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McRae, Johnson, Wall, Swindell named all-conference
LAURINBURG — Four Scotland High basketball players earned 2019-20 All-Sandhills Athletic Conference honors. Garrett McRae, Mandrell Johnson and Bruce Wall were named to the boys all-conference team, and Asjah Swindell landed a spot on the girls all-conference team. McRae, who also joined Johnson on the NCBCA All-District team, averaged 17.1…
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McRae, Johnson named NCBCA All-District
Scotland High basketball players Garrett McRae and Mandrell Johnson earned All-District 8 honors from the North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association. McRae was named to the second-team All-District team. The senior guard averaged 17.1 points, four rebounds, 2 1/2 assists and 2.2 steals per game this season. He shot 52 percent…
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Mandrell Johnson emerges as a leader
LAURINBURG — Spearheaded by guard Garrett McRae, the talent-laden senior class of Scotland High’s boys basketball team often gets the spotlight. Recently they’ve been joined in the spotlight by junior Mandrell Johnson. Johnson, a versatile perimeter player, went from being Scotland’s sixth man earlier this season to being a starter…
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Johnson embraces his new role on offense
LAURINBURG — Mandrell Johnson is finding his new role in Scotland’s offense. Johnson, a junior football player, transitioned from quarterback to receiver in the middle of the season. But the change wasn’t just a matter of catching the ball rather than throwing it; Johnson had some knowledge to pick up,…
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Quarterback decision will come ‘earlier rather than later’
LAURINBURG — Two sophomore quarterbacks shared playing time during Scotland High’s run to the 4A football state championship game last season. That scenario most likely will not happen this year. Head coach Richard Bailey wants to decide his team’s quarterback situation by the time Sandhills Athletic Conference play starts. Rising…
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Scotland’s ‘inexplicable’ mistakes lead to a loss
SOUTHERN PINES — Scotland football coach Richard Bailey couldn’t find an explanation as to why his team racked up 21 penalties, including 16 false starts, in a 34-12 loss at Pinecrest on Friday night. “Some of this stuff is inexplicable,” Bailey said. “I, for the life of me, don’t know…
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Experience is a factor as Fighting Scots face 71st
LAURINBURG — Scotland football coach Richard Bailey called his team’s game on Friday at Seventy-First a “tale of two different quarterbacks.” “We’re playing two very inexperienced quarterbacks,” Bailey said. “Our quarterbacks have four starts between them, and then you’ve got their guy who has probably started 40 or 50 games…
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Fighting Scots ready for battle
LAURINBURG — It’s been almost two years since Hoke won a football game. Scotland will try to keep that drought going when they face the Bucks in a road game on Friday night. Hoke (0-5, 0-1 SAC) is searching for its first victory since Oct. 28, 2016, when the Bucks…
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High school football returns to Pate Stadium
Friday night football is back. After not playing a game for three weeks, the Scotland football team returned to Pate Stadium to face Purnell Swett on Friday night. The visitors were in a similar predicament. Located in Pembroke, Purnell Swett was also in the path of Hurricane Florence. Like the…
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McKoy and Johnson help carry Scots past Rams
LAURINBURG — Chandler Brayboy had Scotland’s attention on Friday night. The Fighting Scots executed their plan to keep the ball out of the Purnell Swett receiver’s hands on their way to a 34-11 victory over the Rams. After registering just one reception in the first half, Brayboy finished with 30…
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QBs compete for starting job
LAURINBURG — Tyler Barfield and Mandrell Johnson split time at quarterback for the Scotland jayvee football team last season. One year later, the sophomores are doing the same thing on a bigger stage. That wasn’t the plan three weeks ago. Before the Fighting Scots took the field for their season-opener…
