There were more days than not that many of us likely believed we wouldn’t get to this point. But here we are.
After months with no live sports, including the past few weeks when the high school football season and even the start of contact practices were in doubt, teams were given the green light to begin going out in full pads to prepare for the season, which is scheduled to kick off in three weeks.
Hopefully we’ll get to that first Friday night of action and make it through the entire season without any further problems or delays. But that’s a worry for another day. For now, if I’ve learned nothing else through the past few months, it’s this: Appreciate and enjoy each day.
So for the 21st straight year, I visited as many area schools as I could in one day – the first that teams across the state are allowed to begin full-pads contact drills.
A quick reminder: While I couldn’t make it to each local school today, in the coming weeks we will preview every region with area teams in Tennessee and Georgia and also publish the annual prep football special section with season outlooks for more than 50 teams.