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Apalachee High School football returns to play its first game since the school shooting
BARROW COUNTY, Ga. — The first game for the Apalachee High School football team since the tragic shooting on Sept. 4 was held on Saturday. Two students and two teachers, one of those an assistant football coach, died in the shootings. The loss of assistant coach Rick Aspinwall was heavy on the hearts of the players and staff. On Saturday, the community cheered on the Wildcats.
Hugh Freeze amid Auburn's 2-3 start: 'It's my responsibility to bring results'
Hugh Freeze is feeling the frustrations from his fan base amid a disastrous start to Year 2 of his Auburn tenure. And at his Monday press conference following Auburn's 27-21 loss to Oklahoma — in which the Tigers surrendered an 11-point lead in the fourth quarter, mostly due to a Payton Thorne pick-six with four minutes left — Freeze felt the need to defend the direction of his program. During a lengthy opening remark, Freeze said Auburn's 2-3 start falls on his shoulders.
Apalachee football welcomed back on the field, shakes off rust as Clarke Central dominates
The winless Wildcats returned to the field Saturday for the first time in three weeks after an on-campus shooting on Sept. 4 took the lives of two 14-year-old students and two teachers, one of whom — Richard Aspinwall — was an assistant coach on the Apalachee football team. Playing against Clarke Central at Billy Henderson Stadium, Apalachee (0-4, 0-1 in Region 8-5A) took an early 7-0 lead, but the Gladiators (4-2, 2-0) scored the next 38 points...
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