PREPS 4D www.hpe.com WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2010 THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE
High school football rewind PREP FOOTBALL STANDINGS
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Piedmont Triad 4A
East Forsyth HP Central NW Guilford Ragsdale SW Guilford Glenn Parkland
Conf. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Over. 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1
Friday’s results
High Point Central 27, R.J. Reynolds 24 (OT) Southwest Guilford 29, Southeast Guilford 0 Ragsdale 21, Southern Guilford 14 North Davidson 40, Glenn 20 East Forsyth 34, North Forsyth 14 Northwest Guilford 39, Eastern Guilford 0 Page 41, Parkland 0 Friday’s games Grimsley at High Point Central Eastern Guilford at Southwest Guilford Ragsdale at Dudley Glenn at West Forsyth Reagan at East Forsyth Northwest Guilford at Western Guilford Mount Tabor at Parkland
Mid-Piedmont 3A Conf. Over. Asheboro 0-0 1-0 Ledford 0-0 1-0 SW Randolph 0-0 1-0 NE Guilford 0-0 0-0 N. Forsyth 0-0 0-1 S. Guilford 0-0 0-1 Friday’s results Ledford 29, Trinity 7 Ragsdale 21, Southern Guilford 14 East Forsyth 34, North Forsyth 14 Asheboro 7, Providence Grove 0 Southwestern Randolph 39, Chatham Central 14 Friday’s games North Davidson at Ledford Rockingham County at Southern Guilford North Forsyth at Carver Asheboro at Southeast Guilford Southwestern Randolph at Eastern Randolph Northeast Guilford at Northern Guilford
PAC 6 2A Conf. Over. Randleman 0-0 1-0 Wheatmore 0-0 1-0 Atkins 0-0 0-0 Carver 0-0 0-1 T.W. Andrews 0-0 0-1 Trinity 0-0 0-1 Friday’s results Smith 24, T.W. Andrews 6 Wheatmore 33, South Davidson 18 Ledford 29, Trinity 7 Dudley 6, Carver 2 Randleman 26, East Davidson 0 This week’s games Charlotte Country Day at T.W. Andrews (Thursday, 7 p.m.) Wheatmore at Providence Grove East Davidson at Trinity North Forsyth at Carver Central Davidson at Randleman R.J. Reynolds at Atkins
Central Carolina 2A Conf. Over. Central Davidson 0-0 1-0 Lexington 0-0 1-0 Salisbury 0-0 1-0 Thomasville 0-0 1-0 West Davidson 0-0 1-0 East Davidson 0-0 0-1 Friday’s results Thomasville 49, Cox Mill 13 Randleman 26, East Davidson 0 Salisbury 39, South Davidson 30 Lexington 20, Eastern Randolph 15 West Davidson 28, East Wilkes 24 Central Davidson 34, North Stanly 0 Friday’s games Thomasville at Mount Airy East Davidson at Trinity East Rowan at Salisbury Lexington at Concord West Davidson at South Davidson Central Davidson at Randleman
Northwest 1A/2A Conf. Over. B. McGuinness 0-0 1-0 East Surry 0-0 1-0 North Stokes 0-0 1-0 North Surry 0-0 1-0 Mount Airy 0-0 0-1 South Stokes 0-0 0-1 Surry Central 0-0 0-1 West Stokes 0-0 0-1 Friday’s results Bishop McGuinness 50, High Point Christian Academy 0 Stamount 50, Mount Airy 23 East Surry 33, St. Stephens 7 North Surry 38, Forbush 12 Reagan 14, West Stokes 9 Elkin 23, Surry Central 13 North Stokes 30, Alleghany 0 Bartlett Yancey 14, South Stokes 9 Friday’s games Thomasville at Mount Airy Starmount at East Surry Elkin at North Surry West Stokes at Forbush Surry Central at East Wilkes North Stokes at Patrick County (Va.) South Stokes at McMichael
AP PREP POLL
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Initial voting in the Associated Press prep football poll will begin after the third week of games. Look for the weekly poll here starting Sept. 8.
Wheatmore makes history E THE PREP FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK:
ugene Everhart said all the right things in the preseason after his Wheatmore Warriors went 0-11 and were outscored 574-32 in their first year of existence. His players were working hard. The team would be fighting for wins. Moral victories wouldn’t be enough this fall. Still... “A good friend of mine went to work at a new program and I talked to him,” Everhart said. “Last year went like he told me it would. He said the second year, don’t expect to win a game, just expect to be competitive at halftime in some of them. “We were happy to beat that SPORTS prediction.” And how. Wheatmore exploded Steve to a 33-18 win over South DavidHanf son in Friday’s season-opener, ■■■ throttling the team that it lost to 53-6 in its debut one year ago. The Warriors scored first on Andrew Bazen’s 42-yard fumble return, took a 20-12 lead into halftime after a pair of Josh Rickert scoring runs and – just as importantly – won the third quarter 6-0 before finishing off the Wildcats in the fourth. “They were very excited at halftime, but we made sure they understood that we had 24 minutes still to play,” Everhart said. “We made sure we refocused, told them ‘nobody will ever remember what the halftime score was.’ We had to come back and finish.” Rickert finished off South with 193 yards and four TDs on 34 carries, but everybody in the stadium starred on this night. “Our students were so excited, I think they were on the field before I was. All I did was answer e-mails all day Saturday,” Everhart said with a laugh. “It’s just a great feeling. It’s been a while in coming. We thought our kids really showed a lot of character hanging in there (last year) despite all the bad outcomes.” Next up is a trip to Providence Grove this week. Everhart said his team enjoyed the weekend but got right back to work Monday. “It doesn’t matter what we did Friday. Every week begins anew,” Everhart said. It just so happens this one began with Wheatmore owning a 1-0 record. Congratulations, Warriors, for making history and avoiding the infamy that so often befalls new programs.
BISON GET DEFENSIVE High Point Central returned several stars on both sides of the ball this year. The defensive guys got a jump-start over the offense in Friday’s 27-24 win over R.J. Reynolds. “Offensively we kind of shot ourselves in the foot early,” Bison coach Wayne Jones said. “The defense bailed us out numerous times throughout the night: three-and-out, defense go intercept a pass and give it right back to us. They did an excellent job.” Central got interceptions from Johnathan White, Lashuran Monk, Tyreek Sparks, Aaron Leach and Cody Wilson. White also forced a
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High Point Central’s players got fired up prior to taking the field against R.J. Reynolds on Friday. fumble and later found the end zone, forcing a 21-all tie at the end of the third quarter with his 50-yard interception return. Sparks’ pick also set up Central’s first offensive touchdown after he took the ball to the 10-yard line. All told, Central’s defense allowed just 36 rushing yards and 187 through the air. Reynolds’ 24 points included a field goal in overtime – after getting the ball at the 10 – and touchdowns in regulation following a fumble by the Bison offense and a bad snap deep in Central territory. The defense shouldn’t have to work quite so hard in the coming weeks. “It’s just little things on offense where we can make ourselves better,” Jones said. “Coachable things the kids aren’t doing right now.”
BISHOP GETS CREATIVE Bishop McGuinness played the role of villain perfectly in High Point Christian Academy’s varsity football debut, but at least hand it to the Villains for finding creative ways to score. Bishop only ran 30 offensive plays in the 50-0 victory Friday, but ended up in the end zone six different ways. Marty DeFrancesco Jr. scored on a 46-yard run, 70-yard reception, 55-yard punt return and 85-yard kick return. Jared Pluciniczak also scored on a kick return while tacking on two points for a safety. Peter Fields recovered one of his teammates’ fumbles in the end zone for another six points. Remarkably, the Villains also had an interception return for a TD to celebrate before a flag brought it back. What was Bishop’s secret to success Friday? “We have very good speed this year and all of the broken-field plays – interceptions, punt returns, even rushing the punter – can lead to big plays,” coach Charlie Jones said. shanf@hpe.com | 888-3526
THIS WEEK’S FOOTBALL GAMES
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Charlotte Country Day at T. Wingate Andrews (Thursday, 7 p.m.) Grimsley at High Point Central Eastern Guilford at Southwest Guilford
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Hospitalized players released PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The final two McMinnville High School football players hospitalized with mysterious arm ailments have been released from the hospital. Two dozen football players were sent to the Willamette Valley Medical Center last week following a workout that left the athletes with a rare ailment known as compartment syndrome. Three of the players needed surgery to relieve pressure caused by swelling. What caused so many players to develop the medical problem is unknown. Blood tests due in the coming days will determine whether they ingested creatine.
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PREP FOOTBALL LEADERS
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Area team stats
OFFENSE (points scored) Team G PTS Bishop McGuinness 1 50 Thomasville 1 49 Wheatmore 1 33 Ledford 1 29 Southwest Guilford 1 29 High Point Central 1 27 Ragsdale 1 21 Glenn 1 20 Southern Guilford 1 14 Trinity 1 7 T.W. Andrews 1 6 East Davidson 1 0 High Point Christian 1 0
PPG 50.0 49.0 33.0 29.0 29.0 27.0 21.0 20.0 14.0 7.0 6.0 0.0 0.0
DEFENSE (points allowed) Team G PTS Bishop McGuinness 1 0 Southwest Guilford 1 0 Ledford 1 7 Thomasville 1 13 Ragsdale 1 14 Wheatmore 1 18 Southern Guilford 1 21 High Point Central 1 24 T.W. Andrews 1 24 East Davidson 1 26 Trinity 1 29 Glenn 1 40 High Point Christian 1 50
PPG 0.0 0.0 7.0 13.0 14.0 18.0 21.0 24.0 24.0 26.0 29.0 40.0 50.0
Area individual stats RUSHING Player, Sch. D. Greene, Led. J. Rickert, Wheat. Q. Riley, Tville. A. Willis, SWG D. Smith, Rags. L. Edwards, SWG A. Fletcher, SWG R. Bridges, SWG B. Brown, Rags. J. Pluciniczak, BM M. DeFrancesco, BM L. Monk, HPC D. Adams, HPC B. Phillips, Led. K. Green, Tville. C. Clubb, Wheat. T. Roberts, Rags. A. Bazen, Wheat. C. Dull, Led. J. Garrison, SWG X. Quick, TWA P. Guy, Led. J. Briley, Rags. E. Allen, Tville. N. Sgroi, BM
ATT 22 34 9 14 14 7 19 5 7 6 1 5 5 5 9 7 1 2 3 6 10 6 2 6 3
YD 251 193 164 123 96 81 76 67 65 65 46 40 30 29 28 24 24 20 20 19 19 17 15 14 12
TD 4 4 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
YPG 251.0 193.0 164.0 123.0 96.0 81.0 76.0 67.0 65.0 65.0 46.0 40.0 30.0 29.0 28.0 24.0 24.0 20.0 20.0 19.0 19.0 17.0 15.0 14.0 12.0
YDS 222 140 140 104 92 70 68 66
YPG 222.0 140.0 140.0 104.0 92.0 70.0 68.0 66.0
PASSING Player, Sch. J. Cunningham, S.Guil. D. Adams, HPC S. Nelson, Tville. L. Heavner, Rags. D. Boger, Led. N. Sgroi, BM M. Swinton, TWA G. Rains, Wheat.
C-A-I 15-32-0 13-21-2 5-10-0 9-16-2 7-8-1 1-2-0 6-21-1 6-9-0
TD 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
RECEIVING Player, Sch. REC YDS Q. Johnson, Tville. 5 109 D. Grant, HPC 6 83 M. DeFrancesco, BM 1 70 A. Thompson, SGuil. 6 69 Q. Butler, SGuil. 3 56 L. Monk, HPC 4 52 D. Albertson, Wheat. 3 46 P. Romer, Rags. 1 46 J. Robinson, SGuil. 2 45 M. Colvin, SGuil. 2 44 D. Dow, Led. 3 44 D. Wade, TWA 2 44 B. Phillips, Led. 1 33 T. Roberts, Rags. 2 30 A. Stewart, Rags. 2 22 B. Everhart, Wheat. 2 18 M. Rogers, Tville. 1 17 D. Greene, Led. 3 15 M. Johnson, TWA 2 15 D. Shouse, Rags. 4 6 E. Mason, TWA 1 6
TD YPG 0 109.0 2 83.0 1 70.0 1 69.0 1 56.0 1 52.0 0 46.0 0 46.0 0 45.0 0 44.0 0 44.0 0 44.0 0 33.0 1 30.0 0 22.0 0 18.0 0 17.0 0 15.0 0 15.0 0 6.0 0 6.0
SCORING Player, Sch. TD PAT FG PTS M. DeFrancesco, BM 4 0 0 24 D. Greene, Led. 4 0 0 24 J. Rickert, Wheat. 4 0 0 24 Q. Riley, Tville. 3 0 0 18 E. Allen, Tville. 2 0 0 12 D. Smith, Rags. 2 0 0 12 D. Grant, HPC 2 0 0 12 N. Sgroi, BM 1 6 0 12 T. Butler, SWG 0 2 3 11 C. Campbell, Glenn 1 1* 0 8 J. Pluciniczak, BM 1 1^ 0 8 L. Hodges, Tville. 0 7 0 7 A. Bazen, Wheat. 1 0 0 6 H. Bridges, SWG 1 0 0 6 Q. Butler, SGuil. 1 0 0 6 P. Fields, BM 1 0 0 6 A. Fletcher, SWG 1 0 0 6 K. Green, Tville. 1 0 0 6 T. Lee, Glenn 1 0 0 6 L. Monk, HPC 1 0 0 6 R. Parker, Glenn 1 0 0 6 T. Roberts, Rags. 1 0 0 6 N. Robinson, TWA 1 0 0 6 C. Ross, Tville. 1 0 0 6 J. Smith, Trin. 1 0 0 6 A. Thompson, SGuil. 1 0 0 6 J. White, HPC 1 0 0 6 A. Willis, SWG 1 0 0 6 T. Crump, Led. 0 2 1 5 B. Davis, Rags. 0 3 0 3 A. Miller, HPC 0 3 0 3 D. Albertson, Wheat. 0 1* 0 2 M. Brandon, SGuil. 0 2 0 2 A. Kestner, Wheat. 0 1* 0 2 R. Lockhart, Wheat. 0 1 0 1 *– two-point conversion; ^– safety on defense INTERCEPTIONS Player, Sch. G A. Leach, HPC 1 L. Monk, HPC 1 J. Pluciniczak, BM 1 P. Say, SGuil. 1 T. Sparks, HPC 1 A. Thompson, SGuil. 1 J. White, HPC 1 I. Williams, Tville. 1 C. Wilson, HPC 1
NO. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
QUARTERBACK SACKS Player, Sch. G J. Black, BM 1 R. Davis, Tville. 1 J. Rogers, Tville. 1 M. Blanks, HPC 1 C. Cates, Rags. 1 A. Copes, HPC 1 G. Desjardins, Rags. 1 R. Pompey, Rags. 1 B. Nwokolo, Rags. 1 W. Sams, Rags. 1 T. Pedly, Tville. 1 T. Turman, BM 1
NO. 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5
FUMBLES Player, Sch. G R. Davis, Tville. 1 J. Spires, Tville. 1 A. Bazen, Wheat. 1 J. Boyd, Tville. 1 C. Clubb, Wheat. 1 A. Embree, TWA 1 D. Jefferson, SGuil. 1 T. Judge, SGuil. 1 M. McGill, TWA 1 J. Miller, Wheat. 1 D. Mitchell, SGuil. 1 D. Quinn, BM 1 J. Rogers, Tville. 1 C. Ross, Tville. 1 W. Sams, Rags. 1 A. Scheppregrell, BM 1 A. Thompson, SGuil. 1 J. White, HPC 1
Forced 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
Rec. 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
– NOTE: Stats compiled through staff reports and info provided by area coaches. Numbers for several schools were unavailable this week.