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Spring football heats up with full speed practice

DeKALB -- The football team got their first chance for full contact practice Saturday under new Head Coach Thomas Hammock.

In front of dozens of fans that came to see the scrimmage at Huskie Stadium, the offense and defense played over 70 snaps of live football in an attempt to get a better sense of how players perform in a game-type situation.

The 37-year old Hammock said it was good to finally gave the players a chance to play at full speed.

“Now when it’s live, you can thoroughly see a guy get taken to the ground or where the play stops exactly,” Hammock said.