Dying high school football programs bring remote communities together

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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Forty miles of winding road, a mountain pass and a time zone separate the tiny Interstate 90 towns of Mullan, Idaho, and St. Regis, Montana.

Their dying high school football programs are bringing them together. #idpreps #mtscores

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/may/08/a-game-of-numbers-one-football-team-two-states-two/ …

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Mullan, Idaho and St. Regis, Montana could barely field 8-man football teams over the years.

But their rare interstate co-op this season led to a 4-3 record . Pretty cool.

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[Wellstone ruled]

1. Wonderful for the kids.

Minnesota did this along the Western Border with South Dakota many a year ago.

[MontanaMama]

2. Allright!

I didn’t know any of this and I live an hour away from St Regis. Good stuff.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. I drove through there in a rental car 25 years ago this week.

It was snowing on Independence Pass when I crossed the summit.

[MontanaMama]

4. The two passes between Missoula and Spokane

are not for the faint of heart in the winter. I wouldn’t do it without all wheel drive but few folks had that 25 years ago.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. It was a rental car. You can take those babies anywhere.

I had rented the car in Spokane. One of the tires was losing air, which I didn't notice until I was around Thompson Falls or so. I nursed it back to Spokane.

See: "The Beau Hunks Play the Original Laurel & Hardy Music" is specifically what I wanted to talk about.

[MontanaMama]

6. What an adventure!

You’re mischievous, I can tell.