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Watauga Alexander Central

Pioneers

Cougars

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) JV football team lost Thursday's home conference game against Watauga (Boone, NC) by a score of 32-20.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Watauga	-	-	-	-	32
Alexander Central	-	-	-	-	20

Final score provided by J. Watts.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Watauga (23-24)

Watauga has not entered stats for this game.

Alexander Central (23-24)

Alexander Central

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	3	7	49	.429	16.3	0	25	67.0
2	Graham Hoke (Fr)	1	1	25	1.000	25.0	0	25	137.5
5	Nathaniel Roark (Fr)	0	1	0	.000			0	39.6
7	Jacob Hubbard (Fr)	2	5	24	.400	12.0		16	55.4

Alexander Central

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	37	184	5.0	24	3
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	10	35	3.5	8
4	Kierian Shaw (So)	1	2	2.0	2
5	Nathaniel Roark (Fr)	6	29	4.8	8
7	Jacob Hubbard (Fr)	4	11	2.8	8
8	Adian Baity (So)	1	24	24.0	24
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	3	16	5.3	7	1
24	M. Howell Jr. (Fr)	4	8	2.0	6
25	Cole Pennell (Fr)	8	59	7.4	13	2

Alexander Central

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Team Totals	3	49	16.3	25
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	1	8	8.0	8
8	Adian Baity (So)	1	25	25.0	25
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	1	16	16.0	16

Alexander Central

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

#	Athlete Name	Fum	Lost	Pnk Blk
	Team Totals	1	1
8	Adian Baity (So)	1	1

Alexander Central

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	IR	Total
	Team Totals	184	49	13	22	268
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	35	8			43
4	Kierian Shaw (So)	2				2
5	Nathaniel Roark (Fr)	29				29
7	Jacob Hubbard (Fr)	11				11
8	Adian Baity (So)	24	25		22	71
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	16	16			32
24	M. Howell Jr. (Fr)	8		4		12
25	Cole Pennell (Fr)	59				59
42	Afton Leslie (Fr)			9		9

Alexander Central

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	184	49	49	233
2	Graham Hoke (Fr)		25		25
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	35		8	43
4	Kierian Shaw (So)	2			2
5	Nathaniel Roark (Fr)	29	0		29
7	Jacob Hubbard (Fr)	11	24		35
8	Adian Baity (So)	24		25	49
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	16		16	32
24	M. Howell Jr. (Fr)	8			8
25	Cole Pennell (Fr)	59			59

Alexander Central

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	14	16	30	1.0
2	Graham Hoke (Fr)	1		1
5	Nathaniel Roark (Fr)	3		3
8	Adian Baity (So)	2		2
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	1	4	5
12	Korbin Kelly (Fr)	1	2	3
15	Hunter McGuire (Fr)	1	2	3
24	M. Howell Jr. (Fr)	2	1	3
25	Cole Pennell (Fr)	1		1	1.0
30	Jason Lian (Fr)		1	1
44	Reid Little (Fr)		1	1
52	Cade Hartis (So)	2	3	5
68	Kaid Roseman (So)		2	2

Alexander Central

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	PD	Fmb Rec	FR Yds	Caus	Blk Pnts	Blk FGs
	Team Totals	1	22	22.0
8	Adian Baity (So)	1	22	22.0

Alexander Central

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Team Totals	4	122	30.5	59
25	Cole Pennell (Fr)	1	59	59.0	59
72	Chevy Curry (Fr)	3	63	21.0	30

Alexander Central

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	2	66	33.0	37
2	Graham Hoke (Fr)	2	66	33.0	37

Alexander Central

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	3	13	4.3	9	13
24	M. Howell Jr. (Fr)	1	4	4.0	4	4
42	Afton Leslie (Fr)	2	9	4.5	9	9

Alexander Central

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	3	18	2	20
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	1	6		6
25	Cole Pennell (Fr)	2	12	2	14

Alexander Central

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	Total
	Team Totals	3	3
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	1	1
25	Cole Pennell (Fr)	2	2

Alexander Central

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals	1		1
25	Cole Pennell (Fr)	1		1

Game Story

North Carolina High School Football - Watauga prevails Alexander Central

October 5, 2023: Taylorsville, NC 28681

The crowd at Thursday's non-league contest between the Watauga Pioneers (Boone, NC) and the host Alexander Central Cougars (Taylorsville, NC), observed Watauga's football squad defeat Alexander Central by a count of 32-20.

The Pioneers now own a 6-0 record. They play next when they host Hibriten for a non-league contest on Thursday, October 12. Watauga will encounter a Panthers squad coming off a 28-18 non-league win over Ashe County (West Jefferson, NC). The Panthers record now stands at 3-2.

Coming up next, the Cougars encounter the South Caldwell Spartans (Hudson, NC) in a non-league contest, on Thursday, October 12. Alexander Central will attempt to upgrade on its 5-2 season record. The Spartans go into the contest with a 1-6 record after their 13-0 non-league loss to Freedom (Morganton, NC).

Coaches Summary

First Quarter

8:36 WATAUGA Kyle Williams 59 yd run (Kyle Williams pass from Cade Keller)

4:04 ACHS Weston Palmer 3 yd run (Weston Palmer rush failed)

Second Quarter

7:09 WATAUGA Cade Keller 2 yd run (Nyle Peays rush)
0:30 ACHS Cole Pennell 12 yd run (Cole Pennell rush)

Third Quarter

3:38 ACHS Cole Pennell 6 yd run (Cole Pennell rush failed)

3:09 WATAUGA Cade Keller 72 yd run (Cade Keller rush)

Fourth Quarter

3:28 WATAUGA Nyle Peays 18 yd run (Kyle Williams pass from Cade Keller)

Watauga @ ACHS Football Game Info

Thu., Oct. 5, 2023 @ 7p

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) JV football team lost Thursday's home conference game against Watauga (Boone, NC) by a score of 32-20.

Rankings & Records

Watauga (23-24)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
9-0	1-0	5-0	4-0	1.000	1.000	298	139

Alexander Central (23-24)

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

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Watauga	5.3	7.3	5.3	10.0	8.0	33.1
Alexander Central	9.7	10.0	6.3	0	-	28.8

Team Stat Comparison

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

Team Leaders

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

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Watauga	4-0		Alexander Central	4-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/28/23	Watauga	South Caldwell	(W) 30-20	10/12/23	Alexander Central	South Caldwell	(W) 40-14
10/12/23	Hibriten	Watauga	(W) 40-14	10/23/23	Hibriten	Alexander Central	(W) 46-0
10/19/23	Freedom	Watauga	(W) 38-22	10/26/23	Alexander Central	Freedom	(W) 26-0
10/26/23	Watauga	Ashe County	(W) 36-7	9/28/23	Alexander Central	Ashe County	(W) 48-8

Record Breakdown

Watauga (23-24)		Alexander Central (23-24)
9-0	Overall	8-2
1-0	League	4-1
8-0	Non-League	4-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
4-0	Common Opponent	4-0
5-0	Home	3-2
4-0	Away	5-0
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
9-0	In-State	8-2
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0