EAST PALESTINE — Last Friday’s home football game was a good one for East Palestine.

Although the second half left some to be desired, according to their head coach, the Bulldogs cruised to a 51-33 victory over Lisbon to improve to 4-0 on the season.

There was one issue, though.

“Just this last Friday, this place was packed,” East Palestine coach Michael Demster said. “I actually heard a quote from somebody that it was ‘uncomfortably’ packed.”

It’s a great problem for the Bulldogs to have.

Before this year, the last time East Palestine was 4-0 was 2009, when many of the current players were either not born yet or still in the cradle. Sophomore quarterback Clark Rutledge certainly fits in that category.

Taking over the most important position on a varsity football team from an outgoin

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