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34 November 2020 in a mess. Looking at his notes, he realized he didn't have sufficient information to generate a worthwhile scouting report. Sitting in the stands near Gainey was the great Beattie Feathers, assistant coach at Wake Forest. Feathers was a high school star in Virginia and later at Tennessee under the great Robert Neyland. He spent six seasons in the NFL and played on the same Chicago Bear team with Hall of Famer Bronko Nagurski. He made coaching stops at Appalachian State, North Carolina State and Texas Tech before arriving at Wake Forest. When Gainey shared his problem w ith Feathers, Feathers sat w ith him in the stands for close to an hour giv ing him a detai led repor t on Nor thern Durham. Heath said the Falcons were immediately met w ith derision by their opponents. "Seventy-who, Seventy-what, Seventy-how,'' he said. "Where's that?'' e Northern team ran the popular wide- tack le six defensive formation and was led by an outstanding lineman in the defensive front who lined up opposite Seventy-First tight end Randy Ledford. Ledford would go on to coach baseball at Westover and baseball and football at South View. e football field at South View is named in his memory. "Randy took it as a personal challenge,'' Boyette said. "Randy stalemated him, whipped him all over the field. at was the whole difference for our offense. It gave us an offensive advantage.'' The Falcons got al l the points they needed in the first half, the first touchdow n on a 3-yard run by Sherman Sumpter and what proved to be the clincher on a 2-yard run by A nza Adams. Horace Whitaker sealed the win with a conversion pass to Marshall Lovett. Lovett, who also played basketball at Seventy-First, went on to attend Campbell College where he played basketball for Danny Roberts. In his last two years with the Camels, Lovett played on teams that went 47-10. He was named Campbell's Outstanding Male Athlete and earned third team NAIA All-American honors. McNeill has been sharing his articles with Lovett, but only recently learned that Lovett has been blind since 2000 due to a case of meningitis. He lives in an assisted living facility in Maryland. McNeill is trying to CUMBERLAND DISASTER RECOVERY COALITION (910) 491-3694 3203 | Ramsey Street, Fayetteville | PO Box 702, Fayetteville, NC 28302 www.cumberlandstrong.com | www.facebook.com/CDRC.NC La misión del CDRC es evaluar las necesidades no satisfechas de los sobrevivientes de desastres y proporcionar a los residentes del Condado de Cumberland acceso, coordinacion, y educacion a los recursos disponibles de los recursos disponibles durante un desastre a largo plazo. OUR MISSION OF LONG TERM The mission of Cumberland Disaster Recover y Coalition (CDRC) is to assess unmet needs and provide Cumberland County residents access, coordination and education of available resources in a long-term disaster caused recovery. DISASTER RECOVERY

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