C. JEMAL HORTON
MOUNT PLEASANT â His promising football career almost ended right there on the Mount Pleasant Lions Club field several years ago.
No orange slices, juice boxes or other postgame treats team parents hand out were going to be enough to convince Ryan Tyson otherwise.
He was ready to be done, hang up his cleats and his Lions Club Cowboys jersey, and maybe pursue the other sport he grew up loving: baseball.
But football?
Deuces. Peace out. Buh-bye.
The sport just wasnât fun for Tyson, not at the positions he had to play being one of the biggest kids in the league â 5 foot 8 and 135 pounds in the 10- to 12-year-old division.
C. JEMAL HORTON
MOUNT PLEASANT â His promising football career almost ended right there on the Mount Pleasant Lions Club field several years ago.
No orange slices, juice boxes or other postgame treats team parents hand out were going to be enough to convince Ryan Tyson otherwise.
He was ready to be done, hang up his cleats and his Lions Club Cowboys jersey, and maybe pursue the other sport he grew up loving: baseball.
But football?
Deuces. Peace out. Buh-bye.
The sport just wasnât fun for Tyson, not at the positions he had to play being one of the biggest kids in the league â 5 foot 8 and 135 pounds in the 10- to 12-year-old division.
Considering the entire boys basketball team was at the same time preparing for football season due to the unique circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, itâs a wonder the Redhawks were able to place third in the Southern Carolina Conference and make the 3A basketball playoffs.
In doing so, the Redhawksâ basketball season ended just three days before the first football game â with no opportunity to postpone. So obviously the Redhawks will need time to get up to speed in football.
Monroeâs football team drew defending 3A state champion Charlotte Catholic in the opener and got blanked (27-0), and it put pressure on them to find a way in Week 2.