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Small HEM football team focuses on fun in six-man program

The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners are living proof winning isn't everything to have a successful season.

The Miners have literally been down to six men to play six-man. The team has even had to forfeit at times because three players were out at the same time making it impossible to field a team.

This adversity has not dampened the teams' spirit and it shows when they get on the field.

Brady Oltmans, editor of the Sublette Examiner and the Pinedale Roundup, has mentioned the team on his Twitter account, calling them the "Iron Miners" for the sheer tenacity the team shows whenev...

 

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