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Tarboro vs North Edgecombe

Do you know why NE does not currently have the kids to be more competitive? They certainly did not have that problem several years back when they were making deep playoff runs and winning a few state titles. It always baffles me how a program can fall off so much from what they used to be. Sure, a good bit of that can be coaching and how much effort the head man puts into the program. But that is not the sole and only reason.
In this instance, it was coaching 100%. When Cobb left NE and came to SWE, the fortunes of each program flipped. Immediately, they fell off and we climbed the mountain. Aside from an odd season here and there, it's been that way ever since.

MPC Week 3

After a rough week for the conference, things can only get better in all likelihood...

ND vs Davie
OG vs Ragsdale
CD vs WD
Ledford vs Wheatmore
MC at JF Webb
Asheboro bye

Alright, we found out a bit more with the conference this past week. Now things start to get serious. They say you improve the most between game one and two, then find out who is really who in week three... let's do this!

North welcomes Davie to Welcome (hehe), not necessarily a friendly place for war chickens, and both are trying to sort themselves out. Davie was obliterated in opening week by Mooresville and followed it up by losing to rival West Rowan. Now they get another old rival in North Davidson and they may be licking their chops at facing a much smaller school to right the ship. North has played good defense at times and had trouble finishing on offense the first two weeks, is this where they iron out the kinks? Stay tuned...

Oak Grove played West Forsyth even for a half and then got snowballed in the second. They look to pick themselves up against Ragsdale who is looking better this year. Kudos to OG and ND for scheduling tough opponents in the non conference to prep for conference. OG has owned Ragsdale the past couple years but this Tiger team looks upgraded, we shall see.


Central has found the going rough against quality opponents but now they get to face off with bitter rival West Davidson. The Dragons look much improved and hungry to prove themselves after years of ineptitude. They pounded Ledford in a shocker nobody saw coming and now get to try for a win against Central for the first time in recent memory. Always a classic brawl with high tension and emotions.

Ledford was expected to lose against Glenn but after getting a thorough whipping from West they have only scored 6 points in two games... the defense which is usually their strength is nowhere to be found. Is Wheatmore what the vet ordered for the kitty cats? Wheatmore barely lost to West, but comparative scores mean nothing. Ledford better find the matchups or its the start of a long season...

Montgomery Central has two wins and looking for another against Webb. They won last year and look to take another step forward this season.

Asheboro has looked much better and gets to rest a week before strapping it back up. Is this the year they end their conference losing streak?


Find out answers to all these questions and more, next time on DragonBall Z!... er, ncpreps...

Tarboro vs North Edgecombe

Do you know why NE does not currently have the kids to be more competitive? They certainly did not have that problem several years back when they were making deep playoff runs and winning a few state titles. It always baffles me how a program can fall off so much from what they used to be. Sure, a good bit of that can be coaching and how much effort the head man puts into the program. But that is not the sole and only reason.
Coach Cobb leaving is the major factor, but enrollment in NE went down as well.

2-0 Reagan @ 2-0 Grimsley

Reagan has upset 2 teams already and they have a QB who is headed to NC State. Grimsley absolutely ran over Rolesville. Can the Reagan Raiders actually hang with the Whirlies? IDK....tall task but Reagan has a better defense this year. Great start for the CPC CONFERENCE who are Top Heavy with East Forsyth, Mt Tabor, West Forsyth and Reagan. RJR is also undefeated but will be playing tougher competition this week.
I think it’s i on X that the QB is out for the year with an ACL injury. Is this true?

Tarboro vs North Edgecombe

Did some digging…

North Edgecombe last 5 years of Cobb:
1999: 11-2
2000: 7-4
2001: 11-4
2002: 10-5
2003: 15-1

NE first 5 years after Cobb;
2004: 6-7
2005: 3-8
2006: 1-9
2007: 6-7
2008: 0-11

SWE 5 years before Cobb:
1999: 4-6
2000: 0-11
2001: 2-9
2002: 0-11
2003: 4-8

SWE first 5 with Cobb:
2004: 8-5
2005: 9-3
2006: 12-1
2007: 8-3
2008: 10-3

Tarboro vs North Edgecombe

Do you know why NE does not currently have the kids to be more competitive? They certainly did not have that problem several years back when they were making deep playoff runs and winning a few state titles. It always baffles me how a program can fall off so much from what they used to be. Sure, a good bit of that can be coaching and how much effort the head man puts into the program. But that is not the sole and only reason.
Well I don’t I know exactly because I was a young kid - but when Raymond Cobb left to go to Southwest is when North Edgecombe started going downhill and when Southwest started having a resurgence.
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