Focusing on Edmondson

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• About the series Kevin Van Valkenburg and Lem Satterfield began reporting this series in mid-September of 2006. Along with photographer Andre Chung, they spent the entire week with the Red Storm football team leading up to the Edmondson-City College game on Sept. 23, 2006. They interviewed players, other students, coaches, teachers, administrators and family. They witnessed nearly every scene in these stories while driving to school with the players, attending classes and school events with them, observing practices, hanging out in the locker room, visiting players' homes and watching the big game. Additional follow-up reporting was done throughout the season. In certain instances, players and coaches were asked to recount their thoughts during a scene after it had taken place. Van Valkenburg wrote the stories.