2021 Fall Season: Rivalry Showcase

Fam,

This fall to celebrate the 5th year of our annual rivalry challenge and our fifth year as an organization; we will be creating the Friday Nights in Carolina #RivalryShowcase. We will be highlighting the best rivalries throughout both states. Each week our game of the week will be one intense rivalry in either North or South Carolina.

This will be like nothing we have ever done before, not only will we continue with our standard game of the week footage for the movie, but we plan to give you a behind the scenes look at each rivalry with pregame team footage, along with getting current and former coaches and players to come on the show each week to talk the rivalry and the history. 


Some weeks Brendan will be going to different games so that we are still able to highlight student athletes and schools that might not have the biggest rivalries.

See you this fall!,

Mitch
and the entire Friday Nights in Carolina team.

NFL draft prospects to scout

 This week we will be scouting 

Clemson 

#1 CB Derion Kendrick, Jr, Rock Hill, South Carolina

#3 DE Xavier Thomas, Jr, Florence, South Carolina

#5 DE K.J. Henry, R-SOPH, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Miami 

#41 FB Michael Parrott, R-JR, Canton, North Carolina

NFL Scouting

 Starting this week, we are going to be scouting local prospects for the 2021 NFL Draft, our first game of the week will be Clemson vs Miami (with so many great local prospects on Clemson, and even a few on Miami) it is a great game to get started with. 

We cannot wait to start this new series and for all the feed back! 

If you want us at a specific college game, drop a comment below and we will try our best to come and cover the game!

Uniform Project Update

Fam,

Thank you so much for all of your help with our Uniform Project, thank you for going out of your way to take uniform combination photos, and for spreading the word.

We are almost at the halfway point, so please keep spreading the word, and submitting your uniform photos!

Uniform Project

As always thank you for your support,

R.M. Mitcham

Listen live to our game of the week

Fam,

Here is the link so you can listen to our game of the week, enjoy!

Click here to listen

Best Regards,

R.M. Mitcham

Weddington VS Ardrey Kell

Weddington, North Carolina 

Saturday's down south are known for tailgating and college football. Thanks to mother nature not cooperating Friday night, we got an extra helping of high school football this Saturday.

The Weddington Warriors looked to start their state title defense against the visiting Ardrey Kell Knights, a budding rivalry that gets more intense each time the teams face off.

This August evening had an abnormal chill in the air for this time of the year. When the ball was kicked off the temperature was hovering around 65 with overcast after a steady mist had been falling for of the day. The field conditions were not the best, after the heavy amounts of rain that was falling for the majority of the week prior, we wondered just how big of a factor that would be for both teams. 

The class of 2021 5 star recruit Will Shipley started this season just like he left off in the state championship game in December, with a touchdown run. The Warriors held a 7-0 lead at halftime, the first half consisted of multiple penalties and sloppy plays that were intensified by the field conditions.

The second half was a completely different story, with an offensive explosion from both teams. First drive of the second half, Weddington brought in senior and Virginia Tech baseball commit Dusty Mercer as a wildcat quarterback. Mercer instantly made an impact, he rumbled off a huge run and then hit sophomore Landyn Backey on a screen pass that he took all the way in for the touchdown.

From that point on it was all Weddington. Junior Trey Gordon who came over this season from the rival Sun Valley Spartans,  joined in on the scoring with a touchdown run to put the Warriors up 21-0 and than it was starting quarterback Dante Casciola's turn as he scrambled out of the pocket and hit the All American Shipley for the touchdown, extending the Warriors lead to 28-0.

The Ardrey Kell Knights would not go down without a fight, after the offense struggled throughout the first three quarters, the fourth quarter was a completely different story. Knights drove down to the two yard line and senior quarterback Jared Jospeh decided to take things into his own hands as he ran it in from the goal line to give the Knights their first points of the season.

Later in the quarter Joseph connected with freshman Brooks Stankavage on a nice pitch and catch for the touchdown. That would be the last points either team would score in this contest, meaning the Weddington Warriors would get the victory 28-14.

Both teams fought hard, and for Weddington this is how you want to start off your state championship defense, with a well executed first game of the season.

For Ardrey Kell and first year Head Coach Greg Jachym, this game gives you something to build on as both the offense and defense start to gel. The Knights are going to be a formidable opponent for whomever they face as the season continues.

Weddington: 1-0, next week travel to Indian Trail Porter Ridge Pirates

Ardrey Kell: 0-1, next week host Charlotte East Mecklenburg Eagles

Interview with Head Coach Andy Capone

Interview with Will Shipley

First ever game of the week

Fam,

Without every single one of you this would not have been possible, we are excited to announce our first ever game of the week will be the West Forsyth Titans hosting the Dudley Panthers, this is going to be an exciting game between two of the best teams in the state.

If you cannot make it to the game, you are able to listen online, and even if you are at the game you can listen on your smart phone or tablet.

Best Regards,

R.M. Mitcham