2021 Football Preview: North Meck Vikings


North Meck didn’t have the manpower to compete in the 4A last season, and coach Damon McKee knew that. In his first season with the Vikings, he just treated the abbreviated slate like “spring ball” to prepare for the fall. Now, that time has come. After graduating six seniors the last two years, North will have 23 on the roster. […]

2021 Football Preview: Hopewell Titans


After running some form of the air raid offense the last couple of years, Hopewell has made some tweaks to adjust its attack. Most of the starting offense is back from last season’s 1-6 team, though the Titans will have a new starting quarterback in Landen Francis and new offensive coordinator. The 5-foot-11 senior did get some playing time in […]

2021 Football Preview: Mooresville Blue Devils


Joe Nixon’s first three games at Mooresville last season were against the conference’s top three teams in order – all under the COVID-year circumstances. After their first scheduled game was canceled, the Blue Devils’ coach started off understandably in the hole during that stretch, but does not anticipate that to be the norm. Year two is often a big step […]

2021 Football Preview: Lake Norman Wildcats


Lake Norman was the victim of bad timing to have a breakout year.  Jonathan Oliphant’s best season on Doolie Road ended with a third-place finish in their final year in the powerful I-Meck, but the success was unfortunately not rewarded because of a condensed playoff bracket. Much of the team that broke through against Mallard Creek has moved on, though, […]

2021 Football Preview: Hough Huskies


Champions of perhaps the toughest conference in the state in the spring, Hough looks poised to compete for another league title this season. The defense is loaded with future college athletes, especially in the secondary. That side of the ball returns eight starters from a dominant unit in the spring, but will be without the reigning Conference Defensive Player of […]

Lake Norman Citizen – Aug. 20-26, 2021

Mooresville’s Reid, Wilson sharpen each other’s skills on opposite sides of the ball

MOORESVILLE – The saying goes that iron sharpens iron. That’s certainly the case for two of Mooresville High’s top athletes who line up at opposing positions. Elijah Wilson is used to tracking down some of the best offensive weapons in the state. Entering his fourth year on varsity he’s seen it all, and with a new conference gets to disrupt […]

COMMENTARY: Enlightenment, understanding stem from thought, not title


There’s an intriguing sounding course being offered this fall at Davidson College. It hasn’t stirred any local or national uproar, it hasn’t motivated people to attack it’s concept without understanding it’s context, and it hasn’t, to my knowledge, provided fuel for extreme media pundits to assail the instructor or the acclaimed institution of higher learning hosting the class. And when […]

North Lincoln quarterback ready to focus on position


PUMPKIN CENTER – This season will be much simpler for Kyle Kovalchuk. The North Lincoln senior quarterback not only had to play on defense in the spring, but he was also in and out being the starter behind center as he competed with Jack Carter. This fall, he’s team captain, and will – at least at this point – get […]

Hopewell cornerbacks have seen it all


HUNTERSVILLE – Major Weathers understands that he wasn’t a starter as a freshman necessarily based on merit. With Jamelle Byrd entering his first year at Hopewell in 2018, winless seasons had become the norm. Weathers was part of the 2019 team that broke a 34-game losing streak and established itself as a team opponents could no longer scoff at. Entering […]