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High School Football In Decline

Potter Valley High's Soccer Team Sahkes hands With Rincon Valley following Their Homecoming Game. Rincon Valley Won 4-2

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Its autumn and for high school that means homecoming. This annual celebration of school spirit goes back more than 100 years, and it all revolves around a football game. Footballs popularity is declining nationwide, 6.6% in the last decade according to The Washington Post. Potter Valley is one of five Mendocino county schools without a team this year.  In recent years there has been a lot of media attention about negative long term effects of concussions on the brain. But in Mendocino county, the reasons for Football's decline is much more coplicated.

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