Bryant Roche

CHARLOTTE — While he couldn't predict the future, Grimsley coach Darryl Brown was more than happy with the present in the Keep Pounding High School Classic.

Faizon Brandon, the nation's No. 1 college recruit who's heading to Tennessee, scored a touchdown on fourth down in overtime, and the Grimsley defense made a clutch play to preserve the 28-27 victory over West Charlotte in the season-opening Keep Pounding High School Classic at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.

"I know we have a tough, hard-nosed football team,” Brown said. “I don’t know what it says about the rest of the year, but what it does say is that our guys won’t quit. I know that much and I just told them in the locker room ... There are a lot of things we need to do better. I'm just really proud of out guy

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