Players, like Mark Banbury, front, and Aiden Besselman and Jamaal Brown, back, are ready for some football as many area teams kick off the season with exhibition games on Aug. 26. Read all about how the local teams stack up in the football tab, inserted in the Aug. 21 edition of The Almanac.
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Prepped for prime time
Prepped for prime time
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By Eleanor Bailey/The Almanac
Mark Banbury, front, and Aiden Besselman and Jamaal Brown
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Almanac Sports Editor
An award-winning journalist, Eleanor Bailey has been employed by Observer Publishing Company since 1982. She is the sports editor at The Almanac and a contributor for the Observer-Reporter.
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