East Texas is a land of tough, committed, resilient, hard-working people who love and take care of each other. Communities come together in churches, in schools, and in high school football stadiums all across this, often overlooked, region of the state. Football is more than a sport for young men in this part of the country that is primarily made up of small, country towns. It's a means of modeling character, and instilling discipline and pride—a way of life led by a brotherhood of coache...

In the fall of 2017, Oxford High School Head Football Coach, Chris Cutcliffe, & University of Mississippi Professor, Dr. Hunter Taylor, began meeting weekly to collaborate on ways to make Cutcliffe's football program better. Using improvement science methods, they developed plans that sought to better foster a family culture, develop future leaders, and maximize the program's on-field potential. After two years of working together, the 2019 football team captured the 6A state championship ...

A Wounded Fairy With a Score to Settle. A Corrupt Leader, Schemes. Can Anyone Be Trusted?Haunted by the devastating fires and the trauma they left in their wake, Emmaline battles to find her place in a society filled with flying cities and formidable challenges. As she navigates the expectations of being a fledgling Flamerider, the nightmares that once tormented her have taken a dark and unexpected turn...Caught between her desire to fit into her new school...

A Young Fairy. A Deadly Secret. An Elusive Agency Watching Everything and Everyone.Every night, Emmaline O'Meern is tormented by visions of raging fires and the deaths of her people. Desperate to avoid a destiny of destruction, she must navigate the challenges of her final year of school without revealing her dangerous powers that could unleash chaos upon her world.As the finale of her school career approaches, Emmaline finds herself drawn into a hidden wor...

East Texas is a land of tough, committed, resilient, hard-working people who love and take care of each other. Communities come together in churches, in schools, and in high school football stadiums all across this, often overlooked, region of the state. Football is more than a sport for young men in this part of the country that is primarily made up of small, country towns. It's a means of modeling character, and instilling discipline and pride―a way of life led by a brotherhood of coache...