First Day of High School Football Practice at Western Guilford HS, and 51 years ago, we were doing some of the same things these guys were doing today!!!

Time for the first official day of high school football practice, and we went the afternoon route, and joined my old team from days gone by, the Western Guilford Guilford Hornets, for their first football practice of 2023…

Back when I was over there, at WGHS, 51 years ago, and taking in my first-ever high school football practice, it was a lot different….We were doing all kinds of conditioning drills, running, jumping, exercising, and “The County Fair”, which was designed to kill you…

But today, the kids are supposed to be coming more ready to go, after their Summer workouts, and today they were running the offense, and gettting with it early on…

Talked with Western Guilford head coach Anthony Timmons, and also talked quite a bit with the WG assistant coach, and former Smith Golden Eagles player, Tyrell Dumpson…Tyrell played for Coach Antonio Kirkpatrick at Smith, and Tyrell got in one year of college ball, at Averett University, up on Danville, Virginia…We were also talking about former Smith players like Elijah Jordan, Jeff Simms, Eric Ebron, and others…Jordan in prison, Simms blinded in both eyes after being shot in the head, and Ebron just doing fine, after his career in the NFL…Tyrell Dumpson is a former guest on our Football in Focus Shows that used to run from the Shane’s Rib Shack, here in Greensboro….

Coach Timmons let me know about the WG Jamboree next Wednesday night, August 9, from 6-9pm, at WG’s Doug Henderson Football Stadium…

Today’s practice at WG was very different from what we were doing out there 51 years ago, but it is still just a game, and somebody will win, and somebody will lose, and there might be a tie, but if you come in there better prepared than your opponent, you have a much better chance, to go home the Winner…

Let’s hit practice and get started and we have plenty of video for you…Start Clicking Below….Start out with some jumping jacks, and then get with it…Run a little, then run drills, and then run plays…

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Sled work…

Footwork

Shifting and movement…

Still working on footwork and movement…

Time to work on some Pass Defense…

Working on getting off the ball together and at the same time…Keep Clicking…

Hornets working hard in drills…

The line getting ready…

Breaking down, prior to a water break…

Hornets running to their water break…

Running plays and got to get it right…Watch the ball…

Hornets running those plays, and getting it right…#12 for WG is the key…

Perfect plays make perfect sense…

Gonna take some time, but gonna get it right…

Time to go to the air…

Getting back to the line work at WGHS…

Hornets hitting the sled…

Western Guilford line working hard…

Line up and get it right…

Time to get moving…

WG at it, and working real hard…

Final video for the Hornets, getting it done, on 7/31…

More videos on the way….

1 thought on “First Day of High School Football Practice at Western Guilford HS, and 51 years ago, we were doing some of the same things these guys were doing today!!!”

  1. Ah, the County Fair! Remember those days so well. And that evil Black Maria, which could “snap your ankle in two” according to Coach Hollifield. And in the middle of the field, in a squat & cupping a cigarette, was the sheep dog watching over his flock, Coach Doug Henderson. I still get butterflies in my stomach thinking of the 1st day of HS football practice….all the hope & swear & tears & camaraderie….nothing finer than HS football.

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