Sis-boom-'rah'

There have been days when, long after the North Central football team has come off the practice field, that the lights inside the old gymnasium at the school were still burning.

NC cheerleaders earn berth in state championship

Three years after starting a competitive cheerleading team, North Central High School is headed to the AA Competitive Cheer State finals.

Vols close with a 21-0 run to overtake North Central, 35-14

Checkmate. It took North Central more than 38 minutes to get back to a stalemate, tying Friday's AA Upper State Division II playoff opener with visiting Andrew Jackson at 14-all. All it took for the Volunteers' Quadarius Fair to end the good feelings in Boonetown were a scant 21 seconds. Fair, AJ's 6-foot-4 junior wide out, answered a game-tying 18-yard interception return for a touchdown by NC's Darius Brown by returning the ensuing kickoff for ...

Vols come to Boonetown with more than bragging rights being on the line

Sitting behind his office desk, North Central head football coach Louis Clyburn simply shook his head and smiled when asked if he was aware of some of the things being said between members of his team and players from Andrew Jackson, which comes to Boonetown for tonight's first round AA Upper State Division II playoff contest. The two rival schools are separated by a few miles and players from both sides are more than ...

Knights host AJ in playoff opener

North Central will host its first state playoff game since the 1994 season when the Knights welcome arch-rival Andrew Jackson to Boonetown for Friday's first round AA Division II Upper State contest.

Griffins run past Knights, 57-6

Louis Clyburn has been told by several people about when, in 1984, North Central played and lost a game to eventual state champion Woodruff, 34-7, in the third round of the state class AA playoffs.

Griffins have nothing to lose while NC can move up on playoff ladder tonight

Nothing to win. Nothing to lose. Such is the plight of Fairfield Central which tonight, hosts North Central in the final regular season game of the year. The Griffins have already sewn up the Region 3-AA championship and the top seed in the class AA Division I Upper State playoffs. The visiting Knights, meanwhile, could greatly enhance their seed in the AA Upper State Division II playoffs with a win tonight; not to mention cementing ...

Lady Knights upset by Chesterfield, 3-1

Of all the times for an injury to strike, this was the worst. With sophomore hitter Erin Humphries watching from the bench in jeans and her number 9 jersey, North Central was knocked from the AA Upper State volleyball tournament by former conference nemesis Chesterfield in four games on Wednesday night at The Castle in Boonetown. The loss capped a 16-2 season for the Lady Knights who came into the week ranked third in the ...

NC helps playoff stock by trumping Caps, 33-28

Early last week, North Central head coach Louis Clyburn was feeling pretty good about his team's ability to host a first round state playoff game with a victory in either of the Knights' final two regular season games.

NC looks to defuse suddenly hot Caps

Nobody will ever accuse Columbia High head coach Kemper Amick of ducking people. Included on the Capitals' five-game non-conference slate this year were games with AAA entries Wilson, Dreher, Daniel and A.C. Flora, the latter pair which are both ranked in the latest AAA top 10. Not surprisingly, the Caps' lone win before Region 3-AA play started was a 24-0 victory over class A entry Calhoun County. Too bad North Central was not able to ...

Columbia hands Lady Knights first loss

Dreams of a perfect season came to an end for the North Central volleyball team as the state's top-ranked AA squad was dealt a 3-2 loss at Columbia last Thursday night.

Something to cheer about

Knights gets past Shamrocks, 26-14

On a night in which North Central needed a win in a big way, the Knights went big in a 26-14 homecoming win over visiting Eau Claire on Friday.

Knights hope a visit from Shamrocks will bring luck

Five years ago, when he was the head coach at Andrew Jackson, Louis Clyburn saw the Volunteers score the first touchdown of the night against Eau Claire, which proceeded to fold up like a card table.

Lady Knights pick apart Shamrocks

Not to be superstitious, but the North Central volleyball team probably did not want to be stuck on 13 wins for any longer than they had to be there.

NC Hammer

Up for grabs

One line, plenty of waiting.