Cawthorn right now represents the 11th district and Gash was planning to run against him in the 11th but Cawthorn announced he'll be running in the newly drawn 13th district. There is no 14th only 12 districts now they're adding a 13th next election.
I am sure you are correct about the districts, my district 14 comment came straight from the News and Observer article I posted.
I find it ludicrous that anyone can run for any seat without living there.
You're correct I was looking at a wrong map that first added 13th but found the one for midterm 2022 and they've turn the now 11th district to the 14th subtracting Polk, McDowell and the half of Rutherford county and putting them in the 13th and adding Watauga county except for a small part of it looks like an area of the county that includes Boone and putting in the relocated 11th.
Shawn played at Murphy, he was a grade below Carl Pickens. He was a multi year starter at NC State, freshman All ACC etc. He was probably headed for the NFL too but had major knee issues that derailed him.
Great post @ocdavis31! I believe we have discussed this before, there needs to be a documentary on EJ. I have the title. "How to lose $100,000,000!"
Folks forget about C. J. Wilson out of Northside. He was a man child who played RB in HS and then went on to have a long career in NFL as a DL after ECU.
Whenever I work in Belhaven I always see the sign they have honoring him as you’re going into town.
CJ Wilson from Northside-Pinetown.. played at ECU and won a SuperBowl with the Packers in 201-
I'm not sure why he went to UNC he'd been better off at a smaller college or maybe just a different D1 were where he could play, don't know what other offers he got but I assume he could always try to transfer if he wants. Howell injured and they still have played two other QB's before him, I'd personally rather be playing somewhere then stand on the sideline my whole college career.
I dont even think that's an opinion, it's a fact, unless Boaz goes on to tear it up in college and makes it to the NFL and starts. Sure Heath was a bust in the NFL but he was a 3 time state champion in high school, an All American and Heisman trophy finalist in college and the 3rd overall pick in the NFL draft, that's still a big time resume. Heath was also a much better athlete than Boaz (Heath would've thrived in a modern spread offense).
I think he might had a better chance I'm the NFL if he had stayed at TN one more year. He got out in a bad situation in Washington from the get go the W media was always against him. Then I believe he hurt his foot or something didn't he and never seemed to fully recover?
He definitely should've stayed at UT another year, he wasnt refined enough as a passer. Heath somewhat got by on pure athleticism/arm talent in college, he couldn't do that once he got to the NFL and his lack of refinement showed. Washington wasn't a great situation by any means but the other QB Washington drafted the same year as Heath (Gus Frerotte 7th round) went on to have a long semi solid career in the NFL.
Jefferson Boaz isn’t even in the Top 5 of players to come out of East Surry. Jefferson is at Carolina and knew going in that he would never play unless he changed positions. His family is Carolina blood and he’s happy to just be there. Most people actually think his brother is better, just doesn’t have the same supporting cast around him.
The prior year a guy jumped less than one inch higher. Same year as Pickens, 1987, the state champion from Rose went 7'1", also. That was the state meet record until 2002.
Lol. As soon as I posted this his name came to me !! Denny Rochester. He was a very good 1A/2A athlete
And Ricky Lyles from Murphy...maybe the best pure athlete I've ever seen
Absolutely !! Another player I had the pleasure of going up against. I actually seen him dunk from the foul line in basketball and I would say Ricky was 5’11. More than all this Ricky was a great guy. He left us way to soon
Got to mention Tony Colbert, played some slow pitch softball around him in the late 80’s early 90’s unreal athleticism and even nicer guy. Heard he was drafted by the Pittsburgh pirates? He could get around the bases faster than anybody I’ve ever saw. Had a cannon for an arm. Wasn’t anything special for him to hit a couple 400 ft homer’s a game , at least not to him we were in awe of what he made look easy
TC is a great dude too. Tough as nails. Cant remember if it was his junior or senior year but he played much of the football season with a broken rib (or ribs) and still probably carried it 30+ times a game. I think it was the Cubs that drafted him.
That would have been some speed in the outfield . About 65% of the earth is covered by water and those guys cover the rest of it !
Had state record in high jump, I was there when heath Schuyler jump 7'2 to break Carl's 7'1 record
