GREEN
from page HI
sees the defender he's never going
to get a solid hit on him."
Still Green saw little playing
lime in the Yellowjackets' first
two games. He was second on the
depth chart at right halfback and
Allan Pinkney. the starter, had
three touchdowns in the first two
games. After the Yellowjackets
second victory, Pinkney was
called up the varsity.
That gave Green the chance he
needed to get more repetitions in
practice and in games.
By mid-season Green had
planted himself firmly in the
Yellowjackets' attack He went on
to several 100 yard games. Carver,
which began the 1996 season with
a 3-0 record, fell into a rut mid
way through the season. But they
pulled themselves out in time to
post a 7-3 record and a second
place finish in the conference
Green saved his best game for
the Yellowjackets' season finale
against High Point Andrews. In
that game, he nearly single-hand
edly lifted the team to a come
from-behind victory. He rushed
for more than 150 yards in that
game and caught passes for
another 85 yards, including a 58
yard. over-the-shoulder recep
tion. that led to the winning
score.
"I knew then that he had a
chance to be a special athlete on
the jayvee level," Davis says. "He
just went out and left everything
he had on the field. Lesser players
might have packed it in after we
got behind, but he played harder
and the rest of the team fed on his
energy."
When the season ended Davis
and the Carver coaches put
Green oh a weight program to
add size, strength and speed It
paid dividends.
Pound for pound Green is one
of the Yellowjackets' jayvees
strongest players. He got his max
on the bench press up from 135 to
more than 225 pounds. He also
built up his leg with a regular reg
imen of squats and leg presses
and went into the season with a
max of 400
Now another dilemma pre
sents itself. Where will Green play
for the Yellowjackets next season.
He'll go into the season second
on the depth chart behind Tyre
Kirby and Tauric Rice at left and
right halfback, respectively.
Those two are among the state's
mostly highly recruited running
backs.
, "I don't expect him to beat
either of them out for a position,"
Davis says. "That's asking too
much. But I do think he'll get
some snaps next season. He won't
complain about his situation - I
think he'll go out and get better.
If he can add another 15 pounds
and continue to get faster he'll be
an impact player on the varsity
level."
POISE
from page Bl
also played a key role on his AAU
basketball team.
Several of his basketball: team
mates realized his athletic-ability
and tried to convince Watkins to
give football a try After a little
tugging, Watkins decided to go
out.
It proved to be a wise,move.
"Coleman was a natural," says
Sam Davis, Carver's coach
"From the first day he walked on
the football field there was no
question that he would be the
starting quarterback "
The Wing-T olfense, with its
intricate terminology, numbering
system and multi-faceted attack,
was a challenge
"It shows what kind of intelli
gence he has," Davis says. "To
pick up an offense as complicated
as the Wing-T is difficult. For him
to pick it up in such a short time
and be able to execute it says a
lot."
The situation going into the
season was compounded by the
fact that Carver didn't have a
scrimmage. So Watkins' first expe
rience of the season came in the
Yellowjackets' season opener at
North Forsyth.
Carver had possession of the
football first. North came out in a
9-man line to stop the
Yellowjackets' rushing attack. But
on the third play of the game
Watkins faked the ball on the
buck sweep and hit Keegan
Haggins on a waggle pass.
Haggins went 62 yards for a score
to put Carver up 6-0.
On the next possession. North
seemingl> had Watkins sacked in
the backfield for a loss on third
down. But Watkins broke free and
then sprinted 45 yards to put the
Yellowjackets inside North's 20.
Two plays later. Watkins hit
Mike Pitts on a 17-yard touch
down pass for a 12-0 lead.
Watkins later tossed a 21-yard
touchdown pass to Silas Pressley
to give him three touchdown pass
es in his first game ever. He fin
ished the game seven of 10 for 158
yards. Carver went on to a 36-32
victory to get their undefeated
season underway.
"That game set the tone for
our whole season," Davis says.
"We had a lot of kids who were
unsure of what high school foot
ball was all about That game gave
them the confidence they needed
to be successful."
Watkins never wavered the rest
of the season. He came up with
big play after big play to bail the
Yellowjackets out of trouble every
time they needed it.
By the mid-point of the sea
son, Watkins had such a firm
grasp of the offense that he often
suggested plays jn key situations.
"It got to the point that
Coleman and I were thinking on
the same page," Davis says. "He
uegan-to understand the Wing-T
offense and how one play sets up
another
"A good example was in the
Dudley game. I called a timeout
i fourth down. By the time I got
out on the field Coleman had fig
ured out what we needed to do. So
I let him go with it. It worked out,
the kids had confidence in what he
was doing and so did I."
With that type of confidence,
Davis says Watkins can make an
impact on the varsity level.
"You have a kid ahead of him
that's an all-conference player,"
Davis says. "So of course you
don't expect Coleman to take his
job. But Coleman has enough
ability to come in on certain situ
ations and play. He may not have
the best throwing arm, but he
finds a way to get the ball to the
open man When you complete
more than 70 percent of your
throws that's saying something
Some people don't do that well
against air."
ALL-COUNTY
fr^hpage
' West Forsyth came as far dur
ing the season as any program in
the county, largely thanks to the
running of tailback Anthony
Butler. Butler rushed for 1,269
yards and scored 16 touchdowns
on 149 carries. His key blocker
was Daniel Bradshaw. The key for
tho Titans on defense was inside
linebacker Travis Hunter
Reynolds' triple-option offen
sive attack began with fullback
Stephon McMillian McMillian
rushed for 878 yards on 133 car
ries and scored eight touchdowns.
His leading blocker was John
Hopper, a 6-1, 290-pound sopho
more. Defensively, Mike Jones was
a terror from his nose guard posi
tion. He finished the season with
Carver
DL Dexter Williams
DB Scott Stewart
FB Jason Pender
Glenn
DE Travis Brown
LB Tony Myers
East Forsyth
RB Lamont Young
S Ronald McRae
Mount Tabor
WR Rashaan Ingram
RB Tremaine Kapp
OL Court Boughton
LB Willie Damon
DE Justin Grogan
North Forsyth
FB Lance Searcy
DE Quinton Cox
CB Eugene Collins
Parkland
38 solo tackles, 32 assists, caused
two fumbles, had five sacks and
four fumble recoveries.
North Forsyth utilized its run
ning and passing game behind the
play of David Hderidge Elderidge
got support from tailback Cedric
Hooper, who was the team's lead
ing rusher and receiver Justin
Masencup Hooper tallied eight
touchdowns and Masencup had
three touchdown receptions and
caught eight two-point conver
sions.
Steven McCall of Parkland was
the team's most dependable play
er. McCall went both ways, but
excelled on defense. He often led
the way for tailback/utility man
Chris Coleman. Coleman had five
games with more than 100 yards
rushing. Defensively, Monte
Stanback was the Mustangs'
City-County JV
OT Brad Tesh
QB Jeremy Tharpe
LB Scott Lumley
DE A.J. Brooks
Reynolds
LB Robert Cross
DE Dee Tate
OL Chris Boyd
leader.
Mike Hromdka was East
Forsyth's most efficient player.
Hromdka rushed for 900 yards
and nine touchdowns from his
fullback position and also was sec-;
ond on the team in tackles front
his linebacker slot. Jayson
Brayboy started the season with
the Eagles' varsity but came down
to the jayvees at the start of the
conference season. His experi
enced helped the team to a share
of the conference title. Diminutive
strong safety Nathan Turner (5-4,;
120) was the heart and soul of the
defense.
Glenn's top performer was
Kenny Faulkner. Faulkner started
on offense at tackle, but also
played a lot of valuable minutes
on defense where he was a stand
out.
RB KeJuan West
West Forsyth
QB Steve Harrison
OL Vaughn Jennings
FS A.J. Hawkins
LB Adam Reganthal
OLB Zack Hinnant
ELDERIDGE
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most dominant players his team
played against. The Vikings were
one of only three teams to defeat
the Titans during the season
"He did stand out," Hayes says.
"Their defensive ends were really
outstanding. He did a good job
against us. I thought that he was the
kind of dominating player who
could lead a defensive team "
Bowles says he noticed
Elderidge's ability from the outset.
And even though he hadn't been on
the team as a freshman, he was
well-prepared.
"You knew he had to play some
where before he got here," Bowles
says. "He was too far advanced to
have never played."
Elderidge's toughness also paid
dividends at quarterback. At 6-3,
185-pounds. Elderidge was hard to
handle on the option.
"He was a very good option
quarterback," Bowles says. "He got
out there and made things happen. *
Most of the time he made good *.
decisions."
Elderidge also had a solid year;
passing the football. He finished the *
season with a nearly 50-percent ?
accuracy rate, with six touchdown 3
passes and eight two-point comer- j
sion passes.
"He made an awfully lot of big ?
plays for us on offense," Bowles^
says. "But he might have been more \
important for us on defense."
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