Just a few things that are going on around campus at CCHS:

1. Head baseball coach Gary Reynolds has "retired" as head baseball and assitstant football coach for CCHS. His presence I'm sure will be sorely missed come Friday nights, it just won't be the same without the voice from the press box. Although he has dropped his coaching positions, Coach Reynolds will stay on this year at CCHS to teach science, as he has always done. Coach may not be in the pressbox making the calls, but come Friday night, I'm sure he will be in the stands, and will still have a voice to be heard.

2. What's up with the schools? Here's the deal for all of the people who always find out last. The decision has been made to keep Mellow Valley and Bibb Graves schools open for the upcoming year, although both schools will be closed next year. This means that the talent from Bibb Graves and Mellow Valley will then be divided into Ashland or Lineville. Next year, when both of these schools are closed, the talk is that zoneing will be inforced, meaning that some of the football players will be moved to the opposing school. For all the Ashland guys living in Lineville, and vice versa for the Lineville folks, this is going to be a MESS, if , or when, it happens. So unless arrangments can be made, some players are going to be sporting some different colors within the next few years. Let's just keep our fingers crossed and keep the schools in our prayers.

3. Summer workouts come to a halt. Now the panther team will start practices, starting out with 2-a-day practices for the extra week of summer granted because of the mess with the schools. Then when school starts the team will be going full tilt and back to the 1-a-day practices. Its going to be some tough stuff in the heat, but the Panther team is about commitment, and is ready for the season to get underway.

4. Talk of another state championship at CCHS???.....well, lets just look at this before we reach any conclusions. The team had a great spring training this year and has worked hard all summer. With the talent on this team and the fact that they dropped to 1A,  it has some of the football fanatics in Clay County licking there lips, knowing the chance for another trip to Birmingham might be in the future. Though, we have dropped a class that doesn't mean the competition is going to get easier. Even Coach Horn has been quoted as saying that he would rather be back in 2A, playing in the region we were in last year rather than in 1A, in the class we are in now. So, this means it's going be a tough road and  extremly hard, but  the chance is there. It's always there, and with hard work and commitment by the panther team this chance might can be cashed into another state title.