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  • Cancer Not Holding Back Thompson

    Cancer Not Holding Back Thompson0

    Bobby Thompson got news he didn’t want to hear on Valentine’s Day in 2014, that he has colon cancer.  The following September he was told it wasn’t curable.  That hasn’t stopped him from his role with Garden Plain High School as the P. A. announcer for basketball and football. The Wichita Eagle: Bob Lutz: Garden

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  • New Announcer Tributes Former Announcer

    New Announcer Tributes Former Announcer0

    Bob Matthews took over as the voice of Lehigh football on September 19 of this year when the Mountain Hawks took on Penn.  During a stoppage in play, Matthews was tasked with paying tribute to Bill McCoach who did events for 27 years. The Morning Call: Longtime Poconos broadcaster Bob Matthews is the new voice

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  • Taking A Ride With ‘Night Train’ Lane

    Taking A Ride With ‘Night Train’ Lane0

    Personality behind the microphone can separate you from the crowd.  The ability for the gift of gab, but also be entertaining without overstepping on the play.  Staying power, being able to keep yourself in the box through nine coaches, that’s what Night Train Lane, the P. A. Announcer for Booker T. Washington High School in

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  • UMass Football Has A New Familiar Voice

    UMass Football Has A New Familiar Voice0

    Experience is important for announcers, and spending 10 years as the play-by-play voice of Leominster High School football has led to an NCAA football P. A. announcer position for Todd Robbins when the Minutemen of UMass were looking for a new voice behind the mic. Sentinel & Enterprise: Leominster native lands job with UMass football

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  • Bill Bergstrom Still Announcing at Worcester State

    Bill Bergstrom Still Announcing at Worcester State0

    Some will argue nothing has changed in Central Massachusetts since the 1980’s, and they would be right when it comes to Bill Bergstrom who has called every play for the Worcester State Lancers since the program elevated to varsity status in 1985, though he’d already been at it for almost 20 years at Bartlett High

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  • Community Honors Late Announcer

    Community Honors Late Announcer0

    It’s always sad when a voice has gone silent for the last time and all that’s left are memories.  The Glen Rock (NJ) Junior Football Association recently dedicated the pressbox at Upper Faber Field to the late Bill Clark, who will always be known as “The Voice of Glen Rock”, even after the last players

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