Monday Morning Quarterback - Nov. 7 2011 edition

Monday Morning

QuarterbackA WEEKLY DIGITAL MAGAZINE FROM YADKIN VALLEY SPORTS & FOOTHILLS FOOTBALL

Monday, Nov. 7, 2011

Monday Morning

A WEEKLY DIGITAL MAGAZINE FROM YADKIN VALLEY SPORTS & FOOTHILLS FOOTBALL

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On The CoverClockwise from top left: Starmount’s

Fondae McDaniel, West Stokes’ Darryl Little, South Stokes’ Jacquan Martin,

Wilkes Central’s Austin McConnell and West Wilkes’ Will Shepard

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In The Rearview MirrorFriday, Nov. 4 Games

1A PLAYOFFSMurphy 54, Alleghany 20Andrews 28, North Stokes 27

1AA PLAYOFFSMonroe 50, East Surry 6South Stokes 35, Lake Norman Charter 26Central Academy 27, Mount Airy 23Mitchell 33, East Wilkes 8West Wilkes 54, Cherryville 20

2A PLAYOFFSStarmount 21, East Lincoln 13Wilkes Central 35, Lexington 34Thomasville 56, Surry Central 26

2AA PLAYOFFSWest Stokes 41, Piedmont 7Cuthbertson 48, North Surry 33Forest Hills 51, Forbush 0Bandys 40, Ashe County 14

On The HorizonFriday, Nov. 11 Games

1AA PLAYOFFSSouth Stokes at MonroeWest Wilkes at Swain County

2A PLAYOFFSSalisbury at StarmountWilkes Central at Thomasville

2AA PLAYOFFSCuthbertson at West Stokes

Five aliveOnly a handful of teams still in playoffsBy Eric LuskEditor

The number of teams still play-ing football in our area decreased considerably after Friday night.

Seven teams from the Moun-tain Valley 1A/2A and seven more from the Northwest 1A/2A suited up for first-round state playoff ac-tion. But only five total survived to play another day.

Congratulations are in order to Starmount, Wilkes Central, West Stokes, South Stokes and West Wilkes for advancing past round one.

All five teams had the benefit of home games. All seven road teams from the two conferences, plus two others playing at home, got knocked off and had to turn in the equipment.

Only Starmount and West Stokes will get the benefit of play-ing at home this Friday. The Rams

will entertain defending 2AA champion Salisbury, while West Stokes will welcome a high-scor-ing Cuthbertson team that knocked off North Surry in impressive fash-ion.

Wilkes Central, South Stokes and West Wilkes all will travel to hostile territory. The Eagles go to Thomasville, a team that has hit its stride after slow beginnings. South Stokes will play at Monroe, while West Wilkes will drive up the mountain to visit football-crazed Swain County.

This week’s round of high school football Survivor will pres-ent huge challenges for our teams. But these five teams are still alive right now for a reason – they have risen to past challenges and have overcome many of them.

Best of luck to the Rams, Ea-gles, Wildcats, Sauras and Black-hawks this week.

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1Wilkes Central rolled the dice at the end and came up a winner.

When Dustin Triplett scored a touch-down to pull the Eagles within 34-33 with 1:22 left in the fourth quarter, coach Jeremy Funderburk opted to go for two instead of trying to kick the game-tying PAT. After two Wilkes Central timeouts, Triplett delivered again, and Wilkes Central celebrated an exciting playoff victory against a hard-nosed opponent. Survive and advance any way you can.

2Starmount won its playoff opener but suffered a big loss.

The Rams rode the strength of their defense to a pleasing 21-13 vic-tory against East Lincoln. But in the course of the win, they lost their quarterback for the rest of the season. Senior Christian Hurt was taken to Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem after getting knocked out of the game in the fourth period following a hard collision. Hurt broke a vertebrae in his neck and had surgery on Saturday, according to statistician Deana King. He will be in a neck halo for up to three months, she said.

3South Stokes was the feel good story of the week – and maybe

of the whole season. The Sauras played a home football game for the first time since the early 1970s and pleased their fired-up faithful with a 35-26 victory against Lake Norman Charter. According to NCHSAA re-cords, South Stokes has only been in the playoffs 11 times since the state

went to a four-classification system in 1972. This was the Sauras’ first victory during that stretch. South im-proved to 6-5 on the season with the triumph.

4CATA is no longer a gimme on the schedule. The arts and tech-

nology school from Monroe had won just eight games total in the five-year history of the program heading into Friday’s game against Mount Airy. The Cougars had somehow made the playoffs last season despite hav-ing just two victories, losing in the first round to the Granite Bears 41-6. CATA obviously has improved by leaps and bounds, winning for the sixth time this season with a come-

from-behind 27-23 victory in Mount Airy on Friday. The Cougars quarter-back and lead running back would be stars in the Northwest 1A/2A.

5We’re one step closer to a Star-mount-Wilkes Central rematch.

If the Rams and Eagles win Friday night, we’ll have round two between the Mountain Valley 1A/2A rivals on Nov. 18. Starmount and Wilkes Cen-tral both have huge hurdles to over-come, though. The Rams will host defending 2AA state champion Salis-bury, while Wilkes Central will visit perennial power Thomasville. The MVAC has been much-maligned the past few seasons as a weak confer-

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Playoffs Round 1 In Review

First & 10Ten things to take away from round one of the state playoffs

ence overall. It would speak volumes if the Rams and Eagles could both get through to round three.

6West Stokes is still the hammer. The Wildcats nailed their 12th vic-

tory of the season to their 2011 re-sume, building on a school record. West Stokes’ talented defensive unit held Piedmont to only seven points, the lowest output for any opponent playing a Northwest or MVAC team this week.

7 We can officially say it’s been a great season for Stokes County

football overall. West Stokes is still unbeaten, South Stokes is having its best season in maybe decades and North Stokes came within a whisker or two of joining its county rivals in the second round of the playoffs. The Vikings lost by a point at Andrews on Friday, ending an overachieving sea-son in coach Jason Lippard’s first year with the program at 5-7.

8West Wilkes could be a dark-horse in the 1AA bracket. The

Blackhawks continue to take care of business, winning for the seventh time in eight games with Friday’s 54-20 dis-mantling of Cherryville. The ’Hawks have a stern test awaiting Friday at Swain County, but West has shown before that it won’t back down against any opponent. The physical Starmount game from a few weeks ago – the lone loss during the recent stretch of suc-cess – could reap dividends this week.

9The Surry Central-Thomasville game generated plenty of head-

lines for all the wrong reasons. What was expected to be a physical clash between an up-and-coming team (Central) and a long-time powerhouse (Thomasville) certainly was. But things also denigrated into a person-al-foul fest, with as many as 18 flags thrown for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Playoffs Round 1 In Review

Photo by Eric LuskWilkes Central’s football team is still dancing after beating Lexington by one point on Friday night. This Friday will bring a big test at Thomasville.

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In the end, Thomasville coaches opted to send their team off the field without even shaking hands with the Eagles.

10The N.C. High School Ath-letic Association should do

away with the pod system for seeding the playoffs. It seems noble to want to keep teams close to home in the early rounds of the post-season. The problem is it has the potential to nullify what you do in the regular season. For example, Starmount was the only undefeated team in the 2A West bracket. Yet the Rams as the No. 1 seed had to play 12th-seeded East Lincoln (6-4) instead of No. 16 Brevard (3-7). In terms of seeding, four other teams got “easier” opponents than Starmount. This should be the fi-nal year for that kind of convoluted seeding process. Otherwise, why not just draw names out of a hat? West Wilkes QB Seth Absher

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During pre-game coverage last week, we posed six burning questions about area high school football at www.Yadk-inValleySports.com. Below are the ques-tions again — and how what transpired on Friday night helped to answer them:

1. Can Starmount avoid a repeat of last year’s first-round knockout?

What we wrote: “The Rams sailed into the 2010 state playoffs with an 11-0 overall record, a No. 1 seed and dreams of making a deep run through the 2A brackets. But a night of turnovers and missed opportunities led to a first-round exit against East Rutherford. The Rams are unbeaten with a No. 1 seed again this fall, but you can bet coaches and players have likely approached this week with much more caution and humility after last year’s defeat. East Lincoln (6-4), the 12 seed, is certainly a tough draw in the opening round for a top overall seed, though. If you think about, there are four other teams in the 2A West with games against higher seeded opponents than Starmount. How is that a reward for be-ing the best team in the bracket?”

What happened: The Rams fought off East Lincoln for a 21-13 win. Unlike last season, when turnovers and missed op-portunities plagued them, Starmount was the team flustering its opponent. East Lincoln committed five turnovers.

2. Can Mount Airy get its 600th win as a program?

What we wrote: “The Granite Bears have been playing football for a long time, and good football at that (seven state titles and 26 conference titles among other accomplishments). According to team historian “Daddy Doug” McDaniel, the Bears have the chance to earn their 600th all-time victory tonight. Mount Airy is playing the same foe as last year’s first round, Central Academy, but that opponent appears much improved over 2010. Mount Airy is 15-4 in the playoffs over the last five seasons.”

What happened: CATA showed just how much improvement it has made in

12 months, dispatching of the Granite Bears 27-23. Mount Airy thought it had a magical victory when Austin Taylor hooked up with Darius Gwyn on a dra-matic TD pass in the final minutes. But CATA answered, scoring with 18.2 ticks on the clock to steal the upset.

3. Can Surry Central get its “ham-bone” offense untracked at Thomas-ville?

What we wrote: “Next to 11-0 West Stokes, the Golden Eagles might be the hottest team in the area heading into the playoffs. Central has won the last four games in large part behind a very effec-tive triple-option offense. Wes Brown has crossed the 1,600-yard mark in rushing for the season, and teammates like Jared Dimmette and Jesse Martin provide more weapons for the ground game. If Brown

crosses 200 yards again tonight, the Ea-gles could knock off one of the most sto-ried small-schools programs in the state.”

What happened: Brown got more than 100 yards but the Golden Eagles couldn’t stop Thomasville’s Shaquan Johnson, who earned 376 yards on 33 carries and scored five touchdowns. Thomasville looked like state title contenders once again, scoring the 56-26 triumph.

4. Which road team is primed for an upset victory?

What we wrote: “You’d have to think that Surry Central, the number 11 seed in the 2A West, has a good shot at beat-ing No. 4 Thomasville. Surry Central pushed Mount Airy to the limit during the regular season, and the Granite Bears beat Thomasville early in the year. North Stokes (No. 9 seed) has an explosive of-

fense that could challenge Andrews (No. 6 seed). East Surry (No. 16 seed) has won just twice this year but the Cardinals are still a tough team and played Monroe (No. 3 seed) close last season in the playoffs. Lexington (No. 10 seed) is always tough, and should not be overlooked by Wilkes Central (No. 5 seed). Lexington upset Starmount a couple of years ago in the early rounds.”

What happened: Things went ac-cording to seeding for the most part. As noted above, Central Academy upset Mount Airy. North Surry also lost at home to a strong but lower seeded Cuthbertson squad. Other than that, the home teams held serve.

5. Will any area teams be pre-paring for rematches in round two of the playoffs?

What we wrote: “There are three scenarios that could unfold tonight that would lead to rematches from the regular season in next week’s play-offs. If West Stokes and North Surry both win tonight, we’ll get round two of the Wildcats-Greyhounds series next week, this time in King. Those two teams played last week, with

West Stokes winning 51-7 to close out the regular season. There is also a chance for an East Surry-South Stokes rematch in round two, as well as a Wilkes Central-Surry Central re-match.”

What happened: No rematches this week, with North Surry, East Sur-ry and Surry Central losing in round one. We still could have a Starmount-Wilkes Central rematch if both teams can collect W’s on Friday.

6. What factor will the weather play?

What we wrote: “It rained quite a bit overnight around the area. Even though showers should move out by evening, fields still will be wet and potentially sloppy. That could impact some of the teams that like to rely on speed. But then again, last week’s cold rains didn’t seem to trip up too many foes.”

What happened: Thomasville and Surry Central actually postponed their game to Saturday due to wet fields. But other than that, the rainy weather wasn’t much of a factor other than creating some soft field condi-tions.

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Elite EightPower RankingsHow They Fared * Who’s Next?

1. Starmount (11-0)Last Friday: Beat East Lincoln 21-13This Friday: Hosting Salisbury

2. West Stokes (12-0)Last Friday: Beat Piedmont 41-7This Friday: Hosting Cuthbertson

3. Wilkes Central (10-1)Last Friday: Beat Lexington 35-34This Friday: Visiting Thomasville

4. Surry Central (7-4)Last Friday: Lost to Thomasville 56-26This Friday: Season Complete

5. West Wilkes (8-3)Last Friday: Beat Cherryville 54-20This Friday: Visiting Swain County

6. Mount Airy (8-4)Last Friday: Lost to CATA 27-23This Friday: Season complete

7. South Stokes (6-5)Last Friday: Beat Lake Norman Cht. 35-26This Friday: Visiting Monroe

8. North Surry (7-4)Last Friday: Lost to Cuthbertson 48-33 This Friday: Season complete

‘ ’THEY SAID IT“They couldn’t stop us, and they knew that. I would’ve gone for two in that same

situation.”

Lexington coach Joe Gaddis in a story for the Lexington Dispatch on Wilkes

Central’s decision to try a 2-point PAT near the end of Friday’s game

Photo by Eric LuskCentral Academy players gang up on Ty Simmons of Mount Airy in Friday’s play-off game. Simmons and the Bears played hard but fell 27-23 to CATA.

We asked, they answered

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2AA State Playoffs Game Coverage

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It was business as usual with the West Stokes Wildcats as the defense smothered the Piedmont Panthers in a 41-7 victory in the first round of the 2AA playoffs Fri-day night.

“That was as a dominant defensive game as we have played all year,” West Stokes Head Coach Jimmy Upchurch said. “Coach (Steve) Whitt and our defen-sive unit have continued to get better each week. Piedmont is a good physical team and we did not expect to handle them up front as well as we did. Defense definitely won this game tonight. They took away some things we like to do offensively, but the defense more than compensated.”

The defense accounted for two of the six touchdowns on the night with Tyler Bullard having a hand in each of them. Bullard laid the hit on Piedmont’s Sam Faulkner that forced a fumble on a third quarter kickoff return and then Demarion Jones scooped the ball and dashed 36 yards for pay dirt. On the Panthers very next possession, it was Bullard again lay-ing another big hit on his third sack of the night forcing another fumble. Defensive lineman, Darryl Little picked the ball up and walked in from the 12-yard line.

“That was a quick turn of events for us in the third quarter,” said Upchurch. “We had just scored giving us a two touch-down lead and then in a matter of a few minutes we were up four scores. You could tell that took the wind out of them and they lost that drive. “

Austin Fleming got the Wildcats on the board in the first quarter with a fifteen yard touchdown run off the right side with 5:27 remaining in the quarter. Zane Mc-Ghee split the uprights for the 7-0 lead.

Piedmont responded after the Wildcats botched a fumbled snap on a punt attempt giving the Panthers first and ten on the Wildcat’s fourteen yard line. They scored on the first play of the second quarter from 13 yards out when Sawyer Baucom hit Brandon Gentry on a swing pass out

of the backfield. Kicker, Taylor Simpson made the point after to knot the score at seven.

The Wildcats then went on a thirteen play drive that covered 74 yards in 6:11. Fleming scored his second touchdown of the evening from four yards out. Again, McGhee connected on the extra point and the Cats led 14-7 going into the halftime break.

Fleming added a 30-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, and Dalton Boles scored the Wildcats’ other touchdown from 5-yards out with 6:21 remaining in the game. McGhee added his fourth extra point of the game, and Matt Hopper con-nected on his first after Boles’ touchdown to round out the scoring for West Stokes.

The Wildcats gained 214 yards on the ground and Fleming connected for

32 yards on 5-for-9 with an interception. Also, Fleming had 108 yards rushing on 17 carries with three touchdowns. Eorn Jenkins finished the game with 69 yards rushing on 11-carries.

Defensively for West Stokes, the Cats held the Panthers to 79 total yards with to minus-2 yards rushing on 25-carries. Bullard led the way with 10 tackles, 4 for a loss, 3 sacks, and 2 forced fumbles. With his three sacks, he is now the All-Time Season Sack Leader at West Stokes with 18. He only needs one more sack to tie Calvin Cade’s career sack record of nineteen. Helping Bullard was Brandon Helvey with 9 tackles, 2 for a loss, and an interception. Anthony Wilding and Zack Manley finished with 8 and 7 tackles re-spectfully.

WEST STOKES 41, PIEDMONT 7

Defense paves the way for ’Cats

Photo by Jimmy Kuhn / www.JimmyKuhn.comDemarion Jones with the football is trailed by teammates Zack Manley and Dalton Boles in the Wildcats’ win over Piedmont. West Stokes is now 12-0.


Photo by Jimmy Kuhn / www.JimmyKuhn.comTyler Bullard of West Stokes jars the ball loose from a Piedmont ball carrier on Friday night. Bullard had a monster night for the Wildcats, recording 10 tackles (including four for losses), three sackes and two forced fumbles.

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2011 Football Championship - 2AA *Higher Seed Hosts Throughout* Inthe case of two equal seeds meetingin the Regional Final, the teamwith the higher overall seed (1-16)will host.

1st Round

Kinston|

SW Edgecombe|

9-1 #1

4-6 #8

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Topsail|

N Pitt|

7-3 #4

6-5 #5

10-711/4/2011 7:30 PMTopsail HSN/AN/A

Northeastern|

Swansboro|

9-2 #3

7-4 #6

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Bunn|

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7-3 #2

6-5 #7

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Cummings|

St. Pauls|

9-1 #1

6-5 #8

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Northwood|

Franklinton|

4-6 #4

9-2 #5

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Reidsville|

TW Andrews|

8-3 #3

8-2 #6

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Carrboro|

6-5 #2

8-3 #7

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Piedmont|

11-0 #1

5-6 #8

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Cuthbertson|

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5-6 #5

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Forbush|

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4-6 #6

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11-0 #2

4-7 #7

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Shelby|

W Lincoln|

6-5 #1

4-7 #8

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Chase|

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8-3 #4

5-6 #5

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Bandys|

Ashe|

8-3 #3

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District Round

Kinston|

Topsail|

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State Championship

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2A State Playoffs Game Coverage

By Rick PapsunContributing Writer

BOONVILLE – Don’t get too alarmed but there’s a monkey loose somewhere in the suburbs of Boonville.

There’s little chance, however, that it will ever be found as it was the prover-bial monkey on the collective backs of the Starmount Rams.

Last year an undefeated and top-ranked Rams entered the post season flying high, only to see their season come to a screeching halt at the hands of the 6-5 East Rutherford Cavaliers.

This year, the same scenario was set for Starmount, only this time around the opponent was a much stronger East Lin-coln (6-4), which brought a high-flying spread offense to the Rams home field.

Fortunately, for Starmount, things turned out differently this time around. Sparked by perhaps one of its best de-fensive efforts of the season and timely plays on offense, Starmount got that early-round playoff monkey off its back with a hard-hitting 21-13 NCHSAA State 2A playoff win over East Lincoln.

The Mustangs, the second place team out of the 1A/2A Southern Piedmont Conference, entered the contest scoring 44 points per game and were fresh off a 54-7 drubbing of Cherryville a week ago. But a spirited Rams defensive unit was not to be denied on this night, com-ing up with countless and timely big plays throughout the evening.

“Not to take anything away from any of our opponents, but that there was the toughest teams we’ve played in two years,” SHS boss Scott Johnson said. “We held a team that scores more than 40 a game to just 13. I can’t say enough about how well our defense played

against them tonight. They played just great.”

In last season’s loss to East Ruth-erford – and in a second-round upset loss to Lexington in 2009 – the Rams couldn’t seem to catch a break. But on Friday, every time Starmount needed a big play, it seemed like the defense got one. On the night, the SHS defen-sive unit forced five Mustang turnovers (three fumbles and two INTs) which all came at crucial times in the game.

East Lincoln coach Mike Byus was obviously frustrated in his team’s play.

“By gosh, everything they were giv-ing us (on defense) we weren’t taking,” he said. “The bottom line is we just didn’t execute. That’s about it.”

On offense, the contest pitted the Rams’ punishing ground game by com-mittee and the Mustangs’ high-flying spread offense. In the end, the Star-mount running game was held to just 153 yards, while the East Lincoln pass-ing attack netted 232 yards. However, five turnovers on offense for the Mus-tangs turned out to be a crucial factor in the eight-point setback.

Starmount got on the board early, scoring on its first possession as Fon-dae McDaniel punched it in from three yards out to culminate at nine-play, 69-yard drive.

Down 6-0, the turnover situation didn’t hurt the visitors the first time it happened, as Starmount recovered a

STARMOUNT 21, EAST LINCOLN 13

Rams slow Mustangs in opener

Photo by Tim Weatherman / www.GataPhotos.comStarmount’s Eugene Billips goes low to make a tackle against East Lincoln.


muffed punt at midfield but failed to capitalize. That fact put new life into the Mustangs who held on to the ball for more than eight minutes before Jesse Earnhardt took a pass over the middle from quarterback Garrett Young and rambled 25 yards to pay dirt. After the extra point, East Lincoln held a precarious 7-6 edge.

The second Mustangs’ turnover, an interception by the Rams’ Eugene Billips that was returned all the way to the six-yard line, didn’t hurt them either, as the defense held on three straight plays and an SHS field goal attempt was short.

Late in the third quarter Starmount regained the lead after Jac McCracken topped off a marathon 14-play, 86-yard drive with a four-yard run. A pass from QB Christian Hurt to James Watson made it 14-7 with a minute left in the quarter.

After both quarterbacks traded interceptions, a fumble re-covery by Rams’ lineman Will Lambert set up his team in superior field position at the 15. Five plays later, backup QB Samuel Stone scored on a one-yard keeper to help make it 21-7 with 9:25 left in the game.

Stone entered the game two plays earlier when Hurt, at-tempting to score met a Mustang defender head on and was shaken up. Hurt, whose night was over, later left the stadium

for observation at a nearby hospital.East made two valiant attempts at getting back into the

game. The first ended on downs, while the next ended in bi-zarre fashion as Young hit Antwaine McLean across the mid-dle for what appeared to be a touchdown, but in an attempt to stretch the ball over the goal line, McLean fumbled into the end zone for a touchback.

The Mustangs finally were able to break through the Rams’ defense late when Bubba McDowell ran it in from two yards out with 33 seconds left. The ensuing onsides kick was recov-ered by Starmount, putting an end to a hard-hitting slugfest of a first round playoff game.

East Lincoln closes its season at 6-5, while the Rams (11-0) next play host to Salisbury in round two. Johnson knows it will be a challenge.

“We’ll have our hands full no matter who we play next week,” he said (before knowing who won the game be-tween Carver and Salisbury). One team is the defending state champ, while the other won it the year before that. But this group of guys right here has got the heart of a champion and I know they’ll be up for the task.”


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Wilkes Central rallied from a two-touchdown deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat Lexington 35-34 in the opening round of the 2A football playoffs Friday night.

Dustin Triplett scored a touchdown on a 5-yard run with 1:22 remaining to pull the Eagles within 34-33. Wilkes Central decided to go for 2, and Triplett got the call again, converting a rushing play to send the Eagles into the second round of the post-season for the second year in a row.

“There was no way in the world, when we scored down here, that we were not gonna put the offense on the field and give it to 18 (Triplett),” Funderburk told a reporter from The Lexington Dispatch. “There was no question. The only question was which play.”

Central trailed much of the game, including by margins of 21-7, 28-14 and later 34-20 in the fourth quarter. The Eagles notched 21 points in the final period to pull out the squeaker.

Coach Jeremy Funderburk’s team improves to 10-1 on the season and will get ready to face Thomasville, which knocked out Surry Central 56-26 on Friday.

Triplett scored on a 7-yard run midway through the fourth quarter to pull the Eagles to within 34-27. Quarterback Austin McConnell had a long run during that series to set up the touchdown. Triplett then picked off a pass to start what would be Central’s game-winning TD drive.

Lexington’s season comes to an end at 4-7.

Chasey Caul and Chris Watt also had rushing touchdowns for Wilkes

Central. Jordan Carlton threw a 30-yard halfback pass to Zach Joines for another score.

Lexington coach Joe Gaddis said it was a no-brainer that the Eagles go for two after their final touchdown.

“They couldn’t stop us, and they knew that,” Gaddis told The

Dispatch. “I would’ve gone for two in that same situation.”

This is the second year in a row that Wilkes Central has advanced to the second round. The Eagles played in the “big 2A” bracket last year and went to round three before being ousted by Shelby.

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WILKES CENTRAL 35, LEXINGTON 34

Eagles go for 2, advance to round 2

Photo by Eric LuskWilkes Central’s Dustin Triplett, shown here against Starmount in late October, scored the winning TD and two-point conversion against Lexington.

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THOMASVILLE — The most in-delible moment of Saturday’s opening round game between Surry Central and Thomasville had nothing to do with the nearly 400-yard rushing performance by one of the best backs in the state.

It wasn’t a play that helped Surry Central stay within shouting distance until the final quarter.

Instead, it was the final impression — Thomasville players racing off the field without shaking hands after defeating Surry Central 56-26 Saturday in Thom-asville in the opening round of the 2A Midwest Sectional playoffs.

The game was marred by a combined 16 personal foul or unsportsmanlike penalties, mostly in the second half, that led to several post-whistle incidents, a couple of meetings with captains and coaches, and police officers standing on the field in between the teams as Bull-dog players rushed off the field into their locker room.

According to Surry Central coach Monty Southern, his team was lining up to shake hands when Thomasville coach Allen Brown told him that the game had “gotten too chippy” and that he didn’t want his team to shake hands. Several coaches from both teams did greet each other after the game.

“I tried to tell the officials they need-ed to get this thing under control. I want-ed to call a meeting, but the officials let it get this way,” Southern said. “When you’re dealing with 16 and 17-year old kids and you let it get physical, it’s going to get physical. We did some things that we regret and I’m sure they did some-thing that their coaching staff regrets. I

really hate that we didn’t shake hands. When kids battle that hard all night, they need to walk across the field and say ‘good job’.”

Thomasville running back Shaquan Johnson erupted for a whopping 376 yards on 33 carries and five touchdowns despite battling through an ankle injury that occurred early in the second half. Johnson had a pair of scores following the injury, including a dazzling 52-yard run with the final 25 yards coming af-ter and ankle-breaking cut on a Golden Eagle defensive back that stretched the lead to 42-20 with 1:54 to play in the third quarter.

The Bulldogs finished with a com-

bined 466 yards rushing.“We knew they were going to give

Shaquan Johnson the ball and it’s hard to stop him,” Southern said. “He hits the hole so quickly and made so many big plays in the game. Their offensive line did such a good job tonight blocking our linebackers.”

Surry Central appeared to be on the verge of getting blown out of the play-offs after falling behind 21-0 in the first half, but caught a break heading into halftime.

Golden Eagle defensive back Jared Dimmette picked off an in ill-advised pass into double coverage with less than 30 seconds to play in the half, and re-turned it to the Bulldogs’ 14-yard line. Three plays later, running back Wes Brown barreled through the line for a 7-yard, momentum-gaining score.

Surry Central was able to get within two touchdowns three times after falling behind big in the first half, but was nev-er closer as Thomasville posted touch-downs on five consecutive drives in the second half.

“We had kids that played with a lot of heart tonight and never gave up,” South-ern said. “I was tremendously proud of how hard we played and never let up.”

Brown ended his junior season with a 138-yard, three-touchdown perfor-mance. Quarterback Jesse Martin fin-ished with 88 yards on 17 carries and a 2-yard touchdown run in the second half.

The Bulldogs will host Mountain Valley 1A/2A runner-up Wilkes Cen-tral on Friday in the second round of the 2A Midwest Sectional. The Eagles ad-vanced in the playoffs with a dramatic 35-34 victory against Lexington in the opening round.

THOMASVILLE 56, SURRY CENTRAL 26

Bulldogs RB tough to bring down

Photo by Eric LuskDespite a solid effort from Wes Brown, Surry Central still lost Saturday.

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MILLERS CREEK — Head for the mountains is more than a vacation itinerary for West Wilkes. It’s a football destination.

West won its state football playoff opener for the second straight year by beating Cherryville 54-20 on Friday night.

The Blackhawks, seeded No. 3, will play at No. 2 Swain County next week. Swain beat Avery 63-35.

Fullback Hayden Sutphin led West Wilkes (8-3) with 149 yards and scored two touchdowns. Halfback Tyler Woods added 124 yards and scored three times. But it was the defense that made the difference.

West forced four fumbles and an interception and converted them all into points. The Ironmen coughed up the ball on their first two possessions and West needed only three plays to take a 13-0 lead.

“Our kids are buying into what we’re doing on offense, defense and special teams,” said West Wilkes coach Scott Hallock, “and I personally believe it’s showing right now.”

Josh Greer recovered Spencer Stamey’s fumble on the second play of the game, and Sutphin scored two plays later. Two plays after that, Eithen Sheets recovered a Darius Harris fumble and Woods needed only one play, a 21-yard run, for a two-score advantage.

Woods added a 58-yard run and quarterback Seth Absher an 8-yard run for a 27-0 lead after one quarter.

After Cherryville botched a punt snap, Absher threw an 18-yard

touchdown pass to Garrett Hamby, and Will Shepherd had a 9-yard run for a 41-0 halftime lead.

The Ironmen (5-7) came alive in the second half. Harris threw only one pass in the first half, but completed a 49-yarder to John McSwain to put Cherryville on the board at 41-7 in the third quarter. Backup fullback Clay Fuller scored two touchdowns on runs of 3 and 33 yards.

Sutphin carried three times for 72 yards on a fourth-quarter drive, scoring his second touchdown on a 1-yard run. Chase Vogt intercepted

a tipped pass and returned it to the Cherryville 1, and Woods scored on a 3-yard run for the final margin.

Stamey led Cherryville with 85 yards on 120 carries. Harris had 113 yards of total offense.

“It’s a good group,” said Hallock. “Lord willing, we can put a good game plan together next week and see if we can’t get another one at Swain. They’re a very good football team. They’re always tough, and it’s even tougher to play at their place.

“We’re expecting it to be a dogfight, but we’ll see what happens.”

WEST WILKES 54, CHERRYVILLE 20

Turning takeaways into points

Courtesy photoChase Vogt (3) and Hayden Sutphin (22) team up to tackle Cherryville quarter-back Darius Harris in Friday’s game. West Wilkes will go to Swain County for round two action this week.


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By Eric LuskEditor

MOUNT AIRY – Central Academy’s football program has come a long way from its humble beginnings in 2007 when the varsity Cougars failed to score in a single game and suffered lopsided defeats by margins like 96-0, 82-0 and 64-0.

On Friday night, the technology and arts school from Monroe earned the most monumental victory in its short gridiron history. John Quintero completed a 21-yard touchdown pass to Mitchell Black-burn with 18.2 seconds remaining, and CATA knocked off Mount Airy 27-23 in the first round of the 1AA playoffs.

The Granite Bears had just taken the lead a minute earlier on a dramatic fourth-down touchdown pass from Austin Taylor to Darius Gwyn. But a couple of miscues in the Granite Bears’ secondary allowed Central Academy to travel 68 yards in six plays to swipe the victory away – only the eighth win for CATA since the program debuted half a decade ago.

Mount Airy, which has won 26 confer-ence titles and seven state championships, was going for its 600th win all-time. Ob-viously, the Granite Bears were in shock after the final whistle, their season now over at 8-4. Central Academy (6-5) ad-vances to play West Montgomery in next week’s second round. The Cougars im-proved to 5-1 in road games.

“Defensively, we didn’t play very well at the end, the last two or three drives,” Mount Airy coach Kelly Holder said. “We just didn’t make the plays to win. No excuses. We just didn’t get it done.”

The game had the makings of a de-fensive struggle for awhile, with Mount Airy holding a 9-0 lead at halftime on the strength of a Dylan Wright field goal and a short touchdown run by Ty Simmons.

Simmons found the end zone two oth-er times during the opening half, but a TD run of 16 yards and a TD reception of 42 yards both were called back because of penalties on the Bears. Likewise, a long TD run by Central Academy’s Quintero

was wiped off the board in the first half because of a flag for holding.

Mount Airy appeared ready to tack on another score in the third period, moving the ball seemingly at will against a tiring CATA defense. But a drive stalled around the 25 yard line due to a fumble. The Cou-gars responded by getting on the board for the first time with 29.9 seconds left in the third period, with Quintero completing a 52-yard pass to a streaking Nick Crowell, who sailed into the end zone untouched.

The Bears answered quickly, going 64 yards in four plays to surge ahead 16-7. Simmons had a big run of 45 yards during the series, then Kashous Martin went over from the 6 for the score.

It took Central Academy just a few plays to get into the end zone again. An eight-yard run by Chris Hailey made it

16-13 Bears. The extra point was missed due to a bad snap.

Mount went three-and-out, and Cen-tral Academy got possession at its own 23 with just over five minutes remaining. The Bears held firm on the first two plays for zero net yards, but then LaDarius Lin-en got behind the Mount Airy defense on a third-down pass. Quintero hit Linen in stride, and the play went for 69 yards be-fore David Licea made a touchdown sav-ing tackle at the Bears’ 8.

On the next play, Hailey took a hand-off over the right side for a touchdown, giving Central Academy its first lead of the game with 4:24 remaining.

The next Mount Airy possession had the makings of one of those storybook drives that fans, players and coaches would talk about for years to come.

CENTRAL ACADEMY 27, MOUNT AIRY 23

Upstart Cougars shock Bears

Photo by Eric LuskCATA’s Chris Hailey lunges over the goal line for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.


Twice, the Bears faced fourth down and long. Twice they converted.

The first conversion saw Austin Tay-lor roll out to his left and loft a pass to Tanner Joyce for a 37-yard gain. Joyce had to leap between multiple defenders just to make the grab.

The second fourth-down play came from the CATA 31. Again, Taylor dropped back and threw to the left side of the field. This time, his jump ball throw came down in the arms of Gwyn along the left corner of the end zone. It didn’t take long for folks along the side-lines to buzz about how similar that play was to Justin Collier’s amazing catch in the 2009 regional final against Robbins-ville which helped Mount Airy get back to the state championship game.

“To be honest, I really thought that play was going to be wide open. It turned out not to be,” Holder said. “Darius just made a great catch on it. It looked prom-ising there after that, but we just didn’t get it done.”

A lot of that had to do with Quintero and his persistent wide receiver corps. Central Academy converted a fourth-down play of its own during the winning TD march. On fourth and 10, Quintero completed a 44-yard pass to Linen to set the Cougars up at the Mount Airy 24 with 45.7 seconds on the clock.

Quintero ran to the 21 on the next play before getting dragged down. Then on second down, the senior quarterback found himself on the run, with Choppy Cawley chasing him out of the pock-et. But Quintero spotted a wide open Blackburn in the left end zone and hit him with a perfect strike, stunning the Mount Airy crowd with 18.2 ticks left.

The Granite Bears returned the kick-off to the 36, then threw two incomple-tions as time ran out.

Simmons finished unofficially with 138 rushing yards on 18 carries. He also had a fumble recovery. Taylor rushed for 76 yards on 12 attempts,while Mar-tin added 46 yards on 13 totes. Joyce caught three passes from Taylor for 63 yards.

Hailey was Central Academy’s lead-ing rusher, finishing with 119 yards on 23 carries. Quintero rushed for 74 yards. Linen had 133 yards in receptions.

Photo by Eric LuskTy Simmons did his best to will the Granite Bears to victory. The senior rushed for 138 yards on 18 carries and played strong on the defensive side as well.

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2011 Football Championship - 1A *Higher Seed Hosts Throughout* Inthe case of two equal seeds meetingin the Regional Final, the teamwith the higher overall seed (1-16)will host.

1st Round

Manteo|

Mattamuskeet|

9-1 #1

2-7 #8

61-011/4/2011 7:30 PMManteo HSN/AN/A

Southside|

South Creek|

5-5 #4

4-7 #5

34-011/4/2011 7:30 PMSouthside HSN/AN/A

Plymouth|

Columbia|

9-1 #3

3-3 #6

56-011/4/2011 7:30 PMPlymouth HSN/AN/A

Creswell|

Cape Hatteras|

8-1 #2

2-6 #7

11/4/2011 7:30 PMCreswell HSN/AN/A

N Edgecombe|

NH-East|

6-3 #1

3-6 #8

52-611/4/2011 7:30 PMNorth Edgecombe HSN/AN/A

Lejeune|

N Duplin|

6-5 #4

6-4 #5

43-4211/4/2011 7:30 PMLejeune HSN/AN/A

Jones|

NH-West|

6-4 #3

4-5 #6

28-011/4/2011 7:30 PMJones HSN/AN/A

SE Halifax|

Rosewood|

7-4 #2

5-5 #7

35-2011/4/2011 7:30 PMSE Halifax HSN/AN/A

Albemarle|

W Columbus|

10-1 #1

2-9 #8

56-811/4/2011 7:30 PMAlbemarle HSN/AN/A

Union|

Princeton|

3-8 #4

3-7 #5

16-2111/4/2011 7:30 PMUnion HSN/AN/A

Lakewood|

Hobbton|

6-4 #3

4-7 #6

33-1511/4/2011 7:30 PMLakewood HSN/AN/A

S Stanly|

S Davidson|

8-3 #2

3-8 #7

35-011/4/2011 7:30 PMSouth Stanly HSN/AN/A

Murphy|

Alleghany|

7-4 #1

2-9 #8

54-2011/4/2011 7:30 PMMurphy HSN/AN/A

Union Academy|

Robbinsville|

5-5 #4

5-5 #5

19-711/4/2011 7:30 PMUnion Academy HSN/AN/A

Andrews|

N Stokes|

6-4 #3

5-6 #6

28-2711/4/2011 7:30 PMAndrews HSN/AN/A

Rosman|

Hayesville|

5-6 #2

4-6 #7

7-611/4/2011 7:30 PMRosman HSN/AN/A

District Round

Manteo|

Southside|

10-1 #1

6-5 #4

11/11/2011 7:30 PMManteo HSN/AN/A

Plymouth| 10-1 #3

N/AN/AN/A

N Edgecombe|

Lejeune|

7-3 #1

7-5 #4

11/11/2011 7:30 PMNorth Edgecombe HSN/AN/A

Jones|

SE Halifax|

7-4 #3

8-4 #2

11/11/2011 7:30 PMSE Halifax HSN/AN/A

Albemarle|

Princeton|

11-1 #1

4-7 #5

11/11/2011 7:30 PMAlbemarle HSN/AN/A

Lakewood|

S Stanly|

7-4 #3

9-3 #2

11/11/2011 7:30 PMSouth Stanly HSN/AN/A

Murphy|

Union Academy|

8-4 #1

6-5 #4

11/11/2011 7:30 PMMurphy HSN/AN/A

Andrews|

Rosman|

7-4 #3

6-6 #2

11/11/2011 7:30 PMRosman HSN/AN/A

Sectional Round

N/AN/AN/A

N/AN/AN/A

N/AN/AN/A

N/AN/AN/A

Regional Round

N/AN/AN/A

N/AN/AN/A

State Championship

12/2/2011 7:30 PMCarter-Finley Stadium, NC State UniversityN/AN/A



Conference Reports Northwest 1A/2A

Bishop McGuinness

2-8 Overall * 0-7 in NorthwestAug. 20 at High Point Christian W (40-12)Aug. 26 OpenSept. 6 at Highland Tech W (31-6)Sept. 9 South Davidson L (16-19)Sept. 16 at North Surry* L (13-39)Sept. 23 South Stokes* L (6-28)Sept. 30 at East Surry* L (6-34)Oct. 7 Surry Central* L (26-47)Oct. 14 at Mount Airy* L (7-35)Oct. 21 at West Stokes* L (0-48)Oct. 28 North Stokes* L (6-14)

East SurryCardinals

2-9 Overall * 2-5 in NorthwestAug. 19 at West Iredell L (0-33)Aug. 26 at Starmount L (17-30)Sept. 5 West Montgomery cancelledSept. 9 Newton-Conover L (9-30)Sept. 16 Surry Central* L (23-27)Sept. 23 at West Stokes* L (7-17)Sept. 30 Bishop McGuinness* W (34-6)Oct. 7 South Stokes* W (21-13)Oct. 14 at North Stokes* L (21-34)Oct. 21 at North Surry* L (26-28)Oct. 28 Mount Airy* L (7-31)Nov. 4 at Monroe# L (6-50)

Mount AiryGranite Bears

8-4 Overall * 5-2 in NorthwestAug. 19 Starmount L (19-20)Aug. 26 Thomasville W (23-7)Sept. 2 at Carroll County (Va.) W (21-6)Sept. 9 at Central Davidson W (27-20)Sept. 16 West Stokes* L (6-17)Sept. 23 at Surry Central* W (38-33)Sept. 30 North Stokes* W (33-13)Oct. 7 at North Surry* W (53-33)Oct. 14 Bishop McGuinness* W (35-7)Oct. 21 at South Stokes* L (17-28)Oct. 28 at East Surry* W (31-7)Nov. 4 Central Academy# L (23-27)

North StokesVikings

5-7 Overall * 2-5 in NorthwestAug. 19 Alleghany W (44-22)Aug. 26 Patrick County (Va.) W (24-0)Sept. 2 at North Iredell W (32-0)Sept. 9 at Rosewood L (43-46)Sept. 16 South Stokes* L (7-13, OT)Sept. 23 North Surry* L (28-63)Sept. 30 at Mount Airy* L (13-33)Oct. 7 at West Stokes* L (6-45)Oct. 14 East Surry* W (34-21)Oct. 21 Surry Central* L (45-76)Oct. 28 at Bishop McGuinness* W (14-6)Nov. 4 at Andrews# L (27-28)

North SurryGreyhounds

7-4 Overall * 4-3 in NorthwestAug. 19 at Forbush W (33-9)Aug. 26 at Elkin W (61-10)Sept. 2 Ashe County W (33-24)Sept. 9 OpenSept. 16 Bishop McGuinness* W (39-13)Sept. 23 at North Stokes* W (63-28)Sept. 30 at South Stokes* W (45-21)Oct. 7 Mount Airy* L (33-53)Oct. 14 at Surry Central* L (26-42)Oct. 21 East Surry* W (28-26)Oct. 28 West Stokes* L (7-51)Nov. 4 Cuthbertson# L (33-48)

South StokesSauras

6-5 Overall * 3-4 in NorthwestAug. 19 West Wilkes L (12-14)Aug. 26 North Wilkes W (42-13)Sept. 2 OpenSept. 9 at Alleghany W (34-12)Sept. 16 at North Stokes* W (13-7, OT)Sept. 23 at Bishop McGuinness* W (28-6)Sept. 30 North Surry* L (21-45)Oct. 7 at East Surry* L (13-21)Oct. 14 West Stokes* L (14-34)Oct. 21 Mount Airy* W (28-17)Oct. 28 at Surry Central* L (15-36)Nov. 4 Lake Norman Charter# W (35-26)

Surry CentralGolden Eagles

7-4 Overall * 5-2 in NorthwestAug. 19 at Wilkes Central L (7-48)Aug. 26 East Wilkes W (51-0)Sept. 2 South Davidson W (33-6)Sept. 9 OpenSept. 16 at East Surry* W (27-23)Sept. 23 Mount Airy* L (33-38)Sept. 30 at West Stokes* L (14-34)Oct. 7 at Bishop McGuinness* W (47-26)Oct. 14 North Surry* W (42-26)Oct. 21 at North Stokes* W (76-45)Oct. 28 South Stokes* W (36-15)Nov. 4 at Thomasville# L (26-56)

West StokesWildcats

12-0 Overall * 7-0 in NorthwestAug. 19 at Albemarle W (9-7)Aug. 26 Forbush W (38-0)Sept. 2 Central Davidson W (27-20)Sept. 9 at McMichael W (28-20)Sept. 16 at Mount Airy* W (17-6)Sept. 23 East Surry* W (17-7)Sept. 30 Surry Central* W (34-14)Oct. 7 North Stokes* W (45-6)Oct. 14 at South Stokes* W (34-14)Oct. 21 Bishop McGuinness* W (48-0)Oct. 28 at North Surry* W (51-7)Nov. 4 Piedmont# W (41-7)

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# denotes playoff game

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Conference Reports Mountain Valley 1A/2A

AlleghanyTrojans

2-10 Overall * 2-6 in MVACAug. 19 at North Stokes L (22-44)Aug. 26 Grayson County L (12-55)Sept. 2 North Wilkes* W (28-16)Sept. 9 South Stokes L (12-34)Sept. 16 at Wilkes Central* L (8-53)Sept. 23 Forbush* L (18-47)Sept. 30 at East Wilkes* L (0-51)Oct. 7 Ashe County* L (12-35)Oct. 14 at Elkin* W (35-32)Oct. 21 Starmount* L (18-57)Oct. 28 at West Wilkes* L (21-50)Nov. 4 at Murphy# L (20-54)

Ashe CountyHuskies

6-6 Overall * 5-3 in MVACAug. 19 West Caldwell W (41-6)Aug. 26 Watauga L (14-32)Sept. 2 at North Surry (E) L (24-33)Sept. 9 at Elkin* W (28-6)Sept. 16 Starmount* L (14-51)Sept. 23 at West Wilkes* L (0-31)Sept. 30 North Wilkes W (34-7)Oct. 7 at Alleghany* W (35-12)Oct. 14 Wilkes Central* L (14-29)Oct. 21 at Forbush* W (16-11)Oct. 28 East Wilkes* W (35-6)Nov. 4 at Bandys# L (14-40)

East WilkesCardinals

3-8 Overall * 3-5 in MVACAug. 19 West Davidson L (14-26)Aug. 26 at Surry Central L (0-51)Sept. 2 Elkin* W (27-7)Sept. 9 at Starmount* L (0-28)Sept. 16 West Wilkes* L (0-17)Sept. 23 at North Wilkes* W (14-13)Sept. 30 Alleghany* W (51-0)Oct. 7 at Wilkes Central* L (0-35)Oct. 14 Forbush* L (6-26)Oct. 21 OpenOct. 28 at Ashe County* L (6-35)Nov. 4 at Mitchell# L 8-33)

ElkinBuckin’ Elks

1-9 Overall * 1-7 in MVACAug. 19 East Montgomery L (13-25)Aug. 26 North Surry L (10-61)Sept. 2 at East Wilkes* L (7-27)Sept. 9 Ashe County* L (6-28)Sept. 16 OpenSept. 23 at Starmount* L (6-55)Sept. 30 West Wilkes* L (0-35)Oct. 7 at North Wilkes* W (21-14)Oct. 14 Alleghany* L (32-35)Oct. 21 at Wilkes Central* L (19-43)Oct. 28 Forbush* L (3-6)

ForbushFalcons

4-7 Overall * 4-4 in MVACAug. 19 North Surry L (9-33)Aug. 26 at West Stokes L (0-38)Sept. 2 Starmount* L (5-44)Sept. 9 at West Wilkes* L (13-14)Sept. 16 North Wilkes* W (36-13)Sept. 23 at Alleghany* W (47-18)Sept. 30 Wilkes Central* L (0-35)Oct. 7 OpenOct. 14 at East Wilkes* W (26-6)Oct. 21 Ashe County* L (11-16)Oct. 28 at Elkin* W (6-3)Nov. 4 at Forest Hills# L (0-51)

North WilkesVikings

1-10 Overall * 0-8 in MVACAug. 19 Thomas Jefferson W (55-35)Aug. 26 at South Stokes L (13-42)Sept. 2 at Alleghany* L (16-28)Sept. 9 Wilkes Central* L (0-48)Sept. 16 at Forbush* L (13-36)Sept. 23 East Wilkes* L (13-14)Sept. 30 at Ashe County* L (7-34)Oct. 7 Elkin* L (14-21)Oct. 14 Starmount* L (18-55)Oct. 21 at West Wilkes* L (22-48)Oct. 28 at McDowell L (7-28)

StarmountRams

11-0 Overall * 8-0 in MVACAug. 19 at Mount Airy W (20-19)Aug. 26 East Surry W (30-17)Sept. 2 at Forbush* W (44-5)Sept. 9 East Wilkes* W (28-0)Sept. 16 at Ashe County* W (51-14)Sept. 23 Elkin* W (55-6)Sept. 30 OpenOct. 7 West Wilkes* W (33-17)Oct. 14 at North Wilkes* W (55-18)Oct. 21 at Alleghany* W (57-18)Oct. 28 Wilkes Central* W (24-17)Nov. 4 East Lincoln# W (21-13)

West WilkesBlackhawks

8-3 Overall * 6-2 in MVACAug. 19 at South Stokes W (14-12)Aug. 26 Avery County L (34-35)Sept. 2 at Wilkes Central* L (0-34)Sept. 9 Forbush* W (14-13)Sept. 16 at East Wilkes* W (17-0)Sept. 23 Ashe County* W (31-0)Sept. 30 at Elkin* W (35-0)Oct. 7 at Starmount* L (17-33)Oct. 14 OpenOct. 21 North Wilkes* W (48-22)Oct. 28 Alleghany* W (50-21)Nov. 4 Cherryville# W (54-20)

Wilkes CentralEagles

10-1 Overall * 7-1 in MVACAug. 19 Surry Central W (48-7)Aug. 26 at West Iredell W (55-47)Sept. 2 West Wilkes* W (34-0)Sept. 9 at North Wilkes* W (48-0)Sept. 16 Alleghany* W (53-8)Sept. 23 OpenSept. 30 at Forbush* W (35-0)Oct. 7 East Wilkes* W (35-0)Oct. 14 at Ashe County* W (29-14)Oct. 21 Elkin* W (43-19)Oct. 28 at Starmount* L (17-24)Nov. 4 Lexington# W (35-34)* denotes Mountain Valley 1A/2A Conference game

# denotes state playoff game

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