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High Point Central football
coach Gary Whitman ha* three
reason* to mile when he think*
about the upcomiat teuton
The return of quarterback
Rashad Stevenson, tailback
Chuckle Re?d and fullback
Ricky Havwood are the rea*on* '
for hi* giddine**.
These three senior* lead an
explosive offense that return*
nine starters,
La*t teuton Haywood led the
ground attack with 1,087 yard*.
Reed collected $22 yard*, averag
ing 10 yard* per carry and caught
a few pa??c? for 333 yard*.
Stevenson threw for 97$ yard*
and ran for 719.
Altogether the three speed
fter* accounted for 3,303 total
team yard* and 34 touchdown*
in leading thi* team to a 10-2
record and *ccond round birth in
-the playoff* in 1997.
I Whitman doesn't *ee any rea
;?on why hi* team can't build on
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that success this year.
"We return a lot of experi
enced kid* *o we're very opti
mistic," he said. If our kids listen
and do what we tell them to do
we should do well."
But the coach i# not relying
on his oflen*e to carry hi* team
in 1998, he know* their defenne
mu*t ?tep up to the challenge.
"That'* going to he a key
area," Whitman ?aid. "We've got
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Terence performer Calvin
Humphrey return in the tec
ondary to lead the defentive
attack. Whitman hat alto moved
Daniel Rothrock, an all-confer
ence ofTentive lineman, to the
other tide of the ball to add a lit
tle more experience on the defen
tive line.
"If you're a good footaball
team, you have a good defcnte,"
he taid.
The Biton will have their
handt full playing in the Central
Carolina 2-A Conference. Whit
man tayt hit team thouldn't
think too highly of themtelvei
tince the other teami thould be
improved.
"I hope not, utuallv that't a
tign of overconfidence,' he taid.
"I think moit of the teami in the
league are going to be better.
We ve had a good preteaton. The
kidt have worked well."
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Parkland hopes for a major turnaround in '98
iwith host of experienced veterans returning
By THF.RF.SA DAVIS
For Th? Chsonicls
With last year's record of 1-9
as a backdrop, Coach Bernard
? Faulk of Parkland realizes that
there's nowhere but up for his
! Mustangs to go this season.
It is with a sober mind that
Fiulk looks at his team's plight
during the 1997 season. Take
'tway five plays from the season
fcnd Parkland would have enjoyed
la winning season.
; But unfortunately for the
; Mustangs, whatever could go
yvrong did go wrong for them.
!This time out, however, they are
; looking for a reverse in their for
tunes.
j The Mustangs had 34 players
! iurn out for the team this year, 10
of whom are starters from a year
ago. Those numbers compare
very favorably with recent Mus
tang teams.
The most impressive part of
that is the fact that eight starters
return on olTense.
If the Mustangs plan to fare
well when they get the season
underway, it will be because of
two horses that Faulk hopes to
ride, tailback Brandon Isaiah and
quarterback Clifford Crawford.
"I feel good that I have ah
experianced quarterback (Craw
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ford) on the teem, and that will
help ui on our offense because he
iii not'only our quarterback but
:he is one of our team leaders,"
Faulk said.
Isaiah, a big burly tailback (6
I, 200) rushed for over 1,100
yards last season. This season the
Mustangs will put a fullback in
front of him and throw less in the
*Run-and-Shoot" offense.
In addition to Crawford, WiN
Ion and Isaiah, the Mustangs
have Julius Davis, Edward McN
abb, Derrick* Stevens and Tim
Bristow back on offense.
"Compared to past years our
line is bigger, Taster and stronger,
that is something that will help us
along the way." Faulk said. "I do
plan to run Isaiah, but we will
take what ever the other team
gives us."
"We have eight players on
Offense that are returning
starters," Faulk said. "They are
Gilford Crawford, Brandon Isa
iah, Julius Davis, another line
man Edward McNabb, Derrick
Stevens and Tim Bristow."
"We also have 6 returning
defense," he said. "They are Lam
ont Wilson, James Taylor, Cam
den Banner, Kenny Crosby, Tim
Bristow and McNabb. We plan
to do nothing different with our
defense this season."
This year they had 34 players
come out. 10 of them being
returning starters. This is a very
good turn out for the Varsity
team compared to past years.
"We plan to do nothing dif
ferent with our defense this sea
son." Faulk udded. "This year
~ Lamont Wilson, and Scott
Lumnley are our defesive leaders.
We have a lot of seniors this year
and that is what makes us so
experienced as a team."
Faulk thinki his team has a
realistic chance of making it to
the playoffs. But to do so the
Mustangs will have to go through
several teams which are favored
to be the tops in the conference.
"What will determine the sue
cess for this season would be if
we stay injury-free," he said.
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