High School football is right around the corner with the first game scheduled for Fri., Sept. 6 at 7 p.m. in Waitsburg versus Columbia-Burbank. Practices are up and running Monday thru Friday. Troy Larsen, in his fifth year as head coach, was smiling when he told me there are over forty kids turning out including fifteen freshmen. Last year, the team only had around twenty-two players, total. This years' team also has nine returning lettermen.

If you're a football fan, then rule changes should come as no surprise. Troy told me that most of the rule changes this year are to address safety. S...