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Lee beats Southern to keep the Brick
SANFORD – Lee County show little signs of rust in the 2011 season opener, dispatching Southern Lee for a 51-13 win in Brick City Bowl VI Friday night.
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ON CAMPUS: Kids all over the map for college football
Football season is here again, and that means more and more of Sanford’s young men are getting set to do battle on the gridiron. For the first time — possibly ever — the Sanford area can boast a p...
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Jets still searching for elusive conference title
Over the past five years, Jordan-Matthews has shown the consistency of a championship contender by winning 50 games, but a coveted conference crown has eluded the Jets.
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WESLEY BEESON/The Sanford Herald Northwood will count on players like Jamal Baines (right) and Kevin WIlliams to carry it back to the third round of the state playoffs a sixth-straight year.
Chargers look to spread the field more this year
PITTSBORO — Entering his second decade as head coach, Northwood’s Bill Hall knows a thing or two about winning. After all, the Chargers have won four of the last six conference championships and ha...
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Vikings look to put brawl behind them
A year ago, Union Pines had a dismal season that saw them eliminated from playoff contention due to a bench-clearing brawl with rival Pinecrest. The Vikings were never able to recover and finished ...
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WESLEY BEESON/The Sanford Herald Chatham Central head coach Bob Pegram believes All-Conference quarterback Josh Edwards (above) can lead his time to a winning season this year.
Bears banking on another big year from QB Edwards
BEAR CREEK — Coaching 1A football certainly was a culture shock for Chatham Central head coach Bob Pegram when he took over the Bears program in 2006.
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Wesley Beeson/The Sanford Herald Western Harnett will count on the athleticism of Jordan Trapp (20) on both sides of the ball in order to make Larry Brock’s first season as head coach a successful one.
Eagles hoping for consistency this year
LILLINGTON — With four coaches in five seasons and records to match that inconsistency, Western Harnett, a school with a proud football tradition, needed a hero to step in and lead the program back...
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WESLEY BEESON/The Sanford Herald WFJA-FM play-by-play man Jon Hockaday and color commentator Keith Womack have been bringing Lee County football games to life as a team since 1995.
WFJA celebrates 50th year of football broadcasts
As the color analyst on WFJA’s broadcasts of Lee County High School football games during the 1980s, Steve Underwood knew it was afternoon disc jockey and long-time play-by-play man Bill Cameron, n...
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Cavs looking for big improvement in ’11
SANFORD — Southern Lee football players were greeted the first day of practice for the 2011 season on July 30 by something uncommon in recent years at the school — the same coach they had the seaso...
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Young Jackets looking to make their mark
SANFORD — Lee County head coach Burton Cates saw this coming when he first took over the Yellow Jackets program in 2009.
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OWENS: Eight things to watch for this season
If you haven’t noticed by the endless onslaught of ESPN shows or the annoying “Is Cam Newton ready for the NFL?” segments on local sports radio, football time is here again. Well, of course you kno...
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2011 FOOTBALL EDITION NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
Football season is here again, and The Herald has you covered with previews of all seven teams in the area.
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