Published: 12:06 AM, Thu Jul 22, 2010
Region players help East to its only TD
A staff report
GREENSBORO - The East All-Stars struggled offensively most of the night and managed only a fourth-period touchdown in a 22-7 loss to the West on Thursday in the annual East-West All-Star football game at Grimsley High School's Jamieson Stadium.
A pair of Fayetteville high school players helped lead the East to its only touchdown. Jack Britt quarterback Greg Bryant Jr. connected with Pine Forest's Te'vell Williams on a 40-yard play in the final quarter. That led to a 10-yard scoring run by Adrian Scott of Jacksonville Northside. Warren Harvey of Greenville Rose added the extra point.
South View assistant coach Bill Dockery was an assistant coach for the East team, working with the offense.
"We just couldn't get in any type of rhythm,'' Dockery said. "We had our chances early. We were down inside the five and a center-quarterback exchange hurt us, killed our momentum. Had we been able to score there it probably would have been a different game.''
Although the West scored 22 points, Dockery said a number of Cape Fear region players performed well on defense. He noted Terry Sanford defensive back Erik Salas, Westover linebacker Kimani Jones and Lumberton defensive lineman Jermaine Kesler Jr. and linebacker Jalaquon McNeill.
McNeill had one pass interception for the East. Jones and McNeill led the East in tackles. Jones had three unassisted tackles and six assisted tackles. McNeill had three unassisted tackles and four assisted tackles. Salas had three unassisted tackles, one assisted.
As for the offense, Dockery said the Fayetteville players played hard but were unable to execute.
"We just couldn't get any consistency,'' he said.
Bryant completed 2 of 9 passes for 48 yards. He ran three times for minus 12 yards.
The East had 135 yards of total offense to 223 for the West.
West 22, East 7
West 6 3 0 13 - 22
East 0 0 0 7 - 7
W - Josh Dula 73 punt return (kick failed)
W - FG Patrick Smith 41
W - Kurt Odom 4 run (kick failed)
W - Kevin Jeter 9 run (Smith kick)
E - Adrian Scott 10 run (Warren Harvey kick)
Individual leaders
Rushing
West - Odom 14-43, Jeter 15-34. East - Gabe Henderson 4-25, Marcus Cobb 8-24, Scott 5-23.
Passing
West - Ben Walgenbach 8-20-1, 140. East - Bryant 2-9-0, 48; Gabe Henderson 5-9-1, 29.
Receiving
West - Banks Jenkins 4-86, Jeter 1-28, Andrew Wilson 1-13. East - Dee Williams 2-9, Te'vell Williams 1-40.