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Northstars kick off summer workouts to prepare for 8-player football

By JASON JUNO

sports@yourdailyglobe.com

HURLEY — Old and new mixed together as Hurley kicked off its summer football workouts Monday evening.

The Northstars got together for the first of four weekly sessions to get ready for their first season as an 8-player team. With it comes an old Hurley offense, the option that coach Scott Erickson employed in his early years with the program.

There’s a lot to learn before the first official practice on Aug. 13 and the first game on Aug. 29, at home against old foe Lake Linden-Hubbell.

“We’re excited, new adventure,” Erickson said.

He wants Hurley to get...