Ten 10 MaxPreps stories from fall of 2012

From a record-setting rusher to blind athletes to 67-yard field goals to 21-year-old imposters, the fall of 2012 had it all. Here's a sampling.

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Jan 2, 2013, 3:00pm

5. Will Grier throws for 837 in team's 104-80 victory

Both Davidson Day (Davidson, N.C.) and Harrells Christian Academy (Harrells) coaches said they expected a high-scoring football game Friday night. But 184 points? Eight hundred and 37 passing yards from one player? A total of 1,641 yards?

Preposterous. Ridiculous. Unfathomable.

Will Grier, Davidson Day
Will Grier, Davidson Day
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But it was all true and then some in host Davidson Day's 104-80 North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association Division 2 semifinal victory on Friday night.

"It was Play Station stuff," Davidson Day coach Chad Grier said Saturday morning.

Yes, the two teams alone combined for more points than four NBA games on Friday night. It wasn't the highest scoring game in history — according to the NFHS record book, eight teams alone have scored more than 184 in a single game (all before 1930 however) — but the four-hour contest definitely kept score keepers scrambling and left stat keepers exhausted.

Not to mention the players and coaches.

"I don't really have good words to describe it," Grier said. "If I didn't see it myself, I probably would not have believed it. I just feel it's unbelievable."

Grier said that as his team reached 60, 70, 80 then 90 points, he kept asking good friend and defensive coordinator Dave Serepca if that would be enough to win the game.

"When we got to 104, I told him (tongue in cheek) if that wasn't enough he was fired," Grier said.

Many stars emerged from all the offensive explosions.

The biggest no doubt was Davidson Day 6-foot-3, 192-pound junior quarterback Will Grier, who completed 35 of 42 for a national record 837 yards. It was originally reported he threw for 774 but after an exhaustive review of tape Saturday morning it was revealed he went for 63 yards more.

The coach's son bettered the national record of 764 set in 2000 by Pacific Palisades quarterback David Koral.

But Grier's mark will likely never be recognized by the National Federation of State High School Associations. Associate director John Gillis told MaxPreps that records are only listed in the national book if a member state accepts them, and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association does not recognize any efforts recorded by a member of the NCISAA.

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