Bulldogs continue practicing

Garth Meyer, Whitman County Gazette | Oct 15, 20200

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Center Dustin Broeckel, guard Anthony Becker, tackle Grayson Riddell-Riggs and tight end Mason Gilchrist line up at the Colfax practice field Oct. 6. In the background are junior varsity linemen.

COLFAX –– Week 2 is underway for resumed football practice as the Bulldogs finish their allotted practice time, cut off in the summer after a surge of virus cases in Washington.

The practices are no-contact. This week something was added.

"The kids are in helmets and shoulder pads because they like the feel of it," said head coach Mike Morgan. "They just missed it."

When football season does arrive – moved to Feb. 17-May 7 in the WIAA four-season schedule for 2020-21 – the Bulldogs are expected to return 8-9 starters from the 2019 playoff team.

After a total of nine practices in June, of a max...