scotland football
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Full-time starter: QB Barfield looks to make his mark
Senior quarterback Tyler Barfield has grown significantly during his time in the Scotland High School football program.
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Scots deal with new challenges ahead of pandemic-affected season
LAURINBURG — The Scotland High School varsity football team might have to wait just a little bit longer to start its season due to being quarantined, but high school football season in North Carolina has arrived nonetheless.
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Scots adjust to playing both sides of the ball
High school football often requires players to play on both sides of the ball, and this year, Scotland High School football will also have more players than usual playing both ways.
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Scots push through summer workouts
LAURINBURG — Expectations are high for Scotland High School’s football team as the Fighting Scots run through the earliest stages of their quest for a third straight state championship game appearance. After graduating one of the smallest senior classes the program has seen, the Scots have a strong group of…
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Fighting Scots will face Dillon at Battle of the Carolinas
LUMBERTON — Football fans will get an early look at Scotland High’s team when the Fighting Scots face Dillon on Aug. 12 at the fifth annual Battle of the Carolinas football jamboree at Lumberton High School. Five full-contact scrimmages will take place at the jamboree, and each scrimmage will last…
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Fighting Scots get back in shape during spring workouts
LAURINBURG — Bruce Wall’s 2018 football season ended with him clutching his right leg and writhing in pain after being tackled during Scotland High’s season opener last August against Butler. But Wall lined up as a receiver on Thursday as the Fighting Scots concluded two weeks of spring practice with…
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Tester: Five football players to watch
It’s never too early to talk about football season. “Early” probably isn’t an applicable term anymore, because the earliest stages of high school football’s 2019 season are upon us. Teams are returning to the field for spring workouts, and coaches are starting to outline what their teams will look like…
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McQueen, Thomas sign letters of intent
LAURINBURG — The recruitment process is complete for Syheam McQueen and Tyshuon Thomas, two key contributors for Scotland’s football program over the last four years. McQueen is fine with that. “No more hard decisions,” McQueen said after signing his letter of intent to play football at Western Carolina University. The…
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Tester: Tough nonconference slate awaits Fighting Scots
It’s never too early to talk about high school football. And now that Scotland’s 2019 non-conference schedule has been released, fans can get a glimpse of the tough road that awaits the Fighting Scots this fall. The non-conference slate includes four teams that posted a combined 45-10 record last season.…
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Pumping up Scotland
LAURINBURG — Richard Bailey spent Tuesday afternoon cleaning up the remnants of perhaps the most exhilarating season of his 19-year career as a head coach. Just over a month after the Fighting Scots finished as the runner-up in the 4A state championship game, Bailey worked on cleaning and reorganizing the…
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Tester: The top players from the 2018 football season
Football season is still not over — at least not at the college level, where several of the NCAA’s 39 bowl games have yet to be played. But high school football season is behind us. The sting from Scotland’s loss to East Forsyth in the state championship game is still…
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Tester: Bailey’s influence goes beyond football
Richard Bailey’s seventh year at Scotland was perhaps his most challenging season yet. His team entered the last week of the regular season with a losing record, but the Fighting Scots played well enough to earn a spot in the 4A state playoffs. And suddenly, the team that lost its…
