Willy Woltering takes the helm of Vikings football

PALOUSE — After six years off the gridiron, new Garfield-Palouse Vikings head football coach Willy Woltering is back on the ship.

Woltering coached the Vikings from 2014-2018 and has been active in football for most of his life.

“I played football in high school, it’s my favorite sport,” Woltering said. “It was probably my least-best sport I was good at, but I knew the sport the best. I got into coaching youth football in the mid-90s, then coached high school football after that.”

Woltering said his coaching style is a bit “old school” and he’s “firm but fair” when it comes to teaching his ath...