Countdown to Kickoff | 2015

Your in-depth preview of Northern & Northwest Guilford High Schools’ fall 2015 football season

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DATE OPPONENT LOCATION Aug. 21 ...........Smith................................... Away Aug. 28 ..........Western Guilford .................. Home Sept. 4 ............Northern Guilford ................ Away Sept. 11 ..........Southeast Guilford ............... Away Sept. 18 ..........Bye Sept. 25 ..........Grimsley .............................. Home Oct. 2 .............Reidsville ............................ Away Oct. 9 .............Ragsdale ............................. Away Oct. 16 ...........High Point Central ............... Home Oct. 23 ...........Glenn .................................. Away Oct. 30 ...........Southwest Guilford............... Home Nov. 6 .............East Forsyth ......................... Home

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2014 SEASON RESULTS (8-4, 4-1) DATE OPPONENT SCORE Aug. 22 ..........Smith...................................................... 13-7 (W) Aug. 29 ..........Western Guilford ..................................... 35-28 (W) Sept. 5 ............Northern Guilford ................................... 12-35 (L) Sept. 12 ..........Reidsville ................................................ 24-21 (W) Sept. 19 ..........Reagan .................................................. 28-31 (L) Sept. 26 ..........Grimsley ................................................. 26-13 (W) Oct. 10 ...........Ragsdale ................................................ 27-7 (W) Oct. 17 ...........High Point Central .................................. 28-17 (W) Oct. 24 ...........Glenn ..................................................... 42-14 (W) Oct. 31 ...........Southwest Guilford.................................. 34-0 (W) Nov. 7 .............East Forsyth ............................................ 13-36 (L) Nov. 14 ...........Providence ......................... 15-34 (L) 4-AA Playoffs

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DATE OPPONENT LOCATION Aug. 21 ...........Bye Aug. 28 ..........Page..................................... Away Sept. 4 ............Northwest ............................. Home Sept. 11 ..........Williams ................................ Home Sept. 18 .........Reidsville .............................. Away Sept. 25 ..........Western Alamance ............... Away Oct. 2 .............Eastern Alamance ................. Home Oct. 9 .............Rockingham County ............. Away Oct. 16 ...........Eastern Guilford ................... Home Oct. 23 ...........Northeast Guilford ................ Away Oct. 30 ...........McMichael ........................... Home Nov. 6 .............Morehead............................. Away

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2014 SEASON RESULTS (16-1, 7-1) DATE OPPONENT SCORE Aug. 29 ..........Page........................................................35-7 (W) Sept. 5 ............Northwest Guilford...................................35-12 (W) Sept. 12 ..........Williams ...................................................55-7 (W) Sept. 19 ..........Reidsville .................................................33-17 (W) Sept. 26 ..........Western Alamance ...................................35-21 (W) Oct. 3 .............Eastern Alamance ....................................28-32 (L) Oct. 10 ...........Rockingham ............................................55-0 (W) Oct. 17 ...........Eastern Guilford ......................................22-21 (W) Oct. 24 ...........Northeast Guilford ...................................49-0 (W) Oct. 31 ...........McMichael ..............................................55-0 (W) Nov. 7 .............Morehead................................................58-7 (W) Nov. 14 ..........Northwood .......................56-26 (W) 3-AA Playoffs Nov. 21 ...........Fike ..................................58-28 (W) 3-AA Playoffs Nov. 28 ...........Orange ............................... 31-7 (W) 3-AA Playoffs Dec. 5.............Chapel Hill........................ 34-15 (W) 3-AA Playoffs Dec. 13 ...........Weddington .............. 14-7 (W) 3-AA Championship

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HEIGHT 5’10” 5’11” 6’2” 5’8” 5’9” 5’11” 5’11” 5’11” 5’10” 5’10” 5’10” 6’0” 5’11” 6’4” 5’9” 6’4” 6’1” 6’4” 6’3” 6’2” 5’8” 5’11”

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Northwest Guilford Vikings In his second season as Northwest’s head coach, Jared Rolfes has worked on solidifying team expectations, building relationships with his players and assistants, and developing leaders on and off the field

ously you have your top guys, but we also have some guys right next to them who can come in and be relief players.”

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“I have to up my play,” he said matter-of-factly. “I don’t plan on getting the ball any less.”

After his football team qualified for the 4-AA NCHSAA playoffs in his first season as Northwest Guilford’s head coach, Jared Rolfes and his support team are looking to pick up where they left off last November and raise the bar higher this season.

The team’s four returning offensive starters will be led by junior star wide receiver Thomas Hennigan, one of North Carolina’s top playmakers.

“This year more people know my name,” said Hennigan. “It’s going to be tougher week in and week out.

Three newcomers to the team will add another layer of speed and depth – senior Mitch Bryant, sophomore Tre Turner and freshman Cameron Cloud, who has been named a starter by Rolfes.

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Continued on page 14 Offensive newcomers: WR Tre Turner and WR Cameron Cloud Defense: 4-2-5 (4 defensive backs, 2 middle linebackers, 5 defensive linemen) Defensive coordinator: Bryant Miller (first year at Northwest) Returning defensive starter: Zach Tyler Defensive newcomers: DB Zach Welch, MLB Justin Stone and DB Mitch Bryant

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Northern Guilford Nighthawks Team approaches new season with commitment to moving locomotives (figuratively, that is … but then, maybe not)

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how they also take the younger guys and do a little coaching of them.”

Now in his seventh season at Northern, Roscoe must reload both an offensive and defensive lineup that graduated most of its firepower last year.

“We lost a lot of players who scored a lot of touchdowns,” said Roscoe. “Now we have to see who is going to step forward … and execute. If they can’t, there will be a ninth or 10th-grader to get that opportunity.”

At about this time every year, something special seems to happen in this rural but rapidly-growing area of northern Guilford County – it occurs precisely when a group He of devoted young men ad Senior quarterback C oa oe unite for football season ch J ohnny Ro sc Miles Timmons, who at Northern Guilford High backed up Cam Harris last School. year, will take over the offensive reins.

After recording an almost perfect “I have to play within myself,” said season in 2014, in which Northern’s Timmons.

“Cam never seemed to be varsity football team went 16-1 and rattled … He taught me not to let the claimed their fourth 3-AA NCHSAA situation get too big.” football championship, the Nighthawks have experienced numerous changes.

Timmons, more of a pocket passer “You really start over,” said Northern head football coach Johnny Roscoe.

“We’ve got some depth that came back.

The particular thing is how the (experienced players) improved themselves and

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Offense: Spread option

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nerstones of the offensive line that is set to protect the quarterback.

pieces that we’re trying to figure out where they fit.

try and single out Hennigan. Mitch and Hennigan are going to be a good combination in certain situations.

“We’re going to be much stronger off the ball, and we’re ready to open up lanes to score a lot of touchdowns,” said Braiman.

“The front is solid right now and there is proven ability in the secondary end as well,” Miller said, adding that Tyler and Texas transfer Justin Stone, a middle linebacker, have already provided much needed leadership for the defensive players.

“I really like Tre; he’s 6’3 and very coachable. Thomas and Tre are best friends. There’s a lot of cool stuff that comes from two guys like that.”

In the days leading up to the season opener, the quarterback battle between juniors Jake Smith and Caleb Homol continued to heat up. It was just last season that Smith backed up Homol’s brother, Josh, while the younger sibling started on junior varsity before an injury cut his season short.

“You can look at the (quarterback) battle two ways,” said Rolfes. “If you have one guy who gets more reps, you can probably get the timing down quicker. If you have two guys, you compete harder because you have two guys pushing one another.

“For us to really go on offense, the

quarterback has to be consistent,” said Rolfes. “We don’t ask them to do anything profound. For the guy who wins, consistency will be the biggest thing.

Both (players) have had their moments in the preseason.”

Bryant Miller, who coached with Rolfes at Celina High School in Ohio, joins the Vikings’ coaching staff this season as defensive coordinator.

At running back, junior Kyle Finne is in a three-way race with senior transfer Zach Welch and junior Chris Starks.

“My connection with Jared is what led me here,” said Miller. “Since being here for two months, things have worked out for my wife and me. It’s been confirmed that this is where we are supposed to be.”

“Physically, we’ll be able to run the ball better,” predicted Rolfes. “All three of them bring something different to the table. Whether it’s a combination of all three or two or one, all of them will be playmakers for us.”

Miller has his hands full with a 4-2-5 defense that runs a number of combination zones and man looks. Despite returning only one starter – middle linebacker Zach Tyler – Miller is cautiously optimistic that this new group will be effective.

As the old saying goes, football games are won and lost in the trenches, and it will be no different for the Vikings this season – the offensive line will largely determine the success of the team’s running game.

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“Everybody understands the expectations,” he said. “The energy is really good. Our leadership is much better this year, and that has helped us solidify our direction. People wouldn’t understand it unless you were around us.”

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“Coach Roscoe is what makes us great,” said Maynard. “He calls the right plays. He puts us in the right positions. All we have to do is execute.”

Although six starters are returning on offense, star running back CJ Freeman, who suffered two torn ligaments in the 2014 state championship game, knows the journey to another championship is going to be an uphill battle.

“When you’re on the field, you got to do what you got to do to win the game,” said Freeman. “You can’t be intimidated by anyone. That’s one thing I’ve learned and want to implement for this team.”

Confirming he’s back (from his injury) and better than ever, Freeman, who rushed for 1,908 yards and 27 touchdowns last year according to

Maxpreps.com, says he expects to play at a high level this season.

“We prefer to run block because you can go out and hit someone on the move,” said Covington.

Northern’s defense will rely heavily on returning middle linebackers Matt “Teams are saying ‘I’m not the same.’ I’m McGarry, Kyle ready to show “Last year the team’s motto was Quashie and Greensboro, defensive backs ‘make it happen.’ This year is the nation and Hord and the whole world ‘Hardhat 212.’ Hardhat is based on Maynard, while who CJ Freea book by John Gore. 212 degrees several younger man is. I’m is the boiling point of water. At newcomers will ready to show be expected to 211 degrees, you just got hot water. step up and fill out,” he said.

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enced offensive Steam can move locomotives. So “If we startline, led by reed today, out we have to play at 212 degrees.” turning starter of the 11 (startJohnny Roscoe, Northern head coach and center Josh ing) defensive Covington, can players, there’s create the same holes they did a year a good chance four of them will be ago, watch for Freeman to eclipse ninth- or 10th-graders,” said Roscoe.

2,000 yards and carry this team to a “It hurts you early, but hopefully by the middle of the season they’ll be playing deep playoff run.

THE CLIMB IS TOUGH, BUT THE VIEW FROM THE TOP IS WORTH IT.

like veterans.”

Defensive coordinator Richard Burton says he has been impressed with the effort and performance of his new-look defense.

“Some of the new guys are fast, if not faster than the guys we lost,” said Burton. “We will not be doing a lot of blitzing … We’re going to line up and play fast football.”

Part of Roscoe’s game plan is for his offense, defense and special teams to force their opponent into doing the things they don’t want to do.

“Everybody plays a part,” said Roscoe. “You never know when that play is going to take place that wins the game for you.

“We believe in a team concept.

If we won because of individuals, we would be an average team. Because we believe in team, we win close games. We win the ones we’re not supposed to win. We have to have that every year.”

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Neon Night, the band will play a song by “Neon Trees.”

“When I first came to Northern, it was bringing “We have a ton of music to learn, an extensive together people from northeast and northwest GuilContinued on page 22 ford County,” said Kimbrough, who has 29 years as a band director, including 13 years at Page.

“Northern needed its own identity, and at that time, part of what I had to do was step aside and let the students have some say in creating the culture and the kind of band program they wanted.

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It’s ‘MasqueRAVES’ season for the NWHS marching band

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The award-winning Northwest Guilford High School marching band has another exciting season planned for Viking fans.

“As the show progresses, we are adding techno soundeffect elements throughout the music, to change periods, decades and millenniums,” he continued.

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ria t Director of Bands Brian nM McMath said the conec cM at h, b and dir McMath is now in his 12th cept is to put the 1600s into year at NWHS, following seven the 2100s. years in the position at Southwestern “Electronics is a huge deal for us this Randolph High School in Asheboro. His year, so we’re trying to figure them out passion for music began in childhood. using computer systems,” he said. “It’s “My whole family was musical, and I a lot, but it’s just another learning curve, joined band in middle school,” he said. “I which I understand.” joined Future Teachers of America in high New on the frontline this season are school, and enjoyed the teaching aspect. senior drum major Michael Brotherton I put two and two together, and I knew [I and junior drum major Nathan Adams. wanted to be a band director] when I was “Michael is a phenomenally talented in the 10th grade.” trumpet player who was ranked first in McMath said one of the biggest the state last year,” said McMath. “Nachanges during his tenure at NWHS has than plays tenor saxophone and is in my occurred in the last couple of years. jazz ensemble. He’s a very fine player, “We’ve changed the level of what we’re and is improving and growing.” doing since we’ve been doing nationalThe drum majors are joined by 147 level competitions,” he said. “We’re trying other marching band members, mostly to push the envelope for us to compete.” from McMath’s symphonic band, concert band, wind ensemble, jazz band This year, the band is blending the and percussion ensemble, plus color old and the new, and incorporating more guard and winter guard. technology.

The band performs at every home “Our show title is ‘MasqueRAVES.’ game, either at half-time or after the game.

We’ve taken the music of Bach, of a And while the band does attend one away masquerade party, but sort of turned it game – at local rival Northern Guilford – so as the show goes along it becomes NWHS doesn’t perform at that one. futuristic, and that’s the portion that’s a rave – which is another dance party, Back at home, the band has shifted contemporary for what kids do now, with toward the student section, which is in

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“We’ve been trying for years to build school spirit,” said McMath. To that end, they added a chant last year, and welcome the student body to provide suggestions of song arrangements it would like the band to play.

To prepare for the season, band mem-

bers spent three weeks together in summer camp, from July 27 to Aug. 14. With classes now underway, they practice two to three hours for three days per week after school.

On Oct. 10, the Viking band will participate in Bands of America compe-

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Photo by L.A. Logan/NWO | Members of the Northwest Guilford High School marching band participate in a summer band camp in late July and early August.

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Nighthawks soar high with excitement Enthusiasm will fuel young squad as they rebuild after graduating 10 seniors last season

by Gerri Hunt In her second year as Northern Guilford’s head cheerleading coach, preschool teacher Jennifer Jarrett is as pumped up as her girls as the sports season gets underway.

“We lost 10 varsity seniors to graduation last year, which is over half the squad,” said Jarrett.

“We have a very young, very enthusiastic squad of

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Northwest Vikings’ cheer program revamped

by Gerri Hunt Jennifer Loveday-Donovan has already made waves in her home state, holding pageantry titles including Miss South Carolina Teen, Miss South Carolina and Mrs. South Carolina. And now, the Charleston native is making waves as the new Vikings cheerleading head coach.

While the Northwest cheerleading program has existed for most of the school’s 52-year history, this will be a year of firsts on many fronts – such as having coaches who are full-time faculty members.

With 25 years of cheering in her pompoms, Loveday-Donovan – who holds two masters and one doctorate degree – is a fifth-year high school coach. After working as an admissions counselor at High Point University, she began working at Northwest last fall as an American history teacher. She helped recruit assistant

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Photo courtesy of Lifetouch | The Northwest varsity cheerleading squad includes, from left, (front row) Lexi Miller, Kaitlin Taylor, Emma Rust, Faith Pulliam, Madison Brewer, Alyssa Sutton, Lacy Hylton, Maddie Cassetty; (middle row) Christian Phillips, Amanda Nelms, Madison Kropski, Ashley Elias, Kinlie Rackard, Mallory Maurer, Katherine Hoyle, Emily Boggs, Grace Walker; (back row) head coach Jennifer Loveday-Donovan Holly Johnson, Brittany Smith, Kayla Mclamb, Haley Combrinck-Graham, Arianna Braiman, Tori Harris, assistant coach Autumn Pennington and (not pictured) Katherine Durham.

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Vikettes to debut new dance style

by Gerri Hunt In their second year as Northwest Guilford’s dance coaches, Bethany Bagley and Christine Crandall have some changes planned for the Vikettes dance team.

“I’m looking to change up our entire dance style and make what the dance team is known for completely different,” said Bagley. “I’m making it more hardhitting. There will be more group dancing side-by-side, and when they move, they’ll move together.”

Bagley, who graduated from Northwest in 2005 after transferring from Dudley for her senior year, said she and Crandall “came in late to the game last year, and used a lot of things from previous years.”

Crandall danced all four years at Northwest, graduating in 2007; she was captain of the dance team her junior and senior years.

One of Bagley’s ideas for her dancers this year is to get the team involved with

the Carolina Panthers’ TopCats and the Charlotte Hornets’ Honey Bees.

“I also plan to do a showcase at the end of the school year and invite dance teams from around the area,” she said.

Following summer tryouts, the Vikettes are starting the school year five dancers strong: Ricki Howell, Haley Saunders, Brittany Lingao, Jordan Taylor and Ahnyae Horn.

Saying the dance team and coaches have a special bond, Bagley feels she’s different from most coaches.

“We hang out, have pool parties and cookouts. I try to be kind of close to my girls and not so ‘drill sergeant-ish,’” she said. “I let them come up with a lot of ideas; they have a lot of freedom with

Bagley invites other interested girls to come to one of the team’s practices, held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays.

“Come out, and we can judge you right there and let you know,” she said.

“We’re a small team this year, but I really want the girls in the community to know we’re a force, and this is a good program. There are a lot of people who are afraid to come out because they are afraid of the crowd, but I want them to know it’s a fun place to be,” she said.

Photo courtesy of Lifetouch The Northwest Vikettes dance team includes, from left, Brittany Lingao,Ahnyae Horn, coaches Bethany Bagley and Christine Crandall, Ricki Howell, Jordan Taylor, and Haley Saunders (not pictured).

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me. If they want to do [something in the routine], we’ll try to make it happen.”

The Vikettes will perform during halftime at the Viking football and basketball home games. They will make their debut at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, at Northwest’s home game against Western Guilford.

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Northern cheer ...continued from p. 18 16 girls, with only seven returning on varsity. They’re so excited and refreshing – that’s the No. 1 thing this year.”

The JV squad is 12 girls strong, including nine freshmen. It is led by assistant coach Beth Truong, a teacher in Northern’s Exceptional Children’s program.

“Something I learned last year was how wonderful it is that this school already has a lot of tradition and that school pride is strong,” said Jarrett. “We work well with the band, and band director Ed Kimbrough is great. My captains will coordinate with the drum majors, and the band will come down and do stuff on the sidelines with the cheerleaders.”

Jarrett cheered in high school and then at Florida State University, where she stuck around for four years after graduating to coach the squad. She noted both differences and similarities in coaching at the high school and college levels.

“The college scale is much larger,

with larger games and larger atmospheres, but it’s all relative to cheering on your team and getting the crowd involved, which is so important,” she said.

For instance, one girl plays golf, and then cheers during basketball season.

The Nighthawk cheerleaders held tryouts in mid-July, and practiced for three or four days before heading to Edge A. Cheer Camp at N.C. State Aug. 6-8.1Both squads took first place in their divisions.

“That was a great experience together,” said Jarrett.

“It gives more kids a chance to cheer, and also lets girls who move here and can’t make it to July tryouts to still cheer,” she said.

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coach Autumn Pennington from HPU (the Virginia native now teaches civics at the school). JV coach Kristin Skordahl, a Burlington native with a brand new set of twins, teaches Exceptional Children.

The coaching trio took over in March.

“Having us all on staff is a huge change for the program, with the cheerleaders having accessibility to the coaches, building and facility, and the girls having more accountability,” said Loveday-Donovan. “We’ve been working full-force on paperwork and restructuring the entire program in terms of rules and the demerit system, and requiring cheerleaders to have teacher recommendations, which they haven’t had before – but as teachers, that is important to us,” she continued. “We’ve also ‘re-imaged’ the entire program, everything down to a new logo and new uniforms. There’s nothing that’s the same… it’s just a different ap-

proach, a different perspective.”

This year, the cheerleading squads are comprised of 24 varsity and 16 junior varsity “very talented girls” – bigger teams, as requested by the school’s booster club.

The cheerleaders took July off before heading into training for the Newbridge Bank Jamboree at the Greensboro Grasshoppers’ stadium on Aug. 13.

In preparation for the jamboree, they practiced twice a day for four days. Recognizing the girls were exhausted, LovedayDonovan was inclined to cancel their next practice; instead, she came up with another way to bring them together as a team.

“We (coaches) went into my mobile classroom in the morning, texted the girls to bring their pillows and blankets and wear comfy clothes. We moved all the desks out, brought them breakfast and did a ‘show and tell’ with things that showed us who they were,” she said. “I

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They watched a movie, ordered pizza and “chilled out.”

At the jamboree, the varsity squad placed third.

Last week the girls attended a stunt safety clinic, headed by an internationally-renowned instructor – just in time for their first game performance, when Northwest traveled to Smith on Aug. 21.

In September, Loveday-Donovan and 10 cheerleaders will perform in the half-time show at the University of South Carolina/Central Florida game.

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“At the end of the day, our focus is for them to just really enjoy themselves,” said Loveday-Donovan.

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Meet the drum majors

Northern band ...continued from p. 16 pre-game show, and we will do something special for 9/11,” said Kimbrough.

The high school’s 55 band members come from concert band, wind ensemble, jazz band, chorus, orchestra and AP music theory class.

Nate Patterson and Sam Auld, both seniors, are this year’s drum majors.

“Nate is a good musician. He’s a trumpet player for the jazz ensemble, and is in the county’s jazz band,” said Kimbrough. “Sam plays the trombone, tuba and euphonium (a small tuba-like instrument), and helps fill out needs within the band.”

Following a late summer two-week band camp, with the start of school comes marching band practices for an hour and a half, three days per week. The drumline also practices separately one day per week.

“And on Fridays the band practices in the stadium, then the parents have dinner ready, so we sit down and eat,

get dressed, and do the ballgame,” said Kimbrough. “Everybody stays here, and it’s a really neat family atmosphere.”

While the marching band doesn’t enter competitions, it does march in the Greensboro holiday parade and the Summerfield Founders’ Day parade, as well as plays at basketball games and performs a concert.

The music department will visit New York City in April, where students will attend a performance festival and see the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.

The band gets support from the NGHS Music Boosters, whose fundraising benefits the entire music department.

Its events include a 50/50 raffle at every football game, and sales of coupon books, fruit and mattresses.

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Instruments played: Trombone, baritone and tuba

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Extracurricular activities: Science Olympiad and Boy Scouts Favorite food: Cincinnati chili Favorite musician/band: The Black Keys Nickname: “Samalander” Dream job: Chemist Goal for the marching band: Get the band to connect with the student body and football team.

Drum major’s role: Lead the band, conduct and get the student body crowd roaring and jiving.

Pre-game ritual: Give a pre-game speech.

Most looking forward to: Friday nights in the football stadium, having fun with the whole band team this year.

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One thing people do not know about music/band: A lot of coordination goes into marching correctly along with being able to play your instrument at the same time.

Extracurricular activities: Just band Favorite food: Cantaloupe Favorite musician/band: Paul Simon Dream job: Educator Goal for the marching band: Getting a big, good sound with our small band.

Drum major’s role: Build a relationship with the band and help lead them to become the greatest they can be.

Pre-performance ritual: Yoga and deep breathing with the trumpet section Most looking forward to: Watching each halftime get better and better as the season goes along.

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“The marching band is an extra-curricular activity, and we don’t get funding from the school, the county or the state,” said McMath. That leaves the band and its Band Boosters to raise funds.

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