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BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE
The North Forsyth junior
varsity football team (3-3)
seems to impress every^team it
battles. Even the three teams
that have upended the Vikings
have spoken very highly of the
talent and size the
team possesses.
East Forsyth
found out what all the
fuss was about when
North defeated the
Eagles 18-0 last week.
"They're big,"
said East head JV
coach Greg Tuttle.
"They're really big.
We just couldn t do 1
anything with them c
tonight, and they ran
some tricky plays too. We've
been working on stopping the
plays their varsity runs, but they
just outplayed us tonight."
North head JV coach Sam
Davis added: "They were talk
ing about some of the plays we
ran tonight, but that's part of our
offense. Those plays were off of
something we do in our regular
package, and the kids like it
because they have fun running
those plays."
The Vikings unleashed a bag
of trickery on East Forsyth by
beginning the game with a num
ber of reverses and play-action
bootleg plays. Viking
quarterback Brandon
Rousseau had his
way with the Eagles
throughout the game,
hitting a variety of
receivers with a
number of rollout
passes.
Rousseau's first
two touchdown pass
es didn't count,
"* though. He hit Grady
Hardy for two con
secutive touchdowns, but penal
ties negated both of those
scores. Rousseau then ran the
ball in from the I -yard line to
grab a 6-0 lead. The extra point
was then missed.
Brandon Rousseau, Robert
Rousseau, Jeremiah Alexander,
Paul Booker and Emmanuel
Haney continued to pace the
offense. But it was the Viking
defense that had East Forsyth
reeling backward for most of the
game. North was led by Bryan
Speas, Jordan Vareen, Julius
Evans, Terry Scales, Jamal
Love, as well as Brandon and
Robert Rousseau.
"It was a great night for the
defense," Davis said. "We didn't
allow a score. We had some sit
uations where we made mis
takes and gave up some first
downs. But we played well in
the red zone. And that's what
counted."
The Viking secondary put a
stop to several Eagle drives.
Travis Livingstone became East
quarterback Dan O'Brien's
worst enemy after intercepting
two of his passes that probably
would've given East points in
the first half.
North put its final points of
the half on the board after
Rousseau connected with Bran
don Jackson for a 10-yard touch
down reception with 59 seconds
left in the opening half. The
extra point was missed again to
keep the score at 1 2-0 at the half.
North put its final touch
down on the board when
Rousseau hit Eric Simms for a
35-yard touchdown connection
with 4:52 to go in the third quar
ter to make the score 18-0. The
only things that seemed to slow
the Vikings down the whole
game were penalties. North suf
fered more than 100 yards in
penalties.
"That's part of life," Davis
concluded. "You have to work
through adversity. That's what
we tell our kids. You never know
what could happen on the next
play. We were in a fourth-and-30
situation, and we ended up get
ting a touchdown on the play.
You have to always pick your
self up and forget about what
has already happened."
Despite the loss. Hast
received good play from Daniel
O'Brien, Josh Stafford, Edwin
McCray, Mike Gray, Woody
Bruno, Trent Perry and Chris
Smith.
Reagan
from page B1
constantly coming up on the
wrong side of things on Fri
day nights. The new school is
still winless. after losing to
Mt. Tabor, Atkins, West,
Reynolds and Ashe County.
But they're hoping for the
best.
"That's a tremendous chal
lenge for our coaching staff,"
King said. "We'd like to keep
things positive and continue
to look at things in a positive
way. We haven't lost any kids
due to the way things have
gone this year. We continue to
compete every game. We
haven't just gone out there
and laid down for the other
teams. We've just got to keep
plugging away."
The Raiders actually hit
the field with a selection of
talented players. Juniors
Rajeem Moore and Chris
Corder headline the standouts
for Reagan. Moore is the lead
ing rusher on the squad, while
Corder leads the defense with
his feisty play on Friday
nights. Aaron Malley, Justin
Smith and Brandon Sapp also
provide a spark for Reagan
during games.
"Those two are a couple of
our leaders," King said.
"Rajeem Moore has really
been an important part of our
team. He scored our first
touchdown of the season dur
ing the first quarter of the Mt.
Tabor game and has done well
most of the year. We've got a
number of kids that try really
hard. Our hard work will pay
off in the future."
But the future isn't here
yet, and the Raiders continue
to struggle on the field to get
a victory. That could very
Reagan High 2005
Varsity Football
Schedule
(ALL GAMES BEGIN
AT 7:30 F.M.)
?
Oct. 7 Parkland
Oct. 14 T.W. Andrews
Oct. 21 S.W. Guilford
Oct. 2 at Glenn
Nov. 4 at Carver
well do with the fact that Rea
gan doesn't have many expe
rienced football players on the
rosier. Only five have ever
played high school football,
while others have only played
Pop Warner football, or none
at all.
"Everything is harder
without experience," King
said. "We're taking steps in
the right direction. It's a slow
process, but we're going to
get there. Right now we're
just trying to lay the founda
tion of a program the kids will
be proud of."
And, if everything goes
right for King and the
Raiders, he'll be the coach
Reagan fans remembered for
building a quality football
program at one of the newest
high schools in Forsyth Coun
ty
"This is a tremendous
honor to be the first coach
here," King concluded. "My
children go to school here.
We're all excited about the
work we've done here. We're
trying to build a first-class
program. We're going to con
tinue to work hard until we
do."
Abbate, Randolph get ACC awards
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Wake Forest senior quarter
back Cory Randolph and sopho
more linebacker Jon Abbate
earned Atlantic Coast Confer
ence Player of the Week awards
at their respective positions, the
league announced on Monday.
Randolph shared the Offensive
_________ Back of
the Week
award
with Vir
g i n i a
Tech's
Marcus
Vick.
Mak
ing his
first start
Abbate of the
season at
quarterback. Randolph led the
Demon Deacons to a 31-27 vic
tory against Clemson. Randolph
went 20-of-25 passing for 222
yards, three touchdowns and one
interception. The native of Lake
City, Fla., also rushed for a touch
down.
Trailing by three points with
2:31 to go, Randolph guided the
offense 66 yards on eight plays,
capped by a 6-yard touchdown
pass to Kevin Marion with 33
seconds left. On the final drive,
Randolph completed his final
five passes for 54 yards. Ran
dolph had 20 starts at quarterback
in his Wake Forest career but had
not taken a snap at quarterback
this season.
Jon Abbate intercepted two
passes and made 13 tackles in
Wake Forest's 31-27 win over
Clemson. A native of Powder
Springs, Ga., Abbate had 1 1 tack
les by halftime. already the most
by any Deacon player this sea
son. Abbate's two interceptions
came in the first quarter. He
became the first Deacon player to
pick off two passes in a quarter
since 2002. After the game, he
needed four stitches to patch up a
cut on the bridge of his nose.
Vick accounted for 25 1 yards
of total offense and three touch
downs in Virginia Tech's 34-17
win at West Virginia. Vick com
pleted 15-of-17 passes for 177
yards and two scores and also ran
for a career-high 74 yards and a
touchdown on 12 carries.
Maryland center Ryan
McDonald was tabbed the ACC's
Offensive Lineman of the Week.
North Carolina's Larry Edwards
and Brandon Tate were the
Defensive Back and Special
Teams Players of the Week,
respectively. Florida State quar
terback Drew Weatherford
earned ACC Rookie of the Week
honors.
File photo
Wake's Cory Ran
dolph received
ACC offensive
honors , leading
the Deacons over
Clemson last Sat
urday at Groves
Stadium .
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