coach Pete Adkins, winning a state championship, number four of 10 


Samson has inherited some coaching principles from Adkins.  that if you can’t block or you can’t tackle, you’re not going to win a lot of games. So we’re really stressing fundamentals.”  notable exception --- Paul Hickman, the Energizer Bunny of high school football coaches in Central Missouri


Hickman, 71, has been coaching high school football in Central 


“He’s one of those guys who’s probably forgotten more about football than I’ll ever know,” Samson said. “He knows about every- thing there is to know. 


have him.”              formed Central State 8 conference. Other teams are Eugene, Fayette,  “It’s going to be a big challenge,” Samson said. “Instead of playing teams who are using second- and third-string kids, we’re going to  “We’re going to have to outwork everybody we play.”


  “The atmosphere’s going to be tremendous, a great small-town football atmosphere,” Samson said of the Aug. 30 home opener against Cuba. “It’s going to be so exciting. The fans have been waiting as long as our players who started playing when they were freshmen. “It’s going to be a big party, is what it’s going to be — and there just happens to be a football game going on at the same time. “I hope it’s one of those things that on Friday nights, the town shuts down and everybody’s there. It’s football time.”


     TAKE TIME TO ENJOY IT.


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  Jefferson City


Lake of the Ozarks


Holts Summit Russellville


Columbia Linn


Westphalia Chamois


Reid A. Millard  


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