Canines take on the elements during Tryouts

Photo Courtesy of : Evan Abell - Yakima Herald Republic 

The Yakima Canines are 12 weeks from taking the SunDome field May 9 for their first game in the America West Football Conference indoor league.

Saturday, however, they took on Mother Nature, hosting tryouts for hopeful Canines at the Yakima Athletic Club.

“It’s indoor football, but it’s still football,” team owner and head coach Warren Reynolds say Friday, confirming that the tryouts would go on despite the Valley’s first wintry blast that led to long-awaited high school and college events to be scrapped...READ MORE HERE