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It's a new season and a whole new game. Football returned Saturday after state authorities gave permission for schools to resume their sports programs. As with everything else in a year of pandemic, the decision came with precautions. Players, coaches, and referees were masked. Seven-man teams played one-hand touch. North Country's Falcons took their opening game from the Vikings of Lyndon Institute by a score of 48-34. While the simple tap about to be placed on North Country running back Garrett Heath (3) by Viking Colby Simpson (25) appears surprisingly gentle, the effort Jake Sanville (11) put into his pursuit of Heath.

 

 

by Joseph Gresser

 

LYNDON CENTER — The first game of the 2020 football season came late this year, but the wait proved worthwhile for the North Country Union High School Falcons, who took a lead early in Saturday’s contest with the Lyndon Institute Vikings and held on to win 48-34.

State authorities didn’t give the go-ahead to start high school sports until September 22, and set September 26 as the day to resume competition.  The delay, of course, was part of the measures health authorities have taken to minimize the spread of COVID-19.

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