Foothill wants to make a great second impression, win SYHL title | Sports

Everyone always talks about first impressions and how critical they are, an end-all for an outcome, forever shaping what is truly only an opinion but somehow is supposed to stick.

Last season, Chris Wedel’s first as head football coach at Foothill, he had the Trojans in a spot few might have expected — entering a South Yosemite Horizon League game 2-0, playing at 2-0 Arvin and with first place at stake.

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