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By Brian Pitts
Enterprise Record

Colt Miller completed 16 of 29 passes and threw two touchdowns as Davie’s JV football team broke a two-game slide with a 23-8 home win over Parkland on Oct. 24.
Oh, and by the way, Miller has barely played any quarterback. The season began with Draeton Nance at QB, but he was quickly moved up to varsity. Colin Harrison took over but he’s missed most of the past two games with a sprained ankle. That’s when Davie turned to Miller, the brother of Ty Miller, a freshman at Arkansas State who starred at QB in 2022-23.
“He’s thrown routes on air, but not a whole lot,” coach Tim Devericks said. “Obviously he has watched his brother play over the years. People sometimes doubt Colt, but he is sneaky athletic and he’s really intelligent.”
Coach Spencer Pasciolla said it’s admirable what Miller did in his first start at QB after moving over from receiver.
“You cannot ask more for a guy to play the hardest position in football and to be as accurate as he is and diagnose things as well as he does,” he said. With a smile, he added: “It’s almost like he has it in his blood or something.”
The offensive catalyst was Cam Knox, who started the year at receiver, moved to running back and moved back to receiver. He rose to the occasion with 12 receptions for 114 yards while catching both of Miller’s TD strikes.
“We were a little short receiver, so Knox move back to receiver,” Devericks said.
“He stepped up big time,” Pasciolla said. “He’s been playing some running back for us. He went out to H (back). Both of the Cams did a great job stepping up.”
The other Cam was Cam Holland, who carried the ball 20 times, fought for 51 yards and scored a TD.
“He churned the ball really well,” Pasciolla said. “What allowed us to do that was Knox going out to the receiver slot, and he did a great job.”
The War Eagles’ defense did well, with Parkland’s lone TD coming late in the first half to shave Davie’s halftime lead to 16-6.
“That bunch flies around and plays hard together,” Devericks said. “I’m super excited to see them get rewarded for that.”
Pasciolla cited linebackers Luke Foster and Jackson Meadwell and linemen Jathan Redmond, Ean Click and DJ McCaskill.
“We had Luke and Jackson back there,” he said. “The d-line played really well. Jathan set the edge and got a sack. Ean did a great job. DJ was firing off the line.”
Notes: After getting outscored 87-14 by Mt. Tabor and West Forsyth, Davie improved to 5-4 overall and 2-4 in the CPC. … Miller’s 134 passing yards included a pair of completions to Tyrone Speller.