Charlotte's Garinger Makes the playoffs!

Garinger High Schools last trip to N.C. football playoffs was in 1990. Making the playoffs and hosting a playoff game are special at Garinger, which is 4-7. The Wildcats won four of their past six games after ending a streak of 61 straight losses on the field. Since 1989, Garinger has had four losing streaks at least 18 games long.

Coach Carter came to Garinger from a winning team at Dalton(Ga.) High. He has turned around the program and genarated a new era of school pride. “It still hasn't hit me,” said Carter, whose team will play Providence Friday. “ … Our kids are enjoying it. This is something they won't forget. They made history.” Garringer football is all the the buzz around town! "Everyone is pulling for these guys, they deserve this" said Betty Bland

Go Wildcats!

CYFL Tar Heels off to the championship!

Congrats to the defending CFYL champs!

The Tar Heels 5-3 will be defending the championship going against the 6-0 Georgia BullDogs on Saturday 11/15/2008 at Independence High School in Charlotte NC.
Congrats to Coach Jerry Shippy & our upcoming stars!

HOME SWEET HOME: Braves Use Defense, Special Teams To Claw Past North Greenville, 21-7

PEMBROKE – Matthew Fortson returned a third quarter interception 62 yards for a touchdown and Jamal Williams added a 75-yard kickoff return nine minutes later to help UNCP put the caps on a perfect season at home with a 21-7 victory over North Greenville Saturday afternoon at Grace P. Johnson Stadium.
The win put the lid on a 9-1 campaign for UNCP as well as gave the Black and Gold a 6-1 record against teams it lost to in its inaugural season in 2007. North Greenville, who played what is considered to be one of the toughest schedules in the country, ended their season with a 2-9 record.
Williams racked up 100 or more all-purpose yards for the seventh time this season, catching six passes for 78 yards and a first quarter touchdown, while also returning two kicks (one punt) for 87 yards and another score. Cory Smith completed 14 of 24 passes for 172 yards for the offense as well.

As it has all season, the UNCP defense shone once again, this time limiting a staunch running game to just 58 yards on 27 carries, while also forcing at least two turnovers for the 10th time this season. The Crusaders, who racked up 224 yards on the ground in last season’s 40-6 win over the Braves, managed just 72 total yards in the first half.

Laurinburg native Adam Deese registered a team-best eight tackles, while Caylon Hann tacked on six stops, as well as a career-best four pass break-ups. Fortson (six tackles) scored on an opponent turnover for the second time this season, but the first since returning a fumble 77 yards for a touchdown in a 48-29 win at Lane in late September. “Regardless of whether we make the playoffs or not, it can’t take away from what we have done this year,” said head coach Pete Shinnick when asked if his team deserves a spot in the NCAA Division II playoffs. “We have five seniors on this year’s team that can say they won their last seven college football games. Not many people can say that. “I am proud of the things that our guys accomplished this year. We got better every week and that was our goal before the season started.”

UNCP looked to have all the ingredients for a blow out in marching 43 yards in 10 plays on the opening possession of the game, but Taylor Baskett’s 32-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right to keep the score at a deadlock. With the UNCP defense doing its part to keep the Crusaders down however, the Braves would score the game’s first points with time waning down in the second period as Smith eluded a sack and found Williams racing down the near sideline for a 37-yard scoring strike.

North Greenville came out of the halftime break with a jolt of momentum and drove 41 yards in just four plays, but Fortson stepped in front of a Richard Harb pass in the flats and raced 62 yards to put the Braves up 14-0 early in the second half. North Greenville finally got on the board when Nick Rosamonda picked off a pass by Smith deep in UNCP territory and returned the pick 16 yards for a score, but the Braves answered on the ensuing kickoff when Williams corralled Michael Sears’ kickoff at the 25-yard line, eluded a pair of Crusader defenders and did all the rest himself to cap the day’s scoring.

UNCP Football Makes History!

Braves Guarantee Winning Season With 36-14 Win At West Virginia Wesleyan

Cory Smith threw for a career-best 311 passing yards and a school record five touchdowns to help UNCP guarantee its first winning season in program history with a 36-14 win over West Virginia Wesleyan Saturday afternoon at Cebe Ross Field.
The triumph marked the fourth-straight victory for the Braves (6-1) who also put the finishing touches on a 4-1 road slate that includes wins in four different states. Smith became just the second 300-yard passer for the Black and Gold, falling just short of teammate Ryan Horton’s school record 360 passing yards set last season against Faulkner. His touchdown mark eclipsed the previous mark of three established last season (Horton, Matt Evans).

West Virginia Wesleyan (1-6), who dropped a tight 35-32 decision to 23rd-ranked Seton Hill last week and entered Homecoming week averaging 330 yards per game, mustered just 205 total offensive yards on Saturday, including a paltry 86-yard effort in the first half. Reggie Taylor, who toted the nation’s 19th-best rushing average (114.8 yards/game) into the weekend, was held to just 82 yards (22 in first half) on 20 carries by the UNCP defense, effectively putting an end to his streak of three-straight 100-yard rushing games. “I am very excited for our guys – I thought it was a great win and a great finish to a very long three-game road trip,” said head coach Pete Shinnick. “We finished our road schedule with a 4-1 record and this was a great way to do it. We played well on both sides of the ball. “We’ll take (the winning season), but we’re not done.”

Ten different players recorded pass receptions for UNCP, with four different individuals scoring touchdowns. Freshman Jamal Williams hauled in seven catches for 119 yards and a pair of scores and L.J. Johnson caught five passes for 51 yards and a touchdown as well. Josh Humphries (3 catches, 39 yards) and Josh Throckmorton (2 catches, 16 yards) both accounted for receiving touchdowns as well.

The UNCP defense forced three or more turnovers for the sixth time this season after recording a pair of interceptions and a fumble recovery. Terrell Partlow (Charlotte's South Meck)registered a team-best eight tackles, one tackle for loss and one interception to pace the Black and Gold, with Caylon Hann picking off his nation’s-best sixth interception of the season to complement six solo stops. The Braves turned in double-digit tackles for loss (12) for the fourth-straight game, including sacks by five different players.

UNCP set the tone from its opening possession, driving 61 yards in eight plays before Smith capped off the drive with a 14-yard scoring strike to Humphries. After a 35-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right on the ensuing possession for the host team, the Braves would cushion their advantage on a 13-play, 79-yard drive that was culminated on an eight-yard scoring pass to Throckmorton.

The Black and Gold would pad its lead out to 20-0 midway through the second quarter before West Virginia Wesleyan would scratch the scoreboard for the first time with a lot of help from the visitors. Nearly half (30 yards) of the 69-yard scoring drive by the hosts would come via personal foul penalties, but the Braves answered the touchdown with one of their own just more than two minutes later – keyed by a 37-yard pass to Jamar Dials – to take a 26-7 lead into the intermission.

The Braves picked up right where they left off in the start of the second stanza, capping a 7-play, 69-yard scoring drive on a 52-yard touchdown pass to Jamal Williams. A fourth quarter touchdown run by the Bobcats’ Jason Jackson would be answered by a 30-yard field goal by Taylor Baskett on the ensuing drive to provide the final score.

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DeVonte Holloman changes his mind about Clemson

DeVonte Holloman, a top football recruit and a former Independence High star, says he won't be going to Clemson.
Holloman, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound senior who had committed to the Tigers, was the nation's No.2 recruit at safety, according to recruiting service scout.com.

He transferred from Independence to Rock Hill South Pointe at the beginning of the season. Holloman said he “was surprised but not surprised” when he heard about Clemson coach Tommy Bowden being fired Monday morning. “I wasn't expecting it at the beginning of the season,” Holloman said. “Maybe at the end, but it's not a situation I want to go into – with a whole new head coach and all the changes that will probably happen. I want to go somewhere a little more stable.” He took an unofficial visit to Tennessee last month and plans to take official visits to South Carolina this week and Louisiana State on Oct.25.
He said he also wanted to visit North Carolina and was contacting the Tar Heels coaches who initially recruited him. Holloman, a 4.0 student, said he plans to graduate in December and enroll in his new school in January. “I'm wide open again,” Holloman said of his recruiting prospects.