JC football picking up momentum

posted 05:02 PM 02/09
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Kory Hill picked up a couple of wins last week for the one-year-old Northwest Community College Football League.

Columbia Basin Community College will join the league, expanding the league to five teams. Also, the league champs will play Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, on Nov. 13.

“This is certainly exciting,” said Hill, founder and president of the NWCCFL. “It certainly is going to help give us more credibility. It’s a process.”

The movement is picking up momentum. Caps on the team’s rosters will expand from 25 to 45 teams.

And the word about Hill’s project is spreading. He received a phone call from a group wanting to start junior college football in Ohio. The athletic director at Snow College called Hill about playing a game in Utah.

Hill wasn’t ready to commit to a home-and-away agreement with Snow College, a traditionally strong program.

“I think we’ll do that, but I wasn’t ready to commit until I know we’ll be able to represent ourselves well,” Hill said.

After a 13-year absence, Hill has resurrected junior college in Washington

In August, teams were started at South Puget Sound, Tacoma, Green River and Yakima community colleges.

The NWCCFL is an independent league and not affiliated with the colleges. However, to be eligible athletes must be enrolled at the college they play.

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