Concord’s Spiders weave their way back into Sweet 16 football poll
Concord is back in the Observer’s Sweet 16 high school football poll.
The Spiders, a longtime 3A power, lost their first game of the season at 4A A.L. Brown 26-15. Since then, they have reeled off four straight wins – 49-12 over Albemarle, 49-28 over East Rowan, 21-18 over Hickory Ridge and 19-0 over South Rowan last week.
The Spiders, in at No. 16 in this week’s poll, will host Central Cabarrus on Friday.
Mallard Creek remained at No. 1 after a convincing 28-7 win against a McDonogh team ranked No. 4 among all Maryland high school teams. Mallard Creek played all but one down without starting quarterback James Smith. Smith, who was injured during practice last week, threw a long pass on the one play he participated in, after starter Larry Matkins took a hard hit. Matkins is the son of former All-Observer Player of the Year Keith Matkins, who played quarterback for West Charlotte in the late ’90s.
Rk., Team (Class) | Rec. | Pvs |
1. Mallard Creek (4A) | 4-1 | 1 |
2. Butler (4A) | 4-1 | 2 |
3. Charlotte Catholic (4A) | 3-0 | 3 |
4. Rock Hill Northwestern (4A) | 4-1 | 7 |
5. Rock Hill South Pointe (3A) | 4-1 | 4 |
6. Vance (4A) | 4-1 | 5 |
7. Kannapolis Brown (3A) | 4-0 | 8 |
8. South Mecklenburg (4A) | 4-0 | 9 |
9. Hough (4A) | 4-1 | 6 |
10. Weddington (3A) | 4-1 | 10 |
11. Ardrey Kell (4A) | 2-2 | 11 |
12. Mooresville (4A) | 2-2 | 12 |
13. East Lincoln (2A) | 4-0 | 13 |
14. Davidson Day (IND) | 5-0 | 14 |
15. Monroe (2A) | 5-0 | 15 |
16. Concord (3A) | 4-1 | NR |
Dropped out: Cuthbertson (3A, 3-2). Also receiving consideration: Statesville (3A, 3-1); South Point (3A, 2-2); Charlotte Latin (IND, 4-0); Charlotte Christian (IND, 2-2); Robinson (3A, 3-2)
This story was originally published September 21, 2015 at 7:29 PM with the headline "Concord’s Spiders weave their way back into Sweet 16 football poll."