Stanhope welcomes coach Brian Bradford's former team in opener
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File / The Herald Stanhope Elmore needs to establish an offensive attack after graduating so many key pieces from last year's squad.

There are not many student-athletes remaining on the Chilton County roster who played for coach Brian Bradford during his time there. However, the ones who do may be cause for concern for Bradford and his current Stanhope Elmore team during this week’s season opener at Foshee-Henderson Stadium.

“This is a big game for us because it’s the first game,” Bradford said. “You always want to start off strong and have a good showing in your first game. Chilton County is a good football team and there’s going to be a little extra emotion to it. They want to beat their old coach so they’re going to come and play hard but we expect that.”

Caleb Turrentine is a sports writer for Tallapoosa Publishers Inc.