Official Twitter of the Jordan HS Football program. • Conference Champs 🏆: 1973, 2000, 2006, 2018 & 2019 • Head Coach:
@ACoachKing
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@JordanFalconsFB
#FalconFacts
Anthony Barbour is the first head coach to win consecutive conference titles in the 56-year history of Jordan High School’s varsity football program.
#FalconsRise
We proudly announce that Jordan head coach Anthony Barbour has been named the 2019 Triangle-8 Coach of the Year.
Barbour led Jordan to its most regular season wins since 2000 as well as its 2nd consecutive conference title & 1st outright league crown since 1973.
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The Jordan Falcons go undefeated (4-0) at the 2019 NC State 7-on-7 camp at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh.
We thank
@PackFootball
for hosting us and we wish the Wolfpack well in the upcoming season.
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Christopher Holliday (
@Holliday_05
) personifies what it means to be a student-athlete, and it’s not just his ACT that’s perfect. His GPA is as well. Christopher has never made a grade lower than A in his academic career.
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Congratulations to Christopher Holliday, scholar athlete who earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36! Christopher credits early preparation including weekly practice tests as the key to his success. 💙❤️
#WeAreDPS
@DurhamPublicSch
@JordanFalconsFB
We proudly announce that Anthony Barbour has been named the 2017 Triangle 6 conference Coach of the Year!
Barbour led the Falcons to an improvement of five wins from last season (2016) and a playoff berth in his second year as head coach at Jordan.
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We have a great support system at Jordan High School.
Friday nights at Claude Currie Stadium are always special. A helicopter dries the field in preparation for our 4A playoff game versus Scotland tonight at 7:30PM.
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Conor MacDougall (
@MacdougallConor
) was invited to NC State for a visit. He and his father Dan had a great time on their trip, which included a visit to PNC Arena to watch the Wolfpack take on Notre Dame.
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Congrats to junior quarterback Ben Miller on being named the 2017 Triangle-6 Offensive Player of the Year!
Ben, a 2016 all-state performer in baseball, is 3-year varsity starter & led Jordan to the playoffs in 2017 with over 2,700 yards passing during the season.
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VIDEO
Senior placekicker Rob Eigenraugh sends a game-winning 32-yard field goal straight through the uprights to give Jordan a key conference win over Panther Creek at our 2018 Homecoming!
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FINAL: Scotland 26, Jordan 25
A tough loss to end the season.
We thank parents, administrators, students, the band, medical personnel & the West Durham community for their support in 2018.
Special thanks to our seniors.
We love you all. We’ll be back in 2019.
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Congratulations to Ben Miller!
Ben finished 19-of-30 passing for 422 yards & 3 TDs in our win Friday over E.E. Smith.
His 422 yards passing tops the previous school record of 412 that he set last season against Chapel Hill. He now has 6,113 career passing yards.
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It is a great honor for the football program and Coach Rob McLamb as he has been named Jordan High School’s 2017-18 Coach of the Year. This is particularly special when considering all the amazing people involved in athletics at JHS.
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We send thanks to
@coachdeskitch
of NC State
@PackFootball
for stopping by our school Tuesday. The Wolfpack have earned a bowl berth in each of the last four seasons and had seven players selected in the 2018 NFL Draft. Good luck to NC State in 2018!
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SOAR for EXCELLENCE
Ben Miller threw for 3,211 yards & 27 TDs as a senior in 2018.
In 4 seasons, Ben completed 687-of-1,295 passes for 8,718 yards & 65 TDs while rushing for 935 yards & 8 TDs on 157 carries. He holds all passing records at Jordan.
Thank you, Ben
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We proudly present the class of 2020 student-athletes from the varsity football team.
Come visit Claude Currie Stadium on Friday as we honor our seniors prior to the home game at 7PM against Green Hope. Seniors will be honored at 6:30PM.
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FINAL: Jordan 35, Person 12
We cruise out of Roxboro and back to Garrett Road with a win in our season opener.
NEXT: Friday, 8/30 at Enloe
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FINAL: Jordan 49, Apex 0
The Falcons record their first shutout win in seven seasons.
RECORD: 4-1
NEXT: Friday, September 27 at Panther Creek
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Congratulations to class of 2020 student-athlete Samari Brooks (
@Yungamari_9
) on his commitment to extend his academic and athletic career at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina.
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As a part of their rounds in the City of Medicine, our friends from
@DukeFOOTBALL
we’re kind enough to stop by Jordan High School this morning. We thank the Blue Devils for being great neighbors and wish them well in 2020.
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Coach Barbour asked the seniors to pose for a photo following our playoff game tonight.
This group put it on the line. The have tons of heart. Five wins from 2014-16, six wins this season.
They left things better than they were. We’ll never forget them.
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Anthony Barbour is the reigning Triangle-6 coach of the year. In each of his three head coaching stops prior to Jordan his teams improved in the third year.
Coach Barbour begins his third season at the helm Friday at 7PM when Jordan hosts North Mecklenburg.
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Congratulations to Brandon Massey, who will be honored at the Bill Dooley Chapter of the National Football Foundation Scholars’ Banquet on April 24th. Brandon has earned a $1,000 scholarship that will be awarded in the fall when he attends and plays football at
@WSSURamFootball
.
When we do take the field this year at some point, we will look a bit more “polished”.. New “prismatic” chrome decals really bring some 🔥🔥 to our lid game! Get ready Falcon Nation! 🏈🦅
#uncaged
#LookGoodPlayGood
#JordanFootball
FINAL: Jordan 26, Enloe 21
The Falcons fend off a late rally to move 2-0 on the season.
The game ball from tonight’s win goes to our anchor, Greg “Billy Bob” Rigsbee.
NEXT: 9/6 versus Northern in our home opener
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An amazing high school career will enter its final stages when three-sport star Ben Miller opens his senior year at Jordan on the gridiron Friday (7PM) against North Mecklenburg at Claude Currie Stadium.
Come watch Ben & the Falcons in Friday’s season opener!
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Triangle-6 All-Conference
DEFENSE
Congratulations to Ta’Shaun Taylor (
@_tashaun3
) and Myles Speller
@mylesspeller10
) on being named to the 2017 Triangle 6 All-Conference Defensive Team.
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In what is an annual tradition, Coach Barbour took outgoing seniors out to dinner Monday.
We will always be grateful to the class of 2018. Their hard work took the Falcons higher than we have been in years and gives future teams a model to emulate. Thank you.
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#FalconFacts
Ben Miller threw for 255 yards in our win Friday at Cary and now has 5,201 yards passing at Jordan, the only player with more than 5k yards passing in program history.
Ben will make his first career playoff start tonight at 7:30PM vs. Seventy-First.
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Ben Miller & Craig Croom have played football together for several years. Beginning with the Durham Firebirds to Githens Middle School & finally Jordan.
In their final game together, Ben tossed two TD passes to Craig. It was a terrific partnership. We thank both.
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Cameron Carrow is excited about the upcoming season, which begins in 6 days at Person.
Cameron enters his senior year with a 3.5 GPA. His goal is to play college baseball and be a role model for his younger brothers. He wants to work in sports after he graduates.
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#FalconFacts
Randy Mendoza kicked his first career field goal on Friday. It came in overtime and it proved to be the decisive points as Jordan defeated Hillside, 23-20, at Claude Currie Stadium.
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Since Late Jan. ‘23 this team put in so much work to become better young adults & FB players. The commitment to this made this job easy.
We became a better FB program this year.
24’s thank you for everything!! We still got work to do!
25’s … it’s GO TIME ‼️
#RLE
FINAL: Scotland 62, Jordan 27
It’s not a great way to end but we had a special season.
We thank parents, administrators, students, faculty, medical staff, boosters, & the West Durham community. We love y’all.
Special thanks to our class of 2020 student-athletes.
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There are 3 days left until our season opener at Person.
Christopher Holliday has both a perfect GPA (4.4 weighted) & ACT score (36).
In college Holliday will major in economics. He plans on following his father’s footsteps by working in sports administration.
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PHOTOS: Four Jordan Falcons signed their LOI to Winston-Salem State’s football program (
@WSSURamFootball
) in a ceremony Wednesday. Posing with Jordan head coach Anthony Barbour (Left-to-Right) are Brandon Massey, Jaelin Shaw, Myles Speller and Ta’Shaun Taylor.
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Congratulations to Jonathan Cradle, Joaquin Davis, Joshua Donald, and Andrew Hayes on being named to the 2019 Triangle-8 All-Conference Offensive Team.
Honorable Mention: DaVon Adams, Gregory Rigsbee Jr., and Camden Schiavone
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The Jordan Falcons congratulate the varsity football programs at Hillside High School, Northern Durham High School, and Riverside High School on receiving playoff berths this season. We wish all participating teams from Durham good health and the best of luck.
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Great morning in the mud and full pads! We will play you in a parking lot or a pond, so you better be ready when the Falcons are coming. Big shoutout to
@dj_uniq
for bringing the juice and enduring the elements with us!
#Uncaged
Will Hoyle (
@its_willyy
) is a freshman at Duke. The Jordan alum, who was drafted by the Oakland A’s in his senior season of high school, is another example of how high a Jordan Falcon student-athlete can soar.
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Jordan’s football program was represented by assistant coaches Terrance Blackwell (left) and Rob McLamb (right) at 2019 Cary Recruiting Fair.
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The Jordan High School football program sends heartfelt thanks to our principal, Mrs. Taylor (
@PrincipalJHS
), for her endearing and enduring support.
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Our program congratulates class of 2020 student-athlete Chrystian Smith on signing his track & field letter of intent to Appalachian State.
Smith was a member the 2018 Jordan football squad that claimed a co-conference title. Best wishes to Chrystian at App State!
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Congratulations to class of 2020 student-athlete Joaquin Davis on his commitment to extend his academic and athletic career at North Carolina Central.
As a senior, he guided the Falcons to five straight league wins en route to the 2019 Triangle-8 conference title.
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FINAL: Jordan 13, Cary 10
Randy Mendoza’s field goal on the last play of the game skids over the crossbar after being deflected by a Cary defender to hand Jordan a thrilling homecoming victory.
RECORD: 6-2 overall, 2-1 Triangle-8
NEXT: Friday, 10/25 at Riverside
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FINAL: Jordan 27, Green Hope 18
The Jordan Falcons slog out a big road win in the mud to seize sole possession of first place in the Triangle-6.
RECORD: 4-5 overall, 3-0 Triangle-6
NEXT: Friday, 11/2 versus Cary (Senior Night)
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#FalconFacts
-Jordan is 7-2. The last time the Falcons won 7 games in a campaign was 2010. That was also the last year that Jordan beat Riverside on the road.
-Jordan has now won 7 games in a season 9 times (1973, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, & 2019).
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SENIOR PROFILE: Ben Miller
One of the great student-athletes in Jordan’s history will play his final regular season game at home tonight when Ben Miller makes his 44th consecutive start as varsity quarterback.
Watch Ben & the Falcons take on Cary tonight at 7PM.
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Congratulations to class of 2020 student-athlete Andrew Hayes (
@_DrewHayes
) on becoming the first Jordan Falcon since 2007 to rush for at least 1,000 yards in a season.
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FINAL: Jordan 38, Riverside 24
The Falcons soar to a big road victory and shake things up in the Triangle-8.
RECORD: 7-2 overall, 3-1 TRI-8
NEXT: Friday, November 1 vs. Athens Drive
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Congratulations to Ben Miller on being named the Triangle-6 Offensive Player of the Year for a second straight season.
Ben threw for 3,211 yards & 27 TDs while also rushing for 529 yards & 5 TDs in 2018.
Way to go, Ben!
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Photo Credit (game action):
@HighSchoolOT
FINAL: Jordan 50, Athens Drive 20
The Falcons soar to a big win and picks up its eighth victory in a season for the first time since 2006.
RECORD: 8-2 overall, 4-1 TRI-8
NEXT: Friday, November 9 versus Green Hope (Senior Night)
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We open the season in 5 days so we honor our 5 former players on the
@WSSURamFootball
team.
Brandon Massey, Jaelin Shaw, Myles Speller & Ta’Shaun Taylor join Picasso Keaton (pictured) in 2018.
In May, Picasso participated in the NCAA’s Career in Sports Forum.
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Congratulations to the fantastic
@DiamondFalcons
program on another conference title. What might be the most impressive part about this season’s team is they sealed the deal on the road in their last two games.
Well done, Falcons! 🏆
🏈🤜🏼🤛🏼⚾️
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Our long-time trainer Miss Mack is wearing her UVa hat and polo today in support of her alma mater’s
@UVAMensHoops
national title win Monday.
Congratulations Miss Mack and Virginia!
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Congratulations to class of 2019 alum Ben Miller (
@benmiller1820
) on making D1 Baseball’s list of Ivy League Freshmen to Watch (No.11) in the upcoming 2020 season. The Penn Quakers (
@PennBaseball
) have also been picked to win the Ivy League.
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FINAL (JV): Jordan 21, Athens Drive 6
The Young Birds travel to Raleigh and soar to a third consecutive victory.
Hunter Davis intercepted three passes to lead a stingy Falcons defense.
NEXT: November 7th at Green Hope
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The wonderful Jordan Regiment plays our school’s fight song “Brooklyn” at the 2018 DPS Convocation and everyone at County Stadium is entertained by the same greatness that we are blessed with during Friday nights at Claude Currie Stadium.
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Jordan’s season opener is 4 days away.
Anthony Barbour will begin his 4th season as head coach Friday when the Falcons travel to Person.
Barbour has guided Jordan to consecutive playoff berths & the Falcons claimed a share of the Tri-6 league title last season.
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There are 10 days left until our season opener at Person.
Rising senior Jaden Harewood has a 3.13 GPA & plans on majoring in Mechanical Engineering in college. His goal is to become an engineer at Microsoft & to continue his family’s legacy by being a great father.
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SOAR for EXCELLENCE
On his first career play in college football, Jordan High School alum Kent Vines (No. 66) makes the tackle on special teams after perfectly executing a long snap for Monmouth.
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Special thanks to
@HighSchoolOT
for inviting us to the annual
#HSOTKickoff
event in Raleigh. We wish you the best in regards to sports coverage during the 2018-19 academic year and we also look forward to appearing in the HSOT Jamboree in August.
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#CollegeFalcons
Chris Francis (class of 2016) scored a TD as Averett won Saturday to improve to 4-1.
Ta’Shaun Taylor (class of 2018) had a team-high of 8 tackles, including 3 TFLs and a sack, along with a fumble recovery to lead Winston-Salem State to victory.
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J’Nai Francis (
@NaiFrancis
) signed his LOI to attend Guilford College in a ceremony in Jordan’s media center Wednesday, February 7th, 2018. He dedicated his achievement to his mother.
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The Jordan Falcons would like to congratulate Jonathan Cradle (left) and Hakim Brooks (right) on being named to the 2018 Triangle-6 All-Conference team for defense.
We thank both for their contributions to a successful season for our program.
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The Jordan Falcons congratulate the varsity football programs at Northern Durham High School, Riverside-Durham High School and Southern High School on earning postseason berths in their respective classifications. Good luck to all.
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