College Football Championship Weekend

Noah Hedges and Justin Ballou
December 4, 2019

Listen to senior reporters Justin Ballou and Noah Hedges give the rundown about the college football conference championship games on Dec. 6-7.

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Noah Hedges, Reporter

Noah Hedges is a senior. This is his second year on the Wolfpack Staff. He's in the drumline here at Cedar Park, along with being the kid who plays the drum solo at half-time during football games. He enjoys writing about music and sports. Noah wants to march drum corps in the future and he is majoring in Music Industry with a minor in Graphic Design at the University of North Texas. Following college, he wants to teach and arrange music for High School Bands and Drum Corps.

Justin Ballou, Reporter

Justin is a senior and third-year sports reporter on the Wolfpack Staff. Next year, he will be a converged broadcast media major at the University of North Texas. He hopes to start his career with the Cowboys or another sports team in the DFW area. Justin is from Cleveland and is a Browns fan for life.

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