Damon McKinney was born in Pekin, Illinois, and he attended school at Seiling High School in Seiling, Oklahoma. After high school, Damon went to college at Southern Arkansas University, in Magnolia, Arkansas. He met his wife, Amy McKinney, when they were both working at Lowes. She says, “This man could always make me laugh, and within a year, we were married,” and they’ve been married for 27 years. They moved to Arkansas for about 6 years, but they’ve lived in Enid for approximately 20 years. Together, they have 7 children, Logan (22), Mya (20), Tony (14), Lily (11), Aurora (8), Jacob (7), and Ryker (2). They adopted a group of siblings in May of 2023, and according to Amy, Damon would tell you it was one of his most important accomplishments.
Together, they’ve fostered for over 5 years, and in September 2023, they were named the Foster Parents of the Year in Northwest Oklahoma. They’ve had over 15 children in their home throughout the years, and they also volunteer at Youth and Family Services as well.
Damon has served on the Martin Luther King Board, and he’s involved in the Great Land Run that gives back funds to the school district. When he can, Amy says he’s out there volunteering and helping! During Christmas, he also works with the Salvation Army.
Damon teaches and works at Enid High School, and he’s been there for over 12 years. At Enid High, he takes on many roles. He teaches yearbook, digital arts/journalism, and ACT preparation classes, and he’s a junior class sponsor and National Honor Society sponsor. Damon’s also over the homecoming dance, the Blue Court, and prom, and he’s a great DJ at the Special Education Prom. As a teacher, he’s very talented, and he’s passionate about what he does. His wife states, “He amazes me with his motivation and passion for his students. He takes time with them and builds that relationship to help them be successful in the world.” His former student, Trinity, continues with, “He treated students as young adults – it was never surface level connections or education. I feel like he always tried to connect with his students, and it was evident that he genuinely cared.”
Damon is a selfless man with a giving heart, and he gives that heart to the community. His wife finishes with, “I know I am a better person because of my husband, Damon McKinney,” and that’s what makes him a Local Legend.
The leaves are changing, the temperature is dropping, and the heat is gone! It’s the most wonderful time of the year – almost! As October makes its grand entrance, so does fall, and it is long overdue! After our heat wave of a summer, I can not wait for the temperatures to continue to drop and for my hoodies to make their way out of my closet! However, as fun and lovely as fall is, October also means Halloween… which is not my favorite time of the year. I do not like anything remotely scary… With that being said, we chose to write about Garfield County’s hauntings – makes perfect sense, right? With Halloween around the corner, we wanted to lean into the “spookiness” of October for this month’s cover story. We chose to talk about the mysteries and hauntings surrounding Enid and Garfield County, and to do so, we spoke with the authors of Haunted Garfield County, Oklahoma, Tammy and Jeff! This story only scratches the surface of their book, which covers many hauntings throughout Garfield County, and some of the stories have occurred at some of Enid’s most well-known places. So, if this piques your interest and you want to learn more, pick up a copy of their book and get into the spirit, or should I say join the spirits! And on behalf of us here at Enid Monthly, we hope you have a Happy Halloween!
For some, Halloween is more than costumes, horror stories, and candy, but for others, Halloween is all that and more. On this holiday, people love to seek out frightening activities, stories, costumes, parties, and so on. In honor of Halloween, this story will touch on some of the haunting, mysterious, and spooky stories right here in Enid and Garfield County. And who better to dive into these stories than the authors of Haunted Garfield County, Oklahoma.
Tammy Wilson is a local resident here in Enid, and she’s known by many. For those who don’t know her, she’s a former City Commissioner, and she currently owns and runs Jezebel’s Emporium & Tea Room, which doesn’t mention the many other hats she also wears. In addition to Tammy, Jeff Provine helped tell the haunted stories of Garfield County. Jeff is an author and professor local to Oklahoma, and his previous publishing aren’t limited to just Garfield County. His Haunted series also touches on Oklahoma City, Shawnee, Guthrie, and Norman, and he has other works as well.
When it comes to hauntings, paranormal activity, and the supernatural, many are skeptical while others believe in it wholeheartedly. Tammy has always had a fascination for mystery and anything spooky, and her interests reflected that. Whether reading ghost stories or folktales, she’s always been drawn to stories of the “unknown.” After she was married, she lived in a house where a lot of strange things occurred, and her interest for exploring and investigating haunted places was born. With that being said, it’s important to mention her feelings towards the unknown. She states, “While I do believe there are a lot of unexplainable things that happen, I also have a healthy amount of skepticism.”
As for Jeff and his fascination with the unknown/paranormal, he states, “I’ve always been fascinated by the paranormal and strange… It’s the ‘what if’ that really intrigues me.” As a middle-schooler, he spent a summer reading the Enid Public Library’s collections of fairy tales and fables, which later turned into bigger collections. When it comes to his beliefs, he shares, “I’ve interviewed so many people who have had similar experiences and no reason to lie that there is certainly something going on. My favorites are the people who specifically say, ‘I don’t believe in ghosts, but…’”. After all, any healthy beliefs or fascination come with a decent amount of skepticism.
The Haunted Garfield County, Oklahoma, book covers unusual stories about places in Garfield County, but it also touches on a good deal of history on the area. And the book is backed by a lot of research, in addition to collections of stories and legends Tammy has collected from community members over time. With her collection of stories and his research, Haunted Garfield County, Oklahoma, was created.
For Tammy, the notable stories in the book that are most interesting and active are the ones surrounding the Gaslight Theatre, The Spot, and the Paramount Realty building. For Jeff, the John Wilkes Booth legend, Imo Cemetery, elevator-repairmen at the Knox Building, and Gaslight Theatre are some of the more interesting stories. The book also covers some of Enid’s other notable hauntings, like the Broadway Tower, the Alton Mercantile, and more. The chapters correlating to the photos included in this month’s cover story are Ghost Signs at Alton Mercantile, Broadway Tower of Terror, Dead Man’s Cave, Morbid: The Haunted Museum, Barside Tales, Murder Three Times: The Corner of Grand and Broadway, and Dollie Douthitt.
Gaslight Theatre has undergone many changes, names, and owners, until being bought by Gaslight Theatre in 1989. Originally owned by Walter S. Billings, the building was sold at a sheriff’s sale in November 1921 to his mother, Henrietta. It was ravaged by a fire in November of 1922. After the fire, Henrietta rebuilt the Theatre into a one-story motion picture playhouse with apartments on the second floor. Henrietta lived in the apartments until she passed, and she passed in the building from an illness in November of 1933.
Per the book, “It turns out that almost everyone who has spent any amount of time in the theater has at least one ghost story.” The tech booth has been a place of mystery and dread for many. Some have heard footsteps and talking from voices upstairs, when they knew no one was there, and others have heard knocks from the booth. On two separate occasions, people recall hearing knocks in the tech booth. For one instance, two men, who weren’t likely to be sharing ghost stories, opened the door after hearing the knock to see who was on the other side, only to be greeted by nothing. On another occasion, a set of castmates heard knocks, too, but they stood firm on not wanting to see who was on the other side. According to the book, “Many troupe members have stories of seeing the man in the tech booth, standing there and watching. Everyone describes it as unsettling at best.”
Another mysterious instance that is known to be rather common is hearing a woman singing or music from a piano coming from the stage, which Jeff himself has heard. However, there is no piano in the auditorium. And being that it is a theatre that performs musicals from time to time, singing isn’t out of the ordinary. However, hearing singing when no one else is there with you is out of the ordinary, to say the least. And more than once, cast and crew members have heard the singing only to be stunned when finding out no one was there.
As to why Gaslight Theatre may be so active and mysterious, the book mentions a couple of different theories, including how theatres are considered “liminal spaces.” The book continues with, “Theaters exist between the real world and the world of make-believe…” and goes on to refer to such spaces as “in-between spaces.” Perhaps mixing reality with fiction allows ghosts and other entities to mix their own versions of reality and fiction. Other theories suggest that theatre people are lively and exuberant, and as such, they are just as lively in the afterlife. Theatres are also home to numerous donations and random finds, so perhaps some of the items have spirits or ghosts attached to them. Whatever the reason may be, it’s safe to say that the Gaslight Theatre ghost(s) seem to like to put on a show, too.
When asked about the scariest thing she’s seen or heard of in Enid, Tammy refers to a story called ‘Granny’s House’ in the book. She used to live in a big house on Broadway that was built in 1910. The house had a few different owners before the Johnson family acquired it in 1956. Dr. and Mrs. Johnson lived in the home with one of their daughters. Their daughters were identical twins, but only one of them lived at home as the other had a home and family of her own. The family knew the house as “Granny’s House,” and over time, Dr. Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, and their daughter passed away. Jayne, the twin with her own family, was the only survivor from their immediate family for some time. Over the years, several members of their family have claimed to have heard and seen things they can’t explain.
In 1996, Tammy and her husband moved into the home after Jayne had inherited it – Jayne was Tammy’s step-grandmother. Whilst living at ‘Granny’s House,’ Tammy and her husband welcomed two children. When her second daughter was born, they moved her first daughter into Jeanne’s old room, Jayne’s twin who had passed away. Tammy’s daughter spent a good amount of time with her “Nana Jayne,” as she called her. According to the book, “One summer day when the baby was about eighteen months old, she was sitting on the bed in her room. The child looked up at the doorway as if someone had just walked into the room and said, ‘Hi. Hi, Nana Jayne.’” However, no one was there. Years later, that same child woke up one night, and she stated that someone had come in and sat on her bed and woke her up. She began to have bad dreams and no longer wanted to sleep in there, but all she’d mention about her dreams was that there was a scary man at the bottom of the stairs.
Time went on, and one night, Tammy woke in the middle of the night to the sounds of sobbing. After investigating the house and waking her husband, they found nothing and returned to bed. The next morning she’d asked her family about the sobs, to which they responded that Jeanne had a fiancé who’d been killed in a car accident, and she spent quite a bit of time crying over him. Time went on, and their family sold the house, which meant they had to move. Her daughter’s bad dreams stopped, and the house remained unoccupied for about a year. They eventually offered to buy the house and decided to remodel it before moving back in. While it was unoccupied, Tammy’s friends and family had frequented the house for odds and ends here and there, and they all had their own experiences and stories to tell. Eventually, Tammy had an experience of her own that involved overpowering feelings of unease. As a result, she hired a paranormal investigation team.
When the investigators conducted their investigation, they recorded a women saying, “Hello,” the same way Jayne had said it. And while the house had been unoccupied, Jayne had passed away. The recording resembled her voice so much it brought family members to tears. The team was able to verify their claims that the house was possibly haunted, but they didn’t feel as if there was anything threatening to it. Years later, the house was sold to family friends, and they still experience ghosts at ‘Granny’s House.’
When asked about the scariest thing Jeff had heard of in Enid/Garfield County, he mentions the chapter titled, ‘Black Bear’s Dark Figures.’ In 1893, more than 100 towns were founded on a single day. As time progressed, more and more of the towns became ghost towns. Today, there is a cemetery named Baldwin Cemetery northeast of Covington, although it is most commonly known as “Black Bear Cemetery” due to the creek that runs near it. A deserted church is located across the road, although it may not be as deserted as it appears.
Over time, an interest in different religions grew, and people began experimenting with darker arts. One of the darker arts that was practiced included performing rites in places that were once-consecrated. Some mention rumors that the church was shut down due to choices and paths they took, but one thing that isn’t up for debate is what continues to be found at the church. According to the book, “To this day at this old church, animal bones are said to be found in the midst of freshly blackened spots on pillars and concrete where sacrifices took place.” Said rituals are alleged to have invited “something dark” to the area. The site has become quite interesting to those interested in the paranormal and unknown. The book goes on to state, “Numerous paranormal investigators, including researchers and authors Cathy Nance, Logan Corelli and Mike Ricksecker, have been to the site collecting photographs, video and audio recordings and chilling personal experiences.” From faces in the windows in photos and orbs to EVPs from the basement catching a whispered, “You shouldn’t be here,” some things truly can’t be explained. The book continues and mentions that in the basement, some have been touched, scratched, and even struck. One person even claimed to have been pushed, and he was pushed hard enough to have fallen feet from where he was standing.
However, those instances aren’t even what the church is most famous for. It is most famous for the dark figures that loom over the area. Some have seen figures that resemble humans, but the most frightening figure mentioned is called a “crawler,” which, according to the book, is “a term used by investigators for a human-sized visible entity that scampers low on long limbs.” Jeff states, “The spooky stories at the old Black Bear Church certainly make me break out in goosebumps. Creepy crawlers, shadows, unseen forces knocking people over… yikes!” The book continues with, “Beyond straying on their own, the spirits can follow those who visit. Visitors who have gotten terrible feelings, even crying and vomiting from the stress, said that the invading darkness continued even elsewhere until they underwent cleansing…” From investigators to visitors, those who visit this area don’t seem to be alone.
Haunted Garfield County, Oklahoma, is a book full of stories about the mysterious and unknown surrounding Enid and Garfield County. If you want to learn more about the mysteries surrounding our town, it’s a great place to start! With Halloween right around the corner, Haunted Garfield County, Oklahoma, is sure to make you feel in the spooky season!
Author: Scott Alexander Howard Reviewed by Chloe Fuksa
I decided for this month to focus on recent debut releases, and I am so very glad I didn’t pass over this one. The Other Valley is a science fiction novel from author Scott Alexander Howard with an intriguing concept: each valley is identical, but to the east, the townspeople are 20 years in the future, and to the west, 20 years in the past. This book certainly won’t be everybody’s cup of tea – for one thing, there are no quotations for dialogue – but I found it to be so different from anything else I’ve read in a while.
The main character is Odile, and we start by seeing her as a 16-year-old student who is being vetted to join the Conseil. A seat on it would mean she helps decide who is allowed to cross the town’s borders. For example, can a dying elderly man visit to the east to see his first grandchild, or is the trip too risky? One day though, Odile accidently sees the parents of her first love on a visit – meaning he will die soon – but can’t tell anybody at all since it would be interference. The weight of that, and the sorrow, causes her to quit the vetting process, leaving her with the worst job: a member of the security force that patrols the bleak, barren area along the border fences. She toils away there until a passing glimpse of herself in another 20 years startles her into action.
The concept of this book is simple, and yet, the story is so profound and beautiful. It’s not a page-turner or action-packed adventure, but it just has this subtlety that I wanted to keep returning to and sitting with. I could go on for a whole other paragraph about the book’s perfectly fitting cover, but instead, I will conclude by saying that The Other Valley is a really impressive debut, and I look forward to reading more from the author in the future.
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Hello to my readers, and welcome to the third and final part of my YLGE Camp series.
For the last part, I am going to go over our Final Day as well as all of my favorite things I got out of this camp. Let’s go!!!
To start off the day, we all wore our dream college shirt. I, of course, wore an Oklahoma State shirt!! We all ate breakfast at the Glo Hotel downtown, which was where we stayed for the whole length of camp. I liked staying at the hotel because it was close to a lot of the activities we participated in, and we had really nice rooms, which was perfect after a long day of events. We then traveled to Autry Technology Center, which is where we spent a couple hours before it was time to part ways and go home!! We talked about the past few days and discussed everything we enjoyed or disliked. We also further discussed our Philanthropic Project!! All of us agreed to donate to Youth & Family Services because we felt closest to the kids there. The staff at Autry set up some fun activities for us to do, like creating one of our peer’s personality crests. I got to do Aspens, and she loved it!! We also did a fun escape room, which was very challenging. I had Delaney, Reese, and Luke on my team, and we killed it!!! We won against our other 5 classmates, and the prize was the best of all: BRAGGING RIGHTS!! That was really the full wrap-up of our last day and everything we did!!
One of my favorite things I’m taking from YLGE is the amazing friendships I made with my classmates. I was one of the only youth members there to know of everyone, but I had no idea how much I didn’t know about them!! We all learned so much about each other and from each other, and it’s an experience that I believe everyone should experience. I gained 7 more friends! Another thing I really enjoyed was gaining tons of connections from the people and business owners of our community. Our mentors constantly talked about having lots of connections because you never know when they will come in handy. Therefore, I am so grateful I built a lot of relationships with the adults. For the last time, PLEASE apply for Youth Leadership Greater Enid summer camp. It is such an amazing experience and so worth the extra days away from home. I could not recommend it ENOUGH!!!! If you are interested in applying and have any questions, email me at tweensceneenid@gmail.com. I would love to talk with you about anything concerning the camp, so please reach out!! Thank you for reading this month’s article. I hope you enjoyed this series!! If you have any ideas for upcoming articles, email me for that too!! I hope you all have an amazing September and start to the 2024 fall season. See you next month!!! <333333
Author: Leah Stecher Reviewed by Chloe Fuksa, Putnam Six Bookstore
For my children’s book this month, I picked up Leah Stecher’s debut, The Things We Miss, released in May 2024. It is intended for ages 9-12, and it certainly doesn’t shy away from some heavier topics, like grief and depression and body image. I thought that the overall message it pulls from those topics, though, was really beautiful and a good reminder, for kiddos and adults alike.
J.P. and Kevin are best friends and ardent fans of Admiral K, a fictional comic book. J.P. is frequently bullied for her size, so she tends to wear drab clothes and just exist in the background, where her classmates won’t notice her. When she discovers that her backyard treehouse has a portal that can transport her three days into the future, it seems like her problems have been solved. She’s getting teased at school? She has a math quiz coming up? Her grandpa is sick? She can time travel right through all of that. Before long though, J.P.’s using the portal every single day. She doesn’t want to have to deal with any of the hard parts of life; it’s easier to just skip them. The effects of that, though, are her grades are failing, her friendships are crumbling, and she’s missing out on a lot of fun moments too. When she inadvertently skips over the Admiral K movie premiere that she and Kevin have been looking forward to for months, it’s the wake-up call she needs.
Perhaps it was just me, but the first part of the book was a little hard to get into. I thought, too, that the story could have used a little more humor to balance out the heavy topics. Again, though, as the book says, you can’t go downhill without having to go uphill too. Life is both the good and the bad, and therein lies its beauty. The Things We Miss isn’t a perfect book, but it is a pretty solid debut, and I think it can really resonate with a lot of youngsters.
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Howdy friends! Recently I was afforded the opportunity to do some jugline fishing at Kaw Lake. To be frank, I always thought of it as “lazy fishing”, but I can assure you it is not. This method of fishing uses lines suspended from floating “jugs” with cut bait on a hook at the bottom. I was lucky enough to simply go run the jugs instead of doing all the work to put them out the day before. We ran about forty jug lines with limited success. I’d imagine we caught ten or twelve blue cats and channel cats and one long nose gar. Each fisherman can put out twenty jugs with up to five hooks per line. Each individual jug has to have the owner’s name, address, and customer ID. Additionally, each jug has to be attended to at least once every twenty-four hours. I spend a lot of time on the lake, and nothing gets in my craw more than discarded or abandoned jug lines polluting the waters. Generally, the jugs are spread out over a sandy flat several yards apart.
The absolute best part of jug lining for me is seeing a jug moving or floating awkwardly knowing there is a fish on it as you arrive. A hook is used to grab the line, then the line is pulled in by hand (hopefully with a fish). If you are like me and love fried catfish, jug line fishing can put a lot of fish in your boat in a short amount of time. While critics contend jug fishers over-harvest fish, there is a reason the Wildlife Department has regulations. If those “in the know” believed the critics, the regulations wouldn’t allow twenty jugs per person.
Lastly, while it might seem like a good idea to slalom ski between the jugs, I’d suggest you don’t fall. You might just get to take a trip to the emergency room to have a hook removed. I’ve had to remove hooks before (thanks father-in-law), and it isn’t a pleasant situation.
Until next time folks. It’s ALMOST HUNTING SEASON!
[Enid, OK] – Park Avenue Thrift will be hosting their 3rd annual Outdoor Outlet on Saturday, September 21st from 9am – 2pm, outside at 150 W. Park Street, just west of Park Avenue Thrift store.
“The Outdoor Outlet was an event we started in 2022. It was a lot of fun and our thrifters loved it, so we knew it was something we wanted to continue to do each year in September,” said Stela Jantzen, Park Avenue Thrift Executive Director. “The idea was sparked while at a thrift conference we attended and seeing how much people loved bin shopping. This was our interpretation of how we can bring that to our community.”
Park Avenue Outdoor Outlet is an outdoor fill-a-bag sale where you bring your own plastic grocery bag and fill it up with items that will be available for purchase at the event site. Clothing, housewares, media, linens, craft items, jewelry, electronics, hardware, and toys will be items for sale at the Outdoor Outlet. You are encouraged to bring your own plastic grocery bags, and whatever items you can fit in your bags will be $2 a bag. Grocery bags will be on hand at the event site for those who do not have one.
“The Park Avenue crew always looks forward to this event, and loves the challenge of setting up and keeping the items stocked for shoppers. It’s so great to see the excitement of people sharing their finds with each other,” says Malvin Arter, Park Avenue Thrift Operations Manager. “Park Avenue employees will be on hand throughout the event to help answer any questions. Just look for the Park Avenue Crew t-shirt!”
There is no limit to how many plastic grocery bags you bring and fill. Cash/card accepted but cash preferred. Registers will be outside at the event so you can shop the Outlet then pay for your bag(s) at their outdoor checkout table. All items are first come, first serve, no holds, and all sales are final. Park Avenue Thrift asks that you do not take filled Outdoor Outlet bags inside the store.
“Since we have more space for our Outdoor Outlet at 150 W. Park Street, we invited friends to be a part of the fun. We will have El Monchis Snacks and Kona Ice set up selling delicious treats,” Jantzen says.
Park Avenue Thrift is an Oklahoma 501(c)(3) that exists to strengthen the Enid community and serve others by collecting donations, running a top-notch thrift store, and giving the proceeds to Enid nonprofits that invest in quality-of-life initiatives.
Hello friends! With Autumn right around the corner, it puts me in a “let’s turn the oven back on” mindset. Shifting from easy, cooler recipes like salads and fresh fruit to savory foods- crock pots, roasts, and desserts with hints of fall. Warm cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg seem to instantly bring the holidays closer, faster every year. September’s recipe is a twist on a classic breakfast (or any time snack- who are we kidding), bringing the traditional cinnamon roll level of mess and difficulty down a couple notches, which is always a win!
Now Serving, Gooey Caramel Apple Pull Aparts! Enjoy!
4 Nature’s Valley crunchy granola bars, crushed
2 tsp cinnamon, divided
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
Two 17.5 oz cans of refrigerated cinnamon rolls, with icing
1 Granny Smith apple, peeled and coarsely chopped
1) Heat oven to 350. Spray a bundt pan with cooking spray.
2) In a small bowl, mix crushed granola bars and 1 tsp cinnamon. Sprinkle mixture evenly on bottom of bundt pan.
3) In a large bowl, mix whipping cream, brown sugar, and remaining 1 tsp cinnamon.
4) Open and separate both cans of cinnamon rolls, set icing containers aside. Cut each cinnamon roll into quarters.
5) Gently add cinnamon roll quarters and chopped apples into the whipping cream mixture, fold to coat evenly. Spoon mixture into bundt pan, spreading evenly.
6) Bake 45-50 minutes, or until deep golden brown. Immediately invert pan onto a heat proof platter and let sit for 5 minutes. Remove pan and scrape out any remaining topping onto rolls and let sit another 5 minutes. Drizzle icing over top of warm cinnamon rolls and serve!
As the only 6A-1 school in NW Oklahoma, and one of the few 6A-1 schools not near a major metropolitan area, Enid High Football has to rely on different strategies to be competitive – the main one being effort – which is the main part of the team’s core slogan – “Effortville.”
“For us to be successful, we have to give max effort, every day,” says 2nd year Head Coach Cameron Conder. “We have to be different than those other schools, because we are different. We have more two and three sport athletes, for example. So, when we are doing football things, we have to have that effort from all of our kids.”
And that is just what he has gotten from his players since the end of last season. “We had some good and some bad last year,” says Conder, “We really ran the ball a lot better than I expected, given that our top running back had so few carries going into the year. But we also struggled some on defense, mostly, I think, due to youth, being undersized, and running a new defensive scheme. We reached some of our goals, such as making the playoffs, and we had some good individual performances, but I expect more out of this year’s team.”
And this year’s team is not without its weapons. Especially on offense, as they return several excellently skilled players to the mix. Senior quarterback Aidan Robinson is coming off a midseason injury, that appears to be fully healed, and he will be relied upon to get the ball to 3 outstanding receivers, Senior Zyaire Allen, Sophomore Keon Young, and Junior Tyson Kennedy. “Zyaire has not missed a workout, has had a great summer, and his length and ability to catch the ball is really impressive. Keon has power 4 scholarship potential if he keeps improving, and Tyson is one of our captains, had 80 catches last year, and is on pace to set the state record for interceptions in a career. All have bright futures,” Conder said.
With all the returning talent on the offensive side of the ball, one might expect some high-scoring shootouts, but that is something Coach Conder would like to avoid. “We are going to try to do some things on offense to protect our defense a bit and not put so much pressure on them. We have a great early schedule and hope to get some wins under our belt. Winning 6 games is not out of the question, we just need to give that extra effort,’ said Conder.
