Looking back at Friday night, we can’t let ourselves get caught up too much in looking back there, we must move on, and move ahead…But, in just a swipe of retrospect, those long runs can be your best friend, and then again, they can be your worst enemy…
Take that Eastern Guilford-Western Alamance game for instance….EG gets that hook-up with the EG QB Jackson Jones and WR Steven Murray, and Murray hauls in the pass, and then takes it to the house…Then later on, WA does the Wildcats one better, when the Warriors receiver Keontae Poteat, grabs a pass from his QB Evan Kuehnel and Poteat goes the distance, running 71 yards to paydirt for the key Western Alamance score…
Best friend, or enemy, we had a super OVERTIME game last night on GreensboroSports Radio, and we must now leave the WA 26-20 final in OT, make it final and move on to the next one, and for EG, that will be at NEG/Northeast Guilford to face the Rams, in both team’s conference opener next Friday night, September 15…..
Now to Rewind the Tape on last night’s games, we do this….Hit the music, and roll the tapes….
Go back and listen to last night’s Eastern Guilford-Western Alamance OT game, when you CLICK HERE….The game itself was outstanding, and the pregame interviews with the coaches are right on target…Check it out….
From our first highlights show of the night, we go to the Friday Football Frenzy, from FOX 8, and they had their crew of Danny Harnden and Kevin Connolly LIVE down at Eastern Guilford for the 6pm FOX 8 NEWS and Sports…
CLICK HERE and you are on The Frenzy, with Clare Goodwin joining Danny and Kevin in studio….
Friday Football Fever from WFMY TV 2, with Amanda Ferguson, Jaylen Gilkey, Chad Silber, Sydney Moore, and the new weather person/girl/woman Claire…They are there, and on the air….
CLICK HERE….Part I
CLICK HERE for Part II
WXII TV 12, with John Johnson and the High School Football Playbook….
CLICK HERE….This is Part II, and still looking for Part I…Found Part I, and CLICK HERE to come and get it….
From HS OT, at www.wralsportsfan.com and Joel Bryant:
Eastern Alamance downs No. 14 Reidsville in battle of unbeatens
The victory avenged Eastern Alamance’s 35-28 loss to Reidsville last fall.
Eastern Alamance got the better of Reidsville in a contentious cross-classification game on Friday evening. The Eagles held off a late push by the Rams to win 19-14.
Last season, Reidsville handed Eastern Randolph one of its two losses in the non-conference battle. Tonight was some revenge for the Eagles.
The school from Mebane led Reidsville 7-6 at halftime.
In the second half, Eastern Alamance had a great start with a huge return into Reidsville territory.
CLICK HERE to read more, and to read all….
On Eastern Guilford-Western Alamance, from Joel Bryant, at HS OT and www.wralsportsfan.com:
Western Alamance hands Eastern Guilford first loss in overtime finish
Western Alamance handed Eastern Guilford its first loss of the season in a 26-20 overtime thriller on Friday night. It was a non-conference game, as Eastern Guilford resides in the Mid-State 3A and Western Alamance is a member of the Central 3A.
Eastern Guilford tailed early thanks to a 3-yard touchdown run by senior Ethan Morris. However, the Wildcats took a 13-10 lead right before the half on a short touchdown run by Caleb Creech. The Wildcats’ first score was a 56-yard touchdown pass from senior Jackson Jones to junior FBS prospect Steven Murray on a bubble screen.
Western Alamance outscored Eastern Guilford 10-7 in the second half to force overtime.
New Eastern Guilford head coach Tim Bagamary is now 2-1 in his head coaching career. Bagamary was promoted to the role after previous head coach Tony Aguilar left to start the program at the new Southeast Alamance High School.
Western Alamance (3-1 overall, 0-0 Central 3A Conference) is set to host Orange in its first conference game next Friday. Eastern Guilford (2-1 overall, 0-0 Mid-State 3A Conference) will play its first conference game of the season on the road at Northeast Guilford next week.
CLICK HERE to check out the video on this game from HSOT and WRALSportsFan.com…
Other key headlines from HSOT:
No. 15 Rolesville moves to 3-1, blows by No. 5 Cardinal Gibbons
No. 16 Butler outlasts No. 3 Weddington for key home win
This Top 20 battle lived up to its billing as the Bulldogs made key plays late to defeat the Warriors, 22-15.
Southern Alamance rallies, edges Southern Nash
Didn’t Smith and TW Andrews play? Where’sssssss the news???
The news was not good…Both Smith and HP Andrews lost, and we do have the scores over on our scoreboard….And here they are for quick reference….Will do some checking and research and see if we can find out anything about those games….Will do some digging….
FINAL
Thomasville (3-1) – 33
Smith (1-2) – 0
FINAL
High Point Andrews (2-2) – 14
North Rowan (3-1) – 20
from Mike London at the Salisbury Post, on High Point Andrews at North Rowan…www.salisburypost.com
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SPENCER — North Rowan’s football team was working hard to set up a game-winning field goal on Friday, when quarterback Jeremiah Alford took matters into his own hands. The master plan went right out the window, but no one minded.
“It was a tie game and we’ve got a timeout in our pocket, and the plan was to have Daniel (Montes Medrano) kick a field goal on the last play,” North head coach Josh Sophia explained. “Worst case, if he misses it, we go to overtime.” Instead, with about 30 seconds left in regulation, Alford broke through for a touchdown from the 8-yard line. That play made the Cavaliers a 20-14 winner against visiting T.W. Andrews.
“Then we tried to kick the extra point after the touchdown and they blocked it, so I guess it was a good thing Jeremiah scored,” Sophia said. “We have a tendency to make things difficult for ourselves, but we fought and we won. It’s another good win for us against a very athletic team.
Top to bottom, Andrews had athletes.” North has played a challenging non-conference schedule, with some unusual opponents, and has come through it in good shape with a 3-1 record, including a 2-0 mark at home.
North benefited from a strong defensive effort against T.W. Andrews that was anchored by linebacker Khor’on Miller. North did not have an easy time running the ball against the Red Raiders from High Point, who are now 2-2. Alford had eight carries for 34 yards, while Jaemias Morrow had 15 carries for 39 yards. Those aren’t their usual numbers. Alford was 8-for-17 passing for 123 yards and connected for one touchdown. A’son Best contributed key catches. His three receptions totaled 70 yards.
North took a 7-0 lead on Alford’s TD pass to Tsion Kelly in the first quarter. That was Alford’s seventh TD pass of the season and the 49th of the junior’s career. Kelly made it back-to-back weeks with touchdown catches. Morrow scored on the ground with about four minutes left in the half to boost North’s lead to 14-0. That was Morrow’s fourth touchdown of the season and 58th of his career. He has a good chance to break the school record of 72 touchdowns that was set nine years ago by Jareke Chambers.
T.W. Andrews fought back for a touchdown and tacked on a muddle-huddle 2-point conversion to get within 14-8. That was still the score at halftime after a penalty cost North a scoring chance at the end of the second quarter.
The defenses dug in, as the second half unfolded. T.W. Andrews finally scored the fourth-quarter touchdown that made it 14-all. A successful PAT kick would’ve given the Red Raiders their first lead of the night, but Kelly blocked it, a huge play. “He came around the edge and he laid out for it,” Sophia said. North then made the plays on offense it needed to pull the game out. Alford connected with Best on the long pass that moved the Cavaliers into scoring position. Then North didn’t get the scoring play it planned to get, but no one was complaining about Alford’s decisive touchdown run.
“Too many penalties, but it was a good, tough game and we had a supportive home crowd,” Sophia said. “We even had our principal (Mike White) doing the PA tonight. That was a highlight.” North stays at home next week and begins Central Carolina Conference play against South Davidson (3-1). West Stokes is next for T.W. Andrews.
Read more at: https://www.salisburypost.com/2023/09/09/high-school-football-cavaliers-pull-one-out/
Should have something on the Smith -Thomasville game by next Wednesday…The Thomasville Times newspaper post Thomasville football news every Wednesday…
Thanks…this sport site goes the distance ?