After 12 years without a winning record, including five winless seasons, most high school football programs wouldn’t have the mental fortitude to push through countless gut punches of adversity late in a season.

For the Shelby football team, back-to-back heartbreaking losses to Mason County Central (26-22) and Orchard View (35-34) to end the regular season could have derailed an otherwise promising 2025 campaign.

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