Prep Football

With almost 22 years in the media business (wow, has it really been that long?), there have been many jobs in many towns. But there has always been one constant:

High school football.

The Drive kicks off another year of prep football coverage in exactly one week (Aug. 17), when we open our third season of the Friday Night Lights High School Game of the Week with a great, old-time Upstate rivalry - Pickens at Easley.

I've done high school football on the radio in West Virginia, Kentucky, Florida and here in South Carolina. You can add newspaper coverage to all of those areas as well, plus North Carolina and Ohio to boot.

But it's the broadcasts I love. When my broadcast partner Tom Van Hoy and I show up at a high school stadium here in the Upstate, invariably we are met by throngs of fans who thank us for being there.

Well, it's we who need to thank you, because your enthusiasm - coupled with the great talent we see week after week - makes our job a pleasure.

And that excitement you hear in my voice during the broadcasts? Believe me, it's legitimate. It seems we have been blessed to see great game after great game in the past two years.

Here's hoping for more of the same this season.

Following is the schedule for this season. You can catch in on the air at 104.9 FM, WCCP, or on the Internet at www.wccpfm.com.

See you at the stadiums!

The Drive's 2007 High School Football Schedule

AUG. 17 PICKENS AT EASLEY

AUG. 24 J.L. MANN AT GREENVILLE

AUG. 31 HANNA AT DANIEL

SEPT. 7 DANIEL AT WESTSIDE

SEPT. 14 PICKENS AT GREENVILLE

SEPT. 21 WEST OAK AT PENDLETON

SEPT. 28 GREENVILLE AT SENECA

OCT. 5 BEREA AT GREENVILLE

OCT. 12 WREN AT WESTSIDE

OCT. 19 SENECA AT PICKENS

OCT. 26 TBA