Talking Preps 12.06: Mr. Football announced, previewing NCHSAA state finals
It’s the final Talking Preps episode of the 2022 high school football season, and we’ve got a busy show. On tap for Tuesday night:
▪ We’re starting earlier this week, at 7:30 p.m., to award the state’s biggest high school football honor. The finalists for Mr. NC Football will join us: East Forsyth’s Jaylen Alexander-Raynor, Providence Day’s Jadyn Davis and Millbrook’s Mason Fortune.
▪ NCHSAA commissioner Que Tucker talks about the association potentially adding more classes, and the guys will respond. And Dale will have three thoughts from the semifinals: his “experience” at East Lincoln, running teams making the finals and no Charlotte teams playing this weekend.
▪ Guru Chris will lead the state’s most comprehensive breakdown of this weekend’s NCHSAA state championship games. He’ll also debut his latest statewide rankings.
▪ We’ll hear from the 4A coaches: Grimsley’s Darryl Brown and New Bern’s Torrey Nowell, who wants to rest the notion that eastern teams don’t play as tough a schedule as teams in the west.
▪ We’ll also hear from the coaches of the two unbeaten 3A teams: Northern Nash’s Andrew Farriss and East Lincoln’s David Lubowicz.
▪ Grice and Greiner will feature the #GricesGems, the NC players of the week: Keno Jones, Northern Nash; Kade Kennedy, East Duplin; Tyler Mason, Mount Airy; Lorenzo Mendoza, Reidsville; and East Lincoln’s Ben Cutter, who joins us in studio.
▪ Grice and Greiner will also introduce four new #FreshFaces, the stars of tomorrow: Reidsville’s Que’shyne Flippen, Grimsley’s Ja’Carion Maynard, East LIncoln’s Tyler Mizzell and New Bern’s Damaree Tucker.
▪ Finally, on #CoachvsCoach, Chris, Grice and Greiner will debate whether star players should play bowl games or get ready for the draft; whether or not Deion Sanders or Matt Rhule will work out at their new jobs; and if a CMS team will make a 2023 state championship next fall.
▪ NOTE: Talking Preps, the basketball version, will begin in January.
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