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= Permian High School = Permian high school is located in Odessa, Texas. The school first opened in 1959 and was originally called Permian Basin. The high school is known for football. Their school colors are black and white and their mascot are the Panthers. Although high school is about to be education Permian high school is known for it's excelling program in sports. Every friday night it brought the town of Odessa together. "A Town, A Team, A Dream" (Bissinger). The town comes together as a community because of this football team and puts all their differences behind them. Not only does the team want to go to state but the people of the town are behind them and supporting them all the way. It is everyone dream for them to make it. The Panthers have won over 6 champions in the past few years. "Permian High School" "Permian High School Wikipedia" 16 Aug 2009. < [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permian_High_School]>
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H.G. Bissinger
By: Adrian "Dri-Drizzy" Barone

H.G. Bissinger is the American novelist who wrote Friday Night Lights. Bissinger started out his career The University of Pennsylvania as a sports editor and a editorial page editor at his University paper. When writing for the paper, Bissinger showcased his talent and won an award for an article on the corrupt court systems in Philadelphia. About a year later, "Buzz" wrote an article known as "Shattered Glass", an exposé on the career of writer Stephen Glass. This article was published in Vanity Fair and then made into a movie by the same name. He did many articles which became famous, all this lead to his huge success with the book, __Friday Night Lights__. The book documents the 1988 season football team of Permian High School from Odessa, Texas. This book went on to become a movie and also a TV series. The book has sold almost 2 million copies.

Work Cited: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Bissinger