midway through 2nd quarter, Andrews 15, Reidsville 3

Kannapolis is one of my all time favorite places to go for high school football. My good friend Mr. B always welcomes us with a smile and we are made to feel at home in our perch atop the press box.

Now to the game. Both teams traded early field goals. Mooresville scored the first touchdown but missed the xp to go up 9-3. But Kannapolis returned the ensuing kick off for their first touchdown at took a 10-9 lead into the locker room at the half. Kannapolis scored their first offensive touchdown of the game late in the third to extend their lead to 17-9. A couple of 4th quarter field goals sealed the win for the Wonders as the remain unbeaten on the season. Mooresville falls to 2-2 on their season. Both teams are idle next week.

Although both squads appeared to be evenly matched, Mooresville continued to shoot themselves in the foot on offense, as well as, special teams. Kannapolis capitalized in the second half, as most good teams will do. Very impressed with both teams defensively. Good luck to Kannapolis the rest of the way. Hopefully my Blue Devils will continue to improve as NPC plays begins in two weeks.

Ok fellas here we go. Conference is here after a disappointing loss last night can our boys come out and get the win? Emery and Bennett back should have our offense moving the ball again. Can our defense hold up consistently like they did last night?

With EM seemingly improved I think this will be a hard fought contest but our boys will come out on top and kick off conference play with a win.

21 Alb 7 EM

Hoggard travels to Charlotte this Friday to play a very good Christian team. Both teams come in 1-2. CC has lost to Catholic 5-0 and Weddington 16-6 and they have beaten Myrtle Beach 24-3. MB was ranked 1 is SC 3A polls before that game. Hoggard comes into this game with a losing record for the first time since 2010 and still trying to put their starting team on the field. Hoggard defense has taken huge hits with the loss of 3 preseason starting players no longer on the team. One had to transfer, one was kicked off and the other decided not to play. With all that the defense has played ok and kept the Vikes in games. The offense looks like it is getting better but still has a long way to go. They will face a very good CC defense. If Hoggard can put its best players on the field they should be able to keep it close and maybe steal one. They will probably be 14 points underdogs in this one.

Reidsville faces one of the top 2A programs in the state the last few years....any thoughts?...I personally think the Rams are up to the challenge...

I will be covering this game for Ncpreps.com this weekend I want score predictions an feedback on the game so chime in. Thanks

Bailey faces his old school for the 4th time as the Scots host the Buccaneers.
Both are undefeated at 3-0. Can Scotland stay unbeaten here as our half
million $ investment is unveiled.. YES

Big game but right now I am going to say we will lose this one unless something great happens during the week of practice!

Every coach in the state should start the year with a stern warning that hazing or disrespect of teammates results in a loss of sports participation and legal ramifications. All coaches should have this discussion tomorrow if you have not yet made it clear. No child should be sexually assaulted with a broom handle. Where the hell was the coaches supervision in the locker room? Disgusting and cruel.

Wow. North 48 Hendersonville 14. Whats does this say about Hendersonville? Don't think they are as good as some thought. I thought North might win by a td but never saw this coming....Wow.

Final picks for Week 4...

Wow. What have we become? Hope both these pukes are strung up by the balls and beaten senseless.

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This week in Charlotte, there will be a mismatch of major proportions. Winless Garinger will be playing at Mallard Creek. Garinger is a study in futility, while Mallard Creek is favored to win their third straight state title. This game is a story of total contrasts.

For Mallard Creek, since 2008, on the field, the program has gone 81-8 with two state titles. Since 2011, the Creek has gone 58-5. During that same span, they are averaging 46.17 ppg and giving up 12.35 ppg. They have two state titles to their credit.

For Garinger, the result is quite different. Since 2011, Garinger has gone 14-64. They've lost 42 of their last 43 games. They are currently on a 33 game losing streak. Since 2011, they have averaged 5.72 ppg while allowing 45.42 ppg.

I want to pay a tribute to the players at Garinger. You haven't seen the results you want, but you go out and play week in and week out. You play some very tough teams in Charlotte. This week you"re going up against the state title favorite. I honor you for your dedication and willingness to play this game.

I understand Mallard Creek has a tough time every year finding ooc opponents. Let the Garinger Wildcats be an example to all the schools who don't want to schedule teams like Mallard Creek. Follow their example. It would take divine intervention for Garinger to win this game. But, at least they're going to show up and play.

Everybody sleeping on Tuscola. What's the word outta Waynesville?

Each of the 6 Western 1A Conferences contains at least 1 unbeaten 1A team, and there were several Nail Biters, Surprises and Blowouts last week in the West as Non-Conference games wind down, and the teams gear up for Conference play to start...

The Yadkin Valley Conf.(YVC)-9 Football Members
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The largest 1A conference in the West began conference play last week... West Montgomery(4-0 & 1-0) opened YVC play with their first shutout(48-0) of the season as the Warriors blasted winless Chatham Central(0-4 & 0-1)...The Warriors will travel friday to Robbins to face North Moore(2-1 & 1-0) who also opened YVC play with a shutout(32-0), beating the Rebel Bulls of South Stanly(0-3 & 0-1)...Meanwhile over in Biscoe, the East Montgomery Eagles(3-1 & 1-0) surprised the Bulldogs from Albemarle(0-4 & 0-1), beating the Bulldogs (21-6),extending their current winning-streak to 3 games....The Eagles will now hit the road beginning this friday when they face the Union Academy Cardinals(1-3 & 1-0) who also opened conference play with a victory over winless South Davidson(0-4 & 0-1) ending a 4-game losing streak for the Cardinals...In non-conference action last friday, 2A West Stanly's bid to capture the Stanly County Championship was denied by 1A North Stanly as the Comets used a heavy dose of Antonio Williams to suddue their bigger Stanly County brethen(44-28)...The Comets(2-1 & 0-0) will host South Davidson in the YVC opener this friday...

The Smoky Mountain Conf.(SMC)-7 Members
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It's not unusual as most know for the SMC to have at least one or two unbeaten teams this early in the season, and that is the case once again this year as surprising Hayesville is off to an (3-0) start for the first time in nearly 15 years(2001)....The Yellowjackets jumped out to a commanding halftime lead at 3A Enka(1-3), and held on to complete the 34-21 upset of the Jets in Chandler...The Yellowjackets return home for their final non-conference matchup with fellow SMC foe Andrews(2-2) this friday...The Wildcats suffered their 2nd straight defeat, losing to Union County Ga last friday....Over in Rosman(3-1), the Tigers led for one half of their contest with 2A Mountain Heritage(3-1), but the Cougars mounted a 4th quarter comeback, led by Sophomore Trey Robinson, and the Tigers unbeaten season ended wih a 26-21 loss....Rosman has an unplanned OPEN date this week before they host Hayesville in the SMC opener on the 25th....Meanwhile, Murphy(3-1) won their 2nd straight game as the Bulldogs demolished(55-12) the North Georgia Falcons in Canton Georgia...Murphy will face a stiff challenge this friday as 4A Gilmer County Georgia makes the trip to "The Hill" to face the Bulldogs....Murphy will begin SMC play at Cherokee on the 25th....Speaking of the Braves, Cherokee(2-2) got a great effort from Sophomore QB Tye Mintz in the convincing 52-22 victory over 2A Cosby Tennessee....The Braves will face another big 2A opponent this friday when Smoky Mountain(2-1) makes the short trip to the Reservation....Just down the road last friday, Swain County(2-2) put up a valiant effort, but couldn't pull the upset in the "Panther Pit" as 2A Franklin(2-1) beat the Maroondevils 24-14....Swain will host 3A Tuscola(2-1) this coming friday.... Meanwhile in a rare thursday night Varsity Football game at Big Oaks Stadium last week, Robbinsville, ended a 2 game skid with a 36-22 victory over Rabun Gap Georgia....The Black Knights will be off this friday before they host the Andrews Wildcats in the SMC opener in a couple weeks...

The Northwest Conf.(NWC)-7 Members
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The East Surry Cardinals(4-0) continued their torrid start by beating their 2nd straight undefeated 2A West Piedmont opponent on the road as the Cardinals outlasted(42-28) 2A West Stokes(3-1)....The Cardinals will now have a couple weeks to prepare for their NWC opener in Pilot Mountain against the Camels of Atkins(0-4) who were blasted last friday by 2A West Wilkes(56-12) to remain winless on the season...Meanwhile over in Mount Airy last friday, the Granite Bears(3-1) got a big night from their Sophomore kicker Robert Brown who made 3 FGs, including the game-winning 40-yarder with only 10 seconds remaining as the Bears edged(16-15) 2A North Surry(2-2).....The Bears will travel to face 2A Surry Central(1-3) in their final non-conference game this friday....North Stokes(3-1) didn't get much rest after last tuesday's 38-12 victory over 2A county foe South Stokes, but the Vikings did put up a great fight last friday in Ronda, losing their first game of the season(27-17) to unbeaten East Wilkes(3-0)....The Vikings hope to get back on track this coming friday when they host Patrick County Virginia....Also in NWC action last friday, Walkertown(1-3) lost their 3rd straight game to a 4A team from Forsyth County as Parkland(3-1) shutout the Wolfpack 14-0...Next up for the Wolfpack, will be home date with 2A West Stokes(3-1) this friday....Meanwhile, WS-Prep(1-2) who also had a short week after losing to Parkland last monday, picked-up their first Varsity Football victory as Word of God forfeited their game with the Phoenix last friday....The Phoenix will host Statesville Christian Academy this friday in hope of picking up their second win and first on the field of play....Bishop McGuinness(1-3) lost(28-7) to High Point Christian Academy last friday, and the Villians will travel to 2A South Stokes this friday before their NWC opener against North Stokes on the 25th....

The Southern Piedmont Conf.(SPC)-7 Members
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The SPC has 2 unbeaten teams remaining as both Pine Lake Prep(4-0) and Thomas Jefferson(4-0) won their non-conference games last friday...The Pride recorded their 2nd straight shutout(20-0), beating the Cannon School on the road....The Pride will take their unblemished mark on the road once again this week in their SPC opener at Mountain Island Charter(1-3 & 0-2)....Meanwhile, Thomas Jefferson(4-0 & 1-0) blasted Statesville Christian Academy(46-2) to remain unbeaten on the season....The Gryphons will host Asheville School this friday before embarking on a month-long road trip that includes SPC foes CSOD,Cherryville and Bessemer City....The Spartans of CSOD lost their first game of the season on friday as they were shutout(35-0) by 4A North Mecklenburg(3-1)....The Spartans have another tough task on the road this friday at powerful Davidson Day....In other SPC action, Cherryville's woes continued as the Ironmen(0-4) were blasted(45-6) at home by 3A North Gaston(2-2)....The Ironmen will face 3A East Gaston(1-2) at home this week....Bessemer City(1-2) will play the 2A Stuart Cramer Storm on monday as a "Storm" postponed friday's game at Stuart Cramer....The road trip will continue later next week for the Yellowjackets as they travel to face 3A North Lincoln(0-3) on friday...Highland Tech was shutout again(24-0) last friday at Lake Norman Charter(2-1), and the result of the Rams game with First Assembly Christian last monday is unknown at the moment...

The 1A/2A Mountain Valley Conf.(MVC)-4-1A Members
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2 teams remain unbeaten from the MVC with both of the schools located in Wilkes County....East Wilkes(3-0) and their bigger County brethen 2A Wilkes Central(4-0) won't face each other until the end of October, but both are off to a great start in their respective classifications...The 2A Eagles finished their non-conference schedule with a tough 33-30 win over 3A Patton last friday, while the 1A Cardinals ended North Stokes' unbeaten season with a 27-17 win in Ronda...The Cardinals host 2A Forbush(2-2) this friday before a trip to face 2A North Wilkes(1-2) in the MVC opener, the following week...Starmount(1-2) broke into the win column for the first time this season last friday with a 35-15 victory over their rivals at 2A Forbush...The Rams have a home date with Thomasville(1-2) this week before they host Elkin in the MVC opener on the 25th....Elkin(0-4) will have a couple weeks to prepare for that opener at Starmount after friday's 21-6 loss at 2A Surry Central(1-3)...Meanwhile, Alleghany(1-3) ended their early season frustrations with a non-conference victory(24-14) over 2A South Stokes...The Trojans will be off this week in preparation for their MVC opener against 2A Ashe County(0-3) on the 25th...

The 1A/2A Western Highland Conf.(WHC)-2-1A Members
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The 1A Schools from the WHC continued season trends as unbeaten Mitchell County(4-0) swamped the 4A Titans from McDowell County(2-2) by a whopping score of 62-13...The 1A Mountaineers will face the 3A Blackhawks from North Buncombe(1-3) this friday in Bakersfield...As for Avery County(0-4), the Vikings got a tremendous performance from QB Luke Crowe, but it wasn't enough as Cloudland Tennessee prevailed in the end 36-29...The Vikings will host another Vikings' team from North Wilkes(1-2), this friday...In other WHC action last week, 2A Mountain Heritage(3-1) rallied to beat(26-21) Rosman...2A Madison(0-4) along with 2A Owen(0-3) remain winless on the season after the Patriots were beaten at home by 2A Brevard(1-2) who broke a 15 game losing-streak, and earned first-year Head Coach Craig Pritchett his first victory as Coach of the Bluedevils...Meanwhile, Polk County(1-3) lost their 3rd straight game as the Wolverines were edged by nearby Landrum S.C.(24-21)....2A Owen(0-3) was off last week, and will travel to 4A McDowell this week in hope of getting new coach Nathan Padgett his first victory as Coach of the Warhorses...2A Hendersonville's(1-3) game with 3A North Henderson was postponed due to lighting on friday, and was rescheduled for saturday with North beating the Bearcats 48-14!

As always, Corrections, Comments and Opinions are welcomed!

Roar Tigers Roar!

I saw something tonight that made me proud of the Wildcats and as I East Duplin fan, you will probably never hear me say that again lol.

Anyways, I got off late from work and knew I wouldn't make it for the East Duplin game before kickoff, so me and a buddy decided to head to Deep Run and watch Richlands take on South Lenoir. It was a beating in favor of Richlands. I think the finally score was 33-0. Things even got a little chippy before the game was over. After the game was over, the players and coaches shook hands and they both huddled on opposing sides of tbe field. Richlands finished their speech first and headed for the buses. As South Lenoir finished their huddle and headed for the locker room, 10 to 15 Wildcats met them and talked with them and praised them for playing hard.

This gives me hope in high school football. After dragging a team all night long, the Wildcats had the willingness to meet up with South Lenoir players and compliment them and shake their hands once again even though they weren't required to. I'm not sure what the Wildcat coaching staff is doing, but they are doing it right and other teams could learn from it. That degree of sportsmanship at this level of play just blew my mind. You don't often see moments like that.

Kudos to the Richlands coaching staff. I'm proud of what yall are instilling in those young men.

Click link below For WXII 12 News Local teams . Mount Airy vs North Surry , & East Surry vs West Stokes game of the week.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/high-sch...ol-playbook-game-highlights/35234796#comments

I believe in the midst of all the crazy weather last night, Justin was named to the 2017 Army All-American game.

Mount Airy vs North Surry Scores I will be posting other area scores as I get them .

the guy you replace just done something you cannot do! He just beat a 4a school. He did it with 2a talent, he did it scoring 20 plus points and giving up 14 points. Right now his NEW team is 1-1 and both games were against 4a schools. You are 1-2 with a win against a struggle 1a school and 2 blowouts against a 1a and 4a school.

You know I have said I would not bash the kids, and I won't. But when they read and they digest what is going on at there school. Look at your dads and ask why did you do this? #daddyballisbestinrobco


Time to start looking for a new coach!

Braves unleash an offensive attack tonight on a very big, physical 2A Cosby, TN team. Braves rolled to a 30-6 halftime lead and never looked back. Mintz to McMillam was a deadly combination tonight. Cherokee looked like they had more starters not dressed out than dressed out!! Come on Braves, get healthy!

Smoky Mountain up next. Now that's a tall order!

I had to work until 10 PM, Friday, but still got to see the second half due to a long lightning delay. For most of the first half East Gaston must have beaten us in every way. At one point and pretty early in the game the Warriors had us down 26-7, or at least this is what the score was when I turned on the radio for an update.

Lincolnton came back with a couple of scores later and seemed to have the momentum as they pulled within six points, but when the Wolves appeared to have held EG and would go into the break on a high note, as time expired, some seconds were put back on the clock. East Gaston took advantage of it and scored on a pass giving themselves a 12 point cushion.

In the second half Lincolnton came back scoring twenty-two points and our defense was able to keep them out of the end zone. I would say that the long delay benefitted the home team but our guys fought hard to come back and win. Way to go, y'all.


Side Note: I am a loyal wolf and am grateful for every minute and every ounce of effort our coaching staff and players puts into to the game, but this year I've seen more than usual instances where some of our guys had to be restrained from confronting opposing players by fellow players and coaches. Provocative things happens and sometimes it's hard for a young person to keep his temper, especially in something as passionate as sports...Lincolnton football is admired by many of its opponents for its class and discipline which the entire community is proud of. I would hope that as a player you would think of your team first. What might seem emotionally satisfying isn't always helpful. We need you on the field and not in the stands. Please consider what your coaches have to say about this.
Go Wolves.

Will you guys be at the Mariners game vs James Kenan next Friday?

How good are they really?? Won 67-7 over a previously unbeaten Camden squad are they really good or their schedule is weak?