Colfax school board tells grid team 'Tough Turkey'

A 26-strong crowd packed into the Colfax school board’s conference room Monday night to ask for approval of a Thanksgiving morning football practice. The school board later that night declined their request, standing by a policy decision they made last year that prohibits extra-curricular activities on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

The board last year directed Superintendent Michael Morgan to end such activities on Thanksgiving or Christmas after getting many complaints from parents about football players practicing last Thanksgiving.

The Colfax varsity football team, undefeated this season, is...