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Friday, Southside hosts Fayetteville with a berth in the 7A championship at stake.
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"Really, I was closer to him than my dad," he said. "He taught me to hunt and fish."
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At 5-foot-8, [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] is hardly the biggest or strongest running back in the 7A-West. Sometimes, the Southside running back hardly stands out at all.
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"He's got a great personality and we're a close team," Williams said. "He also reads (the blocks) well and understands how the line blocks."

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"We didn't really know what he could do, and at first we were sort of skeptical," center Dakota Smith said. "(But) I promise you, no one works harder than he does. He's always praising us."
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