According to longtime Booneville assistant football coach Riley Presley, “When a male child is born in Booneville he learns 48 Sweep coming down the birth canal.”
Every kid who has ever played football at Booneville High School under “The Legend” is taught 48 sweep before anything else. The play is so ingrained in the fabric of the Booneville community that almost every man, woman and child can diagram it against any basic defense.
Of course, “The Legend” who has made the 48 sweep so famous is Jim Drewry, the most successful coach in the history of Mississippi High School Activities Association. Coach Drewry has won more than 300 games, three state championships and has been inducted into the National High School Sports Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C. Simply stated, Coach Drewry is a “rock star” in the world of high school football.
Enjoy some of Coach Drewry’s exciting moments in his almost 50-year career in photographs in Gridiron Glory. Also, let the Blue Devil teach you how to run the famous 48 Sweep so you will have something to talk about the next time you visit Booneville–home of The Legend and the 48 Sweep.
The Frascognas will be signing Gridiron Glory at Lemuria on Wednesday, November 17th at 5:00.
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