Getting closer to season kickoff

The Slaton Tiger Football team has started practice in their shells and full padding,  which was allowed by the University Interscholastic League on Thursday (Aug. 6). The team  moved to 100 percent contact tackling Tuesday morning (Aug. 11) The team will scrimmage tonight (Aug. 14) at 6:30 against Stanton at Tiger Stadium.

(Slatonite photo/Melissa McCaghren)