The following appeared on the Hendersonville Times-News website late this afternoon:
Whiteside is charged with felony first-degree burglary and felony conspiracy. Young, who is still being processed, is charged with felony conspiracy.
Whiteside and Young will appear in Henderson County District Court Monday morning. Adams said a news release would be issued soon.
HHS Principal Bobby Wilkins commented briefly this afternoon.
"I still don't know anything yet. I still haven't heard anything definite. I do know if they do get arrested, then yes, they are suspended from the football team. That's an automatic suspension,” Wilkins said.
"I will tell you this. Both of them were not at school today, so they are definitely not playing in tonight's game," he added.
The Bearcats are traveling to Swain County to face the Maroon Devils in the first round of the state playoffs Friday night.
Another Hendersonville High football player, Tristan Endaya, was arrested in September and charged with three felonies related to a June drive-by in Hendersonville. Adams said today's arrests stem from a separate incident that occurred in June, however.
Avery's junior starting quarterback Alex Villanueva re-aggravated his injured collarbone late in last week's 14-7 win over Mitchell, but practiced for most of this week. However, as of Friday afternoon it was determined that Villanueva would be held out of this evening's opening round matchup against the Yellow Jackets. Senior Dustin Childress will get the starting nod at quarterback for the Vikings tonight.
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