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Powers shares game plan
Now coach, former Buchtel football star promises new attitude, stresses studies
By David Lee Morgan Jr.
Beacon Journal sportswriter
The feeling of a community coming together was touching.
Ricky Powers, the new football coach at his alma mater, Buchtel High School, made that the emphasis during his meet-and-greet with supporters Wednesday evening at the Ed Davis Community Center.
Powers, a 1988 Buchtel graduate, was a star running back for the Griffins when they won back-to-back state championships in 1987 and 1988. He later starred at the University of Michigan and then played in the NFL for the Detroit Lions, the Browns and the Baltimore Ravens.
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