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Coach Cornwell has led Ayden-Grifton football since 2005 with a record of 132-65 as the Chargers head coach. He has won six conference championships and took AGHS to the playoffs 15 straight years. Cornwell has been known for service to the communities of Ayden and Grifton over the years. Cornwell’s list of accomplishments far exceeds those mentioned above.
A record-setting turnaround, two state runner-up performances, a career-ending injury and many more storylines punctuated the 2019 high school football season. Winless a year ago, North Lenoir posted a program-best eight victories and returned to the playoffs with second-year head coach Jim Collins. Parrott Academy and Bethel Christian Academy each fell in their respective N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association Division I and II 8-man football championship games. Michael Webb overcame a concussion to help lead Ayden-Grifton to its 19th consecutive postseason berth.
The Chargers claim sole possession of third place in the Eastern Carolina 2-A Conference race.
Ayden-Grifton forced the first shutout of North Lenoir since Oct. 17, 2014 in a 35-0 win.
The Eagles snapped the Chargers’ four-game win streak and spoiled their homecoming festivities as well on a breezy Friday evening.
Ayden-Grifton’s matchup against Chocowinity Southside was suspended Friday, but when the teams picked it back up Monday, the Chargers took over in a 20-0 win.
North Lenoir and Ayden-Grifton played their first scrimmages with other competitors Monday at a C.B. Aycock jamboree.
A season after going undefeated in the Eastern Carolina 2A football race, Kinston was selected by the league’s coaches to win the 2019 title.
Ayden-Grifton technically didn’t hold a Midnight Madness practice Friday night, but the team wrapped it up shortly after midnight for the first time.
Ayden-Grifton hopes to maintain status quo in 2019 by reaching the playoffs for a 19th consecutive season.
Ayden-Grifton’s Paul Cornwell, Kinston’s Ryan ‘Diesel’ Gieselman and South Lenoir’s Donald Mooring have received one of the greatest honors a prep sports coach can achieve.
Ayden-Grifton’s Jordan Cannon, Ray Darden and Zion Hardy made their decisions Tuesday on which colleges they’ll be attending.
Kinston does it again, rallying in overtime past A-G in the first round of the playoffs.
