The MDI High School Football Team is set to begin 2-a-days on Monday, August 19th with the official start of the Fall High School Sports Season.

WDEA's Chris Popper spoke with head football coach Mark Arnold, and talked about the summer practices, new members of the coaching staff, the plan for the 1st week and how many players he anticipates participating.

WDEA will be airing all the MDI Football games this season, beginning with the preseason game on Friday, August 30th against Hampden Academy. All games will air on-air on AM 1370 unless there's a Red Sox game. All games may also be heard on WDEA Internet Radio, on our free downloadable APP and on any Alexa enabled device.

Check back Monday, August 19th as we'll have photos/video from the opening practice.

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