Pleasant Hill football sees focus on better tackling pay off

PLEASANT HILL – Offensive players from La Pine’s football team took a beating as Pleasant Hill defensive linemen relentlessly extinguished their drives and forced turnovers Friday night in a 26-6 victory that was even more dominant than the score indicates.

Only two weeks ago – in their previous home game against the Cottage Grove Lions – the Billies’ defense had hiccups: The opponent’s players were running through tackles and the wide receivers seemed to run…