Track and Field began for high schools a few days ago in Western PA. I admit to generally not caring. I’ll make an exception here.

Valley junior Toney Clemons already has four scholarship offers for football.

Pitt, Mississippi, Akron and Connecticut have all courted Clemons, a wide receiver/defensive back, who has delicate hands and blazing speed.

But Clemons doesn’t think he’d be drawing nearly as much attention if it wasn’t for track.

“Like coach (George) Webb says, track is a warm-up for football,” said Clemons, who is the defending champion in the WPIAL Class AA long jump. “Track’s always been my first sport, but football is my first love. But the two go hand-in-hand. You need one to be conditioned for the other.”

Judging by the list of teams interested in him and that Scout.com already has him listed as a 4-star recruit, I think there’s a good chance he’d still be getting plenty of interest.