East Dubuque and Southwestern Football Co-op Getting Closer

A proposed co-operative agreement between the East Dubuque and Southwestern high school football programs is one step closer to reality. There are some obstacles, but East Dubuque principal Darren Sirianni will recommend at tonight’s school board meeting that the school pursues the co-op following an overwhelming vote of players and parents at a Tuesday night meeting. Returning East Dubuque players voted, 15-0, in favor of a co-op with Southwestern, and parents voted 18-2 for the co-op. Sirianni said that in his individual conversations with players that 16 voted for a co-op and one voted for the status quo. Southwestern’s school board unanimously approved a resolution at last week’s meeting to pursue the co-op pending East Dubuque’s decision. Administrations from both schools first spoke about a potential co-op in October.