U-L HEAD FOOTBALL COACH & AD LEAVING

APPARENTLY  CHANGES  ARE  COMING IN  THE  ATHLETIC  DEPARTMENT  AT  UPSON-LEE HIGH  SCHOOL.

HEAD FOOTBALL  COACH  JUSTIN  ELDER  HAS  REPORTEDLY  BEEN  HIRED  IN  MONROE COUNTY  FOR  A  MIDDLE  SCHOOL  TEACHING  POSITION--HE  WAS  HEAD  COACH  FOR   9  SEASONS  WITH A  RECORD  OF   51-WINS  48  LOSSES.   U-L   ATHLETIC  DIRECTOR  CHRIS KIRKSEY  HAS  REPORTEDLY  ACCEPTED  A  COACHING POSITION  AT  SMITH STATION, ALABAMA  AND  HEAD  BOYS  BASKETBALL COACH DARRELL LOCKHART HAS  TOLD   101  SPORTS  HE IS  RETIRING  AFTER  WINNING  TWO STATE  CHAMPIONSHIPS  AT  UPSON-LEE.

THE  GA. HIGH SCHOOL  ASSOCIATION  HAS  ANNOUNCED  U-L'S  MATTEWS FIELD  WILL BE  THE   SITE OF  STATE SOCCER  PLAY-OFFS  IN  MAY.