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On a muggy August morning after a game the night before, Trevor and other Purple Hurricanes posed with players in the Cartersville Parks and Rec Department, including the author’s son. Scott Barkley photo

Clemson, Trevor and those who pave the way for influence

January 9, 2019

By Scott Barkley, Georgia Christian Index

For other Cartersville residents and I, it was surreal to see Trevor Lawrence, a kid who had just been known around town as “Trevor” since he was 15, on the national stage last night. It shouldn’t have been.

Over four years we saw his talent at Cartersville High’s Weinman Stadium, the spirals thrown at ridiculously impossible angles with equally ridiculous velocity. Fans of the Purple Hurricanes became used to 42-0 leads halfway through the second quarter. In 2017, his senior year, Trevor and the Canes led Calhoun – a team that would later that year win the Class AAA state championship – 51-0 at the half.

So when the kid many call “Sunshine” after his resemblance to the character from the movie “Remember the Titans” shone so brightly on the national stage against the favored Alabama Crimson Tide, many of us weren’t surprised.

To read the rest of this article which first appeared in the Georgia Christian Index, click here.

Scott Barkley is editor of the Christian Index, the newspaper that covers Georgia Baptist news and features. This editorial first appeared on the Christian Index’s website.

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