Hell run past just about anyone the other team puts on him in man. Class of 202 athlete Jeremiah Atkins, a football player and wrestler, has spent the offseason trying to make a name for himself. Starmount held on for the next seven minutes by running with Sterling Holbrook, but eventually had to punt. Not only are they his first senior class as North Surrys head coach, but the Air Raid Originals, have come so far during their time representing the blue and gold. Hats off to Tanner Hiatt, my offensive coordinator. He hit Cortlen Dutton for a 21-yard gain, then connected with Parsons on a short pass and watched him run north and south before finding an opening and weaving his way down to the Hounds 22-yard line, running about 80 yards for a gain of 40. Rodney McKoy won eight games in his first season as Walkertowns head coach after the Wolfpack went 0-11 in 2017 and 4-7 in 2018. After Smiths return gave Mount Airy the lead after just 13 seconds, a central figure in all three of Mount Airys showdowns with Bishop was heard from again. Mount Airy wasnt able to control the ground game as much as it had in weeks prior, but running back Johnathon Smith continued to show that he is one of the greatest backs to ever play for the Granite Bears. At the end of the day, a lot of records were broken. It took time for everyone to adjust to sharing targets, but the wins piled up as the team shattered receiving records left and right. Charlotte Mallard Creek (3) (6-0-1) 102 2. Only three wide receivers made the All-State team. Its really special for Dillon because he was going to go to NC State anyway; thats his dream school, Lowman said. Burnsville Mountain Heritage (8-1) 33 8. Kristyn Riley Band kristyn.riley@atkinsschools.org. 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. Then in 2018, Starmount hosted the Cards in the Regional Final (fourth round). 2 spot and the Granite Bears broke out of a eighth-place tie with Swain County and earned the spot all to itself, with the Maroon Devils dropping to ninth. However, a 15-point deficit is nothing to Swartz and the Air Raid offense, and they quickly marched back down the field. Mount Airy (6-2), which had been ranked 10th for the last several weeks, moved up on spot to No. The 2019 team put its name in the history books with an 11-4 finish. We have a lot of vocal leadership on the team, seniors like Nick and Hayden Burkhart. Hiatt, a graduate of North Surry that set the school record for career passing yards back in 2010, started coaching with North Surry in 2013 according to Taylor. The story heading into the Surry Super Bowl was the passing of East Surry against the run game of Mount Airy. Johnathon Smith did things during his four years with Mount Airy that no other Granite Bear football player had done in the 95 seasons that preceded his time at the high school. The Cardinals returned many of their key players from the previous season in which they reached the state championship game. Winning both will assure North Surry of no worse than second place in the conference. Atkins came our hard and competed and we had to earn everything. The teams first-quarter drives ended (in order) with a punt, interception and then a turnover-on-downs. 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. A reporter asked Boaz, who committed to UNC, if he had considered reclassifying himself as a quarterback instead of a tight end or defensive end for college. The game ended the careers of Bear seniors Johnathon Smith, Hill, Tumbarello, Manley Stovall, Elliott Poteat, Austin Handy, Eric Olvera, and Kaulin Smith, who was unavailable due to injury but was on the sideline with his teammates. Um Based on that, well, based on our is, is, is discipline, it's discipline, it's on and off the field. For Stephen Gosnell, his life-changing moment came on July 31, 2019. The Hounds also gave the ball to Ryan Simmons twice as he racked up another 61 yards. Fast-forward 364 days and the prophecy has been fulfilled: East Surry will take the field at Duke Universitys Wallace Wade Stadium with a chance at redemption. The third quarter arrived and the Fat Cowboys were done being pushed around. The Lady Cardinals of East Surry posted another dominant win by finishing first in their respective races, earning a 117-48 team win. We really havent played our best game yet. 'Minor Tweak'? Amari Cooper Injured in Cleveland Browns Camp After Those things are not as important as whats going on in our nation.. He later became an assistant to Frank Broyles at the . East Surrys Quincy Smith signed his NCAA National Letter of Intent to play football at Fayetteville State University back in February. The Blue Devils got the lead to 50-27 early in the fourth quarter, but Reece got loose again and sprinted 34 yards to paydirt with 9:44 to play, making the score 50-34. After flirting with the milestone his freshman year, Johnathon had a career day in week four win in which he broke the 100-yard barrier for the first time. John Atkins was born in Thomson, GA. How tall is John Atkins? Howard was the leader of a defense that allowed the fewest points scored since 2008. Congratulations to Caitlin Isely on being selected to the Arkansas High School Coaches Association All-Star West Volleyball Team. Coach Spurlin and Coach Hiatt were there and they are North Surry guys through and through. Badgett and Hawks were Swartz main targets during the night. Total passing yards: 3,908 (first in NC, 29th in the nation) on 200 completions, Passing yards per game: 300.6 (first in NC), Passing touchdowns: 56 (first in NC, tied for 12th in the nation), Total rushing yards: 1,961 on 224 carries, Total TDs: 100 (second in NC, 11th in the nation), TDs per game: 7.7 (second in NC, tied for 17th in the nation), Total Points: 702 (second in NC, tied for 11th in the nation), Points per game: 54.0 (first in NC, 14th the nation), QB Jefferson Boaz 3,837 yards passing (first in NC, 27th in the nation) 191-of-261 completions, .732 completion percentage, 56 passing TDs, (first in NC, tied for eighth in the nation), six interceptions, 51 carries for 442 yards, 16 rushing TDs, 4,279 total yards (second in NC, 35th in the nation), WR Stephen Gosnell 51 receptions for 1,196 yards (seventh in NC), 92.0 YPG receiving (22nd in NC) 23.5 yards per reception, 19 receiving TDs (third in NC, tied for 48th in the nation), 27 carries for 295 yards, four rushing TDs, WR Landon Stevens 47 receptions for 1,141 yards (13th in NC), 87.8 YPG receiving (tied for 27th in NC), 24.3 yards per reception, 18 receiving TDs (fourth in NC), WR Dillon Mosley 49 receptions for 878 yards, 67.5 YPG receiving, 17.9 yards per reception, 14 receiving TDs (tied for 24th in NC), RB Elijah Wright 75 carries for 763 yards, 58.7 YPG rushing, 10.2 yards per carry, 11 rushing TDs, 6 receptions for 74 yards, Total passing yards: 1,510 on 92 completions, Total rushing yards: 3,639 on 387 carries (26th in NC), Rushing touchdowns: 51 (tied for 16th in NC), QB Noah Pitman 1,510 yards passing, 191-of-261 completions, 116.2 YPG passing, .561 completion percentage, 20 passing TDs, four interceptions, 134 carries for 1,541 yards (41st in NC), 118.5 YPG rushing, 11.5 yards per carry, 24 rushing TDs (21st in NC), 3,051 total yards (19th in NC), RB Tanner Duncan 101 carries for 816 yards, 62.8 YPG rushing, 8.1 yards per carry, nine rushing TDs, RB Carter Hoyle 47 carries for 367 yards, 28.2 YPG rushing, 7.8 yards per carry, four rushing TDs, WR Tyler Mckinney 43 receptions for 731 yards, 56.2 YPG receiving, 17.0 yards per reception, 10 receiving TDs, WR Ty Pitman 23 receptions for 324 yards, 27.0 YPG receiving, 14.1 yards per reception, three receiving TDs, Interceptions: 22 (tied for fourth in NC), Interceptions per game: 1.7 (tied for 14th in NC), DL Isaac Washington 59 solo tackles, 90 total tackles, 6.9 tackles per game, 25.0 tackles for a loss (tied for 28th in NC), 12.0 sacks (tied for 23rd in NC), 87 sack yards lost (16th in NC), 21 QB hurries (tied for 23rd in NC), ILB Hoyt Bullington 53 solo tackles, 86 total tackles, 6.6 tackles per game, 9.0 tackles for a loss, 3.0 sacks, 16.0 sack yards lost, three QB hurries, one pick-6, one fumble recovery, ILB Rommie Speaks 49 solo tackles, 75 total tackles, 6.3 tackles per game, 6.0 tackles for a loss, 2.0 sacks, 15 sack yards lost, four QB hurries, two interceptions, two fumble recoveries, OLB Benji Gosnell 52 solo tackles, 76 total tackles, 5.8 tackles per game, 14.0 tackles for a loss, 6.0 sacks, 19 sack yards lost, seven QB hurries, one interception, one fumble recovery, FS Tye Needham six interceptions, 52 INT yards, one pick-6, one fumble recovery, 50 solo tackles, 65 total tackles, SS Luke Bullington four interceptions, 119 interception yards, two pick-6s, 34 solo tackles, 50 total tackles, Tackles per game: 74.0 (tied for 33rd in NC), Sacks per game: 2.8 (tied for 34th in NC), *Mitchell does not keep records of solo or assisted tackles, only total tackles, LB Caius Peterson 106 total tackles, 8.2 tackles per game, 13.0 tackles for a loss, 3.0 sacks, 87 sack yards lost, 20 QB hurries (tied for 28th in NC), two interceptions, one pick-6, DL Matthew Gilbert 98 total tackles, 7.5 tackles per game, 12.0 tackles for a loss, 7.0 sacks, nine QB hurries, one interception, one forced fumble, LB Tanner Duncan 80 total tackles, 6.2 tackles per game, 2.0 tackles for a loss, 1.0 sack, nine QB hurries, one interception, four passes defensed, LB Ty Sparks 73 total tackles, 5.6 tackles per game, 5.6 tackles for a loss, 1.0 sack, eight QB hurries, one interception, four passes defensed, DB Garrison Phillips five interceptions, 42 int yards, one pick-6, seven passes defensed, K Derek Sutterby 97-of-101 PATs (leads NC and the nation in made PATs), 100 kicking points (tied for first in NC, tied for sixth in the nation), 1-of-1 field goal (long of 21), 81 kickoffs for 4,072 kickoff yards (ninth in NC), K Elliot Kadans 65-of-70 PATs (tied for sixth in NC), 74 kicking points (12th in NC), 3-of-3 field goals (long of 30) 89 kickoffs for 5,218 kickoff yards (third in NC, 17th in NC). Gosnells TD started a running clock. Mason Edwards, another 2019 graduate, served as tailback for short-yardage downs as well as running in eight touchdowns. The football coaching staff of Mount Airy High School joined senior Johnathon Smith when he signed his NCAA National Letter of Intent in February. For East Surry, the return to the State Championship sets up a rematch from last years title game against Tarboro (14-0). Hats off to our defensive staff. On December 18, Mosley put pen-to-paper and officially signed his National Letter of Intent to play football with North Carolina State University as a preferred walk-on. A little digging down the rabbit hole finally revealed a (sort of) connection between East Surry and Mitchell. His improvement is going to be huge just because of that and thats all he has to focus on is one position.. We just have to work to get there. 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. I watched, uh, very aggressive on defense. West stands alone atop the conference standings, one game up on both the Greyhounds and North Forsyth (3-5, 3-1), who have already lost to North Surry. Well, let's say not just the school, changing the culture of the football program. It didnt work, and he heard it from the Tarboro faithful.. Centrals win streak was snapped and the Eagles have now lost four of the last five games against North Surry. PILOT MOUNTAIN Game number 13 looked for a while like it could be an unlucky one for East Surry. Lowman released a statement on Wednesday, March 25, that included the following: While its unfortunate that we will not host this event as planned, we understand and are acutely aware of the crisis that our country, state, and community is facing. Two years ago, Stovall had been a deep sophomore reserve on a Bear team that went to the 1AA state finals. He is also second in career yards receiving (2,164) and career receptions (101), fourth in career TD passes (19), fifth in career yards rushing (2,230) and single-season passing yards (1,134 in 2018), sixth in single-season TD passes (14 in 2018), sixth and 11th in single-season rushing touchdowns (17 in 2018, 13 in 2017) and 11th in single-season rushing yards (1,080 in 2018). Wilson Matthews. There will be three showdowns between ranked teams in the 1A poll this Friday East Surry vs. Mount Airy, Robbinsville against fifth-ranked Murphy, and seventh-ranked Princeton against No. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. Mount Airy got on the board after a long possession that spanned 3:53 over the end of the first quarter and beginning of the second. Gosnells initial catch fell out of his hands, but he was able to reel it in after an assist from his right cleat. Wright finished with 72 yards rushing that all came in the first half. Alabama High School Football History Selma Coaches Selma Saints The AHSFHS.org Fan Shop Some records may be incomplete. 2 spot in the conference next Friday night with a win at Carver (3-7, 1-5), which lost 38-12 at Forbush on Friday night. As seen in part one of my preview, the Cardinals are ranked in the top-50 both in state and nationally in such categories as total passing yards, passing touchdowns, total touchdowns, touchdowns per game, total points and points per game. 4 Mount Airy (8-3) and No. The defense has improved and is very opportunistic, leading the conference in forcing turnovers, he noted. He served as an assistant coach at Salisbury in 2010-11, when the Hornets won the 2AA state title and followed that up with a trip to the third round a year later. Swartz hit Lynch for seven, Badgett for 18 and then Lynch again for 29 yards and a first down at the Maiden 11. They want to see the school get back to having a prominent football program on Rashard Cedric Williams. Nick Badgett hauled in a 40-yard touchdown pass less than two minutes into the contest, and the lead doubled to 12-0 after the Camels (1-9, 0-6) lost a fumble on their first offensive series. He rushed 26 times for 191 yards and and two touchdowns. West hosts No. The drive ended after just four plays when Boaz found Stevens once again for a seven-yard TD. At the time of his hire, the Cardinals had enjoyed just one winning season in the previous seven, and things didnt get better right away. Klicken Sie auf Alle ablehnen, wenn Sie nicht mchten, dass wir und unsere Partner Cookies und personenbezogene Daten fr diese zustzlichen Zwecke verwenden. Joshua Joyce (26) was an integral part of the Cardinals defense that gave up just 13.8 points per game in 2019. The Bears Eric Olvera (51) and Sam Eberdt (76) put pressure on Mountain Island quarterback Kobe Creamer. Jun 11, 2023 - Entire home for $515. He went from a preseason of uncertainty to playing a pivotal role on a defense that only allowed 13.8 points per game. Even when faced with such obstacles as fourth-and-3 and third-and-15, the Mountaineers always seemed to have control. Jessica Sawyers of Mount Airy takes part in the butterfly portion of the girls 200 individual medley. Dylan Tilley kicked the extra point to give Mount Airy its ninth game of 70 or more points in school history. And, the QB now leads all players in all classifications in the state for total yards. The Yellow Jackets made it out to the 39 before stalling. Mountain Island began to pass the ball more with less than five minutes left in the third quarter.