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Friday, September 28, 2007
Gryphs stay put at No. 2; SWE falls into tie at No. 4
Belmont South Point, a 31-0 winner over East Gaston Friday, leap-frogged the Cougars and left them in a tie for No. 4 with Asheville's T.C. Roberson.
Here is the complete 3-A poll:
Class 3-A
W-L Pts LW
1. Western Alamance (12) 6-0 147 1
2. Rocky Mount (3) 6-0 138 2
3. Belmont South Point 5-0 94 4
T4. Asheville Roberson 5-0 88 5
T4. SW Edgecombe 5-0 88 3
6. Anson County 5-1 51 7
7. Charlotte Catholic 4-2 49 6
8. West Rowan 5-0 38 10
9. North Gaston 4-1 36 8
10. Northeast Guilford 4-1 22 9
Others receiving votes: Kernersville Glenn 20, Hickory 14, Eastern Alamance 10, Kannapolis Brown 9, Greensboro Dudley 8, Wilson Hunt 7, Hertford County 6.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Postgame pictures from Holt's 300th victory
(To enlarge your view of each picture, just click on it!)
Hudgins plays big in Elon's win over Liberty
The former Gryphon quarterback caught a school-record 16 passes for a career- best 218 yards and four touchdowns. With true freshman Scott Riddle (Eastern Randolph) delivering him the ball, Hudgins caught a 32-yard score in the first period, a 24-yard scoring strike in the second, a 15-yard TD as time ran out in the third and a 29-yarder for a score with about nine minutes left in the game.
Riddle was 33-of-39 for 368 yards. The Phoenix is now 2-1 in the season with Appalachian State coming to town this Saturday.
Already this season - in just three games, Hudgins has 38 receptions for 453 yards and six touchdowns.
When the NCAA stats were released Monday, Hudgins leads the Southern Conference and the nation in both receiving yards (151.0 per game) and receptions (12.7 per game). He was also named Monday as the Southern Conference Player of the Week and the Sports Network National Player of the Week.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Tyler shines in another West Hills loss
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Gryphs solidly in second spot in AP 3-A poll
Trivia question for RM football fans
- RMHS senior Emmanuel Davis
Rocky Mount junior Brian Goodwin took the opening kickoff in the Hertford County game Friday 85 yards for a score.
The question is, who was the last Gryphon to perform that feat (a kickoff return for a score) and who was it against?
I'll give you a hint ... it was in 2005 and it was an 86-yard kickoff return for a score. (Use some internet resources because the answer can be found online!)
I'll give you until Thursday evening to guess. Just register your guess under the comment section of the blog below!
DAVIS PLAYS REALLY BIG: How big was the play of senior linebacker Emmanuel Davis in the game the Bears?
Can you spell H-U-G-E?
He recorded a career-high 21 tackles. He now leads the Gryphons in total tackles with 50. He also leads the squad in pass deflections (two).
Junior Chris Pittman is second with 37, followed by senior Ezra Hudgins with 31. Junior Nick Harrison leads the team in sacks with five, junior Zack Williams is tops in interceptions with two and junior Torey Lee is the fumble recovery leader with two.
LANE GETS IN: Senior kicker John Lane finally got some playing time in the Hertford County game.
The lanky former homeschooler got to launch Rocky Mount's only punt of the night and it went 38 yards with no return.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Time for No. 300?
Should the Gryphons (5-0, ranked No. 2 in the AP 3-A poll) pull off the victory over the 2-3 Saints, Holt (299-109-2) would become just the sixth N.C. high school football coach to join the 300-win club.
The milestone is considered the benchmark among high school football coaches across the country.
Tyler passes for over 400 yds. in JUCO loss
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
A new Gryphon has been born
Mother and son came home on Sunday and are doing fine.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Two RMHS football records set Friday
When senior Darius Hagans fell on Nick Hahula's fumble in the end zone for the Gryphons' first touchdown, Rocky Mount scored in its 78 straight game - beating the 77-game streak it set from a 14-0 blanking to Northeastern in 1991 to a 24-0 shutout to Wilson Hunt in 1999.
The Gryphons have not been shutout since the 2001 season-opener - a 24-0 loss to Hunt. By the way, RMHS, during that streak, has scored in double figures in its last 58 games.
With time running out in the first half Friday, he and the rest of the field goal unit hustled onto the field as he managed to get his 27-yarder through the uprights as the clock expired.
RMHS head coach B.W. Holt, who picked up career win No. 298 in the process, also moved up one more spot on RMHS' football coaches all-time victory list. One more win will tie him with 60's coaching marvel Chris Carpenter - who led Rocky Mount to state titles in 1962 and 1963. Holt has won 47 games in his four-plus seasons as the Gryphons' coach.
Walt Wiggins is the school's all-time winningest coach with 105 victories.
Longest Team Scoring Streak –
77 games, (1991, 14-0 loss vs. Northeastern; to 1999, 24-0 loss vs. Hunt)
Most Field Goals made (Career) –
11 (11/21), Nick Hahula, 2005-07-G4
10 (10/24), Barrett Bodiford, 1995-97
Most RMHS Varsity Coaching Victories –
105, Walt Wiggins, 1970-82, 1993 – 14 seasons (105-46-2, .691)
63, George Kelley, 1983-92 – 10 seasons (63-41, .606)
48, Chris Carpenter, 1959-64 – 6 seasons (48-14-2, .762)
47, B.W. Holt, 2003-07-(G4) - 5th season (47-10, .825)
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Rocky Mount-J.H. Rose stat box (17-7 Gryphon win)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
J.H. Rose 0 0 7 0 7
Rocky Mount 7 3 0 7 17
JHR RM
First downs 7 13
Rushes-yards 27-61 43-206
Passing 71 38
Comp-Att-Int 7-16-0 4-8-0
Fumbles Lost 1 1
Penalties-Yards 3-35 5-25
Total Plays-Yds 41-132 51-244
SCORING SUMMARY
1st quarter
RM – Hagans 1 run (Hahula kick), 8:27 (7 plays, 50 yds.)
2nd quarter
RM – FG 27 Hahula, :00.0 (3-38)
3rd quarter
JHR – Muldrow 2 run (Harvey kick), 7:00 (2-10)
4th quarter
RM – Alston 62 run (Hahula kick), 6:15 (3-67)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing – JH Rose: L. Muldrow 11-34 (TD); K. White 12-17; T. Turnage 3-11; M. Joyner 1-0; T. Merritt 2-(-2). RM: Marquavis Alston 12-100 (TD) ; Nick Hahula 11-46; Jacobi Jenkins 2-32; Derek Hagans 9-20 (TD); Hiawatha Bunn 9-8.
Passing – JH Rose: Merritt 4-10-0 56; White 3-6-0 15. RM: Bunn 4-8-0 38.
Receiving – JH Rose: Muldrow 3-44; Waller 2-13; Hobbs 1-10; Staton 1-4. RM: Jacobi Jenkins 2-41; Wilkins 1-10; Hagans 1-(-13).
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
Tackles:
#32 – Emmanuel Davis – 11
#41 – Chris Pittman – 8
#56 – Ezra Hudgins – 8
#55 – John Wells – 5
#61 – Jermaine Fields – 4
#8 – Jacobi Jenkins – 4
#24 – Brian Goodwin – 4
#23 – Atarius Farmer – 3
#34 – Matthew Coburn – 3
#90 – Nick Harrison – 2
#42 – Dedrick Silver – 2
#53 – Brandon Dennis – 2
#52 – Aaron Barnes – 2
#44 – Nick Hahula – 1
#4 – Hiawatha Bunn – 1
Sacks:
#90 – Nick Harrison – 1
#55 – John Wells – 1
#41 – Chris Pittman – 1
#61 – Jermaine Fields – 1
Fumble Recoveries:
#61 – Jermaine Fields –1
Interceptions:
None
Pass Deflections:
#90 – Nick Harrison – 1
#56 – Ezra Hudgins –1
#42 – Dedrick Silver –1
Blocked Kicks (Punt/FG)
None
Special Teams Touchdowns:
None
KICKING
PATs
2-2– #44 Nick Hahula
Field Goals
1-1 – #44 Nick Hahula (27 yds.)
Touchbacks:
1-4 – #44 Nick Hahula
Punting:
5 – #11 Chris Berry (144 yds., 28.8 avg.)
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Could the Gryphons repeat 2004's performance?
The Gryphons, who will host J.H. Rose (ranked No. 3 - 4-A AP, NCPreps.com polls) Friday evening, are ranked third in the first Associated Press 3-A football poll of the season and ninth in the NCPreps.com 3-A Baker's Dozen.With Independence High losing last weekend, Rose and Thomasville now share the title of being the high school teams with the longest winning streak at 39 games.
Rocky Mount was the last team to hand the Rampants a loss, ironically. On Oct. 8, 2004 in Greenville, RMHS quarterback Terrell Hudgins led the Gryphons to a 42-33 victory over Rose.
Hudgins played perhaps the best game of his career as he ran for 145 yards and four touchdowns, and he passed for 215 yards and threw a 74-yard scoring pass to Wayne Noble.
Rose leads the series between the two Eastern football powers 22-21. Rocky Mount dominated the series in the 70s and 80s, but since 1990, the Rampants have only loss three times to the Gryphons (1990, 1998, 2004).
Could we see a repeat of 2004 Friday night? We could - and it could be another shootout!
2. Charlotte Catholic (2) 2-1 80
3. Rocky Mount 3-0 79
4. Kannapolis Brown 3-0 78
5. North Gaston (1) 2-0 60
6. Hertford County 3-0 48
7. Monroe Sun Valley 3-0 45
8. SouthWest Edgecombe 2-0 41
9. Northeast Guilford 2-0 40
10. Belmont South Point 2-0 38
3. Greenville Rose (1) 2-0 103
4. Richmond County 2-0 73
5. Wilmington Hoggard 2-0 70
6. Shelby Crest 2-0 50
7. West Charlotte 3-0 49
8. Garner 3-0 40
9. Scotland County 2-0 39
10. Winston-Salem Mt. Tabor 3-0 25