Athens Academy senior Kurt Knisely had never played a football game in which he wasn’t wearing the number nine jersey.
To the left and to the right stood Elijah Hynes’ former teammates. Nestled in between his fingers and on his shoulders was the American flag.
Malcolm Bridge Middle School’s football team spent the 2019 season running away with games. The Lightning didn’t play many games they felt they were going to lose.
Athens Academy volleyball team head coach Jane Thomas has been excited about the 2019 Lady Spartans since the summer months.
Prince Avenue Christian School senior Taylor Bond has been a consistent presence for the Lady Wolverines for four years now.
Athens Academy senior Graham Blanks stepped away from his duties at the top of the running order for the Spartans on Saturday to travel to Gary, North Carolina where he competed in and won the Great American Cross-Country Festival.
The last shut out in the Backyard Brawl came in 2016 when Prince Avenue Christian School shut down a still fairly new head coach Josh Alexander and Athens Academy.
Last week I wrote that no matter what happened on Friday, the Wolverines and Spartans were going to be okay.
The evolution of Athens Academy senior Kurt Knisely from the 5-year-old who couldn’t wait for Fridays just to see which of the varsity football players he’d get to see opening his mother’s car door.
For seniors Kelly Cascella and Mackenzie Case, senior night means one game closer to the end of their season and high school careers.
The Backyard Brawl is the Backyard Brawl.
When Prince Avenue Christian School’s football team runs out on Brad Akins Field to meet rival Athens Academy for the annual Backyard Brawl on Friday night they will do so with the opportunity to of a season.
Athens Academy’s players enter this week with a sigh of relief. It’s easy to get excited about facing a cross-town rival.
Homecoming took on a more literal meaning for the Noland family on Friday night. Former Warriors and the eldest sons of Oconee County High School head coach Travis Noland, Abe Noland and Zeb Noland both made it to the sidelines on Friday night after taking time off from their college footbal…
