POCA -- Seth Ramsey stood outside Poca’s makeshift football locker room – after a sticky July flex-day workout, it was cooler outside, he said, than inside the Dots’ wrestling room, which served as a football space as their digs were under renovation – and doled out popsicles.

“As long as they keep giving me that stipend where I can afford to buy them, we’ll keep getting them,” Poca's 11th-year coach deadpanned.

The sugary, icy treats were equal parts practical and symbolic. The Dots are hungry.

A decisive setback to Sherman in the 2024 regular-season finale left Poca perhaps one win shy of qualifying for the postseason.

The Dots have used that as fuel, their coach said.

"I think any time you end the season the way we did, whether playoffs [were on the line] or not, any time you miss

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