Top 3: Career night for Northside’s Columbus in win

Published 2:57 am Thursday, November 7, 2024

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The high school football regular season is complete. Week 11 was certainly a memorable one.

Northside won a big game, 43-0, at home against Lejeune while Washington dropped a 35-31 heartbreaker again at home to Ayden-Grifton and Southside lost at East Carteret, 41-7. This week is a bye for many schools after the NC High School Athletic Association added an extra week to allow schools in western North Carolina to have an extra week to make up their schedules after Hurricane Helene.

Below are the top performances from last Friday’s Week 10 of the regular season.

No. 1: Sincere Columbus, Northside: Rushed for 268 yards and six touchdowns on 22 carries. He scored on runs of 63, 37, 53, 8, 1 and 12 yards. 

No. 2: Keondrick Melton, Washington: Rushed for 198 yards and two touchdowns (15, 12 yards) on 29 carries.

No. 3: Evan Makepeace, Washington: Was 11-of-22 passing for 149 yards and a touchdown (44 yards). Also rushed for 27 yards on four carries.

OTHER TOP CONTRIBUTORS

  • Jarryn Payne, Washington: Eight catches for 133 yards and a touchdown (44 yards)
  • Max Vansant, Northside: Rushed for 48 yards on six carries and recorded six tackles and a pass deflection on defense.
  • Anderson Thomas, Washington: Eight tackles
  • Zanek Mccloud, Northside: Rushed for 44 yards on three carries and recorded an interception, two pass deflections and a tackle on defense.
  • Devonelle Brimage, Southside: 22-yard touchdown run, finished with 25 yards rushing, three punts for 30.3 yard average
  • Jacori Blount, Southside: Returned an interception 23 yards
  • Marek Bates, Washington: 9 tackles, two for loss, sack 
  • Calek Smaw, Washington: 6 tackles and a fumble recovery
  • Gabe West, Washington: 28-yard field goal and four extra-point kicks
  • Jack Dehoog, Northside: Four tackles
  • Logan Blank, Washington: Five tackles
  • Javon Williams, Washington: Five tackles