by Rex Robinson
METRO
Atlanta Area News and Sports
MHS Football Finds New Direction
Mar 3rd
Georgia High School Football has it’s newest member to welcome to the fraternity. My old Alma mater, Marietta High School has hired Virginia coach Scott Burton as it’s newest head coach(click). Burton, replaces James “Friday” Richards who stepped down earlier this year(click). The Marietta School board voted 7-0 to hire the 37 year old coach. Burton is committed to both athletic and academic excellence and some interesting methodology to get there.
Welcome coach, I will be by to try and sell you something very soon.
Why is it Always The Good Ones?
Feb 18th
I never met Rajaan Bennett, but I’ve met many young men like him. I have coached on teams where your greatest hope as a coach, is that young men in your sphere of influence stay in the game. By staying in the game I mean, keep their priorities straight long enough to get their diploma and if they worked hard and were fortunate, and chance to go to college. Football can provide that dream and that focus.
From everything I am hearing, Rajaan had his priorities in order. A scholarship to Vanderbilt is solid evidence. The fervent hope and the security a degree would afford he and his future family. That future ended today. His mother’s ex-boyfriend took that away from Rajaan and then killed himself.
I never understood the selfishness of a murder-suicide.
If you want to go, by all means go, but leave the innocent to their own pursuit of happiness. Young black men in America have enough hurdles to overcome. Most can be negotiated with the right focus and determination.
But bullets are one threat no one can outrun.
Stephenson Was Loaded
Feb 7th
Georgia Bulldogs fans were thrilled that Stephenson’s Mike Thornton signed with the Dawgs February 3rd. Thornton became the icing on the cake when Dawg fans thought they would have to eat their’s dry. What I didn’t realize is the sheer number of quality football players that were on this 11-1 Stephenson Squad. Most teams would love to have a senior class this large, much less 29 kids that could play on the next level.
Below you’ll find a list of Jaguar signees. I’m curious, what is the largest signing class in the history of Georgia High School Football?
STEPHENSON SIGNEES
- Martin Adebowale – Presbyterian
- Miles Ashmon – Fort Valley State
- Kelvin Billups – Johnson C. Smith
- Tyrone Cornileus – Miami (FL)
- James Farmer – Tusculum
- Idris French – Concordia (AL)
- Denzel Hartley – Johnson C. Smith
- Thomas Hubbard – St. Francis (IL)
- Jabari Johnson – Kentucky
- Jacob Johnson – Tusculum
- Kenny Ladler – Vanderbilt
- Jeremiah Mahoney – Concordia (AL)
- Gary McIndoe – LaGrange
- Armond Mitchell – Belhaven
- Edward Passmore – Concordia (AL)
- Joshua Polk – Presbyterian
- Blake Rennels – Belhaven
- Jordan Rhinehart – Tusculum
- Raymond Sanders – Kentucky
- Chris Sharpe – Middle Tennessee State
- Ronnie Shields – Kentucky
- Brandon Smith – Miles
- Quinton Spencer – Johnson C. Smith
- Malcolm Strong – Marshall
- Steven Thomas – Tusculum
- Mike Thornton – Georgia
- Ephesia Tisdale – Concordia (AL)
- Franchot West – Southern
- Doral White – Valdosta State
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