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Idaho

mahatmakanejeeves

(62,400 posts) Sun Oct 28, 2018, 03:36 PM Oct 2018

Dying high school football programs bring remote communities together [View all]

David Fahrenthold Retweeted:

Forty miles of winding road, a mountain pass and a time zone separate the tiny Interstate 90 towns of Mullan, Idaho, and St. Regis, Montana.

Their dying high school football programs are bringing them together. #idpreps #mtscores

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/may/08/a-game-of-numbers-one-football-team-two-states-two/ …

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Mullan, Idaho and St. Regis, Montana could barely field 8-man football teams over the years.

But their rare interstate co-op this season led to a 4-3 record . Pretty cool.

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Dying high school football programs bring remote communities together [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2018 OP

Given the potential for permanant harm to the players, is this really the best use of 3Hotdogs Oct 2018 #1

In Idaho, school budget money is not used to fund sports programs jmowreader Nov 2018 #11

Briton High School near Williamsburg Va didn't have enough people show up underpants Oct 2018 #2

I think they should NJCher Oct 2018 #3

Just for the sake of discussion, what Girl's sport are you going cancel along with football? LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #4

Let's choose a sport NJCher Oct 2018 #5

Seems like a mostly logical choice. LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #6

the stats for bicycling NJCher Oct 2018 #7

I don't find the stats for cycling surprising at all. LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #8

no, it's not NJCher Oct 2018 #9

Well, your source was not studying organized high school sports. LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #10