Hard work, excellent play leads Blackwell to Divison I

  • C.J. Blackwell signed a college baseball scholarship recently. A celebration was held for him at Franklin County High School. Pictured are (front, from left) his mother Laura Smith, C.J., his father Corey Blackwell, Franklin County Athletic Director Jason Oliver, (back) Franklin County High School Principal Roger Wilkinson, FCHS Baseball Coach David Skelly and assistant coaches Ryan Phillips and Elliott Beard. (Photo by Scoggins)
    C.J. Blackwell signed a college baseball scholarship recently. A celebration was held for him at Franklin County High School. Pictured are (front, from left) his mother Laura Smith, C.J., his father Corey Blackwell, Franklin County Athletic Director Jason Oliver, (back) Franklin County High School Principal Roger Wilkinson, FCHS Baseball Coach David Skelly and assistant coaches Ryan Phillips and Elliott Beard. (Photo by Scoggins)

    By Shane Scoggins

    Publisher

     

    When the All-Region 8AAA baseball team was announced this year, Coach David Skelly had to call senior C.J. Blackwell to tell him he was only named “Honorable Mention.”

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