For more than three decades, Mike Kennedy has done far more than announce Tiger games. He has built the soundtrack, created the atmosphere and given generations of Cushing athletes a voice. This fall, the hometown hype man is headed to the Cushing Athletic Hall of Fame. Photo by J.D. Meisner
A lifetime of making Cushing roar
CUSHING — There is a moment before a football game in Cushing when the field is ready, the players are getting pumped up in the tunnel and the crowd is crackling with electric energy.
The lights are burning at O’Dell Field. The band has settled and there is a tinkling of cowbells clutched in nervous hands. OG Tigers have found their usual seats, Tiger cubs are press…
