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Millbrook pounded Garner 34-0 in a rematch of a 4-A third round game from 2007.
The Wildcats completely dominated Garner, which was shut out for the first time since Nelson Smith assumed the head coaching job.
The Trojans had scored in 77 consecutive games.
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Josh Brooks, Garner's exceptional football junior wide receiver, is expected to join the Trojans for practice on Monday. He has not participated in practices so far and is not expected to play in Garner's games against Millbrook (Aug. 22) and at Middle Creek (Aug.29).
The 6-foot-5, 190-pound Brooks is a great jumper and is particularly effective on fade routes. He had 747 yards in receptions in 2007 and scored 14 touchdowns.
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Garner is the preseason football favorite in the Greater Neuse 4-A.
It’s a wonderful invention, that little blinking light above the front and rear bumpers of every vehicle. I just wish more people would learn how to use it.
It also wouldn’t hurt if a lot of drivers went back to school to learn about paying attention to and respecting other drivers on the road. I bring it up because, in recent weeks, I have come dangerously close to being run off of Interstate 40, U.S. 70 and other area highways by drivers who seem to have forgotten the rules.
The only things that seem to have saved me from having a massive wreck so far are my own efforts to be a defensive driver and the presence of those many turn lanes along U.S. 70 between Garner and Smithfield. (Bless the people who demanded that those lanes be installed!)
My hope in writing this is to encourage drivers like the ones who have nearly killed me to perform the incredibly difficult tasks of turning their head 90 degrees and, or lifting their hand to turn on their turn signal. Those of us who value our lives and wish not to be run into ditches would be much obliged.
