Month: May 2023
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David Pollack ran ‘six-flat’ 40 time before high school transformation
David Pollack wasn’t always a beast of a College Football Hall-of-famer. He needed some help as a slow and frustrated high school freshman.
Wes Blankenship
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High school player dunks, shatters backboard: ‘Felt like it exploded’
Ever wonder what it’s like to dunk a basketball? Ever also wonder what it’s like to dunk a basketball so hard that you shatter the glass backboard? Zundra Jackson told us all about it.
Wes Blankenship
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High school football punters: wear neck rolls like Marvin Jones did
High school football punters, you have a tremendous opportunity this fall. And it starts with a blessed piece of equipment: the neck roll.
Wes Blankenship
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Coffeetown QB Reptile Henderson spills his heart for Mother’s Day
Coffeetown QB Reptile Henderson lives with his sister Brenda to stay in the school district. Today, he pays respects to his mama and mamas everywhere for Mother’s Day.
Wes Blankenship
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True High School Sports Stories: ‘Crank That Diesel’
Most high school sports teams lack any real measurable home-field advantage. You can’t say that about this Louisiana team that ran on diesel.
Wes Blankenship
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Coffeetown lacrosse’s grim future: ‘Need more miracles, less rats’
Coffeetown is in the process of starting a varsity lacrosse team. Between the lack of equipment and surplus of rats, it ain’t lookin’ good.
Wes Blankenship
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Kirby Smart on his high school sports experience: ‘we stuck together’
Kirby Smart still values his high school sports career. It seems like a novel concept now, but players actually stuck together back then. Not many transfers coming or going, unless someone’s parents’ got divorced or moved in from Tallahassee or Albany. Nope, just the teammates you grew up with on rec football fields or in…
Wes Blankenship
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Coffeetown archives: Chuggs bros run wild in loss to Dirtville
Throwback Thursdays give us the opportunity to look back on some classic Coffeetown Football games. This story originally appeared in the Saturday, October 19th edition of the Copperhead Courier. Relive the impressive showing from Donnie and Ronnie Chuggs in a loss to Dirtville:
Wes Blankenship
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This high school hired a 19-year-old to coach its track and field team
Cincinnati’s Woodward High School hired Eric Richards to coach its track and field team when he was just 19 years old. Holy crow. I’m not sure if I should be impressed or offended. Talk about an over-achiever in the game of life. What is this guy trying to prove? You literally have an entire life…
Wes Blankenship