ABOUT THE Authors

Corey Clark is an Atlanta-based sportswriter who has covered high school and college football for the past eight years. He started his career as a sports writer in Thomasville, Georgia in 1998 and was named sports editor of the Valdosta Daily Times the following year. After covering Valdosta High, the nation’s “winningest” high school football team, Clark returned to the Atlanta area to cover high school sports for the Gwinnett Daily Post. In over four years with the Post, the Atlanta area’s second-largest paper, Clark covered more than two dozen players that went on to sign Division-I scholarships. The University of Georgia graduate has earned numerous state awards for his sports writing and editing. He lives with his wife, Shanna, in Suwanee, Georgia.

Ira Schoffel is a sportswriter in Tallahassee, Florida, with 15 years of experience covering high school and college athletics. Schoffel started his professional career while studying journalism at the University of Florida. Since 1991, he has served as a sports writer and sports editor for numerous newspapers and Web sites in Florida, Georgia and Maryland. Schoffel is currently managing editor of The Osceola, a weekly newspaper devoted to covering Florida State University athletics, and is a regular contributor to the Miami Herald and Florida Times-Union. He has earned numerous state awards for his sports writing, news writing and editing. He lives with his wife, Kim, and their two daughters.

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