Day: August 31, 2022
COVID did not kill football!
After lamenting turnout in 2021, coaches see better numbers this fall By JEFF LAMPE For The Weekly Post Last year, coaches in this same space were fretting about the future of high school football. Numbers were down. Injuries dominated the conversation. And eight-man football was all the rage. Twelve months later, some teams are still turning to the eight-man game and measures are still being taken to make the game safer. But at least locally, turnout for most programs playing 11-man football is the best in years. Farmington doesn’t have enough varsity jerseys for its 87 players. Princeville has the best…
The Weekly Post public record for 9-1-22
NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Elmwood man drives through field, fences TRIVOLI – An Elmwood man allegedly drove an automobile through a field, through tall bushes and under two barbed-wire fences. He is also accused of rear-ending a parked vehicle, according to authorities. Rashann Grier-Bain was implicated in the incident, which happened about 2:30 a.m. Aug. 18 in the 18200 block of W. Farmington Rd. in Trivoli. A resident there said the rear bumper of his parked 2002 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck was dislocated, the taillights…
