Nobody is quite sure how old the blocking sleds used at the Iola Middle School football field were.
The sleds were uncovered years ago, hidden amid a thicket of brush at the edge of the practice fields at Riverside Park.
“They were old then,” IMS football coach Marty Taylor said, “and that was long before I ever got here.”
Problem was, school officials could never figure out a way to squeeze an extra $4,500 out of the IMS budget to pay for new ones.
Enter the Allen County Youth Tackle Football League.
“We…
New sled aids young gridiron stars
