GAME DAY 2018
It's Game Day in Houston County, GA! Read about the teams and groups that make football an exciting time for everyone.
It's Game Day in Houston County, GA! Read about the teams and groups that make football an exciting time for everyone.
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VETERANS WARHAWKS<br />
20<br />
Story by DONNELL SUGGS<br />
A new era of football, the Milan<br />
Turner era, begins at Veterans High<br />
School this season. Turner, a football<br />
coach for more than a few years,<br />
will take over a football program<br />
that will be starting over at more<br />
positions than just head coach.<br />
Starters at quarterback, receiver,<br />
running back, linebacker, and in the<br />
secondary have moved on and in<br />
their stead will be a group of seniors<br />
that will get the opportunity to<br />
make their own names.<br />
Milan Turner will get the<br />
opportunity to start the <strong>2018</strong><br />
season with some senior leaders<br />
who got the chance to play with<br />
some of the programs best players,<br />
players like Leyton Pinckney who<br />
will be playing baseball at Mercer<br />
University next season, Jaylen<br />
Lowder, currently a sophomore<br />
tight end at nearby Fort Valley State<br />
University, incoming freshman<br />
receiver at University of Tennessee<br />
Martin Jeremy Horton, and<br />
Tennessee Tech freshman linebacker<br />
Josh Lee. For the previous four<br />
years, Turner worked as an<br />
assistant at Coffee High School and<br />
before that, was the head man at<br />
Emmanuel County Institute; the<br />
man knows football. He also knows<br />
Houston County - Turner worked as<br />
an assistant coach at Warner Robins<br />
High School as well.<br />
Starting with the quarterback<br />
position, Veterans will have an<br />
entirely new look in <strong>2018</strong>. Pinckney<br />
started behind center for the past<br />
two years and now the Warhawks<br />
will have a triumvirate of players,<br />
two seniors, at the helm. Seniors<br />
Cole Hooks and Sebastian Verger<br />
got the bulk of the snaps a few<br />
months ago during the spring game<br />
against Westside High School and<br />
are expected to do the same during<br />
the season. Dark horse candidate,<br />
New Era<br />
begins at<br />
Veterans<br />
High School<br />
sophomore Kedrek Smith, will be<br />
in the plans down the line but for<br />
the time being, the pair of seniors is<br />
going to lead the Warhawks offense.<br />
Both signal-callers will have a<br />
unique pair of receivers to throw<br />
the ball to in seniors Cordelle Clark<br />
and Zytorian Williams. Both players<br />
spent the 2017 season working their<br />
way up the depth chart and now<br />
will get the bulk of receptions along<br />
with fellow senior Jordan Brown.<br />
Clark, 6-1, 180 pounds, had a career<br />
<strong>GAME</strong> <strong>DAY</strong> MAGAZINE <strong>2018</strong><br />
Milan Turner<br />
First year head coach Milan<br />
Turner brings a ton of<br />
experience to the Warhawks<br />
football program after<br />
years at Coffee high school<br />
amongst others.
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