Lloyd Foster Extra Effort Award

Senior Quarterback Brice McKenzie is this week’s recipient of the Lloyd Foster Extra Effort Award presented by Mid-South Sports. Brice helped his Cape Fear Colts win a big game over the Trojans of Pine Forest by throwing three touchdown passes and added a rushing touchdown. In his first start at quarterback, he completed nine passes for over 120 yards. Standing with Brice is head coach Jacob Thomas. Congratulations Brice McKenzie!
Amire Drummond is this week’s recipient of the Lloyd Foster Extra Effort Award. Amire had a defensive back’s dream game when he had two interceptions against the Pine Forest Trojans. In addition to his defensive work, Amire caught two passes on offense, one a TD!  A great night on both sides of the ball!  Standing with Amire is defensive coordinator coach Harris. Congratulations Amire Drummond!
Cape Fear’s Favour Murtala is the week 3 recipient of the Lloyd Foster Extra Effort Award. Favour picked up over 100 yards on 29 carries, twisting, turning, and fighting for every yard he could get against the Terry Sanford Bulldogs helping his Colts move the chains on critical downs. Congratulations Favour!
After a big Seventy-First win over Hoke County, the Mid-South Team selected two Falcons for the Lloyd Foster Extra Effort Award. Junior Quarterback Deandre Nance, standing to the left of coach Hall, led the offense with almost 300 yards combined passing and rushing. He contributed three touchdowns in the blowout!  Melik Thomas, led the defense with 11 tackles, three sacks, with four tackles for loss. Two outstanding performances!  Congratulations Deandre Nance and Melik Thomas!
The Week Five recipient of the Lloyd Foster Extra Effort Award is Seventy-First Falcon Donavan Frederick for his efforts in the 47-14 win over South View. Donavan, a two way player, ran for almost a 100 bruising yards and scored a touchdown. On defense, he had eleven tackles, four for loss, and recovered an onside kick!  A huge night!  Standing next to Donovan is coach Thompkins.  Congratulations Donavan!!
Week 6 and 7 recipients of the Lloyd Foster Extra Effort Award are Jayson Franklin for his efforts in the Seventy-First Falcon win over Gray’s Creek and Jytavious Whitted for his efforts in the Falcon win over Cape Fear. Jayson ran for 180 yds on 19 carries , scoring 2 TDs in the victory over the the Bears. Jytavious kicked 4 punts putting 2 inside the 5 yd line to pin the Colts deep. He had 4 receptions, all for first downs to allow Seventy-First to keep the football. Perhaps most importantly, with his team facing a 4th and 9, with about a minute and a half to go in the game, he dove for a pass that was low and away and miraculously caught it to ensure a Falcon win!  Congratulations Jayson Franklin and Jytavious Whitted!
The Week 8 recipient of the Lloyd Foster Extra Effort Award is Cape Fear Colt quarterback Geronimo Sanchez. The sophomore QB had a career night against the Jack Britt Buccaneers throwing for almost 300 yards, completing 25 of 33 passes and scoring two touchdowns. Many of his completions allowed the Colts to move the chains on big third down situations. Standing next to Geronimo is head coach Jacob Thomas. Congratulations Geronimo Sanchez!
Week Ten recipient of the Lloyd Foster Extra Effort Award is Francisco Rodriguez of the Cape Fear Colts. Francisco kicked three field goals and two extra points in the 23-12 victory over the Tigers of South View. Francisco leads both conferences with 25 of 25 extra points and is 10 for 10 in field goals for a perfect record!  Standing with Francisco is head coach Jacob Thomas. Congratulations Francisco Rodriguez!
The recipient of the Lloyd Foster Extra Effort Award for the last week of the regular season is sophomore Jaleel Parker of the Jack Britt Buccaneers. Jaleel, a two way starter, caught one pass and threw a touchdown pass on offense and racked up ten tackles on defense in his team’s 21-20 win over the Tigers of South View. This win gave Jack Britt the #1 4A seed out of the United 8 conference.  Standing with Jaleel is head coach Brian Randolph. Congratulations Jaleel Parker!!!
In the first round of the playoffs, Robert Moore is the recipient of the Lloyd Foster Extra Effort Award. Robert had nine tackles and three sacks in the Cape Fear Colts convincing win against the Warriors of Western Alamance. He helped his team shut down the Warriors strong offense and allow his Colts to move on to the second round.  Standing with Robert is head coach Jacob Thomas. Congratulations Robert Moore and best of luck in the playoffs!
In round two of the NCHSAA playoffs, Quarterback Deandre Nance of the Seventy-First Falcons has been selected as the Lloyd Foster Extra Effort recipient for his actions in the Falcon win over Burlington Williams. Deandre ran for a career high 204 yards on 20 carries and scored four touchdowns on runs of 8, 17,31 and 2 yards. He also ran for a two point conversion. On defense, he had one tackle and intercepted the final pass to end the game!  Standing with Deandre is coach McMillan. Congratulations Deandre Nance!
Senior outside linebacker Zayvion Hill of the Seventy-First Falcons is the recipient of the Lloyd Foster Extra Effort Award in the third round of the NCHSAA playoffs. Zayvion had 13 tackles, three for loss and one sack in the Falcon victory over Wilson Fike; an outstanding night of football!! Standing next to Zayvion is defensive coordinator coach Eric Hall. Congratulations Zayvion Hill!!

 

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