So it made perfect sense after Davie County’s resounding 28-21 overtime win over West Forsyth Friday to refer to Thadd Johnson and Rod Tenor as T‘n’T.

Thanks to some pinpoint passing from quarterback Drew Ridenhour, both exploded against the Titans.

Tenor, a lanky, 6-foot-3 junior, had his career game, latching on to eight passes for 111 yards. Johnson, the sure-handed, possession receiver, finished with five catches for 91 more.

They go hand in hand. Johnson has 23 catches for 300 yards. Tenor has 21 catches for 294. It leaves this week’s opponent, South Rowan, in the same predicament as West Forsyth.

Who do we watch more closely?

Coming in, West Forsyth obviously considered Tenor the more dangerous of the two. But it was Johnson, a senior, who burned the Titans for big plays. He scored the game’s first touchdown and helped set up two others.

The scoring pass was vintage Johnson. He crossed the middle virtually unnoticed, caught the pass and slid into the end zone.

“I guess they thought they didn’t need to cover me,” Johnson said. “We burned them on it.”

A 40-yard completion set up a second quarter field goal and then a 15-yard reception in the fourth quarter put Davie at the West 3, where it eventually tied the game, forcing the OT.

“Thadd is our possession receiver,” said Davie coach Doug Illing Monday afternoon. “But he’s going to watch the film today and kick himself in the rear end because he could’ve had three touchdown catches.”

Johnson just laughed about that.

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While Johnson surprises most secondaries, Tenor looks like a speedster.

Even though West tried to contain him more than Johnson, the fact was, the Titans couldn’t.

Ironically, it wasn’t Tenor, who Illing considers the breakaway threat, making the long receptions.

“The 10-yard curl and the four-yard hitch were working a lot for me,” he said.

Tenor turned those short gains into long ones, taking a curl 28 yards and another short Ridenhour toss 25 more.

Ridenhour is loving it.

“Throwing to Tenor is exciting and throwing to Thadd is a sure thing,” he said.

“We knew what Thadd was going to bring us,” said Illing. “We knew Rod had potential. Now, they’re playing well together. They’re both just good, coachable kids.”

“Me and Rod are pretty good buddies,” said Johnson. “We talk a lot in the huddle. But the main thing is, we have fun out there.”

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Speaking of talking, an unplanned halftime meeting with the Titans in the end zone fired up the two Davie receivers.

“We were stretching and their boys circled around us,” Tenor grinned. “They tried to take us over and we weren’t going to let that happen.”

Johnson immediately recalled last year’s game at Davie, when the Titans came out at halftime and began gyrating toward the home crowd and stomping on the “DC” emblem at midfield.

“They got mad about us being in the their end zone,” Johnson said. “We weren’t going to move. It was payback.”

Tenor certainly felt that way. Six of his eight catches came after halftime.

“Me and Thadd co-exist,” Tenor said. “The other team never knows who Drew is going to throw to. We both can make big plays.”

Johnson who says he got his athletic ability from dad Terry and his Uncle Tim, (neither of whom were ever considered speedsters) is trying to enjoy each and every minute that’s left of this season. He has already battled a lower back injury that cost him a game.

“It killed Thadd having to sit out a game,” Illing remembered.

Tenor also showed how gutsy he was Friday night.

“Rod had a sore shoulder and he really sucked it up,” Illing praised.

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Johnson said there will be no letdown against South Rowan Friday. The War Eagles are having too much fun.

“I’m trying to make the most of the season,” he said. “I’ll never get to put on the uniform again after this year.”

Both receivers also give constant reminders not to forget their quarterback, who is playing with anterior cruciate ligament damage. Offensive coordinator Bill Oakley designed a short passing game especially for West Forsyth that helped Ridenhour ignite his T’n’T.