Bright lights, small town

The six-man football team of Strawn, Texas, threads together a community

The Greyhounds
(Image credit: (Emily Berl))

Drive down Interstate 20, away from Fort Worth, Texas, and make a turn down the twisting roads that run through the state's northern hill country. There you'll find Strawn, population 653.

If you arrive on a Friday night and wonder where everyone is, look no further than Greyhound Field, where locals gather underneath the bright lights to cheer on their state championship-winning football team.

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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.