HIGH SCHOOL SUPER-STAR: THE JUNIOR YEAR
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~ A novel by Cecil Buffington
Coach Thomas Shaw was the head football coach and athletic director at William Edward Salem High School in Ridgeview, Maryland. The huge AAAA high school had a tradition of strong athletic teams.A knock on his door one mid-August day changed high possibilities to high probabilities for state high school sports supremacy. Coach Shaw quickly discovered that transfer student Kyle Morgan was not a normal 16 year-old high school junior. Things were about to get exciting around the old school.
A beautiful basketball playing cheerleader enters the picture, an intriguing CIA mission moves to the front, a rock n’ roll recording contract becomes a reality for the high school super-star, and fabulous play-by-play sports action gives you the feeling you are watching Salem High School athletics from the stands. A climatic and shocking conclusion will bring tears of sorrow to your eyes followed immediately by shrieks of joy.
The Kyle Morgan story has just started.
High School Super-star: The Junior Year can finally be told.
Special dedications to the memory of my parents ~ Lucille and Hoyt Buffington, my Grandmother ~ Mrs. Emma Bennett, my sister ~ Dianne Buffington, Coach John Davis, Mrs. Mable Potter, Mrs. Stella Ash and my childhood best friend, Johnny Pruitt. These wonderful people will never be forgotten.
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Kyle Morgan found out very early that he had amazing abilities on the athletic field. He was also an outstanding Scholar-Athlete . . .
In the summer of 1962, starting his junior year, he transferred to Ridgeview, Maryland. The large AAAA school was traditionally a state power in all sports. He wanted to play quarterback on the high school football team . . . .
Coach Tom Shaw was well respected as a brilliant football mind ~ Literally years ahead of his time. He was an outstanding track and field coach and a great administrator of the school's athletic department, which he served as athletic director. He would become a mentor to Morgan as he progressed through his high school career. Coach Shaw was to later make the comment that "Kyle Morgan is not only the best athlete I have ever coached, he is the best I have ever seen."
Kyle's dad Ken Morgan was employed by the Central Intelligence Agency. He was active in many cases that affected National Security. He had worked with Kyle in many area's of specialized training during his teenage years.
Butch Cobb was a 240-pound Junior tight end that befriended Morgan in his first few days at his new school. He would become his best friend.
Enter Misty Porter ~ A very attractive young lady, a football cheerleader, star basketball player and outstanding scholar.
Almost immediately a budding relationship between the lovely cheerleader and the high school super-star began.
Morgans's favorite football player was 1958 Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon of LSU. Morgan would always wear Cannon's number 20 throughout his high school playing days.
The Golden Eagle football squad was a formidable opponent for defending state champion District-Heights and traditional rival West Ridgeview.
Morgan breaks loose for a long touchdown run vs. East Ridgeview.
John F. Kennedy was the President of the United States in 1962.
In 1962, "The Beatles" were taking Europe by storm, They were just months away from making their debut in America.
Morgan recorded a rock 'n roll song that climbed to number 3 on the charts in the U.S. in early 1963.
On the basketball court Morgan was unstoppable.
The 1962-63 Salem Eagles with Mentz, Morgan with ball, and Ellerson pictured up front. Three all state players.
Mentz was the backup quarterback to Morgan in football and a star on the basketball team. He also high-jumped on the track team and played short-stop for the baseball team.
Jack Ellerson, along with Morgan was a High School All-American basketball player.
Misty unwraps her Christmas gift from the high school super-star. Misty Porter had a life long career goal that surprised Kyle Morgan when she divulged it to him.
Misty gave Kyle several items for Christmas, including this 1962 comic book.
When spring sports started, Morgan performed at amazing levels on the baseball diamond as a pitcher and outfielder. In track and field he excelled in the pole vault.
Morgan established a national high school record in the high hurdles at the Salem Relays.
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The shocking conclusion to Morgan's junior year will both awe and shock you. A surprising climax that you just won't see coming. The High School Super-Star: The Junior Year story is finally being told.
