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East Forsyth starts the season on a roll, with two early victories Eagles dispatch Mt. Tabor, ready for North By Sam Davis Triad Sports Weekly East Forsyth will be able to take a breath in its schedule this week when the Eagles pay a visit to North Forsyth for a non-conference battle Jalen Shelf on Friday
night. The Eagles, who improved East Forsyth uniform. to 3-0 with a 35-14 victory over Jackson ran for 128 Mount Tabor last Friday night, yards on 18 carries used eight different ball carriers to and scored a 57-yard score five touchdowns in their win. touchdown to pace the North Forsyth is reeling after drop- Eagles. Ahmani ping a 44-33 loss to North Surry in Marshall added 73 its opener and a 47-7 loss to rival yards on 12 carries Reagan last Friday. and a touchdown. East The Eagles have gotten a Forsyth’s receiving boost from quarterback Ronald corps also benefited Jackson, a North Forsyth transfer, from a North Forsyth who has rushed for more than 100 defection, Mizell Hall, Chris Chaplin III gains yardage during a yards in his first two games in an See East Forsyth on 5 recent East Forsyth game.
West Forsyth shows resiliency in 41-26 tough road loss Powerful Tigers took commanding 41-13 lead before West fought back late From Staff Reports Chesapeake, Va. - Powerful Oscar Smith jumped out to a big lead ansd sustained it through the first half, but West Forsyth showed its mettle in the second half to make the score respectable in a 41-26 loss last Saturday. The Titans fell to 1-1 on the season, with a key matchup against county rival Mount Tabor on Friday. The game’s outcome was determined early. On their first possession of the game, the Tigers’ offense showed that West would offer few answers. The cutback lane appeared and Joe Bray pivoted.Oscar Smith’s junior
Oscar Smith’s Joe Bray breaks loose against West Forsyth. Bray used his strength and speed to power the Tigers’ offense in their 41-26 victory over West Forsyth last Saturday in Chesapeake, Va.
G’Mone Wilson fumbles the ball.
running back sprinted back to the right side of the field heading for an easy touchdown. But to send an extra message, Bray cut back inside to bulldoze a
West Forsyth defender. “We use our strength, break tackles, keep going. That’s what we do,” Bray said.
The Tigers piled up 471 total yards of offense and beat West Forsyth 41-26 for a season- opening win
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Mount Tabor is hoping to get its offense untracked when it plays host to West.
After a nearly story-book start to his head coaching career last year, Coach Tiesuan Brown of Mount Tabor and his Spartans are experiencing a serious reverse of fortunes this season. The Spartans fell to 0-2 when they dropped a 3514 loss to East Forsyth last week. And with highly-regarded West Forsyth visiting Bob Sapp Field on Friday night, Brown and the Spartans are facing a major challenge. The Spartans have sputtered
on offense through their first two games. Mount Tabor was shut out by North Davidson in its opener and was held scoreless in the first half of last week’s game against East Forsyth when the Eagles held a 28-0 at intermission. Andrew Muse has been the starter at quarterback in both of the Spartans’ first two games. However, Brown hinted this week that the Spartans might turn to Jaquan Albright, an explosive threat, to run the Spartans’ offense more this week. Brown and his staff are looking for
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Home Grown Talent Gainey’s 10 interceptions prods CFL QBs to throw other way
Ed Gainey, who played at Mount Tabor High, had a career-high 10 interceptions last season while playing in the Canadian Football League. REGINA, Canada — Ed Gainey set a goal for himself before the 2017 season began, putting a number on the amount of interceptions he wanted to get. And by season’s end, he achieved exactly that. “I do, I do definitely set goals for myself,” he said at Mark’s CFL Week in Winnipeg last month. “Believe it or not, last year I told myself I would get 10 or more picks.” Gainey totalled 10 interceptions with the Saskatchewan Roughriders last season, which was four more than all five of his previous
CFL seasons combined. The 27-yearold’s most memorable game of the season was in Week 8, when he picked off Ed Gainey the BC Lions four times and returned one for a score. That night, he became the first CFL player since 1986 and only the ninth in history to notch four picks in a game. “Just Coach Jones and
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(defensive backs coach Jason) Shivers he heard the news that they would be and everybody else just having confi- wearing the same colours again, he couldn’t contain his excitement. dence in me to be this calibre of a “When we signed him, I autoplayer,” he said, explaining how he matically knew that gave us a chance had his best season to date. to play in the Grey Cup and the “I’ve just been working hard all my life to get to this part. At every opportunity to go out there and win a championship,” Gainey level that I’m playing, “I’ve just been worksaid of Collaros. “I defwhether it’s high school, college or professional, ing hard all my life to initely think that was a great move for us and I give myself a couple get to this part. At we’re going to see a lot of years to get adjusted every level that I’m of Zach Collaros.” and then I feel like I playing, whether it’s Not only does Gainey should be at my peak by high school, college have full faith in then.” or professional, I give Collaros’ on-field talGainey spent ents, he knows his offhis first two seasons myself a couple of with the Montreal years to get adjusted field personality will only be an asset for the Alouettes (2012, 2013) and then I feel like I Roughriders. before heading to the should be at my peak “He has that fire in Hamilton Tiger-Cats him and you can tell,” (2014, 2015). The five- by then.” - Ed Gainey said Gainey. “If he foot-11, 193-pound makes a mistake, he’s defensive back collected going to be hard on himself. I think 56 tackles, two interceptions and 14 people can definitely feed off of that special teams tackles in 22 games because when a guy wants to do that over the two seasons in black and well for himself then you want to do gold. well for him. At the end of the day I He then signed with the just feel like that guys will feel off of Riders in 2016 and in his first season him and feed off of his energy.” in Riderville, tallied 49 tackles, three Last season, the Roughriders interceptions, a touchdown and two lost in the Eastern Final to the forced fumbles. When the Roughriders traded Toronto Argonauts after ending the season with a 10-8 record – their best for Zach Collaros from the Hamilton finish in recent memory. Tiger-Cats, Gainey was thrilled. The “We have a lot of unfinished pair were teammates when Gainey donned the black and gold and when see Gainey on 3
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West Forsyth from Page 1 Saturday at Oscar Smith. “We came out here, we were physical, did our jobs and the scoreboard tells it all,” Tigers quarterback Cam’Ron Kelly said. West Forsyth immediately felt that physicality. On the game’s first play, Titans running back G’mone Wilson rushed up the middle into a swarm of Tigers defenders and lost a fumble at the West Forsyth 19-yard line. Oscar Smith cashed in four plays later when Bray scored from six yards out. Brays credits “the linemen. Those dudes work hard and bust their tails for us running backs. We really appreciate it.” While West Forsyth’s rushing offense barely picked up a yard per carry, its passing game led by Shane Jarvis proved successful early. Jarvis caught the Tigers’ defense off guard with a quick snap and fired a 13-yard touchdown pass to Trae Archie to knot the game at 7. That would be the last semblance of a close game as Kelly demoralized the Titans with unlikely down-
Gainey from Page 2 business,” he said, after his team losing to the Argos late in the Eastern Final. “We’ve just been working our way up and trying to progress every year. I think with Coach Jones being here and what he’s been trying to do for the team, I think everybody’s following suit and hopping on board the ship.” Like most players do, Gainey has set a few goals for himself for the 2018 season. Will his interception goal going to be more than 10? “It’s definitely more but I’m going to keep it to myself for right now. I’ve been telling a lot of people but I want to hold back a little bit,” he laughed. The veteran defensive back turned over the football from his 49yard interception return for a touchdown to his partner, Lashawndriea
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the-field throws. On Kelly’s first pass, he bolted toward the sideline and appeared ready to throw the ball away. Instead, he heaved it 36 yards downfield for Jarius Howard. That led to an Aaron Acevedo 4-yard touchdown run. On the next drive, Kelly moved right in the pocket before spinning back toward his left to avoid the rush, finding Brandon Brock 32 yards down the sideline. That set up Kelly’s 3-yard scoring plunge which made it 21-7. “I felt good,” said Kelly, a recent Auburn commit. “I missed a couple downfield throws, but I mean, it comes with reps. Everything was great.” Kelly finished 5 of 9 for 146 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 40 yards and a score. On defense the Titans avoided Kelly, a defensive back. “They didn’t even throw to my side once, so it’s cool,” he said. Overall, the Tigers held the Titans to 16 rushing yards and 168 passing yards , most of which came in the fourth quarter with the result already decided. Besides 11 penalties for 121 yards, Oscar Smith looked in midseason form and ready to challenge for a fourth straight trip to the Class 6 state championship.
Cole, and their son, Grayson. Gainey’s family members were among the 33,500 spectators who witnessed the Riders’ 41-8 rout of the B.C. Lions at Mosaic Stadium. “It means a lot to me,’’ Gainey said of having his loved ones at the game. “Last year, when he was in her stomach, I pretty much dedicated the whole season to him. For every game late in the season I had his due date on my spat and I was able to make some plays.’’ Gainey made plays on recently as the Riders bounced back from a 30-15 loss to the host Lions on Aug. 5. He became just the ninth player in CFL history to have four picks in a single game, and added a fumble recovery. Gainey was motivated by an earlier discussion with head coach and general manager Chris Jones. Gainey hadn’t played up to his usual standards in the previous six games.
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Talented W-S Prep runs out of gas in 35-32 loss Walkertown fights back from 24-0 deficit Winston-Salem Prep and Coach De’Ron Middleton were left scratching their heads after watching pesky Walkertown fight back from a 24-0 deficit to defeat the Phoenix 35-32 last Friday night at Carl Eller Field at Atkins High. The Phoenix could do no wrong early and appeared headed for an easy victory. However, the Phoenix ran out of steam and came out on the short end in the fourth quarter. Jaheim Woodbury gave the Phoenix a spark with three touchdown receptions, all coming on passes for Chaz Gwynn. Gwynn, a basketball standout and top recruit for the State 1-A champion basketball team, turned in a stellar performance early, going both ways as did most of the Phoenix players. Walkertown used a bruising rushing attack to begin its comeback. The Wolfpack started slow but
gained steam as the game progresses. Tailback Teryan Cherry paced the Wolfpack comeback. Cherry ran the ball for more than 200 yards to pace his team’s offense. From the Cherry gave the Press Box Wolfpack Sam Davis their first score on a 55-yard scamper to make the score 24-7 and that play seemed to lift the Walkertown spirit. The Wolfpack won the game in the trenches. They didn’t come with anything fancy. The ran the ball into the teeth of the Phoenix defense and consistently pushed their defense back. Cherry left the game with a
Spartans from Page 1 ways to get the ball into the hands of Zyquez McMillian more. McMillian is a multi-talented runner, but is even more dangerous in
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injury early in the fourth quarter and from that point on it was tailback-by-committee for the Wolfpack who kept pounding the middle of the Prep line. Walkertown’s depth also played a key role in its victory. The Wolfpack’s roster of 45 allowed Coach Mitch Reeves to alternate on both offense and defense. Meanwhile, the Phoenix had few options as its W-S Prep roster numbers about 25. Depth will likely be a key factor in this week’s game against R.J. Reynolds on Thursday night. The Demons are a talented and deep bunch
the open field. Defensively, the Spartans will be challenged as well. West Forsyth put up 26 points in its opener, a 26-7 victory over Lake Norman. Last week the Titans struggled early but regained their composure in the second half to
jumped out to a 24-0 lead in the first half of the game. and are looking to take out their frustrations for a seasonopening loss to Southwest Guilford two weeks ago. The Demons have the explosiveness to blow the game open.
score 26 points in a loss to Chesapeake, Va.’s Oscar Smith High. Like the Spartans, West Forsyth is still trying to settle its quarterback position. The Titans have been alternating juniors Shane Jarvis and Jalen Ferguson. Ferguson threw two fourthquarter touchdowns in last week’s game. Jarvis got the start against Lake Norman and did a good job of running the Titans’ offense in the second half before Ferguson came on in the second half to close out the victory. A young offensive line has had its ups and downs as well. The Titans’ offensive front is made up exclusively of underclassmen. while that unit is strong, they don’t have experience on the varsity level and need a little more time to jell. That has been a problem for the Titans at times this season and they have struggled to unleash talented tailback G’Mone Smith.
JaQuan McMillian and the Titans will be on the road again this week at Mt. Tabor.
Tailback Shaheim Revel leads the Demons in rushing and scoring. Quarterback Charlie Mensch has a host of receivers to throw the football.
Mount Tabor has also not showed the explosiveness that has been expected of it this season. Senior Zyquez McMillian is a threat running the football, but is even more dangerous catching the football out of the backfield. However, the Spartans have not been able to get the ball to him as much as they would like. Albright could give the Spartans a spark with his running ability. He also has elusiveness in the open field and can score from anywhere on the field. Having that running threat at quarterback should loosen the opponents defensive secondary and give Mount Tabor some lanes in which to throw the football. Defense could very well settle this battle. Both teams were expected to be strong on that side of the football season, but early losses have shown that both have some holes to fill. Oscar Smith exposed the Titans last week in Virginia by scoring early and often against the Titans. Mount Tabor has also had its issues, dropping a 25-0 loss to North Davidson in the season-opener and then watching East Forsyth score 28 first-half points in a loss. Both teams have solid special teams. West has an outstanding placekicker kicker in Christian Kaplan and Mount Tabor’s Aaron Muse is also a depenedable kicker.
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held a high-powered Mount Tabor scoreless in the first half when they ran up a 28-0 advantage. “I really liked what I saw from Page 1 who leads the Eagles with 77 yards out of our defense Friday night,” on three receptions. Willert said. “That is the defense I Coach Todd Willert said his knew we had. I was a little disapoffensive line did a good job of pointed in our defense from the paving the way with outstanding Sanderson game but they answered blocking. the bell against Tabor. Khalil “Offensively the offensive Baker and Khalid Martin had very line (Tyrik Thompson, Jalen Shelf, good games from their defensive Howell, Smith, Danny Fradenburg, back positions. Also linebacker and Raynor) is playing very good,” Kaleb Lundy had a much better Willert said. “They’ve done a good game Friday and that was great to job paving the way for our ground see. Javon Cobb turned in a very attack. We’ve had over 300 yards good game from his linebacker in both games and position also. “Offensively the have not given up a The defensive sack. Ronald line was lead by offensive line (Tyrik Jackson Jr. turned in Thompson, Jalen Shelf, Bo Osbourne, another 100 yard who I felt played Howell, Smith, Danny rushing night for the his best game so Fradenburg, and Raynor) far as a varsity QB position.” Willert said is playing very good. player. it was good to defeat They’ve done a good job The Eagles a county opponent, paving the way for our set the tone on but it was just anoth- ground attack. We’ve had the opening kicker step for his team off when Nick over 300 yards in both in preparation for a Childs put East games and have not given on the scoreboard rugged Central Piedmont 4-A with a kickoff up a sack. Conference schedreturn for a -Coach Todd Willert touchdown. ule. “Every win Childs has been is important to us,” he said. effective in helping give the Eagles “Coming away with a win versus a good field position. great program like Mount Tabor is “I really feel like our spealways good.” cial teams units have played very Willert said his team also well so far this season,” Willert played well on defense. The Eagles said. “Nick Childs started the game
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Senior Nick Childs provides big plays on East Forsyth’s special teams. off with 80 yard kickoff return for a touchdown. Austin Dolesh has been a standout for us on special teams so far, he leads the team in special teams tackles.” Willert said his team won’t overlook this week’s opponent, winless North Forsyth, because
they have several goals set that they would like to accomplish this season. “Our kids are locked in and focused,” he said. “We take it one week at a time and we look past no one. We just want to be 1-0 after Friday night.”
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Rams volleyball drops three-set loss Winston-Salem Stat’s volleyball team gave it their all, but the team faded late in a four-set loss to the Belmont Abbey Crusaders (1-0), Tuesday afternoon. The Rams gave a strong effort in the match in spite of a short turnaround from their previous match. However, the team ended the day with the tough 14-25, 25-20, 2830, and 19-25 loss. "It was a tough loss because I know were better than they were," WSSU head coach Kathy Bullock said. "After Wingate, I knew it would be hard without a break." The Rams had a solid overall effort in the match. As a team, the Rams had an improved offensive effort with 43 total kills in the match. Junior outside hitter Ytae Cobb led the way with 17 kills in the match. Sophomore setter Brittany Carpenter added 34 assists while freshman libero Gabrielle Azar recorded 15 digs. The effects of the team's previous match showed with the Rams' slow start in the opening set. The Rams allowed six unanswered points to the Crusaders to open the set. After falling behind, 4-11, the Rams made their biggest run of the set with three unanswered points of their own to cut their deficit down to as few as four points, 7-11. However, the team would never get any closer as the Crusaders pulled away for the set win. The Rams did make a late rally with three more unanswered points, including a Berry service. However, in the end, the Rams ended with the 25-14 set loss.
The second told a much different story as it was the Rams who were the ones to take control and to claim the set win. After playing to a 4-4 tie, the Rams took control of the set with a four-point run that included a pair of Cobb kills and a Berry service ace. The Rams' fatigue showed up with Belmont Abbey taking a brief, 98 lead. However, it was a little later that the Rams really took control of the set when the team mounted a 6-2 run that included a pair of Azar service aces. The effort left the Rams on top, 18-14. From there, the team continued to stay in control and cruised to the 25-20 set win and tied the match, 1-1. The third set told the tale of the entire match with the Rams falling just short in the hard-fought set loss. After getting started with a
slow start, the Rams battled their way back to a 13-13 tie with the Crusaders. After falling behind, 1619, the Rams rallied with four straight points to take a 20-19 lead. The Rams extended the run and took a 23-20 lead over the Crusaders. However, Belmont Abbey then answered with a rally of their own to tie the set, 24-24. From there, the Rams would take a 28-27 lead after a kill from freshman Haley Tatu and a service ace from freshman Myra Wallace. The Rams then allowed three straight points to the Crusaders and took the tough 3028 set less and fell behind two sets to one. The fourth set saw the Rams run out of gas as the team showed some late fight, but could not overcome a slow start to take the tough loss. The set was a competitive one
with the two teams playing to a 13-13 tie before the Rams allowed the Crusaders to go ahead, 18-17. The Rams then suffered a critical drought with the team allowing a 6-1 run by the Crusaders to leave the Rams trailing 24-18. Cobb would add one more kill before a WSSU service error allowed the final match point to the Crusaders. "We started out slow and we found our rhythm," Bullock added. "I knew if we lost the third set, we would struggle. We're not quite experienced enough to keep pushing, so were still working on some things." With the loss, the Rams fall to 1-5. The team will return to action, Saturday morning when the team takes on the Wingate Bulldogs in a 10:30 a.m. match at the Queens (N.C.) Invitational.