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Inaugural Football All-Conference Team Announced

The first-ever New South Athletic Conference Football All-Conference Team has been selected as voted by the league’s coaches.

NSAC champion Clayton State led the way with quarterback Sire Hardaway voted as Offensive Player of the Year and returner Darrell Bland, Jr. selected as Special Teams Player of the Year.

Lighthouse safety Kemontre Current was voted as the Defensive Player of the Year.

“My congratulations to each team and player for a tremendous first season,” said NSAC commissioner Mike Davis.” These young men have laid the foundation for success that others will build on in the coming years.”

2025 NSAC All-Conference Football Team

FIRST TEAM

Apprentice:

  • TK Petty
  • Hunt Kendall
  • Brian Lucas
  • Caleb Davidson
  • Wilberto Sanchez

Atlantis:

  • James Lewis
  • Cris Thornton

Clayton State:

  • Sire Hardaway (Offensive Player of the Year)
  • Savion West
  • Darrell Bland, Jr. (Special Teams Player of the Year)
  • Cendray Dixon
  • Davion McGill
  • Maxton Patterson
  • Charles Gordon

Gordon State:

  • Dontevius Williams
  • Marvin Howard

Lighthouse Christian:

  • Kemontre Current (Defensive Player of the Year)
  • Jamarkus Jefferson
  • Josh Crandle
  • Paul Gatley

SC Central Christian:

  • Kelvon Lee
  • Kylar Barkley

Westgate Christian:

  • Kiram Dallas
  • Jonathan McCoy
  • Josh Miller

SECOND TEAM:

Apprentice:

  • Chase Gayness
  • Logan Eastman
  • Baker Green

Atlantis:

  • Thomas Schuck
  • Jamarri Wright
  • Christopher Hamilton
  • D’Ryan Bartley

Clayton State:

  • Danirion Moxey
  • Clinton Rafe
  • Matthew Faulkner

Gordon State:

  • JD Trail
  • Jaden Dorsey

Lighthouse Christian:

  • Kabron Purifoy
  • John Sessions
  • Troy Medlin
  • Deontae Reinhart
  • Bryce French
  • Bodie Hardy

SC Central Christian:

  • Dexter Gunter
  • Nicholas Holmes
  • Timyris Lippett
  • Joseph Tolbert

Westgate Christian:

  • Jayir Nelson
  • Darren Durand
  • Maurice Hubbard
  • AJ Scott
  • Tresean Wiley

Photo by George Pisarevsky on Unsplash

Apprentice Makes History with First NSAC Football Win

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – In the first ever New South Athletic Conference football game, it was The Apprentice School that ended up on the winning side as the Builders blanked South Carolina Central Christian Saturday afternoon 59-0.

With the win, the Builders improve to 1-2 overall and 1-0 in conference play. The Builders’ next conference game will be in three weeks.

Apprentice took the opening kickoff and drove down the field, but the Gladiator defense stood strong, forcing a Logan Eastman 30-yard field goal that put the Builders in front, 3-0. After a strip sack set the home team up with a short field, Colby Messe punched it in from a yard out to take a 10-0 lead.

The Builders added two more 1-yard rushing touchdowns early in the second quarter, one by Malachi Mitchell and one by Tyreon Taylor that made the score 24-0. The game looked as if it would stay there going into the break, but Khamarie Trueblood stripped the ball away from a Gladiator and ran it back 65 yards for a 31-0 lead at the half.

Kendall Hunt got things going in the second half, finding Baker Green for a 13-yard pitch-and-catch before running in a touchdown from three yards out. Hunt added another passing score to Bradley Hebb in the back of the endzone for a 22-yard touchdown that pushed the lead to 52-0 at the end of the third. Mitchell added one more score from the 2-yard line in the fourth.

Hunt finished the day 15-for-21 for 174 yards and a trio of touchdowns, two through the air. The Builders had seven rushers total 141 yards on the ground.

Defensively, Apprentice forced three turnovers on the day, turning all three into points.

Story courtesy Walker McCrary/Apprentice Athletics; image courtesy Kaitlyn Olson/@shotsbyk8lyn

Apprentice Hosting SC Central in First Conference Football Game

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Day has arrived.

It’s been a long time coming, but Apprentice and South Carolina Central Christian will face off at 1:00 pm Eastern today in the first ever New South Athletic Conference football game.

“To say we are excited would be an understatement,” said NSAC commissioner Mike Davis. “As a conference, we have been working to add football since 2022. This will give these young men on the gridiron the same kind of opportunities and experiences that we are privileged to provide student-athletes in men’s basketball, baseball, and our other sports. I couldn’t be happier.”

Along with the Builders and Gladiators, six other schools are competing for a chance to play for the inaugural NSAC Football Championship on November 15 in Metro Atlanta.

Today’s game can be seen live here.

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