NBHS
Long season wraps up
said. With the McDowell win ac- such a hard season. We have started
By Loren Metts
counted for, the BlackHawks fin- and played several sophomores and
ished 2-9 on the season. juniors this season so we already
A very long and difficult football “I know that a lot of people were have much higher expectations for
season has finally come to an end. expecting this to be a rebuilding the guys returning next year. We
The North Buncombe High School year for us but just not nearly this will be working extra hard to get
varsity football team concluded its tough,” Metts continued. “I am stronger and faster throughout the
year with another loss Friday (Nov. proud of the boys on our team for rest of the year so that we can turn
6), falling 49-0 to the Reynolds sticking together through some- things around again and be a lot
Rockets. It marked the fifth time thing so hard. It would have been more competitive next season.”
the BlackHawks have been shut out really easy for a lot of them to just Corey Wilson and Zack Moseley
of the season. quit but they didn’t. I am also led the BlackHawk defense with
The BlackHawks defense came thankful for the parents, adminis- eight and six tackles, respectively.
out strong against the Rockets for tration and community members Other leading defenders were Max
the first five minutes of play. But that have been supportive through- Norwood, Matt Griffin, Matt
midway through the quarter, Reyn- out this season. Losing can bring Peek, Devin Calloway, and Michael
olds scored its first touchdown and out the worst in people and thank- Mindo.
never looked back. The Rockets’ fully we have not seen a lot of that.”
first score came off a short run in “I hate to lose and I know that our Editor’s note: Loren Metts is the
by Joey Papay. On the following players and staff do too. We all have wife of NBHS Head Coach Carey
play, the BlackHawks fumbled the a very bad taste in our mouths from Metts
kickoff return, setting the Rockets
up for their second score less than a
minute later. AJ Marion scored on
a 26-yard touchdown run, followed
by another by Papay with a minute
Curtis, Pritchard wed
remaining in the quarter. Reynolds
continued moving the ball at will
through the second half. Marion
scored a fourth touchdown from
10-yards out. Okoye Porter threw
a 25-yard pass to Demeatric Taylor
for the fifth touchdown of the game,
leaving the score 35-0 at halftime.
The Rockets slowed down their
scoring pace in the second half,
scoring two remaining touchdowns,
one in each of the final quarters.
Reynolds’ Danny Searcey made a
35-yard touchdown pass to Tommy
Harrison in the third quarter. The
Rockets defense scored the night’s
final touchdown on an 18-yard
fumble recovery by Tyler Bissinger.
Austin Pelley also went 5-for-6 on
PATs.
North Buncombe offensive con-
tributors included Darius Forrest,
Devin Calloway, Zack Moseley, Jon Kenneth Patrick Curtis and Tracey Leigh Pritchard were married
Brazil and Christian Jewkes. Friday, Oct. 9, in the Alexander community at a 20-acre horse farm
NBHS Head Coach Carey Metts where his grandmother Eva Hall lives with his aunt and uncle, Car-
was understandably discouraged mella and Rickey Hall.
with another shutout loss for the The wedding was held outside with 20-mile views as a backdrop
BlackHawks. The BlackHawks for their wedding vows. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev.
managed just 59 points all season. Alan Smith.
“We have certainly faced some very Tracey, the daughter of Deborah J. Prichard and John H. Prit-
talented and improved teams this chard, is currently enrolled in a nursing program. Kenneth, the son
year. Reynolds was a very strong of Vanessa H. Ulrich and stepson of Edward Ulrich and son of Larry
team. Their defense was quick and Curtis, was immediately deployed with the U.S. Army to Iraq.
we made several costly mistakes that
they capitalized on. Our boys still
kept fighting, though, and for that I
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am proud. I hate ending the season
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on another painful loss. I especially
hate it for our seniors.”
Some unexpected but good news
was given to the NBHS administra-
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Metts, the BlackHawks’ earlier loss
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to McDowell High will be changed
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to a win due to an ineligible player
that played in the Oct. 2 game.
“We were surprised by the call but
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thankful for a second win,” Metts
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