick Bird (Jr)	1	11	11.0	11	11

Hayesville

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	6	36	5	41
4	Ben Bethel (Sr)	1	6		6
6	Tre Graves (Sr)	3	18		18
9	Rylan Graves (So)	1	6		6
25	Kaden Ledford (Jr)	1	6		6
40	Josue Salas (So)			5	5

Copper Basin

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv
	Team Totals	1	6	2
1	Nathan Spencer (Sr)	1	6
88	Aj Pero (So)			2

Hayesville

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	5	6	.8	0	1	.0		5
40	Josue Salas (So)	5	6	.8	0	1	.0		5

PATs and Field Goals

Copper Basin has not entered any pats and field goals stats.

Hayesville

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	4	2	6
4	Ben Bethel (Sr)		1	1
6	Tre Graves (Sr)	3		3
9	Rylan Graves (So)		1	1
25	Kaden Ledford (Jr)	1		1

Copper Basin

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	TD FR	TD IR	TD PR	TD KOR	Total
	Team Totals						1	1
1	Nathan Spencer (Sr)						1	1

Conversions

Hayesville has not entered any conversions stats.

Copper Basin

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals		1	1
88	Aj Pero (So)		1	1

Recap Video

Game Recap: Hayesville @ Copper Basin Boys Varsity Football 2:40

Game Story

Tennessee High School Football - Copper Basin crushed by Hayesville

September 5, 2025: Copperhill, TN 37317

Hayesville Yellowjackets (Hayesville, NC) fans went home in high spirits Friday as they saw their football team triumph over the host Copper Basin Cougars (Copperhill, TN), 41-8 in a non-league battle.

With the win, Hayesville improves its record to 2-1 on the season. The Yellowjackets host Georgia Force Christian (Sugar Hill, GA) to play the Blue Knights in a non-league battle on Friday, September 12. The Blue Knights come into the test with a record of 4-0. Georgia Force Christian won 39-2 in their recent league test against Cabarrus Stallions (Concord, NC)

With the defeat, Copper Basin drops to 0-3 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Rosman (Rosman, NC) to meet the Tigers in a non-league test on Friday, September 12. The Tigers go into the challenge with a record of 1-2. Rosman won 28-10 in their recent non-league challenge against East Henderson (East Flat Rock, NC)

Coaches Summary

First Quarter

Hay 2:45 Trey Graves 10 yd run. Josue Salas kick.

Second Quarter

Hay 9:09 T. Graves 7 yd run. Kick failed.
Hay 5:59 Ben Bethel 17 yd reception from Lance Coker. Salas kick.
Hay 5:30 T. Graves 20 yd run. Salas kick.

Third Quarter

Hay 9:02 Rylan Graves 18 yd reception from Peyton McGaha. Salas kick.

Highlight Videos

Players of the Game

Hayesville (25-26)

Hayesville has not selected any Players of the Game.

Copper Basin (25-26)

Congratulations to #6 Drew Crowder (offensive), #11 Nick Bird (defensive) and #1 Nathan Spencer (special teams) for being selected the Copper Basin Football Players of the Game.

Hayesville @ Copper Basin Football Game Info

Fri., Sep. 5, 2025 @ 7:30p

Copper Basin High School

The Copper Basin (Copperhill, TN) varsity football team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Hayesville (NC) by a score of 41-8.

Rankings & Records

Hayesville (25-26)

National	NC	Class
8,026	246	14

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
5-3	2-2	3-1	2-2	.625	.500	198	189

Copper Basin (25-26)

National	TN	Class
12,973	332	39

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
2-5	1-1	2-3	0-2	.286	.500	117	275

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Hayesville	6.9	9.9	2.5	5.5	24.8
Copper Basin	2.0	1.0	2.3	4.0	16.7

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Team Stat Comparison

Hayesville		Copper Basin
192.1	Rushing Yards Per Game	171.0
49.5	Passing Yards Per Game	5.6
49.5	Receiving Yards Per Game	8.4
241.6	Total Yards Per Game	176.6
45.6	Tackles Per Game	36.4
1.8	Sacks Per Game	0.6
24.8	Points Per Game	8.7

Team Leaders

Hayesville		Copper Basin	National Avg.
#6 Tre Graves125.8	Rushing Yards Per Game	#1 Nathan Spencer84.0	13.2
#1 Peyton McGaha46.4	Passing Yards Per Game	#15 Dawson Pittman3.3	13.9
#4 Ben Bethel26.3	Receiving Yards Per Game	#6 Drew Crowder6.5	10.5
#6 Tre Graves129.6	Total Yards Per Game	#6 Drew Crowder86.0	28.2
#50 Patrick Denton6.8	Tackles Per Game	#88 Aj Pero6.8	2.7
#14 Ephraim Jones0.7	Sacks Per Game	#88 Aj Pero0.3	0.3
#6 Tre Graves12.3	Points Per Game	#1 Nathan Spencer7.0	2.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hayesville	1-0		Copper Basin	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
9/26/25	Hayesville	Rosman	(W) 54-14		9/12/25	Copper Basin	Rosman	(L) 26-14

Record Breakdown

Hayesville (25-26)		Copper Basin (25-26)
5-3	Overall	2-5
2-2	League	1-1
3-1	Non-League	1-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-0	Common Opponent	0-1
3-1	Home	2-3
2-2	Away	0-2
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
3-3	In-State	1-1
2-0	Out-of-State	1-4