North Cobb 49, Walton 17
North Cobb’s Xavier Borishade scored four touchdowns Friday, including two in the game’s first six minutes, and the Warriors pulled away in the second half to shock third-ranked Walton 49-17.
Borishade returned the opening kickoff 97 yards for a score, and on the Warriors’ next possession took a pass over the middle from Tyler Queen and outran the defense for a 78-yard TD and a 14-0 lead with 6:43 to play in the quarter.
North Cobb (2-0) still had the lead at 28-17 late in the third quarter when Borishade put the game away. His 4-yard TD reception from Queen with 3:38 to play in the quarter gave the Warriors a 35-17 lead. The two connected again on a 38-yard scoring pass with 8:35 left.
Borishade finished with eight catches for 173 yards. Queen was 11-for-17 passing for 195 yards and the three touchdowns to Borishade, and he carried 13 times for 56 yards and two more scores.
Walton (2-1) trailed for all but 14 seconds in the game, so it had to rely on the passing game much more than it did in season-opening victories over Brookwood and McEachern. Running back Tyren Jones, who came into the game second in the state in rushing after gaining 635 yards on 77 carries in the first two games, was effective as usual. He carried 34 times against North Cobb for 172 yards and a touchdown. But it wasn’t enough as the Warriors seemed to have a big-play answer for every Walton score.
Walton quarterback Parker McLeod completed 13 of 26 passes for 171 yards. Six of those completions went to D.J. Smith, including a 36-yarder for a touchdown with 46 seconds remaining in the second quarter that cut the North Cobb lead to 21-17. It was the first Walton touchdown this season, out of 10, that wasn’t scored by Jones.
But McLeod also threw a key interception early in the third quarter that was returned 25 yards for a touchdown by Romelo Lewis to give North Cobb a 28-17 lead with about a minute gone in the half. Walton never seriously threatened the rest of the way.
Because of Borishade’s early quick strikes, North Cobb had possession of the ball for just 6:16 in the first half compared to Walton’s 17:44, but the Warriors finished the game with a 385-363 advantage in total offense.
Walton – 7-10-0-0 – 17
North Cobb – 14-7-14-14– 49
N – Xavier Borishade 97 kickoff return (kick failed)
N – Tyler Queen 78 pass to Borishade (Queen pass to Quinten James)
W – Tyren Jones 12 run (Anthony Price kick)
W – Price 22 field goal
N – Queen 8 run (A.J. Borduin kick)
W – Parker McLeod 36 pass to D.J. Smith (Price kick)
N – Romelo Lewis 25 interception return (Borduin kick)
N – Queen 4 pass to Borishade (Borduin kick)
N – Queen 38 pass to Borishade (Borduin kick)
N – Queen 1 run (Borduin kick)
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34 comments Add your comment
Go North Cobb!
September 14th, 2012
10:56 pm
Ha! Lol!!
bksmith14
September 14th, 2012
11:22 pm
i been telling everyone walton had no defense……..
Shocker
September 14th, 2012
11:22 pm
Very impressive win by the Warriors
Warrior Mom
September 14th, 2012
11:40 pm
Not only did the Warriors throw down tonight they showed good sportsmanship. I have never seen a group of kids (players and band) show so much disrespect and poor sportsmanship as the Raiders. Way to go Warriors!!!!!!!!
sportsnut
September 14th, 2012
11:52 pm
Gotta be able to play D.
Football Fan
September 15th, 2012
12:16 am
Walton has ZERO defense outside of DJ Smith at corner. They will have tough time making any kind of playoff run.
NCHS FAN
September 15th, 2012
12:44 am
Everyone said all you have to do is slow down Jones and NC had the talent to put points on the board, but I know no one was expecting this kind of score. If people dont see NC as a region championship contender against McCeachern yet, they’ll see soon enough as we open region play next week!
NCHS FAN
September 15th, 2012
12:46 am
Borishade had over 260 all purpose yards!
Spoiled Brats
September 15th, 2012
1:26 am
It’s about time someone put Walton in there place. You can’t win a football game with one person carrying the ball.
Price W
September 15th, 2012
1:27 am
Does anyone know if Price Wilson got in the game .
Great Job
September 15th, 2012
1:31 am
Coach Queen you should be very proud of your team in the big win but also the character and sportsmanship displayed on the field. Congratulations to NCHS warrior family!
East Cobb You are So Great
September 15th, 2012
1:38 am
East Cobb parents why not teach your student athletes and band members to lose with dignity and accept defeat graciously. Do they not teach that at the AP school Walton
Go Warriors!
September 15th, 2012
7:49 am
The year-over-year development of the NCHS football team is phenomenal. Very well coached, tough and respectful group of young men. The game plan, coaching and players’ buy-in is incredible.
GoRaiders
September 15th, 2012
9:32 am
The Walton band was half the band the North Cobb band was. So boring. What did the band members do that was so terrible? We were saying how dull they are. We did see where they had to stop the game because the NC band kept playing while Walton had the ball. Our #2 did take a punch at the NC player but that’s because it was long overdue. The NC #2 was by far the biggest showboating jerk we have witnessed in awhile. Did you look the other way on him? Before anyone casts stones, the NC students kept coming over to the Walton fans and taunted them and cussed at them. Nice. North Cobb played a great game, for sure. Walton’s defense is small and inexperienced. Football Fan, you were obviously at your nephew’s game (Lassiter vs. Kell) as the majority of the NC passing plays resulting in scores were designed to go TOWARDS DJ Smith. He just couldn’t defend them and they went to his side all night long. #2 and #23 and #16 know how to tackle and they stopped designing the plays towards them and went to #21. The Raiders defense definitely missed the injured Ridge Gibson and OL Jack Schaeffer. Hope they are back soon.
Camden74
September 15th, 2012
11:24 am
Guess Walton expected to outscore everyone this season! Hope they don’t get Jones hurt…..
Rozdog
September 15th, 2012
11:29 am
Walton has a great back-up QB- don’t know why he wasn’t put in when mcclould wasn’t getting the job done
NCHS Fan
September 15th, 2012
11:30 am
Very impressive. Good talent and speed. Great coaching Shane and staff.
Dirk Diggler
September 15th, 2012
12:42 pm
Dear “GoRaiders”
Number 1- NO ONE cares about the bands, other than, the bands and their parents. The reason they play at halftime is they have a CAPTIVE audience.
Number 2 – Both teams got chippy and did too much talking. Unfortunately I don’t think I’ll see a game this season where I don’t see that.It stinks and doesn’t say much for this generation, but doesn’t excuse thowing a punch. C’mon now, really?
Number 3 – Walton may have had injuries – but their problem wasn’t only the flats to one side or another. They couldn’t stop the run or special teams and the NC defense did a decent job limiting them to 17.
Number 4 – Walton’s kicker was awesome. That kid will be playing D1 somewhere.
Solid win for NC and Walton better keep Tyren Jones healthy – their season hinges on him…
GoRaiders
September 15th, 2012
12:51 pm
I agree about the bands. No one cares except their parents. I was just wondering why Warrior Mom said they were bad sports. I also completely agree about the smack talking. We’ve got a couple that just can’t shut up. Their teammates and coaches were unleashing on them on the sidelines and told them to shut up! I know what you’re saying about all aspects of our defense. They were on the field for an eternity last night. Walton’s kicker is awesome! Great kid and we know he’ll go onto the next level. Tyren had 33 carries and we passed 32 times last night. Others carried the ball but Tyren is too good not to be given the ball. He sure is special.
NCHS Student
September 15th, 2012
1:03 pm
GoRaiders, number two was celebrating because we were beatin the number 3 team in the state. Those stuck up walton players expected to come in and have an easy win. They were frustrated and had a short temper when they we getting their butts handed to them. There was no reason for him tho throw a punch. And also to Dirk Diggler, no one cares about the band? Doesn’t seem that way. Football team wants them there, students want them there, parents want them there, seems like people care. When they play their show (which by the way was incredible!) they don’t play it cause they have a captive audience. They don’t care if you want to watch it. If you don’t you can leave, they couldn’t care less. They play it so that they can have practice for their competitions. They play so that they can give you some form of entertainment instead of having you sit there bored for 30 minutes. That’s why the band plays.
Walton Fan
September 15th, 2012
4:03 pm
So apparently you could not see past the orange, FYI NC players were throwing punches all night. They were also grabbing face masks right in front of the Refs. Now that is not to say NC didn’t play great, but I am trying understand the hostility against Walton. Your comments are stupid and your grammar is horrible. You should be concerned about what you are learning at NC. Bottom line if you throw punches expect to get punched back!
HS football
September 15th, 2012
4:50 pm
Walton Fan, apparently NC punched back…49 times. I wasn’t at this game, but it sounds like there couldn’t have been enough penalties called for Walton to compete last night. Great job NC!
NCHS Student
September 15th, 2012
5:46 pm
WaltonFan, sorry I’m tying from an iPad, you East Cobb tyes should know how hard that is (there was only 1 spelling error, no grammar errors, get over yourself). And your doubting my education? I’m a magnet student with a 4.25 GPA. Stop being so butthurt that you lost. NC wasn’t throwing punches, I was there I watched the whole game. It’s okay to lose everyone and a while. You don’t have to try and make up excuses.
NCHS Student
September 15th, 2012
7:14 pm
Types* every once*
Todd Dempsey
September 15th, 2012
8:53 pm
Great game Warriors ! Keep winning so I can come see you play in the Ga Dome for the state championship.
Walton Stunned; Pope, Wheeler Win
September 15th, 2012
9:18 pm
[...] had two of his touchdowns in the first six minutes of the game, as North Cobb (2-0), as he caught eight passes for 173 [...]
Fan Of The Game
September 15th, 2012
11:09 pm
What? Please tell me that a Walton player did not throw a punch during the game. Not the way they spend the last two weeks criticizing their last opponent, the coaching staff, principal, fans, community, etc. Please tell me it isn’t so???
NCHS wants to know...
September 16th, 2012
3:34 am
Hey Coach, why not do the classy thing? Your kicker, Borduin (you do know his name don’t you) drove the ball into the end zone 6 out of 7 times and the one time he didn’t, the ball went to the one inch line. I think this might have had someting to do with Jones being limited to the yards and points he had. Seriousl, you are winning 42-17, it’s late in the 4th Quarter, Walton can’t come back at this point, and you have not one, but two opportunities on your last drive to reward Borduin for his exceptional performance. Don’t be too surprised when that kick stops going so deep. Hope you don’t give up games like you did last year because you are too stuborn to do the right (and smart) thing. Three points do win games, just ask Auburn (Auburn 31 – U.L. Monroe 28 9/15/12). Just saying…
NCHS Player Dad
September 16th, 2012
9:03 am
NCHS and Walton bloggers – PEACE. To your corners! Quit your 3rd grade bickering! Both are great teams – PERIOD! I’m sure Walton goes back to the “drawing board” this week and comes back “swinging” against Woodstock on 9/21. NCHS – great win – guess what – opposing teams will now “kick it up a notch”. It would be a shame to win this one and come out flat the rest of the season (the Walton game would then be looked upon as a “fluke”). NCHS – are you the “Real Deal”? THEN GET READY FOR KENNESAW MOUNTAIN ON 9/21!!!! I personally would not mind meeting Walton again — IN THE STATE PLAYOFFS!
Gwinnett Fynest
September 16th, 2012
9:57 am
I agree on the bands too, they have 0 effect on the game and are just a bunch of softies that do not want to man up and play football.
KingMe
September 16th, 2012
10:52 am
NCHS Player Dad – kudos for having the only decent entry on this blog…& that’s from a WHS grad. NC just plain whipped our butts…pure & simple. No excuse for either team throwing punches. If you want to hit someone, do it legally & on the field of play. Drill someone on a punt return, clock the QB as he’s scrambling. But cheap punches after the whistle? Weak. Despite having the best RB in the state, Walton is much too predictable on offense. You have to throw at least a few times. But of course the real issue is the D – or lack thereof. Coach Hidalgo, I suggest you look at some of your 2nd stringers, sophs, etc to see if anyone has the moxie to step up & play some defense. This was not an aberration. This was the 3rd game in a row that the opponents racked up the yds & the pts, but this time Jones wasn’t enough to overcome his teammates ineptitude. There will be 2-3 more like this unless something drastic is done soon. Can Alec Ogletree & Bacarri Rambo play for WHS while they’re suspended?
NCHS FAN
September 16th, 2012
3:09 pm
To: NCHS wants to know
Were you watching the same game??? North Cobb never had a 4th down late in the game ?? When would you kick the field goal ? On 1st, 2nd or 3rd down ???
Observer565
September 16th, 2012
8:27 pm
To: NCHS fan, the last drive of the game the warriors had a 4th and 3 and a 4th and 4 inside the 30, it was between 6 and 4 minutes left in the game. I guess you weren’t at the game? Many of us in the stands asked the same question as NCHS wants to know. Just not quite so over the top. Don’t take my word check the play by play.
Band Mom
September 17th, 2012
12:46 am
I wasn’t at the game but wanted to add a comment. Band students in EVERY HS work very hard at playing an instrument. Not only that but they have to MARCH at the same time which requires hard work and practice. Now if you aren’t a band fan, take the time to get up and walk around rather than watch the 1/2 show. No one is making you watch your band or NC’s band. I can’t tell you how many times the NC football team & coaches come up to our kids and tell them thank you for playing because THEY care about our band kids. They say that football wouldn’t be the same without them being there. I for one am PROUD of of all the band kids no matter where they are at. If you think an instrument & marching is so hard, then let’s see you do it. I want everyone to have a good time, win or lose…. so let’s just enjoy the rest of the season. Good luck to all the band in their competitions in October!