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“Smiles, high fives, and juice boxes”: Southside Raiders provide normalcy in pandemic Close Close Close It is a sunny Saturday morning in the cool April air that marks the long-awaited and coming return of summer. With the large white roof of the Coliseum and Alliant Energy Center in full view just a mere football field or two away, players and their families gather at Quann Park. They’re there for the first set of games from the Southside Raiders Youth Football Program. This spring, they’re playing flag and low contact football. This marks the first time the Raiders program has been able to put on a football game in well over a calendar year. The Raiders, like so many other youth and high school football programs in Dane County, had to suspend its 2020 fall football season due to COVID-19. With the pandemic, football was sidelined until the spread slowed and outdoor sporting events could be played safely. ....