Wartburg Central Middle School football team completes undefeated season

The Wartburg Central Middle School football team completed an undefeated 10-0 season on Saturday."When these eighth-graders were in sixth-grade, we knew that they'd be a special group by the time they got into eighth-grade, and we knew we had a chance to do something special and to go 10-0," said Heath Tinker, third-year Wartburg Central Middle School head football coach. "And frankly, I'm a little bit in shock right now, but to be able to come up here and beat an Oneida team like that, I've got so much respect for Jason Terry and what he does. And he's been beating my tail up here for years, so to be able to come up here and actually walk away with a gold ball is pretty special. And these kids and these coaches have put in so much work from January to now to earn this thing.

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