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Coaches teach youth safety in Pop Warner football

By TOM STANKARD

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HURLEY - Area football fans came together to watch the Range Bulldogs play against the

Ashland Oredockers at Veterans Memorial Field in Hurley.

Standing alongside his players, head coach Eric Thier said football was a passion for him growing up and has enjoyed "the heck out of" coaching for the past five years.

The Range Bulldogs are part of the Pop Warner football League and the team consists of fourth, fifth and sixth graders from both Michigan and Wisconsin.

"We've got an interesting situation where kids from Hurley, Bessemer and Ironwood are all...