Another year...the same song

Decatur Daily Democrat:

(Tim Ehlerding of Decatur has written a novel, “Always a Loser, Forever a Champion,” a story inspired by the 2008 Bellmont High School football team's state championship. “If you read the book, it’s pretty clear who the various characters are,” Ehlerding said. The general story line follows the actual events, “but I took quite a bit of literary license.” Following is the first of five edited installments being published by the Daily Democrat.)
A football season has a way of imparting permanent scars, scratches, and sores all over the limbs of a high school running back. For many athletes, the level of exposed skin damaged and discolored by bruises and scrapes ....