If I were a betting man — and seeing as how I'm leaving for Vegas in about a week, I suppose I am — I'd expect a solid showing from South Iredell's "money sports" next season.
There's always plenty of turnover in the high school coaching ranks, but it has to be rare for a school to break in a brand new football, boys basketball, girls basketball and baseball coach in the same season.
Ed Masterton (football), Trey Ramsey (baseball), Brian Reese (boys hoops) and Gary W. Sherrill (girls hoops) were not only first-year coaches at South, it was their first-ever head coaching job in their respective sports.
It's going to take time for the athletes to get adjusted and, maybe even more so, it takes time for the coaches to get completely settled and comfortable with what they want to do in the program.
Masterton did a respectable job this year, leading a team that battled injuries all season back into the playoffs.
The other programs struggled, sometimes mightily. The boys basketball team finished with four wins, the girls basketball team won twice and the baseball squad had five victories.
All of those win totals should increase next season, and I wouldn't be surprised to see all four of those squads advance to the state playoffs.
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Thanks for the coverage at South Iredell, we like to see it! Keep up the good work! I will miss the Sports Show over the summer!
Thanks for the comment. Looking forward to seeing what the Vikings have in store for next year.
Thanks for the article. The Vikings are often overlooked when it comes to sports coverage in this county. But I'm really looking forward to seeing the teams next year, especially boys basketball, considering that they return all key players and should have one of the strongest teams in the conference.
The first year under a new head coach is always interesting, and I think it took some time for South players to make the adjustment from Gary Sherrill to Brian Reese. They have some really good athletes coming back that should create some mismatch opportunities. The other top teams in the conference are losing a lot of talent as well.
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