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After a win, Indiana high school football cleans muddy locker room

The Paoli Rams earned high praise from their opponent for cleaning up after a muddy contest

Gary Adornato

The Paoli (Indiana) football team is earning praise for cleaning up a muddy visitors locker room following their win over Eastern Greene last Friday.
The Paoli (Indiana) football team is earning praise for cleaning up a muddy visitors locker room following their win over Eastern Greene last Friday. / Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK

The Paoli Rams are receiving widespread praise for sportsmanship, according to a report by WTHR 13 News in Indiana, following a recent high school football game played in challenging conditions. On Friday, September 27, the Rams traveled to Bloomington to face the Eastern Greene Thunderbirds, securing a 38-12 victory in an extremely wet and muddy contest impacted by the remnants of Hurricane Helene.

Paoli did what you might expect in such conditions, the Rams leaned into their running game, rushing for 341 yards and five touchdowns.

However, the team earned even more recognition for their actions after the game.

On Monday, Eastern Greene Athletic Director Aaron Buskirk submitted an Exemplary Behavior Report to the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA), praising the Paoli players and coaching staff. Buskirk noted that the Rams took the initiative to clean the locker rooms they used, sweeping and mopping the muddy floors without being asked.

Paoli shared a Facebook post detailing Buskirk’s expression of appreciation, thanking the team and their coach, Neil Dittmer, for their leadership and for representing Paoli positively.

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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.

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