**********Now we just got news this morning, that football/basketball player from Page HS, Jerron Blackwell, is headed to Dudley High School…..**********
Rivals 3*** ATH/Safety Jerron Blackwell Transferred to Dudley High School (per his twitter).
Jerron has 6 D1 offers so far, from West Virginia, Louisville, Appalachian State, James Madison, Charlotte, and Liberty.
We hate to see him go to such a big rival, but we wish him all the best in his future playing career.
Thank you Jerron for being a part of Page’s program for 2 years, we look forward to seeing you compete for former Page assistant coach Steven Davis’s Dudley Panthers.
More in this afternoon, with CJ/Carlos Neely of Smith High School, now at Dudley High School too…CJ is wideout/DB in football, and he can play any of the positions, 1-3, in basketball…Grimsley and Dudley are way far ahead of the other schools in our area now, when it comes to high school football…Northwest Guilford will be tough on the 4-A side, but Grimsley and Dudley are the closest thing to Charlotte we have right now…
https://twitter.com/carlos_neely/status/1669786950369198081
Didn’t really see this one coming, but Candice Williams, one of the top high school girls basketball players in the state, is leaving Page High School and she will head to Greensboro Day School, where she will reclass, and become part of the Class of 2025 for Coach Tamera Thorpe and the GDS Bengals…
Hate to see Candice leaving Page, but I am here to tell you, I will support this kid in her move, because I believe in her, and I believe in her game…She will do well, and she will continue to improve, because she works hard…
Not good news for Page, but this is how the portal is going, it was heavy with the boys transferring, and now the young ladies are testing the waters too…
Let’s be sure to keep a handle on the comments, because this could become another hot topic in a hurry….Again, I know many of you want to go off on this topic, but do keep a handle on the comments, or we will have to shut them down in a hurry….
Here is the official statement from Candice Williams, coming in from Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Candice_2xx/status/1668778033308897281
Kennedy Leggett now on the way to the Southwest Guilford Cowgirls, as she leaves out of Page HS…
https://twitter.com/KennedyLeggett2/status/1669147904471179265
Nadi VonReichbauer on the way to Dudley, from High Point Christian Academy:
https://twitter.com/nadiavon21/status/1669512282655555585
Azaria Scott leaving Smith and headed to Greensboro Day School:
https://twitter.com/azariascott14/status/1668777855155867648
On the boys side of things, Quintin Ingram leaving Page HS, and headed to Wesleyan Christian Academy:
https://twitter.com/TheRealQIngram2/status/1669142174653378560
Add in Jaylon Bumpass, from Grimsley HS, now with the Smith Golden Eagles:
https://twitter.com/HereGoJayAgain/status/1666810686541037569?cxt=HHwWgoDU8Z_f2aEuAAAA
Also getting in word that G Kenny Miller has left Southeast Guilford HS and he is now at Ben L. Smith High School….
Ahmed Jawo, formerly with the Southeast Guilford Falcons basketball team, is now on board with the Caldwell Academy Eagles…Jawo to Caldwell Academy…Big slender center/post player, and would have to say there is an unlimited ceiling for this young man…
https://twitter.com/Coach_Clifford/status/1669908683369660416
**********A great positive note for you shows us that Braylon Collins, recent graduate from Ben L. Smith HS, and the starting point guard for the Smith Golden Eagles basketball team this past season, well Braylon Collins was the Valedictorian speaker at last week’s Ben L. Smith HS graduation…Excellent work turned in by Braylon Collins, and we commend him for his role as the Valedictorian for his senior class at Smith High School…**********
Q!! Fourth school, second reclassification . Let it go bro!!
Smith picked up Bumpass from Grimsley and Kenny Miller from Southeast
Smith picked up Bumpass from Grimsley and Kenny Miller from Southeast. It’s a few more names floating around on the boys/girls side of things so portal still might see some names in the next week.
I must have missed something. When did Guilford county go to open enrollment? We got kids in all sports transferring and announcing it on social media??? What has high school sports come to? No more pride in playing for your home school anymore.
And with the availability of the Academies, it can become like an All-Comers track meet…That’s just the way it seems to be these days, and not a lot that can be down to slow down all of the exodus…
It’s a complete mess and it’s only going to get worse with NIL.
You can’t fault families for taking advantage of it if it’s allowed.
Props to the coaches who are sticking it out within GCS, they certainly aren’t doing it for the pay.
This is a subject that should not be talked about
because we all know its out of hand.
coaches and players should not be on social media
discussing .
If the powers to be are going to allow this to happen at least have the coaches and kids stay off social media.
This is the new GCS AD and I really don’t appreciate the comment that I’m clueless. I don’t think that’s fair.
Thanks.
Kids have transfered since the beginning of sports in GC. Now it’s just above ground and you hear about it before you play the school that has the transfer kid on it.