The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds were at home for the first time this season on Saturday as they hosted the Harlem Wildcats in an historic Northern C Eight player football contest. The Thunderbirds and the Wildcats have competed from time to time on the basketball and volleyball courts, but never before have they met on the grid iron.
The Wildcats for decades played in the Northern B before moving down to Eight-player football this spring. Harlem began their inaugural season with a 60-54 win over the Lodge Grass Indians to win their first ever Class C football game. Harlem fell on hard times t...