East Dubuque Votes In Favor Of Football Co-op With Southwestern

East Dubuque’s school board on Wednesday night approved a recommendation from principal Darren Sirianni to move forward in forming a co-op with Southwestern. The board voted, 5-1, in favor of the co-op. Southwestern’s school board unanimously approved a resolution at its meeting last week to pursue the co-op. At that point, the Wildcats’ only option to play football next year was to find a neighboring school district to enter into a co-op agreement. Yet to be decided are all the important details of the co-op, including financial arrangements, who will coach the team, which games will be hosted by which school, mascot and uniforms and plenty more. Both school boards will need to approve the agreement.