Six-man Football
November 2009
Our co-worker has a son who plays 6-man football for Big Sandy High School. (Population 700 -- that's the town, not the school.) Dave had never seen 6-man before so we went to Big Sandy's playoff game against Winifred High School. You can compare the amount of players on the sidelines of the Helena Cross-town game vs. the amount of players on the Big Sandy squad to get a feel for how scant a 6-man football team really is. And then of course the looming backdrop of the grain elevator just really made you feel like you were standing in a John Cougar Mellencamp song. It was unfortunately a devastating loss. But with a sweet spirit bus like Winifred has, how could they not win? (Winifred actually went on to win the state title.)