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The faces change, but the game stays the same Chris Norman, a former at the quarterback position. coach at Shelby, gave me one The six Johnston County of my favorite truths about schools that feature traditional high school football. He quarterbacks will have new said, “The best thing about starters this fall, and North freshmen and sophomores Johnston, which runs the is that they grow up to be single wing, will likely have RANDY CAPPS juniors and seniors.” some new faces behind center randy@johnstonnow.com I’m pretty sure that quote as well. wound up in a Shelby Star So, your favorite high football preview story of mine about 15 school football team will likely be a years ago. little different in 2022. But the nature The flip side to this, of course, is that of the game is change, and how teams those juniors and seniors eventually move respond to it is what often separates the on. The cycle then begins again. victors from the vanquished on Friday The most obvious example for me nights. when I put this year’s preview together is With that in mind, we proudly present
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the 2022 Johnston County High School Football Preview. As usual, I need to thank the coaches who let me bother them with high school football questions in the middle of the summer. Without them, you certainly wouldn’t be reading this. There are plenty of countywide storylines for the coming season, and we’ll touch on some of them in this edition. In closing, I’ll leave you with another of my favorite Coach Norman sayings: “If you give me a team full of orphans, I’ll win you a state championship.” Well, he never had one of those teams, but he won three titles anyway. Happy reading!
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