HPA Interviews
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Really no reason all of High Point football is bad
TWA is a winnable situation with the athletes they have and size. HPC may be a lost cause as it is on the verge of not even having a team from the troubles they have had the last many seasons. No JV, small varsity and the kids interested in everything but playing football and sports.
Andrew, Central, SW Guilford, and Ragsdale... It's bad right now
Hate to see what has become of HPC. I don't get it. They were a perennial powerhouse back in the day when Gary Whitman was the coach winning state titles and had some real talent. I just don't understand how they can go from that to where they are now. They are an embarrassment at this point. And they are a 4A school. We are not talking about a 1A school with 250 students. I don't know HPC exact enrollment numbers. But seems like there is no reason they can't get 50-60 kids out willing to work, put in the effort and play football.
Little inside birdie told me that Andrews has their guy…. Former ACC college player and won some hardware while playing high school football in Guilford county.
Trying to remember the players that won in Guilford County and went to ACC schools. I'm sure I missed a couple but any of these?
- Chris Register played on the 2013 Dudley team and went to Clemson.
- Mook Reynolds played on the 2014 Northern Guilford team and went to VT.
- He's been back in the area helping younger kids with athletics and mental health.
- Hendon Hooker played on the 2016 Dudley team and went to VT.
- I could see this as a good hire as he is/was close to Teddy Bridgewater who just won a high school state championship in FL.
- Bryson Speas played on the 2016 Dudley team and went to NC State.
TWA like many city schools faces severe poverty issues. That tends to put kids in a bind to make bad decisions, have to work or do other things not so productive. A school/classroom environment that is not very pleasant to work in makes it hard to keep staff and the students tend to rule the school. Coaches need to be in the hallways, recruiting, watching grades, checking attendance and maintaining good discipline. TWA is a totally different school from when Whitman was there. I thought the coach they had did a pretty good job with the kids and the teams he had. TWA could be great again in football, basketball, track and wrestling, but the culture that has arisen within the walls of that hallowed school and in the community surrounding it will have to change and that may never happen at this point. They have had some great HOF coaches in that building but right now nobody matches up to those folks that kept TWA a powerhouse in many sports, especially football and wrestling for a long time.