Western Nebraska Observer - Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

Topping off a successful 9-1 football season, eight Potter-Dix Coyotes have been named to the All-District team and head coach Dale Frerichs has added to the team's 2020 accolades by receiving the Six-Man Berens Coaching Award from Huskerland Preps.

"There are lots of good coaches and it is an honor to win," he said. "It is very humbling."

Frerichs started his coaching career with eight-man football at Potter-Dix in 2005, when the enrollment numbers in high school were higher. The school went through a spell when they were short on numbers, and playing eight-man football with just 10 or 12...