Many of the boys on the team have families that left the FLDS faith, and they said it’s a big and welcome change for them to be able to compete on the gridiron for the first time.
The Salt Lake Tribune breaks down its reporting on the first football team in a town that was once a stronghold of the FLDS.
The area was settled by members of the FLDS faith in the early 1900s. They came down there as a place to get away and practice their beliefs freely.
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