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THE TIGERS CAN…
Foard is three wins away from its first 10-win year since 1982 — the only double-figure win season in school history — and getting there will take beating West Iredell and winning two state playoff games.
The Tigers have only two state playoff wins in school history, over Franklkin and Southwest Guilford in 1982. Those wins were in the now-defunct Division II bracket the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) experimented with in the early 1980s.
Those playoffs were designed for teams that didn’t reach the traditional state playoff bracket, and Foard won the West 2A title in Division II in 1982 under head coach Dick Foster.
The 28-25 road win over Southwest Guilford was Foard’s last postseason win, as the Tigers have lost in the first round 11 times since then.
Foard, 2-12 all-time in the postseason, has been at home for state playoff games only three times – 1981 against Swain County, 1983 against Sylva-Webster and in 2008 against North Buncombe.
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ICARD – Fred T. Foard High’s 1-2-3 punch knocked out East Burke 49-6 on Friday night in Northwestern Foothills 2A football.
Getting just shy of 340 rushing yards from running backs Corey Siemer and Tate Beaver and quarterback Jack Colosimo, the Tigers (7-3, 3-2) reached seven wins in a season for the 10th time in school history.
FRED T. FOARD 49
EAST BURKE 6
Siemer led the way with 173 yards and Beaver and Colosimo each added 83 as the Tigers ran for 400 yards.
Foard plays West Iredell at home Friday night to break a tie for third place in the league standings with a kickoff at 7:30 p.m. in Newton.
The Tigers have not won eight or more games since going 9-3 in 2008 and they’ve won eight or more only three others times since 1980 – in 1980-83.
East Burke (1-9, 0-5) closes the regular season at Draughn at 7:30 p.m. on Friday night and will miss the postseason for the sixth time in eight seasons.
Foard, moving within a win over evening second-year head coach Derrick Minor’s record at 11-11, jumped to a 28-0 lead by halftime against East Burke.
Colosimo threw a scoring pass to Gavin Shoemaker for the first score and Beaver returned an interception for another TD for an early lead.
Siemer ran for two touchdowns – on runs of 44 and 66 yards in the second quarter – for a 28-0 lead.
When Colosimo broke an 83-yard run for a TD and Beaver tacked on a 50-yard scoring run with about eight minutes to go in the third quarter, Foard was up 42-0.
After Grant Fulbright scored East Burke’s only TD, the Tigers closed the scoring with about 7 ½ minutes to play on a TD run by Cameron Librado.
Foard’s defense held the Cavs to fewer than 120 yards and less than 35 rushing.
The Tigers had won once in five previous visits to East Burke.