'Dog' days of season: Eagles, Lady Eagles fall to Jasper
BY QUINTEN BOYD
      When a team is knocked out of playoff contention, the players can do either one of two things. They can either pack it in and go home, resigned to taking their lumps for the rest of the season or they can try to finish the year strong.
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Cherokee County athletes sign to play at next level
4 football players from Alto, 3 from Jacksonville and 3 from Rusk sign with Lon Morris, Northwestern St. (La.) and Abilene Christian Univ.
     PHOTOS: LEANN JONES AND BEVERLY MILNER (above) Alto's Brandon Thacker, Kyle Denum, Demarcus Griffin and (right) Marcuse Gasaway hope to bring their winning ways to Lon Morris College. The Yellowjacket teammates became accustomed to success at Alto, winning back-to-back state championships in 2007 and 2008.
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10 county athletes take part in National Signing Day
Quinn Anthony to Northwestern St. (La.), Rusk alum Justin Sturns to Abilene Christian; eight sign with resurrected Lon Morris program
BY QUINTEN BOYD
      For a football player, the anticipation of stepping out onto the gridiron is a feeling that lasts throughout winter. That anticipation for college football programs across the country continues through February as they wait for players to sign their name to a national letter of intent.
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