Local teams hit the field to begin football practice
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Caleb Turrentine / The Herald Wetumpka’s Stone Minnifield is expected to spend some time in the backfield this season.

If you drove past a football field Monday morning, it probably did not look too different than a normal summer workout. Players were still in T-shirts and shorts and there wasn’t much contact happening.

However, for the players and coaches who took the field, this week felt much different than just another summer workout. The realization the season’s first game week is just three weeks away is starting to sink in.

Caleb Turrentine is a sports writer for Tallapoosa Publishers Inc.