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The Scotland High School boys’ soccer team continued workouts this week at the team’s field behind the school. Head coach Blake Dickerson, who also coaches the girls’ soccer team, holds workouts for both squads Mondays and Thursdays, with the boys going 3:30-4:30 p.m. and the girls going 4:45-5:45 p.m. Dickerson said both teams alternate workout time slots each week. On Monday, the boys’ team worked mainly on running drills and had a shots-on-goal drill near the end of the workout. The Fighting Scots open their season Jan. 25 at home against Jack Britt. Neel Madhavan | Laurinburg Exchange
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Boys’ soccer prepares for season

September 23, 2020 Laurinburg Exchange 0

LAURINBURG — The Scotland High School boys’ soccer team continued workouts this week at the team’s field behind the school. Head coach Blake Dickerson, who also coaches the girls’ soccer team, holds workouts for both squads Mondays and Thursdays, with the boys going 3:30-4:30 p.m. and the girls going 4:45-5:45 p.m. Dickerson said both teams alternate workout time slots each week. On Monday, the boys’ team worked mainly on running drills and had a shots-on-goal drill near the end of the workout. The Fighting Scots open their season Jan. 25 at home against Jack Britt.

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Scotland High School girls’ soccer continued workouts Monday evening at the team’s field behind the school. Head coach Blake Dickerson, who also coaches the boys’ soccer team, holds workouts for both squads Mondays and Thursdays, with the boys going 3:30-4:30 p.m. and the girls going 4:45-5:45 p.m. Dickerson said both teams alternate workout time slots each week. On Monday, the girls’ team worked mainly on running drills and had a shots-on-goal drill near the end of the workout. The Fighting Scots open their season March 15 at home against Jack Britt. Neel Madhavan | Daily Journal
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Girls’ soccer works on conditioning

September 22, 2020 Laurinburg Exchange 0

LAURINBURG — Scotland High School girls’ soccer continued workouts Monday evening at the team’s field behind the school. Head coach Blake Dickerson, who also coaches the boys’ soccer team, holds workouts for both squads Mondays and Thursdays, with the boys going 3:30-4:30 p.m. and the girls going 4:45-5:45 p.m. Dickerson said both teams alternate workout time slots each week. On Monday, the girls’ team worked mainly on running drills and had a shots-on-goal drill near the end of the workout. The Fighting Scots open their season March 15 at home against Jack Britt.

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Scotland High School boys’ and girls’ cross country teams spend time stretching and warming up before taking off on distance runs during workouts this week. Neel Madhavan | Laurinburg Exchange
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Cross country teams just runnin’

September 18, 2020 Laurinburg Exchange 0

LAURINBURG — Scotland High School boys’ and girls’ cross country teams spend time stretching and warming up before taking off on distance runs during workouts this week. Head coach Greg Wrape said they started holding workouts the same day they got the green light from the county school board on Sept. 1. The Fighting Scots currently are running workouts five days per week, according to Wrape. Along with volleyball, cross country will be one of the first public high school sports to officially start its season in North Carolina. The teams can officially start practices Nov. 4 and open their season Nov. 18 in a meet hosted by Purnell Swett, with Richmond and Seventy-First also participating.

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Scotland football workouts continued this week after stormy weather on Monday. Head coach Richard Bailey had a group in the weight room and another group working on route patterns and blitz packages on the practice field behind Scotland High School. The groups would alternate during the workout period. Early last week, the NCHSAA loosened social distancing restrictions to allow groups of 50 to workout outdoors and groups of 25 to workout indoors. The Fighting Scots will open their season against Sandhills Athletic Conference foe Jack Britt on Feb. 26. Neel Madhavan | Laurinburg Exchange
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Football workouts ramp up

September 16, 2020 Laurinburg Exchange 0

Scotland football workouts continued this week after stormy weather on Monday. Head coach Richard Bailey had a group in the weight room and another group working on route patterns and blitz packages on the practice field behind Scotland High School. The groups would alternate during the workout period. Early last week, the NCHSAA loosened social distancing restrictions to allow groups of 50 to workout outdoors and groups of 25 to workout indoors. The Fighting Scots will open their season against Sandhills Athletic Conference foe Jack Britt on Feb. 26.

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