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Football Practices Begin, With Distancing a Focus

  • Masked La Grange football coach Matt Kates works Monday with Caden Cooper and Matthew Johnson, returnees, who split time at quarterback last season.
    Masked La Grange football coach Matt Kates works Monday with Caden Cooper and Matthew Johnson, returnees, who split time at quarterback last season.
  • Masked La Grange football assistant coach Eric Amick prepares to throw a pass to a Lep receiver Monday.
    Masked La Grange football assistant coach Eric Amick prepares to throw a pass to a Lep receiver Monday.
Football’s back. The first official football practice of the new school year was Monday, and La Grange head coach Matt Kates said about 90 high school football players reported for workouts, a little down from previous years, but not unexpected because of a small freshman class. Kates said he expects a few more players to trickle in over the next few days, but “everybody we were expecting to…

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