Local Footbal and Phosphate

Our local high school just won it's third 5A State Championship in a row...sixth in the last 30 years. They haven't lost in three years. They have finished the season N0. 1 in the USA Today High School Poll the last two years. This year they traveled to Ohio to play their best...came away with a solid victory.

There are 25 seniors on their roster...nine of them are going to SEC powerhouses (1 to Alabama, 6 to Florida, 1 to LSU, and arguably the best of the group is still undecided).

This isn't anything new...our county has produced Ray Lewis, Freddy Mitchel, Rod Smart (or, He Hate Me), Travis Henry...and more.

There's a cliche that there's something in the water...but I really think there is. We have three things that grow really well here...oak trees bigger than you'll ever see, the best oranges in the world, and fast football players. The reason...we have the largest deposit of phosphate on earth...mines all over the place to dig it up...and phosphate chemical plants (6 or 8) to process the phosphate into fertilizer.

Note to Tommy T...recruiting in Florida starts in Polk County.