What it was, was football: 10, 11

North Carolina teams put together back-to-back winning weeks, barely. Wingate remains at the top of the heap, while Charlotte moves into the bottom. Guilford, just out of the cellar, deserves a mention. The Quakers had to forfeit the rest of the season after a postgame fight following the senior day loss to Averett (who is also forfeiting its remaining games).

The rankings

North Carolina’s record: 12-16 in week 9, 14-13 in week 10, 15-14 in week 11

(143-164 overall)

1. Wingate: 8-2, won 56-10 at Tusculum (Mars Hill)
2. Johnson C. Smith: 9-1, won 26-21 over Livingstone (Virginia Union in CIAA Championships)
3. UNC Pembroke: 8-2, off week (North Greenville in the Conference Carolinas Bowl)
4. Catawba: 7-3, won 44-20 over Anderson (at Lenoir-Rhyne)
5. Wake Forest: 6-3, won at Virginia, 16-9 (UNC)
6. NC Central: 7-3, won 31-28 over Norfolk State (South Carolina State, Friday)
7. ECU: 6-3, won 48-22 over Charlotte (Memphis)
8. Duke: 5-4, lost 37-34 at UConn (Virginia)
9. Gardner Webb: 6-4, won 27-24 over Southeast Missouri (at Tennessee State)

10. Western Carolina: 6-4, lost 49-47 to Mercer (ETSU in the Blue Ridge Border Battle)
11. NC State: 5-4, off week (at Miami)
12. NC Wesleyan, 4-5, lost to Greensboro, 38-29 (at Brevard)
13.  Lenoir-Rhyne: 5-5, off week (Catawba)
14. Fayetteville State: 6-4, won 31-21 over Winston-Salem State (season complete)
15. Mars Hill, 5-5, won, 60-19 over Virginia Wise (at Wingate)
16. Livingstone: 5-5, lost 26-21 at Johnson C. Smith (season complete)
17. Brevard: 5-4, won 47-20 at Methodist (NC Wesleyan)
18. App State: 4-5, lost 25-23 to Georgia Southern (at James Madison)
19. UNC: 4-5, won 20-15 over Stanford (at Wake Forest)
20. Winston-Salem State: 4-6, lost 31-21 at Fayetteville State (season complete)
21. Chowan, 3-7, lost 40-37 to Ferrum (at Barton)
22. Elon: 4-6, lost 34-20 to Rhode Island (at Campbell)
23. Elizabeth City State: 4-6, won 70-30 over Bluefield (season complete)
24. Barton: 3-7, beat Erskine 37-7 (Chowan)
25. Greensboro: 2-7, won 38-29 at NC Wesleyan (Methodist)
26. Campbell: 2-8, lost 30-27 to William & Mary in OT (Elon)
27. Shaw: 2-8, lost 55-7 at Emory & Henry (season complete)
28. Davidson: 2-8, won 14-13 over Presbyterian (at Marist)
29. NC A&T: 2-8, lost at Stony Brook, 38-12 (Monmouth)
30. Guilford: 2-8, lost 27-21 to Averett, forfeited next week’s game at Bridgewater (season complete)
31. Methodist: 1-8, lost 47-20 to Brevard (at Greensboro)
32. Charlotte: 1-8, lost 48-22 at ECU (UTSA)

 

 

State title standings:

Week 9: JC Smith 52, Winston-Salem State 27; UNC Pembroke 42, Chowan 10; Lenoir-Rhyne 45, Mars Hill 0; NC A&T 28, Campbell 24; Fayetteville State 31, Shaw 13; Brevard 34, Greensboro 7

 

Week 10: Wingate 38, Lenoir Rhyne 37 (OT); JC Smith 17, Fayetteville State 14; UNC Pembroke 34, Barton 17; NC Wesleyan 48, Methodist 17; Livingstone 43, Shaw 13

 

Week 11: JC Smith 26, Livingstone 21; Greensboro 38, NC Wesleyan 29; ECU 48, Charlotte 22; Brevard 47, Methodist 20; Fayetteville State 31, Winston-Salem State 21

 

This week, we have seven intrastate clashes:

Mars Hill at Wingate, Catawba at Lenoir-Rhyne, UNC at Wake Forest, NC Wesleyan at Brevard, Chowan at Barton, Elon at Campbell, Methodist at Greensboro

 

Here are the in-state records for the state’s 32 teams:

5-0 JC Smith

3-0 Wingate

2-0 Duke, NC Central, Brevard

1-0 App State, Gardner-Webb, UNC, Elon

3-1 NC State, UNC Pembroke

2-1 ECU

4-3 Fayetteville State,

2-2 Greensboro,

1-1  Wake Forest, Lenoir-Rhyne, Guilford, Davidson, Catawba, Barton, NC Wesleyan, NC A&T

1-2 Chowan,

2-3 Winston-Salem State

1-3 Western Carolina, Elizabeth City, Shaw

1-4 Livingstone

0-3 Charlotte, Methodist, Mars Hill

0-4 Campbell

 

Homecoming

North Carolina teams’ homecoming record now stands at 12-17

Week 9: Wake Forest (SMU), Catawba (Tusculum) won, NC Central (Delaware State), NC Wesleyan (Southern Virginia), Barton (Shorter), Greensboro (Brevard) lost

Week 10: NC State (Ga Tech), Livingstone (Shaw) won

Week 11: ECU (Charlotte), Elizabeth City (Bluefield) won, Western Carolina (Mercer), Methodist (Brevard) lost

Homecoming games this week:

Wingate (Mars Hill)

 

Senior day

NC teams are 6-4 on senior day

JC Smith (Livingstone), Catawba (Anderson), Fayetteville State (W-S State), Mars Hill (Virginia Wise), Livingstone (Virginia University of Lynchburg), Elizabeth City (Bluefield) won

NC Wesleyan (Greensboro), Chowan (Ferrum), Guilford (Averett), Methodist (Brevard) lost,

This week’s senior day games:

Wingate (Mars Hill), ECU (Memphis), Western Carolina (ETSU), Lenoir-Rhyne (Catawba), Greensboro (Methodist), NC A&T (Monmouth)

 

All-state performances for Week 11:

Quarterback: Cameron Turner, Greensboro, 17-for-24 for 296 yards and four touchdowns passing, 110 yards and a touchdown rushing , Taron Dickens, Western Carolina, 33-for-49, 551 yards, 7 touchdowns

Running backs:  Bobby Smith, JC Smith, 164 yards, 1 TD, Traquan Johnson, Elizabeth City 192 yards and 5 touchdowns

Receiver: KJ Brown, Greensboro, 5 catches for 145 yards and 2 TDs, Davyn Reid, Livingstone, 3 catches, 156 yards, 2 TDs

Defensive line: Elihu Lipscomb, Wingate, 4 tackles, 1 solo, 51 and 52-yard fumble returns for touchdowns, Thomas Johnson, NCCU, 3 tackles, 2 solo, 2 TFL, 1 sack, 1 blocked kick, 4 quarterback hits

Linebacker: Diego Aviles, Wingate, 6 tackles, 3 solo, 2 TFL, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble, 1 pass breakup, Vincent Hill, JC Smith, 7 tackles, 7 solo, 3 TFL.

Defensive back: Evan Simons, Catawba, 6 tackles, 5 solo, 2 TFL, 1 sack, Isaiah Lawson, NCCU, 8 tackles, 8 solo, 2 TFL, 1 sack

Special teams:  Jeremyah Lane, Brevard, 50-yard punt return touchdown and 90-yard kickoff return touchdown

Elizabeth City also gets special mention for having 100-yard touchdown returns by Shamar Sutton (kickoff) and Solomon Ford (interception).