You may have already heard the pads cracking if you've been in the vicinity of a high school football practice field.
Today marks the official beginning of high school football season.
I say official because the true beginnings of the 2000 football season came shortly after the end of campaign '99. The youngsters whose names will become household to some extent over the next three to four months gained valuable playing and practice experience a year ago, and have been toiling in the weight rooms since. We at WRTA will be broadcasting the Altoona Mountain Lion schedule again, and it's a doosey. Altoona's hay must be made early, so last year's approach, of getting better as they went along won't be enough this year. The Lions open with Hollidaysburg again this year.