A Gridiron Standoff in White Bluffs
High school rivals battle to a scoreless draw on the home turf.
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The White Bluffs High School and Hanford High School football teams played to a 0-0 tie last Friday afternoon in the season opener. The game was played on the White Bluffs school grounds. Principal Perry coached the local team, instilling considerable 'pep' into the eleven, which made a creditable showing. Expenses for the game were covered by a voluntary contribution collected by passing the hat among the spectators.
“Principal Perry has been coaching the local team and has instilled considerable 'pep' into the local eleven, which made a creditable showing.”
This zero-to-zero tie highlights the deep-seated, historic rivalry between the two towns, a relationship that persisted until the Manhattan Project erased the towns of White Bluffs and Hanford from the map in the 1940s. Today, the Hanford Reach National Monument occupies this ground, and the fierce civic energy once channeled into high school football is remembered only through local historical archives.
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