Warhawks grow as team facing top-ranked Saints
A host of West Fork tacklers stop Saint Ansgar running back Parker Hendrickson for a loss on fourth down in the final seconds of the first half to keep the score 14-7 at the break. (Kristi Nixon/Hampton Chronicle)
SHEFFIELD – Sometimes things in life are bigger than football.
As West Fork head coach Eric Gabe’s hometown was ravaged by a couple of small tornadoes and extensive flooding last week, his team signed on to help with clean-up in Greene this week.
In the meantime, his Warhawks showed no backing down from the top-ranked team in Class A in an eventual 41-21 loss to St. Ansgar at home on Friday, Sept. 23.
“On Monday, we’re going to North Butler my old hometown and it’s a really proud thing for me to take my guys that I’m extremely proud of back to my hometown that has given me so much,” Gabe said…
Read more on this story in the Sept. 29 print editions of the Sheffield Press and Pioneer Enterprise.
