What is your favorite HSFB moment from your school's history, and which is your least favorite? (I'm pretty young, so this is gonna be recent)
For me, it's...
BEST: Opening week 2014, Northern Nash hosted Corinth-Holders (who went 9-4 that year I believe), and trailed 20-10 headed to the 4th quarter. NN scored two touchdowns in the fourth, including one with less than a minute to go. Corinth marched all the way down the field with less than a minute left, and Northern held them at the goal line to earn a 24-20 win. I look to this as my first real HSFB memory and where I instantly became hooked, I was 12 at the time.
WORST: Where do I begin? In 2015, arch-rival Rocky Mount beat us 20-13 in the final week of the regular season, en route to their first state title in 50 years. The game easily could've gone our way. 2016 was the most frustrating season ever. Led Northeastern 24-6 headed to the fourth quarter, lost 27-24. Against rival Nash Central, we scored with less than :10 left to tie it up at 22 with an extra point attempt to put us ahead, but it was called back after a holding penalty. On the next play, we fumbled and lost 22-16. Our first loss to Central since 2012. Again against Rocky Mount, we lost 14-7, including a dropped ball in the end zone on 4th down that hit our tight end in the numbers, and our quarterback fumbling through the end zone resulting in a touchdown with less than three minutes left. We played Southern Nash back to back weeks (Hurricane Matthew Makeup & Round 1 of state playoffs). We were up 6-0, ball on SN's one with a chance to go up as much as 14-0. Instead, we fumbled, and SN ran it back 99 yards for a touchdown. They didn't look back. The next week in R1 of the playoffs, we were up 15-6 at the end of the first quarter, and didn't score again. FINALLY, fast forward to 2017. Two of the worst losses to our two biggest rivals. Central scored with less than a minute to go to go up 33-30. Their kicker shanked the kick-off, hitting a Northern first-line defender, and they jumped on it and were able to run the clock out by taking a knee. And finally, on Senior Night, at home, we had a chance to beat Rocky Mount for the first time since 2011, and earn a spot in the playoffs despite a 1-9 record going in. We were actually picked to win in the county's largest newspaper... and lost 40-12.
Here's to hoping 2018 is more fun in Year One of Coach Farris!
For me, it's...
BEST: Opening week 2014, Northern Nash hosted Corinth-Holders (who went 9-4 that year I believe), and trailed 20-10 headed to the 4th quarter. NN scored two touchdowns in the fourth, including one with less than a minute to go. Corinth marched all the way down the field with less than a minute left, and Northern held them at the goal line to earn a 24-20 win. I look to this as my first real HSFB memory and where I instantly became hooked, I was 12 at the time.
WORST: Where do I begin? In 2015, arch-rival Rocky Mount beat us 20-13 in the final week of the regular season, en route to their first state title in 50 years. The game easily could've gone our way. 2016 was the most frustrating season ever. Led Northeastern 24-6 headed to the fourth quarter, lost 27-24. Against rival Nash Central, we scored with less than :10 left to tie it up at 22 with an extra point attempt to put us ahead, but it was called back after a holding penalty. On the next play, we fumbled and lost 22-16. Our first loss to Central since 2012. Again against Rocky Mount, we lost 14-7, including a dropped ball in the end zone on 4th down that hit our tight end in the numbers, and our quarterback fumbling through the end zone resulting in a touchdown with less than three minutes left. We played Southern Nash back to back weeks (Hurricane Matthew Makeup & Round 1 of state playoffs). We were up 6-0, ball on SN's one with a chance to go up as much as 14-0. Instead, we fumbled, and SN ran it back 99 yards for a touchdown. They didn't look back. The next week in R1 of the playoffs, we were up 15-6 at the end of the first quarter, and didn't score again. FINALLY, fast forward to 2017. Two of the worst losses to our two biggest rivals. Central scored with less than a minute to go to go up 33-30. Their kicker shanked the kick-off, hitting a Northern first-line defender, and they jumped on it and were able to run the clock out by taking a knee. And finally, on Senior Night, at home, we had a chance to beat Rocky Mount for the first time since 2011, and earn a spot in the playoffs despite a 1-9 record going in. We were actually picked to win in the county's largest newspaper... and lost 40-12.
Here's to hoping 2018 is more fun in Year One of Coach Farris!