Proud Grandpa
Trey Kavanaugh, a lanky receiver doing well in his junior year at Watauga High School, might have inherited a few skills from his grandfather.
“No,” said Jerry Moore, deferring to his grandson. “He’s good.”
Moore was pretty good.
He ranked in the top 10 nationally in receptions for a ranked Baylor team back in 1960.
Kavanaugh, the son of Moore’s daughter Elizabeth and one of his six grandchildren, is apparently pretty good, too.
He has 26 receptions this season, and scored on a 74-yard touchdown pass against Shelby and returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown against Newton Foard.
“I’m proud of him,” Moore said. “I’ve kind of seen him grow up. I watched him play when he lived in Alpharetta, Ga., before he moved to Boone, and he always played hard whether it was T-ball or whatever.
“I have kind of a journal I keep in my bible. There’s a place in there where I wrote that he won ‘the Rock.’ It was given to the toughest player that they had on the team. He was about 7 years old, and he won the Rock.”
Moore, busy on weekends as Appalachian State’s football coach, has been able to see his grandson play a couple of times this season.
“It’s been fun for me,” Moore said. “And I’m as proud of what he stands for as I am what he is as a football player. I’ve been privileged to be a part of some conversations with him when he had choices to make. He’s not only made good choices, but he’s been real authoritative with some other players about making good choices. I’m as proud of him for that as I am for what he’s doing on the football field.”