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thedukeofearl reacted to guffus's post in the thread Fifth Iowa High School Football Team Forfeits Rest of Season with
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Where I live in Lisle, IL the local Lisle high school did not field a varsity football team. No juniors and seniors went out for the... -
thedukeofearl reacted to kicker22's post in the thread Fifth Iowa High School Football Team Forfeits Rest of Season with Like.
I think Fry's right. I'm not sure how it works, but I know from my coaching days (1997-start of covid) I had varsity soccer and I...
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thedukeofearl reacted to MelroseHawkins's post in the thread Fifth Iowa High School Football Team Forfeits Rest of Season with Like.
My boys played in the 5A C-ship last year! Give you an idea of the area I'm from.
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thedukeofearl reacted to Fryowa's post in the thread Fifth Iowa High School Football Team Forfeits Rest of Season with Like.
Remsen St Mary's is probably going to have to cancel the rest of this season too. They are multiple-time state champs in 8-man...
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thedukeofearl reacted to Fryowa's post in the thread Fifth Iowa High School Football Team Forfeits Rest of Season with Like.
Nope. Kids can play sports in any neighboring district if their school doesn't offer that sport. Pretty common around here in NW Iowa.
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thedukeofearl reacted to Hawkfnntn's post in the thread Fifth Iowa High School Football Team Forfeits Rest of Season with Like.
Yeah and it sounds like more then a handful of schools have since the start of the yr. Low participation numbers kids getting hurt bad...
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thedukeofearl reacted to MelroseHawkins's post in the thread Fifth Iowa High School Football Team Forfeits Rest of Season with Like.
Yea, that's shitty. I recall when my boys were in their senior seasons worrying and praying they wouldn't get an injury to derail their...
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thedukeofearl reacted to Hawkfnntn's post in the thread Fifth Iowa High School Football Team Forfeits Rest of Season with Like.
Not a clue nowadays. The ones where the season is killed after it starts I think they are just totally hosed. That's really shitty even...
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thedukeofearl reacted to MelroseHawkins's post in the thread Fifth Iowa High School Football Team Forfeits Rest of Season with Like.
Say a kid wants to play at one of these schools. Do they have to enroll to another school that has a program or do some schools take on...
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thedukeofearl reacted to Hawkfnntn's post in the thread Fifth Iowa High School Football Team Forfeits Rest of Season with Like.
This saddens me... Been gradually a thing and not getting any better. My hometown was a 1 A school in football and in the last 25 yrs or...
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thedukeofearl reacted to MelroseHawkins's post in the thread Fifth Iowa High School Football Team Forfeits Rest of Season with Like.
Yes, small towns are really suffering, and it just continues to get worse every year. They are sad when driving thru or visiting...
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thedukeofearl reacted to BigD's post in the thread Fifth Iowa High School Football Team Forfeits Rest of Season with Like.
I know that when I visited my small home town in Iowa about two years ago I noticed a lot of homes for sale and several businesses had...
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Maybe. Probably.
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Kinnick is where highly rated teams go to die. From memory: OSU Michigan, several times PSU, more than once Minnesota Indiana...
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Interesting matchup. Indiana with a very tough first road game so how will they handle the raucous crowd that is on top of them. Not...