Friday Night Final from James B. Dudley High School, and Tarpley Stadium:Dudley 38, South Point 0
The Dudley Panthers top the South Point Red Raiders for the NCHSAA 3-A West Regional Championship and this game was never close….Dudley jumped on the scoreboard on the very first play of the game, the opening kickoff, as Dudley’s kickoff return man, Mehki Wall, bobbled the football when he took in the opening kickoff of the game, but Wall recovered nicely, and he returned that opening kick, 85 yards for a touchdown, and with the Abdoul Bayor successful PAT kick, Dudley took a 7-0 lead, they would never relinquish, and Dudley was in front to stay, after just 15-20 seconds of game time had elapsed off of the scoreboard clock…
That's one way to start the 3A Regional Finals? @mehkiwall3 takes the opening kickoff to the HOUSE for a TD vs South Point?#NCHSAAFB@DBoyzFootball/@WeAreDHS pic.twitter.com/44X3GjjmzH
— Game of Inches-High School Sports (@GameofInchesHSS) December 4, 2021
Dudley(14-1) was up to stay, and now Dudley will move on and face the Rampants of Greenville’s J.H. Rose High School(11-4), next Friday night(7pm) in Chapel Hill’s Keenan Stadium, for the NCHSAA 3-A Football Championship….
State championship here we come! See you at UNC! pic.twitter.com/UWN3fmDgOB
— Jonathan Neal (@JonathanNeal_50) December 4, 2021
The Dudley Panthers are going after another football state title…
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BOUND
— Dudley Football (@DBoyzFootball) December 4, 2021
Dudley QB Jahmier Slade was 6-12 passing for 122 yards and 1 TD…Slade ran the ball 10 times for 68 yards…RJ Baker with 9 carries for 123 yards and 3 TD’s…Michael Shaw with 7 carries for 32 yards and 1 TD…Dudley’s Mehki Wall with a kickoff return of 85 yards for a touchdown, Wall caught an 8-yard pass from Slade for another TD, and Wall intercepted a pass while in punt return formation…A very productive night for Wall, Baker, and the Panthers…
DBOYZ?#HeadingToTheShip pic.twitter.com/JcK8NBvX3h
— Jahmier Slade ??? (@JahmierSlade) December 4, 2021
Jhyheem Pittman and Logan Wright each with 11 tackles in the Panthers’ victory over South Point…Jaylan Richmond, Jeremiah Barnes, Austin Lloyd, and Braden McCall, all with five tackles each for the Dudley Panthers…The Dudley front seven on defense was dominant vs. South Point all night long…Dominant, I have heard that word mentioned several times tonight, when people have been talking about the Dudley win over the South Point Red Raiders…
Scoring summary from tonight’s game…
Dudley:Mehki Wall with a kickoff return of 85 yards on the opening play of the football game…11:43 left to play in the first quarter and Dudley leads South Point 7-0…PAT kick by Abdoul Bayor was good…
Dudley:RJ Baker on a 3-yard run for the TD and the PAT kick is blocked, and Dudley leads South Point, 13-0, with just five seconds left to play in the first quarter…
Dudley:It is RJ Baker again, and this time he goes around the left side of the field, and flys 64 yards on a touchdown run…The two-point play fails and Dudley leads South Point, 19-0, with 10:25 left to play in the second quarter…
Dudley:Baker rolls into the end zone on a 1-yard run, and Dudley sees their two-point pass play fall incomplete, and with just 7 seconds left in the first half, Dudley leads South Point, 25-0…
Halftime:Dudley 25, South Point 0
Dudley:Dudley scores on five-yard run by Michael Shaw, but the two-point pass attempt fails and 7:54 to play in the third quarter, your score is Dudley 31, South Point 0…
Dudley:Slade goes eight yards to Wall, in the right corner of the end zone, and the TD pass, plus the Bayor PAT kick, make the score, Dudley 38, South Point 0…
Final Score:Dudley 38, South Point 0
Steak n Shake Defensive Players of the Game:Jhyheem Pittman and Logan Wright, plus you can really say, the entire Dudley Defensive Front Seven…
Offensive Players of the Game:RJ Baker, Mehki Wall, and Jahmier Slade…
GREENVILLE, N.C. — (6) J.H. Rose will play for the 3A state championship after a 35-28 win over (13) Jacksonville in the eastern regional championship on Friday night.
This marks the first time since 2015 that the Rampants have played for a state title. That season, Rose lost to Charlotte Catholic 27-20 in the 4A championship game.
1A FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP REGIONAL FINALS
EAST
#1 Tarboro (13-1) 22, #6 Pender (9-4) 12
WEST
#3 Mitchell (13-2) 34, #4 Robbinsville (10-4) 21
2A FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP REGIONAL FINALS
EAST
#10 Wallace-Rose Hill (13-2) 34, #1 Princeton (13-1) 25
WEST
#1 Shelby (14-1) 45, #2 East Surry (13-1) 13
3A FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP REGIONAL FINALS
EAST
#6 J.H. Rose (11-4) 35, #13 Jacksonville (11-3) 28
WEST
#3 Dudley (14-1) 38, #16 South Point (11-4) 0
4A FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP REGIONAL FINALS
EAST
#6 Cardinal Gibbons (13-2) 36, #20 Rolesville (9-6) 28
WEST
#10 Julius Chambers (14-1) 35, #1 Hough (14-1) 21
1A FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, December 11, 2021; 12:00 p.m. (Noon)
Kenan Stadium | Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
#1 Tarboro Vikings (13-1) vs. #3 Mitchell Mountaineers (13-2)
2A FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, December 11, 2021; 3:00 p.m.
Carter-Finley Stadium | North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
#10 Wallace-Rose Hill Bulldogs (13-2) vs. #1 Shelby Golden Lions (14-1)
3A FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Friday, December 10, 2021; 7:00 p.m.
Kenan Stadium | Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
#6 J.H. Rose Rampants (11-4) vs. #3 Dudley Panthers (14-1)
4A FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, December 11, 2021; 7:00 p.m.
Carter-Finley Stadium | North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
#6 Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders (13-2) vs. #10 Julius Chambers (14-1)