Don's Football Cafe Week 2
Open Friday Night & Serving Crow Nightly. This feature will take a look at the games involving the Greater Metro 4A, Central Piedmont 4A, South Piedmont 3A, Central Carolina 1A/2A, and Yadkin Valley 1A/2A Conferences.
Let's take a look at Week 2 of the 2022 North Carolina high school football season.
Don's Specials this week are:
In the Central Piedmont 4A, Rolesville (1-0) travels to East Forsyth (1-0).
It’s Filet Mignon time cooked up by Chef Steve Thomas is this week’s special of the week. The Eagles traveled to Rolesville last year and won 55-26. This is a huge early season matchup between two of the pre-season 4A powerhouses with both teams looking to contend for a state title. The Rams are led by a senior oriented group of players that include wide receiver Noah Rogers, an Ohio State commit and ESPN top 100 player, athlete Tamarcus Cooley, a NC State commit, defensive lineman Carsten Casady, defensive back Reggie Love, wide receiver Rory Jones, linebacker Blake Faulkner and defensive back John Brown. East Forsyth will be led by senior linebacker R.J. Brown, defensive lineman Nick Martin, who had a school record of 22 sacks last year, athlete Que'Sean Brown, who is a Duke commit and the conference offensive player of the year last year, quarterback Jaylon Aleaxnder-Raynor, defensive back Matthew Joines and wide receiver Jayvonte Conner.
Don's pick: East Forsyth 35, Rolesville 28
In the South Piedmont 3A, Concord (0-1) travels to Parkwood (0-1).
Parkwood has 9 offensive starters and 8 defensive starters returning this season. Key players for the Wolfpack are quarterback Cam Enos, who was all-conference, running back Wisdom Holmes, and punter Connor Benito. Last season, Concord was the SPC 3A champions and will have a new coach this year as Darren Shepard is taking over for Marty Paxton. Leading the Spiders will be senior offensive lineman Bryson Overcash, who was all-conference, offensive lineman Justin Garland, wide receiver Kobe Watts-Williams, slot Nylon Fair-Steele, and junior athlete Keyon Phillips.
Don's pick: Parkwood 24, Concord 21
In the South Piedmont 3A and Central Piedmont 4A, West Rowan (1-0) travels to Davie County (0-1).
West Rowan quarterback Luke Graham will be hooking up with wide receiver Peter Williams-Simpson as Graham's prime target. Williams-Simpson was all-county with over 1,000 receiving yards last year. Davie County must have to find another running back after losing Tate Carney to graduation to Wake Forest. Junior Markel Summers, who ran for 572 yards with 7 touchdowns will now be "The Man" The War Eagles will return a majority of their defense which was very young last year.
Don’s pick: West Rowan 28, Davie County 14
In the Greater Metro 4A, Charlotte Catholic (1-0) at Hickory Ridge (1-0).
Charlotte Catholic has many weapons again this year. Senior quarterback Sean Boyle, a returning all-conference player, has verbally committed to Charlotte. Also leading the Cougars will be offensive linemen Clinton Barlow and John Macusa, plus Notre Dame commit Jack Larsen at tight end. Hickory Ridge, who won the Greater Metro 4A championship will counter with UNC commit wide receiver Christian Hamilton and running backs Elijah Kendrick and Aaron Carey. Linebacker Jordan Wilkes, Kyle Perry and Luke Gilbertson will anchor the Defense.
Don's pick: Hickory Ridge 24, Charlotte Catholic 21
Week Two Schedules:
Greater Metro 4A
Mooresville at Hough
Lake Norman at North Iredell
Statesville at South Iredell
AL Brown at Sun Valley
Cox Mill at NW Cabarrus
West Cabarrus at Porter Ridge
Charlotte Catholic at Hickory Ridge
South Piedmont 3A
Central Cabarrus at JM Robinson
Concord at Parkwood
North Stanly at East Rowan
Mount Pleasant at Jesse Carson
Cox Mill at NW Cabarrus
North Rowan at South Rowan
West Rowan at Davie
Central Piedmont 4A
West Rowan at Davie County
East Forsyth at Rolesville
Glenn at Ragsdale
Mount Tabor at North Forsyth
Parkland OPEN
SW Guilford at RJ Reynolds
Reagan at Grimsley
Oak Grove at West Forsyth
Central Carolina 1A/2A
Wheatmore at East Davidson
Salisbury at Green Level
Ledford at West Davidson
North Rowan at South Rowan
South Davidson at Chatham Central
Walkertown at Lexington
Montgomery Central at Thomasville
Yadkin Valley 1A/2A
Central Cabarrus at JM Robinson
Mount Pleasant at Carson
North Stanly at East Rowan
SW Randolph at South Stanly
Christ The King at Union Academy
Albemarle at West Stanly
Steve Thomas contributed to this report.
