After welcoming only 70 to the first day of high school football practice back on August 3, Golden Tornado new head football coach Joseph Hood is happy to report that things are looking up. “We’re at 88 right now,” Hood said of the number of high school football players at practice. “We feel like every day we’re getting a little better in spots. We’re not where we want be out there yet, but we feel like we’re headed in the right direction. “Our biggest thing right now is how our guys are catching onto what we want to do both offensively and defensively.