In memory of Bailey Sloan, who died tragically yesterday at age 21. He was the center on Davie’s 12-2 team in 2016. Here, he puts his arms up for touchdown.
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I don’t have a crystal ball but something tells me, come 2021, too-short Jack Reynolds is going to get zero offers, walk on, start out 5th string and end up a starter. Would that sound familiar?
RIP Maxie Melton. One of my best friends, one of the funniest people you could ever meet. Cards will never be the same. Riding to Davie football games will never be the same.
Coy James (.424) has Davie baseball's highest average in 10 years (Corey Randall .506 in 2012) and the most doubles (11) in 29 years. Bubba Coleman had 11 doubles in 1993.
Davie was down 2 when the ball went from Reese to Ratledge to Powers. After his 3 splashed at :15, Williams got a steal and then salted it away at the line.
Tate Carney had 5 TDs at EF, the most by a War Eagle in 13 years. Kenneth Brown had 5 TDs (3 rushing, 2 receiving) in a 55-18 win over Starmount in 2006. Carney also had the most rushing/receiving yards (266) this century for Davie.
The top ranked wrestler in 4-A met Davie’s Bryson Hunter today. After getting down 5-0, Hunter flipped the script and pinned the dude in the 1st period. Magical moment for the senior. Gillis, Strickland and Olmedo also advanced.
Hopewell star rattled out a 3. Jump ball. Davie ball at 0.3 seconds. Ballgame! Davie is 24-2, winningest team in 63 year history. Bloody jersey doesn’t hurt
Tate Carney will try to become the member of a 1 Man Club on Friday. No War Eagle has had 500 rushing yards/500 receiving yards in the same season. He’s within striking distance.
Can’t remember a week in the Davie winter season as exciting as this one. Home basketball Tuesday/Friday with the boys trying to stay in first and wrestling Wednesday and potentially Saturday while seeking its first state title since 2006. Buckle your seat belts!
Incredibly, freshman Draeton Nance broke the Davie record for passing yards in a game in his varsity debut. What’s more, Ethan Driver broke the record for receiving yards in a game.
Davie boys 15-9. Mike Absher, its all time winningest coach, is 237-221 in 18 years here, with 339 wins in 27 years between South Caldwell/Davie. This is his 7th 15-win season at Davie (there were 8 such seasons before Absher from 1956-57 through 2001-02).
Davie’s new JV baseball coach, Joey Anderson, has a retired jersey at Charlotte. He was a freshman all-American for the 49ers in ‘93 and an all-American in ‘96, when he hit a league-leading .401 and set school records for hits (274) and triples (24).
Sierra Ferguson’s record hitting streak (37 games) ended against West Rowan on March 7. It was her first hitless game since a 5-3 loss at West Forsyth on April 15, 2016. That record could be alive when she has grandkids.
Told you I ran out of space. There’s 14 of his 15 catches. A 7 yarder had to go to another spot on the sheet.
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About Chamberlain’s spark: He assisted Griggs to tie at 37; he buried a 3 for 42-37 lead; he dove on floor at midcourt, got steal and found Johnson for and-one; and he played give-and-go with Walton, who finished inside to complete 15-0 run for 47-37 lead.
Griggs across timeline, backdoor pass not there, pass to McCormack for 3, swish at :07, reynolds good look at a 3 at the horn. No good. Davie wins 61-59
Jack Reynolds became the 5th War Eagle to reach 1,000 receiving yards. The list: Ben Ellis 1,215 in '15, Ellis 1,191 in '14, Cooper Wall 1,102 in '15, Joe Watson 1,045 in '10, Jonathan Mayfield 1,017 in '05 and Reynolds 1,012 in '19.
Emmie Burris drove baseline and hit a tough runner to win it - not the first time she’s delivered with all the chips down. Then Reynolds missed a 3 and Gentry got the rebound. Davie upset the 2 seed Demons
Davie boys were down 10 at half. They’re up 16 early in the fourth. Every time you look up Jackson Powers is hitting a 3. He’s not merely hot. He’s scorching hot
The Dirks sisters powered Davie softball to a wild 15-12 win over Forbush. London had a 3-run double. Sydney said I’ll see that and raise you, blasting a 3-run homer.
Hite Merrifield (.400) has hit safely in 14 of 17 games. Carson Whisenhunt (.400) is first for Davie with 19 RBIs. Grayson Keaton is on an 8 for 15 streak since April 10.
Carson Whisenhunt is 8-0. It’s the longest winning streak by a Davie pitcher since John McDaniel won 12 straight decisions in 2006. Whiz is the first War Eagle to stand 8-0 since 2001, when Travis Allen was 9-0.
Tate Carney’s 100 rushing/100 receiving is the first such game this century for Davie. Cade Carney, James Mayfield and Kenneth Brown came close with 90-some receiving yards when they had 100-some rushing.
I’m already dreading what will be a year long problem: distinguishing between Ben and Bishop Norman. One twin is 68, the other 69. Almost impossible to tell the difference from a distance.