by Les Knutson
Sports Reporter
Coming off a successful summer, the newly-created Heron Lake-Okabena / Fulda Coyotes have begun practices with increased numbers and enthusiasm as they prepare for their upcoming season-opener at Heron Lake Memorial’s Field on Thursday evening, August 30.
In their first-year of pairing — merging the former Heron Lake-Okabena Wildcats with the Fulda Raiders — the Coyotes will host traditional rival Westbrook-Walnut Grove in a South District Nine-Man game, beginning at 7 p.m.
Last year, W-WG defeated Fulda in the first game of the season (August 31 at Westbrook) by a lop-sided score of 58-14. Later, at Heron Lake (October 18), the Chargers whipped the Wildcats by the identical same score, 58-14.
The Chargers finished the season with a 7-4 overall record, including a pair of playoff victories.
Fulda, which has been 14-42 over the past six years since joining the Nine-Man ranks in 2012, won just one game in 2017 after going 5-5 the previous fall. Six of those 14 wins by the Raiders during that span were over HL-O, including last year’s well-played 36-26 victory, which was highlighted by thrilling plays and sustained drives by both teams.
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