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Students at Adams City High School in Commerce City know their reputation — the worst school, in the worst town with the worst football program in the state of Colorado. Academic performance was so poor that the school has been put on a five-year turnaround plan, already in its fourth year. If students and the school don’t make minimum expectations, the school could shutter completely.
The city rests in the shadow of a vibrant and growing downtown Denver. The school is more than 80 percent Latino, many of whom are first-generation Americans or undocumented altogether. On the football field, in eight seasons, the Eagles won just three out of 80 games they played.
But here’s the reality: they don’t buy their reputation, and now’s it’s changing — albeit slowly.
The Adams City Eagles had walked off the field 58 straight times on the losing end of the scoreboard. This football team was an afterthought, even at a struggling high school. Then a coach came along and taught them about belief and watched them build a brotherhood that grew through life lessons. The question now: How far will this newfound belief carry them?
The Denver Post is following the Adams City football team this season with a team of reporters, photographers and videographers. The full-length video will be released on Sunday, Nov. 30. Here are previews of the story so far.
