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  • Skip Cassady Doesn’t Let Anything Hold Him Back

    Skip Cassady Doesn’t Let Anything Hold Him Back0

    He’s been a fighter right since birth, but Skip Cassady hasn’t let much stop him, except maybe a freeway. “I don’t drive on the freeway,” Cassady said.  “Freeways scare the crap out of me.” The Press Democrat: El Molino alum Skip Cassady remains a dedicated Lion A self-proclaimed sports fan, the 51-year old was born

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  • Starting My 13th Year With Purple Puck

    Starting My 13th Year With Purple Puck0

    Today starts the 23rd National Capital Hockey Tournament, the Purple Puck at Fort Dupont Ice Arena in Washington, D. C.  For me, it’s my 13th year behind the mic for every game, every day of the tournament. The Purple Puck is the longest running high school ice hockey holiday tournament and is filled with some

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  • After 56 Years, Bailey Retires

    After 56 Years, Bailey Retires0

    Herb Bailey has been announcing longer than most P. A. announcers have been alive, and now he’s ready to click off the microphone one last time as the 80-year-old is ready to call it a career for this South Carolina announcer. When people hear Georgetown, they think of the basketball powerhouse in Washington D. C.,

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  • Mattix Steps Down After 13 Seasons

    Mattix Steps Down After 13 Seasons0

    Thirteen seasons can seem like a short amount of time when compared to some of the announcers we highlight here.  We’ve seen 30, 40, and 50 years, but 13 years is nothing to sneeze at.  That’s how long most students spend in school before going off to college, but for Pete Mattix, he is stepping

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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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  • 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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