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DEL.ICIO.USExcitement spurring Etowah success
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Nobody saw Etowah coming last year, as new coach Bill Stewart came over from Parkview and led the Eagles to an 8-4 record and the first playoff win in school history.
On Friday, the climb up the state’s ladder continued for the Eagles, as they snapped a six-game losing streak to intracounty rival Sequoyah with a 31-7 rout.
There’s still a long way to go for Stewart to get Etowah’s program near Parkview’s, but it looks like he has pulled a remarkable immediate turnaround in the attitude surrounding Etowah football.
“For whatever reason, there’s a lot of excitement around,” Stewart said. “I think it’s definitely a mindset. Here, I want our kids to come in striving for the best. Some day, maybe that happens.”
Here are a few great program turnarounds we looked at:
— Jimmy Dorsey, McEachern: The Indians had never won more than 8 games before he became coach. They won 9 his second year and for each of the next 14 seasons.
— Dave Hunter, Brookwood: The Broncos went from 1-9 to 10-2 in Hunter’s first year. They had double-digit wins in 9 of his 15 seasons there.
— Cecil Flowe, Parkview: Flowe got the Panthers’ first 10-win season in his third year, starting a string of 11 consecutive seasons with 9 wins or more.
Your turn: What do you think was the greatest turnaround a new coach started in the state? Talk about it here.
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By jc
September 4, 2007 1:57 PM | Link to this
It will all be over in a couple weeks for the Eagles when Woodstock visits Etowah for the battle of Towne Lake Parkway..Woodstock will crush Etowah
By irv
September 4, 2007 2:15 PM | Link to this
The battle of Towne Lake Parkway? No one calls it that, do they?
By jc
September 4, 2007 2:27 PM | Link to this
Folks here in Woodstock do.
By Kh
September 4, 2007 3:05 PM | Link to this
no we dont
By Kh
September 4, 2007 3:05 PM | Link to this
no we dont
By Kh
September 4, 2007 3:05 PM | Link to this
no we dont
By justinfh88
September 4, 2007 5:40 PM | Link to this
I wish Roswell could still play you guys(Etowah) I would love to see you guys go back to the cellar where you belong.
By ehs
September 4, 2007 6:19 PM | Link to this
all the woodstock people need to be quite because you guys are going to lose this year.
and you guys know you really lost last year. that field goal was good the officials were a joke
By 28 Sweep Pass
September 5, 2007 8:51 AM | Link to this
I thought you guys called it the Battle of Towne Lake, not Towne Lake “Parkway.” I didn’t think either school was on that road.
Don’t they call Parkview-Brookwood the Battle of Five Forks Trickum?
By Kh
September 6, 2007 7:06 PM | Link to this
this is dumb woodstock is just mad because they stink at everything =]
By Mike
September 14, 2007 7:02 AM | Link to this
Us…loose? Naw. We’ve beat them every year.. why stop now?