Asheville receiver Makaius Brewer is the Ingles athlete of the week.

Name: Makaius Brewer

School/Team:  Asheville High/Cougars

Age/School Year: 18/Senior

Sports: Football

Favorite subject in school and why:  Math because I love the challenge it gives me and I like to work with numbers.

Favorite athlete/sports team and why: My favorite athlete is Will Fuller because he has great speed. UNC Chapel Hill is my favorite sports team.

What is your favorite thing about playing football? One of my favorite things about playing football is being around good people.

Quote from a coach: “Makaius is a first class individual and football player. He is a leader both on and off the field. He is the type of young man you want to coach. He has an extremely bright future ahead of him.” – Coach David Burdette

Erwin senior Damien Ferguson (2).

For the second time this season, a Western North Carolina football player leads the country in touchdowns and overall scoring.

Erwin senior quarterback Damien Ferguson is No. 1 nationally with his 23 touchdowns and 138 points in statistical lists compiled by MaxPreps.

Ferguson has the fifth-most passing yards (1,796) among all United States quarterbacks tracked by the website. Only schools which keep their stats through MaxPreps, as the large majority in WNC do, are part of the lists.

The Warriors (2-3) rebounded from a three-game losing streak with Friday’s 57-34 win at Franklin. C.J. Thompson (41 receptions for 631 yards and 12 touchdowns) set a WNC record for single-game touchdown catches (six) in that nonconference matchup.

Erwin is back on the road for Friday’s game at Reynolds (3-2). It is the first Mountain Athletic Conference game for both teams and kicks off at 7 p.m. MAC schools voted before the season to move up the start of all their games a half-hour.

Tuscola senior running back Caleb Ferguson was previously ranked No. 1 in touchdowns and scoring by MaxPreps. He has 17 combined touchdowns (14 rushing, three receiving) for the undefeated Mountaineers (4-0).

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Roberson’s Collin Watt.

Baseball season may be a ways off, but Roberson already has it eyes on some needed field improvements as well as a return trip to April’s IMG National Classic tournament in Bradenton, Fla.

To help fund these endeavors, the Rams are holding a wiffle ball tournament  Oct. 29 at Holmes-Smith Field. Tournament play begins at 10 a.m., rain or shine.

There will be three competitive divisions – adult co-ed corporate for a business, church or school team ($150), family for 2-3 adults and 2-3 children per team ($125) and student for all high school and college-age players ($100). Teams may include up to five players and there will be prizes for the winning team in each bracket. Players can participate in multiple divisions, but only for two teams at most.

There is a three-game guarantee, and the format is five innings or a 30-minute time limit.

After round-robin play, there will be a single-elimination playoff for each division.

Team uniforms are encouraged, and prizes will be given for the best ones.

Admission for spectators is $3 or $5 for a family and other donations will be accepted.

Barbeque and other food options will be available as well as cornhole and inflatables for children to play on.

For more information or to register, contact Roberson coach Eric Filipek at eric@cleanasheville.com.

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North Buncombe senior Callista Rice has committed to play college golf for Clemson.

As of today, the following 47 athletes from Western North Carolina have committed or signed to play college sports.

This list includes scholarship athletes and walk-ons.

Readers, if you know of anyone we have missed or have signing photos to share throughout the school year, please send an e-mail to apearson@citizen-times.com. All signing photos will be posted here on the High School Huddle and to our Instagram account.

BASEBALL (10)

Garrett Blaylock, Roberson to Vanderbilt

Michael Connelly, Carolina Day to Carson-Newman

Josh Dotson, Reynolds to North Carolina*

Will Fleming, Christ School to Wake Forest

Cole Hooper, Smoky Mountain to N.C. State

Cameron Howell, Erwin to Mars Hill

Tucker Kuykendall, Enka to VMI

Jack Ponder, Enka to UNC Greensboro

Michael Reynolds, Christ School to College of Charleston

Collin Watt, Roberson to East Carolina

BASKETBALL (2)

Halei Gillis, Carolina Day to Fordham

Ralene Kwiatkowski, Carolina Day to Fordham

FOOTBALL (1)

Michael Parrott, Pisgah to Alabama

GOLF (2)

Carson Ownbey, Christ School to Charlotte*

Callista Rice, North Buncombe to Clemson

LACROSSE (4)

Joey Cinque, Christ School to Rollins

Will Iorio, Christ School to VMI

Jonah Roberts, Christ School to Drexel

Riley Smith, Christ School to High Point

SOCCER (5)

Mac Gourlay, Carolina Day to N.C. State

Emma Hall, Asheville to Francis Marion

Emily Hull, Carolina Day to Davidson

Brendan Mann, Reynolds to Sewanee

Aidan O’Brien, Asheville to South Carolina

Johanna Stichel, Asheville to Greensboro

SOFTBALL (12)

Kloyee Anderson, Enka to Alabama*

Anissa Avila, Owen to East Tennessee State

Savannah Buchanan, Tuscola to Belmont Abbey*

Teegan Bullock, North Henderson to Brevard

Mariah Foxworth, Enka to Southern Wesleyan

Melody Hannah, Tuscola to North Greenville*

Abigail Knight, Robbinsville to Virginia Tech%

Jordan Kielson, Pisgah to Lander*

Lauren McGuire, Robbinsville to Young Harris

Autumn Owen, Polk County to Gardner-Webb*

Allison Plafcan, Tuscola to Converse

Savannah Rice, Madison to Western Carolina%

Jaiden Tweed, Owen to Presbyterian*

SWIMMING (1)

Mary-O Soule, Roberson to North Carolina

VOLLEYBALL (8)

Mary Catherine Ball, West Henderson to Belmont

Emma Binns, Roberson to Tennessee*

Alex Boone, Mountain Heritage to Charlotte

Destynee Galloway, West Henderson Francis Marion

Sierra Jones, West Henderson to Presbyterian

Caroline Marsh, North Henderson to UNC Wilmington

Savanna Roper, Hendersonville to Centre

Kendall Wick, Hendersonville to Montreat

* – junior

% – sophomore

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Smoky Mountain’s Cole Hooper throws a pass during last Thursday’s home win over Cherokee.

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.

PASSING             

Junior Denton (3) carries the ball for Mountain Heritage in Friday’s win at West Henderson.

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

Tykel Landrum (7) is the top receiver for the Hendersonville football team.

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.

RECEIVING

Jesse Pitman (5) makes a tackle for Mitchell in Friday’s win at North Buncombe.

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

Enka is home for Thursday night’s live TV football game against North Buncombe.

NORTH BUNCOMBE (0-5) at ENKA (1-4), 7 p.m.

Last week: North Buncombe lost to Mitchell, 49-17; Enka lost to Brevard, 52-20.

Last year: North Buncombe beat Enka, 45-14.

Notes: Everyone gets a clean slate for the start of conference play. Believe that Noah Lisenbee (401 yards, five touchdowns) and North Buncombe are taking that to heart after just the program’s third 0-5 start since 1987. Lisenbee is averaging a respectable 4.7 yards per carry and has dealt with three different quarterbacks this season – Connor Davis (158 yards and no touchdowns with four interceptions) and Kaden Higgins (129 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions) split time last Friday under center. Blake Mathews (18 receptions for 199 yards and one touchdown) and Ethan Green (five receptions for 54 yards) power the receiving corps. Dakota Vosburg (6.0 tackles per game) has twice as many defensive stops (30) as the next-highest Black Hawks defender. Enka and Avery Holbrook (601 passing yards, 225 rushing yards and eight combined touchdowns) are bidding for their first home win since an August 2015 game versus Owen. Holbrook leads his team in passing and rushing, with Austin Clark (179 yards, one touchdown) and Chase Bennett (109 receiving yards, 101 rushing yards and one combined touchdown) providing ground support. Donyelle Gaines (12 receptions for 188 yards) and Seth Phillips (nine receptions for 72 yards) have also made their presence known as receivers. North Buncombe holds a 30-26-1 advantage in this all-time series. Thursday’s game will be broadcast live by WMYA-TV (40).

Pick: Enka by 1.

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Scoreboard

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SOCCER

Roberson 3, Erwin 0 Halftime

Blue Ridge 3, Highlands 2

TENNIS

Roberson 7, Hendersonville 2

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Roberson senior Mary-O Soule has committed to swim in college for the University of North Carolina.

SKYLAND – Lots of pools close around Labor Day.

Not in Mary-O Soule’s world.

The Roberson senior competes year-round for the Asheville Swim Club which means lots of grueling morning and afternoon workouts.

All those hours in chlorinated water have paid off — Soule has committed to the University of North Carolina.

“I’m super-excited about it and so happy that (recruiting) is over,” Soule said Tuesday.

“It just feels great to have finally made my decision. The girls on the team are incredible and the coaching staff is great. Not only do they have top-notch athletics, but the academic offerings are amazing.”

Soule is a former NCHSAA 4-A champion in the 100-yard butterfly who said she chose the Tar Heels over two other finalists, Florida and N.C. State.

Soule chose to focus exclusively on club swimming midway through last winter’s high school season. At the time, Soule had the area’s best performances in four individual events — the 100-yard butterfly (58.03 seconds), 200-yard freestyle (1:55.00), 200-yard individual medley (2:10.76) and 500-yard freestyle (5:13.71).

Cutting down to one team seems to have agreed with Soule.

She placed ninth in the 200-meter butterfly and 400-meter individual medley at August’s Speedo Junior National Long Course Championships in Minneapolis, Minn. Her performance in the latter was an Olympic qualifying time of 4:53.54. In addition, Soule won three events (the 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard butterfly and 200-yard individual medley at February’s N.C Swimming Senior Championships.

As of Wednesday, there were 47 athletes from Western North Carolina who had committed to play college sports. The first signing date for this school year is Nov. 9.

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Volleyball

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Erwin 3, Owen 1

Leaders: Erw, Jaia Grant 11 kills, 2 blocks, 4 digs; Rebekah Dover, 3 kills, 15 digs; Treasure Bailey 8 kills, 6 blocks; Ashlyn Wolfe 5 kills, 13 digs, 21 assists.

Records: Erwin 4-10.

JV: Erw 2-0

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Soccer

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Reynolds 2, Enka 0

Scoring: ACR, Will German (Izaiah Vignali) 19:00; ACR, Brendan Mann (Ben Kintner) 57:00.

Shots: ACR: 19. E 2.

Saves: ACR: Griffith Porter 1. E: Austin Hughes 4, Jarrett Payne 1.

Records: E 8-2-1, 2-2. ACR 10-2-1, 3-0-0.

JV: Enka 3-0.

Asheville 6, McDowell 0

Scoring: Ash, Eli KAtz (Aidan O’Brien) 1:00; Ash, Aidan Hackett (Joey Rhinehart) 8:00; Ash, Justin Fleer (Katz) 10:00; Ash, Rhinehart (Jack Whitehouse) 29:00; Ash, Whitehouse (katz) 34:00; Ash, Fleer (Evan Rhatigan) 69:00.

Shots: M 4, AHS 24.

Saves: M Mario Ramierez 3, Efrain Rojas 6. Ash, Ethan Heilig 1, Max Butterworth 2.

Records: Ash, 7-2-1, 2-1.

JV: Ash 6-0.

Mountain Heritage 3, Mitchell 0

Saves: Mit, Jose Queriapa 3; Aaron Martinez 3.

Roberson 4, Erwin 0

Scoring: TCR, Bradley Jennings (Imanol Yepez-Frias) 7:40; TCR, Garrett Douglas (Evan Lewis) 22:20; TCR, Jack Sandstedt (Carson Brock) 36:40; TCR, Henry Asbil (Garrett Douglas) 71:56.

Shots: TCR 23; Erw 7.

Saves: TCR, Evan Goosmann 3; Lukas Wehrli 0. Erw Sergio Gomez 10.

Records: TCR 10-3-1, 3-0-0; Erw 8-5-0, 1-3-0.

JV: Erwin 2-0.

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Tennis

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Asheville 7, Enka 2

Singles

Adrienne Haynes (A) d. Meredith Anderson 6-0, 6-0; Isabelle Theodossiou (A) d. Danielle Harris 6-0, 6-1; Issabella Hile (A) d. Miceala Ensley 6-2, 2-6, 10-6; Emilia Witossek (A) d. Taylor Shipman 6-4, 6-1; Annie Rudolph (A) d. Nicole Freeman 7-5, 6-2;
Becca Molaro (A) d. Lindsey Bull 6-2, 6-1

Doubles

Theodossiou-Hile (A) d. Anderson-Shipman 8-1; Miceala Ensley-Saajana Bhakta (E) d. Rudoplh/Molaro 8-6; Lindsey Bull-Lauren Zavaglia (E) d. Eliza Howard-Laura Watkins 8-3.

Roberson 7, Hendersonville 2

Singles

Audrey Chor (TCR) d. Annabelle Webb 10-1; Caroline Byrd (TCR) d. Hamnick Perry 10-1; Ava Manley (TCR) d. Ellie Jull 10-0; Cara Jansen (TCR) d. Celia Donaldson 10-2; Abby Roberts (TCR) d. Georgia Long 11-9; Seiarra Davis (TCR) d. Madison Ogden 10-1.

Doubles

Webb-Jull (Hen) d. Interlicchia-Butler 8-4; Perry-Donaldson (TCR) d. Gallaway-Rand 8-6; Paige Horner-Kendall Champlin (TCR) d. Long-Suzanne Thompson 8-4.

Records: TCR 9-1.

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Roberson’s Nicole Quesinberry, left.

The following Western North Carolina volleyball teams are in the top-50 of their respective classifications in the latest computer-generated state rankings from MaxPreps:

NCHSAA 4-A

12. Roberson

NCHSAA 3-A

1. West Henderson

6. North Henderson

21. Tuscola

28. North Buncombe

39. Enka

40. Pisgah

41. Reynolds

NCHSAA 2-A

4. Brevard

15. Polk County

20. Hendersonville

30. Mountain Heritage

38. Franklin

NCHSAA 1-A

2. Hayesville

5. Murphy

20. Hiwassee Dam

25. Swain County

29. Rosman

37. Robbinsville

44. Avery County

NCISAA 2-A

6. Asheville Christian Academy

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Smoky Mountain alum Jordan Couch.

Smoky Mountain graduate Jordan Couch is the top scorer in NCAA Division III soccer this season.

Coach is a junior at Emory & Henry (Va.) and has 12 goals so far for the Wasps.

He received his diploma from Smoky Mountain in 2014 and was an East-West All-Star and Citizen-Times All-WNC forward as a high school senior. Couch scored 140 career goals for the Mustangs, including 50 as a senior.

More from Emory & Henry:

EMORY, Va. – The Emory & Henry men’s soccer team jumped out to a historic start in its first five games this season, reeling off five straight victories for the best start in program history.  The Wasps now stand 5-1 overall after a 2-1 loss on the road at William Peace University. In the six games that E&H has played, the squad has scored 22 goals which match the total number of goals scored by the team in all 17 games last season.

The success of the team can certainly be attributed to the improved talent level and team cohesion under fourth-year head coach Robert Richardson. But two players, Jordan Couch (Abingdon, Va.) and Zach Quest (Charlotte, N.C.), have led the Wasps offensively and are earning national attention for the program. Couch leads all of NCAA Division III in scoring, amassing a total of 12 goals so far, including two four-goal matches. Couch scored a total of six goals during the 2015 season.

The junior, who was selected to the All-ODAC second team last season, stated “It’s both humbling and rewarding to see all the hard work that the team has put in this summer and during the preseason paying off. It’s still early in the season, and I know the team and myself still have a lot to work on to continue the early success that we’ve had thus far.”

Couch and Quest have combined for 42 points on the early season. The two only had 16 points all of last year. Furthermore, the two have two match-winners each and a combined 35 shots on goal.

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Asheville High football players Andrew Leota, left, and Makaius Brewer.

North Carolina recently became the third ACC football program to offer a scholarship to Asheville High junior Andrew Leota.

Duke and Virginia Tech had previously offered.

Leota is a 6-foot-4, 220-pound defensive lineman who is averaging 8.0 tackles per game for the Cougars (1-3). They are at home for Friday’s nonconference game with Winston-Salem Carver (1-4). Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.

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Caroline Marsh.

North Henderson senior Caroline Marsh has been named the MaxPreps/American Volleyball Coaches Association state player of the week.

Marsh is a UNC Wilmington recruit who has 252 kills, 144 digs, 23 aces and 13 blocks so far this season for the Knights (9-1, 5-1).

North Henderson is scheduled to host Smoky Mountain on Thursday.

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Asheville Christian Academy’s boys soccer team won last year’s NCISAA 2-A championship.

Friday night isn’t just for high school football.

Boys soccer teams from Asheville Christian Academy and Christ School have agreed to play a neutral site game for the foreseeable future at UNC Asheville, starting with Friday’s 7 p.m. matchup at Greenwood Field.

Admission is free for spectators.

Neither one of the Carolinas Athletic Association teams has a lighted home field. ACA (9-2-2, 4-0-0) will be the home team on the scoreboard Friday and the Greenies (8-4-0, 4-0-0) are the visitors. The way the arrangement works is that both sides will give up one home game a season to play on the college field and this year is ACA’s turn.

The Lions are the defending NCISAA 2-A champions.

“It was probably (Greenies coach Guy Campbell) who came up with the idea. We’re good friends and we were having lunch one day and talking about how we could make this rivalry more of a community affair,” ACA coach Terry Hughes said.

“We thought it would be nice to play at Greenwood Field and when it became available, I know I jumped on it right away.”

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Alex Flinn and Reynolds are home for Friday’s Mountain Athletic Conference opener against Erwin.

REYNOLDS – Get there early and count on staying late.

Mountain Athletic Conference schools voted before this football season to move up kickoffs a half-hour for all intraleague games.

Friday is the first night of that experiment.

However, don’t think just because Erwin (2-3) and Reynolds (3-2) are teeing it up at 7 p.m. that their game at Dalton Stadium won’t go into the wee hours of the night.

Not given past history.

The Rockets were the preseason favorite in this year’s MAC coaches poll and are home Friday for a Buncombe County rivalry game versus the team that was picked second. Both sides run the spread offense as efficiently as anyone in Buncombe which has led to some long and intense games in recent years.

“I think the biggest reason (the rivalry has grown lately) is that it’s a game you have got to win if you want a chance to win the conference,” Reynolds coach Shane Laws said.

“It’s the first conference game for both of us and that makes it unique in itself. And then you’re talking about two teams who’ve been in the hunt for a conference championship pretty consistently these past five or six years.”

Laws and the Rockets won all six of their conference games by double-digits in 2015, and have a 10-game winning streak in the MAC that dates back to 2014.

Nathan St. Onge (421 rushing yards, 297 passing yards and eight combined touchdowns) leads the defending MAC 3-A champs in two offensive categories. Other threats to break a big run are Keyal Talbert (265 yards, six touchdowns) and Sean Jones (225 yards, two touchdowns), while Rmani Lynch (13 receptions for 166 yards and two touchdowns) and Talbert (11 receptions for 158 yards) are the main outlets for St. Onge and Alex Flinn (222 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions).

Five Rockets have made 30 or more tackles – Frank Torres (65), Conor Sullivan (55), Charlie Lehman (45), Andrew McKay (32) and Chayce Plummer (30). Torres has made 11 tackles for a loss and recovered a fumble in last Friday’s 40-17 win at Hendersonville.

“(Reynolds) is very good, defensively,” Erwin coach Mike Sexton said.

“They fly to the ball and make you work for every thing that you get. Offensively, if you want to stop them, you’re going to have to make open-field tackles. They have big linemen as well as quarterbacks and tailbacks who can make you look silly. Both teams are well aware of the implications that come with this game. This one is always huge if you want to win our conference.”

Erwin’s last conference-championship season was 2012.

Getting into a shootout with this Warriors team is not well-advised.

As of this week, senior quarterback Damien Ferguson (1,796 yards and 22 touchdowns with five interceptions) ranks No. 1 nationally in touchdowns (23 total) and points scored (138) in statistical lists compiled by MaxPreps. Ferguson has the fifth-most passing yards among all United States quarterbacks tracked by the website. Only schools which keep their stats through MaxPreps, as the large majority in WNC do, are part of the lists.

Erwin rebounded from a three-game losing streak last Friday and C.J. Thompson (41 receptions for 631 yards and 12 touchdowns) set a WNC record for single-game touchdown catches (six) at Franklin.

Other key pieces of the offense are Kealin Goode (27 receptions for 304 yards and three touchdowns), Isaiah Poore (344 receiving yards, 275 rushing yards and six combined touchdowns), Trey Martin (26 receptions for 367 yards and four touchdowns) and Bryan Anuel (13 receptions for 116 yards). Defensively, Chris McDonald averages 8.6 tackles per game, followed by Ethan Lunsford (4.8), Jackson Gouge (4.8) and Simeon Thompson (4.6).

“They are very good at what they do,” Laws said of the Erwin offense.

“They can score points and put you in a touch situation real fast. We feel like we can score, too. We don’t want this to be a game where we are having to match Erwin touchdown-for-touchdown. Hopefully we will play better than them defensively and not put ourselves in that kind of situation. But it’s going to be a tall task regardless. Erwin is similar in a lot of ways to the triple-option, you just don’t see an offense like they run, as run as well as they do, every week. It makes it tough to prepare.”

Reynolds is decisively the better football program if you look at the all-time series — the Rockets lead it by a count of 40-13-1. But the two schools have split the last four meetings. They even played twice for the very first time in 2014 with each side getting a victory.

ERWIN AT REYNOLDS

Kickoff: Friday at 7 p.m.

Pick: Reynolds by 1.

Following is a look at the last five football games between Erwin and Reynolds. The Rockets lead the all-time series, 40-13-1.

2015: Reynolds 35, Erwin 18

2014: Reynolds 38, Erwin 32

2014: Erwin 27, Reynolds 24.

2013: Erwin 69, Reynolds 28.

2012: Reynolds 24, Erwin 20.

MORE ONLINE: The Citizen-Times will provide a live blog from Friday’s Erwin-Reynolds football game. Updates should begin shortly before kickoff at CITIZEN-TIMES.com/hshuddle.

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