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StARmount fAll 2016 SpoRtS ScheduleS

VolleybAll ScheduleAugust 20 ............North Surry @ Starmount

August 23 ............Starmount @ Mount Airy

August 25 ............Starmount @ Forbush

August 27 ............East Surry @ Starmount

September 1 ........Starmount @ North Wilkes

September 6 .......West Wilkes @ Starmount

September 7 .......Mount Airy @ Starmount

September 12......Starmount @ North Surry

September 27 .....North Wilkes @ Starmount

September 29 .....Starmount @ West Wilkes

October 15 ...........Statesville @ Starmount

October 15 ...........North Wilkes @ Starmount

October 22, 25, 27, 29..NCHSAA Playoffs

November 1 .........NCHSAA Regionals

November 5 ........NCHSAA 2A State

Championship

tenniS ScheduleAugust 17 ............Forbush @ StarmountAugust 23 ...........Starmount @ AlleghanyAugust 25 ...........Wilkes Central @ StarmountAugust 30 ...........Starmount @ East WilkesSeptember 1 .......Starmount @ North WilkesSeptember 6 ......West Wilkes @ StarmountSeptember 8 ......Ashe County @ StarmountSeptember 12.....Starmount @ ForbushSeptember 13.....Starmount @ ElkinSeptember 15.....Alleghany @ StarmountSeptember 20 ....Starmount @ Wilkes CentralSeptember 22 ....East Wilkes @ StarmountSeptember 27 ....North Wilkes @ StarmountSeptember 29 ....Starmount @ West WilkesOctober 4: ..........Starmount @ Ashe CountyOctober 6 ...........Elkin @ StarmountOctober 11-14 ......Conference Tournament @ ElkinOctober 18 ..........First Dual Team PlayoffOctober 20-22 ...Individual Regional TournamentOctober 28-29 ...Individual State Tournament

SocceR ScheduleAugust 15 .......... Starmount @ East SurryAugust 18.......... Starmount @ Mount AiryAugust 22 ......... Starmount @ North SurryAugust 25 ......... Starmount @ West StokesAugust 29 ......... Surry Central @ StarmountAugust 31 .......... Walkertown @ StarmountSeptember 1 ..... North Iredell @ StarmountSeptember 7 .... Starmount @ Bishop McGuinnessSeptember 12... Starmount @ North WilkesSeptember 14 ... West Wilkes @ StarmountSeptember 19 .. Ashe County @ StarmountSepetember 21..Starmount @ ElkinSeptember 26 .. Alleghany @ StarmountSeptember 28 .. Starmount @ Wilkes CentralOctober 3 ......... East Wilkes @ StarmountOctober ............ North Wilkes @ StarmountOctober 10 ........ Starmount @ West WilkesOctober 17 ........ Elkin @ StarmountOctober 19 ........ Starmount @ AlleghanyOctober 24 ....... Wilkes Central @ StarmountOctober 26 ....... Starmount @ East Wilkes

cRoSS countRy ScheduleAugust 16.......... 2 Mile Run @ Yadkin ParkSeptember 1 ..... 5K @ Yadkin ParkSeptember 13... 5K @ Ashe CountySeptember 20 .. 5K @ West WilkesOctober 4 ......... 5K @ StarmountOctober 11 ........ 5K @ West WilkesOctober 17 ........ Conference Tournament @ Wilkes CentralRegionals and State are TBA

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Rams look to capture another conference titleby Kristian [email protected]

BOONVILLE — After an emotional loss to Swaim County in the first round of the NCHSAA playoffs last season, the Starmount Rams are looking to get back on the field and improve on last season’s record. With a renewed passion, the Rams are looking to capture another MVAC title.

“Our main goal this season is to win the conference championship and we want to improve week-to-week on offense and defense,” said Head Coach Scott Johnson. “Of course we always want to go back to the State Championship.”

Two years ago the Rams made it to the NCHSAA State Championship where they went head-to-head with football power house, Wallace-Rose Hill. The Rams fell 34-21, but they kept their post-season momentum going into last season where they accomplished a 7-2 overall record and a 5-2 conference record. The

Rams tied for first in the MVAC, and made it to the first round of the NCHSAA playoffs.

Along with the new season comes new players, new strategies and a younger group of athletes. Johnson is no stranger to rebuilding years as a head coach. He’s been the head coach at Starmount for 12 years and he doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon.

“We have a small senior class again this season, we have seven or eight this year. The kids are enjoyable and they do what they are supposed to do,” said Johnson. “We have a youthful team as the sophomores that we had last year are now juniors, but they are still growing into what they need to be. We usually have 12 to 16 seniors, so having two back-to-back small senior classes is a little strange.”

Offensively, the Rams are returning several key players who make a difference for the Rams on and off the field. Junior, Patrick Usher will be the starting quarter-back this season. Last season he played a

few games as a sophomore under Andrew Smythers, but this season he will be the main quarterback for the Rams and help carry the team to the playoffs. Senior, Henry Stone will help the Rams on offen-sive again this season, as last season he accumulated 108 receiving yards. Junior, Peyton Mullins also will be another athlete to keep an eye on this season on offense, last season he scored six touch-downs for the Rams.

Although Starmount is still strong on offense, it lost three of its leading rush-ers — Brandon Prescott, Trey Lomax and Andrew Smythers. This season Johnson knows he’ll have to improve the offensive line to get the MVAC title.

“This season we are looking to improve our offensive line with a few changes. We had a lot of sophomores on last season’s line so this season they are bigger and stronger,” said Johnson. “Our defensive line will also be improved from last sea-son.”

The biggest question for the Rams will

be leadership, but so far the team has come together to show support for one another before the season starts.

“The biggest thing about this group of kids is that they are a great group to be around,” said Johnson. “This group enjoys being with each other day in and day out. They are a tremendous group of kids to coach.”

Starmount opened up its season versus Mount Airy on Aug. 19, from there they will host East Surry on Aug. 26, then Forbush for the Unifi Bowl on Sept. 9. The Rams will be honoring past and present football players this season dur-ing each home game, as Starmount High School and the football program both turn 50-years old this year. At each home game there will be a variety of different mem-bers of the football team, cheerleading team, sideline volunteers, and announc-ers honored throughout the 2016-2017 season.

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North Surry football coach Danny Lyons didn’t know how his team would fare in its first year after an offensive overhaul.

Lyons is about to enter his fifth season as the man in charge of the Greyhounds, but last year he made an intense change to his coaching scheme. North Surry transitioned from a traditional I-formation base to a pass-happy spread offense tabbed as “Air-Raid.”

The change turned out to be a positive one. North Surry (7-5) finished third in the conference, made the NCHSAA 2A playoffs for the first time since 2012 and even produced the Western Piedmont Ath-letic Conference’s Player of the Year in quarterback Avery Smith.

Last year’s success has brought deserved con-fidence to the North Surry football program as it enters the 2016 campaign. No longer adapting to a new system, the Greyhounds are ready to take the next step and upend their local rivals while also chal-lenging the likes of West Stokes and Carver for the WPAC title.

“We were tickled last year with how the season went, but really I think we were a few plays from being 9-2 instead of 7-4,” Lyons said. “We got things rolling again, but we could have been better, and I think that has our guys hungry this year.”

Lyons will have a proven star returning at the quarterback position. Smith led the WPAC with 2,439 passing yards and 36 total touchdowns, and he believes North Surry’s rapport with the offense could lead to even bigger things this season.

Not only has Smith improved this offseason, but he believes he has become a smarter quarterback with a firm grasp of the offensive playbook.

“We’re looking a lot better at this time of the sea-son than we were last year,” he said. “Our receivers are all on the same page. When you’ve been running the same plays for two years, it makes things pretty comfortable.”

Smith did lose his favorite target, Colton Acord, to graduation, but the Greyhounds are still deep with returning talent at the skill positions in 2016. Smith plans to spread the wealth a little better this season, rather than feeding one receiver like he did.

Carson Todd, Chase Chandler and Reid Stanley combined for 66 catches last season and should get more targets from their quarterback this year.

Pairing with Avery in the backfield will be running

back Andrew Smith, who rushed for 1,017 yards and nine touchdowns despite missing games due to injury last year. Coach Lyons expects Andrew to be a more consistent rusher this season and backup Sammy McMillan will continue to help North Surry provide balance on offense.

“We had balance last year, and I think that’s some-thing that people don’t realize. The running game could take another step forward this year with both of those guys getting a year older and if our guys up front start to jell,” Lyons said.

The guys up front potentially hold the key to North Surry’s season. Avery Smith’s ability to run helps his offensive line, but Lyons wants Smith to have the luxury of more time in the pocket this year. The unit struggled against good defenses like West Stokes and Mount Airy, and three starters graduated in June.

However, Lyons has confidence the two returners could combine with his youth up front to become a stronger offensive line this season, in due time.

“Varsity is just a different speed,” Lyons said. “I think it might take two scrimmages and some non-conference games for some of these guys to settle in.”

The two returning linemen are guards Dustin Young and Ryan Eldridge. Young will be the only senior on the offensive line.

At center will be junior Alex Gudino, who played that position for the junior varsity team last season. The remaining two tackle spots are still an open competition among Hunter Crouse, Jared Tickle, Holden Huff and Carson Mauldin.

On the other side of the ball, Coach Lyons is excit-ed about the potential of his defensive line, and it all starts with weak-side defensive end Nic Huff.

As a junior last season, Huff was third on the team in sacks (3.5) and tackles for loss (11). He can rush the passer and stop the run, and Coach Lyons isn’t afraid to challenge him with some high expectations.

“Nic can be the most dominant defensive lineman we’ve ever had,” Lyons said. “He’s just got to bring it every play, and if he does that, he can be great. I think he’s taken that challenge head-on.”

Surrounding Huff on the starting defensive line will be Hank Ward and Dylan Stokes. Crouse, Elijah Odum, Chase Brintle and Zack Akers should all see time on the line as well.

Behind them stands an imposing group of line-backers with leading tackler Casey Hull leading the

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StARmount RoSteR1 Drake Funderburk QB, DB So. 5-9 145

2 Sentrone Davidson QB, LB Jr. 5-11 155

3 Walker Pardue WR, DB Sr. 6-1 165

4 Patrick Usher QB, DB Jr. 5-9 185

5 Henry Stone QB, TE Sr. 6-1 180

6 Houston Nicks OL Sr. 5-10 180

7 Peyton Mullins RB, LB Jr. 5-11 190

8 Avery Johnson WR, DB Jr. 5-7 150

11 Austin Wilfong WR, DB Jr. 5-7 150

15 Brendon Eads CB, RB Jr. 5-11 140

16 Carson Hemric WR, DB Jr. 5-11 152

17 Gatlin Welborn RB, LB Jr. 6-0 160

23 Ethan Barnes RB, LB So. 6-1 171

25 Dawson Smith RB, LB So. 5-9 160

32 Silas Holbrook RB, LB Sr. 5-8 200

50 Simon Owens OL, DL Sr. 5-8 230

51 Clay Jenkins OL, DL Jr. 6-0 220

55 Alex Jester OL, DL Sr. 5-8 173

60 Britt Ashley OL, DL Sr. 6-2 245

66 Jonah Pendergrass OL, DL So. 6-1 225

70 Brock Mullins OL, DL Jr. 5-10 230

73 Antonio Lopez OL, DL Jr. 6-0 250

76 Zach Hicks OL, DL So. 6-0 205

78 Alex Palacios OL, DL Jr. 6-0 305

79 Caleb Money OL, DL Jr. 6-0 234

80 Jonathan Pineda WR, DB Jr. 6-0 145

StARmount footbAll ScheduleAugust 19 .................... Mount Airy at Starmount

August 26 .................... East Surry at Starmount

September 9 ............... Forbush at Starmount - Unifi Bowl

September 16 ............. Starmount @ Thomasville

September 23 ............. Starmount @ Elkin - Battle of the Bridge

September 30 ............. West Wilkes at Starmount

October 7 .................... Wilkes Central at Starmount

October 14 ................... Starmount @ North Wilkes

October 21 ................... Starmount @ East Wilkes

October 28 .................. Ashe County at Starmount

November 4 ................ Starmount @ Alleghany

November 11, 18, 25 .... NCHSAA Playoffs

December 2 ................ NCHSAA Regional Finals

December 10 ............... NCHSAA State Championship


way. Hull paced the Greyhounds with 110 tackles, the most by a North Surry defender since the 2006 season.

Even with that impressive individual performance last year, Hull knows North Surry’s defensive success will come down to its ability to work together.

“We’ve just got to stay disciplined,” Hull said. “People can’t try to do their own thing, and if we attack as a team we should be pretty good.”

Joining Hull as an inside linebacker will be Nic Rodriguez, a player Lyons described as one of North Surry’s best JV players in 2015. On the outside will be linebackers Avery Simmons and Cody Gallimore.

North Surry’s secondary could be another strong unit in the Greyhounds’ defense behind junior Darius Duncan,

who produced a team-high four inter-ceptions and 17 deflections last season.

“Darius is a guy we’re going to put on the other team’s best wide receiver. This year we even feel like we could leave him alone with no help over the top, and that could really help us defen-sively,” Lyons said.

Duncan will see time as a receiver as well this season, and another two-way player, Andrew Smith, will be the other cornerback for North Surry.

Stanley returns as a starting safety this season and is the vocal leader of the defense. The other safety spot is still an ongoing competition, but soph-omore Clay Shumate seems to have the inside track with some impressive performances over the summer.

The special teams unit returns start-ing kicker Izzy Garcia, but sophomore Ethan Evans is battling with Garcia for the starting position. Gallimore will serve as the punter for the Grey-hounds.

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by Jackson [email protected]

PILOT MOUNTAIN — At this time last year, the East Surry football team was pre-paring for a 2015 burdened with enormous expectations.

The Cardinals’ roster was stacked with experienced seniors on both sides of the ball, and East Surry had its best shot in years to bring a state championship back to Pilot Mountain.

Head coach David Diamont’s team ran the table in the regular season and entered the playoffs with those same high hopes, but East Surry’s title dreams came to a close in a 28-14 loss to conference rival Walkertown. The Cardinals closed the year with a tremendous 13-1 record, but two wins shy of their lofty goal.

As East Surry prepares for the 2016 campaign, there is a distinctly different feel among the Cardinals. Youth has replaced experience, but that doesn’t mean the Car-dinals won’t hold themselves to the similar standards set before this season. The new

players welcome the high expectations that come with playing football for East Surry, the two-time defending Northwest cham-pions.

“I think in the eyes of other teams, we’re being overlooked,” running back Joey Ray said. “I like being the underdog. It’s one day at a time, but we really believe we’re going to make it three straight conference championships.”

If the Cardinals are going to keep teams like Mount Airy and Walkertown off the throne of the Northwest, Ray is going to play a major role. The junior tailback is the only offensive player returning in 2016 who scored more than two touchdowns last season. In total, he rushed for 1,135 yards and found the end zone 26 times in 2015.

Ray figures to be an even bigger part of the East Surry offense this season, and Coach Diamont is confident that Ray is ready for the heavier workload.

“He’s worked phenomenally hard in the offseason to make his body stronger and to

get quicker,” Diamont said. “What he did last year as a sophomore was very impres-sive, and we’re going to need him to put up some similar performances this year.”

Joining Ray out of the backfield will be halfback Mitchell Edwards and fullbacks Jose Juarez and Colt Bullington. The Car-dinals hardly used fullbacks last year with their depth of receivers and devastating passing game, but Diamont hasn’t ruled out a return to his more conventional I-formation in 2016.

Running the offense under center will be junior quarterback Connor Sheets. The lefty gained minimal experience last sea-son backing up 2015 Conference Offensive Player of the Year Tyler Smith, and only attempted two passes. Still, Diamont has confidence in Sheets’ ability as a thrower, and also believes his quarterback will cause problems as a scrambler and runner this season.

Backing up Sheets will be fellow junior Trevor Hauser, who started for the East Surry junior varsity team last year.

Diamont expects both players will see time on defense this season, so it is imperative they are both prepared to lead the offense.

“Both those guys would work hard in a dark room by themselves,” Diamont said. “They’re that good of people, and they’re both making significant strides.”

Wide receiver might be the biggest hole for East Surry, with Jack Shabdue’s six catches providing the most experience coming back in 2016.

Joining Shabdue will be senior Andrew Hooker, juniors Austin Pardue and Nick Hicks, and sophomore Logan Ray. Like the fullback spot, playing time for tight ends was hard to come by last year, but seniors Blake Marion and Garrett Barker are sure to get some passes thrown their way this season.

The unit East Surry has been most impressed with this offseason is the offen-sive line. All-Conference center Logan Moore headlines the group, along with returning senior guard Luis Suarez. Will

New faces, same expectations for Cardinals

Things get under way for North Surry on Aug. 19 with a road game against the Ashe County Huskies. The Greyhounds will play six non-confer-ence games before challenging the two best teams in the WPAC, Carver and West Stokes, in the first two weeks of conference play.

North Surry hopes to compete with the Wildcats and Yellow Jackets for a WPAC championship this season, but

Coach Lyons won’t allow his team to look too far ahead.

“We just have to take things day-by-day,” Lyons said. “I think when you start looking at the big picture, you leave out some of the small details that can take care of the big picture. We’ve got to trust the process.”

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Jackson Fuller | The NewsJunior running back Joey Ray returns in 2016 after posting 1,135 rushing yards and 29 touchdowns last season.

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Senior luis Suarez is expected to lead the cardinals’ offensive and defensive lines in 2016.

Jackson Fuller | The Newsthe 2016 east Surry cardinals are looking to win their third consecutive northwest conference championship in 2016 despite losing 18 seniors to graduation.


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Forbush looking for a winning 2016 recordby Kristian [email protected]

EAST BEND — Forbush football has struggled to maintain a good football team in the last 10 years.

Last season, the Falcons had a 5-7 overall record, and a 2-3 Western Piedmont Athletic Conference record. In the WPAC, Forbush placed fourth with a .400 win percentage. The last time the Falcons won 50 percent of their games was in 2013 when the Falcons went 6-6 overall. The last winning record was in 2004, when the Falcons were under Coach Pat Mitchell and had a 12-2 season.

This season, Head Coach Chris Johnson got straight to the point when asked what his goals were for this year’s team.

“Our goal this season is to have a winning record,” said Johnson. “Forbush hasn’t had a winning season in the last 10 years.”

For Forbush to get that winning record, it will have to come up strong on defense and offense. Last sea-son the Falcons had the players, and the size needed on the defensive line, but they came up short where it matter most. Forbush had no fear on the defensive line, as the team’s approach was to come out big and to come out strong. This season, the Falcons are big-ger and stronger on defense with the help of defensive linemen Zane Johnson and Louden Hundley; line-backer Tanner Gregory; and defensive back Austin

Mendehall.Johnson is one of the main players for the Falcons as

he plays both ways, as a running back and a defensive lineman. Last season, Johnson had 971 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns. With nine returning starters, the Falcons are on a direct course for a winning season, they just have to over come a few bumps along the way.

“We will be similar to last year in our approach on offense,” said Coach Johnson. “We’re expecting to be faster and more aggressive on defense.”

Quarterback Jackson Cooper looks to lead the team on the offensive side once again. Cooper has been a driving force for the Falcons since he became the starting quarterback. Last season Cooper had 450 passing yards, and 705 rushing yards. Other notable players to keep an eye on this season are: OL/DL John Basilio, TE/LB Cory Evans, RB/LB Omar Montalvan, WR/DB Shane Hutchens, and OL Tanner Moore.

The first match-up of the season was against Elkin, who the Falcons opened up their season with last year with a 28-7 win. From there the Falcons face a few tough match-ups with North Iredell, North Wilkes, Starmount and East Wilkes. The Falcons will need to show up on both sides of the field in order to maintain a winning record this season.


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VolleybAllAugust 16............ West Wilkes @ Forbush

August 18............ Forbush @ Reagan

August 23 ........... Forbush @ West Forsyth

August 25 ........... Starmount @ Forbush

August 29 ........... Forbush @ West Wilkes

August 30 ........... Forbush @ North Wilkes

September 6 ...... North Iredell @ Forbush

September 13..... South Stokes @ Forbush

September 15..... Forbush @ West Stokes

September 19 .... McMichael @ Forbush

September 20 .... Carver @ Forbush

September 22 .... Forbush @ Surry Central

September 26 .... Forbush @ East Wilkes

September 27 .... North Surry @ Forbush

September 29 .... Forbush @ South Stokes

October 3 ........... East Wilkes @ Forbush

October 4 ........... West Stokes @ Forbush

October 6 ........... Forbush @ Carver

October 11 .......... Surry Central @ Forbush

October 13 .......... Forbush @ North Surry

October 22, 25, 27, 29...NCHSAA

Playoffs

November 1 ........ NCHSAA Regionals

November 5 ....... NCHSAA 2A State

Championship

SocceRAugust 16............ North Iredell @ Forbush

August 22 ........... Forbush @ East Surry

August 24 ........... Davie at Forbush

August 29 ........... Walkertown @ Forbush

August 31 ............ Watauga @ Forbush

September 7 ...... Wilkes Central @ Forbush

September 12..... Mount Airy @ Forbush

September 15..... Forbush @ West Forsyth

September 19 .... Forbush @ Walkertown

September 20 .... Forbush @ Randleman

September 26 .... South Stokes @ Forbush

September 28 .... Forbush @ West Stokes

October 3 ........... Carver @ Forbush

October 10 .......... North Surry @ Forbush

October 17 .......... West Stokes @ Forbush

October 20 ......... Forbush @ Davie

October 24 ......... Surry Central @ Forbush

October 26 ......... Forbush @ North Surry

foRbuSh footbAll ScheduleAugust 19.............Elkin @ ForbushAugust 26 ............Forbush @ North IredellSeptember 2 .......North Wilkes @ ForbushSeptember 9 .......Forbush @ Starmount - Unifi BowlSeptember 16 .....East Wilkes @ ForbushSeptember 23 .....Forbush @ CherryvilleOctober 7 .............South Stokes @ ForbushOctober 14 ...........Forbush @ West StokesOctober 21 ...........Carver @ ForbushOctober 28 ..........Forbush @ Surry CentralNovember 4: .......North Surry @ ForbushNovember 11, 18, 25...NCHSAA PlayoffsDecember 2 ........NCHSAA Regional FinalsDecember 10 .......NCHSAA State Championship

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August 22 ..............Forbush @ Starmount

August 25 ..............Glenn at Forbush

August 29 ..............Forbush @ West Wilkes

September 1 ..........Forbush @ Glenn

September 6 .........Surry Central at Forbush

September 8 .........Forbush @ North Surry

September 12........Starmount at Forbush

September 13........South Stokes at Forbush

September 15........Forbush @ West Stokes

September 19 .......Forbush @ Mount Airy

September 20 .......Carver at Forbush

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their 2015 season with a 1-10 overall record and a 1-6 conference record. With small senior and junior classes last season, the bulk of the team was mainly sophomores who were growing into their physique and trying to get the hang of playing against bigger guys.

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With only six seniors this season, three returning and three new, Wood is expect-ing the junior class to take hold of the reigns and give it their all this season. With 20 juniors on the team, it’s not too far-fetched of an idea.

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The Buckin’ Elks are looking to improve on different areas that they struggled with last season that kept them from winning a few more games. The running game, and the defensive game were not up to par for the Elks as the year before they had a great running game. On special teams, the Elks have a new kicker in Cory Wiles. Wiles is a senior who has played baseball at Elkin for three years and decided to give football a chance this season.

“Cory Wiles is a kicker who came out

this year, he came out from the baseball team,” said Wood. “He will make a big difference for us this season on special teams.”

The quarterback position is in the hands of junior Beau Burgess. Burgess stands at 5’10 and played last season in the quar-terback position for the Elks. He has the speed and the ability to run the ball, if needed, for the Elks.

“We have three returners from last year’s team and we have three new seniors who haven’t played before,” said Wood. “Jack-son Carter is a four-year starter for us so we’re looking for him to step-up this sea-son. We only have two seniors who have had significant starting time for the varsity team.”

Early in the season, the Elks will be tested in the nonconference realm. They

came up against Forbush for the first game of the season. The Falcons tested the Elk’s line-play and show them where they need to improve on the defensive line and the offensive line before moving on to the next games against North Surry and Mount Airy. The Elks first home game will be Sept. 9 as they take on Surry Central at 7:30 p.m.

“We think we’re better at this point in the year than we were last season,” said Wood. “We’ll just have to see how it goes.”

Wood’s coaching staff includes Matt Dunn (offensive and defensive line), Nick Tomlin (defensive coordinator and quarter-backs), Cory Rycroft (running backs and defensive line), Tony Duncan (wide receiv-ers), and Jacob Riley (offensive and defensive line).


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RONDA — After a strong 2015 season, the East Wilkes Cardinals are looking to make a deeper drive into the state playoffs this year. The Cardi-nals went 13-1 in the regular season, and 7-0 in the Mountain Valley Athletic Conference last season. With an undefeated conference record, the Cardi-nals were able to make it to the third round of the NCHSAA playoffs before falling to Mitchell, 17-14. It was the second time in school history the Cardi-nals had made it to the third round of the playoffs.

This season, Head Coach J.K. Adkins doesn’t want this group of kids to look too far into the future, he wants them focused on their week-to-week match-ups and be present in the moment.

“Our main goal is the same as any season, for us we’re trying to focus on each week and each game as it comes,” said Adkins. “We are focused on win-ning and preparing for each week’s match-up by doing what we always do. We’re going to do what we can to prepare for our upcoming opponent, and not worry about any future games until the week of those games.”

This year’s team will look a little different than last year, as the Cardinals lost 18 seniors from last year’s team. The loss of the seniors won’t stop the Cardinals from carrying the momentum over from last season’s run. The Cardinals are looking strong offensively as well as defensively.

This season there will be new players to watch on offense, as the Cardinals lost two star receivers in Camon Bryan and Andrew Nance. Although they lost two players who helped carry the team, the Cardinals are returning six starters on defense and six starters on defense.

“We’re unique in the way that we have several standout players, we don’t have just one or two superstars on the team who are irreplaceable,” said

Adkins. “We have a returning running back, Devin Couch, who we are also relying on this season. We also have a couple of receivers, Jared Wood, Joah Logan, Jared Poplin and Damien Reid, who are going to be outstanding for us.”

Last season Wood caught 14 passes for 321 yards, and was selected as All Conference for the MVAC. Logan had an outstanding playoff run for the Cardinals as he had two touchdowns and ran for 73 yards. At 6’1, Logan has the height and the power to be one of the star receivers the Cardinals need to replace Bryan and Nance.

Junior Bryce Vestal will be returning as this year’s quarterback for the Cardinals. Last season Vestal was put in at quarterback after starter Chris Ward took on an injury early in the season. Vestal took his new starting position in stride as he had 723 passing yards, 10 touchdowns, and two inter-ceptions for the 2015 season.

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“We have a lot of role type players,” said Adkins. “We are counting on those players to produce for us this year and get us to where we were last sea-son.”

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Felts will play the other guard spot, with Morgan East and Nathan Vass serving as the offensive tackles this season.

“Everyone is stepping up,” Suarez said. “I think the whole offensive line is hungry and playing really physical this year. We know we don’t have to get our names in the paper as long as we know we did our job.”

Defensively, the Cardinals have a little added pressure coming into the season. With so many departures on the offensive side of the ball, it will be difficult for East Surry to average 45.1 points per game again this season.

Yet, while the offense might need to find

a new identity in 2016, defensive coordina-tor Randy Marion doesn’t envision need-ing to make many changes to his multiple defense for the upcoming season.

The success will start up front with three returning players. Suarez and Moore bring experience to the interior of the defensive line, and Barker, an all-conference selection last year with three sacks and 44 tackles, will join newcomer Russell Varner as the defensive ends this season.

“That’s where it all starts,” Marion said. “If you want to have a strong suit early in the year, you definitely want it to be your defensive line.”

At linebacker, Bullington, Hauser, Chris Cosgrove and Stephen Creech will all see time. Coach Marion was concerned com-ing into the first week of practice with this young group’s communication, but he’s been impressed by Cosgrove’s ability to

step in as the vocal leader of the defense. The rising senior was third on East Surry with 69 tackles in 2015.

East Surry’s secondary will comprise of four players who earned playing time last season, even though they didn’t start for the Cardinals. Shabdue, Hooker, Edwards and Sheets all return, but Coach Marion admits he will need to find playing time for freshman Stephen Gosnell, who shined over the summer and through the first two weeks of practice.

Edwards will see a majority of his time in the secondary, but Marion won’t be shy about taking advantage of the sophomore’s versatility and using him in a variety of roles on the defense.

“Mitchell’s one of those guys we can put wherever we need him,” Marion said. “He’s a very imposing kid, and from one week to the next, other teams are going to

know where he’s going to play.The special teams department will fea-

ture all fresh faces for the Cardinals this season. Ryan Sutterby and Peyton Chaney are battling to replace the ultra-reliable Devon Goble as East Surry’s placekicker this season. Sheets and Hauser, the two East Surry quarterbacks, are also battling for the starting punter spot this season.

All of these new roles for the Cardinal players has Diamont excited for the start of the season. One of his favorite parts about being a high school football coach is devel-oping talent, and East Surry will get to test that development this season.

“Honestly, we don’t know how good we can be this year,” Diamont said. “We think we’ve got some kids who can get the job done, but it’s going to become more clear once we start going at it with other teams and facing some adversity.”

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WEST JEFFERSON — The season has arrived for the varsity football team and this year might be a little different for the Ashe County Huskies.

Ashe has just nine seniors and will have to have a lot of players playing both ways with fewer than 30 players on the varsity squad.

“We’re a very young group this year. We’ve been lucky the last couple of years with 22 and 16 seniors, this year we’ve got nine,” said head coach Brian Hamp-ton. “But this is a hard working group of guys and a lot of fun to be around.”

With the smaller numbers on the team, staying in tip top shape will be more important than ever.

“We’ve done a lot more conditioning than we have the last few years. Our guys understand they’re going to be on the field a lot more and understand they’re going to have to play both ways,” Hampton said. “We’re going to have to stay on top of our conditioning throughout the year.”

Offensively, the Huskies do return a lot of talent at the skill positions. Senior quarterback Colin Ellis will have Skye Sullivan in the back field at running back and will have several weapons to throw to including all-conference wideout Judd Price as well as Grant

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got a lot of guys on the line that are going to be really young” said Hampton.

Jesse Kemp, Logan Richardson, Travis Dillard, Hunter Knight and Tyler Harmon are all underclass-men who will see plenty of snaps on the line. The Hus-kies will also have the services of senior Will Taylor up front who did not play last season due to an injury.

Defensively, the Huskies did lose several key players including Alex Richardson, Luis Ramos and Garrett Miller to name a few. However, the defense still has a good amount of talent ready to shut down opposing teams.

“We’ve got three starters returning at linebacker with Tristen Jones, Matt Greer and Sam Henson and another guy with varsity experience in John Reavis,” Hampton said. “Jake Richardson on the line played a lot last year, we’re expecting him to step up and be a leader on the defensive line.”

So far during the first few practices, Ben Graybeal and Dylan Little have also impressed the coaching staff on the defensive side of the ball. Little is playing football after spending the previous two seasons on the varsity soccer team.

“Defensively, we’ve got some potential to be pretty good, we’ve just got to keep improving each day,” Hampton added.

Having a limited roster size will make staying healthy even more important and hopefully for the Huskies, the team can dodge the injury bug this sea-son.

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DOBSON — Call it a case of mistaken identity.

Surry Central’s football team appeared to be on its way to a successful season last Sept. 18, when it did something the Golden Eagles hadn’t done in a genera-tion. On that day, Central thrashed county rival Mount Airy 20-0, winning its second straight game after opening the season 0-3 against a difficult schedule.

At that point, one could have gotten good odds that the Eagles were on their way to their second winning season in a row and a third straight year of earning a berth in the 2A state playoffs.

It didn’t turn out that way, and a lot of people couldn’t understand what had hap-

pened.The problem was that the Surry Central

team that declawed the Granite Bears on that September night was never at full strength again all season.

“We had some injuries,” said head coach Monty Southern. “The game after the Mount Airy game, we lost one of our skill players, Martin Palacios, for the rest of the season. Then the game after that, we lost one of our starting inside linebackers, Chase Mosley, for the rest of the season. Between moving some guys around and moving up some JV kids to take their spots, we dropped off just a little bit.”

It took several weeks for the Eagles to rediscover a winning combination in the absence of two key players. In mid-October, they played rival North Surry

close for three quarters, hammered South Stokes, and then played playoff-bound Forbush and conference champ West Stokes agonizingly close in the final two games of the regular season. Central actu-ally led the Wildcats in the fourth quarter of the regular-season finale before falling 27-23. The Golden Eagles had battled back to become a good team again — but it was too late to salvage the season.

“I thought Mount Airy and West Stokes at the end of the year were our two best games,” said Southern.

Fortunately, there are many reasons to believe that the Golden Eagles who took the field this Aug. 19 against East Surry will resemble the ones who battled the Bears and Wildcats, rather the version

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that floundered at midseason.The coaching staff welcomes back 17

of the 22 starters who made up last year’s team, including both Palacios and Mosely (a senior lineman and linebacker). Surry Central will be loaded with experience and senior leadership, with 20 of the 36 players on the roster in their final season.

“Last year’s senior class was a smaller class, but this senior class is the biggest I’ve ever had,” said Southern. “A lot of these guys have been up since they were sophomores, and a couple have been up since they were freshmen. It’s the most experience we’ve had in a long time.”

Essentially, all the Eagles will need to do is replace a few linemen, and they will return, at full strength, every other key performer on last year’s team, only now a year older. And they believe this is their year to make some noise in the Western Piedmont Athletic Conference.

“We’ve set some goals,” said Southern. “They want to compete for a conference championship. We’ve played every team

in our conference really tough, but we’ve yet to beat West Stokes or Carver. We’d like to get over the hump and compete for a championship this season. They defi-nitely want to make the playoffs, and they want to advance in the playoffs.”

A good start on that quest would be a healthy season from Palacios, a 5’9”, 190-pound junior who played both offensive and defensive back for Central last fall. Before going down with an injury in week five against Salisbury, he averaged 5.8 yards per carry, 13 per pass reception, and was playing outstanding ball on the defensive side as well.

“He is a major impact player for us on both sides of the ball,” said Southern. “He was a big threat on offense and defense, and he has been a starting corner for two years. When we lost him, we lost a good cover guy.”

Senior quarterback Chandler Johnson, who made it through the entire season and put up solid numbers in spite of the injuries around him, will be the first two-year starter under center for the Golden Eagles in several years.

“It’s the first time in about nine years that I’ve had a returning starting quar-

terback,” Southern said. “We’re looking forward to that.”

Joining Johnson and Palacios in the Surry Central backfield is senior running back Eric Ramirez, who was all-confer-ence a year ago. Another all-conference performer up front will be lineman David Peña, who plays on both sides of the ball and earned all-WPAC honors as a defen-sive lineman last fall. Peña is one of two all-state Golden Eagle wrestlers who will be anchors on the offensive and defensive lines. Peña, the third-place winner at 285 pounds last winter, is joined up front by fellow senior Kaleb Dunn, who placed fifth overall at 195. Although both are known more for their prowess on the mat, both are also fine football players.

In a sense, many of the Eagles’ seniors will be looking for redemption after last year’s disappointment. Two years ago, the coaching staff had brought several of them up to varsity and watched them play key roles in a seven-win campaign that ended in a state playoff berth.

“We’re looking for big things out of a lot of guys. A lot of these seniors are kids we pulled up as sophomores, and they weren’t just up watching, they were play-

ing in the games,” Southern said. “Martin (Palacios), Peña and Dunn have all been up since they were freshmen. To be a 2A school without a lot of football tradition, we feel like defensively we’ve got as much depth as we’ve had in a long time.

“We were a little up and down last year. We never played a good game on the road. We talked about that in the off-season, being more mature and handling playing on the road better. Other than the East Wilkes game, we were very strong at home, but we never did play anywhere near our potential on the road. Whenever we get on that bus, our mentality has to be the same as if we were getting ready for a home game.”

Southern is confident that the Eagles can recapture the promise of 2014 and last year’s win over Mount Airy, if they can just stay focused on the road and stay healthy.

“I think our conference will be really good again, but we can compete with everyone,” he said. “Hopefully we can stay injury free. We have a great group of kids and I enjoy coaching them.”

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