Coming off the first state championship in the program’s history, the present and future is looking bright for 51Âþ» football.
Freshman defensive backs/wide receivers Cayden Jones ’24 (Charlotte) and Zack Myers ’24 (Duke and Tennessee) picked up their first Division I college scholarship offers on Tuesday.
Cayden and Zack are two key pieces returning from last season’s 6-2 team which won the NCISAA Division II championship.
The Greenies blew out Harrells Christian Academy, 55-21, in the state finals, played Nov. 20 on Fayssoux Field. Zack caught a pair of long touchdown passes (41 and 80 yards) in that game and Cayden had two TDs (8 and 23 yards) the week before in the semifinals, a 38-0 shutout of Trinity Christian Academy.
Chad Walker was named 51Âþ»â€™s head coach last month. The Greenies are scheduled to open the 2021 season at Atlanta's Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School on August 28.