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KAPLAN - A strange dichotomy has taken place in the Brodie family. A few years ago, dad Craig Brodie was head coach at Berwick, and his son Cory was one of his assistant coaches.
Now, as the Kaplan Pirates get ready for the 2021 football season, Cory, 30, takes over the Pirate program as head coach while dad, Craig, who’s 60, is one of the younger Brodie’s assistants coaches.
So how does the pupil become the teacher and the teacher the pupil?

Abbeville High’s McKinsey Nicholas pulls no punches when he talks about playing cornerback on defense.
“I feel that it’s the hardest position on the field,” he said. “You never know exactly what the receiver has in mind of what he wants to do with you.
“You never know until he starts running his route. That’s why I love what I do. I love playing cornerback. I have to fight hard because there are many good wide receivers that I have to go up against. You have to turn up and be ready every play.”
That’s why Nicholas loves being on the island, as they say.

Travin ‘Tiki’ Moore would love to be just like his dad.
“I know my dad (Travin Moore) was a great athlete at Abbeville High, (2000 AHS grad),” he said about his dad, who was a standout player at Abbeville back in the day. “But I would also like to be better than he was .. someday.”
That is pretty big words to say considering his father’s athletic accomplishments in high school and college.
The elder Moore was an All-State football player and track star for the Wildcats. He played football at Northwestern State. Travin is also in the Abbeville High Hall of Fame.