Nighthawks to face Reardan to start 'classic' slate at Roos

A now-veteran Tekoa/Oakesdale/ Rosalia grid corps will be seeing red when it opens its season Saturday morning in the WIAA Kickoff Classic on the red turf of Eastern Washington University’s Roos Field.

“We are definitely stoked. There’s gonna be a lot of hype around this game,” said TOR Coach Kaleb Madison, entering his second year. “It’s on the red carpet. That brings a lot of hype. And it’s at 10 a.m. Saturday like college ball, so there’s an extra helping of hype right there.”

Coach Madison said his squad brings back a lot of talent and experience from the bruising run it put up in his rook...