Stories and game recaps of Concord Spiders Football
Features, game recaps, photos, stats, and more from the Spiders 2015 season.
Game recaps, stats, and photos from the Spiders 2014 season. SPC Champs, undefeated regular season.
Game recaps, stats, and photos from the Spiders 2013 season. State 3A Runner-up!
Game recaps, stats, and photos from the Spiders 2012 season. State 3A Runner-up!
Game recaps, stats, and photos from the Spiders 2009 season. Coach Glen Padgett takes over as Head Coach of the Spiders.
The Spiders lose their first three games, then win 13 in a row to capture the 3A State Championship!
Game recaps, stats, and photos from the Spiders 2004 3A Championship Season
| Mandy Porter - Athletic Trainer | ||
| Nick Martin - Asstistant Athletic Trainer | ||
| Richard Maxwell - Equipment Manager | ||
| Ed Conway - Asstistant Equipment Manager & Part-time PA Announcer | ||
| Tony Brown - Statistician | ||
| Billy Lyerly - Statistician | ||
| Jerry Hathcock - "Voice of the Spiders" & SID | ||
| Ann Fink - Football Assistant SID | ||
| Helen Rogers - Football Assistant SID | ||
| Tom Brown- Game Film Staff | ||
| Dale Barbee - Team Photographer | ||
| Boyd Lyerly - Pre-Game Meal Coordinator & Head Quadmodificator | ||
| Pam Conway - Pressbox | ||
| Roger Conway - Pressbox | ||
| Keith Fink - Pressbox | ||
| Mark Bonacci - Pressbox | ||
| Elana Adcock - Student Trainer | ||
| Meg Aldridge - Student Trainer | ||
| Sara Bailes - Student Trainer | ||
| Dayja Reeves - Student Trainer | ||
| Keke Reid - Student Trainer | ||
| Miss Riley Porter - Spider in Training |

| # | Player's Name | Ht. | Wt. | Position | Class | |
| img src="/images/2-Landon-Trott-2017.jpg" alt="2 Landon Trott 2017" /> | 2 | Hamsah Nasirildeen | 6' 5 | 215 | WR, DB | Sr |
| 3 | Ikym Hall | 6' 1 | 165 | WR | Soph | |
| 4 | Rocco Dsouza | 6' 1 | 185 | DB | Jr | |
| 5 | P.J. Hall | 6' | 210 | RB, LB | Sr | |
| 6 | Antonio Campbell | 5' 11 | 190 | WR | Jr | |
| 7 | J. D. Miller | 6' 1 | 210 | DE | Jr | |
| 8 | Landon Trott | 5' 10 | 155 | K,DB | Jr | |
| 9 | Nick Santiago | 6' 3 | 190 | DB | Jr | |
| 10 | Jourdain Heilig | 6' 1 | 175 | WR | Soph | |
| 11 | Jacob Irby | 6' 5 | 205 | QB | Sr | |
| 12 | Larkin Lancaster | 5'9 | 160 | QB | Soph | |
| 13 | Ja'Nai Spratt | 5' 11 | 185 | LB | Jr | |
| 14 | Joe Coleman | 5' 11 | 160 | LB | Jr | |
| 15 | Nemo Miller | 5' 9 | 210 | DE | Jr | |
| 18 | Jalen Martin | 6' | 180 | DB | Sr | |
| 19 | Justin Nicholson | 6' 1 | 185 | DB | Sr | |
| 20 | Jay Wilkinson | 5 '10 | 210 | RB | Jr | |
| 22 | Domenic DeRosa | 5' 9 | 155 | WR | Sr | |
| 23 | Zyoin Boger | 6' | 185 | WR, DB | Jr | |
| 24 | Anthony Hunt | 6' | 180 | DB | Sr | |
| 25 | L. J. Curry | 6' | 175 | DB | Fr | |
| 30 | Bobby Harris | 5' 10 | 195 | LB | Jr | |
| 32 | Malik Brown | 5' 10 | 180 | RB, DB | Jr | |
| 33 | Clint Bost | 6' | 195 | LB | Soph | |
| 44 | JaMonte Grissom | 6' 1 | 175 | DB | Jr | |
| 50 | Sam Hartsell | 6' 2 | 265 | OL | Soph | |
| 51 | Marshall Eury | 5' 11 | 190 | OL | Jr | |
| 52 | Logan Cress | 5' 11 | 210 | OL | Sr | |
| 54 | Jon Lawrence | 5' 10 | 220 | DL | Jr | |
| 55 | Hollis Miller | 6' 4 | 265 | OL | Sr | |
| 56 | Ian Bingham | 6' 1 | 270 | OL | Sr | |
| 58 | Frankie Lenyoun | 5' 7 | 235 | DL | Sr | |
| 59 | Anthony Flores | 5' 10 | 220 | DL | Fresh | |
| 60 | J. P. Porter | 6' 4 | 270 | OL | Soph | |
| 61 | Ben Holbrooks | 6' 3 | 265 | OL | Sr | |
| 62 | Malik Alexander | 5' 9 | 220 | DL | Soph | |
| 69 | Cameron Srackangast | 5' 11 | 260 | OL | Sr | |
| 70 | Malcolm Rogers | 6' | 250 | DL | Sr | |
| 71 | Josh Newkirk | 6' | 230 | OL | Soph | |
| 72 | Christian Ealey | 6' 5 | 295 | OL | Sr | |
| 73 | Sia Olomua | 6' 4 | 290 | DL | Jr | |
| 74 | Isaac Cochran | 6' 5 | 275 | OL | Jr | |
| 77 | Louis Williams | 6' 2 | 270 | DL | Jr | |
| 80 | Isaac Staton | 6' 2 | 210 | TE | Sr | |
| 85 | Donovan Spriggs | 5' 10 | 180 | WR | Sr | |
| 89 | Emmanuel Arias | 5' 10 | 160 | WR | Soph | |
| 90 | Rick Sandidge | 6' 5 | 275 | DL | Jr |
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Concord defeated Northwest Cabarrus 35-7 Friday night at Trojan Stadium.
The only thing standing between Concord and a shot at a fourth straight SPC title was Northwest. However the host Trojans were not quick to concede to the favored Spiders.
Northwest controlled much of the first quarter with a punishing ground game led by tailback George Miller-Duncan.
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Robinson survived a wild finish to beat the Spiders 13-12 for their first ever victory over Concord.
Bulldog freshman QB Bradley Clay opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 3 yard pass after two consecutive pass interference calls moved the ball to the 3 yard line. The extra point was missed. Concord answered in the second quarter with a Jimmy Drye 8 yard TD run. Chad Myers extra point was blocked, the first of two the Bulldogs would block.
Robinson jumped out to a 13-6 lead on the arm of Clay who completed a 65 yard TD pass halfway through the third quarter. Concord again answered when Jimmy Drye hit Lance Lewis with a short pass and then scrambled for a 41 yard touchdown. Myers extra point was blocked again.
Concord had one final chance starting at the Bulldogs 33 yard line with two minutes to play. The Bulldogs sacked Drye on second down, then Drye completed a pass to TE Matt Beecher who ran to the Robinson 15. On fourth down the Spiders lined up for a Chad Myers field goal but ran a fake instead. Holder Dustin Burris was stopped short of the first down and Robinson held on for the win.
Concord's defense dominated again holding the Bulldogs to negative rushing for the game and only yielding 140 yards passing.
Pictures coming soon.
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Concord went on the road for the first time in the 2006 playoffs Friday night and defeated the host Yellow Jackets 24-13.
It was a strong team effort with the defense and offense both making play after play. The Yellow Jackets had won 13 straight after losing their first game of the season.
The Spiders opened the scoring in the 1st quarter as Dee Bost found Lance Lewis on a 27 yard pass play. Chad Myers would add a 20 yard field goal to extend the Concord lead to 10-0 early in the second quarter. The Spiders would strike again as Roger Smith took a screen pass 71 yards to put the Spiders up 17-0. Carver would put together a solid drive which resulted in a touchdown on Rashaun Brown's 20 yard run. Concord would threaten again but the drive ended when Bost's pass was intercepted near the Carver goal line.
The Spiders took the second half kickoff and established quickly who would control the second half. Roger Smith capped the drive with a 2 yard touchdown run. Carver would add another score with a short touchdown pass, but their 2 point conversion attempt failed. The Concord defense would force a turnover late and the game ended with Dee Bost taking a knee near the Carver goal line.
Concord's 24 points were the most given up by Carver this season. Dee Bost finished 16-27 for 383 yards and 2 touchdowns. Five different receivers caught a pass for the Spiders. Jimmy Drye led all receivers with 98 yards on 4 catches. Roger Smith added 70 yards rushing with a touchdown run and catch. Fullback Mike Moore would add 57 yards as well.
The Spider defense stepped up and contained the potent Carver rushing attack. Calvin Hillie had a monster night with 14 tackles. Mike Moore added a fumble recovery.
With the win the Spiders advance to the 3A Championship game against Western Alamance. It is the Spider's second trip to the final in 3 seasons. The Championship game will be played at N.C. State's Carter Finley Stadium Saturday at 12PM.
Stats courtesy Scott Dyer and Billy Lyerly.
Congratulations to Head Coach E.Z. Smith and the Spiders! See you at NC State!
Series information provided by Concord football historian David Stancil.
South Piedmont Conference
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Spiders lead series 4-0 | 2010 | First meeting was in first round of 3A playoffs in 2010. |
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Spiders lead series 39-9-1 | 1966 | |
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Spiders lead series 9-2 | 2009 | Home team has only won one regular season meeting (2014). The Spiders won the 2010 playoff rematch at Robert C. Bailey Stadium. |
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Spiders lead series 40-3-1 | East victories came in 1969, 1979, and 2009. Former Spider standout/Coach Kenneth McClamrock is the Mustangs' Head Coach. | |
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2007 | Former Spider standout Marty Paxton is the Ragin' Bulls Head Coach. |
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Spiders lead 39-13 | 1966 | |
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Spiders lead 10-3 | 2001 | Robinson defeated the Spiders for the first time in 2006, the Spiders then won 13 in a row on the way to the NC 3A State Championship. |
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Spiders lead 13-10-1 |
1983 - Concord broke a streak of 6 straight losses (1977-1983) when Preston Whitley ran back a kickoff in the final minutes for an 18-15 win that sent CHS into the playoffs. |
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Spiders lead series 15-4 | The Spiders and Falcons have combined to win 5 out of the last 10 state 3A Championships. |
Non Conference Series
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Spiders lead 43-40-4 | North Carolina's longest running continuous football rivalry. | |
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Spiders lead 30-24. | 1922 | Concord won 14 of the last 16 in the series - and 10 straight games from 1973-1982. |
From Thursday October 5th's Charlotte Observer
BUILDING A CYBER FAN BASE
When Lane Stribling set out to create a Web site dedicated to the Kannapolis A.L. Brown High School football team, he wasn't deterred by even the greatest challenge.
A lifetime Kannapolis resident, Stribling was unknowingly researching much of the future site's content during 40 years of attending nearly every Wonders game.
But there was one problem. He barely knew his way around a computer.
Like several other local residents who recently turned their prep football passion into an e-pastime, the techno-challenged Stribling labored through, and today he has one of the most comprehensive prep football Web sites in the area.
Kannapolisfootball.com is full of Kannapolis football history, updated statistics for this year's team and many other extras. (Also check out southrowanfootball.com, facseagles.com and the developing concordspiders.com.)
Library helped
Stribling, a retired mill worker, said he started researching material for the site about five years ago. By frequenting the history room at the Kannapolis branch of the Cabarrus County library, he uncovered newspaper articles and photographs from 80 years ago.Highlights of the Kannapolis football site include a couple of historical pages that chronicle the football team, the Kannapolis City Schools system and A.L. Brown's Memorial Stadium. Included are a couple of photographs from Kannapolis' first high school team in 1924.
Particularly appealing are the pages documenting every A.L. Brown season since 1952, the year that school opened. Coaches' names, team records, key players and a couple of paragraphs tell the story of each season.
Stats upon stats
The "For the Record" page includes tidbits on coaching records, records against certain opponents and Wonders' players who have represented the team in season-ending all-star games. And you probably won't find this many statistics for the Wonders' team and the other South Piedmont Conference teams in the same place anywhere else.
Stribling said he puts in as many as 15 to 20 hours a week updating the site. It costs him about $85 annually to run it.
"I love the fact that I can do this for all the players, coaches and fans that have been such a big part," he said. "It's the least I can do for all the great moments these teams have given us over such a long, long time.
"I hope to be around a long, long time and to continue to make this Web site the very best I can make it."
Runs site from a distance
Chris Hughes spends most of his time serving his country. He spends his spare time serving his high school alma mater.Hughes, a former South Rowan football player and assistant coach, produces southrowanfootball.com from more than 100 miles away. He is in the Army at Fort Bragg -- a sergeant working with a special operations medical team. Hughes travels back to Landis each fall Friday and, usually, one other time during the week to supervise the team's game-day video productions and to get material for the Web site.
A self-proclaimed sports-history nut, he said he started compiling information on South Rowan about the time he became an assistant coach in 1999.
On the day before official practice began last year, Hughes said, he spent about three hours getting it off the ground and within a few days had a full-fledged site.
With the help of newspaper files, Hughes researched the score from every South game since the school opened in 1961. Based on that information, he has Raiders' scores sorted by opponents, coaches and decades, each with its own page.
Because individual statistics were not as important to fans and readers decades ago, Hughes' "school records" reach only as far back as the mid-'70s, but they are pretty thorough. The site has inclusive offensive statistics for every South team since 1992.
"Parents can look at their child on there," first-year South Rowan coach Jason Rollins said. "The kids like it because they can see things on there like who the player of the week is. It helps us as a staff, because we can put things on there that the kids need to see."
Rollins has embraced the site and considers it one of the tools he can use to turn the football program around. The "Head Coach Corner" page allows Rollins to post Players of the Week and information on team workouts.
Hughes said the South Rowan booster club has approached him about producing an all-sports Web site. He said he already has sites in the works for the boys' basketball and baseball teams, but plans on turning the maintenance of them over to those sports' coaches.
Web idea is growing
First Assembly's site, facseagles.com, and Concord's concordspiders.com provide their teams' fans with basic information, such as roster and schedule, and game capsules written by the sites' respective administrators. Both sites have a collection of quality game-action photographs.
The Concord site is aiming to set a high standard, with pages under construction for a team history, season-by-season results, and individual records.
What type of impact has the Internet had on prep football teams? Hughes' southrowanfootball.com has had almost 35,000 hits in its 14 months.
That's about five times the combined population of Landis and China Grove, the two towns South Rowan High primarily serves.
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The Spiders defeated Anson 34-3 Friday night at Robert C. Bailey Stadium.
The first half saw both defenses hold the offenses in check. Concord had a couple of scoring opportunities but could not capitalize due to miscues and penalties. The first half ended with both teams scoreless.
Anson WR Rasaun Rorie took the 2nd half kickoff and returned it to the Concord 21 yard line. That would setup a 32 yard field goal from Dakota Martinez. Anson stopped Concord on the next possesion, but the Spider defense would step up. Spider DB Lance Lewis intercepted QB Dennis Rorie's pass and returned it 41 yards for a touchdown.