App State, Thomas Lead Way in Preseason All-Sun Belt Honors (Thomas Hennigan, from Northwest Guilford High School, and a wide receiver with the Appalachian State Mountaineers, has claimed a spot on the Preseason All-Sun Belt Football Second Team, at WR.) NEW ORLEANS – App State amassed a league-high seven first-team selections, including preseason offensive player of the year Zac Thomas, as the Mountaineers were picked to win both division and conference titles in the preseason All-Sun Belt football honors announced Tuesday by the league. Preseason all-conference awards were voted upon by the Sun Belt’s 10 football head coaches and selected…
The Southwest Guilford Cowboys’ defensive regrouping at halftime and a team effort on the offensive side of the ball led the Cowboys to a 49-21 rout of the Northwest Guilford Vikings at R.L. Billings Stadium. The teams went into the game coming off of rivalry-week losses and had matching (2-2) records. In the opening quarter, neither team could get the ball into the end zone because it seemed every time they had a drive going, they turned the ball over. Northwest had two fumbles for turnovers and Southwest had one. The first points weren’t scored until with 5:31 to play…
Three rushing touchdowns by Carson Cassetty and two receiving touchdowns by Brandon Thomas led the Northwest Vikings to a 34-26 victory over the Western Guilford Hornets on Friday night in R.L. Billings Stadium. The first quarter was a quiet one, and it appeared from the first twelve minutes of play that this game would be a low-scoring affair. That assumption turned out to be completely incorrect when four of the nine total touchdowns came in the second quarter. The opening score of the game came when the Vikings got the ball with two minutes remaining in the first quarter and…
Talking with the Northwest Guilford Vikings head football coach Kevin Wallace today and he talked about the need for his team to be consistent….Consistency will be a key for NWG, if the Vikings are to have success this season…Coach Wallace also spoke about his squad needing more experience and the fact that are not a ton of seniors on this year’s roster and that will effect the lineups, come each Friday night, when Northwest Guilford takes to the field, at Roscoe Billings Stadium, and it will be even more important, as Northwest Guilford looks to the road games on Friday…
Seven sacks, three interceptions, and two forced fumbles by the Page defense was the difference-maker in the Pirates 26-6 victory over the Northwest Guilford Vikings at Marion Kirby Stadium on Monday night. The Pirates defense came on strong by forcing the Vikings to three-and-out on their opening drive, setting the tone for a long night for the Northwest offense, especially quarterback Johnny Pagano. The Vikings’ defense answered, however, when Dontrey King intercepted Page quarterback Javondre Paige with the Pirates threatening to score on the Viking eight yard line. In the final two minutes of the first quarter, the offenses came…
You could say that Southwest Guilford surged over Northwest Guilford Wednesday night in a game that was moved up because of an impending hurricane. Southwest’s sophomore quarterback Devin Flowers accounted for three touchdowns, and the Cowboys’ defense stonewalled the Vikings in a 34-0 rout. The Cowboys began the game strong, scoring the first touchdown midway through the first quarter, a Flowers run from 5 yards out. The Cowboys’ overpowering defense shut down every Viking effort in the opening 12 minutes. The defensive highlight of the quarter was Jakobe Harris intercepting Northwest quarterback Johnny Pagano with 1:46 remaining in the first…
On Friday night at R.L. Billings Stadium at Northwest High School, the Northern Guilford Nighthawks and the Northwest Vikings will meet for the tenth time since 2009. Kickoff is at 7:30pm. The Nighthawks dominated the Vikings for the first seven years that the teams met. Recently, however, the Vikings are on a two-game winning streak in this heated rivalry and look to add their third straight victory against their arch-rivals come Friday. Northwest has begun the season undefeated with a record of (3-0). The Vikings’ ground success has been in large part because of double threat Jacob Hardy who has…
After being down 21-6 early in the third quarter, the Northwest Guilford Vikings completed a monumental comeback to squeak by the Southeast Guilford Falcons in overtime by a score of 28-27 on Friday night at R.L. Billings Stadium in Greensboro. The Vikings were able to recover from a late-game turnover inside the red zone as they completed the comeback on a Johnny Pagano touchdown run with 1:24 remaining to play in regulation. Southeast was the first to score when quarterback Ryan Douglas bolted 74-yards untouched up the middle with 7:48 left in the second quarter. Northwest answered on their next…
Kernersville, N.C.– The East Forsyth Eagles came into Friday night’s matchup with the Northwest Guilford Vikings looking for their 15th consecutive Piedmont Triad 4-A conference win. The Eagles, led by Wake Forest-commit Christian Beal’s six touchdowns and a stellar performance by quarterback Brandon Bullins, clinched the regular season Piedmont Triad 4-A conference title with a 58-15 win over the Vikings. Northwest’s problems started from the get-go. The Eagles elected to pooch kick on the opening kickoff of the game. Northwest called for a fair catch, let the ball bounce, and East Forsyth recovered, giving the Eagles possession on their own…