Football Western Foothills 4A/5A - 1st Round
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The Bessemer City fullback was Phillip Crosby, Fullback at the University of Tennessee (was on the 1998 BCS championship team that beat Florida State), then later played for Buffalo.
The other player was Norris McCleary was around 6-6, 300 lbs. played 0n the huge line that BC had.
Played at East Carolina, and I’m thinking later for Kansas City.
Believe I read he is on a coaching staff at one 0f the Durham County schools.
They would be around 50 years old, now… seems like last week when they were playing here in that 94 playoff game.
I’ve got no doubt you could tell him how to train. It’s unfortunate they don’t take advantage of your skills.I wish. But very close to the program
Gets alittle off subject but Bessemer City, man, do they have kids in the halls that just dont come out? Cause you know there has to be more athletes there that'd be difference makers in this way and that. But I got to thinking too, you recon over the years Kings Mtn would have some of the good ones from the BC area playing for them instead, being theres not much space seperating the schools?? LOL, i mean I'm just wondering. I did see KM play Crest on youtube playback. With all that youtube my goodness makes ya not wanna show up anymore, just watch youtube and play armchair QB. So i watched that game and Crest layed the absolute smack down on them. Maybe Crest just knows how to handle them and maybe they didnt get the BC best this year if they were doing that.
Since the merger of the 3 Cleveland county school systems into 1, you have KM kids going to Bessemer City and Huss and I know one kid that had to go to forestview years ago. There is 1 large neighborhood with houses and apartment complex that is in KM city limits but totally in Gaston county that has produced many athletes.
You referring to Landon Dickerson he played at Hickory before transferring to South Caldwell, he actually played at Grandview Middle here in Hickory as well he starts LG for the Philadelphia Eagles now, I get that it has never been a perfect format, I remember the 96 team in Hickory went 16-0 and played one home game and the rest of the road and couldn't had been the #1 seed, I don't remember the seed we were that year @CHEERDUCK probably remembers but my point is if you don't have a winning record or at least winning half your games you might should not be in it.
Great athlete, he plays all over the field, well deserved. #TornadoPride 
#2x StateChamps 
#2x StateChamps 🫵you are correct! Maiden’s Chris Ramseur was I’m thinking, a linebacker on that team with Phillip Crosby…There were several players from North Carolina…Statesville had a player there. His last name was Graham, Franklin’s Shawn Bryson was a team captain, among others.
Bobby Graham was a very talented receiver for Statesville. He would play with William Combs, QB, that came to Lenoir Rhyne to play baseball. Daniel Willis was a very talented QB for Hickory the same years and came to LR to play basketball. The football coach at LR, at the time those two were at LR, was Bill Hart. As the Bear team struggled the next couple of years, especially at the QB position, many including myself told him the best two QBs at Lr was Combs and Willis.
MGore 87, in 1996 HHS was the #1 seed in the west. The bracket playoff locations were set before the playoffs began and were rotated every year by conference by some rocket scientist at the NCHSAA office.
@CHEERDUCK you got to be kidding me, so we were the #1 seed that year and played one home game??
The NCHSAA smh...... that is in insane, thanks for enlighten me about that because I always wonder and I run into some of the 96 players from time to time and always forget to ask about the playoff that year.
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Good luck! Yall
Bunker Hill
Pisgah
Hickory
Maiden
NW Cabarrus
Good luck! Yall
I think so too.
You know…ole North Lincoln just missed finishing 3-0 in their last 3 games due to missing an xp and a failed conversion against Bunker Hill in the 4th quarter. They woulda coulda got a little better seed but it is what it is!
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