At Tuesday’s High School Media Days in Opelika, Reeltown football coach Matt Johnson and four of his star players spoke about their upcoming season.
Amongst the team talking about its goals and plans to follow up on its third round playoff run from last year, Johnson announced his schedule had changed.
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