This is a week late so I'll get right to the point. Hickory came ready to play last Saturday down in Kings Mountain. They faced a tough challenge to begin with but then it became more acute once it was confirmed that the Red Tornadoes would not have rushing leader Rakim Barrett. Without the 1,000-yard rusher it would be even more important to contain the explosive Mountaineer offense.Kings Mountain came into the game averaging 343 yards in total offense. That broke down into 243 yards rushing and 100 yards passing. When the game finally ended, however, the Mountaineers only had 261 total yards (209 rushing yards, 52 passing). Kings Mountain didn't light up the scoreboard until late in the third quarter. It was a good job by the Hickory defense, no question about it.
The Terrible Terry Tate Defensive MVP Award for the game goes to Tyler Barnette.
The junior outside linebacker, playing his final game on defense before moving permanently to the offensive side as next season's starting quarterback, led the team in total tackles with 14. One of those was a tackle for loss. Barnette was also credited for a "quarterback pressure."
Honorable mention honors go to senior safety Michael Shook and junior outside linebacker Buddy Withers. Shook and Withers were second and third on the tackles list with 12 and nine total tackles respectively. Shook broke up three passes and caused a fumble. Withers recorded two tackles for loss and had a "quarterback pressure." Also recording tackles for loss were David Dula, Drew Siciliano, Tyshon Chisholm and Clay Johnson.
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