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July 28, 2010

Region football kickoff program set for Saturday

The Moultrie Observer

MOULTRIE — MOULTRIE — Former Colquitt County High head football coach Jim Hughes will be the keynote speaker at Saturday’s annual Kickoff to Men’s Health Event in Tifton that will feature Region 1-AAAAA coaches speaking about their teams’ prospects for the 2010 season.

The event will be held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference center just off Exit 64 on Interstate 75. The program featuring the region football coaches will begin at 10 a.m.

The event is free and the public is urge to attend to take advantage of free health screenings, high school football talk and free tail-gating food.

The event is sponsored by Tift Regional Medical Center.

The master of ceremonies  of the program will be Chris Beckham, who is the host of the Triangle Furniture Footbal Friday Night radio program.

Those expected to be on hand will be Rush Propst of Colquitt County; Ken Eldridge of Coffee; Jay Walls of Tift County; Rance Gillespie of Valdosta; and Terry Quinn, Lowndes High assistant head coach, who will be standing in for Vikings head coach Randy McPherson.

Hughes coached in Region 1 in the state’s largest classification — first Class AAA and then Class AAAA — from 1970-1999, winning three state championships.

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