Florence Falcons Football Night @ Lost Pizza w/Kevin Johnson 09/10/26
93.9 The Score WYTK - September 10, 2026
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Florence Falcons football night at Lost Pizza. For the next hour we'll discuss Florence Falcons football with coaches and players.
Presented by 93.9 The Score, State Farm Agent J.D. Byers and River Bank and Trust. Now live from Lost Pizza in historic downtown Florence, here's the voice of the Florence Falcons, Kevin Johnson.
And good evening for Florence Falcons football night live at Lost Pizza. It is a packed house and a lot of falcon blue here.
As the Falcons are getting ready to take on the Russell Golden Tigers tomorrow night. Looking forward to that one.
Let's welcome the head coach of the Florence Falcons, Coach Kenny Marson here tonight.
Coach, how you doing my friend? I'm doing great.
Good man, great crowd again. Just good to see this crowd. I think they're starting to like this Thursday night show a little bit.
It's grown every week. Last week was a packed house too. Just fun atmosphere. Great to get out here and fellowship. Have a good time. Good food.
Great food about that. Absolutely. Great food. They take care of a lot of people and obviously we've got a lot of folks here from Florence and others are here too.
So I hope they're enjoying the night listening on the Florence Falcons football night. Coach, we talked about good crowds here.
Last week was an exceptional crowd. When the Falcons went on the road to muscle shows, a sea of blue went from one side to the other and the blue guys, the guys in the white and blue end up with a win 7-0.
But what a crowd last week. It was phenomenal. Our people traveled. I knew when we got there and we were unloading the buses, they're already lined up down the road.
I knew it was going to be awesome. We came out for pregame at about 6-15 when we're coming out in our flex lines. It was about three-fourths full at 6-15.
So it was a great crowd, standing room only, and boy, our crowd showed up. It was loud. It was a fun atmosphere for these guys to experience.
A playoff type atmosphere, no doubt about it.
Absolutely, no doubt.
And I want to say one other thing. How about the students? The student section at Florence High School. The nest was alive and well, man.
If they'll do that every Friday night, boy, you're going to have a 12th man in you.
Absolutely. We need them to keep coming out each week. They've been phenomenal every week.
Our folks traveled all the way to Pinson that first night. Coach Hopkins, Mr. Hopkins, I call him Coach Hopkins, he's going to be on shortly.
And he called out the community at the first Friday pep rally that we're going to show up.
Every away game is a home game for us, and we've showed up and traveled.
Well, last Friday night was a defensive stalemate against Muscle Shoes, but you get the win.
But there was no score to the fourth quarter. Late in the fourth quarter, neither team had scored.
I want to ask you a question as a coach. Does that change how you maybe, as a staff, start coaching in the fourth quarter late when you start seeing it's not a back and forth game, but more it's a defensive stalemate?
You know, I think, you know, I've been an offensive coordinator for a lot of years, and I know back when I was calling plays, you tend to get more conservative as it goes on.
You tend to feel like one score, it might be a field goal. You're playing a field position game.
I know one of our players, we were at fourth and three somewhere about midfield, and one of the players came off and said, let's go for it.
And I said, no, we're fixing to pin them deep, and Parker did. And you're playing field position.
You're not trying to turn it over. You're trying to be smart.
And, you know, we got one more snap there where we popped it for a touchdown.
And Coach McGuire, he came on the headsets and said, you know, what do you think? I feel like we need to be conservative.
I said, score.
Score.
All we need is one.
That's great advice.
Score.
Genius.
You know, I think Coach McGuire even said one time, hey, when I get the ball, I want to get in the end zone.
I've heard him say that before.
That's it.
Well, they did that that one time, and it played off, and Kayon Williams did it with a big run from 56 yards out.
Coach, going back and watching the film, that play looked like it almost was designed to go right more, and he cut back left.
And to me, it seemed like it said a lot about your left side of the offensive line as well, not taking a playoff.
Well, it says a lot about our O-line being coachable.
Coach Harden's over there in the corner.
He won't take a lot of credit for stuff, but he drew that one up on the sideline.
It's a bend play that we've been running, but we hadn't run it out of our pistol set.
And they talked about it on the sideline, and I didn't know it until we scored.
I heard Coach McGuire holler, that's all Coach Harden.
That was his call.
So, guys being coachable on the sideline, making adjustments under the tent, and a great call there.
It was a W.
It was a W, and it was a game winner for the Falcons and a great celebration.
But let's come back down to earth.
And, I mean, let's come back down to earth fast because the Russellville Golden Tigers is a whole new, well, shall I say, tiger to tangle with.
They are.
We've been preaching to these guys.
You know, we have a 24-hour rule, and we tried to get – we've lasted longer than 24 hours on muscle shows,
and we've got to continue to preach to these guys to get it out of their system.
And I even got on them today.
I told them, and I'll say it in front of them right here.
They're sitting here.
I told them, 7 o'clock, we better get it out of our system.
Yeah.
When a kickoff happens, we're playing somebody besides muscle shows, and it's important that we move on to this one
because I know what Coach Higgins is telling his team down there.
He thinks we're primed for an upset.
He's going to use every bit of that win against muscle shows and how we're feeling about it and how banged up we are.
He's going to use that against us and already has all week long.
I just know him too well, a close friend of mine, and I'd be telling our guys the same thing.
Well, I think that's what – two veteran coaching staffs, and you're going to go up against that.
And so that's great with the coaching staffs, but it comes down to the players on the field to making plays.
And in a game like this, both teams going into this game 3-0, I think it pays dividends for Florence and for Russell,
both to have faced tough competition already, tough games.
This will be a high-quality game.
It will, no doubt.
And Coach Higgins has got those guys playing really well.
Big Ball, we call Chris Ballantyne, is down there helping them with their defense.
Will Kilpatrick is their defensive coordinator who was on our staff at one time here at Florence a couple years back.
And I know those guys.
I've been coaching against them all my life, and they'll be ready.
Possessions will be crucial.
They're going to slow the game down.
They're going to snap it with less than 10 seconds on the clock when they break the huddle.
And Coach Wisdom's got a great plan defensively for these guys.
Our defensive guys have been dialed in all week on how to prepare for the wing tee.
But we've got to get them off the field.
And when we get possessions, we've got to make something happen because we won't get many.
Speaking with Coach Kenny Morrison of the Florence Falcons.
And Coach, you know this Russellville team is obviously playing with a lot of confidence.
Your team is playing with a lot of confidence.
When you know teams are sort of mimicking each other in the first three games of the season, what can the difference be really?
The difference is going to come down to blocking and tackling and not turning the football on.
Basics.
Stupid penalties.
We've got to clean that up for sure.
We've had excess of 8, 11, and 13 on penalties.
Way too many.
We've got to clean that up because, you know, you kill a drive when you only get six or seven possessions.
And you kill a drive because of a penalty, that one hurts and stings.
But we'll be prepared.
And I know that they're going to be prepared.
It's going to be a great football game.
Coach, you had one play last week that I thought said a lot about your team.
It was one player that did it.
But it's really a team player.
That's Kayon Williams when the ball was snapped over the head.
He retrieved it in the back of the end zone.
I thought he was going to pull a Chris Davis and go 109 yards because he was trying to get to the sideline.
He had seven Trojans around him.
He avoided the safety, got out to the one-foot line, saved your team points, saved your team of possession,
announced standing play.
I think that play exemplifies where this team is, don't you?
No doubt.
It's just determination.
You know, he ran angry.
You know, we were a little banged up at tailback position last week.
And that guy was a man during that game as a 10th grader.
And that game was – that play was the difference in the ball game.
You know, we say – I learned from Coach Adcock years ago.
But Decatur, the game's going to be decided between five or seven plays throughout the game, good or bad.
And that one play, the determination to come out of the end zone.
You know, you're driving to score and guys are diving, trying to get the ball over the goal line.
To have the flip side of it, diving, trying to get at least to the half-yard line and not give up a safety was a phenomenal play.
And that two points, you never know.
I mean, we tell our defense, Coach Wisdom's over here.
We say it every week from an offensive standpoint.
All we need is a shutout and a safety.
You know, offense doesn't even have to play.
So, two to nothing.
You know, that game could have been two to nothing.
Who knows?
And it's won a lot of games over the years.
As we speak with Coach Kenny Morrison.
And, Coach, tonight I know we've got a big crowd here.
But you really want the city of Florence to travel well.
And they've shown that they will.
That is, like I said, the 12th man to come be a part of this.
But also, it's going to be important for your team to sort of handle their emotions during this game.
Because this can be an emotional game at times.
And I know what Coach Higgins is going to say.
He's going to bring up the old Florence, not the new Florence.
He's going to talk about what the old Florence used to do when they got folks in their face and shove them and push them.
He's going to tell them, hey, they're going to retaliate.
They're going to hit you back.
And they're going to do that.
That's not this bunch.
This bunch has showed poise.
Last week, I told them, you know, it got a little chippy with muscle shows.
And I told them again at halftime, like I did at Oxford the year before,
the team that's the most disciplined that can avoid retaliation or can avoid that kind of confrontation,
saying something and letting their emotions take over, that team's going to win.
We did it at Oxford.
We did it last week.
And I look for our guys to continue to do that and play poised.
Coach, let's go get them Friday night, okay?
Let's go.
Go Falcons.
Let's hear it for the head coach of the Florence Falcons, Coach Kenny Morrison.
As we go to break, we also want to remind everyone that tomorrow night,
obviously, will be a night that we will remember 25 years of 9-11.
Our thoughts and prayers with those who have been affected by that in this great country we live in.
We're proud to be an American.
Our thoughts and prayers with them from the Falcon family.
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This past Friday night, the Florence Falcons fought hard to come away
with their first region victory of the year.
Look and found the step.
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Touchdown, Florence.
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Welcome back to Florence Falcons football night,
live at Lost Pizza.
Kevin Johnson, voice of the Florence Falcons,
glad to be with you.
Hey, big shout out to the Florence Falcons girls' flag football team,
number one ranking in the state of Alabama.
Let's hear it for the ladies.
They did a great job.
That's congratulations to them,
and they continue to pour it on.
Also, do you think that's the only number one team?
I don't think so.
How about the boys' cross-country team ranked number one,
girls' number three?
That's pretty big as well.
And Charlie Hollingsworth,
a 5K school record, 15.26.
Great team right there.
So congratulations to both those teams
and having a great season already.
Seems like any Falcon team right now in the fall
is having a great team,
including this Falcons football team.
We're joined now by a special guest
who knows a lot about football, I guarantee.
That's where he sort of cut his teeth,
but now he's in the administrative side,
and we're glad and honored to welcome to the city of Florence
our new superintendent, Florence City Schools.
Let's hear it for Mr. Bill Hopkins.
How you doing, Coach?
I'm great, Kevin.
Glad to be here tonight.
Man, I always call you Coach, so correct me.
That's just sometimes, that's a good thing, though.
Isn't that right?
Absolutely, it's a good thing.
It's a badge of honor.
I hope someone always does.
I can tell how they know me sometimes when they,
but how they address me.
I've got several nicknames,
and I can tell you exactly where they're from
when they tell me about those nicknames.
I understand as we speak with Bill Hopkins,
superintendent of Florence City Schools.
And, you know, when you come in here tonight,
look at this crowd,
seeing everybody here at Lost Pizza.
You ever been to Lost Pizza before?
I have been to Lost Pizza.
It's one of my favorite spots to eat lunch.
I get that little lunch special with that pizza,
that salad, that drink.
I come in here all the time.
Okay, so you're aware of this,
but I don't know if I've ever seen it this crowded.
This is amazing.
A lot of Falcon fans here.
It's good to see the excitement about Florence Falcons
in the city of Florence.
Absolutely.
Let's talk about a couple of things.
You're used to wearing the headset before,
as I've said.
You've worn it as a coach and everything.
Talk about a little bit how the game has changed
since you've watched it
when you're coaching and watching it now a little bit.
You know, Coach Morrison doesn't want me to say this,
but I think one thing that's changed is the salaries.
You know, they're paying them a lot.
No, I'm just kidding.
But, you know, I'll tell you what the game,
the technology of the game has changed.
I still think it's still blocking.
It's still tackling.
Kids still have to work hard.
I think the people that work the hardest,
that lift the most weights,
that work hard in the summer,
those are the people that win,
the ones that really buy into it,
and I don't think that'll ever change.
But what has changed is just the things
that we can use technology-wise,
and I think safety is so much better.
I think that that is something
that we should all be proud of
is that now that we have the doctors on the sidelines,
we have those type things.
Good word right there from Coach Hopkins,
the superintendent of Florence City Schools.
And I want to ask you this question.
What drew you to Florence?
I mean, you know, Florence, Alabama,
probably may not have been on your radar,
and the story's pretty amazing how you end up here.
Well, I have to give Coach Morrison
a little bit of credit.
I was actually going to the grocery store,
going down the road.
He makes a phone call and says,
you know that Dr. Shaw's going to retire.
You got anything to do?
Why don't you come over here
and be an interim for a while?
I said, I'll think about it.
So anyway, I knew Dr. Shaw,
so I talked to him,
and he said, yeah,
that's what was going to happen.
So I came over here,
and my whole intent was just to work
about three days a week,
and then I'd go home in May.
But the reason that I'm here
is what you're looking at here right now.
When I got over here
and I seen the love that these students,
that the individual,
the community has for this school system,
I thought to myself,
who does not want to be a part of that?
And I think,
and it would take a lot for me
to come out of retirement,
but I say this all the time,
it's like one of those things
where you say,
oh, I'll never fall in love again
or I'll never do this again,
and then you slip up and you think,
I am in love.
And that's exactly what happened
with me in Florence.
I just fell in love, man.
I fell in love.
My wife and I, we live here now,
and so I actually can walk here
to the Lost Pizza.
Okay.
So we really enjoy everything
about the community,
the quality of life,
and this school system is super special.
As we speak with Mr. Bill Hopkins,
the superintendent of Florence City Schools,
and you know,
you've watched this city,
you're learning this city,
but the city's learning you too.
I don't know if anybody's told you this or not.
You've got a little bit of energy.
Has anybody ever told you that before?
I do.
I don't have but one speed.
One speed.
I don't understand.
I say two speeds.
I'm either shut down completely
or either I'm full speed.
And I don't know how to slow it down.
And that's good
because you know sometimes in leadership
it's just be who you are.
Do you find that's a big thing in leadership
and passing that down to teachers, coaches?
Hey, don't try to be me.
Be who you are.
I think that that's a great thing to be.
I was actually doing an interview
on another podcast earlier last week,
and they asked a question very similar to that,
and I said,
yeah, one thing that you need to be,
and I learned very early in life,
is I need to be me.
Yeah.
You know, I can't emulate anybody else.
And when I do that,
I end up messing up.
So I just try to be the best version of me
that I can be.
And I'm unapologetic of my core beliefs.
You know, I believe in every child.
I believe everybody can be successful,
and I believe everybody should have opportunities.
And that's what I'm excited to see
because it is my job to make sure
that these individuals in here
have the resources they need to be successful.
You have brought some things
to the school system already that we see
and just building upon things
of people from the past,
like Coach Shaw, as we mentioned,
a great person that helped our city
and city school so much.
And you're building upon that.
But one of the things I noticed is
every time I look around,
you're a part of some school spirit.
If there's something going on
to start the year
or even in the games,
I look around and there you are.
But I think I see a video
where you're not in the swag line
a little bit one day
with the kids out there
and you were saying,
hey, let's go.
School spirit means so much to you.
Why do you want to pass that
on to the students?
Well, I will say this.
I want to lead by example.
Yeah.
And I want the students to see
that I can be part of their success.
And I will tell you another thing.
You know, I've done this
for a long time.
This will be year 15
as a school superintendent.
And sometimes in another past life,
I got bogged down
by the CEO part of that.
And I said to myself,
that's not fun.
I don't enjoy that.
I'm going to do things
that make me happy
that benefit the school system.
And let me just say,
that might not have been
my best decision
because my thighs burned
for about a week.
Hey, I bet it burned,
but it was worth it.
The kids will never forget it.
And I think that's a big part of it
as we speak with the superintendent
of Florence City Schools,
Mr. Bill Hopkins.
And Mr. Hopkins,
I want to say too,
a lot of new projects
going on with athletics
already being happening.
We've seen the transformation
of Brawley Stadium happen.
But so many more things,
not only going on,
but things that they're talking
about going in the future as well.
Absolutely.
We have a very aggressive board.
That's another thing
that brought me
to Florence City Schools
is that they have a vision
for what they would like
the school system to look like.
And we feel the one thing
that we can add
is some infrastructure things.
So I think that when you see
our basketball season,
you will see jumbotrons
in our stadium.
And there will just be
a lot of other things
that we have.
Obviously, we have, you know,
our flag football
for the first time this year.
But, you know,
we want that to carry over
into every academic thing
that we do too.
A long time ago,
I had a guidance counselor.
She told me, she said,
she called me in the office
first year as a head coach.
And she says,
Coach, I hope y'all do well
because the school year
depends on you.
And I go,
what are you talking about?
And she said,
so goes fall athletics.
So goes our school year.
And I go,
what do you mean?
She says,
you get the opportunity
to set the tone
for the school.
That's big.
And, you know,
you're not going to put
that kind of pressure
all the time
on fall sports,
but it does.
When things start out positive,
this very success
that you see everybody having,
this will carry over
into basketball.
It will carry over
to softball.
It will carry over
into baseball.
It is contagious.
We want to be part of that.
And I think that that's
what we're seeing
happening right now.
Well, I'll be honest
with you,
Mr. Bill Hopkins,
superintendent here
at Florence City Schools.
You're contagious as well.
Your energy,
your excitement,
it gets me excited,
it gets our fans excited,
it gets the city excited.
I want to ask you
one more thing though.
Are you ready
for Friday night football?
Oh, I'm ready
for Friday night football.
Let's go for it.
Let's have a big game.
We'll look forward to it.
Let's hear it
for the superintendent
of Florence City Schools,
Mr. Bill Hopkins,
being our guest tonight.
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It's time for a Florence Falcons
one-minute timeout
with head coach Kenny Morrison
following the Falcons
7-0 region win
at Muscle Shoals.
Just so proud
for these young men,
this community.
They've waited 10 years
for this to happen
and this is our fifth year.
It's been a tough struggle
for four
against Muscle Shoals
since I've gotten here
and we're just glad
to get this one
under our belt.
3-0, region 1-0.
We're just glad
to be where we are right now.
We knew it was going
to be a defensive battle.
We knew they had
a great defense.
We know we have on defense.
Did it kind of go
how you expected it to?
I told the guys
right before the game
started in the locker room,
I said,
this is going to be
a heavyweight bout, man.
It's going to be
a 15-round battle
and somebody's going
to get knocked down.
Somebody's going to have
to get back up and fight
and it lived up
to the billing.
Two great football teams
getting after each other.
Hats off to Muscle Shoals.
Boy, they got a good team.
Who knows?
This could be a matchup
again down the road
in the playoffs.
So we'll enjoy it
for 24 hours
and we got to get ready
for the next one.
Join us this Friday
for Florence and Russellville.
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Welcome back
to Florence Falcons
football night
live at Lost Pizza,
a packed house again.
Lots of blue here,
lots of Falcon fans here.
Good to see everyone here
and we want to welcome
in our next guest,
the one and only
the offensive coordinator
for Florence High School.
Let's hear it
for Coach K. McGuire.
Coach, how you doing, man?
I'm doing good.
How are you?
Man, I tell you what,
you know, this offensive line,
they're pretty smart.
They noted Coach.
They said, hey,
we're going to give him
a lot of round of applause
because that means
we might get a chance
to carry the ball one day.
That's it, man.
Special plays for those guys,
for sure.
And now, I got to ask you,
Lost Pizza,
do you have a favorite pizza
by the way?
Yeah, I get the Lucille
every time, thin crust.
We continue to win right now
so I'm very superstitious
about things.
Very superstitious.
Does that mean like
during the game week
you do some routine
things as well?
Oh yeah, I've been drinking
the same energy drink
every Friday,
everything.
And his family's
nodding their heads
over there so they're,
oh yeah,
that's a real problem.
No problem about that
as we speak with
the offensive coordinator
of Florence High School,
Coach Cade McGuire.
Coach, family's a big thing
to you too.
I mentioned your family
here tonight
and you brought in
a new Falcon fan
this year.
I did, yeah.
A little Bennett,
me and my wife
had Bennett in April.
He's almost five months
old now.
He's our whole entire world.
It's been fun adjusting
and realizing how busy
you can be between
coaching, teaching,
and raising a kid
all at the same time.
Well, he's got,
he's been a good luck charm
for three games.
He comes and sees me
every Friday.
I feel like that's,
I'm being superstitious
there too.
He'll be there again
tomorrow.
I like that.
Speaking with Cade
McGuire,
the offensive coordinator
for Florence High School.
Big win Friday night
obviously,
but a place that you
played at as well.
I know it's a lot
of emotions because
you were on the other
side as a player,
but now to be there
on the Florence side
and a big win for the
team is special
not all around.
Oh, absolutely.
I tell those,
I told those kids
before we ever
stepped on the field,
that whole entire streak
started my junior year
in high school
and I wouldn't have
loved anything more
than for those guys
to end it.
And it was just,
you can't replace
the emotions.
I've got family
over there.
I'll never hate
the place,
but I sure as heck
take great joy
in beating them
for sure.
Well, we like you
in the Falcon Blue,
that is for sure.
And it seems like
it fits pretty well.
And Coach,
I want to ask you
about some,
your offense starts
up front,
the big guys.
They've been eating
well over here.
They've been eating
well tonight,
but they've also
been eating well
the first three games.
Physicality's there,
but also it's a lot
about communication.
Talk about importance
of communication
with this offensive line.
Absolutely.
Coach Harden's
done a phenomenal job
with those guys.
Communicating is major,
you know,
from the center
all the way
from left guard,
right guard,
all the way
to the tackles
and even the tight ends.
Communication is key
and it's really
those guys
understanding the rules
and the techniques
in which they have
to portray
in order for us
to be successful.
It's a work of art.
I mean,
it's really what it is
and just seeing those guys
understand,
you know,
we'll ask them in film.
We introduce an opponent,
pop it up there
and say,
hey,
what's the call here
if we're running this?
And they'll tell us
and that's year two
of the system
and it's made
a huge difference
and hats off
to those guys.
They're playing lights
out right now
and we expect them
to continue to do so.
Does year two
in the system
help you add
to the playbook
a little more?
Absolutely.
So,
last year,
you know,
we had about a month
there to get things going
and then we revamped
about week five
last year
and I got nervous
last year
about what all our guys
could handle
in such a short amount of time
and then when I finally said,
forget it,
we're just going to do it,
that's when we started
popping off
and winning games.
So,
those guys saw
the exotic stuff
and now we've been able
to build on that exotic stuff
and it's made all the difference
in the world.
Speaking with Cade McGuire,
offensive coordinator
at Florence High School,
I always say
players often take
the personality
of their coaches.
You play coach loose,
they play loose.
It's a big part of that as well.
Let's talk about
your sophomore quarterback.
Mr. Mahan
has done pretty well
for our sophomore.
You've thrown a lot at him,
been thrown into fire
but he's handled pretty well.
He has done exceptionally well.
You know,
the stats column
is not absolutely
lighting up the charts
or anything like that
but I tell him every week,
he is a game manager.
He never loses his cool.
He stays calm
and collected
which in our offense
that's what you need.
When you've got
three running backs
and an offensive line
like we've got right now,
that's what you need
and he can make
the deep throws,
he can throw
the quick hitches.
He's done a phenomenal job
and just as far as execution,
getting the signals,
he doesn't make a lot of bust,
knock on wood,
but he's doing
a great job right now.
Three running backs
that you have in the stable
and I call them
the stable backs.
What do they all bring?
Three completely
different playmakers
that are all
really exceptional
with the ball
in their hands.
Elijah Hines,
he's kind of my guy
that knows that offense
like the back of his hand.
So any kind of funky situation,
you could expect him
to be in there.
He's great in the passing game
as well,
got a great set of hands
on him.
Carson Johnson,
number zero,
he's our plugger,
he's our downhill guy.
You know,
he's not big,
he's really not big,
but he's so strong
and stocky.
People just continuously
bounce off of him
and he makes...
And they lose him sometimes.
They do.
Yeah,
he's smart about hiding
behind that big offensive line.
I know,
I know.
And then K-On,
K-On's kind of both
and he's got the breakaway speed
that the other two,
the other two can break one
and they have.
But K-On is one of those,
I mean,
you saw him the other night.
It's once he gets
that one step,
he's gone.
Like I said,
it's like a Leonard Skinner song,
give him three steps
and you'll see him no more.
Absolutely.
That's what K-On is for sure
as we speak with
Coach Cade McGuire
and Coach,
before I let you go,
what do you want to see
out of your offense
this coming Friday night?
The more physical team,
hands down.
We have to,
they're feeling really good
right now
and they should.
They've had three wins,
the upset against Hartzell
last week,
Coach Higgins,
Coach Muthershed,
Coach Kilpatrick,
Coach Bowe,
all those guys
are doing an exceptional job
over there
and hats off to them.
But I would like to see
our guys
bring a physical aspect
to the game
that cannot be matched.
You've played at Russellville
a few times in your career,
I bet, didn't you?
I have.
So you know,
it's a different atmosphere,
it's a great atmosphere,
should be a fun game
tomorrow night.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
That fan base
is phenomenal over there.
It'll be packed out.
My wife's excited
to get a Russellville
hot dog over there
tomorrow night.
Yep,
they're famous for that.
She's excited about that,
but it'll be great
and I can't wait
to watch her kids come here.
Well,
I think the Falcon fans
will be excited about it as well
and we look forward
to that scoreboard
lighting up on the Falcon side.
Coach,
turn that playbook loose
and let her go tomorrow night,
okay?
Will do.
Let's hear it
for the offensive coordinator here,
Florence High School,
Coach Cade McGuire.
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Florence Falcons
one-minute timeout
with head coach
Kenny Morrison
following the Falcons
7-0 region win
at Muscle Shoals.
Just so proud
for these young men,
this community.
They've waited 10 years
for this to happen
and this is our fifth year.
It's been a tough struggle
for four
against Muscle Shoals
since I've gotten here
and we're just glad
to get this one
under our belt.
3-0,
region 1-0.
We're just glad
to be where we are
right now.
We knew it was going
to be a defensive battle
and we knew
they had a great defense.
We know we have
on defense.
Did it kind of go
how you expected it to?
I told the guys
right before the game
started in the locker room,
I said,
this is going to be
a heavyweight bout, man.
It's going to be
a 15-round battle
and somebody's going
to get knocked down,
somebody's going to
have to get back up
and fight
and it lived up
to the billing.
Two great football teams
getting after each other.
Hats off to Muscle Shoals.
Boy, they got a good team.
Who knows?
This could be a matchup
again down the road
in the playoffs
so we'll enjoy it
for 24 hours
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Florence Falcon football night
on Thursday night
and we're having
a great crowd
of Falcon fans here.
Kevin Johnson,
Voice of the Falcons,
glad to be with you tonight
as we talk
with a lot of different
Falcon coaches.
Would you help me
in welcoming now
the defensive coordinator
of Florence High School,
Coach Harold Wisdom.
Coach, how are you doing?
I'm good.
How are you Kevin?
Doing well.
What was the meal tonight
for the Wisdoms
over there tonight?
Same thing we have
every week.
I'm extremely superstitious.
So we had wings
and pizza
and my wife had a salad.
All right.
So this is a superstitious
coaching staff.
Coach, I'm going to be honest,
you're a defensive coordinator
and I knew immediately
that you were
a defensive coordinator
because when you got
the headsets,
I put my headset
on the right side,
the microphones
on the right side.
Only the offense
all go on the left side.
You know,
isn't it funny
how defensive,
offensive guys,
they really are
different in many ways.
Yeah, those guys
over there are just weird.
I don't know.
Offensive guys
are all weird.
So I think defense
is pretty normal guys.
Pretty normal guys
when we're on the defense here.
I like that
as we talk about that.
We speak with Coach
Ariel Wisdom.
Coach, let me ask you
a couple of things.
First of all,
you're about to face
a team tonight
or tomorrow night
that has coaches
that coached against you
or you coached you up even
and you're on their team.
What's it like
to face a team
that were guys
that impacted you
as a player
and as a coach?
You know,
I told our kids
earlier in the week
about Coach Mothershed
and Coach Higgins
and Coach Blue
and what those guys
mean to me personally
throughout
my career
and our relationship
and not to add
any more pressure
than there already is
on us in the game
but it's going to be
a special night
just because
not who we're playing
but just for what
those guys mean
to me personally
and the love I have
for those guys
and just the memories
that we've made
so it's going to be
a good night
good environment
we can't wait to play.
Not often do you
prepare for the wing T
offense at this level
but now you do
tomorrow night
but it's not your
first time prepared for
but still it's the
first time for the team
to face it
I know it's a
teaching week this week
well you know
with this style offense
you don't see it much
in our level
but every offense
at our level
has some aspect
of the wing T in it
you know
and that's in college
even in the professional game
it wrinkles on down
to high school
but it presents
some problems
just because you don't
see much under center
stuff and the angles
it creates
and how fast
the ball hits
in certain places
but for us
we try to just
preach our kids
it's another set of
offense
surface is surface
formation is formation
and we try to coach
you know
eye discipline and technique
and this is your
assignment
this is your key
and it ain't always
went good this week
you know
because
you know
but that's what
practice is for
so
but I think our kids
are up for the challenge
they're excited
and we look forward to it
speaking with Harold Wisdom
defensive coordinator
at Florence High School
and coach
this past Friday night
your defense showed
a lot of heart
there was a lot of
bend but not great moments
did you learn a little bit
more about your defense
this past Friday night
I did
you know
and as you mentioned
too earlier
with Coach McGuire
it's year two
for me also
in this process
and you know
last year
we took our bumps
and bruises
with the way
we installed our defense
we put a lot
on the kids
right
we put a lot
on the kids
as far as
them making the checks
them putting us
in position
the coverage checks
the front checks
how we play the box
and all those things
and you know
it's just a process
so as far as
the job our kids
have done to this point
it's just
they really focused
and bought in
and it's fun
to watch them
because we tell them
all the time
look at the end of the day
make a call
live with it
as long as we're
all on the same page
we can live
to fight another down
but as far as
bend don't break mentality
I think that's a lot
of defenses
right
we tell our kids
all the time
no matter what happens
just make them
keep snapping it
you know
statistically odds
go back to the defense
in favor
if you make them
keep snapping it
so
and
I'm extremely proud
of them
because there was
times last year
where our kids
mentally
would just
they would fold
right
and that's expected
they let emotions
overcome themselves
but we're at the point
this year where
it really didn't
phase our kids
right
good, bad, ugly
it don't matter
they're just going to
keep playing for each other
keep pulling together
and it's just
it's fun to watch
it really is
speaking with
Harold Wisdom
defense coordinator
Florence High School
and you're facing
the Tigers team
with the wing tee
and everybody knows
that running game
is so big part of it
they can throw it too
though and that's a big
part of their offense
it is
and that's the aspect
that the wing tee brings
I mean they might throw it
ten times a game
or five times a game
they're going to make you
load the box
and the frustrating part
of it is
you can do everything right
you can do everything right
play great technique
be physical
play pad level
all those things
and they're going to get
three or four yards
three or four yards
keep the ball away
control the clock
shorten the game
and then defensively
you get closer and closer
and then they take a shot
so that's definitely a concern
they've got a big strong
quarterback with a great arm
they've got a receiver
that can absolutely fly
we've had trouble
at times this year
giving up a deep pass
because our eye discipline
wasn't where it needed to be
so those are things
we continue to grow
and preach on
so if it was all good
at this point
we would need to keep
practicing right
so those are things
we don't shy away
from our deficiencies
we tell our kids
defensively all the time
don't tell me
what you do good
when you put your film on
don't go make highlights
where do you need to improve
where are your deficiencies
what do you need to work on
if you're a great tackler
then what don't you do great
so we need to always
keep improving ourselves
so those are the things
to this point in season
that we need to work on
with our eye discipline
on the back end
keeping the ball in front of us
and making a play
so it is concerning
because it is a big playoff
it is when they throw the ball
so hopefully we can keep it
in front of us tomorrow night
that's great insight
right there about
defending the wing tee
from Coach Harold Wisden
Coach it's going to be
a chess match
it's two veteran coaches
and two veteran coaching staffs
there's going to be a lot
of see what they do
it's back and forth
is that fun when you coach
in a game like that
absolutely
and again
we tell our kids
all the time
we'll figure it out
you know
if they show us
something we haven't
worked on or prepared
you for
we'll figure it out
right
that's the chess match
you know
and some people
play checkers
we try to play chess
on our end
you know
so to speak
but it is
that's funny
especially in a game
like last week
where you're going
back and forth
defensively
you know
who's going to blink
first
you know
who's going to make
a mistake first
so
and that's just
a testament
to our kids
they've really bought
into what we
we're trying to teach them
and they believe
in the coaching staff
and we believe in them
and they believe
in each other
so hopefully
we can just keep
growing together
and see how far
this thing takes us
coach
I think everybody's
excited about it
Friday nights
are still excited
for you aren't they
oh absolutely
and going to Russell
you've been there
before a few times
been there many times
so you know
and look
the most exciting
I tell our coach
my defensive coaching staff
all the time
my wife
is the biggest
coach
in our family
okay
there is
there is
there is times
we'll go into halftime
and I'll check my phone
or something
she's giving you instructions
she's got all kind of things
what we're doing good
what we're doing bad
what we should be doing
what we shouldn't be doing
what am I doing
you know
can we get her on the radio
maybe next week
a little bit
that'll be good
absolutely
I like
I've seen text messages
to coaches too
but they don't reply to me
for about four or five days
I'm glad you replied to her
oh yes sir
ladies and gentlemen
let's hear for the defensive coordinator
of Florence High School
Coach Harold Wisdom
great job here tonight
thank you Kevin
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we're joined now
by two of the seniors
for Florence High School
let's hear it for
Nelson Elliott
and Otis Sistron
let's give them
a big round of applause
hey guys
y'all doing alright
tonight
you doing alright
alright that's good
that's good
let me give you
a couple things
for a couple of y'all
first of all
last week
big win
Otis
did you get any
text messages
after the game
last Friday night
yes sir
I got lots of
lots of text messages
what was the one
that stood out
did you get one
from somebody
you didn't expect
not really
mostly from my dad
though
okay
mostly from your dad
yes
does he text you
during the game too
knowing that you
can't answer
have you ever
noticed that
some dads do
they'll text you
during the game
wait till you text me
I can't answer that
that's pretty good
I like that
I like your dad
texting
Nelson what about you
did you get a lot
of text messages
last week
yes sir
especially after
most shows game
a lot of text messages
from family
from friends
it was awesome
alright now
I know that your
dad's a legendary
granddad's a legendary
basketball coach
Gary Elliott
did he happen to
give you any
instructions about
football or anything
did he ever help you
out on football
a little bit
yes sir
when I was younger
he used to
coach me up a lot
yep he did
okay
just making sure
that
I didn't know
if he still
did that
a little bit
he can coach
any sport
trust me about that
as we speak
with Nelson
Elliott
and Otis
Sistrunk
two fine young men
seniors here
at Florence
High School
first of all
Otis
what position
do you play
and what number
do you wear
I play safety
and I wear
number six
okay
and Nelson
what position
do you play
and what number
do you wear
I play receiver
and I wear
number 17
alright
I want to ask you
a question
because
one's an
offensive guy
one's a
defensive guy
I'll start
with you
Nelson
you face
Otis
in practice
as a safety
you're a receiver
tell me what
makes him such
a good player
yes sir
it's every day
actually we're
one-on-ones
going against
each other
competing
so playing
Otis
is also
a lot of
great opportunity
for me to get
better
and one thing
I noticed
about Otis
is every practice
he's coming in
with a high motor
ready to practice
high energy
that's a great
word right back
there
Otis
let's do the same
question for you
you face
Nelson
in practice
what do you
see about
Nelson
makes him
a good
player
well the same
thing he said
we go against
each other
every day
in one-on-ones
he's a physical
receiver
even when it's
running routes
or blocking
he's very
physical
so that's why
I like going
against him
a lot
that's good
I love those
answers from
these two
young men
as we speak
with Nelson
Elliott
Otis
two seniors
at Florence
High School
and Nelson
I want to ask
you what's it
like to play
for a great
veteran coach
like Kenny
Morrison
yes sir
I think this
is year five
under coach
he's just been
preaching the
same stuff
to us
so it's been
really easy
to get the
standard
and go about
his way
I like that
that's a great
answer right there
and Otis
I'm going to ask
you a little
different question
but that is
when you talk
about this
defense you're
a part of
what makes
this defense
so special
so far
you think
I just
think
the defense
we just
gathered
together
as a whole
and just
started
competing
against each
other
and making
each other
better
starting from
the D-line
which we have
a great D-line
the linebackers
which is
very physical
so yeah
I like how
these guys
give credit
to their
teammates
you guys
are going to
be alright
on this
I think
this is
pretty good
with you
I speak
with Nelson
Elliott
Otis
I want to
ask you
before I forget
by the way
Otis
anybody you want
to say hi
to that might
be listening
tonight
give a
shout out
to someone
my dad
that's a good
answer
dads are always
good answers
I like that
Nelson
what about you
for me
I think my
grandparents
they can't be
here tonight
so big hello
to them
what teacher
might be
listening tonight
that you guys
want to give
a shout out
to
what's a teacher
that really
you like
that's your skill
that makes
a difference
in your life
I'll start
with Nelson
on that
Miss Clemmons
was my math
teacher last year
she was always
big into football
so she's listening
she's a great
teacher
I like that
she's listening
I'm sure
what about you
Otis
probably Miss Tittle
alright
yeah
alright
I like that
so two great
teachers there
like getting them
a shout out
as well
listening in tonight
well Otis
I gotta ask you
there's an old
phrase that used to
say Otis my man
and when you make
a play
I get excited
and I go
Otis my man
has done it again
when you make
that big play
do you ever
do you have
a nickname
anybody give
you nicknames
growing up
or anything
like that
no
no nicknames
sticking right
with Otis
like that
ok
when you make
it
it gets me
excited
when you hit
those big hits
you had a couple
the other night
as well
Nelson what about you
do you have a nickname
that you ever get
when you were
growing up
and they say
oh they're
a nickname
for you
as you were
playing
nah I think
I just always
got called
Elliot
Elliot got called
by the last name
I can handle
that as well
well these two guys
are fine young men
fine players
from Florence High School
I want to ask you guys
some rapid fire
right quick
and we're going
to do a couple
questions
ok
alright
we're going to
talk about
we've been here
at Lost Pizza
but sometimes
you have to get
dessert
what is your
favorite flavor
of ice cream
I'll go with you
Otis
Vanilla
Vanilla
no doubt
Vanilla
man I'm with you
man
you're on the
same page
what about you
Nelson
Cookies and Cream
Cookies and Cream
man he goes
see the safety
gets it
go safe
right
be safe with it
go with the vanilla
I like that answer
what about this
there's a lot of
coaches here tonight
which coach
do you think
could eat the most
wings
at Lost Pizza
on a given night
probably
Coach Harden
Coach Harden
man that was
no hesitation
from Nelson
on that
Coach Harden
so ok
what about you
Otis
who do you think
which coach
could eat the most
wings
Coach Wisdom
Coach Wisdom
I gotta tell you
listen
I'm gonna be honest
with you
as your defensive
coordinator
but he sort of
nodded over there
and said yeah
he may have me
on that one
that's pretty good
I like that
hey guys
are y'all excited
about where
season is right now
has it been fun
to play in these
first three games
I'll start with you
Nelson
yes sir
it's been
really fun
playing with
the senior class
that we've been
playing together
for since
seventh grade
so yes sir
do you feel like
there's a lot
of chemistry
on the team
there with the
team as way
it's starting
to come together
Otis
yes sir
there's a lot
more chemistry
from freshman
year now
to senior
we just
came together
and yeah
a lot more
chemistry
I like that
I like that
you two young men
are great
representatives
of Florence
High School
y'all ready
for Friday
Night Football
yes sir
all right
how about
a go Falcons
as we let
you go
go Falcons
all right
let's hear it
for Nelson
Elliott
Otis
two fine
young men
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Florence Falcons
one minute timeout
with head coach
Kenny Morrison
following the Falcons
7-0 region win
at Muscle Shoals
just so proud for these
young men
this community
they've waited 10 years
for this to happen
and you know
this is our fifth year
it's been a tough
struggle for four
against Muscle Shoals
since I've gotten here
and we're just glad
to get this one
under our belt
3-0
region 1-0
we're just glad
to be where we are
right now
we knew it was
going to be
a defensive battle
we knew they had
a great defense
we know we have
on defense
did it kind of go
how you expected
it to
I told the guys
right before the game
started in the locker room
I said this is going
to be a heavyweight bout
man
it's going to be
a 15 round battle
and somebody's
going to get knocked down
somebody's going to get
back up and fight
and it lived up
to the billing
two great football teams
getting after each other
hats off to Muscle Shoals
boy they got a good team
who knows
this could be a matchup
again down the road
in the playoffs
so we will enjoy it
for 24 hours
and we got to get ready
for the next one
join us this Friday
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welcome back to
Florence Falcons
football night
live at Lost Pizza
we won't have a broadcast
the next two weeks
we'll come back
for the Athens game
with our next broadcast
but homecoming
is next week
so a lot of activities
next week
as we're back home
taking on the
Decatur Red Raiders
but first things first
getting ready to take
on the Russellville
Golden Tigers
tomorrow night
joined now again
by our head coach
Coach Kenny Morrison
and Coach
first of all
you've got to love
when you see these
seniors step up
and be on the air
live and in front
of this big crowd
and just knock it
out of the park
just really two
classy young men
absolutely
they did a phenomenal
job on the radio
and they have each week
I mean
we've got a great group
of young men
in this locker room
and we're just
fired up about them
and proud of what
they've done
for this community
I just love how
calm they were
cool they were
and it says like
if they're that way
here they're going
to be that way
on the field as well
so we speak with
Kenny Morrison
the head coach
of the Florence
Falcons
coach you know
in any football
season
people don't realize
during the week
teachers administration
they're so important
behind the scenes
encouraging
helping
and maybe just
communicating with you
about players
and teams
that's such a big
part of it as well
isn't it
well the communication
I get a lot of times
is not always good
but
that was just about me
with teachers
reaching out
but no
this faculty
and admin
this whole school
system and communities
behind these young men
and they've started
off really well
we've got to keep
playing well
next game up
Russellville
we can't look
too far ahead
but yeah
in the school building
there's a buzz
excited for that
and like I've always
said you know
the year will go
as we go
and we've kind of
set the tone for it
learned that a long time
ago from Tandy Gerald's
and it holds true
superstitious coaches
you have here
a couple of them
you know
offense coordinator
defense coordinator
they eat the same thing
they have the same routine
are you in that same boat
or did that change
over the years
listen I'm an old
baseball guy
every baseball person
I know is superstitious
so I mean
you get on a hitting streak
you got to keep doing
the same thing
over and over and over
and I'm a creature
by habit
and yeah
very superstitious
did you grow up
a Braves fan
or another team
I'm a Red Sox fan
oh okay
I like the Red Sox
that's good
I'm sort of that same way
I like the Red Sox
that's pretty good
right there
as we speak with
Coach Kenny Marson
Florence Falcons
and Coach
it has to feel
a little bit better
this region's different
but one of the great
things is
on the road games
it's only 30 minutes
down the road
that's got to feel
a lot better
doesn't it
a lot better
for sure
you know
we travel so much
to Huntsville
in that area
all the time
and you know
it's good to be
Decatur being our
far region game
Athens or Decatur
we like that so much
and you know
Russell's right down
the road
close proximity
and kind of
how I remember
at Decatur
we'd go one way
to Hartsland
one way to Athens
was close
and you know
kind of same way
here
most shows
and Russell
right here
beside us
Coach
it's going to
take all three
phases of the game
in a game like this
tomorrow night
what do you talk
to your team
about the three
phases of the game
coming up
they're all
equally important
and we got to
take a lot of pride
in every bit of it
and we have
we've been really
good in special
teams
knock on wood
and we need to
continue that
because special
teams again
it will determine
and the other
night was a
field position
game
and due to
special teams
we were able
to pin them
back several times
they pinned us
back
it was a back
and forth deal
but special teams
will be crucial
all three phases
again
blocking and tackling
is what it comes
down to
and at times
we didn't tackle
very well last week
and our coaches
got that fixed
this week
we should be
wrapped up
and ready to roll
what do you
really want to
talk to your team
as you're about
to go out tomorrow
and say hey
this is what I want
to see out of you
tomorrow night
as you walk
on the field
this is what
I'm looking for
compete
and that's what
they've been doing
you know
we've not had
the best practices
this year
going through
the weeks
they've been
really focused
I don't know
if they've
it showed on
Friday night
they've conserved
their energy
until Friday
so if they'll
continue to compete
and stay together
and again
some good
is going to
happen
some bad
is going to
happen
we've got to
handle them
the same
and our guys
have done that
and stay poised
and play the next
play
all the stuff
that you tell
them all the time
did you have to
adjust to Labor Day
this weekend
a little bit
we did
we did
we don't get
any holidays
it was early
Labor Day
morning
we'd come in
on Sunday
afternoon
as well
and Labor Day
morning
we've been
two a days
because we come in
in the mornings
for school
before
and we've
got them
first period
for weights
and then we do
football in the
afternoon
with eighth period
so we've been
used to two a days
we had one
in the morning
on Labor Day
and then an
afternoon on Tuesday
so one of the
coaches said
it doesn't feel
like we've
practiced
well we did
we just condensed
it into one
two lengthy
practices
but we've got
our work in
and we've got
we've adjusted
it's time
to play
time to take
a deep breath
and get ready
for Friday night
isn't it
absolutely
coach rest up
let's go get
them tomorrow
night okay
yes sir
go Falcons
the head coach
of the Florence
Falcons
let's hear it
one more time
for coach Kenny
Martin
great job tonight
we want to say
thank you to
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for hosting us
tonight
they have been
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Florence Falcon
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we appreciate
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great job
tonight
and thank you
to all the
Florence fans
coming out
each week
for our show
we look forward
to being with
you again
in the near future
but first of all
let's be at the
stadium Friday night
as the Florence
Falcons go on the
road to take on
the Russellville
Golden Tigers
and let's see if
we can go 4-0
on the season
for our station
manager Greg Thornton
for Blair Krieger
our studio host
of 93.9 The Score
I'm Kevin Johnson
saying have a great
night
enjoy the night
and we'll see you
Friday night
most of all
see you in church
on Sunday
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