2017
2017 Region Alignments..................................6
KICK-OFF
• Recruiting 2017..........................................8
• Jon Holder’s Top 10 and
Super 7 Picks............................................12
• All Star Team Alumni:
Cherokee County’s Coty Blanchard.......14
• Pigskin Roundup Wins
State Championship................................18
Sessions Brings Big Time
Resume To Gadsden City.......................20
COVER STORY
Small Town Comeback...........................26
Team Schedules........................ 32-33
(in alphabetical order)
Team Reviews & Previews.............35
Zedaker Era Begins at Lincoln.......62
Catching Up With a Legend
Etowah’s Wyman Townsel.............64
Lethal Weapon................................66
2017 Weekly Schedules..................70
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