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The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) JV football team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Statesville (NC) by a score of 14-6.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Statesville	0	6	0	0	6
Alexander Central	8	6	0	0	14

Final score provided by J. Watts.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Box Score Stats

Statesville (23-24)		Alexander Central (23-24)
34	Total Plays	38
10	First Downs	9
15	Penalties	3
101	Penalty Yards	25
17:50	Possession Time	22:10

Game Stats

Statesville (23-24)

Statesville has not entered stats for this game.

Alexander Central (23-24)

Alexander Central

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	3	5	106	.600	35.3	2	2	71	104.2
2	Graham Hoke (Fr)	1	1	71	1.000	71.0	1		71	177.1
7	Jacob Hubbard (Fr)	2	4	35	.500	17.5	1	2	23	80.2

Alexander Central

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Team Totals	32	88	2.8	16
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	13	44	3.4	16
4	Kierian Shaw (So)	3	2	0.7	6
7	Jacob Hubbard (Fr)	4	-9	-2.3	3
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	2	15	7.5	14
24	M. Howell Jr. (Fr)	3	10	3.3	4
25	Cole Pennell (Fr)	7	26	3.7	9

Alexander Central

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	3	106	35.3	71	2
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	2	35	17.5	23	1
8	Adian Baity (So)	1	71	71.0	71	1

Alexander Central

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

#	Athlete Name	Fum	Lost	Pnk Blk
	Team Totals	2	1
7	Jacob Hubbard (Fr)	2	1

Alexander Central

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	IR	Total
	Team Totals	88	106	23	10	227
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	44	35	19		98
4	Kierian Shaw (So)	2				2
7	Jacob Hubbard (Fr)	-9				-9
8	Adian Baity (So)		71	4	0	75
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	15				15
24	M. Howell Jr. (Fr)	10				10
25	Cole Pennell (Fr)	26				26
52	Cade Hartis (So)				10	10

Alexander Central

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	88	106	106	194
2	Graham Hoke (Fr)		71		71
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	44		35	79
4	Kierian Shaw (So)	2			2
7	Jacob Hubbard (Fr)	-9	35		26
8	Adian Baity (So)			71	71
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	15			15
24	M. Howell Jr. (Fr)	10			10
25	Cole Pennell (Fr)	26			26

Alexander Central

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	16	20	36	5.0
2	Graham Hoke (Fr)	1	1	2
4	Kierian Shaw (So)	3	1	4
8	Adian Baity (So)	2	2	4
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	3	1	4	1.0
10	Kevin Hinson (So)	1		1
12	Korbin Kelly (Fr)	2	1	3
21	Austin Arrowood (So)	3	4	7	1.0
24	M. Howell Jr. (Fr)		2	2
25	Cole Pennell (Fr)	1	3	4	2.0
30	Jason Lian (Fr)		1	1
51	Kristafer Vang (Fr)		1	1
52	Cade Hartis (So)		2	2	.5
68	Kaid Roseman (So)		1	1	.5

Alexander Central

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl	Hurs
	Team Totals	1.0	7
9	Weston Palmer (Fr)	1.0	7

Alexander Central

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	PD	Fmb Rec	FR Yds
	Team Totals	2	10	5.0	1	1	0
2	Graham Hoke (Fr)				1
8	Adian Baity (So)	1	0	0.0
24	M. Howell Jr. (Fr)					1	0
52	Cade Hartis (So)	1	10	10.0

Alexander Central

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	3	99	33.0	35
25	Cole Pennell (Fr)	3	99	33.0	35

Alexander Central

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	2	23	11.5	19	23
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	1	19	19.0	19	19
8	Adian Baity (So)	1	4	4.0	4	4

Alexander Central

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	2	12	2	14
3	Blake Combs (Fr)	1	6		6
8	Adian Baity (So)	1	6		6
25	Cole Pennell (Fr)			2	2

Alexander Central

Touchdowns

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

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 - Statesville topped by Alexander Central

August 17, 2023: Taylorsville, NC 28681

The Statesville Greyhounds football team (Statesville, NC), was beaten 14-6 in Thursday's non-league challenge with the host Alexander Central Cougars (Taylorsville, NC)

The Cougars (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Wilkes Central (Wilkesboro, NC). The Eagles come into the non-league challenge with a 1-0 record. In their last challenge, Wilkes Central achieved victory over Ashe County (West Jefferson, NC), 16-12, in a non-league challenge.

The Greyhounds now sport a 0-1 record. They take the field next when they travel to Lake Norman for a non-league challenge on Thursday, August 24. Statesville will meet a Wildcats team coming off a 26-0 non-league win over North Mecklenburg (Huntersville, NC). The Wildcats record now stands at 1-0.

Coaches Summary

First Quarter

9:36 ACHS Adian Baity 71 yd pass from Graham Hoke (Cole Pennell rush)

Second Quarter

4:27 ACHS Blake Combs 23 yd pass from Jacob Hubbard (Jacob Hubbard pass failed)

0:04 SHS Chancelar Taylor 21 yd pass from MJ Gladden (MJ Gladden pass failed)

Third Quarter

No Scoring

Fourth Quarter

No Scoring

Statesville @ ACHS Football Game Info

Thu., Aug. 17, 2023 @ 7p

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) JV football team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Statesville (NC) by a score of 14-6.

Rankings & Records

Statesville (23-24)

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	PF	PA
4-6	2-1	2-5	.400	128	224

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	Final
Statesville	3.5	3.0	2.0	1.5	12.8
Alexander Central	9.7	10.0	6.3	0	28.8

Team Stat Comparison

Statesville		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

Statesville		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.
Statesville	1-0		Alexander Central	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
10/12/23	North Iredell	Statesville	(W) 26-12		8/31/23	Alexander Central	North Iredell	(W) 38-6

Record Breakdown

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