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After Missing a Year of Varsity Football, Cyclones Breeze to State

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You might say the Saint Clair football team has experienced the ultimate turnaround this season.

Not only did the varsity squad not exist last year, but this season they punched their ticket to the state tournament for the first time in 20 years.

A lot has changed in the last two decades.

The team mascot is now the Cyclones and no longer the Indians, and they have switched from 9–man to 11–man in Class–A.

Saint Clair came up with a big 15–12 win over the three time defending section champions from Adrian last Friday to win the 3–A title at Southwest Minnesota State.

This year's squad is taking pride in getting the city back to state, but they know win or lose, this season has been all about putting Cyclone football back on the map.

The Cyclones will head back to Marshall on Friday to take on Atwater–Cosmos–Grove City in the Class–A quarterfinal at 7 o'clock.

Sleepy Eye Saint Mary's is in the Class–A field as well.

The Knights will take on Faribault B–A Saturday at 6 o'clock at Rochester Community and Technical College.