Greene County Football

Greene County High School football player RJ Monford recently received his first scholarship football offer from UAB. (LANCE MCCURLEY/Staff)

Greene County High School football player RJ Monford recently received his first scholarship football offer from UAB. (LANCE MCCURLEY/Staff)

GCHS’s Monford receives first college offer

Greene County High School football player RJ Monford recently received his first college scholarship offer.Last month, the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) officially offered the Tigers’ linebacker and fullback.
Greene County’s Tamari Roberts runs down the field during a scrimmage at a Kirby Smart 7-on-7 camp at UGA in Athens in June. LANCE McCURLEY/Staff

Greene County’s Tamari Roberts runs down the field during a scrimmage at a Kirby Smart 7-on-7 camp at UGA in Athens in June. LANCE McCURLEY/Staff

GAME PREVIEW: Tigers prepare to scrimmage War Eagles

The Greene County football team is set to take on the Putnam County War Eagles Friday at Al Reaves Field for a fall scrimmage. The two programs scrimmaged each other last season in a low-scoring, defensive affair.
Members of the Greene County football team look on as they learn how to clean industrial-sized kitchen equipment. LANCE MCCURLEY/Staff

Members of the Greene County football team look on as they learn how to clean industrial-sized kitchen equipment. LANCE MCCURLEY/Staff

Greene Football Gives Back: Tigers visit nursing home

The Greene County High School football team has recently been on a mission to give back to its community. Two weeks ago, assistant coaches Aubrey Fortson and James Miller accompanied several Tigers’ players to visit the Boswell Parker Health & Rehabilitation nursing home in downtown Greensboro.
Fortson and a group of 23 students were able to tour the Hancock State Prison facilities and learn more about the processes and potential job opportunities. CONTRIBUTED

Fortson and a group of 23 students were able to tour the Hancock State Prison facilities and learn more about the processes and potential job opportunities. CONTRIBUTED

Fortson helps Tigers give back to community

Greene County head wrestling coach and assistant football coach, Aubrey Fortson, is helping his players give back to the local community while summer workouts loom right around the corner.
Greene County football player Arkiyus Wright signs his letter of intent to play at Cumberland University during a ceremony last week held on National Signing Day. BRENDAN KOERNER/Staff

Greene County football player Arkiyus Wright signs his letter of intent to play at Cumberland University during a ceremony last week held on National Signing Day. BRENDAN KOERNER/Staff

Tigers’ Arkiyus Wright commits to Cumberland University

On the first day of February, Greene County’s Arkiyus Wright signed his letter of intent to play football at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. Family and friends gathered in the school’s theater around 2:30 p.m.