NCHSAA 2015-16 State play-off football brackets have been released by the NCHSAA, here is a look at our local team's placements.
2AA - #7 Roanoke Rapids hosting #10 Cummings
1A - #3 Weldon hosting #14 Mattamuskeet
1A - #7 KIPP hosting #10 Northampton
1A - #15 Southeast Halifax @ #2 Southside
On Saturday November 7th, Katherine Clayton and Catherine Acree represented Roanoke Rapids High School at the NCHSAA 2A Cross Country State Championship Meet.
The meet was held at the Ivey M. Redmond Sports Complex in Kernersville, NC. The two young ladies faced several tough challenges during the meet. The first being running against the best runners in the state. The second being the rainy weather which created an extremely muddy course. Both girls ran hard and performed well in the meet. 137 girls ran and were scored, Katherine Clayton 47th ran a 22:30, while Catherine Acree 125th ran a 26:04.
"Katherine and Catherine represented our program, school, and community very well today. They both ran extremely hard and had outstanding performances. I am so proud of both of them. It is such an honor for the two of them to be able to run at the State Championship Meet. This was a great way for them to help finish off an excellent season. They, along with all of their teammates, have made me proud to be their coach this season." said Coach Mark Snead.
Katherine Clayton Catherine Acree
Southeast Halifax Trojans represented at Cross-Country State meet.
The 1A NCHSAA State Cross Country Championship was held Saturday November 7th at Ivey Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville. Southeast Halifax Junior Joshua Godwin finished 112th with a run of 21:21.04 out of 136 runners.
Roanoke Valley's eight year old Sloan Bullock earns the hardware this past Saturday November 7th.
Sloan in her third year of gymnastics trains and competes for the Raleigh School of gymnastics in Raleigh.
Saturday Bullock competed in the "Raleigh School of Gymnastics Capital City Invitational" and earned the medals in the following events:
9.2 on vault placing 2nd
9.450 on bars placing 1st
9.425 on beam placing 1st
9.475 on floor placing 1st
And an all around score of 37.55 placing her 1st in the age group 10 and under.
The Halifax-Northampton Youth Football League held it's first round of end of season play-offs Saturday at the Northampton County Recreation Center.
#3 Weldon Chargers beat #6 Roanoke Rapids Hornets 26-8
#5 Jackson Pirates beat #4 Gaston Buckeyes 20-8
#2 Garysburg Bulldawgs won by forfeit from the #7 Roanoke Rapids Mustangs
Semi-final rounds are set for Tuesday November 10th at 6:30 PM
#1 Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets will host #5 Jackson Pirates
#2 Garysburg Bulldawgs will host #3 Weldon Chargers
Championship Saturday November 14th at Noon at higher seed
Winner of #1 Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets will host #5 Jackson Pirates verse Winner of #2 Garysburg Bulldawgs will host #3 Weldon Chargers
Photo memories from the Roanoke Valley Friday night High school games can be seen at the following links.
Friday Night at Hoyle field, the Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets re-energized after a power outage due to a wreck turned the lights out for thirty minutes. The Jackets down 607 came back and won the game against South Granville 34-16.
Photos can be seen at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153624441655519.1073742443.131841195518&type=3
At Joseph Cotton Stadium in Weldon, Weldon High Alumnus and former NFL player Cedric Jones returned to present Weldon High on behalf of the NFL a gold football. Jones shook hands with every Varsity Charger football player before the presentation. Weldon beat Louisburg 62-14.
Photos can be seen at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153624876545519.1073742444.131841195518&type=3
Jones presentation can be seen at: https://www.facebook.com/rrspin/videos/vb.131841195518/10153623206240519/?type=3&theater
In Gaston, KIPP beat southeast Halifax 28-12 earning KIPP a 1A NCHSSA State play-off spot.
Photos can be seen at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153624918930519.1073742445.131841195518&type=3
The RMSAC Middle School football Championship moves day, time and location.
The Middle School football Championship between Chaloner Middle and Conway Middle scheduled for Tuesday at RRHS has had to be moved to Thursday November 12th at Chaloner Middle School with a 3:30 PM.
2015 East Carolina University true freshman Caleb Pratt, a Roanoke Rapids native and former Yellow Jacket football standout started his tenth collegiate game of his career as Kicker this past Saturday.
The ECU Pirates were at home and faced USF for the Saturday game and for their tenth game of the season, ECU lost 17-22 and moves to a 4-6 overall.
Pratt on special teams squad, kicked off 4 times for 224 yards, with an average of 56.0 yards per kick-off.
Pratt's season totals are: 52 Kick-offs for 3,241 yards with 28 touchbacks.
East Carolina University return to action on the road to Orlando Florida to take on UCF on Thursday night November 19th with a 7:30 PM Eastern Time Kick-off & will be televised on ESPN.
The Halifax-Northampton Youth Football League held it's JV league semi-final play-offs Tuesday night.
The #1 seed Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets beat the #5 seed Jackson Pirates 48-12 to advance to the championship. While the #2 seed Garysburg Bulldawgs beat the #3 seed Weldon Chargers 22-14 to advance to the championship.
Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets will host the Garysburg Bulldawgs in the 2015 Halifax-Northampton Youth Football League JV Super Bowl. The game was scheduled for Saturday, but a team trip has changed that. The JV Super Bowl will be held Monday November 16th at TJ Davis Recreation field at 6:30 PM.
WPTM 102.3 will be streaming Friday night Lights Yellow Jackets play-off game.
Today's best Country WPTM 102.3 FM will have there normal play by play action of the yellow Jackets but also will be streaming the first round of the 2A NCHSAA State football play-offs with the Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets hosting Cummings High School Cavaliers this Friday night November 13th starting with a special senior program at 6pm followed by pre game show and play by play.
So if you can't tune in on your radio or live out of town, turn your computer on and listen live at: http://cj4radio.caster.fm
Chaloner remained undefeated and beat Conway Middle 34-0. Chaloner won the regular season going 7-0 and added two more wins to the Championship finishing the 2015 season with a 9-0 overall record.
Chaloner defeats Conway in the Playoff Championship Game by the score 34 to 0. Chaloner broke open a scoreless game in the 2nd quarter with a couple of touchdowns. They then added 20ponts in the 3rd quarter to complete the win. Chaloner was led by #22 Isaiah Robinson who ran for 186 yards and 3 touchdowns. The Jackets went undefeated for the season.
Offensive Stats
Rushing
Player Attempts Yards TD PAT
#22 Isaiah Robinson 13 186 3 1
#40 Chaseten Martin 2 11 1
#11 Detrick Williams 3 30
#28 Grayson Hargrave 2 10
Quarterback #8 completed 2 out 4 passes for 68 yards and 2 touchdowns. #10 Jacob Knight caught 2 passes for 68 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Defense Stats
Players Tackles
#58 Jayven Wyche 8
#22 Isaiah Robinson 6
#1 Quwan Ricks 6
#40 Chaseten Martin 5
#51 Andre Stewart 5
#64 Jaxon Johnson 5
#77 Xzhavier Robinson 5
#52 Kashaun Dowtin 5 (also had interception)
#10 Jacob Knight 4
Local teams in the first round NCHSAA 2015-16 State play-off football games.
Tickets will be $7.00 (ticket price is set by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association). Also, the only passes accepted will be those that were issued by the NCHSAA.
2AA - #7 Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets (8-3) hosting #10 Cummings Cavilers (4-7)
1A - #3 Weldon Chargers (5-5) hosting #14 Mattamuskeet Lakers (3-8)
1A - #7 KIPP Pride (3-8) hosting #10 Northampton Jaguars (6-5)
1A - #15 Southeast Halifax Trojans (3-7) @ #2 Southside Seahawks (9-1)
Northeast Academy Eagles will close the 2015-16 season against the same Southampton Academy Raiders team they opened the season against.
This time it will be for the North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association Eight-man football State Championship.
The Eagles (7-4) opened the 15-16 season at home against the Raiders (9-2) but came up short losing 50-44.
The State Championship game will be Saturday November 14th at a neutral site, that being Arendell Parrott Academy in Kinston with a 1 PM kick-off.
Local teams results from the first round NCHSAA 2015-16 State play-off football games.
2AA - #10 Cummings Cavilers (5-7) 20 Final
#7 Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets (8-4) 7
1A - #3 Weldon Chargers (6-5) 38 Final
#14 Mattamuskeet Lakers (3-9) 12
1A - #10 Northampton Jaguars (7-5) 44 Final
#7 KIPP Pride (3-9) 0
1A - #2 Southside Seahawks (10-1) 51 Final
#15 Southeast Halifax Trojans (3-8) 6
Sweet-sixteen:
Second round NCHSAA 2015-16 State play-off football games November 20th.
1A - #3 Weldon Chargers (6-5) host #11 North Edgecombe (6-5)
1A - #10 Northampton Jaguars (7-5) @ #2 Southside (10-1)
Northeast Academy Eagles closed the 2015-16 season as North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association Eight-man football State Runner-ups.
The Northeast Academy lost 56-14 to Southampton Academy Raiders in the State Championship Saturday at Arendell Parrott Academy in Kinston.
Local softball players headed to Myrtle Beach South Carolina this weekend not to suntan on the beach but play softball, lots of softball.
The local Roanoke valley high school players Candice Smith of Halifax Academy and Abbie Carpenter of Roanoke Rapids High are members of the Pitt County Heart Breakers 00 under 16 travel team, while Jordan Carpenter & Sierra Hearp of Roanoke Rapids High are members of the Lady Lightning under 18 travel team. The girls traveled to Myrtle Beach to play in the "2015 World Fast-pitch Connection Showcase" tournament.
Both teams will play 6 games within 36 hours before headed in home. After Saturdays four games, the Heart Breakers had won 2 tied 1 and lost one game, while the Lady Lightning won 3 and lost 1 game heading into Sundays three games.
Saturday photos can be seen at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153636372310519.1073742447.131841195518&type=3&uploaded=19
The Roanoke Rapids Youth Baseball Association (RRYBA) Board of Directors (Cal-Ripken & Babe Ruth baseball) will be nominating and electing executive officers for the 2016 year at it's December monthly board meeting held at TJ Davis Recreation Center.
The Board meeting will start at 6 PM on December 3rd. The executive positions are President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. Normal Board business will also take place during this meeting. The RRYBA is a non-profit organization that serves the youth in Halifax and Northampton Counties by providing baseball facilities and programs to kids ages 8-15 years of age.
Powers-Hux part of Champions at 3rd Annual Swing for the kids Toys for Tots softball Tournament in Wilson this past weekend.
The tournament raised over 400 toys for kids who would not have had a Christmas.
The team went 5-0 undefeated and other team members were: Jason Medlin, Brett McHenry, Meredith King, Heather Powers-Hux, Ashley Mobley, Troy Reynolds, Danielle Nadeau, Brien Keith, Danielle Beres, Stephen Downs, Brandon Harris, Lindsey St. Clair, Lori Congleton, Joey Murray.
The Halifax Academy Viking’s 2015-16 basketball season kicks off this afternoon with home games against Lawrence Academy. The JV Lady Vikings tip-off at 3:15 followed by the JV boys then the varsity girls and will be closed out by the varsity boys.
When it comes to the varsity Lady Viking’s team, senior Kelly Williams has her eyes on this years complete season, but there is something else fans and school officials will be watching on. Williams who averaged 28 points per game last season is 106 points away from breaking the Halifax Academy Varsity Girls basketball school all-time leading scoring record. From her freshman year to last year her junior year, Williams has earned a total of 1,968 points while the current Halifax Academy record holder is Melissa Carico with a 2,073 total points scored set in 1993.
Another part of the twist is, William's mother Shannon was a teammate of Carico in 90 and 91 teams. They won the State Championship in 1991.
Varsity men’s coach and new Varsity Lady Vikings coach Rick Ruffin stated, “Kelly is fundamentally sound. She is a senior who is really displaying good leadership and has such a good work ethic in practice. I feel she should be getting more attention from colleges than she is right now. She should be outstanding this year.”
Halifax Academy JV Vikings opened their 2015-16 basketball season at home, hosting a non conference game against Lawrence Academy.
Halifax Academy JV girls 22 - Lawrence Academy 18
Leading scorers for Halifax:
Emerson Poole 15 points
Ashlyn Liles 4 points
Ashton Garner 3 points
Halifax Academy JV boys 32 - Lawrence Academy 30
Leading scorers for Halifax:
Thomas Garrett 15 points with six of those from 3 three pointers
Eli Harris 7
Jesse Rose 3
Bryce Cooke 3
Conner Lynch 3
Evan Dail 1
Halifax JV boys game photos can be seen at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153641106325519.1073742451.131841195518&type=3&uploaded=14
