With coach James Jones looking on, the Lower Lake Trojans pee wee youth football team goes through a series of blocking drills during a practice last week at Lower Lake High School. Lower Lake’s varsity, junior varsity and pee wee youth teams are less than two weeks away from their season opener Aug. 21 at Kelseyville. The Mendo-Lake Empire Junior Football League runs through the end of October with two weeks of playoffs in November. Lower Lake’s teams are on the road the first three weeks of the season before coming home Sept. 18 to play Cloverdale. (Photos by Bob Minenna)