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Written by Andy Brown
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:00 |
It wasn’t very flashy, but it wasn’t supposed to be.
During the football scrimmage Friday at Wildcat Stadium, players wore tattered practice jerseys, there was no clock or score kept, they ran their basic offenses and defenses and only gave the crowd a small peek into what the Louisburg Wildcats are all about.
The coaches didn’t divide the players into teams and instead sent their first-team squads against the junior varsity and also mixed in some freshman and junior varsity action in between. They weren’t about to press their luck.
“We did a lot of good things, but we still have a lot of things to work on by Friday,” Louisburg coach Gary Griffin said. “Nobody got hurt and some younger kids stepped up and showed us maybe they can help us this year.”
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Written by Andy Brown
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:00 |
LANSING — There would be no easing in to its season for the Louisburg soccer team. In fact, this one was a dogfight — or better yet — a cat fight.
The Wildcats traveled to meet the Lansing Lions on Friday in its season opener and wanted to exact some revenge after Lansing handed Louisburg one of its only two losses on the season. Louisburg found themselves up one goal with six minutes left, and victory was within their grasps.
Only to see it slip away just seconds later.
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Written by Andy Brown
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:00 |
Jessica Smith wasn’t sure how to take the late start to her season.
The Louisburg volleyball team isn’t scheduled to play until Sept. 9 when it hosts Iola in its season opener, but Smith wondered if it would affect her team. After Friday’s scrimmage, however, the late start doesn’t look half bad.
The Lady Cats varsity struggled at times against the junior varsity, which was out of character from what Smith has seen most of the summer during workouts. The varsity defeated the JV 25-16 and 25-19, before falling in the third 21-25.
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Written by Andy Brown
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 08:00 |
The Louisburg football coaches wanted a cloak of mystery for their football scrimmage Friday night and for good reason. They didn’t want an opposing team to get many clues on how they want to run things.
So instead of wearing game jerseys for their scrimmage as in year’s past, the coaches put their players in the worn down practice jerseys and went to work. There were no rosters handed out and everyone had to guess who was who — even the opposing coaches.
Sure, it didn’t take a crime scene investigator to figure out who some of the players were. If you follow the Wildcats, they were pretty easy to spot.
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Written by Andy Brown
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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 08:00 |
To say expectations are high for the Louisburg football team might be an understatement. In fact, they might be down right ginormous.
The football gods have lined everything up for a possible state championship run for Louisburg. Although the path may be there, according to coach Gary Griffin, the Wildcats still have to walk it.
With Bishop Miege’s move to Class 5A and state-power Holton moving to the west side of the state, the east side of Class 4A is wide open to whoever wants it, and the Wildcats want to be at the front of the line — just like their run to the state title game three years ago.
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