Why I will be rooting for the Central Lions this fall
This is good news for fans of the Woodruff High School football team.
The Mid-State 6 Conference school hired Woodruff coach Tim Thornton as its newest head coach, notified when principal Randy Simmons called him hours ago.
“We put an emphasis on building a program and not a team at Woodruff,” Thornton said. “We’ll do the same thing at Peoria High.”
The Woodruff alumnus went 25-32 over six seasons with the Warriors, including three consecutive playoff berths from 2006-2008. The program had three total berths prior to that.
I fully expect the new Lions program to be a major power in the central Illinois area. Thornton is a proven leader, and with a much larger student body to work with, he should have no problem getting teams into the playoffs.
Original post by Billy Dennis