Adam Harris, producer for 99.9 FM The Fan ESPN Radio, writes a monthly column for VYPE High School Sports Magazine, and he also hosts "HighSchoolOT" on the radio on Saturday mornings at 8 a.m.
Dec 13, 2009
Before Old Man Winter settles in and we spend the next three months indoors, I’d like to make sure we appreciate what we witnessed in the Fall of 2009. This year’s grid iron action had more than its fair share of remarkable plays and players. There’s so much material, I could probably fill a 600-page novel. But, I have only the time and space to hit a few select highlights. Join me in giving props to some of the seniors who made the ’09 football season so much fun to cover. They’re heading off to college, and leaving lasting memories on the Friday night turf.
The list of outstanding seniors has to start with Ian Bosley. The running back from South Granville enjoyed a season like few have ever seen in the Old North State. Through the first round of the playoffs Bosley had amassed 1,810 rushing yards and 27 touchdowns on the season. Likely to end up in the top-20 on the list of all-time rushing yards in North Carolina history, Bosley could finish his
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Nov 12, 2009
If there is one universal truth in sports, it is that no one likes to lose. Great athletes accept defeat because they must, but they never enjoy it. Losing can be downright miserable; especially when it comes in bunches.
Losing a game here and there is one thing. Losing streaks are on another level entirely. Going an entire season without a victory? I cannot begin to imagine what that feels like. The Detroit Lions finished 0-16 in the NFL last year, but at least the players got rich just for showing up every week.
It has happened to a number of high school football teams in the Triangle in recent years. One of those local grid-iron squads to endure a winless season was the Wildcats of East Chapel Hill. In fact, until October 16, 2009, the Wildcats had dropped 24 consecutive games.
Thomas Moore is involved in just about every play that East Chapel Hill runs.
“We’re talking about a kid who never comes off the field,” says Wildcats head coach Darian
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Oct 19, 2009
The Garner High School student body held a parade for their homecoming on Friday, Oct. 2
Hundreds of students will spend hundreds of hours designing and building floats. The school will vote on which boy and girl will represent their student body as “King & Queen.” There will be a dance, a pep rally, and even a parade leading up to the game. Parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends will fill the stands to capacity on an October Friday to witness the pageantry. Alumni from classes past will travel from miles around for an annual outdoor reunion under the stadium lights at their alma mater. It promises to be the largest crowd for a football game all season. But why?
It’s Homecoming.
The University of Missouri is credited as the originator of this annual event that has become a staple of college and high school football schedules throughout the United States. Mizzou was opening a new stadium in 1911, and the University’s Athletics Director invited thousands of alumni to attend and participate in dances,
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Sep 16, 2009
Heat, High Temperatures, Hot - Generic 2
Ah, summer. What a blast. It means daily trips to the neighborhood pool or vacations to the beach. Without school every day, you can finally sleep in, or maybe make a boatload of cash by spending all of those extra hours at your job. The summer is a time to make your own schedule. You are not held down by the daily grind of class, practice, homework and an early curfew. The freedom of summer is what makes it so special. It seems to fly by, doesn’t it?
Summer is the season more than any other that people look forward to. What other season’s anticipation is so frequently vocalized? Folks young and old alike are often saying, “I just cannot WAIT for the summertime,” or “Aw, man. There are only two weeks of summer left.” You probably don’t remember the last time someone explained to you, “Winter is just the best!”
It’s true. The summer is great and that’s hard to debate. But, somewhere hidden underneath all that
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Aug 15, 2009
Wake Forest-Rolesville's Brandon Reynolds (82) and Darren Kirby (2) celebrate after making a defensive stop against Jack Britt during an NCHSAA regional final in Fayetteville, N.C., on December 5, 2008. Jack Britt won 27-16. (Photo by Grant Halverson)
The weather is hot. The workouts are seemingly endless. The coaches' voices get noticeably louder with each set of shouted instructions. The musty smell of the weight room is far more familiar than the lovely aroma of Mom's home cooking.
It's the end of summer, and the focus has turned to football. The preparations are gruesome, difficult and often downright miserable. Is it worth all of the aches and pains, the hours dedicated to practice and conditioning, the time away from the pool or the summer hangout spot? Absolutely it is. It's football season, and it's been a long time coming.
The months of February through July are great for a lot of reasons. You've got Valentine's Day, March Madness, April Fool's, Memorial Day, Father's Day and Independence Day. They're all fun, right? But, they're also all spent without football. Six long months without a crucial 3rd-down play, a courageous 4th-and-1, a quarterback sack, or even a simple out-route. The football drought
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