Rams on Thanksgiving Weekend
Year Opp. Score
1969 Mt. Airy 35-12
1970 Pisgah 10-7
1990 S. Nash 16-21
1993 W. Brunswick 3-21
1996 Ragsdale 21-24
1998 Clinton 34-33
2000 SW Onslow 21-48
2002 W. Alamance 47-13
2003 W. Alamance 51-33
2004 So. Vance 50-7
2005 Cummings 21-7
2006 Newton-Conover 30-29
8-4 all-time on Thanksgiving Friday
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Ram Thanksgiving week schedule
Tuesday, Nov. 20
Practice 3:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 21
Practice 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, No. 22 (Thanksgiving Day)
Practice 9 a.m.- 11 a.m.
Friday, No. 23
Home vs. St. Pauls (playoffs) - 7:30 p.m.
Practice 3:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 21
Practice 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, No. 22 (Thanksgiving Day)
Practice 9 a.m.- 11 a.m.
Friday, No. 23
Home vs. St. Pauls (playoffs) - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Rams send Cedar Ridge packing
On the heels of Friday night’s 54-12 romp of Cedar Ridge, the Reidsville Rams will now welcome St. Pauls into Community Stadium Friday night in the 2-AA quarterfinals of the NCHSAA prep football playoffs.
St. Pauls, a No. 4 seed, knocked off Southern Guilford 43-27 Friday night in its second-round game.
The Rams, who jumped out to a 35-0 first-quarter lead, were led by Ray Ray Butchee’s 213 yards passing and two touchdowns on just eight completions (8 for 10).
Mike Brown hauled in two catches – both touchdowns – for 102 yards.
Friday’s game will mark the 13th time the Rams will play a football game on Thanksgiving weekend.
Last year’s dramatic 30-29 win over Newton-Conover improved Reidsville’s Thanksgiv-ing record to 8-4.
The Rams will be playing in their sixth straight Thanksgiving weekend game.
Reidsville senior running back Tayon Graves finished the night with 71 yards and three touchdowns – leaving him 76 yards shy of 5,000 yards for his career. Graves now has 32 touchdowns for the season, his highest total ever.
Friday’s game with St. Pauls (9-4) gets under way at 7:30 p.m.
St. Pauls, a No. 4 seed, knocked off Southern Guilford 43-27 Friday night in its second-round game.
The Rams, who jumped out to a 35-0 first-quarter lead, were led by Ray Ray Butchee’s 213 yards passing and two touchdowns on just eight completions (8 for 10).
Mike Brown hauled in two catches – both touchdowns – for 102 yards.
Friday’s game will mark the 13th time the Rams will play a football game on Thanksgiving weekend.
Last year’s dramatic 30-29 win over Newton-Conover improved Reidsville’s Thanksgiv-ing record to 8-4.
The Rams will be playing in their sixth straight Thanksgiving weekend game.
Reidsville senior running back Tayon Graves finished the night with 71 yards and three touchdowns – leaving him 76 yards shy of 5,000 yards for his career. Graves now has 32 touchdowns for the season, his highest total ever.
Friday’s game with St. Pauls (9-4) gets under way at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Ram Playoff Notes
The Reidsville Rams will play their 58th playoff game when another Hillsborough team - Cedar Ridge comes into Community Stadium tonight... The Rams, who are 40-17 all time, enter tonight's game 12-0, No. 1 in the NCHSAA 2-A state poll, No. 1 again according to www.masseyratings.com's 2-A classification and the top seed in the 2-AA East Regional bracket... The last Reidsville 12-0 start came in 1993... Cedar Ridge opened its doors in 2002, so tonight's meeting will be the first ever between the two... The Red Wolves are the 73rd different team to face the Rams all-time... Head coach Jimmy Teague, who is 178-40 (.817) all-time at Reidsville, has guided the Rams to a 32-12 (.727) playoff mark... Over the past five seasons, Teague's teams have won 21 of the last 24 playoff games (.875)... Four of Reidsville's 11 regular-season opponents this year are in still alive in playoff action tonight - Northeast Guilford, Southern Guilford, Winston-Salem Atkins and Burlington Cummings... Wilmington Hoggard (1) and Scotland County (11) - both 4-A schools - are the two teams the Rams scrimmaged back in August and those two are in action tonight... The Red Wolves are led by Domonic Currie, referred to as one of the best running backs in the Hillsborough area... Currie has rushed for 1,793 yards and 19 touchdowns this season for the Cedar Ridge (7-5).... Reidsville running back Tayon Graves is just 147 yards shy of 5,000 for his career... Only two running backs - McMichael's Kenny Harris and Southern Guilford's William Graves - have gone over 100 yards against the Rams' defense, which is allowing 175.1 yards per game and 10.7 points per game to its opposition...
Monday, November 12, 2007
Rams prepare for yet another tough RB
By STEVE CANNULI
Sports Editor
On their way to a perfect 12-0 record, the Reidsville Rams have made a very good living shutting down featured running backs. Friday night will be another challenge for the Rams, who will play host to the second round of the state 2-AA playoffs at Community Stadium.
Cedar Ridge, which knocked off Warren County, 31-18 Friday night, will showcase Domonic Currie and pit him against a defense that has allowed 175.1 yards per game and 10.7 points per game to its opposition.
Currie, referred to as one of the best running backs in the Hillsborough area, has rushed for 1,425 yards and 17 touchdowns this season for the Red Wolves (7-5).
So far this season, Reidsville has put the clamps of such running backs as KaShaun Johnson (Morehead), Audi Smith (Cummings), J.R. McGee (Rockingham County), Kendall Bratcher (Northeast Guilford), Jonathan Adams (West Stokes), Gerrod Herbin (Eastern Guilford) and Mike Williams (Orange).
In Friday's win over Warren County, Currie rushed 30 times for 209 yards and scored four times. The Red Wolves also got a 22-yard field from Jeremy Gerlach, who was 4 for 4 in point after attempts.
Through 12 games this season, the Rams have only allowed two 100-yard rushers - William Graves (Southern Guilford) and Kenny Harris (McMichael).
Orange attempted to bring its one-dimensional Wing-T offense into Reidsville and found out how difficult it was to handle the Rams' defense. The Panthers were held to 116 yards on 51 carries (2.3 per rush) and Williams was held to 10 yards on 13 attempts.
Through the air against Warren County, Cedar Ridge was 3 of 6 passing for minus-five yards. The Red Wolves are quarterbacked by Alex Gregory.
Gregory, in the regular season finale against Orange (won by Orange, 15-14), was 7 of 18, but for just 44 yards. Currie rushed for 144 yards on 25 attempts in the loss.
Cedar Ridge's season did not get off to the start the Red Wolves had hoped it would. At least that's what it looked like. Cedar lost to Chapel Hill in its opener, but it was found Chapel Hill had an ineligible player the Red Wolves went from 0-1 to 1-0. Three more wins moved the team to 4-0 heading into a date with Eastern Guilford. The Red Wolves dropped back-to-back games with Eastern Guilford and Eastern Alamance before rebounding with wins over Cardinal Gibbons and Graham.
A late-season three-game slide (Cummings, Northwood and Orange) put Cedar Ridge at 6-5, but in the playoffs.
The Red Wolves have allowed just 203 points all season (16.9 per game), but the offense has not posted gaudy numbers, scoring 230 points in 12 games (19.2).
Reidsville, with one of the best scoring teams in the state, has piled up 576 points (48.0) and has not been held to under 30 points since last season's state semifinal loss to Cummings.
Following the team's win over Warren County, Cedar Ridge head coach Lou Geary told the Henderson Dispatch, "to tell you the truth, we're just happy to be in the playoffs. We had lost three games in a row on a downward spiral, but things were clicking for us tonight."
Warren County had the more balanced offense, rushing for 160 yards and passing for 191, but all three Currie touchdowns came before halftime as the Red Wolves built a 21-12 lead.
Geary also told the Dispatch, "we're going against the number one team and we feel like if you're going to be a championship quality team, you have to go up against those guys. We hope we can go up there and have a good showing and who knows what can happen."
The winner of Friday's game will face either St. Pauls or Southern Guilford in next week's quarterfinals. The Rams defeated the Storm, 46-14 three weeks ago.
All-time, Reidsville is 7-6 against Southern Guilford. The Rams have never faced St. Pauls in football.
Sports Editor
On their way to a perfect 12-0 record, the Reidsville Rams have made a very good living shutting down featured running backs. Friday night will be another challenge for the Rams, who will play host to the second round of the state 2-AA playoffs at Community Stadium.
Cedar Ridge, which knocked off Warren County, 31-18 Friday night, will showcase Domonic Currie and pit him against a defense that has allowed 175.1 yards per game and 10.7 points per game to its opposition.
Currie, referred to as one of the best running backs in the Hillsborough area, has rushed for 1,425 yards and 17 touchdowns this season for the Red Wolves (7-5).
So far this season, Reidsville has put the clamps of such running backs as KaShaun Johnson (Morehead), Audi Smith (Cummings), J.R. McGee (Rockingham County), Kendall Bratcher (Northeast Guilford), Jonathan Adams (West Stokes), Gerrod Herbin (Eastern Guilford) and Mike Williams (Orange).
In Friday's win over Warren County, Currie rushed 30 times for 209 yards and scored four times. The Red Wolves also got a 22-yard field from Jeremy Gerlach, who was 4 for 4 in point after attempts.
Through 12 games this season, the Rams have only allowed two 100-yard rushers - William Graves (Southern Guilford) and Kenny Harris (McMichael).
Orange attempted to bring its one-dimensional Wing-T offense into Reidsville and found out how difficult it was to handle the Rams' defense. The Panthers were held to 116 yards on 51 carries (2.3 per rush) and Williams was held to 10 yards on 13 attempts.
Through the air against Warren County, Cedar Ridge was 3 of 6 passing for minus-five yards. The Red Wolves are quarterbacked by Alex Gregory.
Gregory, in the regular season finale against Orange (won by Orange, 15-14), was 7 of 18, but for just 44 yards. Currie rushed for 144 yards on 25 attempts in the loss.
Cedar Ridge's season did not get off to the start the Red Wolves had hoped it would. At least that's what it looked like. Cedar lost to Chapel Hill in its opener, but it was found Chapel Hill had an ineligible player the Red Wolves went from 0-1 to 1-0. Three more wins moved the team to 4-0 heading into a date with Eastern Guilford. The Red Wolves dropped back-to-back games with Eastern Guilford and Eastern Alamance before rebounding with wins over Cardinal Gibbons and Graham.
A late-season three-game slide (Cummings, Northwood and Orange) put Cedar Ridge at 6-5, but in the playoffs.
The Red Wolves have allowed just 203 points all season (16.9 per game), but the offense has not posted gaudy numbers, scoring 230 points in 12 games (19.2).
Reidsville, with one of the best scoring teams in the state, has piled up 576 points (48.0) and has not been held to under 30 points since last season's state semifinal loss to Cummings.
Following the team's win over Warren County, Cedar Ridge head coach Lou Geary told the Henderson Dispatch, "to tell you the truth, we're just happy to be in the playoffs. We had lost three games in a row on a downward spiral, but things were clicking for us tonight."
Warren County had the more balanced offense, rushing for 160 yards and passing for 191, but all three Currie touchdowns came before halftime as the Red Wolves built a 21-12 lead.
Geary also told the Dispatch, "we're going against the number one team and we feel like if you're going to be a championship quality team, you have to go up against those guys. We hope we can go up there and have a good showing and who knows what can happen."
The winner of Friday's game will face either St. Pauls or Southern Guilford in next week's quarterfinals. The Rams defeated the Storm, 46-14 three weeks ago.
All-time, Reidsville is 7-6 against Southern Guilford. The Rams have never faced St. Pauls in football.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
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.
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