BRANSON — Whatever drama surrounded Saturday’s matchup of unbeaten six-man high school football teams did not last long. The Branson/Kim Bearcats scored early and often and dominated Deer Trail on the way to a 72-14 victory. But the Bearcats had cause to celebrate even before the kickoff. Seven years after the school resurrected its six-man […]
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A tiny Colorado town’s fundraising whirlwind makes a $535,000 football field a reality
On the parched southern Colorado range, Branson’s “worst field in America” will be transformed into a showcase facility in time for next season.
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Opponents refuse to play on Branson’s hardscrabble football field. Now the town needs a(nother) miracle.
The athletic field at the far northeast corner of Branson’s town limits had sat mostly idle since the 1980s, when it was last used for baseball and still held memories as home to a 1967 high school championship team. Without baseball, any pretense to athletic glory literally turned to dust as the field blended with […]