Top Returning Area Football Players for 2026

The 2026 high school football season will begin on Friday, August 28 for the local teams.

This year will be quite different from last season as the High Plains Storm, eight-man in 2025, will be joining the ranks of the six-man class for the 2026 season and beyond.

Cross County, who just twoyears ago went to 11-man, drops back down to D-1 Eight-Man this season and Osceola, still eight-man, but will b…