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Town resident Dennis Longley (right) said he was organizing a Pop Warner football team in the town, when Donahue Academy headmaster Dan Guernsey approached him and asked, 'Do you know anything about six-man football?' Although he'd never heard of it before, he had a plan ready in two weeks for the Donahue Shamrocks to compete at both the Varsity (grades 9-12) and Jr. Varsity (middle school) levels.

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Town resident Dennis Longley (right) said he was organizing a Pop Warner football team in the town, when Donahue Academy headmaster Dan Guernsey approached him and asked, "Do you know anything about six-man football?" Although he'd never heard of it before, he had a plan ready in two weeks for the Donahue Shamrocks to compete at both the Varsity (grades 9-12) and Jr. Varsity (middle school) levels.

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  • Town resident Dennis Longley (right) said he was organizing a Pop Warner football team in the town, when Donahue Academy headmaster Dan Guernsey approached him and asked, 'Do you know anything about six-man football?' Although he'd never heard of it before, he had a plan ready in two weeks for the Donahue Shamrocks to compete at both the Varsity (grades 9-12) and Jr. Varsity (middle school) levels.
  • The Donahue Academy will be competing in the Florida Sixman Football Association, an organization of Christian schools that want to play full-contact football but aren't large enough to field teams with the normal eleven players on each side.
  • The teams have been working hard to get ready, and once a week AMU Men's Basketball Coach Jamon Copeland puts the players through special strength and conditioning drills. 'He really challenges us,' says sophomore Chris Williams.

The Donahue Academy will be competing in the Florida Six-man Football Association, an organization of Christian schools that want to play full-contact football but aren't large enough to field teams with the normal eleven players on each side.

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