By Dena Wood
The Times
Middle School Combine Moves Ahead
Waitsburg and Dayton football players are joining forces this fall
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had his team reading the concussion labels on their helmets during practice on Saturday morning. After16 years as head coach, Jeff Bartlow resigned as high school coach this year to take over as middle school coach, allowing him to spend weekends with his family. Bartlow believes the middle school combine with Dayton will ultimately benefit the high school programs at both schools.
WAITSBURG – Due to the dwindling number of middle school players at both schools, Waitsburg and Dayton school boards have agreed to form an athletic combine for middle school football for the 2015-16 school year.
"This will benefit our kids big time," said Waitsburg middle school football coach Jeff Bartlow, who spearheaded the idea. "We want to continue playing 11-man football at the high school and it allows us not to slip down to 8-man. Dayton is playing 8-man right now, but over time, with the size of their school, we hope to get numbers up in both schools."
Waitsburg's school board was pr...
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