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The Ballantyne Ridge (Charlotte, NC) varsity football team lost Friday's home non-conference game against R.J. Reynolds (Winston-Salem, NC) by a score of 41-21.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
R.J. Reynolds	-	-	-	-	41
Ballantyne Ridge	-	-	-	-	21

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R.J. Reynolds (25-26)		Ballantyne Ridge (25-26)
0	First Downs	23
0	Penalties	5
0	Penalty Yards	35

Game Stats

Ballantyne Ridge (25-26)

R.J. Reynolds

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	7	11	61	.636	8.7	0	0	20	78.2
5	Tommy Elrod (Sr)	7	11	61	.636	8.7	0	0	20	78.2

Ballantyne Ridge

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	15	29	205	.517	13.7		0		74.6
2	Ryder Polston (So)	15	29	205	.517	13.7		0		74.6

R.J. Reynolds

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	100+	TD
	Team Totals	25	416	16.6	90	2	5
0	Antonio Samuels (Sr)	13	297	22.8	90	1	5
5	Tommy Elrod (Sr)	2	10	5.0		0	0
7	Ziaer Bennett (Jr)	10	109	10.9	35	1	0

Ballantyne Ridge

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	100+	TD
	Team Totals	45	312	6.9	21	1	3
2	Ryder Polston (So)	13	73	5.6	21	0	3
3	Ace Alexander (Sr)	1	-1	-1.0		0
5	Caleb Owens (Sr)	2	30	15.0	17	0
20	T. Young (Sr)	28	193	6.9		1
31	Otto Franco (Jr)	1	17	17.0		0

R.J. Reynolds

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	7	61	8.7	20	0
0	Antonio Samuels (Sr)	1	14	14.0	14	0
7	Ziaer Bennett (Jr)	1	1	1.0		0
9	Jaden Wilson (Sr)	2	31	15.5	20	0
10	Kevin Baker (Jr)	1	5	5.0	5
12	Brandon Bell (Sr)	2	10	5.0	6

Ballantyne Ridge

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Team Totals	16	210	13.1	30
0	Evan Gautreaux (Jr)	2	12	6.0	5
3	Ace Alexander (Sr)	1	3	3.0
4	Zion Caesar (Fr)	8	137	17.1	30
5	Caleb Owens (Sr)	2	25	12.5	19
10	Holden Jones (So)	1	17	17.0	17
14	Devin Delfino (So)	1	7	7.0	7
20	T. Young (Sr)	1	9	9.0	9

R.J. Reynolds

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	Total
	Team Totals	416	61	182	659
0	Antonio Samuels (Sr)	297	14	182	493
5	Tommy Elrod (Sr)	10	0		10
7	Ziaer Bennett (Jr)	109	1		110
9	Jaden Wilson (Sr)	0	31		31
10	Kevin Baker (Jr)		5		5
12	Brandon Bell (Sr)		10		10

Ballantyne Ridge

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	Total
	Team Totals	312	210	147	669
0	Evan Gautreaux (Jr)		12		12
2	Ryder Polston (So)	73			73
3	Ace Alexander (Sr)	-1	3	57	59
4	Zion Caesar (Fr)		137	22	159
5	Caleb Owens (Sr)	30	25	34	89
6	Banks Jackson (So)			34	34
10	Holden Jones (So)		17		17
14	Devin Delfino (So)		7		7
20	T. Young (Sr)	193	9		202
31	Otto Franco (Jr)	17			17

R.J. Reynolds

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	416	61	61	477
0	Antonio Samuels (Sr)	297	0	14	311
5	Tommy Elrod (Sr)	10	61	0	71
7	Ziaer Bennett (Jr)	109	0	1	110
9	Jaden Wilson (Sr)	0	0	31	31
10	Kevin Baker (Jr)			5	5
12	Brandon Bell (Sr)			10	10

Ballantyne Ridge

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	312	205	210	517
0	Evan Gautreaux (Jr)			12	12
2	Ryder Polston (So)	73	205		278
3	Ace Alexander (Sr)	-1		3	2
4	Zion Caesar (Fr)			137	137
5	Caleb Owens (Sr)	30		25	55
10	Holden Jones (So)			17	17
14	Devin Delfino (So)			7	7
20	T. Young (Sr)	193		9	202
31	Otto Franco (Jr)	17			17

R.J. Reynolds

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	51	27	78	10.0
0	Antonio Samuels (Sr)	3		3	1.0
4	DeAndre Charles (Sr)	13		13
7	Ziaer Bennett (Jr)	3	3	6	1.0
9	Jaden Wilson (Sr)	3	2	5
10	Kevin Baker (Jr)	4	1	5	1.0
12	Brandon Bell (Sr)	7	1	8	4.0
13	De'reon Watson (So)	1		1	1.0
20	Aaron Hentz (Jr)	1	3	4	1.0
21	Trumane Lee (Jr)	3		3
52	Jaylen Wheeler (Jr)	2	2	4
55	Brandon Garnder (Sr)	2		2
71	Tim Martin (Jr)	6	5	11
75	Ashton Simmons (Sr)		1	1
91	Jashaun Stewart (So)	2	3	5	1.0
99	H. Laurienti (Jr)	1	6	7

Ballantyne Ridge

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	18	4	26	5.0
0	Evan Gautreaux (Jr)	3		3
3	Ace Alexander (Sr)	2	1	3
5	Caleb Owens (Sr)	2		2
10	Holden Jones (So)			2
12	Justin Rodela (So)			2
14	Devin Delfino (So)	1		1
15	Rico Johnson (Fr)		1	1
17	Tanner Bragg (So)	1		1
21	Mark Thurston (So)	1		1
25	Leo Ntasin (So)	3		3	1.0
55	Brady Newman (Jr)	2		2	2.0
60	J. Montgomery (So)	1		1	1.0
63	Nathan Nwasike (So)	1	2	3	1.0
89	David Collins (Jr)	1		1

R.J. Reynolds

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks
	Team Totals	4.0
7	Ziaer Bennett (Jr)	1.0
12	Brandon Bell (Sr)	2.0
20	Aaron Hentz (Jr)	1.0

Ballantyne Ridge

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl	Hurs
	Team Totals	1.0
63	Nathan Nwasike (So)	1.0

R.J. Reynolds

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	PD	Caus	Blk FGs
	Team Totals	0	2	1	1
4	DeAndre Charles (Sr)	0	1	1	1
12	Brandon Bell (Sr)		1

Ballantyne Ridge

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	PD	Blk FGs
	Team Totals	6	2
3	Ace Alexander (Sr)	3
5	Caleb Owens (Sr)		1
14	Devin Delfino (So)	1
15	Rico Johnson (Fr)	2
63	Nathan Nwasike (So)		1

R.J. Reynolds

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	4	131	32.8	40
80	Chase Delgado (So)	4	131	32.8	40

Ballantyne Ridge

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	4	199	49.8	52
31	Otto Franco (Jr)	4	199	49.8	52

R.J. Reynolds

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	1	49	49.0	49
1	Herschel McNeal (Sr)	1	49	49.0	49

Ballantyne Ridge

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	2	57	28.5	40
31	Otto Franco (Jr)	2	57	28.5	40

R.J. Reynolds

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	FC	KR Yds
	Team Totals	4	182	45.5	90						182
0	Antonio Samuels (Sr)	4	182	45.5	90						182

Ballantyne Ridge

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	7	147	21.0	34	147
3	Ace Alexander (Sr)	3	57	19.0	22	57
4	Zion Caesar (Fr)	1	22	22.0	22	22
5	Caleb Owens (Sr)	1	34	34.0	34	34
6	Banks Jackson (So)	2	34	17.0	19	34

R.J. Reynolds

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Kick Pts
	Team Totals	6	36	5
0	Antonio Samuels (Sr)	6	36	0
80	Chase Delgado (So)			5

Ballantyne Ridge

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Kick Pts
	Team Totals	3	18	3
2	Ryder Polston (So)	3	18
31	Otto Franco (Jr)			3

R.J. Reynolds

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	5	6	.8	0	1	.0		5
80	Chase Delgado (So)	5	6	.8	0	1	.0		5

Ballantyne Ridge

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	3	3	1.0					3
31	Otto Franco (Jr)	3	3	1.0					3

R.J. Reynolds

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	TD FR	TD IR	TD PR	TD KOR	Total
	Team Totals	5	0				1	6
0	Antonio Samuels (Sr)	5	0				1	6

Ballantyne Ridge

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	TD FR	TD IR	TD PR	TD KOR	Total
	Team Totals	3						3
2	Ryder Polston (So)	3						3

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Football - Ballantyne Ridge knocked off by R.J. Reynolds

September 19, 2025: Charlotte, NC 28277

In Friday's non-league outing, the R.J. Reynolds Demons (Winston-Salem, NC) football squad knocked off the host Ballantyne Ridge Wolves (Charlotte, NC), by a margin of 41-21.

The Demons now sport a 5-0 record. They take the field next when they travel to Parkland for a Central Piedmont 7A/8A outing on Friday, October 3. R.J. Reynolds will clash with a Mustangs squad coming off a 46-0 non-league win over Atkins (Winston-Salem, NC). The Mustangs record now stands at 1-4.

With the defeat, Ballantyne Ridge drops to 1-4 on the campaign. The Wolves travel to East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) to clash with the Eagles in a Southwestern 7A/8A outing on Friday, September 26. The Eagles enter the contest with a record of 2-3. East Mecklenburg lost 45-8 in their recent non-league contest against South Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC)

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4th Quarter
35 - 14 The scorer has checked in. RJRHS 35, BRHS 14

Posted @ 9:11p
35 - 14

Red Zone Alert
Ballantyne Ridge4th Quarter ~5 minutes to go
Ballantyne Ridge is inside R.J. Reynolds' 20. RJRHS 35, BRHS 14

Posted @ 9:12p
35 - 14

Update
Ballantyne Ridge4th Quarter ~5 minutes to go
Ballantyne Ridge - 4th down, ~5 minutes to go, ball on R.J. Reynolds' 10-yard line. RJRHS 35, BRHS 14

Posted @ 9:16p
35 - 14

Big Play - Tackle For Loss
R.J. Reynolds4th Quarter ~5 minutes to go
R.J. Reynolds with a tackle for loss. Ballantyne Ridge has the ball on R.J. Reynolds' 20-yard line. RJRHS 35, BRHS 14

Posted @ 9:17p
41 - 14

Rushing Touchdown
R.J. Reynolds4th Quarter ~4 minutes to go
R.J. Reynolds - Rushing TD. RJRHS 41, BRHS 14

Posted @ 9:21p

R.J. Reynolds @ BRHS Football Game Info

Fri., Sep. 19, 2025 @ 7p

The Ballantyne Ridge (Charlotte, NC) varsity football team lost Friday's home non-conference game against R.J. Reynolds (Winston-Salem, NC) by a score of 41-21.

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Rankings & Records

R.J. Reynolds (25-26)

NC	Class
192	39

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
6-5	1-4	2-4	4-1	.545	.200	240	279

Ballantyne Ridge (25-26)

NC	Class
278	54

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
2-8	1-4	1-4	1-4	.200	.200	164	369

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
R.J. Reynolds	6.8	5.8	6.7	3.3	21.8
Ballantyne Ridge	1.2	1.4	1.4	5.0	16.4

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Team Stat Comparison

R.J. Reynolds		Ballantyne Ridge
140.1	Rushing Yards Per Game	137.9
172.5	Passing Yards Per Game	130.1
171.5	Receiving Yards Per Game	136.4
312.5	Total Yards Per Game	268.0
53.2	Tackles Per Game	40.5
1.5	Sacks Per Game	0.8
0.0	Points Per Game	0.0

Team Leaders

R.J. Reynolds		Ballantyne Ridge	National Avg.
#0 Antonio Samuels114.5	Rushing Yards Per Game	#20 Ty'barious Young82.0	11.4
#5 Tommy Elrod171.9	Passing Yards Per Game	#2 Ryder Polston130.1	11.2
#9 Jaden Wilson55.1	Receiving Yards Per Game	#4 Zion Caesar44.7	9.0
#5 Tommy Elrod170.8	Total Yards Per Game	#2 Ryder Polston161.4	25.1
#99 Hughes Laurienti7.9	Tackles Per Game	#25 Leo Ntasin6.0	2.6
#71 Tim Martin0.6	Sacks Per Game	#0 Evan Gautreaux0.3	0.2
#80 Chase Delgado0	Points Per Game	#31 Otto Franco0	1.9

Record Breakdown

R.J. Reynolds (25-26)		Ballantyne Ridge (25-26)
6-5	Overall	2-8
1-4	League	1-4
5-0	Non-League	1-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
2-4	Home	1-4
4-1	Away	1-4
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-0
6-5	In-State	2-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1