LAURINBURG — The rosters for the 69th annual East-West All-Star football game have been released and the Fighting Scots football team will be sending two players — seniors Karfa Kaba and Amir McNeill.
The seniors learned last month they would be representing Scotland County in the game and the full rosters were released last week.
Kaba and McNeill were key contributors to the Scots defense this past season and will continue their football careers together in the fall at North Carolina A&T University.
An all-SEC selection Kaba, a defensive linemen, had 49 solo tackles, nine sacks, two fumble recoveries and caused a fumble to help the Scots defense hold opponents to less than 20 points per game.
McNeill also received All-SEC honors in the secondary leading the team with three interceptions. McNeill finished the year with 44 solo tackles, one quarterback sack and a fumble recovery.
They will be joined on the sidelines by Scotland head coach Richard Bailey, who was selected to coach the East team. Bailey will be assisted by Wake Forest’s Reggie Lucas, West Johnston’s Samuel Hales, East Carteret’s Caleb King, East Duplin’s Jack Holley and Rocky Mount’s Jason Battle.
Lumberton’s Tyriek McCallum was the other player from the Southeastern conference selected to play in the game.
The 69th annual East-West All-Star football game will be held in Greensboro at Robert D. Jamison Stadium on Wednesday, July 19 at 8 p.m. There will be a fireworks show at halftime.
East Football Team | |||
Nick Anderson | Terry Sanford | Amir McNeill | Scotland |
Thomas Battle | Rocky Mount | Patrick Morrison | Hoggard |
Jaicari Boone | Jacksonville | Sam Nay | Croatan |
Daenard Branch | Kinston | Montrell Pollock | Jacksonville |
Aaron Cox | Ayden-Grifton | Artavious Richardson | Rocky Mount |
Andrew Eisenson | Northern Durham | Noel Ruiz | Fike |
Duncan Englehardt | East Carteret | Tralenn Sawyer | Northeastern |
Jerome Ferguson | Lee County | Jacob Scott | Cleveland |
Amir Floyd | Nash Central | Ryheem Skinner | Clinton |
Patrick Foushee, Jr. | Lee County | Lajarvius Thomas | Holmes |
Kendall Frazier | Havelock | Keshawn Thompson | Orange |
Markel Freeman | Riverside | Taye Vereen | West Brunswick |
Collin Hairr | Hoggard | Modica Whitehurst | Ayden-Grifton |
Jeffery Harris | Havelock | Jimmy “Buck” Williams | West Johnston |
Luke Hoggard | Holmes | Ja’Quan Witherspoon | North Pitt |
Will Jones | Wake Forest | Coach Richard Bailey | Scotland |
Karfa Kaba | Scotland | Coach Jason Battle | Rocky Mount |
Jo Leake | West Montgomery | Coach Samuel Hales | West Johnston |
Tyriek McCallum | Lumberton | Coach Battle Holley | East Duplin |
Anthony McCray | West Brunswick | Coach Caleb King | East Carteret |
Jonte McMullen | Northside-Jacksonville | Coach Reggie Lucas | Wake Forest |
West Football Team | |||
Demarcus Alexander | Central Cabarrus | Jaron Letterlough | Reidsville |
Cinsere Allison | A.L. Brown | Chavis Little | High Point Central |
Darrius Archie | Shelby | Jessie Malit | Cox Mill |
James Artis | Eastern Guilford | Darian McClain | Kings Mountain |
Tremayne Booker | Forestview | Nick Muse | South Point |
James Boyle | Davie County | Tyshun Odom | Crest |
Makaius Brewer | Asheville | Ronald Polite | Page |
Deyquan Byrd | West Rowan | Chris Reynolds | Davie County |
Tyshawn Carter | Rocky River | Noah Sanders | Burns |
Randall Chrisco | Asheboro | Austin Sherrill | Mt. Pleasant |
Sirod Cook | East Forsyth | Cooper Short |
Kings Mountain |
Josh Dale | Jay Robinson | Juy Smith | North Davidson |
Tyler DeBerry | Page | Andrew Wall | A.C. Reynolds |
Devan Hairston | West Stokes | Brendan Westbrook | Carson |
Devin Harrell | Hunter Huss | Devan Woody | Mountain Heritage |
Tyrek Haywood | Rocky River | Coach Greg Lloyd | Kings Mountain |
Tyjuan Hazel | East Forsyth | Coach Larry Brow | A.C. Reynolds |
Jalen Hester | Eastern Alamance | Coach Greg Hill | Ashbrook |
Malik Jackson | West Stanly | Coach DeVore Holman | Davie County |
Aaron Jolly | Shelby | Coach Lonnie Jones | High Point Central |
Gabriel King | Mt. Airy | Coach Jimmy Upchurch | West Stokes |
Amber Hatten can be reached at 910-506-3170.