AMERICAN FALLS — A short Week 0 schedule will feature just eight District 5 football games. The East Idaho Sports District 5 Game of the Week pits the American Falls Beavers against the Soda Springs Cardinals.

The host Beavers are coming off a 6-5 season — 1-2 in conference play — and a first-round win in the 4A Football State Championship. The Cardinals suffered through an 0-9 season before replacing their head coach.

Soda Springs reached outside of Idaho in its search for a new program head, hiring Colby Fangman, a former Texas A&M player with coaching experience in several states, including his home state of Texas.

Tim Hoppe, who is entering his fourth season as American Falls’ head football coach, told EastIdahoSports.com that facing a new coach is always tricky. Facing a new coach

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