IRMO, S.C. — After a successful “Drive for Five”, Dutch Fork is now “shooting for six” as in six consecutive state championships.
Head coach Tom Knotts won a total of seven state titles in North Carolina including six straight at Charlotte powerhouse Independence High School.
Knotts has won a total of six at Dutch Fork with his first at that school coming in 2013. He can match his championship total in North Carolina if his team can win a sixth consecutive title. But in the early stage of the preseason, Knotts has seen proof that not everyone in the locker room is 100% committed to paying the price in the preseason.
But he does emphasize there are plenty of players who are “100% all in – Dutch Fork football” and those are the ones he is counting on to set the tone in practice, meetings and the weight room.