COMANCHE — A funny thing happened while somebody did a series of jobs nobody else wanted to do. A community noticed it, its townspeople appreciated it and a group of its kids learned the value of doing a good deed.

That community is Comanche. The jobs have been a wide assortment of cleanup projects, weeding, mowing and heavy lifting. The group of kids is the Comanche football team, whose second-year coach, Jake Escobar recognized public service as a means of bringing his team and community closer together. 

He brought the idea with him upon his arrival in 2021, when he returned to his hometown to take the head coaching position. And thus far, the results are paying off.