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LINE DRILL – La Conner Pee Wee football players line up for a tackling drill during a recent practice session. Providing instruction were coaches Ernie Almaraz (back to camera), Eddie Almaraz, and Lexi Almaraz. The La Conner youth football league has been going strong for more than a decade. – Photo by Brad Reynolds
The future is now for La Conner football.
Youth league players who someday hope to fill the ranks of La Conner High’s grid program have kicked off yet another season of their own.
And done so in divine fashion.
The La Conner juniors, coached by Charlie Edwards, Sonny James and Kyle Ryan, defeated Concrete 6-0 with a Hail Mary pass as time expired in the team’s recent season opener.
“It was pretty amazing,” said Edwards, who is also the league’s vice president.
The winning play was set up by a Concrete turnover. Edwards’ son, C.J., recovered a fumble forced by Edgar Lopez in the waning seconds....
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