<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=254QEA_1GoYwNp700" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=254QEA_1GoYwNp700" width="800" height="450" >ST. JOSEPH, MI — St. Joseph is back in familiar territory.The Bears are heading to their third straight district final this Friday, and this year, they're hoping a dynamic backfield and a fresh mindset, will finally push them over the top."Get the rock and go. Run hard, run low. Just like that, keep your wheels going," says junior running back Ishmael Dixon: "Trust my kids. I trust my guys up front. I read their butts, they give me the good looks. I just run hard and run low."For Ish Dixon, that approach has been pretty effective.The St. Joseph junior has found the end zone 23 times, but the production isn't just a result of what he can do with the football."He realized last year he's got to get in the weight room a little harder," St. Joseph head coach Andrew Pratley says. "lose some weight, better diet, better sleep, all the things that can make a good athlete special."When Dixon arrived to St. Joe as a freshman, his natural ability was already turning heads. But he knew there was another level to reach."Off season, summer workouts with Coach Yeager, his athletic training class I'm in, just working out, going hard," Dixon says. "He's making sure he's on me every day. even the days when I'm tired."That work has helped turn him into a more complete back, but Dixon is quick to point out he's not getting there alone."It's just my team honestly. The pieces we're putting together, we don't have every piece put together, but we're trying to put together. You know, my boys up front, my wide receivers. my quarterback, team effort."Now with a lot of touchdown to his name. Dixon has his sights sent on something bigger. St. Joe has fallen short in the district finals each of the last two years and the junior is ready to change that."We want it bad," Dixon admits. "Me and my guys, we talk about it every day in our group chat, we want it bad. We always made it past the first round. But like you said, we got to get over that hump.to get to the second round. Which I think we will do on Friday."St. Joseph hosts Thornapple Kellogg in the district final on Friday.Watch the highlights on WSBT's Friday Night Football Fever.</div></body>

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ST. JOSEPH, MI — St. Joseph is back in familiar territory. The Bears are heading to their third straight district final this Friday, and this year, they're hoping a dynamic backfield and a fresh mindset, will finally push them over the top. "Get the rock and go. Run hard,...

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ST. JOSEPH, MI — St. Joseph is back in familiar territory. The Bears are heading to their third straight district final this Friday, and this year, they're

High School Spotlight: St. Joseph's Ishmael Dixon

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