By Warren Mayes, Special to the Post Dispatch
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Lutheran North’s Mike Clark runs with the ball during a football scrimmage on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at Ritenour High School in Breckenridge Hills, Mo.
Paul Halfacre, Post-Dispatch
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Lutheran North’s Mike Clark sheds a blocker during a football scrimmage on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at Ritenour High School in Breckenridge Hills, Mo.
Paul Halfacre, Post-Dispatch
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