Mission: Possible

Sports

November 11, 2021

Mission: Possible

By Larry Owen,

In 2020, the Dewar Dragon varsity football team accomplished something that had never happened in school history: Win a state championship. By capturing the Class B crown last season, the Dragons went from being the hunter to the hunted and entered 2021 with the huge target on their backs, as every one of their regular-season opponents were looking for one thing.

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