Spartans, Nighthawks prepare for 8-man

Two new eight-man football teams will join the Whitman County high school sports landscape this fall. Both Rosalia and Tekoa-Oakesdale will field eight-man teams following the dissolution of the TOR combination this spring.

Neither one of the two teams will play in the SE eight man league because the TOR split came too late for scheduling with the other teams in the league, according to Bob Kirk of Pomeroy, league secretary. Kirk noted the leagues normally schedule in two-year cycles following WIAA classification rounds.

The Nighthawks will play a junior varsity schedule, according to Principa...