Saturday, August 22, 1998

'98 football kickoff

It's just about time to ask, Are you ready for some football? The Big Country is almost ready to turn on those Friday night lights and commence another exciting season of high school football. And for just that reason, the Abilene Reporter-News sports staff has spent hundreds of hours assembling this year's annual football tab.

To be published with Sunday's paper, Kickoff '98 is filled with the kind of essential information about every team in the Big Country that will make real football fans want to keep it at hand throughout the season.

At 88 pages, this year's production is the biggest ever. Along with schedules of every high school district and stories about each team's prospects, Kickoff '98 also features coverage of local and area college teams and a week-by-week schedule for the National Football League.

Altogether, it's a jam-packed encyclopedia of football data. We know Kickoff '98 will pump up your enthusiasm for the soon-to-arrive season.