Right In The Heat Of It

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Cubs begin football practice enduring 100-plus degree temperatures with eyes on return to playoffs

  • Cubs begin football practice enduring 100-plus degree temperatures with eyes on return to playoffs
    Cubs begin football practice enduring 100-plus degree temperatures with eyes on return to playoffs
  • Cubs begin football practice enduring 100-plus degree temperatures with eyes on return to playoffs
    Cubs begin football practice enduring 100-plus degree temperatures with eyes on return to playoffs
  • Cubs begin football practice enduring 100-plus degree temperatures with eyes on return to playoffs
    Cubs begin football practice enduring 100-plus degree temperatures with eyes on return to playoffs
  • Cubs begin football practice enduring 100-plus degree temperatures with eyes on return to playoffs
    Cubs begin football practice enduring 100-plus degree temperatures with eyes on return to playoffs
  • Working out without pads focusing on skills and conditioning, the Cubs took the field Monday to begin preparing for the 2023 Texas high school football season (above). Working out in heat that exceeded 105 degrees, the Cubs took extra water breaks (top right). Photos courtesy Brett Voss’ The Sports Buzz
    Working out without pads focusing on skills and conditioning, the Cubs took the field Monday to begin preparing for the 2023 Texas high school football season (above). Working out in heat that exceeded 105 degrees, the Cubs took extra water breaks (top right). Photos courtesy Brett Voss’ The Sports Buzz
When the Clifton Cubs took the field for the first practice Monday in preparation for the upcoming 2023 Texas high school football season, starting with conditioning took on another meaning all its own as student-athletes and coaches were forced to endure blazing temperatures topping 105 degrees. And there’s no relief in sight throughout this week and next. But after showing up in mass…

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