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2015 GAME SCHEDULE 2014 RESULTS
Northwest VikingsNorthwest Guilford High School5240 Northwest School Road, Greensboro
2015 GAME SCHEDULE(all games start at 7:30 p.m.)
DATE OPPONENT LOCATIONAug. 21 ...........Smith................................... AwayAug. 28 ..........Western Guilford .................. HomeSept. 4 ............Northern Guilford ................ AwaySept. 11 ..........Southeast Guilford ............... AwaySept. 18 ..........ByeSept. 25 ..........Grimsley .............................. HomeOct. 2 .............Reidsville ............................ AwayOct. 9 .............Ragsdale ............................. AwayOct. 16 ...........High Point Central ............... HomeOct. 23 ...........Glenn .................................. AwayOct. 30 ...........Southwest Guilford ............... HomeNov. 6 .............East Forsyth ......................... Home
2014 SEASON RESULTS (8-4, 4-1)DATE OPPONENT SCOREAug. 22 ..........Smith...................................................... 13-7 (W)Aug. 29 ..........Western Guilford ..................................... 35-28 (W)Sept. 5 ............Northern Guilford ................................... 12-35 (L)Sept. 12 ..........Reidsville ................................................ 24-21 (W)Sept. 19 ..........Reagan .................................................. 28-31 (L)Sept. 26 ..........Grimsley ................................................. 26-13 (W)Oct. 10 ...........Ragsdale ................................................ 27-7 (W)Oct. 17 ...........High Point Central .................................. 28-17 (W)Oct. 24 ...........Glenn ..................................................... 42-14 (W)Oct. 31 ...........Southwest Guilford .................................. 34-0 (W)Nov. 7 .............East Forsyth ............................................ 13-36 (L)Nov. 14 ...........Providence ......................... 15-34 (L) 4-AA Playoffs
Northern NighthawksNorthern Guilford High School7101 Spencer Dixon Road, Greensboro
2015 GAME SCHEDULE(all games start at 7:30 p.m.)
DATE OPPONENT LOCATIONAug. 21 ...........ByeAug. 28 ..........Page ..................................... AwaySept. 4 ............Northwest ............................. HomeSept. 11 ..........Williams ................................ HomeSept. 18 .........Reidsville .............................. AwaySept. 25 ..........Western Alamance ............... AwayOct. 2 .............Eastern Alamance ................. HomeOct. 9 .............Rockingham County ............. AwayOct. 16 ...........Eastern Guilford ................... HomeOct. 23 ...........Northeast Guilford ................ AwayOct. 30 ...........McMichael ........................... HomeNov. 6 .............Morehead ............................. Away
2014 SEASON RESULTS (16-1, 7-1) DATE OPPONENT SCOREAug. 29 ..........Page ........................................................35-7 (W)Sept. 5 ............Northwest Guilford ...................................35-12 (W)Sept. 12 ..........Williams ...................................................55-7 (W)Sept. 19 ..........Reidsville .................................................33-17 (W)Sept. 26 ..........Western Alamance ...................................35-21 (W)Oct. 3 .............Eastern Alamance ....................................28-32 (L)Oct. 10 ...........Rockingham ............................................55-0 (W)Oct. 17 ...........Eastern Guilford ......................................22-21 (W)Oct. 24 ...........Northeast Guilford ...................................49-0 (W)Oct. 31 ...........McMichael ..............................................55-0 (W)Nov. 7 .............Morehead ................................................58-7 (W)
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NO. NAME HEIGHT WEIGHT POSITION GRADE1 Kyle Finne 5’11” 185 RB/DB 112 Cameron Cloud 5’9” 165 RB/WR/DB 93 Zachary Welch 6’0” 210 RB/OLB 124 Jordan Lane 6’0” 190 WR/OLB 115 Mitch Bryant 6’1” 170 WR/DB 126 Cody Miller 5’10” 170 WR/DB 117 Thomas Hennigan 6’3” 190 WR/DB 118 Caleb Homol 6’0” 165 QB/DB 119 Cameron Payne 6’3” 210 TE/DE 1110 Justin Stone 6’2” 195 TE/LB 1211 Jonah Godehardt 5’11” 165 WR/DB 1212 Zac Ellison 5’10” 165 KICKER 1213 Alex Holloway 5’9” 160 WR/DB 1114 Tucker Sweeney 5’9” 160 WR/DB 1116 Anthony Bratcher 6’0” 170 WR/DB 1217 Tre’ Turner 6’3” 175 WR/DB 1018 Tico Hamphill 5’11” 165 WR/DB 1119 Jake Smith 6’2” 170 QB/DB 1120 Tristen Jones 5’9” 160 RB/DB 1121 Josh Bethea 5’8” 160 WR/DB 1122 Scot Garrison 6’0” 180 WR/OLB 1123 Hunter Branson 5’11” 190 RB/LB 12
NO. NAME HEIGHT WEIGHT POSITION GRADE24 Chris Starks 5’10” 180 RB/LB 1125 Zachary Tyler 5’11” 190 RB/LB 1128 Connor Doak 6’2” 180 TE/DE 1234 Nathan Ramsey 5’8” 170 RB/DB 1143 James Linden 5’9” 160 RB/DB 1144 Jacob Fields 5’11” 190 TE/DE 1150 Levi Montgomery 5’11” 180 OL/DE 1157 Jake Rezek 5’11” 210 OL/DT 1158 Tristen Kilgannon 5’10” 270 OL/DT 1062 Carson Stull 5’10” 180 OL/LB 1164 Brendan Banner 5’10” 210 OL/DT 1167 Austin Scott 6’0” 240 OL/DT 1171 Lenny Horruitiner 5’11” 300 OL/DT 1172 Matthew Hayes 6’4” 240 OL/DT 1173 Joe Collazo 5’9” 275 OL/DT 1174 Jackson Hales 6’4” 210 OL/DE 1175 Randon Lee 6’1” 295 OL/DT 1276 Jared Braiman 6’4” 225 OL/DE 1277 Trey Williams 6’3” 250 OL/DT 1181 Tyler Bicker 6’2” 215 TE/DE 1284 Shaden Chavis 5’8” 170 RB/DB 1190 Darrick Johnson 5’11” 250 OL/DT 12
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In his second season as Northwest’s head coach, Jared Rolfes has worked on solidifying team expectations, building relationships withhis players and assistants, and developing leaders on and off the field
by L.A. Logan
After his football team qualified for the 4-AA NCHSAA playoffs in his first season as Northwest Guilford’s head coach, Jared Rolfes and his support team are looking to pick up where they left off last November and raise the bar higher this season.
“We have some raw talent,” said Rolfes. “We’re go-ing to look a little bit different in terms of our (read-option) formations. Our person-nel will allow us to run a lot of lateral (plays) to try and make defenses run sideline to sideline.
“We’re pretty deep at receiver. Obvi-
ously you have your top guys, but we also have some guys right next to them who can come in and be relief players.”
The team’s four returning offensive starters will be led by junior star wide re-ceiver Thomas Hennigan, one of North Carolina’s top playmakers.
“This year more people know my name,” said Hennigan. “It’s going to be tougher week in and week out.
“I have to up my play,” he said matter-of-factly. “I don’t plan on getting the ball any less.”
Three newcomers to the team will add another layer of speed and
depth – senior Mitch Bryant, sophomore Tre Turner
and freshman Cameron Cloud, who has been named a starter by Rolfes.
“It’s not re-ally ideal to start a freshman on a var-sity football team,”
said Rolfes, “but this kid is going to be a re-
ally good player. These other guys are going to
create a lot of problems for people who
Northwest Guilford Vikings
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Head coach: Jared Rolfes
Key player: WR Thomas Hennigan
Breakout player: QB Jake Smith
Most anticipated conference game: vs. East Forsyth
Offense: Spread option
Offensive coordinator: Jared Rolfes
Returning offensive starters: WR Thomas Hennigan, OL Jared Braiman, C Austin Scott andRB Kyle Finne
Offensive newcomers: WR Tre Turner and WR Cameron Cloud
Defense: 4-2-5 (4 defensive backs, 2 middle linebackers, 5 defensive linemen)
Defensive coordinator: Bryant Miller (first year at Northwest)
Returning defensive starter:Zach Tyler
Defensive newcomers: DB Zach Welch, MLB Justin Stone and DB Mitch Bryant
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NO. NAME HEIGHT WEIGHT POSITION GRADE2 Trajhuan Reliford 6’1” 205 FB/DE 123 CJ Freeman 6’ 200 TB/B 124 Tristen Simmons 5’11” 155 Rec/C 125 Kamari Bonds 6’ 175 Rec/C 126 Jon Sessoms 5’9” 150 Rec/C 127 Tucker Hord 5’9” 160 Rec/FS 128 Ford Moser 5’10” 150 Rec/FS 99 Stedman Ellington 6’ 175 Rec/B 1210 Miles Timmons 6’ 190 QB/DB 1211 Chris Shaw 6’1” 170 QB/R 1112 Cody Knight 5’10” 160 QB/DB 1013 Max Maynard 5’11” 170 Rec/C 1214 Xaviar Brinson 5’10” 170 FB/LB 1215 Evan Hoff 5’10” 160 FB/LB 1019 Jeremiah Shamberger 5’8” 145 Rec/DB 1120 Spencer Kontoulas 5’10” 165 Rec/C 1221 Joe Piscitelli 5’9” 150 Rec/C 1122 Garrett Marsh 5’11” 160 Rec/R 1123 Kyle Quashie 5’10” 180 TB/LB 1224 Matt McGarry 5’11” 200 FB/LB 1225 Chris Foster 5’8” 150 TB/R 1030 Justin Julian 5’9” 155 TB/LB 1031 Sam Smith 6’ 200 FB/DL 1232 Kaleel Cathcart 6’1” 185 TE/DE 1233 Elijah Stevens 5’11” 180 FB/DL 1234 Atticus Fields 5’8” 145 Rec/B 10
NO. NAME HEIGHT WEIGHT POSITION GRADE 40 Christian Bass 5’11” 150 Rec/R 941 Sawyer Lemoi 5’10” 210 FB/DL 1242 Laith Al-Jaovni 5’10” 190 FB/DL 1143 Brad Cranford 5’8” 145 Rec/B 1044 Jonah Messer 5’11” 155 TE/DE 1045 CJ Fox 5’10” 165 TE/DE 1050 Reid Thompson 6’1” 210 OL 1152 Joe Millwee 5’9” 185 LB 1153 Kyle Williams 6’1” 220 OL/DL 1154 Jay Hardy Stone 6’1” 220 OL/DE 1155 Dylan Hakala 6’3” 230 OL 1260 Jake Moore 5’9” 225 OL/DL 1162 Michael Milazzo 6’3” 240 OL 1164 Ryan Walton 6’ 200 OL 1070 Joe Lawson 6’2” 250 OL 1271 Josh Covington 5’11” 235 OL 1272 Jalen Hollins 5’10” 240 OL 1273 Miles Edringston 6’ 190 OL 1074 Zack Cooke 6’ 215 OL 1275 Hunter Wade 6’ 215 OL/DL 1277 Dan Freeman 6’1” 195 OL/DL 1080 Ethan Reeder 6’ 185 P/PK 1282 Matt Manning 5’10” 170 Rec/DB 1184 Wes Wotring 6’ 150 Rec/DB 1186 Davis Streuli 6’ 150 Rec/DB 1087 Justin Shamberger 5’8” 145 Rec/DB 11
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by L.A. Logan
At about this time every year, something special seems to hap-pen in this rural but rapidly-growing area of northern Guilford County – it occurs precisely when a group of devoted young men unite for football season at Northern Guilford High School.
After recording an almost perfect season in 2014, in which Northern’s varsity football team went 16-1 and claimed their fourth 3-AA NCHSAA football championship, the Nighthawks have experienced numerous changes.
“You really start over,” said Northern head football coach Johnny Roscoe. “We’ve got some depth that came back. The particular thing is how the (experi-enced players) improved themselves and
how they also take the younger guys and do a little coaching of them.”
Now in his seventh season at North-ern, Roscoe must reload both an offen-sive and defensive lineup that graduated
most of its firepower last year.
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there will be a ninth or 10th-grader to get that opportunity.”
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“I have to play within myself,” said Timmons. “Cam never seemed to be rattled … He taught me not to let the situation get too big.”
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Northern Guilford Nighthawks
Head Coach Johnny Roscoe
Head coach: Johnny Roscoe
Key player: RB CJ Freeman
Breakout player: WR Tucker Hord
Most anticipated conference game: vs. Eastern Alamance
Offense: Spread option
Offensive coordinator:Johnny Roscoe
Returning offensive starters: RB CJ Freeman, WR Tucker Hord, WR Max Maynard, OL Josh Covington, OL Hunter Wade, OL Dylan Hakala
Keep your eyes on these players:QB Miles Timmons,MLB Justin Stone
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Returning defensive starters:DB Tucker Hord, DB Max Maynard,MLB Matt McGarry, MLB Kyle Quashie
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“I really like Tre; he’s 6’3 and very coachable. Thomas and Tre are best friends. There’s a lot of cool stuff that comes from two guys like that.”
In the days leading up to the season opener, the quarterback battle between juniors Jake Smith and Caleb Homol continued to heat up. It was just last season that Smith backed up Homol’s brother, Josh, while the younger sibling started on junior varsity before an injury cut his season short.
“You can look at the (quarterback) battle two ways,” said Rolfes. “If you have one guy who gets more reps, you can probably get the timing down quicker. If you have two guys, you com-pete harder because you have two guys pushing one another.
“For us to really go on offense, the
quarterback has to be consistent,” said Rolfes. “We don’t ask them to do any-thing profound. For the guy who wins, consistency will be the biggest thing. Both (players) have had their moments in the preseason.”
At running back, junior Kyle Finne is in a three-way race with senior transfer Zach Welch and junior Chris Starks.
“Physically, we’ll be able to run the ball better,” predicted Rolfes. “All three of them bring something different to the table. Whether it’s a combination of all three or two or one, all of them will be playmakers for us.”
As the old saying goes, football games are won and lost in the trenches, and it will be no different for the Vi-kings this season – the offensive line will largely determine the success of the team’s running game.
Center Austin Scott and offensive lineman Jared Braiman will be the cor-
Northwest football ...continued from p. 9 nerstones of the offensive line that is set to protect the quarterback.
“We’re going to be much stronger off the ball, and we’re ready to open up lanes to score a lot of touchdowns,” said Braiman.
Bryant Miller, who coached with Rolfes at Celina High School in Ohio, joins the Vikings’ coaching staff this season as defensive coordinator.
“My connection with Jared is what led me here,” said Miller. “Since be-ing here for two months, things have worked out for my wife and me. It’s been confirmed that this is where we are supposed to be.”
Miller has his hands full with a 4-2-5 defense that runs a number of combi-nation zones and man looks. Despite returning only one starter – middle linebacker Zach Tyler – Miller is cau-tiously optimistic that this new group will be effective.
“We have 10 guys who were either junior varsity players or rotating substi-tutes,” said Miller. “We’ve got a lot of
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pieces that we’re trying to figure out where they fit.
“The front is solid right now and there is proven ability in the secondary end as well,” Miller said, adding that Tyler and Texas transfer Justin Stone, a middle linebacker, have already pro-vided much needed leadership for the defensive players.
During his first offseason, Rolfes continued working on establishing a new team culture, building relationships and earning the trust that is needed in a head coach.
“Everybody understands the expec-tations,” he said. “The energy is really good. Our leadership is much better this year, and that has helped us solidify our direction. People wouldn’t understand it unless you were around us.”
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for 816 yards and 6 touchdowns last season.
“Coach Roscoe is what makes us great,” said Maynard. “He calls the right plays. He puts us in the right po-sitions. All we have to do is execute.”
Although six starters are returning on offense, star running back CJ Freeman, who suffered two torn ligaments in the 2014 state championship game, knows the journey to another championship is going to be an uphill battle.
“When you’re on the field, you got to do what you got to do to win the game,” said Freeman. “You can’t be intimidated by anyone. That’s one thing I’ve learned and want to imple-ment for this team.”
Confirming he’s back (from his injury) and better than ever, Freeman, who rushed for 1,908 yards and 27 touchdowns last year according to
Maxpreps.com, says he expects to play at a high level this season.
“Teams are saying ‘I’m not the same.’ I’m ready to show Greensboro, the nation and the whole world who CJ Free-man is. I’m ready to show out,” he said.
If an experi-enced offensive line, led by re-turning starter and center Josh Covington, can create the same holes they did a year ago, watch for Freeman to eclipse 2,000 yards and carry this team to a deep playoff run.
“We prefer to run block because you can go out and hit someone on the move,” said Covington.
Northern’s defense will rely heavily on returning middle linebackers Matt
McGarry, Kyle Quashie and defensive backs Hord and Maynard, while several younger newcomers will be expected to step up and fill the gaps.
“If we start-ed today, out of the 11 (start-ing) defensive players, there’s
a good chance four of them will be ninth- or 10th-graders,” said Roscoe. “It hurts you early, but hopefully by the middle of the season they’ll be playing
like veterans.”
Defensive coordinator Richard Burton says he has been impressed with the effort and performance of his new-look defense.
“Some of the new guys are fast, if not faster than the guys we lost,” said Burton. “We will not be doing a lot of blitzing … We’re going to line up and play fast football.”
Part of Roscoe’s game plan is for his offense, defense and special teams to force their opponent into doing the things they don’t want to do.
“Everybody plays a part,” said Ros-coe. “You never know when that play is going to take place that wins the game for you.
“We believe in a team concept. If we won because of individuals, we would be an average team. Because we believe in team, we win close games. We win the ones we’re not supposed to win. We have to have that every year.”
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“Last year the team’s motto was ‘make it happen.’ This year is
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Back in the ‘60s, the Beatles had an incred-ible rapport with their screaming fans across the world. Closer to home – and in this decade – the Northern High School marching band elicits an almost equally enthusiastic stir in the Nighthawks stadium when it performs.
This season the school’s marching band will perform several popular Beatles’ songs, including “The Magical Mystery Tour,” “Hard Day’s Night,” “Hey Jude,” “Eleanor Rigby” and “Yesterday.”
Eighth-year Northern band director Ed Kimbrough is ecstatic.
“When I first came to Northern, it was bringing together people from northeast and northwest Guil-ford County,” said Kimbrough, who has 29 years as a band director, including 13 years at Page.
“Northern needed its own identity, and at that time, part of what I had to do was step aside and let the students have some say in creating the culture and the kind of band program they wanted.
Beatlemania expected to swarm Nighthawk stadium
Photo courtesy of Melinda Morton | Showing his sense of humor, Northern band director Ed Kimbrough (middle row, far left), holds his hands over his ears as marching
band members surround him while having a jam session.
It’s different than any I’ve ever seen.”Over the years, Kimbrough has been intent on devel-
oping a “football band” geared toward the community.“There is a really special relationship between
the football team, the band, the cheerleaders and the student body,” said Kimbrough. “It’s unified and cohesive. This is a great community, and it doesn’t hurt that the football team is great, too. It’s almost like we have a party every Friday night.”
When the players leave the field at halftime, the marching band plays a special
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The award-winning North-west Guilford High School marching band has another exciting season planned for Viking fans.
Director of Bands Brian McMath is now in his 12th year at NWHS, following seven years in the position at Southwestern Randolph High School in Asheboro. His passion for music began in childhood.
“My whole family was musical, and I joined band in middle school,” he said. “I joined Future Teachers of America in high school, and enjoyed the teaching aspect. I put two and two together, and I knew [I wanted to be a band director] when I was in the 10th grade.”
McMath said one of the biggest changes during his tenure at NWHS has occurred in the last couple of years.
“We’ve changed the level of what we’re doing since we’ve been doing national-level competitions,” he said. “We’re trying to push the envelope for us to compete.”
This year, the band is blending the old and the new, and incorporating more technology.
“Our show title is ‘MasqueRAVES.’ We’ve taken the music of Bach, of a masquerade party, but sort of turned it so as the show goes along it becomes futuristic, and that’s the portion that’s a rave – which is another dance party, contemporary for what kids do now, with
electronic music,” said McMath.
“As the show progresses, we are adding techno sound-effect elements throughout the music, to change periods, decades and millenniums,” he continued.
McMath said the con-cept is to put the 1600s into
the 2100s.
“Electronics is a huge deal for us this year, so we’re trying to figure them out using computer systems,” he said. “It’s a lot, but it’s just another learning curve, which I understand.”
New on the frontline this season are senior drum major Michael Brotherton and junior drum major Nathan Adams.
“Michael is a phenomenally talented trumpet player who was ranked first in the state last year,” said McMath. “Na-than plays tenor saxophone and is in my jazz ensemble. He’s a very fine player, and is improving and growing.”
The drum majors are joined by 147 other marching band members, mostly from McMath’s symphonic band, con-cert band, wind ensemble, jazz band and percussion ensemble, plus color guard and winter guard.
The band performs at every home game, either at half-time or after the game. And while the band does attend one away game – at local rival Northern Guilford – NWHS doesn’t perform at that one.
Back at home, the band has shifted toward the student section, which is in
It’s ‘MasqueRAVES’ season for the NWHS marching band
Photo by L.A. Logan/NWO | Members of the Northwest Guilford High School marching band participate in a summer band camp in late July and early August.
the center of the stands.
“We’ve been trying for years to build school spirit,” said McMath. To that end, they added a chant last year, and welcome the student body to provide suggestions of song arrangements it would like the band to play.
To prepare for the season, band mem-
bers spent three weeks together in summer camp, from July 27 to Aug. 14. With classes now underway, they practice two to three hours for three days per week after school.
On Oct. 10, the Viking band will participate in Bands of America compe-
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Enthusiasm will fuel young squadas they rebuild after graduating10 seniors last season
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In her second year as Northern Guilford’s head cheerleading coach, preschool teacher Jennifer Jarrett is as pumped up as her girls as the sports season gets underway.
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Jennifer Loveday-Donovan has already made waves in her home state, holding pageantry titles including Miss South Carolina Teen, Miss South Carolina and Mrs. South Carolina. And now, the Charleston native is making waves as the new Vikings cheerleading head coach.
While the Northwest cheerleading pro-gram has existed for most of the school’s 52-year history, this will be a year of firsts on many fronts – such as having coaches who are full-time faculty members.
With 25 years of cheering in her pompoms, Loveday-Donovan – who holds two masters and one doctorate degree – is a fifth-year high school coach. After working as an admissions counselor at High Point University, she began working at Northwest last fall as an American his-tory teacher. She helped recruit assistant
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Photo courtesy of Lifetouch | The Northwest varsity cheerleading squad includes, from left, (front row) Lexi Miller, Kaitlin Taylor,Emma Rust, Faith Pulliam, Madison Brewer, Alyssa Sutton, Lacy Hylton, Maddie Cassetty; (middle row) Christian Phillips, Amanda Nelms,Madison Kropski, Ashley Elias, Kinlie Rackard, Mallory Maurer, Katherine Hoyle, Emily Boggs, Grace Walker; (back row) head coachJennifer Loveday-Donovan Holly Johnson, Brittany Smith, Kayla Mclamb, Haley Combrinck-Graham, Arianna Braiman, Tori Harris,assistant coach Autumn Pennington and (not pictured) Katherine Durham.
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“I’m looking to change up our entire dance style and make what the dance team is known for completely different,” said Bagley. “I’m making it more hard-hitting. There will be more group dancing side-by-side, and when they move, they’ll move together.”
Bagley, who graduated from Northwest in 2005 after transferring from Dudley for her senior year, said she and Crandall “came in late to the game last year, and used a lot of things from previous years.”
Crandall danced all four years at Northwest, graduating in 2007; she was captain of the dance team her junior and senior years.
One of Bagley’s ideas for her dancers this year is to get the team involved with
the Carolina Panthers’ TopCats and the Charlotte Hornets’ Honey Bees.
“I also plan to do a showcase at the end of the school year and invite dance teams from around the area,” she said.
Following summer tryouts, the Vikettes are starting the school year five dancers strong: Ricki Howell, Haley Saunders, Brittany Lingao, Jordan Taylor and Ahnyae Horn.
Bagley invites other interested girls to come to one of the team’s practices, held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays.
“Come out, and we can judge you right there and let you know,” she said.
“We’re a small team this year, but I really want the girls in the community to know we’re a force, and this is a good program. There are a lot of people who are afraid to come out because they are afraid of the crowd, but I want them to know it’s a fun place to be,” she said.
Vikettes to debut new dance styleSaying the dance team and coaches
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me. If they want to do [something in the routine], we’ll try to make it happen.”
The Vikettes will perform during halftime at the Viking football andbasketball home games. They will make their debut at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, at Northwest’s home game against Western Guilford.
Photo courtesy of LifetouchThe Northwest Vikettes dance team includes,
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coach Autumn Pennington from HPU (the Virginia native now teaches civics at the school). JV coach Kristin Skordahl, a Burlington native with a brand new set of twins, teaches Exceptional Children.
The coaching trio took over in March.
“Having us all on staff is a huge change for the program, with the cheerleaders having accessibility to the coaches, building and facility, and the girls having more accountability,” said Loveday-Donovan. “We’ve been working full-force on paperwork and restructuring the entire program in terms of rules and the demerit system, and requiring cheer-leaders to have teacher recommenda-tions, which they haven’t had before – but as teachers, that is important to us,” she continued. “We’ve also ‘re-imaged’ the entire program, everything down to a new logo and new uniforms. There’s nothing that’s the same… it’s just a different ap-
proach, a different perspective.”
This year, the cheerleading squads are comprised of 24 varsity and 16 junior var-sity “very talented girls” – bigger teams, as requested by the school’s booster club.
The cheerleaders took July off before heading into training for the Newbridge Bank Jamboree at the Greensboro Grasshoppers’ stadium on Aug. 13.
In preparation for the jamboree, they practiced twice a day for four days. Recog-nizing the girls were exhausted, Loveday-Donovan was inclined to cancel their next practice; instead, she came up with another way to bring them together as a team.
“We (coaches) went into my mobile classroom in the morning, texted the girls to bring their pillows and blankets and wear comfy clothes. We moved all the desks out, brought them breakfast and did a ‘show and tell’ with things that showed us who they were,” she said. “I
just didn’t feel like we were a team; we were individuals all operating with skills.”
They watched a movie, ordered pizza and “chilled out.”
At the jamboree, the varsity squad placed third.
Last week the girls attended a stunt safety clinic, headed by an internation-ally-renowned instructor – just in time for their first game performance, when Northwest traveled to Smith on Aug. 21.
In September, Loveday-Donovan and 10 cheerleaders will perform in the half-time show at the University of South Carolina/Central Florida game.
The Viking cheerleaders will then begin preparing for a pre-state championship, which they will host on Oct. 31. Winners will head to Raleigh for the state championship.
“At the end of the day, our focus is for them to just really enjoy themselves,” said Loveday-Donovan.
16 girls, with only seven returning on varsity. They’re so excited and refreshing – that’s the No. 1 thing this year.”
The JV squad is 12 girls strong, includ-ing nine freshmen. It is led by assistant coach Beth Truong, a teacher in North-ern’s Exceptional Children’s program.
“Something I learned last year was how wonderful it is that this school already has a lot of tradition and that school pride is strong,” said Jarrett. “We work well with the band, and band direc-tor Ed Kimbrough is great. My captains will coordinate with the drum majors, and the band will come down and do stuff on the sidelines with the cheerleaders.”
Jarrett cheered in high school and then at Florida State University, where she stuck around for four years after graduat-ing to coach the squad. She noted both differences and similarities in coaching at the high school and college levels.
“The college scale is much larger,
with larger games and larger atmo-spheres, but it’s all relative to cheering on your team and getting the crowd in-volved, which is so important,” she said.
The Nighthawk cheerleaders held tryouts in mid-July, and practiced for three or four days before heading to Edge Cheer Camp at N.C. State Aug. 6-8. Both squads took first place in their divisions.
“That was a great experience to-gether,” said Jarrett.
Since returning from camp, the girls have gathered to paint their run-through signs. And now that school is underway, they will practice three times per week for their Friday football games, the first of which is Aug. 28, at Page.
“One thing that’s different at North-ern, which was started last year, is that we have two varsity squads – one for football and one for basketball,” said Jarrett. “That allows girls who want to play sports to still cheer.”
For instance, one girl plays golf, and then cheers during basketball season.
“It gives more kids a chance to cheer, and also lets girls who move here and can’t make it to July tryouts to still cheer,” she said.
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The high school’s 55 band members come from concert band, wind ensem-ble, jazz band, chorus, orchestra and AP music theory class.
Nate Patterson and Sam Auld, both seniors, are this year’s drum majors.
“Nate is a good musician. He’s a trumpet player for the jazz ensemble, and is in the county’s jazz band,” said Kimbrough. “Sam plays the trombone, tuba and euphonium (a small tuba-like instrument), and helps fill out needs within the band.”
Following a late summer two-week band camp, with the start of school comes marching band practices for an hour and a half, three days per week. The drumline also practices separately one day per week.
“And on Fridays the band practices in the stadium, then the parents have dinner ready, so we sit down and eat,
get dressed, and do the ballgame,” said Kimbrough. “Everybody stays here, and it’s a really neat family atmosphere.”
While the marching band doesn’t enter competitions, it does march in the Greensboro holiday parade and the Summerfield Founders’ Day parade, as well as plays at basketball games and performs a concert.
The music department will visit New York City in April, where students will at-tend a performance festival and see the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
The band gets support from the NGHS Music Boosters, whose fundrais-ing benefits the entire music department. Its events include a 50/50 raffle at every football game, and sales of coupon books, fruit and mattresses.
See and hear the Nighthawks march-ing band perform at Northern’s first home game of the season on Friday, Sept. 4 (against Northwest Guilford). All games are played at 7:30 p.m.
Nate Patterson, senior
Hometown: Greensboro
Instrument played: Trumpet
Years playing music: 7
Interesting fact: I named my car after a girl I met at Disney World.
Extracurricularactivities: Just band
Favorite food: Cantaloupe
Favorite musician/band: Paul Simon
Dream job: Educator
Goal for the marching band: Getting a big, good sound with our small band.
Drum major’s role: Build a relationship with the band and help lead them to become the greatest they can be.
Pre-performance ritual: Yoga and deep breathing with the trumpet section
Most looking forward to: Watching each halftime get better and better as the season goes along.
What is one thing you wish you could change about school? I wish my chemis-try teacher would adopt me.
One thing people do not know about music/band: I try spending an hour a day on a routine to improve my tone.
Sam Auld, seniorHometown: Rockford, Illinois
Instruments played: Trombone, baritone and tuba
Years playing music: 8
Interesting fact: I own 15 unique cat shirts
Extracurricular activities: Science Olympiad and Boy Scouts
Favorite food: Cincinnati chili
Favorite musician/band: The Black Keys
Nickname: “Samalander”
Dream job: Chemist
Goal for the marching band: Get the band to connect with the student body and football team.
Drum major’s role: Lead the band, conduct and get the student body crowd roaring and jiving.
Pre-game ritual: Give a pre-game speech.
Most looking forward to: Friday nights in the football stadium, having fun with the whole band team this year.
What is one thing you wish you could change about school? Have everyone ex-perience Mr. Conine, a chemistry teacher.
One thing people do not know about music/band: A lot of coordination goes into marching correctly along with being able to play your instrument at the same time.
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titions in Winston Salem, and in Atlanta at the end of the month.
“The marching band is an extra-cur-ricular activity, and we don’t get funding from the school, the county or the state,” said McMath. That leaves the band and its Band Boosters to raise funds.
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“The Band Boosters is a 501-c3 com-pany and they work very extensively to raise money to organize the program and chaperone, and they work concerts and festivals,” said McMath. “Their support is the whole reason this band program has been a success for more than 30 years.”
Meet the drum majorsNathan Adams, juniorHometown: High Point Instruments played: Guitar, tenor saxo-phone and vocalsYears playingmusic: 6Interestingfact: I enjoy reading (favor-ites are Lord of the Rings and Stephen King books).Extracurricular activities: Marching band, personal band and going to the gymFavorite food: Hawaiian burgersFavorite musician/band: Maroon 5Dream job: Film director/composer or radiologistGoal for the marching band: Finals placement in national competition Drum major’s role: Conducting, being a leader and competitionMost looking forward to: Having the best performance in my time at NorthwestWhat is one thing you wish you could change about school? More teacher and extra-curricular fundingOne thing people do not know about music/band: Music is just as hard as any core class and should be respected. The marching band spent 120 hours prac-ticing as a team on top of practicing individually at home.
Michael Brotherton, seniorHometown:Greensboro
Instruments played:Trumpet
Years playing music: 6
Interesting fact: I love to jog, and I like to sing.
Extracurricular activities: Practicing trumpet, play in a youth orchestra and jazz bands
Favorite food: Tacos
Favorite musician/band: Snarky Puppy
Dream job: Orchestral trumpet job
Goal for the marching band: Push ourselves to our best
Drum major’s role: Conduct the band, encourage them to push themselves to their best
Pre-performance ritual: Breathe, relax and be thankful for the opportunity to make music for people.
Most looking forward to: Going to Atlanta to perform our last competition in the Georgia Dome
What is one thing you wish you could change about school? Add naptime
One thing people do not know about music/band: A lot of people take their ability to make music for granted, but it is really a privilege.
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Don’t fumble around going all over town to complete your errands. Tackle them all in the same play! Convenient to northwest-area residents, our shopping centers give you the home team advantage.
Managed by Weyhill Commercial, LLC
The Village Shops1692 NC Hwy 68 North
Located at the corner of Hwys 150 & 68
Oak Ridge Commons2205 Oak Ridge Road
Located at the corner of Hwys 150 & 68
Oak Ridge MarketplaceMarketplace Drive
Located at the corner of Hwys 150 & 68
68 Place1427 NC Hwy 68 North
About ½ mile south of the Hwy 150 intersection
