When is the last time Surry Central was good? With the way East Surry & Mount Airy have been so dominant and North Surry really taking strides in the right direction, when will Surry Central be able to do that? Do they just not have solid male athletes in the school?
SC's issues have always been pretty much the athlete department. Pre 2000 they struggled to have consistent classes until the 90's when Alex Mebane got there. Before him they had one of the nation's longest losing streaks, it was even on ESPN according to old newspaper articles (never seen any footage though.) Mebane installed the wishbone option set and they found stability which never left. Even Holder ran it when he was there some years. Dave Johnson and Southern were really the two who got the program stabilized. Their talented classes are once in an era though, 2005 and 2016 were literally around dry spots.
As for their issues now, SC's having numbers issues like a lot of schools. Their Junior class situation was really dire at one part in the summer, early on they had 2-3 kids show up. I counted 5 in the season preview which is a step up, but they are very senior heavy this year. The skill players they have are good for them, especially the QB. He's the best I've seen them have, the kid can chunk it. They also have a nice back set. But going down the ages it's not as good. They play awfully hard but this gonna be their best year at getting stuff done.
? mark for them is what is going to happen once Southern retires, he's been the HC as long as I've been around he started my freshman year in 07. He's close to retirement age. Whenever he does go that's gonna be a huge ? mark in terms of how they good. If they make the wrong hire they'll be in a deep spot. I expect it sometime in a few years.
