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PHOTO BY PATRICK DOBBS
JT Taylor hustles up field looking for a crease in the defense during the
Knights’ recent game against Kenston Forest.
Taylor: Toughest part of the game? Defeat
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asked my parents if I
could play and the next
day they signed me up.
What has been the
most difficult thing
to master about the
game?
The most diffi cult
thing to master about
football is accepting defeat,
cause once the game
is over you go back
through your mind saying
to yourself, “I should
have done this instead of
this,” or “If I did this then
we would have won,” and
it just runs through your
mind the whole night and
you start to beat up on
yourself and lower your
self-confi dence.
What came naturally
to you about football?
Picking up the plays,
whether its running the
offensive routes to remembering
defensive responsibilities
it just came
real easy to me.
What is your biggest
asset as a player?
My biggest asset as a
player is my defense. I
am great at reading the
quaterback which allows
me to see where he will
be throwing it, and I think
my coverage is the best
its ever been.I like to call
my zone the “no fl y zone”
which means any ball that
is thrown my way is either
incomplete of intercepted.
What are you hoping
to improve this year?
I really am determined
to improve my speed by
the end of the season. I
want to turn my 4.84 40
yard dash into a 4.7 or below.
What is your ultimate
goal for this season?
To bring another state
championship back to
Blessed Sacrament Huguenot
for the fourth time
in a row.
What nickname do
your teammates call
you?
The Honey Badger after
Tyrann Mathieu from
LSU.
What has been your
proudest moment on
the field?
My proudest moment
on the fi eld happened last
year against Fuqa in the
playoff game where I returned
an interception for
65 yards.
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Most embarrassing
moment on the field?
My most embarrassing
moment on the fi eld
happened during my second
year of football and it
was when I just came out
of the game on offense
and I was supposed to be
on the fi eld for defense
but instead I took a water
break and all the coaches
were yelling “Where’s
JT? Where’s JT?” and all
of a sudden I ran on the
fi eld during the middle of
the play and accidentally
blocked my own teammate
because I thought
we were on offense, and
of course they scored on
that play.
What is the best
advice you have
received about
playing the game, and
who was it from?
Luck is where preparation
and opportunity
cross, from coach Ron
Gundry.
One thing most
people don’t know
about you?
One thing that most
people don’t know about
me is that I also play basketball
and lacrosse.
Points: Size is the matter for players now
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weighed 155 pounds because she
wasn’t feeding him right (my typical
high school lunch was four peanut
butter and banana sandwiches and
two cartons of whole milk – delicious
and nutritious).
The biggest kid I ever went headto-head
with was a 245-pound nose
guard, but the difference was that he
was a fat 245 pounds. It’s not at all
unusual for a high school offensive
line to average 245 pounds today, but,
more importantly, it is generally 245
pounds of muscle. Today’s high
school athlete spends as much as 12
months a year in the weight room.
Now extrapolate that to the college
game and then on to professional
football. At each step we encounter
bigger, faster athletes who are even
more conditioned. And that’s not just
the running backs and linebackers,
it’s every position. (I never will forget
the body on Terrell Owens as he did
sit ups in his driveway, and that was
in his declining years.)
It seems obvious to me that the potential
for serious injury increases as
our athletes get bigger, stronger and
faster. I’m sure some physics professor
can fi ll up a blackboard with the
formula that proves this, while equipment
technology, particularly at the
professional level has lagged behind.
Because of this the National Football
League is about to take a legal
beating that, while it may not destroy
them, is going to be a substantial
monetary burden.
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It certainly is no coincidence that
Commissioner Roger Goodell announced
the thirty million dollar grant
to the United States Army and the
National Institute of Health for research
into the prevention and treatment
of traumatic brain injuries a the
day before a prestigious medical
study revealed that NFL players are
four times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s
or ALS then the average
citizen.
Claims that the NFL failed to meet
their obligations to protect their employees
from the TBI’s, and now Alzheimer’s
and ALS, are going to be
suffi cient for the Commissioner to
paper his spacious offi ce walls with.
Now add legal action on behalf of
NFL players who suffered multiple
concussions during their careers and
committed suicide.
Frankly, I don’t know where the
credit lies, but there does not appear
to be an insidious problem with head
injuries at the high school level. I
can’t remember more than three,
maybe four concussions in all the
high school games I’ve covered in the
past eight years.
I do know that there is a very aggressive
research program for equipment
safety at Wake Forest University
aimed at athletes at the high school
level and below.
Hopefully, whatever is being done
to protect our young athletes will not
only continue to be successful, but
also improve at a faster rate than our
young athletes develop.
Knights: Coach says team doesn’t ever quit
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ory the Knights threw more often
then they ran the ball (24 to 23),
the Barons shut them down.
Blue Ridge started slowly, collecting
only a 40-yard fi eld goal in
the fi rst quarter and a short touchdown
run in the second, to lead by
only 10-0 at the half. “It seemed
pretty positive for us,” coach Fritts
said.
As in most private school rosters,
an injury generally effects
both sides of the ball. In the
Knights’ case the injury to Sam
Drewicz took away their primary
big-play receiver as well as their
deep threat defender. Couple that
with RJ Whit‘s injury – both were
hospitalized and later released –
and another top-fl ight deep defender
and capable receiver was
lost. “We were forced to play freshman
that had little or no experience
playing in the secondary,” Fritts
said.
Despite this attrition and their
inability to mount a consistent offense,
the BSH defense kept Blue
Ridge off the board for the entire
third quarter.
“Defensively, we were in the
right places, but their speed and
quickness kept beating us,” Fritts
recalled.
As more and more of the the
Blessed Sacrament players fell to
injury, the Blue Ridge offense was
able to push across another score
early in the fi nal stanza.
But if the young Knights do
have an identity it is that they never
quit. “They really never do give up
and fi ght to the very end,” their
coach said. Midway through the fi -
nal period, the Knights drove to
the Barons’ 22 yard line.
Desperate to score, Fritts instructed
quarterback Stephen Bendle
– who was playing with an injured
throwing shoulder – “put
some air under it and throw it
where, if Robbie [Baxter] can’t
catch it, nobody else can.” Bendele
followed his coach’s instructions
to the letter and led Baxter perfectly
for the touchdown. Justin Cary’s
point-after was good as the Knights
closed the gap to 17-7.
But the Barons put together another
sustained drive and took advantage
of a depeleted BSH roster
to punch across the fi nal score from
the one-yard line.
After the game, Fritts analyzed
both teams. “Blue Ridge is going
to be a great team,” he said. “They
have some real athletes, but this is
only their second game and they
really haven’t put all the pieces together
yet. When they do they’re
going to be a real contender.”
Of his own team he said, “They
just never quit fi ghting. It’s kind of
our MO and if we can continue to
fi ght like that were going to be all
right.”
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