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FOOTBALL — The East C 8-Player Division doesn’t want to lose you a second time: The Leader spotted this in the November 7, 2024 issue of The Wibaux Pioneer Gazette newspaper, recorded during the Wibaux School Board of Trustees’ Clerk’s Unofficial Minutes October 15, 2024: “...football sustainability was brought up at the September meeting. Coach Jeff Bertelsen reported due to numbers and some injuries the team had to forfeit a game this season (Poplar). It is expected to have 14 players next season. (Bertelsen) spoke to current players and they don’t wish to co-op and don’t want to go to 6-man. Bertelsen stated that it is hard to teach work ethic, and player betterment is difficult with the lack of players and competition. For the players it would be way safer to get in a co-op or go to 6-...