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Minnesota does not have, “9 Man” football anymore. It has been replaced with, “9 Person” football.
Small towns supporting high school sports
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warmer
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My high school Alma mater in Ohio is now 12-0. They stream the games on YouTube and I watched them torch Ryan Day’s son last night from my home in MT. Video is surprisingly good, tech has come a long way in past decade. Hope they win it all. Sure is a change of pace from watching NFL and college, going for it on 4th and no 50 yard field goal attempts. TDs or bust, oh and PAT’s are not guaranteed. Maybe High School will be the new college in a few years 
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warmer
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Certainly. Go Ranchers. Our 1998 footballers beat Bison to go to the Dome.
My hometown population was around 5500 in the mid 70’s. We made it to Division I Championship. I was starting OG and DE. My Dad skipped opening day of deer season to attend the game (first one he missed since getting back from Korea). Your boys will never forget that you went to the game !!!
Dougfirtree
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That's great! I'm not a big sports fan, in general, but I get really into my boys' high school teams... Incidentally, I did a stint teaching environmental ed in northern MN. Alexandria school district used to come up and stay with us for a few days every year. Good luck with the deer.
B&CTom
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That's awesome. Congratulations! Good luck deer hunting
Small world. They now co-op with us because they do not have enough players for a team.
We beat a team that had a 62 game conference win streak going, the night before opening day. I got home at 3:30am after some shenanigans , and was in the woods solo at first light. Didn’t see many deer, but about a 380 bull walked by me at 60 yards in a place I had never seen an elk, I lined him up in my scope just for fun. A family friend with a bull tag went in the next day and crippled him and never found him. Core memory I guess.
Good luck to your boys!! That is awesome.
Good luck to your boys!! That is awesome.
warmer
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It's South Dakota, it is a small world. We now coop with 2 other schools, just to make a 9 man team.
redhaze
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I too have been able to coach and teach in small west Texas towns. My current gig is in a town of 3500 and they have completed a perfect 10-0 district record. First time in 20+ years. Amazing community support and of course we enjoy "Friday Night Lights" in good ole Texas. Carry on - good luck in your journey.
morley.tyler
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Two movie theaters? Hahahahaha, you have my hometown confused w/ Metropolis?
Well here is an update. We played Owatonna last night who was the third undefeated team in a row for us. That is a pretty tough road!
Typical support from the community prior to the game with a pasta night for the players. Local bars streamed the games and the town was hopping!
This game turned into one of our easier games with our QB throwing for 400 yards and 5 TDS. One of our WRs has 12 catches for 235 yards and 4 Touchdowns. A large crowd traveled down to the Vikings stadium to watch. Next game is the championship!!!
It is a rematch from an earlier game against an extremely good team. This one will be very tough!
My wife got a text from my boys…make sure to get us a state tournament sweatshirt!
If you get a chance to go watch your local high school team in any sport, do it! It is so much more exciting than watching college or professional in my opinion.
Typical support from the community prior to the game with a pasta night for the players. Local bars streamed the games and the town was hopping!
This game turned into one of our easier games with our QB throwing for 400 yards and 5 TDS. One of our WRs has 12 catches for 235 yards and 4 Touchdowns. A large crowd traveled down to the Vikings stadium to watch. Next game is the championship!!!
It is a rematch from an earlier game against an extremely good team. This one will be very tough!
My wife got a text from my boys…make sure to get us a state tournament sweatshirt!
If you get a chance to go watch your local high school team in any sport, do it! It is so much more exciting than watching college or professional in my opinion.
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