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High school sports reporter @asheville | bylines @greenvillenews, @baseballhall, @ap, @nwi | always @idsnews | he/him
Joined September 2015
Saturday was the Magnum Opus for Roberson’s seniors. CJ Wallace, Lorenzo Lyles, MVPs Caden Davidson and Micah Simpson. As @RobersonRams made history with its third straight 4A title, who else would it be but “the best ever” in North Carolina? @asheville: https://t.co/pESEIkrgQg
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No. 3 Roberson baseball came back from a 4-0 deficit to beat Laney in the state final series and make history with its 3rd straight NCHSAA 4A title.
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FINAL: Mountain Heritage 36, Hendersonville 20 The Cougars reign supreme in the Western Highlands, clinching a share of the conference title behind a huge game from Cason Jones and the D-Line. Would love to see a rematch of this in the 3A playoffs.
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TOUCHDOWN Cougars Mountain Heritage has laid down the law this half. Cason Jones bounced some tacklers and went 26 yards for a score. It’s now a 36-20 game, 6:20 left. Not done yet with Hendersonville’s offense.
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END Q3: Mountain Heritage 28, Hendersonville 20 The Cougars chewed up nearly 10 minutes of clock that quarter. That’s the kind of drive they’ve needed to sustain all game. Hendersonville ball with a chance to tie.
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TOUCHDOWN Cougars Deyton to Foster Calloway for 6 from 10 yards out. HUGE shoestring tackle on Jones to prevent the 2-pt try. Heritage went 90 yards after recovering a Hendersonville fumble. 28-20, :44 Q3
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Cason Jones just hobbled off the field after picking up a first down. That did not look good at all. Tymir Barber also came off the field this drive but is back in for Hendo.
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Quick halftime stats. Heritage has actually outgained Hendersonville 184-160, but it feels like Hendo has dominated physically. JaRon Ward is 5-7 for 105 yards. Cason Jones has 5 rushes for 69 yards and 2 total TDs. Brayden Deyton is 2-3 for 61 yards.
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HALF: Mountain Heritage 22, Hendersonville 20 Truly, the Cougars are lucky to be leading this one. Probably lucky not to be down two scores. Penalties have hurt the Bearcats, but so has the called touchdown where they thought they had an interception.
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TOUCHDOWN Cougars Cason Jones. WOW. The senior just fully laid out to snag a 30-yard touchdown catch. That’s a five-star difficulty play. It’ll be credited as an 80-yard drive, but Heritage was inside their 10 yard line. Penalties helped them that drive. 22-14, 1:40 Q2
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TOUCHDOWN Bearcats JaRon Ward just threw a DIME to Amir Albany for 49 yards, setting Hendersonville up at the 5. Buford scored two plays later. The Bearcats are in control. 20-14 (PAT no good), 5:06 Q2
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TOUCHDOWN Bearcats Hendersonville drives down the field with the help of a PI call. Jordan Buford has a big 16-yard run then powers in the last two yards a play later. We’re tied at 14-14.
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END Q1: Mountain Heritage 14, Hendersonville 7 That called touchdown is going to have a huge impact on this game.
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TOUCHDOWN Cougars Brayden Deyton threw it up 31 yards to Cole McGee. After some scrambling, Hendersonville’s Gianni Thompson comes away with it, but the refs rule that the Cougars completed the catch. Controversy already here. 2-point try no good. 14-7, 1:08 Q1.
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TOUCHDOWN Bearcats That’s a quick response. JaRon Ward hits Jaylon Wynn for a 32-yard touchdown pass. Parker Burleson needs to be helped off the field. Big loss for the Cougars’ secondary against this offense. 8-7 Heritage, 8:07 Q1
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TOUCHDOWN Cougars Cason Jones gets his first touch and his first touchdown of the night. 63 yards. Three plays, 67 yards on that drive. 8-0 after a 2-pt try.
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Hendersonville has won the toss and elected to defer. Cougars will start with the ball on offense.
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I’m out in Hendersonville for a Henderson County rivalry between West Henderson (5-3, 3-2 Mountain 8) and North Henderson (3-5, 1-4). Follow along for updates. @acthshuddle
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Things to watch: The clock. Can Mountain Heritage keep the ball away from Hendersonville’s offense? That’s how it beat Erwin. Heritage’s secondary. It hasn’t been a strength this year, and Hendo likes to throw. Bearcats’ D-Line. Can they contain the Heritage rushing game?
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This is the first conference matchup between these teams since 2016. This will be the 11th game between these two over that time, including four playoff games. The Cougars are 9-1 in that time, including 4-0 in the postseason.
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📍Hendersonville At Deitz Field tonight for one of the most highly-anticipated games of the year between No. 5 Mountain Heritage (7-1, 4-0 WHC) and No. 6 Hendersonville (7-1, 4-0). Winner will take this conference title. Updates to come for @acthshuddle.
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