Sunday, March 30, 2008

Independence Clicks By Antioch


ALCOA --- Click … click … click … the inbox at StumpOnSports.com began to sound-off shortly after noon on Wednesday March 27.

The morning began with a few votes for Antioch as the Bears extended their lead in the 2008 Tennessee Football magazine’s Cover Contest.

Nonetheless, when Gerard Smith cast his vote for Independence High in Thompson’s Station at 12:01 p.m. on Wednesday the clicking began to increase.

One after the other the votes clicked in throughout the day until more than 150 votes were cast for the Independence Eagles that day.

That was only the start.

After overtaking the Bears of Antioch for the honor of having their own Tennessee Football magazine cover specially designed for the school, Independence continued on voting.

As of noon Sunday March 30, Independence had 329 votes compared to Antioch’s 51.

Brentwood Academy, Knox Fulton, Tyner, Bolton, Ooltewah, Union City, Ravenwood and Howard all have received votes.

However, something tells me that this race isn’t over.

Independence is displaying the school spirit that helped ignite the Eagles to a 5-A TSSAA state finals appearance in 2007.

The students of Independence were very impressive cheering for the Eagles in a loss to Smyrna that day at Middle Tennessee State.

There probably is a tad of animosity between Independence and Antioch. The Eagles eliminated the Bears in the TSSAA playoffs 44-12 last November 16.

Your team can still be the winner of the Tennessee Football magazine cover contest.

With the deadline set for midnight on April 15 the sprint by Independence may not be enough.

Have your coaches, players, faculty, band, boosters, and sponsors go to the TennFB.com site and place a vote to win a custom designed cover from Varsity Sports Media.

The winning school will receive 500 copies of the 2008 Tennessee Football magazine with your custom cover at no charge.

Sell the magazines with the custom cover for $10 each and your school has a $5,000 fundraiser and a lot of spirit for the school.

Just click on the link at the bottom of this story and vote for you favorite team.

Now, here’s a tip that might lead to your school becoming the ultimate winner.

Spread the word to everyone you know in your community who will go to the website and vote.

In addition, photocopy this sheet many times and pass it out to as many people as you know.

Get your booster club, church, civic organizations and everybody you can reach out to vote for your team.

Contact the local radio and television stations, as well as newspapers in your area, and ask them to direct people to the site to make your goal come true.

Utilize your school website to spread the word.

It’s obvious that Independence is following these tips.

Vote Here

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