Once again, I risk the wrath of fans and coaches as I make a fool of myself trying to forecast the outcome of weekly high school football games. For the record, don’t read anything into this beyond a guy who loves high school football trying to make an informed choice about who will win on Friday nights.
Earl Vaughan Jr. High School Sports Columnist
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Teams, coaches ready to roll as high schools kick off new football season
The wait is finally over. The 2023 high school football season has arrived with a full schedule of games tonight. Here’s a preview of the 10 Cumberland County senior high school football teams. Best wishes to all the players and coaches for an outstanding season.
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Scrimmages light up Friday night in preview of prep football season
The official dress rehearsal for the Cumberland County Schools high school football season takes place Friday night with separate evenings of preseason scrimmages involving all 10 schools and several outside schools invited to fill out the schedule.
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Coaches mostly pleased with turnout for first preseason workouts for football
Cumberland County high schools started the official countdown to the 2023 football season Monday with the first day of preseason workouts. Here’s a brief recap of how things went on opening day.
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Jack Britt running back hopeful has ambitions in another field: politics
Most Cumberland County high school football players spend time during June and July with informal offseason conditioning workouts to prepare for the official start of fall practice about Aug. 1. But Keith Tillett, a running back candidate at Jack Britt High School, took two weeks out of his summer for a drastic departure from the practice field.
