text: Sounds like little has changed in Mohawk in the 42 years since I first covered the preps for the RG. Pete Cornacchia, the former RG outdoor writer, graduated from Mohawk before he parachuted into Holland in the Battle of the Bulge; his stories were often colorful - like the day he reffed a football game there during the notorious Columbus Day storm, and they had to call it as fir trees flew sideways in the gale winds. Wonder if that oak was there that day. The first photo award-winning photographer Brian Lanker took for the RG was of basketball players looking up from the foul line in the little Mohawk gym with the school stage behind them. They played 8-man Class B football in the afternoon, and I enjoyed walking the sidelines and covering them, often before the late AAA game at Autzen. Loggers, parents, alums walked the sidelines too with tales of their days on the field. Small town community, connection, history - something I didn't experience growing up in the Bay Area. Thank you.