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.<\/p>\n
Last season, Chris Wedel\u2019s first as head football coach at Foothill, he had the Trojans in a spot few might have expected \u2014 entering a South Yosemite Horizon League game 2-0, playing at 2-0 Arvin and with first place at stake.<\/p>\n
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