With a torn ACL, Ryan Lemke watches practices from the sidelines this year. (Chris Hunt/CorneliusNews.net)

By CHRIS HUNT
DavidsonNews.net

Every day before football practice, Hough High linebacker Ryan Lemke gingerly inches down the hill between his high school and its football stadium. One only needs to look at the long scar on his right knee to understand his caution. In August, while preparing for the 2011 season, Lemke tore his anterior cruciate ligament. Soon after, he underwent surgery, ending his season before it even began. Read the full story

Hough defender Blake Dueitt leaps to attempt a block. (Tim Cowie/DavidsonNews.net)

It wasn’t much of a homecoming Friday night for the Hough High Huskies as the visiting Mooresville Blue Devils did all the scoring and walked away with a 31-0 I-MECK 4A football victory at Hough High Stadium in Cornelius.

Mooresville quarterback Deonte Black passed for one touchdown and ran himself for two others, including a 57-yard breakaway in the second quarter. Read the full story

Vance High beat North Meck High Friday night 55-21 in a high school football game at Vance.

LINK: Oct. 15, 2011, Charlotte Observer, “Bryant, Latter ignite Vance.”

LA GRANGE, N.C. – Davidson Day School raised its record to 8-0 Friday night with a 45-14 victory over North Lenoir High. Read the full story

This season, the Hough football program has five sets of brothers who play on its junior varsity or varsity rosters. Pictured above are four of the five sets, beginning with (front row, from left) junior Patrick Campbell, freshman Ethan Handy, sophomore Kyle Dueitt and sophomore Jake Rodman; (back row) senior Jackson Campbell, junior Everett Handy, junior Blake Dueitt and senior Josh Rodman. (Chris Hunt/DavidsonNews.net)

By CHRIS HUNT
DavidsonNews.net

Hough High School’s impressive 24-21 victory at West Charlotte last Friday night was its third in four I-MECK 4A Conference football games this fall. In just their second season, it seems the Huskies have quickly forgotten they were supposed to be underdogs who would be lucky to pull off an upset here or there.

This week – Homecoming Week at Hough – the stakes get even higher. On Friday night at 7 p.m., the Huskies (4-4 overall) will play their biggest game of the 2011 season when they host the Mooresville Blue Devils. Read the full story

CHATHAM, Va. – Jordan Brown ran for two touchdowns and Aaron Seward caught two TD passes from Chad Grier to lead Davidson Day School over Hargrave Military Academy, 55-42, Friday night in Virginia. Read the full story

Hough High’s football team beat West Charlotte, 24-21, in an I-Meck 4A conference game in Charlotte Thursday night. The Huskies won it on a last second field goal by Nathan Derring. Read the full story

W.A. Hough High School beat North Mecklenburg High School 28-16 Friday night.

RELATED LINK: IMeck football, week 7 scores.

The Hough running game is powered by running back Jackson Campbell (No. 44 on right) and the Huskies’ offensive line (back row, from left) Griff Vari, Christian Walker, Jacob McCreary, Christian York, Keyonte Easter and Andrew Scott. (Chris Hunt/DavidsonNews.net)

By CHRIS HUNT
DavidsonNews.net

CORNELIUS – Hough High School head football coach Bobby Collins is an offensive lineman at heart. Well over six feet and close to 300 pounds, Collins played offensive tackle for Division I-AA South Carolina State University before joining the coaching ranks.

So it comes as no surprise that Collins has a soft spot for running the football. Read the full story