The landscape of the summer schedule has certainly changed for many programs over the past five plus years when it comes to how much organized seven-on-seven is available for teams to engage in and it's clear that teams are taking advantage of an extra opportunity, not only for their athletes to compete, but also for coaching staffs to evaluate their talent and hone their own skills. As with the Hornets and Spartans a week ago, at the Byrnes event, the Jordan Falcons traveled earlier this week to Carrboro High School for a more low-key event, but today took the opportunity to load up the bus and head to Eastern Guilford High School to be one of a number of teams from across the state participating in the Holt Brothers 7-on-7.
For those that may not be familiar with the event, Torry and Terrence Holt, both NFL products established the Holt Foundation which "...assists with improving the quality of life for children and families that are dealing with cancer..." (1) For additional information on the Holt Foundation, click here. As part of their foundation's effort, they run an annual football camp each year and have added a seven-on-seven competition to the mix. The overall event is taking place both today and tomorrow and will include players and schools from here in the state as well as Virginia and Georgia. The event is taking place at Eastern Guilford High School, which happens to be the alma mater of the Holt brothers.
According to the official press release from the event the following teams are expected to be in attendance.
Eastern Guilford (NC), Dudley (NC), High Point Central (NC), Page (NC), Williams (NC), Cummings (NC), Parkland (NC), Southern Alamance (NC), Jordan (NC), Southeast Raleigh (NC) and GW Danville (VA) (as well as a team from Georgia)
Looking over this list, depending on who the Falcons will play, there is a solid mix of not only quality programs but top notch coaching, especially from a passing oriented event. Burlington Williams is led this year by former Leesville Road heavyweight David Green while GW Danville is coached by former Reidsville legend Jimmy Teague. Add to the mix always athletic Burlington Cummings and Coach Jay Perdue calling the offensive shots and a projected top tier program led by David Washington at quarterback for Southeast Raleigh and coached by Daniel Finn and you have a solid event from start to finish. Nick Stevens and the folks at HighSchoolOT.com have a ton of information specifically on Southeast - here is just a bit.
Video from HighSchoolOT.com
We'll be interested to hear how the Falcons perform as there is no doubt they'll be tested!
Looks like they did quite well. Reports are that both sides of the ball performed well against the competition they faced. We'll have an article up in the next day on some additional details.
I guess they passed the test with a A
ReplyDeleteLooks like they did quite well. Reports are that both sides of the ball performed well against the competition they faced. We'll have an article up in the next day on some additional details.
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