The East Forsyth High School football team got off to a good start to the season with a 44-0 win over visiting Heritage High School on Friday night.
Despite defeating Heritage 49-7 last season, the Eagles remained focused and played well on both sides of the ball, Head Coach Todd Willert said.
“You might think the kids would think that way (overconfident) going in to the game, but we have a lot of new starters and a lot of new guys playing. I think they were ready to go, and we were pretty excited,” he said. “On defense, I think everybody did their job. They did the things they needed to. They were not trying to make the play every time. I was very happy on the defensive side of the ball and how we played assignment football. I think they got inside out 10-yard line one time, but they obviously did not score. On offense we were very balanced. It was a about a 50-50 pass-run ratio, so we just took what they gave us and a lot of different people got in there.”
East Forsyth led 24-0 at halftime and scored 13 points in the third quarter to put the game away. The Eagles defense had five sacks and 10 tackles for a loss.
Eagles quarterback Bryce Baker, who has committed to play for UNC, was 18-for-22 passing with three touchdown passes. JP Gilchrist caught four passes, including two touchdowns, for 101 yards. Jaire Richburg caught four passes for 72 yards and scored two touchdowns, and Jalin Murry caught five passes for 68 yards.
Running the ball, Murry had 74 yards rushing on nine carries and scored one touchdown. Cannen Rottweiler ran nine times for 50 yards.
Backup quarterback JD Fulp and running back Tayshaun Craigman, up from the JV team, also shined on Friday night.
“I felt really good about Craigman. He is our third running back, and he had eight carries for 102 yards and a touchdown. Bryce started cramping up…
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Author : The High Point Enterprise, N.C.
Publish date : 2024-08-27 03:59:00
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