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The Ayden - Grifton (Ayden, NC) varsity football team won Friday's home playoff game against North Lenoir (LaGrange, NC) by a score of 45-22.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
North Lenoir	-	-	-	-	22
Ayden - Grifton	-	-	-	-	45

Final score provided by S. DragonFly.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

North Lenoir (24-25)

North Lenoir has not entered stats for this game.

Ayden - Grifton (24-25)

Ayden - Grifton

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	12	17	167	.706	13.9	4	0	40	141.4
5	Nate Brooks (Sr)	12	17	167	.706	13.9	4	0	40	141.4

Ayden - Grifton

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	100+	TD
	Team Totals	35	220	6.3	26	1	2
3	EJ Ruffin (Jr)	20	136	6.8	26	1	2
5	Nate Brooks (Sr)	1	9	9.0	9	0
11	Loyalty Fuller (So)	7	50	7.1	19	0
13	Sean Pollard (Jr)	6	33	5.5	9	0
35	D. Quinnerly (Fr)	1	-8	-8.0		0

Ayden - Grifton

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	12	167	13.9	40	4
3	EJ Ruffin (Jr)	1	40	40.0	40
6	Zi'mere Nelson (Sr)	2	18	9.0	11	1
10	Jack Ewell (Sr)	8	102	12.8	30	3
12	Omari Outlaw (Sr)	1	7	7.0	7

Ayden - Grifton

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	IR	Total
	Team Totals	220	167	20	25	432
3	EJ Ruffin (Jr)	136	40			176
5	Nate Brooks (Sr)	9				9
6	Zi'mere Nelson (Sr)		18			18
10	Jack Ewell (Sr)		102			102
11	Loyalty Fuller (So)	50				50
12	Omari Outlaw (Sr)		7			7
13	Sean Pollard (Jr)	33				33
22	Larry Grier iii (So)			8	25	33
35	D. Quinnerly (Fr)	-8		12		4

Ayden - Grifton

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	220	167	167	387
3	EJ Ruffin (Jr)	136		40	176
5	Nate Brooks (Sr)	9	167		176
6	Zi'mere Nelson (Sr)			18	18
10	Jack Ewell (Sr)			102	102
11	Loyalty Fuller (So)	50			50
12	Omari Outlaw (Sr)			7	7
13	Sean Pollard (Jr)	33			33
35	D. Quinnerly (Fr)	-8			-8

Ayden - Grifton

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls
	Team Totals	17	29	46
3	EJ Ruffin (Jr)	1	3	4
4	John Fields (Jr)		3	3
10	Jack Ewell (Sr)	3	4	7
11	Loyalty Fuller (So)	1		1
20	Nycholas Prayer (Jr)		2	2
22	Larry Grier iii (So)	4	1	5
23	Kam Hudson (Sr)	1	2	3
45	Jayden Spikes (Jr)	2	1	3
56	Jorge Medina (Jr)	1	1	2
62	Holden Forbes (Jr)	1	5	6
64	Dashawn Folks (Jr)	1	3	4
66	Gasiah Dixon (Sr)	1	2	3
71	Jayden Joyner (So)		1	1
72	Chrishawn Ward (So)	1	1	2

Ayden - Grifton

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	PD	Fmb Rec	Caus
	Team Totals	1	25	25.0	2	1	1
3	EJ Ruffin (Jr)				1
10	Jack Ewell (Sr)				1
12	Omari Outlaw (Sr)					1
22	Larry Grier iii (So)	1	25	25.0			1

Ayden - Grifton

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	2	94	47.0	47	2
10	Jack Ewell (Sr)	2	94	47.0	47	2

Ayden - Grifton

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	2	20	10.0	12	20
22	Larry Grier iii (So)	1	8	8.0	8	8
35	D. Quinnerly (Fr)	1	12	12.0	12	12

Ayden - Grifton

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	6	36	8	44
3	EJ Ruffin (Jr)	2	12		12
6	Zi'mere Nelson (Sr)	1	6		6
10	Jack Ewell (Sr)	3	18		18
30	Keiran Frawley (Sr)			8	8

Ayden - Grifton

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	5	5	1.0	1	1	1.0	39	8
30	Keiran Frawley (Sr)	5	5	1.0	1	1	1.0	39	8

Ayden - Grifton

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	2	4	6
3	EJ Ruffin (Jr)	2		2
6	Zi'mere Nelson (Sr)		1	1
10	Jack Ewell (Sr)		3	3

Game Story

North Carolina High School Football - Ayden - Grifton tops North Lenoir

November 15, 2024: Ayden, NC 28513

The Ayden - Grifton Chargers football squad scored 45 points and limited the visiting North Lenoir Hawks to 22 in the Chargers non-league triumph on Friday.

The Chargers now hold a 7-4 record. They take the field next when they travel to Holmes for a non-league test on Friday, November 22. Ayden - Grifton will meet a Aces squad coming off a 20-14 non-league win over South Granville (Creedmoor, NC). The Aces record now stands at 7-4.

With the defeat, North Lenoir drops to 4-7 on the campaign.

Players of the Game

North Lenoir (24-25)

North Lenoir has not selected any Players of the Game.

Ayden - Grifton (24-25)

Congratulations to #10 Jack Ewell (overall), #3 EJ Ruffin (offensive), #22 Larry Grier iii (defensive) and #30 Keiran Frawley (special teams) for being selected the Ayden - Grifton Football Players of the Game.

North Lenoir @ AGHS Football Game Info

Fri., Nov. 15, 2024 @ 7p

The Ayden - Grifton (Ayden, NC) varsity football team won Friday's home playoff game against North Lenoir (LaGrange, NC) by a score of 45-22.

This game is a part of the "2024 NCHSAA Football Championships - 2A" tournament.

Rankings & Records

North Lenoir (24-25)

NC	Class
275	25

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
4-7	3-3	2-3	2-4	.364	.500	154	367

Ayden - Grifton (24-25)

NC	Class
170	10

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-5	5-1	5-3	3-2	.615	.833	372	324

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
North Lenoir	2.7	2.0	5.0	2.7	14.0
Ayden - Grifton	9.6	6.1	4.7	7.0	28.6

Team Stat Comparison

North Lenoir		Ayden - Grifton
122.1	Rushing Yards Per Game	150.5
43.5	Passing Yards Per Game	144.4
43.5	Receiving Yards Per Game	150.5
165.5	Total Yards Per Game	294.9
36.8	Tackles Per Game	60.9
0.8	Sacks Per Game	1.2
12.0	Points Per Game	28.5

Team Leaders

North Lenoir		Ayden - Grifton	National Avg.
#6 Malik Fuller64.1	Rushing Yards Per Game	#3 EJ Ruffin95.4	20.4
#17 Jaquell Hawkins-Gardner45.7	Passing Yards Per Game	#5 Nate Brooks142.1	51.0
#3 Braxton Loftin-myers26.2	Receiving Yards Per Game	#1 Nygel Morgan51.4	17.4
#6 Malik Fuller70.5	Total Yards Per Game	#5 Nate Brooks145.1	36.6
#6 Malik Fuller6.8	Tackles Per Game	#10 Jack Ewell10.1	2.7
#13 Eric Yarbrough0.3	Sacks Per Game	#50 Jimmy Rown0.3	0.2
#6 Malik Fuller7.8	Points Per Game	#3 EJ Ruffin10.6	2.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
North Lenoir	0-3		Ayden - Grifton	1-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/23/24	Greene Central	North Lenoir	(L) 25-0	10/4/24	Greene Central	Ayden - Grifton	(W) 10-8
8/29/24	Farmville Central	North Lenoir	(L) 29-6	9/26/24	Ayden - Grifton	Farmville Central	(L) 42-22
11/1/24	North Lenoir	Kinston	(L) 46-0	9/6/24	Ayden - Grifton	Kinston	(L) 30-26
				11/29/24	Kinston	Ayden - Grifton	(L) 20-9

Record Breakdown

North Lenoir (24-25)		Ayden - Grifton (24-25)
4-7	Overall	8-5
3-3	League	5-1
1-3	Non-League	1-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-3	Common Opponent	1-3
2-3	Home	5-3
2-4	Away	3-2
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	2-1
4-7	In-State	8-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0