After once battling against each other on the high school hardwoods, Fernando Baeza and Blake Nichols soon will be on the same side.
Baeza, a major cog on Borden County’s 1997 state six-man championship football team, has been named the new head football coach at O’Donnell High School where Nichols is now the athletic director.
Both graduated from high school in 1999 – Baeza at Borden County and Nichols at Coahoma.
“I can remember playing a game against Coahoma one night where his dad was a great coach and he was a great player,” Baeza recalled.
“We still talk about that game. I happened ...