Hendersonville’s Alex Williford.

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PASSING             

Cherokee’s Isaiah Evans (5).

Note: The above image is part of a Cherokee One Feather photo gallery from Friday’s Cherokee-Choctaw Central (Miss.) game and is available for viewing at this link.

WNC FOOTBALL LEADERS

Western North Carolina football teams have been asked to submit their statistical leaders in the following categories. Schools which did not turn in stats are not included. Statistics may be e-mailed each Wednesday by noon to apearson@citizen-times.com.

RUSHING

Madison’s Elan Littrell (7).

WNC FOOTBALL LEADERS

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RECEIVING

Reynolds defenders make a tackle in Friday’s home win over Owen.

WNC FOOTBALL LEADERS

Western North Carolina football teams have been asked to submit their statistical leaders in the following categories. Schools which did not turn in stats are not included. Statistics may be e-mailed each Wednesday by noon to apearson@citizen-times.com.

TACKLES

Quarterback Trey Robinson (15) is the top rusher for a Mountain Heritage offense averaging 363.3 yards per game.

Wanna average 363.3 rushing yards per game like Mountain Heritage?

Hit the weight room.

Strength gains made over the winter, spring and summer are paying off now for offensive linemen Austen Rocha, Devan Woody, J.T. Isham, Keaton Hall, Zeb Virnelson and tight end Michael Austin.

The Cougars are 3-0 in for only the sixth time in school history with all that blocking freeing up Trey Robinson (401 passing yards, 362 rushing yards and eight combined touchdowns), Junior Denton (305 yards, three touchdowns), Justin Keener (192 yards, eight touchdowns) and Cole Burleson (129 yards, three touchdowns).

Mountain Heritage is home for Friday’s 7:30 p.m. nonconference football game against Rosman (0-2).

The Cougars are a top-10 team in NCHSAA 2-A polls from both The Associated Press (No. 5) and NCPreps.com (No. 9).

Seven different Mountain Heritage players have caught a pass from Robinson this season, a group fronted by Burleson (six receptions for 129 yards and two touchdowns) and Alston Randolph (four receptions for 108 yards and one touchdown).

Double-digit tacklers for the Western Highlands Conference preseason favorite are Adam Shuford (13.7 a game), Dathan Robinson (11.7) and Corey Presnell (11.0). Dawson Branton (9.7) and Seth Randolph (9.0) are not far off.

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Roger Harris, shown here coaching Asheville School football, has decided to sit out this season as a North Buncombe assistant coach.

North Buncombe defensive coordinator Roger Harris is sitting out the rest of this football season to address his health.

Harris said Wednesday that he has been hospitalized, at times in intensive care, since last week’s 62-13 loss at Mountain Heritage.

Harris, 53, is dealing with a blood infection among other issues.

Harris has previously been the head baseball, boys basketball and football coach at Asheville School.

He compiled an 11-14 record in three years of private-school football. The 2011 Blues team still lays claim to the best postseason run in school history as a state runner-up. Not only that, Asheville School has not beaten its most bitter rival, Christ School, in football since Harris was coach.

The Black Hawks (0-3) are home for Friday’s 7:30 p.m. nonconference game against West Henderson (1-1).

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Scoreboard

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VOLLEYBALL

Roberson 3, Enka 1

Erwin 3, Mountain Heritage 1

North Buncombe 3, Hendersonville 1

North Henderson 3, Reynolds 1

Robbinsville 3, Cherokee 0

SOCCER

Enka 7, Pisgah 1

Ashe County 9, Mitchell 0

Erwin 3, Smoky Mountain 1

FIELD HOCKEY

Asheville 10, Carolina Day 0

TENNIS

Asheville School 7, Hendersonville 2

Reynolds 7, Enka 2

Owen 9, Patton 0

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Volleyball

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Roberson 3, Enka 1

Leaders: TCR, Gracie McCurry 2 aces; Abby Krueger 13 kills, 16 digs; Nicole Quesinberry 2.5 blocks; Sophia Fantauzzi 23 assists; Emma Binns 11 kills, 14 digs; Maddy Bankard 15 assists. En, Kloyee Anderson 13 kills, 9 digs, 2 blocks; Abbie Trantham 13 kills; Kalea Middleton 2 aces, 19 digs; Britni Buckner 2 aces, 10 digs; Payton Trantham 4 aces, 11 digs, 29 assists.

Records: TCR 8-0, 2-0. En, 4-3, 2-1.

JV: TCR 2-0

North Buncombe 3, Hendersonville 1

Leaders: Hen, Cyrena Bedoian 8 kills, 3 aces, 29 assists, 9 digs; Elaina Sahf 10 digs; Sam Hess 9 kills, 7 digs; Savanna Roper 8 kills, 12 digs, 2 aces. NB, Brittany Johnson 17 kills, 3 aces; Abbey Darress 14 kills; Cheryl Phillips 6 kills; Bre Myers 26 digs; Caitlin Griffin 38 assists.

Records: Hen, 5-4.

Erwin 3, Mountain Heritage 1

Leaders: E, Treasure Bailey 28 kills, 4 blocks; Hali Hawkins 7 kills, 2 aces, 11 digs; Shajaia Grant 7 kills, 4 blocks; Ashlyn Wolfe, 38 assists, 3 kills; Rebekah Dover 18 digs.

Records: Erwin 2-7.

JV: Erwin 2-0.

Asheville School 3, Asheville 0

Leaders: AS, Azana Green 11 kills; Alexa Phillips 6 kills; Elly Reed 7 assists.

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Soccer

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Enka 7, Pisgah 1

Scoring: En, Jordi Tomas (Cooper Trull) 4:00; En, Carlos Perez (Tomas) 8:00; En, Perez (Trull) 39:00; En, Ruben Diaz PK 57:00; En, Trull PK 60:00; En, Javi Vuniga (Jesus Sanchez) 63:00; En, Sanchez (Efrain Montesinos-Vera) 65:00; Pis, Brian Castillo PK 68:00.

Shots: En, 22. P, 15.

Saves: En, Jarrett Payne 7, Austin Hughes 2, Marcos Acevedo 4. P, Jonathan Webb 10.

Records: En, 5-0-2. P 3-3.

Erwin 3, Smoky Mountain 1

Scoring: SM, Eli Costa (PK) 9:00; Er, Pepe Garcia-Hernandez 14:00; Er, Dmiteiy Podguyeskiy 24:00; Er, D. Podguyeskiy (Garcia-Hernandez) 25:00.

Shots: E, 13. SM, 17.

Saves: E, Sergio Gomez 8. SM, Matthew Toedt 5.

Records: E 7-2. SM 4-4-1

Ashe County 9, Mitchell 0

Saves: Mit, Shane Greene 4; Tyler Brooks, 9.

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Field hockey

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Asheville 10, Carolina Day 0

Scoring: Ash, Milly Etheridge; AnnaEllis Vaughan (assisted by Etheridge); Katie Kayser; Vaughan (assisted by Maggie Groetsch); Zoe Saum; Etheridge (assisted by Kayser); Mary Schilling (assisted by Rebecca Scothorn); Etheridge (assisted by Groetsch); Kayser (assisted by Maddey Stadler); Liza Burke.

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Tennis

Tennis

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Asheville School 7, Hendersonville 2

Singles

Rachel Kuehn (AS) d. Annabelle Webb 6-0, 6-0; Sarah Abernathy (AS) d. Hamrick Perry 6-0, 6-0; Elise Huff (AS) d. Ellie Jull 6-1, 6-1; Celia Donaldson (HHS) d. Sarah Mims 6-4, 6-4; Madeleine Hepting (AS) d. Georgia Long 6-3, 6-4; Anabel Hall (AS) d. Suzanne Thompson 6-0, 6-2

Doubles

Kuehn-Abernathy d. Webb-Jull 8-0; Donaldson-Perry d. Huff-Hepting 8-2; Mims-Hall d Thompson-Long 8-3.

Owen 9, Patton 0

Singles

Jaiden Tweed (O) d. Nichole Floody 11-9; Ashley Valencia (O) d. Beth LeCroy 10-5; Margaret Hey (O) d. Lydia Beedlove 10-8; Camryn Bolick (O) d. Morgan Clay 10-1; Madison Devan (O) d. Gracia Kivacofe 10-0; Avery Burleson (O) d. Katie Lo 10-0.

Doubles

Bolick-Summer Thoma (O) d. Floody-LeCroy 6-0; Devan-Anne Thomas Mathews (O) d. Breedlove-Clay 8-5; Burleson-Kate Austin d. Abby Sprouse-Abby Waters 8-3.

Reynolds 7, Enka 2

Singles

Meredith Anderson (En) d. Ellie Moran 6-4, 6-3; Emma Jones (ACR) d. Dani Harris 6-1, 6-2; Sarah Groce (ACR) d. Michaela Ensley 6-1, 6-2; Gabby Cole (ACR) d. Taylor Shipman 6-2, 6-2; Genna Zavylova (ACR) d. Nicole Freeman 7-6 (8-6), 6-0; Carolyn Diez (ACR) d. Saajana Bhakta 7-6 (7-5), 6-0.

Doubles

Anderson-Harris (En) d. Moran-Jones 10-4; Groce-Zavylova (En) d. Ensley-Shipman 10-7; Cole-Henretta (ACR) d. Bull-Zavaglia 10-2.

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Derek Gonzalez and Madison travel to Brevard on Friday.

BREVARD – Craig Pritchett has big-time cause for his concern.

When the Brevard coach puts on game tape of Madison, he sees a team bouncing around with just as much confidence and enthusiasm as his own.

Two of the early surprises in Western North Carolina football will be on the same field Friday in Transylvania County.

Kickoff between the undefeated Blue Devils (2-0) and Patriots (2-1) is set for 7:30 p.m.

“Both of us have got a good thing going,” Pritchett said.

“You look at us, and we do similar things on offense and run the same defense (a 3-5). We’re almost mirror images of each other.”

Indeed, and here is another thing that Brevard and Madison share in common – they have already won as many games as they did in 2015.

Pritchett and the Blue Devils are off to their best start in nine years, stirring up memories of better days for one of the mountains’ all-time winningest programs. The second-year coach inherited a program that has won 14 conference championships and a state title (1983) in the past 40 years.

On the flip side, Brevard also endured its first-ever winless seasons in 2012 and 2014.

So far, Tanner Ellenberger (223 passing yards, 96 rushing yards and seven combined touchdowns) has lived up to his billing as a two-time WNC Athletic Conference preseason player of the year.

Fellow senior Tanner Pettit (235 yards, two touchdowns) rushed for 189 yards and scored twice in the Blue Devils’ last game – a 41-7 drubbing of Rosman on Aug. 26.

Brevard is one of three undefeated teams left in the WNCAC (Pisgah and Tuscola are the two others) but has not tasted victory at home since 2013.

How long ago was that? The Blue Devils had natural grass then – they installed an artificial turf field in 2014.

Ellenberger has thrown the majority of his passes to Ari Williams (six receptions for 131 yards and two touchdowns) and Lane Pressley (five receptions for 73 yards and two touchdowns). Ethan Shook averages 15.0 tackles per game for the defense, followed by Estevian Benjamin (8.5), Pettit (8.0) and Kyle Williams (8.0).

Madison and Colby Edwards (431 passing yards, 231 rushing yards and eight combined touchdowns) have already equaled their wins total from not only last year, but 2014 as well. Edwards threw for 220 yards and ran for 112 more last Friday.

Derek Gonzalez (443 yards, four touchdowns) continues to be the top rusher in the Western Highlands Conference. Elan Littrell has made seven receptions for 164 yards, while the defense has relied on Logan Roberts (9.7 tackles per game), Clark Gray (9.0), Austin Shelton (8.3) and Matthew Wallace (7.7).

“(Brevard) is very similar to us,” Patriots coach Ben Rhodarmer said.

“To me, it looks like they are back to the Brevard of old. Their kids are playing really hard. It’s a big challenge for us this week. I hope our kids play hard and we can correct some of those mistakes that we’ve made so far.”

MADISON AT BREVARD

Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. Friday

Pick: Brevard by 7.

Following is a look at the last five football games between Brevard and Madison:

2015: Brevard 36, Madison 20.

2005: Brevard 41, Madison 19.

2004: Brevard 63, Madison 8.

2003: Brevard 40, Madison 0.

2002: Brevard 46, Madison 6.

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Tennis

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Brevard 5, Smoky Mountain 4

Singles

Aly Henneberry (B) d. Veronica Judson 6-1, 6-2; Madison Polyasko (SM) d. Delaney Holland 2-6, 6-1, 10-7; Taylor Moranda (SM) d. Bailey Shuler 2-6, 6-4, 10-8; Hannah Stansel (B) d. Mira Mault 7-5, 6-2; Meredith Hooper (B) d. McKenna Enloe 3-6, 6-4, 10-3; Sam Baughman (B) d. Jordan Fox 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles

Judson-Polyasko (SM) d. Henneberry-Stansel 8-6; Holland-Shuler (B) d. Moranda-Mault 8-3; Enloe-Hammer (SM) d. Tynch-Holland 8-6.

Enka 7, McDowell 2

Singles

Meredith Anderson (E) d. Jasmine Smith 6-1, 6-0; Danielle Harris (E) d. Katelyn Helton 6-0, 6-0; Miceala Ensley (E) d. Kaila Montague 6-0, 6-1; Taylor Shipman (E) d. River Price 6-4, 6-1; Korryn Shedlock (M) d. 6-4, 7-6 (3); Lauren Zavaglia (E) d. Kerri Brooks 6-4, 6-3.

Doubles

Nicole Freeman-Saajana Bhakta (E) d. Galina Weaver-Kendall Brooks 10-6; Christi Olson-Holly Banks (E) d. Autumn Boyles-Kaitie Mathison 10-2; Ellie Steiner-Jada Logan (M) d. Alexis Landgrover-Macee Kirkpatrick 10-2.

Records: Enka 3-3; 2-2; McDowell 0-4; 0-4.

Asheville 6, North Buncombe 3

Singles

Adrienne Haynes (A) d. Sophie Swift 6-1, 6-0; Isabelle Theodossiou (A) d. Sophie Robinson 6-0, 6-0; Issabella Hile (A) d. Ashton Rogers 6-1, 6-1; Eliza Howard (A) d. Cailee Henderson 6-0, 6-0; Emelia Witossek (A) d. Sabrina Sandoval 6-3, 6-0; Annie Rudolph (A) d. Christina Corle 6-2, 6-1.

Doubles

Swift-Robinson (NB) d. Howard-Witossek 8-5; Rogers-Sandoval (NB) d. Rachel Buys-Laura Watkins 8-2; Henderson-Willow Doris (NB) d. Becca Molaro-Edda Yamada 8-2.

Hendersonville 7, Mountain Heritage: 2

Singles

Annabelle Webb (Hen) d. Grace Lawhern 10-1; Hamrick Perry (Hen) d. Katie Lawhern 10-3; Ashlynn Wright (MH) d. Ellie Jull 10-6; Celia Donaldson (Hen) d. Aaliyah Hoffman 10-1; Georgia Long (Hen) d. Kelsey Sullivan 10-2; Megan Robinson (MH) d. Suzanne Thompson 10-3.

Doubles

Webb-Jull (Hen) d. Lawhern-Lawhern 8-2; Perry-Donaldson (Hen) d. Hoffman-Sullivan 8-1; Long-Thompson d. Wright-Robinson 9-7.

Roberson 7, Reynolds 2

Singles

Audrey Chor (TCR) d. Ellie Moran 6-0, 6-1; Caroline Byrd (TCR) d. Madison Wommack 6-1, 6-0; Ava Manley (TCR ) d. Emma Jones 6-2, 6-1; Cara Jansen (TCR) d. Sarah Groce 6-1, 6-1; Abby Roberts (TCR) d. Gabby Cole 6-0, 6-0; Sarah Interlicchia (TCR) d. Genna Zavyalova 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles

Moran-Jones (ACR) d. Kendall Champlin-Catherine Rand 8-2; Jasmine Gallaway-Paige Horner (TCR) d. M. Wommack-C. Dize 8-5; Cole-Groce (ACR) d. Kate Curriden-Morgan Neal 8-0.

Pisgah 9, North Henderson 0

Singles

Cheyanne King d. Brittany Brewer 10-4; Allie Fisher d. Brianna Slagle 10-1; Maeanna North d. Skyla Justice 10-2; Carli Styles d. Sophia Cruz 10-3; Brooke Garland d. Adela Gutierrez 10-7; Allison Merrell d. Mitali Merchant 10-2.

Doubles

Fisher-North d. Brewer-Slagle 8-2; Megan Rathbone-Brianna Metcalf d. Justice-Cruz 8-3; Brandee Dillingham-Chloe Medford d. Gutirrrez-Merchant 8-0.

Records: Pisgah 3-2, 3-0.

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Christ School’s Kokayi Cobb (3) looks to evade a tackle from Robbinsville’s A.J. Ornelas on Thursday night in Arden.

ARDEN – Kokayi Cobb has plenty of awards and accolades including a preseason all-state selection as a running back for Christ School.

He lived up to those expectations on Thursday by rushing for 132 yards on five carries with two touchdowns in the Greenies’ 31-7 win over Robbinsville.

But his best work of the week came on Monday, and the effort paid off for Christ School’s defense on Thursday.

It came as a surprise. He made a sacrifice.

Cobb, the first-team running back, inserted himself into the scout-team offense. He didn’t ask coach Mike Moroz if he could do it. The senior just did it.

“It was such a shock,” Moroz said. “I’ve never seen that in all of my time in football. He was our top receiver and top running back last year, one of our best players.

“And he just went in with the scout team.”

Cobb didn’t necessarily need to practice the offensive game plan for the Black Knights (0-3). With Robbinsville’s run-dominated offense, he didn’t need to practice much at defensive back. But if he could emulate Robbinsville running back Ian Wiggins for the week, he could give his defensive teammates a better understanding of what they’d face when the lights —  WMYA-TV (40) television lights, too — replaced a setting sun at Richard Fayssoux Field.

“It was something I could do to help my teammates and make them better,” Cobb said. “I thought about it a little during the day because they needed somebody who could really run on the scout team.

“I didn’t tell coach I was going to do it. I just did it.”

The unusual practices prepared the Greenies’ defense.

It limited Robbinsville to 55 rushing yards on 32 attempts including eight tackles for loss. The Greenies held Wiggins — who entered the game with a sore hamstring and exited in the third quarter with a hurt ankle — to 31 yards on 13 carries with a long of eight yards. Robbinsville finished with 197 total yards with 57 of them coming on a touchdown pass from Alex Bridges to Chandler Jumper.

“(Cobb) is one of the main reasons why our defense shut them down today,” Moroz said. “He made our defense much better this week.”

Cobb made himself better, too. He and Moroz agreed that Cobb had an awful preseason. He didn’t practice with the effort, intensity or focus necessary to improve — and certainly not up to the level a senior leader should display.

“He was running routes half-speed,” Moroz said. “Then he came out this week and did a completely selfless act.

“He went from a guy who was slacking in practice to a guy who said, ‘I got this.’”

Yet Cobb did display the ability that earned him preseason honors.

Cobb gave the Greenies (2-1) a 21-7 lead in the second quarter when he took a handoff, headed through the middle of the line, juked one defender and out-ran two others down the right sideline for a 63-yard touchdown.

“That play turned everything in our favor,” said Christ School quarterback Drew Johnson who completed 19-of-28 passes for 221 yards and a touchdown to Keyvaun Cobb. Sage Holley had a 1-yard touchdown run and Ryan Caves added a 35-yard field goal just before halftime. The Greenies led 24-7 at the break.

Cobb, the scout-team running back, again showed he’s a first-team all-state selection with a 55-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. He started to the right, but the Black Knights bottled him up. But they didn’t take him down. Cobb went left, picked up one block from Johnson, a couple other blocks from teammates then burst through two defenders for the impressive touchdown.

“I said before the game that he’d have a special night,” Moroz said. “Call it karma, call it whatever you want, but it happened for a reason.”

Not a bad night for the scout team running back.

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Brevard football players, from left to right, Tanner Ellenberger, Tanner Pettit, and Nick Cabe.

• Brevard 31
• Madison 6 Second quarter 1:03

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8:39: Patriots now at the Brevard 18-yard line after a 14-yard completion from Colby Edwards to Derek Gonzalez.

8:36: Only 2:22 to go until halftime. Blue Devils are in control as they seek their first home win in three years.

8:34: Patriots successful execute a fake punt. They are in Blue Devil territory at the 45-yard line with 3:44 to go in the second quarter.

8:31: Madison ball on its 44-yard line after the kickoff.

8:28: TOUCHDOWN BREVARD. Tanner Ellenberger throws a 69-yard touchdown pass to Ari Williams with 4:37 to go in the first half. Samuel Kicklighter tacks on the extra point.

8:26: Interception. Luke Ellenberger comes up with the ball for Brevard. Blue Devils have it on their 31-yard line with 4:48 to go until halftime.

8:23: Madison ball on its 34-yard line after a pooch kick.

8:20: TOUCHDOWN BREVARD. Tanner Ellenberger throws a perfect strike to Lane Pressley who takes it 66 yards for a touchdown with 7:26 to go in the second quarter. Samuel Kicklighter makes the extra point.

8:18: Brevard will start from its 35-yard line after the kickoff.

8:16. TOUCHDOWN MADISON. Colby Edwards throws a 16-yard touchdown pass to Ty Snelson with 8:27 to go until halftime. Extra point is no good.

8:12: First down at the Brevard 13-yard line after a 25-yard keeper by Colby Edwards.

8:09: Hurry-up offense for Madison seems to have given them a spark. Patriots are now at the Brevard 26-yard line thanks to some hard running by Derek Gonzalez.

8:08: Patriots cross into Brevard territory for the first time tonight on a run by Derek Gonzalez.

8:07: Madison ball on its 20-yard line.

8:06: FIELD GOAL BREVARD. Samuel Kicklighter splits the uprights from 38 yards out with 11:44 to go in the second quarter. Three-possession lead for the Blue Devils.

8:04: Samuel Kicklighter’s 44-yard field goal attempt is no good. But there is a penalty, so he’ll be 5 yards closer for another try.

7:58: End of the first quarter.

7:54: Another three and out for Madison. That’s three in a row.

7:51: Only 4:56 to go in the first quarter. Madison starting out from its 20-yard line.

7:49: TOUCHDOWN BREVARD. Tanner Pettit rushes for a 41-yard touchdown with 4:56 to go in the first quarter. Samuel Kicklighter tacks on the extra point.

7:48: Blue Devils go for it on fourth down and convert near midfield.

7:46: Brevard takes over on its 46-yard line.

7:42: Another three and out for Madison.

7:40: Madison will start from its 20-yard line.

7:38: TOUCHDOWN BREVARD. Lane Pressley returns a punt 52 yards for a touchdown with 8:26 to go in the first quarter. Samuel Kicklighter makes the extra point.

7:36: Madison goes three and out as well. Punt team is on.

7:34: Blue Devils go three and out. Good first series for the Madison defense. Punt rolls into the end zone for a touchback.

7:30: Good return by Brevard’s Jesse Lowery. Blue Devils will have the ball at the Madison 41-yard line to start things out.

7:29: Blue Devils win the coin toss and want the football first.

7:28: Brevard dressed in blue tops and blue pants. Madison in white tops and grey pants.

7:26: Good evening from Brevard. Beautiful night for football in one of Western North Carolina’s best towns for it.

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Xcel Volleyball Performance will hold tryouts next month in Henderson County.

CAMPS, CLINICS AND TRYOUTS

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BASEBALL

UNC ASHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PROSPECT CAMPS: Sept. 17 and Oct. 15 at UNCA. Camp is open to all high school players and will last from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and the cost is $175. Players should bring all their needed equipment. Online registration is available at http://baseball.uncasportsacademy.com/prospect-camp.cfm. For more information, contact the Bulldogs at baseball@unca.edu.

BASKETBALL

JOHN WILLIAMS BASKETBALL POINT GUARD PREP: Thursdays through Oct. 13 at at 31 Dogwood Road, Asheville, 28806. Program is open to third through fifth-grade players and sixth through 12th-grade players and lasts weekly from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The cost is $40. Log onto http://www.hooplabo.com/skill-classes.html to register.

JOHN WILLIAMS BASKETBALL SHOOTING SCHOOL: Thursdays through Oct. 13 at at 31 Dogwood Road, Asheville, 28806. Program is open to third through fifth-grade players and sixth through 12th-grade players and lasts weekly from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The cost is $40. Log onto http://www.hooplabo.com/skill-classes.html to register.

PGC BASKETBALL CAMP: Oct. 15 at Enka HS. Camp is open to seventh through 12th-grade girls and will last from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $65 if players register before Sept. 31 and $75 for day of registration. For more information, log onto http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/?u=LADYXPLOSIONBASKETBA&s=basketball or call Cam Dowdle at (828) 550-6757.

LACROSSE

ASHEVILLE EMPIRE FALL LEAGUE SIGN-UPS: Registration is now open for the fall season which runs Sept. 18 to Nov. 6. The league is open to boys and girls ages 7-18. For more information about the boys league, log onto www.ashevilleempire.com. For more information about the girls league, log onto http://www.ashevilleedgelacrosse.com.

SOFTBALL

NORTH HENDERSON FALL CAMP: Sept. 24 at North Henderson HS. Camp is open to fifth through 12th-grade players. Camp will last from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and the cost is $40. For more information, contact Knights coach Keri Burnside at kdburnside@hcpsnc.org.

VOLLEYBALL

XCEL YOUTH VOLLEYBALL ACADEMY: Sept. 16-Oct. 19, Nov. 8-Dec. 14, Jan. 10-Feb. 22 and March 7-April 12 at the Xcel Sportsplex in Hendersonville. There are four different age groups available — Kindergarten through second grade, third and fourth grade, fifth and sixth grade and seventh grade. Practices are held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. for kindergarten through fourth grade and 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for fifth through seventh grade. To register, log onto http://www.xcelsportsplex.com.

XCEL VOLLEYBALL TRYOUTS: Oct. 22, 23 and 24 and Nov. 6, 7, 8 and 9 at the Xcel Sportsplex in Hendersonville. Tryouts will be for the following teams — 10/11/12, 13 and under, 14 and under, 15 and under, 16 and under and 17/18 and under. Informational meetings are scheduled for Oct. 15 and 16. For a full listing of tryouts and times, log onto http://www.xcelsportsplex.com.

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UNC Asheville baseball coach Scott Friedholm is offering private lessons at D-BAT Asheville.

D-BAT Asheville has announced that UNC Asheville baseball coach Scott Friedholm will be offering private lessons at the facility.

Friedholm is available from Mondays through Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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D-BAT Asheville is honored to introduce UNCA Head Coach Scott Friedholm as one of the newest and most accomplished baseball instructors on staff. Scott’s passion and love for the game has allowed for this unique opportunity for him to open his schedule up to those local players who want to learn the fundamentals from one of the very best coaches in the community!

Coach Friedholm came to Asheville from Boston College, where he spent four seasons as Recruiting Coordinator and Pitching Coach.  He worked to make the 2014 the best season for the BC staff, registering an ERA of 4.27, a four-season low.  The Eagles also tallied 352 strikeouts and a .261 opponent batting average over 489 innings.

He spent five years at the US Naval Academy in the same roles. Coach Friedholm guided the pitching staff to the highest five-year win (149), strikeout (1,757) and save (59) totals among any other five-year stretch.  He developed the first two pitchers to ever be drafted out of Navy while also mentoring 12 All-Conference selections, three Freshman All-Americans, and one All-American.  The Midshipmen won 30 games in four of the five years he was at Navy.  The program had done that just three times in the previous 110 years.

Prior to arriving in Annapolis, Coach Friedholm spent four seasons in the same capacity at the University of Maine, producing three MLB draft picks from his staff and also helping guide the Black Bears to two NCAA Tournament appearances.  His staff at Maine ranked amongst the top 25 in the country in ERA two of his four seasons. Friedholm also served as the pitching coach for two seasons at Bryant, where the Bulldogs set school records in both overall and Northeast-10 Conference wins in consecutive years.

Coach Friedholm played four seasons at Providence College as a catcher from 1995-1998.  As a freshman, he was part of the Friars squad that won 44 games and a program-record 16 Big East games that earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament.  He earned All-Big East and All-Region honors in 1996 and then as a senior, he hit .395 with 13 homeruns and school-record 66 RBI, earning All-American honors.  He signed a free agent contract with the Tampa Bay organization in June 1998.

Scott graduated from Providence in 1998 with a B.A. in History.  He and his wife, Angie, have two sons, Cooper (7) and Camden (4).

Scott is currently available for private lessons and clinics at D-BAT Asheville. His schedule is filling up fast, so book a lesson today!!

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Tuscola senior Caleb Ferguson has the most touchdowns (15) and total points (90) of any football player in the country so far for the Mountaineers (3-0).

Tuscola senior Caleb Ferguson (1).

WAYNESVILLE – What’s in a name?

Oodles and oodles of yardage and points if your surname is Ferguson this football season.

Tuscola senior running back Caleb Ferguson and Erwin senior quarterback Damien Ferguson rank highly not just on a local or statewide level, but nationally in statistical leaders collected by MaxPreps.

The country’s overall leader in both touchdowns (15) and points (90) as of Friday?

He resides in Haywood County.

Caleb Ferguson has scored a school-record six, five and four touchdowns in respective wins over Patton (68-34 on Aug. 19), Owen (49-14 on Aug. 26) and McDowell (44-19 on Sept. 2). This was a bye week for the undefeated Mountaineers (3-0).

“We never go into a game thinking about (how many touchdowns an individual has),” Tuscola coach Tommy Pursley said.

“I call the offense based off what the defense is giving us. Caleb is a really good football player and taking advantage of a lot of opportunities that he has been given. But you can’t ever go into a game thinking about stats. In our offense, we have four backs (including junior quarterback Grayson Perkins) who can run the football. If you rush for 1,000 yards in this offense, then you have really done something.”

Tuscola offense is modeled after the flexbone set used by Georgia Tech. The Mountaineers are 3-0 for the first time since 2008 behind a starting offensive line comprised of Mitchell Leveritt, Cameron Parker, Joey Diienno, Austin Goforth and Will Trantham. Eli Trantham is the team’s tight end.

Leveritt is a team captain and started last year for the varsity, as did Goforth and Will Trantham.

As for the other Ferguson, Damien Ferguson was tied for the second-most touchdowns in the country (13) as of Friday, tied for third with 78 points and had accrued the fifth-most passing yards in the United States (1,212). He and the Warriors (1-2) were home for a nonconference game against Science Hill (Tenn.).

It should be noted that that MaxPreps lists, which can be viewed in their entirety here, only include schools which keep their stats through the website. MaxPreps is an official partner of the NCHSAA.

Erwin and Tuscola met in a preseason scrimmage. But the two schools are not scheduled to play one another this season unless it happens in the NCHSAA playoffs. Warriors coach Mike Sexton was previously in charge of the Mountaineers in 2005 and 2006.

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Pisgah’s Colbie Williamson.

Black Bear Bolt
Thursday at Pisgah HS

BOYS

Team scores

1. Pisgah 21; 2. Franklin 43; 3. Madison 60; 4. Mountain Heritage 149; 5. Smoky Mountain 170; 6. Tuscola 176.

Individual results (top-five)

1. Andrew Hammel (Pis) 16:38; 2. Grayson Jones (Fr) 16:53; 3. Daniel Mashburn (Pis) 17:09; 4. Carter Brinkley (Pis) 17:17; 5. Michael Gregorich (Mad) 17:28.

GIRLS

Team scores

1. Pisgah 30; 2. Tuscola 50; 3. Smoky Mountain 65; 4. Mountain Heritage 124; 5. Madison no score.

Individual results

1. Colbie Williamson (Pis) 20:08; 2. Eliza MaCaulay (SM) 21:09; 3. Sarah Clark (Tus) 21:44; 4. Anna Morgan (SM) 21:50; 5. Rylee Williamson (Pis) 22:27.

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Enka

Enka is the host for Saturday’s third annual Sugar Slam tennis tournament.

The format is doubles and participating teams are the Sugar Jets along with Owen, Patton, Pisgah, North Iredell and West Iredell.

Matches will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the championships in three flights set for 1:30 p.m. There is no admission charge for spectators.

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