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Hancock pays tribute to Favre</span>
By DOUG BARBER
THE SUN HERALD
KILN - One year ago, Hancock High School athletics director and head football coach Rocky Gaudin conceived an idea to honor Hancock's favorite son - Green Bay Packer quarterback Brett Favre.
Gaudin had taken his football team up to Columbia High School for spring scrimmages and on that day Columbia favorite son and NFL Hall of Famer Walter Payton was honored with a statue at the football field.
Saturday will see the fruition of Gaudin's idea.
On Saturday, a statue of Favre will be unveiled at Hawks Stadium on the Hancock High campus. And Hawks Stadium will be formally named "Brett Favre Field."
Before the noon ceremonies, four high schools - Biloxi, Hancock, Pascagoula and St. Stanislaus - will conclude spring training with a jamboree by scrimmaging each other in varsity and junior varsity action. After the ceremonies, the teams will scrimmage against each other for another two hours.
Mississippi State head coach and former Green Bay assistant coach Sylvester Croom will be one of the speakers at the ceremony. He will be joined at the podium by Southern Miss head football coach Jeff Bower, and ESPN and ABC sports announcer Robin Roberts, a Pass Christian native.
Brett Favre will be in attendance with his family, and his brother, Scott, will be one of the speakers.
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