The best team in your schools history,in your opinion
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Yes. Rashad Stevenson at QB, Chuckie Reed at TB, and Ricky Haywood at FB were lethal in that running attack.
Big statement there......they were great but best 2A of all time.....
As much as it pains me to say it yeah imo they were. Speed, size...they have everything. So many didnt go to college due to grades etc but lord they had several D1 players regardless. Just a scary team
That HPC team was the best all time IMO,their defense wasn't spectacular,but it didn't have to be,they did give up some points,the 1995 Thomasville team was the best Defensive team I've ever seen,if those two teams played eachother it would be something special,HPC run game would play right into the hands of Thomasville D,they would make some plays no doubt about it,but I wouldn't give them any more than 20 points against that defense,20 points might seem like a lot,but considering how many they scored that year,that would basically be like shutting them out,turnovers and field position would be the key,and running the triple option attack is a high risk high reward kind of offense,and Thomasvilles o line would make holes to run through,their line play back in those days was second to none...give me a great defense over a great offense any day
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I still remember the '99 Regional Final like it was yesterday. It was 14-14 midway through the fourth quarter. HPC had the ball around ER's 40 yard line. ER had played HPC so well up to that point. On the next play, HPC hands the ball off to Haywood. ER is so concerned with the speed on the edges that it looks like the Red Sea begins to part. Haywood literally runs in a straight line down the field for the go-ahead TD. That play still haunts me as an ER fan.
But yeah, those three were absolutely lethal. IIRC, Chuckie Reed won the 100 meter dash that year.
Those Cummings teams in the late 80'/early 90's were a sight to behold. To this day, Donnie Davis and Maurice Mebane are two of the most awesome players I've ever watched. Davis had weapons galore around him.
I don't think many teams were ready for that style of play either. They sure weren't ready for that glow-in-the-dark football.
Yeah, there were two of those teams that immediately come to mind. I actually think that 2005 team had a chance to win it all had Lassiter not gone down with an injury. Lassiter was a beast. The '99 team was great too. They just ran into that High Point Central juggernaut in the Regional Final.
As it stands, I'd probably rank them the same way. I'm not old enough to remember '83's team but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. It was ER's first championship after all.
I'd love to rank '94 ahead of '06 but.....06' did come away with the hardware that year. 06' also beat a very tough Dudley team in the second round at Tarpley. To me, that's very impressive.
I'm partial to '94 for a few reasons. First, I knew quite a few people on that team. Second, they beat a very good and hated SE Guilford not once but twice. Third, they didn't lose to Asheboro like 06' did.
Old time tville fans, did you see the 66 2A and 75 3A north Davidson team? If so, which was better? The only team in my short lifetime I would rank as the best is the 2012 4A team, but they did not win state so they can't be the best ever. Also, I know you guys remember our 91 team...
I remember that 1991 game at ND,cold and wet,Smiley Wagner VS Lamont pegues,,ND wins 14-7...Thomasville would go on to win the state championship that year
Indeed, it was quite an accomplishment for us to beat Thomasville that year. T-ville would get revenge a year later and Dickie Cline would move on to Ledford, leaving a hole in North coaching for a few years.
Thegame78, West Stokes went undefeated and won the title in 2011 by beating Kinston 21-14.
What tweaks my memory is Lincolnton lost to Tarboro on the same day 39-36.
Tarboro's Todd Gurley, now of the Los Angeles Rams rushed for 242 yards, against us.
What tweaks my memory is Lincolnton lost to Tarboro on the same day 39-36.
Tarboro's Todd Gurley, now of the Los Angeles Rams rushed for 242 yards, against us.
I played at Rockingham and my last football season was fall of 87. Cummings was loaded. It was the first year Rockingham made the playoffs. We went to Cummings to play and we were a decent team. I realized very quickly we were out manned at all positions. You guys had Donnie Davis, Chucky Bernett and many many others. First spread offense I remember seeing in high school. Ball with the florescent stripes.
Big studs on that Cummings team was WR.'s Maurice Mebane and Jamie Harris.....when I saw those guys play I said to myself these guys will make the NFL....sad to say I don't think they even played colllege ball..............If I remember right Harris was shot and killed later on...........................
This is old but can give you some ideas rambbq......click the link http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/graphics/sports/gra/hshistory/1992.htm
thanks....yeah that info is 15 yrs. old but interesting.....guess Mebane was a couple of years younger than Harris...I had them playing at the same time............years tend to run together when you get my age..............lol.
Rambbq, I saw Cummings play Shelby, there, in 1988. Cummings had a receiver named Harris. BC won, 41-14. I'm thinking Coach Gutshall was there, then.
that was my senior year in high school.... Cummings brought an offense to Shelby I had never seen.... They threw for well over 300 and ran for over 200 for the game and went up 30-0 at the half against the Lions... Chuckie Burnette was their Qb.... I had never seen anything like that...
Dave Gutshall had a monster at Cummings and has done quite well at Dorman HS in Spartnaburg for over 20 years. For my money, the 90 Cavs were the best pf that bunch.
HPC in 99...Thomasville in 1995... Reidsville 2003... some of the best from those schools in 2A.
Anybody who says HP Central defense from 99 wasn't stellar is missing the boat. They led the state in interceptions and featured numerous college players.
rambbq, I was playing corner against that squad..Chuckie was throwing it 50yrds on the money! I still have nightmares from that game..lol
