David Woods
CLOVERDALE – They are separated by two centuries. But dadgum it, there is a bit of Davy Crockett to Cooper Neese.
Crockett was a Tennessee folk hero and frontiersman who became legend. He ran away from home and, upon returning, had grown so tall his family did not recognize him. Neese had a growth spurt, too — a benefit in basketball.
A song lyric asserts Crockett killed a bear at age 3. OK, that did not happen, but he learned to shoot a rifle when he was 8.