The sun is close to setting, the flies are out and the temperature is still hovering around 90 degrees. The Junction City High School Tigers are huddled around first-year head coach Tye Rauschert, who closes out this Tuesday practice with momentum as the Tigers prepare for a Friday night matchup against 3-0 Marshfield.
“Keep getting better every day,” Rauschert says to his team. “Build and grow.”
The Class 4A Tigers are 1-1. They beat Woodburn last week on the road, 30-13, to equal their 2024 win total. And yet, after the team breaks their huddle with a “family” on three, a different voice rises from behind the scrum…