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Alexander Central Freedom

Cougars

Patriots

The Freedom (Morganton, NC) JV football team lost Thursday's home conference game against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) by a score of 26-0.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Alexander Central	-	-	-	-	26
Freedom	0	0	0	0	0

Final score provided by J. Watts.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Alexander Central (23-24)

Alexander Central

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	2	4	26	.500	13.0	1		14	110.4
7	Jacob Hubbard (Fr)	2	4	26	.500	13.0	1		14	110.4

Alexander Central

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	41	227	5.5	36	3
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	12	96	8.0	36	2
7	Jacob Hubbard (Fr)	2	-3	-1.5	3
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	12	37	3.1	8	1
15	Hunter McGuire (Fr)	1	3	3.0	3
24	M. Howell Jr. (Fr)	14	94	6.7	26

Alexander Central

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	2	26	13.0	14	1
8	Adian Baity (So)	1	12	12.0	12	1
40	Josiah Haney (So)	1	14	14.0	14

Alexander Central

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

#	Athlete Name	Fum	Lost
	Team Totals	2	2
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	1	1
51	Kristafer Vang (Fr)	1	1

Alexander Central

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	Total
	Team Totals	227	26	31	1	285
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	96				96
7	Jacob Hubbard (Fr)	-3				-3
8	Adian Baity (So)		12	31		43
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	37				37
15	Hunter McGuire (Fr)	3				3
24	M. Howell Jr. (Fr)	94				94
40	Josiah Haney (So)		14			14
51	Kristafer Vang (Fr)				1	1

Alexander Central

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	227	26	26	253
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	96			96
7	Jacob Hubbard (Fr)	-3	26		23
8	Adian Baity (So)			12	12
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	37			37
15	Hunter McGuire (Fr)	3			3
24	M. Howell Jr. (Fr)	94			94
40	Josiah Haney (So)			14	14

Alexander Central

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	11	24	35	6.0
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	1	1	2
8	Adian Baity (So)	1		1
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	2	3	5	1.0
12	Korbin Kelly (Fr)		2	2	.5
15	Hunter McGuire (Fr)	1	5	6	1.5
18	RJ Yarosh (So)		2	2
20	Kouri McFarland (Fr)		1	1
24	M. Howell Jr. (Fr)	2	2	4	2.0
30	Jason Lian (Fr)		1	1
44	Reid Little (Fr)		2	2
51	Kristafer Vang (Fr)	2		2
54	Elijah Norman (So)		1	1
55	Trey Sutherland (Fr)	1	1	2
57	Landon Ferrese (Fr)		3	3
68	Kaid Roseman (So)	1		1	1.0

Alexander Central

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl	Hurs
	Team Totals	2.0	17	1
12	Korbin Kelly (Fr)	.5	4
15	Hunter McGuire (Fr)	1.5	13
24	M. Howell Jr. (Fr)			1

Alexander Central

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	PD	Fmb Rec	FR Yds	Caus
	Team Totals	2	2	0	1
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	1
8	Adian Baity (So)	1
12	Korbin Kelly (Fr)		1	0
15	Hunter McGuire (Fr)		1	0
24	M. Howell Jr. (Fr)				1

Alexander Central

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	5	194	38.8	51
16	Jake Curtis (So)	5	194	38.8	51

Alexander Central

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	1	31	31.0	31	1	1	1.0	1	32
8	Adian Baity (So)	1	31	31.0	31					31
51	Kristafer Vang (Fr)					1	1	1.0	1	1

Alexander Central

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	4	24	2	26
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	2	12	2	14
8	Adian Baity (So)	1	6		6
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	1	6		6

Alexander Central

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	3	1	4
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	2		2
8	Adian Baity (So)		1	1
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	1		1

Alexander Central

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals	1		1
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	1		1

Freedom (23-24)

Freedom has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

North Carolina High School Football - Freedom knocked off by Alexander Central

October 26, 2023: Morganton, NC 28655

Alexander Central Cougars (Taylorsville, NC) fans left the game content Thursday as they saw their football team gain a win over the host Freedom Patriots (Morganton, NC), 26-0 in a league test.

With the triumph, Alexander Central improves its record to 8-2 on the campaign.

With the loss, Freedom drops to 6-4 on the campaign.

Coaches Summary

First Quarter

1:55 ACHS Blake Combs 3 yd run (Jacob Hubbard rush failed)

Second Quarter

7:47 ACHS Adian Baity 12 yd pass from Jacob Hubbard (Maurice Howell Jr. rush failed)

Third Quarter

No Scoring

Fourth Quarter

9:55 ACHS Weston Palmer 1 yd run (Jacob Hubbard pass failed)

9:07 ACHS Blake Combs 15 yd run (Blake Combs rush)

ACHS @ Freedom Football Game Info

Thu., Oct. 26, 2023 @ 7p

The Freedom (Morganton, NC) JV football team lost Thursday's home conference game against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) by a score of 26-0.

Rankings & Records

Alexander Central (23-24)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
8-2	4-1	3-2	5-0	.800	.800	288	94

Freedom (23-24)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
6-4	0-1	4-1	2-3	.600	.000	224	159

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Alexander Central	9.7	10.0	6.3	0	28.8
Freedom	3.5	8.8	5.3	3.8	22.4

Team Stat Comparison

Alexander Central		Freedom
207.5	Rushing Yards Per Game	-
48.3	Passing Yards Per Game	-
47.3	Receiving Yards Per Game	-
255.8	Total Yards Per Game	-
41.5	Tackles Per Game	-
1.1	Sacks Per Game	-
28.0	Points Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Alexander Central		Freedom	National Avg.
#3 Blake Combs47.0	Rushing Yards Per Game	-	24.4
#2 Graham Hoke38.3	Passing Yards Per Game	-	51.9
#8 Adian Baity34.9	Receiving Yards Per Game	-	17.1
#3 Blake Combs58.2	Total Yards Per Game	-	38.0
#21 Austin Arrowood6.5	Tackles Per Game	-	2.3
#25 Cole Pennell0.3	Sacks Per Game	-	0.4
#3 Blake Combs7.6	Points Per Game	-	3.4

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Alexander Central	3-1		Freedom	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/28/23	Alexander Central	Ashe County	(W) 48-8	10/12/23	Freedom	Ashe County	(W) 42-0
10/5/23	Watauga	Alexander Central	(L) 32-20	10/19/23	Freedom	Watauga	(L) 38-22
10/12/23	Alexander Central	South Caldwell	(W) 40-14	10/5/23	South Caldwell	Freedom	(W) 13-0
10/23/23	Hibriten	Alexander Central	(W) 46-0	9/28/23	Freedom	Hibriten	(L) 27-21

Record Breakdown

Alexander Central (23-24)		Freedom (23-24)
8-2	Overall	6-4
4-1	League	0-1
4-1	Non-League	6-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-1	Common Opponent	2-2
3-2	Home	4-1
5-0	Away	2-3
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
8-2	In-State	6-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0