Two To The FBS For North Caroline Football

June 6, 2017 Posted by Matt Pencek Featured Sports, Football, Local Sports

Ridgely, MD – Prior to June 6, 2017 no North Caroline High School football player committed to a scholarship from one of college football’s power conferences or universities. Now the Bulldog program can claim two, as defensive tackle Ja’Mion Franklin verbally committed to Notre Dame and running back David Bailey did the same to Boston College.

“There is a sense of relief when you finally commit and make that decision,” Franklin said.

“It just felt like I needed to be there (Boston College),” Bailey said. “There was no reason to wait. If I knew I was going there I was going to commit early.”

Both are rated as 3 Star recruits (on a scale of 1-5) by several national recruiting outlets. Franklin and Bailey have their senior high school season to play at North Caroline. Both players have been big contributors to the Bulldogs recent run of back-to-back playoff appearances.

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Matt joined WBOC in October 2015 as a Sports Broadcast Journalist. He is a native of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. Matt graduated from Penn State where he received a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He started his broadcast career as the news/sports director of WEMR AM 1460 in his hometown of Tunkhannock. Matt held that same position for WALI/WROG radio in Cumberland, MD. His first television position was as the weekend sports anchor at WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, MD where he eventually became the Sports Director. Matt then moved to Florence, SC to become a sports reporter/anchor for WPDE-TV In 2011 along with his brother David, Matt co-authored The Great Book of Penn State Sports Lists. From 2012 – 2015 he was the lead radio play-by-play voice for The Friday Night High School Football Game of the Week for DE FOX Sports 1290 in Wilmington, DE. The last 2 years at the radio station Matt was the studio host during the University of Delaware Football radio broadcasts. He has also called the action for the both the Blue Hens men’s and women’s basketball teams. Outside of work, Matt is married to his wife Shannon and has two sons; Jack and Connor. E-mail Matt Pencek at mpencek@wboc.com and follow him on Twitter @mattpencek_wboc. Check out all stories by Matt.