Sports Co-op proposal denied
10/15/2019
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(KLZA)-- A proposed football cooperative between the Humboldt -  Table Rock – Steinauer and Pawnee City Schools will not occur.  

Monday night the HTRS School Board voted against the proposed agreement with two votes in favor and four votes against the proposal.  Voting against the proposal were Board members Rock Herr, Sandy Stalder, Scott Ogle and Neal Kanel.  Voting in favor the proposed co-op were Board members Tim Schaardt and Mike Bredemeier. 

The Pawnee  City School Board did approved moving forward with the co-op Monday night on a 5-1 vote.  Casting the lone nay vote was Board member Amy Gyhra.

Currently the two school do co-op Junior High football and high school wrestling. There are 31 players on the Junior High co-op team which consists of  7th and 8th grade players. 17 of the players are from the Pawnee City School with 14 from HTRS.  

With the proposed co-op voted down,  Pawnee City must now decide if they want to continue to play 8-Man football or perhaps play 6-Man football.  Six of the current 12 players on the Pawnee City team are seniors,