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Southern Football’s Rise Can Be Seen in Rock Hill, S.C.

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Every Monday, the local newspaper here reports how the graduates of this city’s three high schools who now compete in college football played over the previous weekend.

This week, it noted that Northwestern High’s Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma State’s quarterback and a potential first-round N.F.L. pick, threw five touchdowns in a win over Kansas Sate. It reported that the former South Pointe High star Cory Neely led Marshall in tackles, with 11, in a loss to Old Dominion.

Beyond sating the demands of readers in the place that calls itself Football City U.