Don's Football Cafe: Week 7
Don's Football Cafe
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.
Don's Specials this week are posted below:
In the South Piedmont 3A: West Rowan (5-1 2-0) at NW Cabarrus (5-1 2-0)
West Rowan has scored 217 points and had given up 155. The Falcons are coming off a SPC 3A conference win against their county rival South Rowan 61-20. West can now concentrate on sole possession of first place of the conference when they travel to play the NW Cabarrus Trojans. After scoring nine touchdowns last week, the Falcons look to continue their scoring barrage as QB Luke Graham and running back Evan Kennedy will lead the way. Adrian Stockton returned a kickoff for a touchdown and caught a touchdown pass last week and will be a major player again this week.
NW Cabarrus has scored 170 points and has given up 84. The Trojans beat East Rowan 26-3 last week. QB Jr. Alex Walker will direct the NW Cabarrus offense. Walker's prime targets are senior Jemari Nored and sophomore Cesidio Castricone. Ray Jay Waters will be a contributor as a solid running back.The Trojans defense has been stellar all year. Jackson Forrest, sophomore Dylan Gregory, and Khamani Whitecarr look to stop the high-power offense of the Falcons.
Don's prediction: West Rowan 35 NW Cabarrus 20
In the Central Piedmont 4A: East Forsyth (5-0 2-0) at Mount Tabor (5-0 2-0)
East Forsyth has scored 248 points and has given up 69. The Eagles beat Davie 56-21 last week. Dual-threat quarterback Jalen Alexander, an Arkansas State commit, continues to wreak havoc on opponents. Alexander has a couple wide outs in Que'sean Brown and Jayvontay Conner that keeps defenses honest if they try to stop Alexander on the ground. OL Kamryn Blackman is having a suburb season by anchoring the offensive line The Eagles can play defense too. RJ Brown averages 11 tackles a game. Derrick Richardson averages 8 per game along with Nick Martin with 4 sacks and Nathan Martin.
Mount Tabor has scored 182 points and has given up 41. Mount Tabor beat RJ Reynolds 28-0 last week. On offense QB Sr. Semaj Reaves-Smith has thrown for over 700 yards. Wide receivers Shamarius Peterkin and JP Peterkin are the prime targets. The ground game has been a constant plus for Mount Tabor as RB.Giovanni "Gio" Caesaris is averaging 100 yards per game. Defensively, the Spartans have LB Sr. Nicholas Paige-Villalobos, LB Jr. Jerome Gibson and DE Jr. Anthony Patella. They are a huge part of the reason Mount Tabor has only given up 41 points total all year. Did I mention that the winner takes a big step in controlling the Central Piedmont 4AConference championship!
Don's prediction: East Forsyth 38 Mount Tabor 20
In the Central Piedmont4A: West Forsyth (1-4 1-1) at Glenn (2-3 1-1)
West Forsyth has scored 111 points and has given up 137.The Titans got their first conference win last week beating Parkland 52-0. Offensively, the Titans are led by quarterback Bert Rice, running back Marcus Wilson, and Caleb Davis pounding out the ground game. WR Sr. Kian Bailey and Jr. Jordan Stephens will be the top receivers. Rice will be looking for Sr. Ethan Krebs, Jr. Desmond Jackson and Soph. Jalen Morris will be counted on to anchor the offensive line. DL Sr. Kaleb Benson, Sr. JD LeGrant and Line backers Jr. Caleb David and Jr. Davion Eldridge anchor the defense.
Glenn has scored 97 points and has given up 116.The Bobcats last week lost a hard-fought battle to Reagan 28-26. It's been a season where Glenn has struggled some on offense. They lost 15 starters to graduation with 9 of those being on offense. Glenn has Sr. Tyson Worthy, Jr. A'Mario McClure as QB's with Jr. Brandon Sutton as the running back. When the Bobcats pass, they look for Sr. Tyree Burke. The Bobcats have a all-round athlete in AJ Coverdale. He plays on offense and defense. OL Sr. Tyshon Holland will be counted on to keep the ground game going. Glenn has a stellar defense led by DL Sr. Darien Moore, Jr. Robert Jordan, Sr. Josh Nolan along with LB Sr. Tyree Burke and Carter Powell.
Don's prediction: Glenn 27 West Forsyth 20
Week Seven Schedules
9/30/22
Greater Metro 4A
South Iredell at Hickory Ridge
Cox Mill at AL Brown
Lake Norman at West Cabarrus
Mooresville at Providence
South Piedmont 3A
South Rowan at Central Cabarrus
Jesse Carson at Concord
East Rowan OPEN
West Rowan at NW Cabarrus
Central Piedmont 4A
East Forsyth at Mount Tabor
RJ Reynolds at Parkland
Reagan at Davie County
West Forsyth at Glenn
Central Carolina 1A/2A
East Davidson (2A) at North Rowan(1A)
Salisbury (2A) at South Davidson (1A)
Lexington (2A) OPEN
Thomasville (1A) at West Davidson (2A)
Yadkin Valley 1A/2A
JM Robinson (2A) at Albemarle (1A)
Mount Pleasant (2A) at South Stanly (1A)
Union Academy (1A) at North Stanly (2A)
Steve Thomas contributed to this report.