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Fans meet the Fighting Scots
LAURINBURG — At a pep rally outside of the A.B. Gibson Building on Thursday night, Scotland High football coach Richard Bailey urged fans to pack the stands at Pate Stadium this year. “We need fans out there from the beginning,” Bailey said. “As (Athletic Director David Johnson) would say, we…
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Challenging schedule awaits Scotland’s football team
LAURINBURG — Scotland’s football team had its first official practice on Thursday morning. The countdown to the Fighting Scots’ season opener at home against Southeast Guilford on Aug. 23 is now on. The Scots have a challenging start to the season. Like Scotland, Southeast Guilford is coming off a state…
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Scotland will face a familiar foe at Battle of the Carolinas
LUMBERTON — Scotland’s scrimmage against Dillon High School has been one of the highlights of the Battle of the Carolinas Football Classic jamboree for the last two years. The teams will clash again on Aug. 12 as a part of the full-contact jamboree’s fifth installment. The event, which is hosted…
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Quarterback decision will come ‘earlier rather than later’
LAURINBURG — Two sophomore quarterbacks shared playing time during Scotland High’s run to the 4A football state championship game last season. That scenario most likely will not happen this year. Head coach Richard Bailey wants to decide his team’s quarterback situation by the time Sandhills Athletic Conference play starts. Rising…
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Scots push through summer workouts
LAURINBURG — Expectations are high for Scotland High School’s football team as the Fighting Scots run through the earliest stages of their quest for a third straight state championship game appearance. After graduating one of the smallest senior classes the program has seen, the Scots have a strong group of…
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McKoy and Wilson sign to play football at Ramah
LAURINBURG — Joseph McKoy and Isaiah Wilson, two members of the small senior class that helped lead Scotland’s football team on an improbable run to its second straight state championship appearance last fall, signed their letters of intent Monday to play football at Ramah Junior College Academy in Rock Hill,…
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Bailey recognized for leadership
Scotland High football coach Richard Bailey (third from left) was one of eight coaches who received an Eight Who Make A Difference award from the NCHSAA this week. The award is given to coaches who exhibit good sportsmanship and leadership. Scotland High football coach Richard Bailey (third from left) was…
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Pumping up Scotland
LAURINBURG — Richard Bailey spent Tuesday afternoon cleaning up the remnants of perhaps the most exhilarating season of his 19-year career as a head coach. Just over a month after the Fighting Scots finished as the runner-up in the 4A state championship game, Bailey worked on cleaning and reorganizing the…
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Tester: Bailey’s influence goes beyond football
Richard Bailey’s seventh year at Scotland was perhaps his most challenging season yet. His team entered the last week of the regular season with a losing record, but the Fighting Scots played well enough to earn a spot in the 4A state playoffs. And suddenly, the team that lost its…
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Embracing the moment: Green passes down knowledge to Scotland DBs
LAURINBURG — Dominquie Green knows what it feels like to bring a trophy to Laurinburg. Green was a senior defensive back for Scotland when the program won its first state championship in 2011. Seven years later, Green still remembers the energy his team had while preparing to play against Porter…
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McQueen, Fighting Scots ready for third-round matchup
LAURINBURG — Syheam McQueen is still feeling the hits he took during a 41-carry outing against Cardinal Gibbons last week, but he’s ready to take some more. Scotland’s running back will lead his team’s offense again on Friday night as the No. 10 Fighting Scots travel to Fayetteville to take…
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Warmer weather awaits Scotland on Friday night
LAURINBURG — The Scotland football team might save some money on hand warmers when it travels to Fayetteville to take on Pine Forest in a third-round playoff matchup on Friday night. After the temperature dropped into the 30s during the Fighting Scots’ 7-6 win over No. 2 Cardinal Gibbons last…
