Roberson junior Greg Johnston.
Anyone looking to make any inroads against the Roberson defense must acknowledge this — it would be a lot easier without senior Logan Wells and junior Greg Johnston getting in the way.
Wells became one of the latest Western North Carolina tacklers to record his 100th stop in last week’s homecoming win over visiting North Buncombe. He has 108 tackles (15 for a loss) and 4.5 sacks.
Johnston is pretty far behind in total tackles (78), but he has gotten acquainted with his share of Western North Carolina quarterbacks so far. Johnson has 24 tackles for a loss and an area-best 15 sacks.
The Rams (6-1, 2-0) have the best record of any Buncombe County team in advance of Friday’s game at Erwin (4-4, 2-1).
Other standouts for the Roberson defense are Zach Myers (9.9 tackles per game), Jordan McNeill (8.0), Kai Anthony (5.3), Seth Rowe (4.6), Mikal Timpson (4.6), Dayquan Watkins (4.4), Tristen McAfee (4.2) and Barshia Young (4.0). Watkins is a Shrine Bowl lineman who now has 22 pancake blocks for the offense.
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