Ram Playoff Notes

The Reidsville Rams will play their 57th playoff game when Hillsborough Orange comes into Community Stadium tonight… The Rams, who are 39-17 all time, enter tonight’s game 11-0, No. 1 in the NCHSAA 2-A state poll and the top seed in the 2-AA East Regional bracket… Reidsville is off to its best start since the 1993 – a season where the Rams started 12-0 before losing to West Brunswick in the third round of the playoffs… Orange head coach Dick Schock, was scheduled to be the offensive coordinator at Wake Forest Rolesville, but the departure of Panther head coach Tim Bennett opened the way for Schock and his Wing-T offense… Schock’s old team, W-F Rolesville (No. 2, 11-0) opens postseason play tonight at home against Cary… Orange and Reids-ville have never met before – making the Panthers the 72nd different team to face the Rams all-time… Head coach Jimmy Teague, who is 177-40 (.816) all-time at Reidsville, has guided the Rams to a 31-12 (.721) playoff mark… Over the past five seasons, Teague’s teams have won 20 of the last 23 games (.870)… This year’s senior class at RHS were in the eighth grade the last time the Rams won a state championship (2003)… However, in the last three years, Reidsville has lost once in the championship game (Shelby, 2005) and twice in the state semifinals (2006, 2004)… Eight of Reidsville’s 11 opponents this year are in playoff action tonight – only McMichael, Rockingham and Magna Vista (still in regular season) are not… The Panthers’ offense is orches-trated by quarterback Luke Hawksworth and running backs Mike Williams, B.J. Riley, Kirk Haas and Cedric Leonard… The heart and soul of the Orange squad are captains Ben Brink (TE), Artimus Stewart (LB), Robby Dow (DB) and Larry McDonald (OL/DL)… Reidsville running back Tayon Graves is just 340 yards shy of 5,000 for his career…

The legacy continues

As Reidsville High School Varsity Football team makes its run at a state football championship we look at how that competition affects the lives of current players, former players, coaches and fans.