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Spartans football hits the road and finds their footing after two tough home losses

The CSD Spartans football team picked up their first win of the season after dropping consecutive home games in heartbreaking fashion
Dylan Sherman and Carter Burch
September 23, 2025
Senior receiver Sam Mack (‘26) catches CSD’s first home touchdown of the game against South Mecklenburg. Despite the loss, Mack’s touchdown was a good sign for the Spartans offense to begin the season. (CSD Journalism class photo.)

On Friday, September 12, 2025, the Community School of Davidson (CSD) varsity football team traveled north of Winston-Salem to King, North Carolina, for a Friday night matchup against West Stokes High School that proved to be a dominant performance for the Spartans.

The win, the first of the season for the Spartans, stopped a three game losing streak, with the previous two games against South Mecklenburg and Forest Hills, coming at home under the lights at Spartan Park.

New Spartans quarterback, Ty Sigler (‘27), helped the Spartans big time, becoming a nominee for Player of the Week after the win against West Stokes. Sigler threw for 254 passing yards and three touchdown passes to help the Spartans secure a 35-0 win.

Just one week earlier, on September 5, 2025, under the lights at Spartan Park against Forest Hills High School from Marshville, North Carolina, Spartans defense struggled to stop junior running back, Kylan Polk, plus others in the backfield, who ran for 405 yards on 44 carries. Forest Hills gained an additional 112 passing yards while the Spartans struggled and had only 64 yards on 16 carries on the ground.

Offensive lineman, Matthew Worley (‘27), reflected on the loss.

“I think we did a good job at limiting mistakes, but defensively we could do a little bit better stopping the run game,” Matthew Worley said.

The final score was Forest Hills 36 – 25 in favor of the Yellow Jackets.

As August turned to September, CSD welcomed South Mecklenburg for its first home game of the season and fell short 16–13 behind unfortunate turnovers and missed field goals and conversions.

While throwing two touchdown passes, Spartans quarterback, Ty Sigler also threw two interceptions, the first coming when his receiver slipped running his route and the second came heading into halftime.

For the final whistle, Sigler completed 16 passes for 143 yards.

The Spartans defense, led by seniors, Greg Jones (‘26) and Tyler Johnson (‘26), had 11 and 10 tackles respectively,

But it was the Sabres and their 146 passing yards on top of 89 rushing yards that led to the win.

Senior co-captain, Greg Jones was one reason the Sabres didn’t gain more yards.

“I think I did well on keeping my line sealed off. As for the team, we still need to work on tackling and getting them to the ground,” Greg Jones said.

After a bye on Friday, September 19, 2025, CSD then stays on the road with games against Christ the King on Friday, September 26, 2025, in its first conference game of the season, then Lake Norman Charter on October 3, 2025.

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About the Contributors
Dylan Sherman
Dylan Sherman, Sports Editor, Copy Editor
Dylan Sherman is a sophomore in his second year at CSD after coming from Bailey Middle School. This is also his second year in Journalism and he likes to write about sports as well as play them. As a freshman, Dylan dug deep into sports journalism and wrote about what was going on at CSD including athlete injuries and recovery. He enjoys writing because he says it helps build creativity. This year Dylan is looking forward to playing baseball for the school while also writing about many different aspects of the variety of sports at school. He wants to write in detail about the impact of sports and other interesting topics. In his spare time, Dylan plays travel baseball and his main positions are third base and pitcher. He also enjoys traveling to new countries and islands for vacation. Some of his favorite places are Aruba and Curacao. When he has extra time, he likes to play video games and hang out with his friends. Quote: “If you don’t know where you are going, you will end up someplace else” -Yogi Berra Walkup Song: Seven Nation Army– The White Stripes
Carter Burch
Carter Burch, Opinions Editor, Deputy Sports Editor
Carter Burch is a true CSD freshman. That means this is not only his first year in Journalism, it is also his first year at the school. He had many unenjoyable experiences at other schools, but while being here he has learned many things that will hopefully lead him to some even better years in the future. Carter chose to take Journalism to write in a new way. Carter says soccer is a big deal. He enjoys playing center back both on the school’s JV team and for the Charlotte Independence Club. His favorite soccer player is Lionel Messi. In his spare time, Carter enjoys video gaming and going fishing with his father. His video game choices include Rocket League, Minecraft and Fortnite. His favorite types of fish to catch are trout, bluefish and catfish. Quote: “The only constant in life is change.” – Heraclitus Walk up Song: Don’t Stop Belivin’– Journey (Escape Tour)