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Article: QB's path leads Eagles to cusp of district title
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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T.J. Shaw has gone from New Jersey to a Franklin County football
jersey.
It's one reason why the Eagles are one victory away from claiming
the Western Valley District championship.
Shaw's southward odyssey is easy to explain.
His father, Pete, a former head coach of the now-defunct Roanoke
Steam Arena Football 2 franchise, has been a full-time assistant
coach at Ferrum College since 2005.
Pete Shaw also is a former head coach of two Arena Football
League teams -- the New Jersey Gladiators and New Jersey Red Dogs -
- with a resume that includes coaching stints at eight colleges
including Kentucky.
As a youngster, T.J. and his dad tossed the football around the
New York Giants ...