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Orlando native, Boone High graduate to play in Super Bowl 55
Tommy Townsend is punter for Kansas City Chiefs
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando native Tommy Townsend is the punter for the Kansas City Chiefs who will face off against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during Super Bowl LV.
His family visited Boone’s High’s football stadium, reminiscing about the time Tommy Townsend spent out on the field.
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“We’re looking out here feeling gratitude and appreciation. It was like a family out here during the games. very rewarding,” Clay Townsend said.
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Clay Townsend said his son’s journey to the Super Bowl didn’t happen overnight. Tommy Townsend played football games at Boone High’s field from Pop Warner as a child, all the way through high school.
HENDERSON, Ky. Henderson County recorded 21 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 as reported Tuesday by the Green River District Health Department.
The GRDHD reported 188 new cases in its seven-county district on Tuesday with six of those in Webster County and two in Union County. Daviess County had 124 new cases along with 16 in Ohio County, 13 in McLean County and six in Hancock County.
The COVID-related deaths of two Daviess County residents and one Ohio County resident were also reported Tuesday.
The incidence rate, which measures the average daily cases per 100k population over the past seven days, rose to 54.7 in Henderson County as of Monday, which held it in the red or critical level. Union County and Webster County remained in the critical level at 44.7 and 39.7, respectively.
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ORLANDO, Fla. Fresh off a flight from Kansas City, the Townsends are still celebrating the Chiefs’s American Football Conference title over the Buffalo Bills that set up a Super Bowl matchup against Tom Brady and the Buccaneers in Tampa in less than two weeks.
What You Need To Know
Boone and UF alumnus Tommy Townsend is the Chiefs s rookie punter
Parents Susan and Clay Townsend hope Tommy will help them get tickets
Tommy s brother Johnny is a punter for the Baltimore Ravens
The Chiefs will play the Bucs in Super Bowl LV on February 7
“They’re going to the Super Bowl!” Susan Townsend yelled from inside Orlando International Airport.