Author: Wes Blankenship
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Rush Propst Will Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
Rush Propst will not go gentle into that good night. Some interested parties in Pell City, Alabama, wanted him gone. But the high school football coach’s version of Freddy Krueger lives to coach another day. Propst’s job was on the chopping block during a Pell City board of education special meeting on Wednesday. The school…
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The Sled Don’t Care How You Got Here, Son – It’s Just There to be Pushed
The Sled took up an entire corner of our weight room at Collins Hill High School. It was Coach Jim Tiller’s pride and joy. And it was about to be the bane of all of our strength and conditioning existences. We worked and sweated in a dark room with no windows and fluorescent bulbs that…
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Coffeetown football starts spring practice – without any footballs
Coffeetown starts its state football title defense with the first of 10 spring practice sessions this week. The only problem is that a different bunch of copperheads currently defend the team’s only bag of footballs. “This does happen from time to time. It just got more difficult now ever since the county stopped letting me…
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Coffeetown Defeats ‘ToddZilla’ to Win Title, Reptile Battles Back
They’ll talk about the bloody battle of Coffeetown and Talon Junction for years to come. The Coffeetown High School Copperheads took state with a 27-26 win over the Tornadoes with an unnecessary and head-scratching goal-line stand. With their gelatinous one-point lead stapled to a corkboard, Coffeetown fans, coaches and players couldn’t believe their eyes. Talon…
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Jason Witten, high school football coach, one win away from State
Jason Witten has a chance to do something he never did as a member of the Dallas Cowboys: Win a championship in the state of Texas. Witten is now finally retired from the NFL after a bit of a renegade career ending. The all-time-great tight end left the Cowboys in 2018 for a spot in…
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David Bennett ‘needed more dogs.’ Now he’s retiring from HS job
Maybe you don’t know David Bennett’s name. But if you’ve seen the clip that made him go viral in 2011, then you know one thing about him: David Bennett needs more dogs. Bennett, the former head coach at Coastal Carolina, will retire from his current role as Athletics Director at Lexington One in South Carolina.…
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Cairo Syrupmakers mascot origin story is sweet as the name itself
The Cairo Syrupmakers’ mascot origin story is as sweet as the name itself. Oh, and make sure you pronounce it the right way. This ain’t the town in Cairo, Egypt. This here is Cay-Row, Ga. Pronounce it wrong and – at best – instantly declare yourself as someone who ‘Ain’t from around here, are ya?’…
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High school football team accuses rival coach’s wife of ‘SpyGate’
Your average high school football team sees a lot of parents at practice. If you’ve seen ‘Friday Night Lights,’ think about Tim McGraw’s character. Granted, they aren’t all that intense (or drunk). But they’re there, and you get used to it. You recognize the faces who are normally there. And you definitely recognize when the…
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Texas high school football field built on BURIAL GROUND
This Texas high school football field has a bone to pick. San Saba High School plays on top of a confirmed burial ground at Rogan Field. The plot used to be a cemetery for Civil War soldiers, until the city repurposed the land for a fairground. The project removed many of the bodies and relocated…
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High School Football mullet king? Check out this flow
Good luck finding a better mullet on a high school football coach than the one at Walton High School in Marietta, Ga. There may be better ones on players across the country. It seems like many of them sport the business in the front and the party in the back these days. But you’ll be…