We have a lot of vocal leadership on the team, seniors like Nick and Hayden Burkhart. After a first quarter where the offenses took the defenses behind the woodshed, the going got a little tougher in the second, especially for the home team. Of the other two schools, Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy is the No. Lynch, a freshman, carried the ball 11 times for 128 yards, and Brown, a sophomore, got the ball 15 times and picked up 101 yards. The home team led 29-21 at halftime. A key to any hopes of a Bears upset will be senior running back Johnathon Smith, who scored the winning touchdown with 14 seconds left in last years regular-season finale against East, but was hobbled by an injury that limited his effectiveness in the playoff rematch that the Cardinals won. Mosley, who had five catches for 38 yards and two TDs in the title game, helped East Surry set the North Carolina High School Athletic Association records for most yards receiving (484) and most receiving touchdowns (7) in a state championship game. East Surry closed the first half with a TD to tie the score at 14-14 before halting Mitchell near midfield. An Elijah Wright fumble was recovered by the Sauras Johnny Dotson. Atkins Camels (Winston-Salem, NC) Varsity Football 23-24 - MaxPreps The fact that over half of them Ive grown up with and know means the most to me, Boaz said, mentioning he actually played left tackle with this group until seventh grade. Our kids just kept playing, and I thought that was good. Administration | Atkins High School Gosnell is a three-year starter on the varsity team and has played quarterback, running back, wide receiver, defensive back and on the return team. Its also no secret that Mitchell loves to run the ball, as evident by the teams average of 279.9 yards rushing compared to 116.2 yards passing. The home team moved from its 34 to the Hounds 20 before the running back was tackled at the 18 as time expired. 2 Mitchell in the Regional Final. Quarterback Maisen Holt threw two incompletions, one that was headed for the end zone but fell incomplete when the intended receiver collided with an official. Stevens grabbed his second TD reception to round out a four-score quarter that gave East Surry a 42-0 lead at the half. All of the community & school are welcome to come & meet our players and take part in this celebration & display of gratitude!. Jahreece Lynch (23) accelerates upfield after a short catch. 10 in the Coaches Poll and No. The same three schools rank 1-2-3 in the MaxPreps ratings, but they agree with the three pollsters who chose the Raiders, followed by Mallard Creek and then Myers Park. John Atkins is 6-3 (190 cm) tall. Boaz only threw 12 passes but completed nine of them for 269 yards and two touchdowns. Coach Barringer used to be the head coach at Harding and spent time at a number of other Charlotte-area schools. The East Surry offense in 2018 wasnt nearly as high-flying as it was in 2019. Edwards incorporated a pass-dominant offense in a time that star running backs controlled the game in the 70s, 80s and 90s. The quick start continued when the Cards defense forced a three-and-out, but the Rams then managed to pick Boaz off, becoming just the fifth to do so all season. Bill Belichicks ideas are very similar to the air raid mantra, but he would never call it that.. Charlotte Mallard Creek (10) (7-0-1) 132 1. This fraternity does expand border-to-border.. When you go to clinics across to country, these college coaches you listen to give bits and pieces what theyre doing, Giampetruzzi said. As a college student at the time, I said if I ever got to coach or be an offensive coordinator this is what I would run., It really is the great equalizer on the field.. East Surrys record-setting offense had another historic night behind quarterback Jefferson Boaz seven touchdown passes, which falls one behind a passing record he set just seven days prior. Boaz was even named AP offensive prep football player of the year for North Carolina. On a fourth-and-3 from the Prep 18, Smith took a pitch from quarterback Zeb Stroup and took it to the house with exactly seven minutes left in the third quarter. The first was regarding the teams quarterback. (Lynch) is really a special player and hes going to be even more special, and we wanted to see what he could do behind the varsity offensive line. Um, coming back home was one of my, my goals. Taylor proceeded to list off key pieces of the defense that stepped up against the Eagles. If you need information about one of the many Clubs or Academic Teams at Atkins High School, you can consult the coach or faculty advisor listed below. The three-and-out put East Surry near midfield, where the the boys in the trenches went to work. Things quickly went from bad to worse if you were a North Forsyth fan. For the current crop of Granite Bears, its been longer than a lifetime. After dropping such a close game, Central rebounded with back-to-back wins, outscoring opponents 75-19. East held the ball four times in first half and scored on each possession. Then Hodges played four years at Bridgewater College in Virginia, earning all-conference honors. But the rest of the night would belong to the visitors. Following last weeks blowout win over Bishop McGuinness, East Surry head coach Trent Lowman said the following concerning the teams rushing units explosion of offense: We havent had games where we had to run the ball, so they havent been in the spotlight too much.. Mount Airys Manley Stovall recovered a Bishop fumble on the next series, and on second down, Smith got his own second touchdown, and weaved his way through the Villain defense for 26 yards and a score. Boaz was on target all evening, and the Vikings (4-5, 0-3) struggled to keep up as the Cardinals continued to aggressively spread the field with five-receiver sets most of the night. Week 1, what game are you looking forward to? 2 Mitchell (12-1). In the 42-18 win, Johnathon rushed 20 times for 99 yards and three TDs. Which was my fault, Boaz was quick to interject. MAHS invites players, their families, coaches, and the community to come out to Wallace Shelton Stadium on Sunday, May 6 for to meet Coach Adkins. The foursome finished with a 2:06.57 showing. Left to right: North Surry offensive coordinator and QB coach Tanner Hiatt, North Surry head coach Patrick Taylor, Holy Cross offensive line coach and defensive coordinator Eric Barbarito and Holy Cross head coach Michael Giampetruzzi. 5 Eastern Randolph (9-2) in the second. Johnathon continued his evolution as a running back as a junior while also becoming more of a presence on defense. 2 Cardinals and fourth-ranked and undefeated Robbinsville. Under new head coach David Diamont, South Stokes had the biggest improvement of any NW1A team. Someone coming to this area for something other than Mayberry and Andy Griffith, that in itself is very humbling, Taylor said. Badgett fought through a clothesline attempt, then sprinted to the end zone before help could arrive for a 31-yard TD catch to make it 14-0 with 3:33 left in the first. The two high-caliber offenses went wild, with Ashe emerging victorious by a final score of 50-42. But the teams met again in the playoffs and Mount Airy rolled to a 49-6 victory. 2 John A. Holmes (12-0) in a rematch of last seasons East Regional Final. You really want to come to this small town in the foothills of North Carolina to see what a 2A school is doing?. The Mount Airy Bears earned a first-round bye and home-field advantage in the second round as the No. As impressive as Quincy was during his senior year, Lowman said the sky is the limit for Smith as a defender. Um, so we're still new here. The Bears Eric Olvera (51) and Sam Eberdt (76) put pressure on Mountain Island quarterback Kobe Creamer. It only took Mount Airy four plays to take the lead after the punt, all of them running plays to Smith. When I started my website I really wanted to give back, not because I had all the answers or Im some whizbang of the offense, Taylor said. Smith continued to be a part of multiple phases when Trent Lowman was hired as head football coach in 2018. Stevens went on to have another 100-yard game in the postseason when he had four catches for 132 yards in the regional final. Bruce, Bullington, Avery and Hadly Tucker added to their wins by finishing the 200 freestyle relay at 1:59.87. Regardless, nothing is guaranteed when Mount Airy and East Surry square off. They couldnt stop us all night, said Taylor. The All-State team was voted on by 16 sports writers across the state: Rodd Baxley, The Fayetteville Observer; Paul Durham, Wilson Times; Justin Epley, The News Herald of Morganton; Patrick Ferlise, Winston-Salem Journal; Jackson Fuller, StarNews of Wilmington; Joe Hughes, Gaston Gazette/Shelby Star; David Kehrli, The Times-News of Burlington; Mike London, Salisbury Post; Josh McKinney, Hickory Daily Record; Brian Meadows, Statesville Record & Landmark; Jonas Pope IV, The Herald-Sun of Durham/The News & Observer of Raleigh; Malcolm Shields, The Daily Advance of Elizabeth City; Joe Sirera, The News & Record of Greensboro; David Thompson, The Citizen-Times of Asheville; Langston Wertz, The Charlotte Observer; Brandon White, The Daily Dispatch of Henderson. West Stokes would then likely travel to No. Smith wont be too far from home and said he looks forward to returning to see the Bears play next season. Coaches from North Surry High and Holy Cross High School of Waterbury, Conn. met in Toast to swap ideas. You know, thats not even a good benchmark. Nick Badgett breaks free of a tackle and burst forward for a 31-yard TD catch in the first quarter. 3 seed in the 1AA West. MICS (11-2 overall) won the game 42-35 and will advance to next weeks third round and a date with top-seeded East Surry (12-0). In addition to seeing his own coaching tree grow, Taylor loves spreading the air raid to other coaches on the phone, at clinics and via his website: coachpatricktaylor.com. There is still time for improvement with two weeks left in the regular season, which is necessary for the goals Taylor has in mind for the Hounds. Ashe Co. went on to finish 11-2 that year, only losing to Starmount, who finished as the runner-up in the 1AA division, and Monroe in the second round of the 2AA playoffs. Olvera, Mayfield, Stroup and Dalton Nance all picked off passes for the Bears during the game. Smith has been nursing some nagging injuries, but the Bears hope he will be ready to go tonight. A junior linebacker committed to UNC-Chapel Hill, Echols was the only unanimous selection on the 31-man squad and was one of three players to make the team for a second consecutive season. 2 in the AP poll and by MaxPreps.com, will host the game next week. The Eagles Junior Palacios gets inside the 10-yard line on a first-quarter run that led to a Central touchdown. Johnathon graduates with 5,352 yards rushing, the second-most in Mount Airy history. This is what exposed him to the Hal Mumme, Mike Leach and the Air Raid offense that is infiltrating high school football at a growing rate. The rest of the night was an offensive show by visiting West Stokes. The first few games of the 2019 season saw the Cardinals put up extraordinary passing numbers on offense as Boaz learned how to incorporate all the different receivers. The Bears now needed 15 yards to keep the game alive. Thats where youll see whether weve gotten better or not.. Lauren Williams Math lauren.williams@atkinsschools.org. Mount Airy, in my opinion, is a very good football team and much-improved from where they were at the beginning of the season, Lowman said. East Wilkes still posted a 9-3 record. Stephen is the only player in East Surry history to graduate with seasons of 1,000 yards receiving, 1,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing. Although the Greyhounds got most of their scores through the air, Norths offensive line and its two young running backs were outstanding. Noah threw a season-high 17 times in the game but only completed six passes for 49 yards, resulting in a .353 completion percentage. 6 Swain County. Maybe they were focused on the big picture and maybe that had an effect on our preparations, I dont know. Originally undrafted, Welker went on to be selected for five Pro Bowls, was named First-team All-Pro twice, Second-team All-Pro twice and lead the NFL in receptions in three different seasons. Two plays later, Anthony Brown sprinted 15 yards into the end zone for an apparent score, but the play was called back on a holding penalty that was loudly protested by the North coaches. ATH-JaQurious Conley, Jacksonville Northside, sr. DL-Myles Murphy, Greensboro Dudley, sr. (tie), DL-Kaveon Freshwater, Elizabeth City Northeastern, so. This stands true for Fridays game as well. Dillon Mosley racked up 21 receiving touchdowns as an East Surry Cardinal, including two in the 2019 1AA State Championship. He had catches of 36, 43 and 67 yards before the Cards even began conference play. However, the three Maiden players who caught him continued to ride the quarterback backwards before slamming him to the turf. Key Win(s): @ North Forsyth 23-20, vs. Badgett had three catches for 58 yards and Tanner Woods snagged two for 44. 1 East Wilkes in the Regional Semis to advance to the Regional Final. Richmond (7-0) is the states top-ranked team in MaxPreps power ratings, and its arch-rival Scotland County (7-0) moved up to No. Their kid thought it was going to go in (the end zone), and he didnt field it, said Southern. The Cardinals scored on passes to Mosley, Stephen and Benji Gosnell. Charlotte Mallard Creek (3) (6-0-1) 102 2. Mitchell advanced to its first-ever state championship, but fell to powerhouse Wallace-Rose Hill in the 1AA title game. A few hours later he called and said, wed love to have him. A few weeks later, he called back and said they had a PWO spot.. but are experiencing downers at the receiver spot as their training camp opens. Even considering all of North Carolina and all four public school classifications, Smith had the fourth-most yards rushing per game, fifth-most yards rushing overall and fifth-most rushing TDs. Stephen Gosnell was named to the All-State team as a wide receiver. Hawks gave the Hounds good field position on the kickoff return and then hauled in a pass on third-and-9 for a first down in West Stokes territory. Swartz started the game with a series of short passes to move the chains, but capped off the opening drive with a 42-yard touchdown pass to Nick Badgett. Class of 202 athlete Jeremiah Atkins, a football player and wrestler, has spent the offseason trying to make a name for himself. 13 North Wilkes (7-4) in the opening round and will likely host No. The other talking point also stemmed from his move to receiver, where fans questioned how the returning wide-outs in Dillon Mosley and Landon Stevens would adjust to another high-profile player getting targets. The Sauras will host rival North Stokes. The two quarterbacks have certainly had their own statistical race. 4 seeding in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 1AA State Football Playoffs marks the 21st straight playoff appearance for the Bears. Joshua Joyce (26) was an integral part of the Cardinals defense that gave up just 13.8 points per game in 2019. He had all of the necessary athleticism, but he had to learn things like form, stance and some of the little things from scratch. Just when South looked as if it might mount a comeback, East ended the first half with three-straight scoring drives while forcing two Saura punts. The only TD from Mitchell came in second quarter on a 10-yard run from Pitman. FSU OL Coach Alex Atkins Inducted Into UT Martin Hall of Fame . Message boards, water coolers and all of social media has been covered with what ifs regarding Fridays game. After Stroup completed a pass to Reece Deaton, Nance and Moore ran the ball for seven of the next eight plays. Smith signed his NCAA National Letter of Intent in February and will attend Fayetteville State University. Whatever it takes. Mountain Island won the coin toss and elected to receive. Taylor argues that the air raids influence goes back even further, citing Wes Welkers time on the New England Patriots from 2007-2012. Isaac Washington and the East Surry Cardinals were awarded the No. The visitors thought they might escape without any damage when Central immediately made an errant shotgun snap that Maisen Holt had to fall on at the 17, but back-to-back runs by Junior Palacios went to the 4 and then to the 1. All members of the class of 2020, Stephen Gosnell and Landon Stevens will continue their football careers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Dillon Mosley at North Carolina State University. That was all West needed. 1 team was Weddington, which has unanimously topped the 3A poll for several weeks. Teammate Antoine Anderson grabbed it and ended Centrals hopes of retaking the lead. Fridays game is likely to bring a contrast in styles, although both teams run spread offenses. Eleven media outlets from across the state voted in the final polling, and both undefeated East Surry (11-0) and arch-rival Mount Airy (8-3) ended up in the 1A top 10. Easts Gates won the first lap of the race by .08 seconds, but Phillips countered by swimming the second lap .53 faster than Gates. Only two teams have scored more than 14 points on East in a game: Reidsville, who will compete for another 2A state title this weekend, and Mitchell in the West Regional final. The roots of the air raid offense can be traced back to LaVell Edwards one-time coach at Brigham Young University. There, Norths Vincent Admore got a hand on the ball and knocked it out of Boones hands into the air. Mount Airy will host Bishop McGuinness (2-7, 1-2) next Friday night before traveling to No. By rule, each team gets possession at the other teams 10-yard line and has four plays to score either a touchdown or a field goal. The complete Associated Press state high school football poll for the week of November 12, first-place votes in parentheses, records and total points as voted upon by a statewide panel of prep sports writers, are as follows: 1. After a three-and-out by North, the Eagles moved from their 34 to a first down at the Vikings 25, but the drive bogged down to a fourth-and-2 at the 17. One year ago, East Surry vowed to make its return to the 1AA State Championship in 2019. The two had exchanged emails after Giampetruzzi saw Taylors name in multiple videos on the Air Raid. The game was then moved into a running clock when Swartz threw his sixth and final TD pass to Woods. Tristian Harless was named Most Outstanding Defensive Player for East Surry, finishing with five tackles and by forcing a key fumble in Saturdays championship win. North Surry head coach Patrick Taylor gives an emotional speech to his team following a 56-41 first-round playoff loss to Maiden which was filled with controversial calls against his team. WINSTON-SALEM North Surry shattered school records in a 48-7 rout of Carver on the road Friday. Gavin Atkins of East Surry had both individual wins for the Cardinals in Mondays meet. Now the game was turning into a chess match, and Southern had a response. Daniel Valenzuela and Tanner Boone grinded out another first down on the ground to put Central just outside the red zone. After 1:42 passed, Stephen Gosnell ran in a six-yard on the first third-down of the night for East Surry to make it 35-7. Gosnells TD started a running clock. The Lady Cardinals of East Surry posted another dominant win by finishing first in their respective races, earning a 117-48 team win. Mount Airy and Bishop McGuinness were the two exceptions. 2 Reidsville (10-1), but the travel might serve in the teams favor. Charlotte Mallard Creek (8) (9-0-1) 115 1, 8. Is John Atkins in the Hall of Fame? A new development was that fourth-ranked Mitchell County received a first-place vote after a 41-7 win over Owen last week, but the vote didnt affect the Mountaineers overall ranking. Home 0-0 Away 0-0 . The exception was an attempted pass by Stroup that ended with a defensive pass interference call on East Surry. East received the opening kickoff and never trailed throughout the game. Nick ran that kickoff back to the 10 and we stalled out, but we forced them to punt and this time he took it to the house. 9 seed in 2A West. Welker went undrafted in 2004, eventually landing with the Miami Dolphins in a special teams role. Only two of those losses were to fellow 1A teams. He finished with a time of 1:29.60. Lowman stressed that the coaching staff still wanted to have one more big celebration for the community, but said he doesnt know when it will even be possible. Prep won the toss and head coach DeRon Middleton decided to immediately go on the attack, with Davis hitting two passes that took the Phoenix from its 20 to the 40. The 4A poll remains even more divided than the 1A. Atkins is a 5-foot-7, 150-pound middle linebacker/running back from the state of Pennsylvania, gave Youth1 an update on how his offseason has been so far. He is one of three Cardinals who have already received a scholarship offer to a Power Five Division I FBS football team, among many others who have received offers from other collegiate programs. Football coaches in general are pretty open to sharing information, Giampetruzzi said. Smiths 44 points in a single game were one of the highest totals in state history, just six points shy of the state record set by Johnny Frasier of Princeton in a 2013 contest. All year long its been our expectation to finish the regular season undefeated and win the conference, but to actually do it does feel good and feel refreshing, said East coach Trent Lowman, who lead the Cardinals to their first outright conference crown since 2015. A bubble screen to the receiver on the right side yielded the home teams initial first down, but trying the play a second time lost yards and led to a punt to the Hounds 29-yard line. After a rough start to the year, the Greyhounds finish the regular season on a three-game winning streak to rise to 7-4 and 6-1 in the Western Piedmont Conference. Two hard runs by Brown picked up 13 and then 12 yards. Its very cliche, but we always talk about going 1-0 each week, Southern said.I think the guys got ahead of themselves since weve been playing pretty good ball here recently and thought about how we could maybe end up finishing second in the conference and go to the playoffs. He was intercepted once and fumbled once, while the Mountaineer defense failed to force a turnover. Bishop McGuinness: RB Daniel Cancro (2), WR Noah Allred, East Surry: WR Landon Stevens (2), WR Stephen Gosnell (3), WR Dillon Mosley, OL MacKenzie Baker, OL Sam Whitt (2), OL Austin Evans, Mount Airy: RB Johnathon Smith (3), OL Kandon Davis, OL Manley Stovall, South Stokes: OL Noah Bennett (2), WR Matthew Montgomery, Winston-Salem Prep: QB Tim Davis, WR Juwan Lyons, RB Tresean Stewart, Offensive Player of the Year: East Surry QB Jefferson Boaz (2), 4,615 yards passing (first in NC, fourth in the nation), 233-of-314 completions for a .742 completion percentage, only six interceptions, 65 passing TDs (first in NC, second in the nation), 63 carries for 466 yards, 17 rushing TDs, 5,081 total yards (first in NC, ninth in the nation), 2019 1AA State Championship Most Valuable Player, East Surry: DL Benji Gosnell, LB Quincy Smith, LB Hoyt Bullington (2), DB Luke Bullington, DB Tye Needham, Mount Airy: DL Sam Eberdt, LB Eric Olvera, LB Dalton Nance, MLB Reece Deaton, South Stokes: DL Jackson Boles, LB Johnny Dotson, DB Landon Parsons, DB Paul Thomas Fischer (2), Winston-Salem Prep: DL Zaire Patterson (2), DB Juwan Lyons, DB Tresean Stewart, Defensive Player of the Year: East Surry DL Isaac Washington, 27.0 tackles for a loss (tied for 23rd in NC), 2019 1AA State Championship Most Outstanding Defensive Player. They got us a few times, but all-in-all, I felt like my guys did a really good job up front.. Despite criticism of the scheme, the NFL has welcomed more and more air raid veterans thanks to the growing network of former assistant coaches and players that learned under Mumme and Leach. You can know hes going to get the ball, but stopping it is an entirely different thing. The complete Associated Press state high school football poll for the week of October 15, first-place votes in parentheses, records and total points as voted upon by a statewide panel of prep sports writers, is as follows: 1. The following is the list of NW1A offensive and defensive all-conference selections. Starmounts first half possessions ended with (in order): pick-6, three-and-out, interception, three-and-out, interception, punt and the end of the first half. Easts Isaac Washington, who tied teammate Tye Needham with the most tackles in the game with six, broke through the offensive line and swatted a Stroup pass on first down. Meanwhile, East Surrys offense finished with 477 total yards on 40 offensive plays. Once he got the ball in his hands, he was even more dangerous. In addition to East Surrys school record book, Landon Stevens will live on in the North Carolina High School Athletic Associations record book in three places. His stellar senior campaign ended with East Surrys winning its first-ever 1AA State Championship and with Mosley getting an offer to play Division I college football. Im just proud of these guys because they are as good as they were tonight, said Trent Lowman, head coach of East Surry. Key Win(s): vs. West Stokes 27-20, @ Elkin 34-22, vs. North Surry 57-38, Key Loss(es): vs. Starmount 21-27, @ East Surry 10-42. Nick Badgett and the high-flying North Surry Greyhounds look to win the schools first playoff game since 2004 as the No. Stephen Gosnell (12) looks for yardage after the catch as brother Benji (6) gets downfield to block. The teams wont meet in the regular season. The offense usually gets most of the credit when a team puts up 54 points, which is tied for the second-most points scored by either North Surry or Surry Central in the rivalrys 55 meetings. Stevens is now second all-time in consecutive games with a TD reception (12 in 2019), 14th in single-season touchdown receptions (21 in 2019) and 28th in single-season receiving yards (1,459 in 2019). Starmount got its initial first down of the night on the next drive, thanks to a pair of passes from Dezern to J. Max Swaim. The Golden Eagles went into halftime having dominated the first half and holding a 10-0 lead, but were unable to hold the lead after intermission and ended the campaign with a 14-10 loss to the Vikings. The interception was returned to the North Surry 4 and Maiden easily scored to go up 29-14, having scored three touchdowns in three and a half minutes. The Cardinal defense forced two interceptions, a three-and-out and a turnover-on-downs while giving up just one score. The stigma was that you have an all-star QB, four or five guys that can blaze the field at receiver and you have to have giant offensive lineman, Taylor said.

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