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Three Patriots Taking Football Skills to Next Level
Character, commitment and discipline are words that Pinecrest football coach Chris Metzger throws out when describing three of his senior players that are moving on to play in college.
Youth Football Camp Set for March 25-28
Registrations are being taken for the seventh annual Little Patriots Youth Football Spring Break Camp to be held at Pinecrest High School on March 25-28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Three Pats Taking Football Skills to Next Level
Two defensive stalwarts, and a record-breaking offensive player who will convert to the other side of the ball, announced their college football intentions on Thursday at Pinecrest High School.
Sports Briefs: Metzger-Led U.S. Team Defeats Canada
The U.S. Under-18 National Team led by Pinecrest head football coach Chris Metzger came from behind to defeat Canada 29-14 in Austin, Texas, last Wednesday.
Clinics Feature Speed, Agility Skills
One of the things Chris Metzger feels is unique about the Little Patriots Speed and Agility Clinics that begin Feb.11 at Pinecrest High School is its applicability to all sports.
Patriots Earn All-Conference Football Honors
Led by record-breaking Dwayne Simpson, eight Pinecrest players have been named to the All-Southeastern Conference football team.
Undersized Caliri Leaves Large Signature at Pinecrest
Jonah Caliri is an extremely involved senior at Pinecrest High School, with specific and important plans for his future.
Double Up: Twins Lean On Family Support, Each Other
At the end of the Pinecrest girls’ first basketball game of the new season, members of the team and the cheerleaders will form columns for the boys’ basketball players to run through as they take the court.
Patriots Advance to East Region Semifinals
The first 79 minutes of the state 4-A boys' soccer championship third-round game between the Pinecrest Patriots and the E.A. Laney Buccaneers pitted two physical and evenly-matched state-ranked teams against each other.
Battlin' Patriots Suffer Tough Loss to Bucks
Pinecrest stuffed the Hoke County offense at every turn for the first 22 minutes of Friday night’s first-round state 4-AA playoff football game in Raeford.
Big Game at Pinecrest
Pinecrest held a media event Thursday afternoon in preparation for Friday's game against Barron Collier. It will be the first time a high school team from North Carolina has ever played an exhibition game against a team from Florida in the regular season. Game time is at 7:30 p.m.
Air Raid Classic Showcases Local Football Talent
Pinecrest football's head coach, Chris Metzger, explains the 2011 Air Raid Classic, which took place Saturday in Southern Pines. The Patriot's advanced to the semifinal round of the 7 -on- 7 pigskin tournament. Photos by Donna Ford.
Pinecrest Signing Day Celebration
A pep band kicked off Pinecrest's National Signing Day celebration Wednesday. In all, the Patriots had 12 seniors sign letters-of-intent to play college football. Before announcing each player individually, third-year head football coach Chris Metzger showed a bit of his motivational flair by giving a rousing speech in which he called Moore County one of the best communities in the country to live in and said Pinecrest is headed toward unprecedented success with its athletic program this school year. Finally, senior Blade Shoop, the only recruit to sign in-state, talks about his decision to choose Division II Fayetteville State over other suiters.
