This is an anniversary season for Ashland Tomcat football.

Twenty-five years ago, a team led by Juan Thomas and others steamrolled through opponent after opponent en route to a 14-1 record and the Class AAA state championship.

Forty years ago, a team with the nickname “JAWS” terrorized football fields throughout the state en route to a 14-1 record and the Class AAAA State At-Large championship.

Ashland’s 2015 football team was given the privilege of a step back into the time capsule on Friday night when about a dozen members of the JAWS team and Coach Herb Conley paid a visit to the locker room before the Tomcats took the field to play George Washington.

West Point grads Greg Jackson and Chuck Anderson spoke first to the Tomcat players who were dressed and ready for action. They talked about commitment and unselfishness and how they’d practically give their left arm for another chance to play in Putnam Stadium.

 

 

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I got chills just reading the article!

I absolutely love stuff like that.

 

I'm ready to play tomorrow night. Who's got a #2 jersey for me?