Summary
A lot of things have to go right for a high school football team to reach the quarterfinals of the state playoffs. Such has been the case across the board for undefeated Eastern Montgomery this fall.
Yet despite all the good deeds and fine fortunes that have landed the host Mustangs in Friday's 7:30 p.m. Division 1 Region C championship tilt against Galax, perhaps none of it would have been possible unless there had first been football at old Shawsville High, the school that served this end of the county until EastMont opened down U.S. 460 in Elliston in 2000.See the full content of this document
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Football a Family Legacy
There might not have been any football at tiny Shawsville had Bernie Vishneski not have mentioned he might know where to find some equipment for cheap.
Vishneski, who took a job as agriculture teacher at Shawsville in 1964, did better than cheap on that first gear procurement a couple of years later. He got it free. So there was football...See the full content of this document
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