La Conner High School football eyes next step in program rebuilding project

Less than two years ago Charlie Edwards was the architect of a stout defense that helped La Conner High School clinch a league football title.

That was during a shortened, conference-only season shifted to the spring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

These days, Edwards finds himself in his second year as La Conner's head grid coach and back at the drawing board – this time to draft a blueprint for a successful rebuild of a Braves' program. The team suffered nearly a dozen losses to graduation from the NW2B championship run and two more, Jahrel Cayou and Haydin Dinius, from the team's fall...