NBHS BlackHawks hope to rebound from ‘flat’ effort


By Matt Tate The buzz from North Bun-


combe’s first win in more than a year was swiftly vanquished dur- ing 12 punishing minutes Friday


(Sept. 17) in Bakersville. The BlackHawks allowed 41


Mitchell points in the second quarter en route to their def lat- ing 50-23 loss. NBHS Head Football Coach Carey Metts said he would not


speculate on the players’ mind- sets, but the team’s lack of ag- gressiveness was noticeable from the outset. “We just came out f lat in the


first half,” he said. “We didn’t tackle well. ... [The players] were


giving the effort. We were just not doing our assignments.” North Buncombe broke the


year-long losing streak Sept. 10 with a 14-8 victory against Brevard. Save a victory last year thanks to a forfeit from Mc-


JV team earns confidence-building win


Dowell, the BlackHawks had been on a 12-game losing streak since defeating Madison in Au- gust 2009. The Blue Devils knocked off


the Mountaineers (2-2) earlier this year in four overtime peri- ods, and there was hope North Buncombe could pick up a head of steam heading into confer- ence play with back-to-back vic- tories. But North Buncombe’s de-


fense could not stop Mitchell’s punishing running game. After trailing 3-0 after the


first quarter, more turnovers and penalties, a problem area for the team all season, again derailed the BlackHawks’ attack. Mitchell’s Troy Self had two


touchdown runs and ran an in- terception for a score during the Mountaineers’ second-quarter blitzkrieg. At halftime, Metts told the


team just to focus on winning the second half. The BlackHawks responded with Christian Jew- kes passing for two of his three touchdowns in the second half to make the score respectable. The BlackHawks (1-4) were in- side Mitchell’s 5-yard-line at the end of the game. “We started playing better and


started to crawl ourselves back,” Metts said. “But it was too late.” The coach said as the team


North Buncombe’s junior varsity team is on track after getting its first win of the season. Head Coach Greg McFee said


By Matt Tate Tere have been too many near-


misses this season for the North Buncombe junior varsity football team.


changing the players’ attitude after two overtime losses to Madison and Brevard by a combined eight points was key in finally breaking into the win column Tursday (Sept. 16).


Te BlackHawks blanked Mitch-


ell 14-0. Plagued by turnovers and penal-


ties much of the season, McFee said the team has had trouble this sea- son bouncing back from mistakes.


Players of the Week


Te following players were chosen by the NBHS football coaching staff as “Players of the Week” for last week’s game against Mitchell:


“We told the kids, ‘No mater what


happens, you have to move on and play the next play,’” he said. “Te kids went out with that attitude [against the Mountaineers]. Tey were confident in themselves.” Defensive end Seth Edwards and


linebacker Tyler Shelton led the stellar defensive effort. Te BlackHawks are readying


themselves for their Mountain Ath- letic Conference opener Tursday (Sept. 23) against Enka. “Hopefully, this win will just


build some confidence for us,” Mc- Fee said.


prepares for its Mountain Ath- letic Conference opener Friday (Sept. 24) at Enka, he is mak- ing sure players learn from both halves against Mitchell. “We’re just going to focus on


us and making sure we know our assignments,” he said.


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