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The football teams from Hickory and Seventy-First meet with the media following the NCHSAA 3A football state championship game in Chapel Hill on Friday night.

You would start us off with the building statement. He had another tremendous season. Um didn't end the way we wanted it to but gives us something to push for uh next season. Um But kids uh did a tremendous job tonight, man, I'm so proud of them and uh they definitely have nothing to hold their heads down about. Um Just a little disappointed right now. That's all at this time to take questions for the players first. Yeah, I know you were able to play for a state title a couple of years ago. Anything about that experience that helped you with the poise of playing for another state title in a different sport? Uh I mean, really my first year when I played in it, it was hard like gear and stuff, you know, big crowd, you just gotta play through it. So this year I just played through it, but, you know, I came up short with it. What happened when he went down there and then um I was cramping up, you know, cramping up in my calf, just went to my trainers, they rolled it out and I just had to fight through it. We also say questions for coach. Did you think that you guys have done everything possible up to that point? You just need one more, one or two more plays to pull it off. Uh Yes, sir. You know, uh, the penalties, the penalties killed this. So, I mean, just gonna go back, look at what happened and just fix it next year since you want to know the, you know, it hurts right now. But the last couple of years getting that heartbreak in the East regional final wasn't mean to you as a senior. Like go that next step, be on the stage and be in the game to the last second like this. Uh I worked hard for this summer times with my brothers. We push for everything last year. We didn't make it. We came back this year that we had to do, make it to the big stage. We just ain't pulled through many mistakes we made on our end. It's gonna be better next year because it just feel like to you at some point, this is a game where whoever has the ball, you know, last with the enough time going to score because of how efficient both offenses were. Yeah, I mean, two contrasting styles, but both of them very effective, uh hats off to uh Hickory and uh they have a good program, but we got a good one too and uh we're good at what we do. Um, they're good. At what they do. And, um, there were times where it did come down to, uh, uh, a state or penalty here or there, um, necessarily not the other team to stop us but ourselves. So we just got to, uh, clean up the, uh, mistakes play a little cleaner and, uh, we'll get the results we want. Was it difficult to defend them? I mean, they can spread the ball out so easily, but then they, they run you back and you just turn up the middle. How much of a challenge was that? Well, they do present some challenges and uh they're very crafty bunch. Um They do some things that uh put some players uh in conflict. But, um, you know, that's football, it's about Xs and Os. These are the kids out here um playing and making decisions at critical moments. But, um, you know, it's the same thing with, uh with our, our offensive system. It translate well to uh create uh opportunities and situations for our skilled guys as well. Um It was just a battle of wheels out there and uh they had the ball last for either player. Was it difficult adjusting to the turf out there in the field? Do you guys play on grass for county? They play on a turf field? Was that an adjustment at first? Uh Yeah, really? But, you know, you just had to uh keep your feet on the ground, you know, pick your feet up. So, yeah, you good. Tell you any field is any field you gotta push through, we gotta play anyway. So any other questions, guys, there's only seven other teams to get an opportunity to play this late in the year. You've got a tremendous season. Congratulations. It takes a lot of courage to come in here and answer questions after a game like that. But you have a lot to be proud of. You play yours out. I'm proud of it. I appreciate it. Ok? Just a minute. We'll have a degree in here outside. Some is of that. Yeah, that, that there's some are still out on the field, some are still out on the field. Some of them still do. Well, we need to go three days, the rest of them. Really just like the last thing, the ball, man. I mean that's just, I know what happens the drain already doing here. So, and I knew that was gonna happen to work. I showed up. Ok? Yeah, coming now that you guys are especially I like that on the end. If you don't mind, I got the heat up in here. Know what a fish feels like, man. Is that you carrying all the equipment off the field too? You had to do that. Uh I ain't gonna ask those guys do nothing. I ain't gonna do. Plus my wife, me when the state champs ain't nothing to my wife. She's got like five. So she don't care. She's a, she's a volleyball coach at Davidson Day, so they just want another one. So. Oh, did you? Yeah, that's my wife. Yeah, I get, I get random messages. I get random messages saying you ain't got one yet. She's got three. She got four. All right guys. I create a state champions. The re grad tornadoes. We have coach Glass Brady Stover, Isaiah Lackey and Henry Pitt. So, take an opening statement from coach first, uh, um, game. These guys played the hearts out. Um, you know, it's just, it's, it's still a blurb. Haven't really all synced in yet, you know, I mean, I, like I said, the first time I've ever been 27 years for our, for our community and for our school, I think it's a, it's an amazing thing and at this time we'll take questions for the players first, Brady you get the ball with, uh, could have been the last drive game, but I leave much time left. What was your thought going out there, uh, in a T ball game? I mean, I'm sure that's like a situation you probably dreamt of before everything else. Yes, sir. I was, I was very excited to get that moment. I mean, that's what every kid could dream of. You know, uh, just thinking about situations the night before, you know, state championship on the line. That's all you could wish for. And it's just always a blessing to be in that situation. What was it that about their defense? You feel like you could move the ball that quickly? I mean, not you guys move the ball all night but move the ball with that much time left in, in pressure situation. Well, we knew they were playing off, so, just taking, taking what they give us and, uh, I had it in the back of my mind with how hard they were dropping. If, if I needed to, I could take off whenever I, whenever I want to. So, uh, those, those are the main things. Well, I'm cringing every time. Yeah, it seemed like that's what kind of broke their backs, right? Those scrambles that he had. Um, what I mean, the, the scene is just, it's so versatile, right? The receivers, Isaiah, just powerful running back. I mean, it was that like being able to prepare as a coach when pretty much anything that any kind of buttons they can press, you could have another button to press back at them. I mean, like I said, I, it's amazing. I mean, like I said, uh, coach NATO, he does a great job with these guys and, and, you know, he, he has been prepared. I don't take any credit for offense whatsoever. I go over there and yell at the offensive lineman every once in a while because I'm an old offensive line guy. But, uh, other than that, that's all coaching told he's, he does a great job. You know, he's, he's, you know, we call him rain man a lot of times because he's, he used to be an architect now. He's a math teacher and like, he's just so smart and just, you know, he, it just clicks for him. Obviously, you know, you aren't the biggest offensive line. You're not the biggest line out there, but they did a great job tonight. They played with leverage really well. Um, you were able to bounce on the outside. I mean, talk about that group because obviously, you know, the thing going in was like, you know, so versus big team du was a big team, but they played really well. Talk about your offensive line. Um, I mean, we're not the biggest but they, uh, they get after it for real, like they, um, they head hunters like, so this comes natural to him. Does that help you guys out with a guy like this? He can just clap through. Yeah, it does. You just kinda get in their way but lack you run through him five yards. I don't know what was going through the defensive mind on that last possession. I think you needed to stop. Obviously, I mean, o obviously you wanna make big plays, but at that point, we were thinking d score, stay deep. Nothing about us. That's what we done all year. So nothing different. How kind of early on in the game could you or anybody can get a feel, it, this feels like a game where the team of the ball last, you have a team of the ball last we probably gonna win or, uh, as long as you can score, we leave a little bit of time for the next game. Am I early on? Could you tell like, man, these are, this is a back and forth battle. I mean, I, I saw a look in our kids eyes coming in the halftime that I hadn't really seen in a little while. They had a, they, they look fatigued and I, you know, we, but I told them all week that 71st just gonna lay on them and lay on them and lay on them and lay on them and I told them that, that what they've had some close games early and they've just been able to pound and pound and pound and, and finally teams end up succumbing to them and they just able to make big runs and everything else. I mean, we gave up, what, 26 points, I think it was something like that and they're averaging giving up what, 48. So we can say defense played bad, but to me, they played pretty good. We mean, we didn't break, um, you know, we, we gave him some big plays, we made some big plays and we were able to withhold in the second half and like I said, I, I was really worried about the physicality, um, kind of a different look in the locker room than we've had in a while. A little bit of a look of panic in their eyes. And then, you know, then I let the seniors talk for a little bit, which we've done all year and came in and made a joke and laughed a little bit and we came on back out and be, I hate to see you guys in the spring. Uh, you kinda gave me the coach but he kind of downplayed. That seem to be, I think. Um, did it seem surprise you at all or did you? Oh, I didn't, never. You told me we'd have been here back in August 1st. I told you a lot. I never thought. I mean, honestly, I thought we'd be a 2nd, 3rd round playoff team. I didn't know if we were big enough upfront if we had the line to do it. Um, I knew we had the skill kids. Um, I was just worried about us upfront. I mean, we're starting a sophomore guard, you know, junior tackle 100 and £75 center. You know, I mean, you tell me how many state championship teams that run the spread offense and have 2000, some odd yards rushing play with a group that small. You, you know what I mean? That, that makes a big difference. So, I mean, that I can't say enough about those guys. So usually it seems that one of these championships are very senior heavy July juniors in this, especially quarterback, but still overall, it's a pretty young team. Um, ho how do you take this and build on it? Sure. We won't change anything. We're still gonna grind just as hard. We'll give them, I'll give them next week off. We'll have exams. We'll come back on Christmas and we will be back to 320 reps a day. They love it. We back to listen, hard getting that. So the players, uh you know, coach said back in August, you know, possibly 2nd, 3rd round. Was there a point this season where you all as players realized? Yeah, we can make this run. I think when we beat the ri state champions, uh a link, uh we didn't just beat them even by 20. I think we knew then we're legit and we just kept winning, kept winning, kept winning. Your, your conference has won two straight. Now, uh How, how did playing in that league for this? Our conference is good. I mean, you know, we switched up our nonconference this year to try to kind of see some different things, some more physical teams with, with playing high, Brighton and, and playing Cox. We, we wanted to see somebody that was from the city and, you know, had a little bit different kind of vibe to them. Um We went through against West Charlotte this summer. We strategically did some things that summer to try to put our kids to be ready to play different teams that weren't in our conference because we knew our conference was gonna be good. Um, you know, I think those things helped us with the East Lincoln and the Stakes was in north, in North Lincoln. Um, you know, those, those are three really good teams that, you know, all won the first round playoffs, I believe. You know, so, except for ST, I think they were Chris. But, you know, I mean, it's, it, it's a test in our conference that it's a tough, it's a tough league. People don't realize, I mean, it's, it's really tough. So you guys got the turf hill this off season? So you played on grass team for those. So I'm curious, what, what's the difference between the grass and the term? Do you think that helped you tonight being that you guys have played on that all year? I think it, we, we've had, we've had turf the whole time, but that, that turf was very low. He slipped a lot. He, he slipped a lot. I was like, it was, it was very slippery. We, our turf is a longer turf. So hes Isaiah slipped more than he has all year. I kept saying, why is he falling down? I thought he was falling down on purpose at first. He said he was slipping. You still run people over, rolling over about it. Maybe how did last week's kind of late game situation help. Maybe this week you've been in that situation. Yeah, that's, uh, I think it definitely helped a lot and, uh, just knowing and having that confidence in the back of your head, like we've done this before, why not go out and do it again and, and like I said, it's just, it's always a blessing to be in those situations. Those, those situations are the ones you dream of your whole life. So, you know, just pressure is a privilege as coach says. So go out and make the most of it quick question for the players. Um Obviously a pretty decent drive to get here. I think about 2.5 hours. How cool was it to see the support of not only the, the talent, good crowd here, but the students that came and supported you and what kind of, what kind of like energy does that give you out on the field? Seeing that your peers are out there in the crowd supporting you all? Yeah. Um It's different, you know, we played in games like for instance, last year we were down 20 to Statesville in the last game and the student section left, we came back to a one point uh margin and we just had no energy, cheering us on or anything like that. I think that was a major part of it, but it's good to have support uh community. They don't only support us at the games but um outside the games with they feed us all this other stuff donates. Um, I it was pretty good, like it's just a good environment and having them behind us is great. I think another cool thing is just seeing like players growing up, like I grew up in hickory. So seeing players that I looked up to out there supporting and like just looking, looking and seeing our accomplishments. I think that's pretty cool. Any other questions? All right. A tornado ship since 1996. Congratulations. Thank you. Yeah.

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