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GRIDIRON GLORYtrip to the state playoffs as the Bobcats seek ...
Four returning All-Area football players lead Marshalltown High School’s quest for a fourth straight
2012
In-depth previews of the Marshalltown area’s high school football teamsA SUPPLEMENT TO THE AUG. 16, 2012, EDITION OF THE
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The Marshalltown Bobcats bringback a host of letterwinners
from last year’s 8-3 squad thatadvanced two rounds into the
postseason. Pictured are frontrow: (from left) Austin Couch,Austin Sowers, Marco Tapia,
De’Quan McDowell, Tyler Kluver, Brandon Pettigrew,
Tad Steffensen, Blake Gimbel,Dacoda Ewalt, Connor Ruddick,
Colton Fuller and Hunter Chamberlin; middle row: David
Burns, Brandon Daniel, Austin Butcher, Derek Mann,
Justus Bjelland, Jordan Hernandez, Matt Vandegrift,
Nick Whaley, Matt Brodin, Zach Smith, Pedro Gomez,Blake Gethmann and Nick
Rembert; back row: Adam Williman, Kolton Uealy, Christian Guido
and Connor Overstake.
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Marshalltown High School seniors Tad Steffensen (2), Blake Gimbel (14), Pedro Gomez (61) and Tyler Kluver (7) make up four of the12 returning members of the 2011 Times-Republican All-Area Football Team. The other eight are:
Nolan HeftyNorth Tama
On the Cover
Brady HookGrundy Center
Dalton HulmeNorth Tama
Vincent LasleySouth Tama
Dylan LymanGrundy Center
Kyle StephensonSouth Tama
Mitch BerryEast Marshall
Duncan FerchWest Marshall
InsideAGWSR COUGARS . . . . . . . . . PAGES 9,18BCLUW COMETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6COLO-NESCO ROYALS . . . . . . . . . . 8,18EAST MARSHALL MUSTANGS . . . . 19,21GLADBROOK-REINBECK REBELS . 20,24GMG WOLVERINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-18GRUNDY CENTER Spartans . . . . . 16,18MARSHALLTOWN BOBCATS . . . . . . . . 3MESKWAKI WARRIORS. . . . . . . . . . . . 22NORTH TAMA REDHAWKS. . . . . . . 14,24SOUTH TAMA TROJANS . . . . . . . . 15,21WEST MARSHALL TROJANS . . . . . . . 4-5
2011 FINAL STANDINGS . . . . . . . . . 10-112012 DISTRICT SCHEDULES. . . . . . . . 10-11TEAM-BY-TEAM SCHEDULES . . . . . . . . . . 23
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By TROY HYDE
TIMES-REPUBLICAN
The Marshalltown Bobcats grad-uated plenty of talent off last year’s8-3 playoff team, but head coachDavid Holdiman feels like a strongbase is in place for the squad tomake another postseason run.
With 29 returning letterwinners,the state’s all-time leading passer, a1,000-yard receiver and two domi-nant defensive players back on thisyear’s roster, Holdiman makes astrong case that his Bobcats will beplayoff bound.
“We have a good nucleus backthis year,” said Holdiman, whobegins his 10th season as headcoach at Marshalltown. “We haveour starting QB, our starting center,our starting Mike linebacker andlots of experience up front.”
The returning quarterback is 6-foot-4 Blake Gimbel, a senior whoset a new state single season pass-ing yards record last season with3,979 yards. Gimbel is 15 poundsheavier in 2012, and Holdiman saidhe makes plays consistently, makesall the throws and has lots of ability.
“We expect him to have anothergreat season like he did last year,”Holdiman said.
In Holdiman’s wide-open spreadoffense, Gimbel, a first-team all-stater last year, should get plenty ofchances to set another passingrecord. He was first in the state inyards, passing attempts and passingcompletions and was second intouchdowns with 39. He only threwnine interceptions and completed 61percent of his passes. Oh , and healso made 62-of-64 PATs and 3-of-4 field goals as the team’s startingkicker.
Gimbel will have to find a newfavorite target in 2012 as Ty Stef-fensen graduated after hauling in 97catches, 1,289 yards and 13 TDslast season.
The Bobcats also lost AustinHauser to graduation. Hauser had618 receiving yards and nine touch-downs.
Expected to be Gimbel’s newfavorite target is Tad Steffensen,who was the team’s second leadingreceiver last year. Tad Steffensenfinished with 64 catches, 1,004yards and nine scores as a widereceiver and also returned threekickoffs for scores. Those numbersearned him first-team all-staterecognition by the Iowa NewspaperAssociation.
“Tad is the fastest player on our
team,” Holdiman said. “We arelooking for some people to fill thoseother spots vacated by graduation.”
The favorites to fill those spotsinclude Brandon Pettigrew andDe’Quan McDowell. Pettigrewhauled in 23 passes for 397 yardsand three touchdowns last year,while McDowell added sevencatches for 139 yards and one score.Austin Sowers and Dacoda Ewaltalso are in the mix at wide receiver.
The running back position is stillneck and neck between ConnorRuddick and Colton Fuller.Holdiman said he expects both guysto play and they may even play atthe same time. Both are trying toreplace Dominic Osborne, who ledthe Bobcats in 2011 with 762 rush-ing yards and 12 touchdowns.Osborne also had 504 receivingyards and three touchdowns.
“The running back is our fifthreceiver in this offense, so whoeveris in there will have to be able tocatch the ball,” Holdiman said.“Right now, they are neck and neck.They are two different types of run-ning backs but both players knowwhat they are good at and knowtheir roles on this team.”
The offensive line returns twostarters from last year in Zach
Smith and Matt Vandegrift. Vande-grift is a three-starter at right tackle,while Smith will be in his secondseason as the starting center. Out-side of that, the rest of the startersare still unknown. Holdiman saidplenty of guys are fighting for spotsbut nothing has been decided.
The defensive line returns all-conference representative PedroGomez and second-team all-confer-ence selection Nick Whaley. Gomezhad 60 tackles, two sacks and twofumble recoveries last year. Gomezwas a third-team all-state selectionby the INA as well.
Holdiman still needs to find twodefensive ends but does return Mikelinebacker Tyler Kluver, who had72 tackles, two sacks, three inter-ceptions and two fumble recoverieslast season.
The Bobcats graduated all foursecondary members. Holdiman saidthat position will be young andsome are going to have to step upand fill the voids.
“Those guys are good, but theyare a lot greener than this grass wepractice on,” Holdiman said.“There’s just not a lot of experi-ence.”
Derek Mann returns as well.Mann had 23 tackles last season.
Kyle Carnahan, on the other hand,will not be back. Carnahan led theBobcats with 144 tackles and fiveinterceptions last year.
Marshalltown’s division of theCIML will only include five teamsthis season as Ankeny Centennialwill be added in 2013. The districtincludes Dowling Catholic, DesMoines Hoover, Ottumwa andMason City.
Holdiman sees Class 4A presea-son No. 5 Dowling Catholic as thefavorite but expects his Bobcats tobe in the mix late in the year.
“Dowling is good year in andyear out, and I expect that to be thesame this year,” Holdiman said.“They are the favorite on paper, buthopefully we’ll have something tosay about that. We get them herelate in the year and we want thatgame to mean something.
“We want to try to be 1-0 everyweek. That is how we approachthings here.”
The Bobcats will open the sea-son in Week 0 this Friday at Class4A No. 3 Ankeny. Other road tripsthis season include Ames, FortDodge and Mason City. The fivehome games are against Class 3ANo. 3 Pella, Waukee, Ottumwa,Hoover and Dowling Catholic.
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STATE CENTER — The storiedWest Marshall football program willtry to match the school’s record offive straight trips to the playoffs byputting the ball in the same place it’sbeen for a majority of the previoussix seasons.
In the hands of a Ferch.Duncan Ferch, the youngest of
three record-setting running backbrothers, will take his turn at theback end of the Trojans’ prolific ‘I’formation in trying to keep the lega-cies — both his family’s and WestMarshall’s — alive and ongoing.
The 6-foot-3, 185-pound juniorhas just seven carries to his career,but in true Ferch form averaged 14.7yards per touch during last year’sTrojan march to the Class 2A statesemifinals.
Drake (2006-09) and Dalton(2008-11) Ferch combined to accrue9,700 rushing yards during theirdays in the West Marshall backfield,
Expectations remain unchanged at West Marshall
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The West Marshall football team will make its bid for a fifth straight trip to the playoffs behind a cast of returning letterwinners including front row: (from left)Devin Chesler, Gustavo Rodriguez, Elijah Streeter, Jake Pszanka, Kyle Blocker, Justin Weitzell, William Ohrt and Jared Riemenschneider; back row: Garrett Good-win, Duncan Ferch, Matt Van Metre, Colby Dunn, Nick Lanning, Eric Newton, Tyler O’Donnell and Marcus Webber; not pictured: Bailey Brockman.WEST MARSHALL | 5
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so it only seems fitting that the biggest Ferchof the bunch takes his turn carrying the load.
“It’ll be a little bit of an adjustment forhim, but he’s been a running back before injunior high and a little in high school,” saidWest Marshall head coach Ken Winkler,whose next win will be his 200th in State Cen-ter. “I don’t think the adjustment will be thatdifficult for him.”
Duncan Ferch spent the better part of hisfirst two seasons on the varsity squad as a tightend, hauling in a total of 28 passes for 508yards. His 103 rushing yards came last seasonwhen West Marshall climbed as close as it’sbeen to the summit since winning a Class 1Astate championship in 1999.
The expectations, whether from outsidesources or inside the locker room, remain thesame.
“I don’t think we’ve ever changed that,”said Winkler. “Our expectations are the sameevery year, and that’s to be as good as we canbe. And every Friday night, we expect to winthe game. We expect to be prepared to playhard enough to win every game.
“If we stay healthy, we’ll have a chance tobe decent.”
Decent is hardly a derogatory word comingfrom Winkler, the ninth-winningest coach inIowa high school football history.
The Des Moines Sunday Register ranksWest Marshall fifth in its preseason Class 2Apoll despite the graduation of five all-stateselections (by the Iowa Newspaper Associa-tion), two of which were on the offensive line.
And as Winkler will tell you plainly, itdoesn’t matter who is carrying the ball if hedoesn’t have somewhere to go with it.
Colby Dunn (6-5, 280) and Bailey Brock-man (6-1, 235) make up the returning starterson the offensive line, with “several people bat-ting for positions” around them according toWinkler.
Jared Riemenschneider moves from full-back to tight end, Devin Chesler becomes thefull-time lead blocking back and either seniorJake Pszanka or junior Matt Van Metre willtake the snaps at quarterback.
“Both (Pszanka and Van Metre) are capa-ble of being good quarterbacks,” said Winkler.“They both throw the ball reasonably well.Neither are as good at running the option asBraydn Beals was, but both of them will getbetter at it and be adequate at it.”
Beals threw for 1,399 yards and ran for 407more as West Marshall’s signal caller last fall.He went on to play at Rose-Hulman Instituteof Technology in Indiana, while both of theolder Ferch brothers are on the roster at IowaState.
“We’re not going to have anywhere nearthe speed we’ve had the last couple years, sowe’ll probably be a different type of team,”said Winkler, “not near explosive as the lasttwo or three years.”
Last year’s Trojan unit averaged 46.2points per game yet maintained a solid defen-sive stance on the other side, surrendering just
12.9 points per game — ninth best out of 63teams in 2A.
Chesler was the team’s leading tackler ayear ago (120) from his linebacker spot, whileRiemenschneider and Eric Newton will joinhim at the position. The linemen will likely allbe two-way players, while Ferch is set to jumpin as the strong safety.
District 7 will be the only six-team districtin 2A after South Hardin canceled its varsityseason because of a lack of numbers. WestMarshall will open its non-district slate with aWeek Zero road trip to Iowa Falls-Alden, a 3Aprogram, and then host Waterloo Columbus inWeek 1.
The Trojans will travel a ways for a Week2 game at Panorama of Panora, which went10-1 with a 1A-best 48.1 points-per-gameaverage last season. Week 3 will open the Sep-tember schedule and close out non-districtplay as PCM, Monroe comes to State Centerin hopes of avenging a playoff loss, the Mus-tangs’ only defeat a year ago.
West Marshall and North Polk are the onlyreturning playoff teams of the six schools inDistrict 7, and it was the Trojans that bouncedthe Comets from the postseason in the secondround. Nevada joins the district down from3A, while Roland-Story, Gilbert and cross-county rival East Marshall round out theleague.
“I think it’ll be really balanced from top tobottom,” Winkler said of the district. “I don’tsee a lot of difference from top to bottom. EastMarshall is going to be much improved, so Ithink it will be fairly balanced this year.”
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Duncan Ferch (32)runs for a gain dur-ing West Marshall’sClass 2A state football semifinalgame against SpiritLake on Nov. 14,2011, at the UNI-Dome in CedarFalls. Ferch movesinto the backfieldfor the Trojans thisfall, filling the spothis older brotherDalton left behind.
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CONRAD — BCLUW’s new varsityhead football coach Jess VanderWeerdt wasupbeat and cracking jokes this past Saturdayduring the team’s annual media day in Con-rad.
You wouldn’t know that he was takingover a Comets squad that won just twogames the previous season.
“The key for us is to score more pointsthan our opponents,” VanderWeerdt joked.“In my experience, if you do that, you willwin a lot of games.”
In all seriousness, VanderWeerdt looks toget back to fundamentals and focus on thedetails during his first year as head coach.
“Mentally, we are better than I thoughtwe would be at this point,” he said. “Wehave installed almost everything that I want-ed to install. We want to get better practiceby practice, play by play and game bygame.”
VanderWeerdt will welcome 14 letter-winners from last year’s team and seven sen-iors. He served as the JV offensive coordina-
tor last year and has been on the BCLUWstaff as an assistant for three seasons.
“The difference is that head coach is ayear round job,” he said. “There is a lot moreorganizing and cleaning, too.”
Offensively, VanderWeerdt does notexpect to be too exotic, as he stated that hehasn’t invented anything spectacular. Headmitted his team needs to maintain blocksbetter than in previous seasons, but also saidhe is not married to any one set on offense.
“We’re going to put the defense in a posi-tion where they can’t be right,” Vander-Weerdt said.
Defensively, the team ran a 40 two sea-sons ago and then lined up in a 50 last year.This year, it will depend a lot of what thecoaching staff has to work with.
“We want to first find the best 11 playersfor the defense and then figure out the sys-tem based on that,” VanderWeerdt said.
The Comets will welcome both QBs backto the roster this season. Conner Ubbenthrew for 196 yards last year, while IsaacNovak pitched in 90 passing yards. Vander-Weerdt was not ready to say who the starterwill be but expects both players to push each
other for playing time.He also has not narrowed down his start-
ing running back but admitted that up to fourguys could carry the ball this season. Thosefour players are Taylor Case, Luke Asche,Deonce Cushinberry and Mac Simpson.
Case is the top returning rusher from lastseason with 174 yards. He and the otherthree candidates back there will try toreplace the departed Cole Thompson, wholed the Comets with 898 rushing yards andeight touchdowns last year. Thompson alsohad 58 tackles on defense.
Other returners ready to contribute onoffense include wide receiver Lane Caster,tight end Wyatt Gunderson and sophomorecenter Blake Cooper.
Cooper also will be a big part of thedefense along with Case, Gunderson, Cush-inberry and Simpson.
Cooper led the team in tackles as a fresh-man with 77, while Cushinberry added 48tackles. Simpson had 45 tackles and twofumble recoveries and also served as theteam’s starting kicker. Case had 44 tacklesand three fumble recoveries, while Casterrecorded two interceptions and recovered
four fumbles.Cooper will play linebacker this season
after playing on the defensive line in 2011.Gunderson returns to defensive end, whileCase and Cushinberry will likely be defen-sive tackles.
Caster led the team in receiving onoffense with 13 catches for 136 yards. Gun-derson had four catches for 107 yards.
The Comets dropped down to Class Athis season. VanderWeerdt sees North Tamaas the favorite in District 4.
“We will focus on working hard on thefundamentals,” he said. “The outcome willbe positive if we start there.”
The Comets will open the season in Week1 at home against AGWSR, who was just 1-8last season. AGWSR will have one gameunder its belt when that game kicks off, butVanderWeerdt sees one advantage in that.
“We will be able to scout them in thatfirst game they play in Week Zero,” he said.“Hopefully that can help us a bit.”
The Comets also will have a few morechances early to gain some confidence asthey host Montezuma in Week 2 and thentravel to East Marshall in Week 3.
Comets focusing on details, fundamentals under VanderWeerdt
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The BCLUW Comets will welcome 14 returning letterwinners to this year’s football squad. The team went 2-7 last year and will begin the season with new head coach Jess VanderWeerdt. The returningletterwinners are front row: (from left) Wyatt Gunderson, Tyler Smith, Taylor Case, Mackenzie Simpson, Deonce Cushinberry, Isaac Novak and Lucas Schmitt; back row: Cole Silver, Taylor Sims, BlakeCooper, Nolan Emley, Conner Ubben, Tyler Lutes, Clark Macy and Max Callaway.
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COLO — The Colo-NESCO football program isexperiencing change at everylevel.
The Royals ready them-selves for their first season of8-man football under newhead coach Josh Nessa, and aharrowing schedule is here togreet them.
Three of The Des MoinesSunday Register’s preseasontop-10 teams are on Colo-NESCO’s schedule, two ofwhich are District 6 foeswhile the other is the Royals’season- and home-opener onFriday night. Melcher-Dallas,rated second by the Register,will introduce Colo-NESCOto the 8-man ranks.
Nessa, who served as anassistant under former headcoach Bill Heubner for fourseasons, is eager to see howwell his players and his play-book adapt to their first Fridaynight foe.
“Being part of the programreally helped me transitionwell into coaching here, weknew about the transition (to8-man) ahead of time and Ihelped design the playbookduring the winter,” saidNessa. “We’re keeping reallyclose to our running roots andour style of offense and Ithink it’s going to be a goodfit.”
In order to make the play-book fit with those playersreturning with experience,Nessa had to first make a per-sonnel change. BrandynNiemeyer, who began lastseason as the Royals’ quarter-back before suffering a bro-ken collarbone, will line up attailback this fall.
“He’s ready to go,” saidNessa. “Taylor Hill will beour quarterback and he’ll runour offense, and Brandyn is
excited about playing the tail-back position, and AdamLytle I think will do a reallygood job at fullback.”
Nessa said it’s not a movehe was willing to make if Hillcouldn’t handle calling theshots, and he believes the 5-foot-7, 140-pound junior can.
“Taylor throws the ballreally well, he’s very accu-rate, he’s got a good head onhis shoulders and he makesgood decisions,” Nessa said.“And Brandyn feels morecomfortable in the backfield.I’m hoping if we get him outon the edge that will help us alot.”
The Royals’ offense coulduse a boost after last season,and the wide-spread 8-mangame will only help. Colo-NESCO averaged just 9.8points per game — 44th outof 50 Class A teams — in lastyear’s 1-8 campaign, havingscored more than two touch-downs only once.
“I’m pleased with howwell the young men are pick-ing up the playbook and figur-ing it out, especially the jun-iors and seniors, it seems to bean easy transition for them,”said Nessa. “They were excit-ed about it and many of them,especially the upperclassmen,wanted to go 8-man so it wasthe right time to do it.”
Turning to the 8-mangame creates an uncommonsituation for Nessa as he hasone too many experiencedlinemen. Jake Webb, TylerGuy, Dayton Gilmore andBlake Bryan will share theduties up front depending onneed and compatibility.
“I’m really excited aboutfour returning linemen whohave either started or seen sig-nificant time on the field, andto be honest I’m not surewhich three are going tostart,” Nessa said. “Going intoyour first game week not
knowing exactly who it’sgoing to be is probably a goodproblem because we have fourvery talented seniors who aregoing to play there.”
It seems that Webb, at 6-foot-4 and 240 pounds, hasalready solidified his spot as athird-year starting defensiveend, according to Nessa.
“I would say his spot’spretty secure.”
Webb posted 59 tackleslast season, the second highesttotal for a returner aside fromLytle, an incumbent starter atmiddle linebacker. Lytle (6-0,180) shared the team lead ayear ago with 89 stops, andNiemeyer (6-1, 170) willrejoin him along the secondline of defense.
Hill and Tyler Erickson areexpected to slot in as defen-sive backs.
“We have several guyswho started last year plus oth-ers who had a lot of time onthe field,” said Nessa. “It’s areally good group of kids. Ithink the skill kids should bereally good, we’re not goingto have as many depth issues
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Freshman/JV Football Schedule Thur. Aug. 23 vs IA Falls at IA Falls 5:00 Fresh/7:00 JV Tues. Sept. 4 vs Grundy Center JV at Grundy 6:00 pm Mon. Sept. 10 East Marshall Freshmen at Home 6:00 pm Fri. Sept. 14 Roland Story at Home 5:00 Fresh/7:00 JV Fri, Sept. 21 Gilbert Freshmen at Home 7:00 pm Mon. Sept. 24 Gilbert JV at Home 6:00 pm Fri. Sept. 28 West Marshall at Home 5:00 pm Freshmen
Homecoming 7:00 pm JV Mon. Oct. 8 vs Nevada at Home 4:45 Fresh/7:00 JV Fri. Oct. 12 North Polk at Alleman 5:00 Fresh/7:30 JV
By TROY HYDE
TIMES-REPUBLICAN
ACKLEY — Numberswon’t be an issue this seasonfor the AGWSR Cougars as46 players will suit up forsecond-year head coach SkipEckhardt.
Of those 46, 19 were let-terwinners last year duringthe Cougars’ 1-8 campaignthat included a win overColo-NESCO. Eckhardthopes depth and more experi-ence can help the Cougarsmove in the right direction.
“We’re still awfullyyoung, and we’ll have plentyof juniors and sophomores inthe lineup,” Eckhardt said.“Some of our young kidswere on good teams in juniorhigh and the freshmen andsophomores played welltogether last year. We hopethat success comes through atthe varsity level this season.”
Young Cougars look to rely on numbers, depth in 2012
T-R PHOTO BY TROY HYDE
The AGWSR football team was very young last season and will again be youthful in 2012. The 19 letterwinners returning from last year include front row: (from left)Derek Schipper, Austin Heitland, Dillin Hofmeister, Clay Bohner, Clay Meinders, Joey Neely and Cody Williams; middle row: Austin Williams, Chris Balvanz, TrevorBakker, Brady Clark, Evan Janssen, Tanner Reents and Carson Lutterman; back row: Hancel Jimenez, Jacob Johnson, Alex Tubbs, Dimas DeLeon and Nick Pieters.AGWSR | 18
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Friday, Aug. 17Division 1Indianola at Des Moines Hoover (ND)West Des Moines Valley at Ottumwa (ND)Division 2Ames at Mason City (ND)Dowling Catholic at Johnston (ND)Marshalltown at Ankeny (ND)Division 3Ames at Mason City (ND)Dowling Catholic at Johnston (ND)Indianola at Des Moines Hoover (ND)Marshalltown at Ankeny (ND)West Des Moines Valley at Ottumwa (ND)
Thursday, Aug. 23Division 4Council Bluffs Lincoln at Lewis Central (ND)Friday, Aug. 24Division 1Des Moines North at Council Bluffs Jefferson (ND)Johnston at Des Moines Lincoln (ND)Oskaloosa at Indianola (ND)Sioux City East at Sioux City Heelan (ND)Urbandale at Fort Dodge (ND)West Des Moines Valley at Waukee (ND)Division 2Ames at Des Moines East (ND)Des Moines North at Council Bluffs Jefferson (ND)Johnston at Des Moines Lincoln (ND)Sioux City West at Sioux City North (ND)Urbandale at Fort Dodge (ND)Division 3Clear Lake at Mason City (ND)Des Moines Roosevelt at Des Moines Hoover (ND)Ottumwa at Keokuk (ND)Pella at Marshalltown (ND)Southeast Polk at Dowling Catholic (ND)Division 4Ames at Des Moines East (ND)Des Moines Roosevelt at Des Moines Hoover (ND)Sioux City West at Sioux City North (ND)Southeast Polk at Dowling Catholic (ND)West Des Moines Valley at Waukee (ND)
Friday, Aug. 31Division 1Council Bluffs Jefferson at Glenwood (ND)Des Moines Lincoln at Ankeny (ND)Des Moines Hoover at Urbandale (ND)Dowling Catholic at West Des Moines Valley (ND)Fort Dodge at Sioux City East (ND)Indianola at Des Moines Roosevelt (ND)Division 2Des Moines Lincoln at Ankeny (ND)Des Moines East at Des Moines North (ND)Fort Dodge at Sioux City East (ND)Sioux City North at Sioux City Heelan (ND)Southeast Polk at Ames (ND)Division 3Des Moines Hoover at Urbandale (ND)Dowling Catholic at West Des Moines Valley (ND)Mason City at Waverly-Shell Rock (ND)Mount Pleasant at Ottumwa (ND)Waukee at Marshalltown (ND)Division 4Des Moines East at Des Moines North (ND)Harlan at Council Bluffs Lincoln (ND)Indianola at Des Moines Roosevelt (ND)Sioux City West at Sergeant Bluff-Luton (ND)Southeast Polk at Ames (ND)Waukee at Marshalltown (ND)
Thursday, Sept. 6Division 1Sioux City East at Sioux City North (ND)Division 2Sioux City East at Sioux City North (ND)Friday, Sept. 7Division 1Council Bluffs Lincoln at Council Bluffs Jefferson (ND)Des Moines Roosevelt at Des Moines Lincoln (ND)Johnston at Urbandale (ND)Lewis Central at Indianola (ND)West Des Moines Valley at Southeast Polk (ND)Division 2Ankeny at Dowling Catholic (ND)Des Moines Hoover at Des Moines North (ND)Johnston at Urbandale (ND)Marshalltown at Fort Dodge (ND)Division 3Ankeny at Dowling Catholic (ND)Des Moines East at Ottumwa (ND)Des Moines Hoover at Des Moines North (ND)Marshalltown at Fort Dodge (ND)Mason City at Waukee (ND)Division 4Sioux City Heelan at Sioux City West (ND)Council Bluffs Lincoln at Council Bluffs Jefferson (ND)Des Moines East at Ottumwa (ND)Des Moines Roosevelt at Des Moines Lincoln (ND)Mason City at Waukee (ND)West Des Moines Valley at Southeast Polk (ND)
Friday, Sept. 14Division 1Council Bluffs Jefferson at Des Moines Hoover (ND)Des Moines Lincoln at Des Moines East (ND)Ottumwa at Indianola (ND)Sioux City West at Sioux City East (ND)Urbandale at Dowling Catholic (ND)Division 2Des Moines North at Des Moines Roosevelt (ND)Fort Dodge at Mason City (ND)Marshalltown at Ames (ND)Sioux City North at Council Bluffs Lincoln (ND)Southeast Polk at Ankeny (ND)Waukee at Johnston (ND)Division 3Council Bluffs Jefferson at Des Moines Hoover (ND)Fort Dodge at Mason City (ND)Marshalltown at Ames (ND)Ottumwa at Indianola (ND)Urbandale at Dowling Catholic (ND)Division 4Des Moines Lincoln at Des Moines East (ND)Des Moines North at Des Moines Roosevelt (ND)Sioux City North at Council Bluffs Lincoln (ND)Sioux City West at Sioux City East (ND)Southeast Polk at Ankeny (ND)Waukee at Johnston (ND)
Thursday, Sept. 20Division 4Council Bluffs Lincoln at Sioux City WestFriday, Sept. 21Division 1Des Moines Lincoln at UrbandaleIndianola at West Des Moines ValleySioux City East at Council Bluffs JeffersonDivision 2Ames at Fort DodgeDes Moines North at Sioux City NorthJohnston at AnkenyDivision 3Dowling Catholic at Mason CityOttumwa at MarshalltownDivision 4Des Moines East at Southeast PolkDes Moines Roosevelt at Waukee
Friday, Sept. 28Division 1Council Bluffs Jefferson at Des Moines LincolnSioux City East at IndianolaUrbandale at West Des Moines ValleyDivision 2Ankeny at AmesFort Dodge at Des Moines NorthSioux City North at JohnstonDivision 3Des Moines Hoover at MarshalltownMason City at OttumwaDivision 4Des Moines East at Council Bluffs LincolnDes Moines Roosevelt at Sioux City WestSoutheast Polk at Waukee
Thursday, Oct. 4Division 1Urbandale at Sioux City East Friday, Oct. 5Division 1Indianola at Council Bluffs JeffersonWest Des Moines Valley at Des Moines LincolnDivision 2Ames at Des Moines NorthAnkeny at Sioux City NorthJohnston at Fort DodgeDivision 3Mason City at Des Moines HooverOttumwa at Dowling CatholicDivision 4Council Bluffs Lincoln at Des Moines RooseveltSioux City West at Southeast PolkWaukee at Des Moines East
Thursday, Oct. 11Division 1Des Moines Lincoln at Sioux City East Friday, Oct. 12Division 1Council Bluffs Jefferson at West Des Moines ValleyIndianola at UrbandaleDivision 2Des Moines North at JohnstonFort Dodge at AnkenySioux City North at AmesDivision 3Dowling Catholic at Des Moines HooverMarshalltown at Mason CityDivision 4Des Moines East at Sioux City WestSoutheast Polk at Des Moines RooseveltWaukee at Council Bluffs Lincoln
Friday, Oct. 19Division 1Des Moines Lincoln at IndianolaSioux City East at West Des Moines ValleyUrbandale at Council Bluffs JeffersonDivision 2Ames at JohnstonAnkeny at Des Moines NorthFort Dodge at Sioux City NorthDivision 3Des Moines Hoover at OttumwaDowling Catholic at MarshalltownDivision 4Council Bluffs Lincoln at Southeast PolkDes Moines Roosevelt at Des Moines EastSioux City West at Waukee
(ND — denotes non-division game)
DIVISION 1CONF. ALLW L W L
WDM Valley. . . . . 5 0 13 0DM Lincoln . . . . . 5 0 9 2Urbandale . . . . . . 1 4 6 5Sioux City East. . . 4 0 5 6CB Jefferson . . . . 1 3 2 6Indianola . . . . . . 1 4 1 8
DIVISION 2CONF. ALLW L W L
Ankeny . . . . . . . . 4 1 11 2Ames . . . . . . . . . 1 4 4 6Johnston . . . . . . . 1 4 4 6Sioux City North . 1 3 4 7Fort Dodge . . . . . 2 3 3 6DM North . . . . . . 1 4 1 8
DIVISION 3CONF. ALL
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Dowling Catholic . 4 1 9 3Marshalltown. . . . 3 2 8 3Ottumwa . . . . . . . 3 2 3 7Mason City . . . . . 0 5 2 7DM Hoover . . . . . 0 5 1 8
DIVISION 4CONF. ALLW L W L
Southeast Polk . . 4 1 10 2Waukee . . . . . . . 4 1 6 4DM East. . . . . . . . 4 1 4 6CB Lincoln . . . . . . 3 1 5 5DM Roosevelt . . . 2 3 3 7Sioux City West . . 1 3 3 7
2011 FINAL RECORDS & 2012 COMPOSITE SCHEDULES
Friday, Aug. 17Nevada at Saydel (ND)
Friday, Aug. 24ADM, Adel at Dallas Center-Grimes (ND)Carlisle at Boone (ND)Nevada at South Tama (ND)Norwalk at Newton (ND)Saydel at Colfax-Mingo (ND)Webster City at Ballard (ND)Williamsburg at Grinnell (ND)
Friday, Aug. 31Ballard at Carlisle (ND)Boone at Perry (ND)Clarke, Osceola at Saydel (ND)Dallas Center-Grimes at Norwalk (ND)Grinnell at Oskaloosa (ND)Newton at Knoxville (ND)South Tama at Vinton-Shellsburg (ND)
Friday, Sept. 7Dallas Center-Grimes at South TamaNewton at BoonePella at Grinnell (ND)Saydel at Ballard
Friday, Sept. 14Ballard at Norwalk (ND)Boone at SaydelGrinnell at Dallas Center-GrimesSouth Tama at Newton
Friday, Sept. 21Ballard at BooneKnoxville at Dallas Center-Grimes (ND)Newton at GrinnellSaydel at South Tama
Friday, Sept. 28Dallas Center-Grimes at NewtonGrinnell at SaydelIowa Falls-Alden at Boone (ND)South Tama at Ballard
Friday, Oct. 5Ballard at GrinnellBoone at South TamaDallas Center-Grimes at SaydelNewton at ADM, Adel (ND)
Friday, Oct. 12Ballard at Dallas Center-GrimesBoone at GrinnellSaydel at NewtonSouth Tama at Benton Community (ND)
Friday, Oct. 19Dallas Center-Grimes at BooneGrinnell at South TamaNewton at BallardPerry at Saydel (ND)
DIST. ALL
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Grinnell . . . . . . . . 6 1 8 3Ballard . . . . . . . . 4 3 5 5Boone . . . . . . . . . 4 3 5 5Newton . . . . . . . . 3 4 5 4South Tama . . . . . 1 6 2 7Dallas Ctr-Grimes . 1 6 1 8Saydel. . . . . . . . . 0 7 0 9
CLASS 3A DISTRICT 4
Friday, Aug. 17CMB at North Polk (ND)East Marshall at Colfax-Mingo (ND)Nevada at Saydel (ND)Prairie City-Monroe at Roland-Story (ND)West Marshall at Iowa Falls-Alden (ND)
Friday, Aug. 24CMB at Gilbert (ND)Waterloo Columbus at West Marshall (ND)East Marshall at BGM (ND)Nevada at South Tama (ND)North Polk at Bondurant-Farrar (ND)South Hamilton at Roland-Story (ND)
Friday, Aug. 31Bondurant-Farrar at Nevada (ND)Gilbert at Webster City (ND)Greene County at North Polk (ND)Hudson at East Marshall (ND)Roland-Story at CMB (ND)West Marshall at Panorama, Panora (ND)
Friday, Sept. 7BCLUW at East Marshall (ND)Gilbert at NevadaPrairie City-Monroe at West Marshall (ND)Roland-Story at North Polk
Friday, Sept. 14East Marshall at Center Point-Urbana (ND)Nevada at West MarshallNorth Polk at Gilbert
Friday, Sept. 21Nevada at CMB (ND)Roland-Story at East MarshallWest Marshall at North Polk
Friday, Sept. 28East Marshall at GilbertGreene County at Roland-Story (ND)North Polk at Nevada
Friday, Oct. 5Interstate 35 at North Polk (ND)Roland-Story at GilbertWest Marshall at East Marshall
Friday, Oct. 12East Marshall at NevadaGilbert at Bondurant-Farrar (ND)West Marshall at Roland-Story
Friday, Oct. 19Gilbert at West MarshallNevada at Roland-StoryNorth Polk at East Marshall
(ND — denotes non-district game)
DIST. ALL
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East Marshall . . . . 0 7 0 9Gilbert . . . . . . . . 2 5 2 8Nevada. . . . . . . . 1 6 3 6North Polk . . . . . . 5 2 9 3Roland-Story . . . . 3 4 5 4West Marshall . . . 7 0 12 1
CLASS 2A DISTRICT 7WESTERN IOWA FOOTBALL DIVISIONS
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Friday, Aug. 17Grundy Center at AGWSR (ND)Southeast Webster-Grand at GMG (ND)
Friday, Aug. 24AGWSR at BCLUW (ND)Eagle Grove at Belmond-Klemme (ND)East Sac County at Prairie Valley (ND)Garner-Hayfield/Ventura at West Hancock (ND)Saint Ansgar at Mason City Newman (ND)Fort Dodge St. Edmond at Bishop Garrigan (ND)West Fork, Sheffield at Lake Mills (ND)Woodward Academy at SE Webster-Grand (ND)
Friday, Aug. 31Belmond-Klemme at West Fork (ND)Bishop Garrigan at North Union (ND)GMG at AGWSR (ND)Lake Mills at Central Springs (ND)Mason City Newman at Fort Dodge St. Edmond (ND)Prairie Valley at Manson-Northwest Webster (ND)West Hancock at Saint Ansgar (ND)
Friday, Sept. 7AGWSR at West HancockBelmond-Klemme at Mason City NewmanLake Mills at Southeast Webster-GrandPrairie Valley at Bishop Garrigan
Friday, Sept. 14Bishop Garrigan at AGWSRMason City Newman at Lake MillsSoutheast Webster-Grand at Prairie ValleyWest Hancock at Belmond-Klemme
Friday, Sept. 21AGWSR at Southeast Webster-GrandBelmond-Klemme at Lake MillsPrairie Valley at Mason City NewmanWest Hancock at Bishop Garrigan
Friday, Sept. 28Belmond-Klemme at Prairie ValleyBishop Garrigan at Southeast Webster-GrandLake Mills at West HancockMason City Newman at AGWSR
Friday, Oct. 5AGWSR at Belmond-KlemmeMason City Newman at Bishop GarriganPrairie Valley at Lake MillsSoutheast Webster-Grand at West Hancock
Friday, Oct. 12Bishop Garrigan at Belmond-KlemmeLake Mills at AGWSRSoutheast Webster-Grand at Mason City NewmanWest Hancock at Prairie Valley
Friday, Oct. 19AGWSR at Prairie ValleyBelmond-Klemme at Southeast Webster-GrandLake Mills at Bishop GarriganMason City Newman at West Hancock
Friday, Aug. 17Denver at Gladbrook-Reinbeck (ND)English Valleys at Iowa Valley (ND)Grundy Center at AGWSR (ND)North Mahaska at Belle Plaine (ND)Southeast Webster-Grand at GMG (ND)
Saturday, Aug. 18North Tama vs. Nashua-Plainfield at Wartburg (ND)
Friday, Aug. 24AGWSR at BCLUW (ND)Aplington-Parkersburg at North Tama (ND)Belle Plaine at Montezuma (ND)GMG at North Mahaska (ND)Gladbrook-Reinbeck at Hudson (ND)Grundy Center at Dike-New Hartford (ND)Iowa Valley at Highland, Riverside (ND)
Friday, Aug. 31BGM at Belle Plaine (ND)Dike-New Hartford at Gladbrook-Reinbeck (ND)GMG at AGWSR (ND)Iowa Valley at Winfield-Mt. Union (ND)Lone Tree at North Tama (ND)Montezuma at BCLUW (ND)
Friday, Sept. 7BCLUW at East Marshall (ND)Gladbrook-Reinbeck at Iowa ValleyGrundy Center at Belle PlaineNorth Tama at GMG
Friday, Sept. 14BCLUW at Gladbrook-ReinbeckGMG at Grundy CenterIowa Valley at North Tama
Friday, Sept. 21Belle Plaine at GMGGrundy Center at Iowa ValleyNorth Tama at BCLUW
Friday, Sept. 28BCLUW at Grundy CenterIowa Valley at Belle PlaineNorth Tama at Gladbrook-Reinbeck
Friday, Oct. 5Belle Plaine at BCLUWGMG at Iowa ValleyGladbrook-Reinbeck at Grundy Center
Friday, Oct. 12BCLUW at GMGBelle Plaine at Gladbrook-ReinbeckGrundy Center at North Tama
Friday, Oct. 19Gladbrook-Reinbeck at GMGIowa Valley at BCLUWNorth Tama at Belle Plaine
Friday, Aug. 17Lamoni at Moravia (ND)Melcher-Dallas at Colo-NESCO (ND)Seymour at Mormon Trail (ND)Saturday, Aug. 18Twin Cedars at Essex (ND)
Friday, Aug. 24Cedar Valley Christian at HLV, Victor (ND)Melcher-Dallas at Twin CedarsMeskwaki Settlement at Wayne, CorydonTri-County at Seymour
Friday, Aug. 31HLV, Victor at MoraviaSeymour at Melcher-DallasSpringville at Meskwaki Settlement (ND)Twin Cedars at Wayne, Corydon
Friday, Sept. 7East Union at Twin Cedars (ND)Meskwaki Settlement at HLV, VictorTri-County at MoraviaWayne, Corydon at Seymour
Tuesday, Sept. 11Mormon Trail at Wayne, Corydon (ND)
Friday, Sept. 14HLV, Victor at Tri-CountyLamoni at Seymour (ND)Meskwaki Settlement at Twin CedarsMoravia at Melcher-Dallas
Friday, Sept. 21Seymour at Meskwaki SettlementTri-County at Melcher-DallasTwin Cedars at HLV, VictorWayne, Corydon at Moravia
Friday, Sept. 28Melcher-Dallas at HLV, VictorMoravia at Murray (ND)Seymour at Twin CedarsTri-County at Wayne, Corydon
Friday, Oct. 5Grandview Park Baptist at Tri-County (ND)HLV, Victor at SeymourMoravia at Meskwaki SettlementWayne, Corydon at Melcher-Dallas
Friday, Oct. 12Lenox at Melcher-Dallas (ND)Meskwaki Settlement at Tri-CountyTwin Cedars at MoraviaWayne, Corydon at HLV, Victor
Friday, Oct. 19Corning at Wayne, Corydon (ND)Melcher-Dallas at Meskwaki SettlementSeymour at MoraviaTri-County at Twin Cedars
Friday, Aug. 17Adair-Casey at CAM, Anita (ND)Ankeny Christian at Heartland Christian (ND)Coon Rapids-Bayard at Grandview Park Baptist (ND)East Union at Lenox (ND)Lamoni at Moravia (ND)Melcher-Dallas at Colo-NESCO (ND)Murray at Glidden-Ralston (ND)Seymour at Mormon Trail (ND)
Friday, Aug. 24Ankeny Christian at Northeast Hamilton (ND)Colo-NESCO at Adair-CaseyGrandview Park Baptist at LamoniMurray at Mormon Trail
Friday, Aug. 31Adair-Casey at East UnionMormon Trail at Grandview Park BaptistMurray at Ankeny ChristianNortheast Hamilton at Colo-NESCO (ND)
Friday, Sept. 7Adair-Casey at LamoniColo-NESCO at Ankeny ChristianEast Union at Twin Cedars (ND)Grandview Park Baptist at Murray
Tuesday, Sept. 11Mormon Trail at Wayne, Corydon (ND)
Friday, Sept. 14Ankeny Christian at Grandview Park BaptistColo-NESCO at East UnionLamoni at Seymour (ND)Mormon Trail at Adair-Casey
Friday, Sept. 21Adair-Casey at MurrayEast Union at Ankeny ChristianLamoni at Colo-NESCO
Friday, Sept. 28Colo-NESCO at Mormon TrailEast Union at LamoniGrandview Park Baptist at Adair-CaseyMoravia at Murray (ND)
Friday, Oct. 5Grandview Park Baptist at Tri-County (ND)Lamoni at Ankeny ChristianMormon Trail at East UnionMurray at Colo-NESCO
Friday, Oct. 12Adair-Casey at Ankeny ChristianColo-NESCO at Grandview Park BaptistEast Union at MurrayMormon Trail at Lamoni
Friday, Oct. 19Ankeny Christian at Mormon TrailCoon Rapids-Bayard at Adair-Casey (ND)Grandview Park Baptist at East UnionLamoni at Murray
DIST. ALLW L W L
West Hancock . . . . . . 5 0 12 2Mason City Newman. . 5 0 11 2Bishop Garrigan. . . . . 4 1 6 4Prairie Valley . . . . . . . 4 3 5 5Belmond-Klemme . . . . 1 4 1 8Lake Mills . . . . . . . . . 1 6 1 8AGWSR . . . . . . . . . . 0 7 1 8SE Webster-Grand . . . 0 5 0 9
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North Tama . . . . . . . . 5 1 9 2Gladbrook-Reinbeck . . 6 1 8 1Grundy Center . . . . . . 4 1 6 4Iowa Valley . . . . . . . . 4 2 6 4Belle Plaine . . . . . . . . 3 3 3 7BCLUW . . . . . . . . . . . 0 7 2 7GMG . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 5 0 10
DIST. ALLW L W L
Melcher-Dallas . . . . . . 7 0 9 1Moravia . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 8 2Tri-County . . . . . . . . . 4 3 5 6Twin Cedars. . . . . . . . 4 3 4 6Meskwaki Settlement . . 3 4 4 6HLV, Victor . . . . . . . . . 1 5 2 7Seymour . . . . . . . . . . 0 7 0 9Wayne, Corydon . . . . 0 7 0 9
DIST. ALLW L W L
Murray . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 12 2Adair-Casey. . . . . . . . 7 0 9 3East Greene . . . . . . . . 2 4 4 5Mormon Trail . . . . . . . 2 5 4 6Grandview Park . . . . . 3 4 3 6Lamoni . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 3 6East Union . . . . . . . . . 1 6 2 7Colo-NESCO . . . . . . . 1 4 1 8Ankeny Christian . . . . 0 7 0 9
2011 FINAL RECORDS & 2012 COMPOSITE SCHEDULESCLASS A DISTRICT 2 CLASS A DISTRICT 4 8-MAN DISTRICT 5 8-MAN DISTRICT 6
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TRAER — The seniors onthis year’s North Tama Red-hawks football team weresophomores during the pro-gram’s most recent statechampionship run two sea-sons ago.
Now, those same group ofplayers are hungry to return tothe UNI-Dome and bringhome another piece of hard-ware.
“We have a lot of seniorsand a lot of experience,” first-year head coach Dan Oltmansaid. “They are football savvyand football smart. Andbecause of those things, theexpectations are very high thisyear.”
The Redhawks return 15letterwinners from last year’s9-2 squad. Nine starters areback on both sides of the ball.So Oltman inherited a prettystrong group when he took thejob this offseason.
“The sky’s the limit withthis group,” said Oltmanabout the team’s expectationsthis season. “We have tocome ready to play each weekthough. We have our work cutout for us.”
The Redhawks will startthe season as the No. 5 rankedteam in Class A in the presea-son rankings released by TheDes Moines Sunday Register.
Leading the way this yearfor the Redhawks will be astrong group of seniors.
Returning at quarterback issenior signal caller JacobWrage, who threw for 674yards, nine TDs and zerointerceptions during a 2011season that included an injury.He also rushed for 325 yardsand eight scores.
Wrage will play free safetyon defense, while returningstarter Dalton Hume will bethe team’s starting tailback aswell as a starting linebacker.Hume rushed for 728 yardsand six scores last year andfilled in for Wrage at QB,throwing for 511 yards.
Other returning startersexpected to play both waysinclude seniors Brent Biller-beck (WR/CB), MitchellBoerm (WR/DE), Nolan
Hefty (OL/LB) SkylerKvidera (OL/DE) and TannerSwanger (WR/kicker), areturning third-team all-stateplacekicker.
Billerbeck rushed for 235yards and had 239 receivingyards last year with five totalTDs. Boerm had 30 catchesfor 400 yards and four scoreson offense and 68 tackles andfour fumble recoveries ondefense. Hefty led the team intackles on defense with 122and also had two interceptionsand three fumble recoveries.Kvidera added 55 tackles,while Swanger was 40-of-46in PATs and 6-of-10 in fieldgoals as the team’s kicker.
“I am impressed with thework ethic of this team,” Olt-man said. “They have deter-mination to win, they won’tgive up and they won’t rollover. They want to win at allcosts. Those are all veryunique things to have. Andthat helps gel the team togeth-er.”
Oltman said he has plentymore players on the roster thatwill play big snaps this sea-son.
That list includes seniors
Tyler Nelson (DL), TreyKeahna (OL), Damon Spencer(WR/CB) and Chris Droullard(OL/DL), juniors BrandonKaufman (LB) and OmarMartinez (WR/CB) and soph-omore Colton See (OL).
“The dedication of thisgroup is a product of the UNI-Dome,” Oltman said. “I cansee the hunger in the seniors’eyes and it has trickled downto the juniors, sophomoresand freshmen.”
Oltman will have to findreplacements for three keyplayers last season. NickWhannel had 574 rushingyards and 15 TDs as well as94 receiving yards and a scoreon offense as well as 111tackles on defense. BladeBradley added 63 tackles ondefense, while Jordan Maskcontributed 48 tackles, oneinterception and two fumblerecoveries defensively.
“I arrived here in June, andthis community has welcomedme with open arms,” Oltmansaid. “They have supportedthe team in the past, and thesupport we have gotten since I
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TAMA — Enough similaritiesexist that the South Tama footballteam sees fit to point to parallelsbetween this upcoming season and2007.
The last t ime the Trojansadvanced to the state football play-offs, they were a senior-ladensquad that refused to sulk aftersuffering consecutive 1-8 cam-paigns. Instead they went to work,had an undefeated regular seasonand ended up in the Class 3A statesemifinals as a result.
South Tama brings back aheavy load of letterwinners whobelieve they’ve laid the foundationto amend last year’s 2-7 finish forthis season’s 16 seniors.
“This senior-to-be group wasvery successful as underclassmen,I think they lost two games asfreshmen,” said third-year headcoach Jay Hoskey. “They’ve justmatured a lot, they played all lastyear and most of these guys were
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South Tama’s hefty group of returning letterwinners from last year’s football team include front row: (from left) Adam Glendy, Bryce Climer, Clay Waterbury,Kaleb Davenport, Jake Herriott, Trevor Rohach and Levi Kaufman; back row: Brad Evans, Austin Lowe, Kyle Stephenson, Lane McAdoo, Jose Fonseca, Erik Lux,Daryl Bidwell, Sam Kuhter and Vincent Lasley.
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GRUNDY CENTER —Head football coach BrentThoren graduated fromGrundy Center, lived inGrundy Center and coached atNorth Tama.
Well, until this season thatis.
Thoren decided to headhome this offseason tobecome the head coach of hisalma mater Grundy Centerand brought with him statechampionship coaching expe-rience.
“It was not an easy deci-sion to leave North Tama, butI can now watch my kidsgrow up and ride my bike towork every day,” Thoren said.“This is where I want to be fora long time.”
Thoren helped North Tamawin a state championship twoseasons ago. And even left asquad that expects to competefor another state title this sea-son. But now he will try to
duplicate a similar run for theSpartans, who are coming offa 6-4 season and their firstplayoff berth in 17 years.
“I have lived in GrundyCenter all of my life, so I wasable to watch the programfrom afar. The transition has-n’t been as hard as maybe itcould have been,” Thorensaid. “I knew what I hadbefore I got here.”
What Thoren has is a ros-ter of 40 players, 11 seniorsand 12 juniors to build from.However, the Spartans returnjust 30 percent of their offen-sive output from last season.
“There’s potential here forsure, but you really don’tknow what you have until thebullets start flying,” Thorensaid.
The biggest losses fromlast year’s team includeNathan Schmadeke, Joel Rustand Cody Cole.
Schmadeke led the team inreceiving with 468 yards and
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The Grundy Center Spartans hope to build off their first playoff appearance in 17 years this season with new head coach Brent Thoren.Returning letterwinners on this year’s squad include front row: (from left) Connor Noteboom, Sam Thompson, Bryce Moats, NickMauer, Lane Bangasser and Brock Rohler; back row: Austin Sawyer, Ethan Hogle, Brett Boren, Riley Wells, Dylan Lyman and BradyHook; not pictured: Jordan Clapp.GRUNDY CENTER | 18
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GARWIN — Despite a long losing streakthat dates back to 2009, the attitude of theGMG football squad has been great, accordingto head coach Kyl Gillespie.
The Wolverines have lost 25 games in arow, including two straight 0-10 campaigns.The focus for Gillespie and his team is the firstgame against Southeast Webster-Grand.
“The first few practices have been reallygood, and the attitude is good,” Gillespie said.“We are looking forward to turning thingsaround on that first Friday night.”
That first Friday night is a date with South-east Webster-Grand, which also went winlesslast year and has actually dropped 45 straightgames dating back to 2006. Southeast Webster-Grand will have a new coaching staff andGMG gets to play the game at home, whichshould both be advantages for the Wolverines.
“We have a heck of a streak going, and wewant to end it,” Gillespie said. “The nice thingis that we have that game at home. We canhopefully be more relaxed.”
The last time Southeast Webster-Grandwon a varsity football game was Sept. 1, 2006,as it dropped North Central Manly 49-30. That
Wolverines focused on ending long losing streak
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The GMG football team will try to end a long losing streak this season behind a large group of returning letterwinners. Pictured are front row: (fromleft) Noah Scheidel, Lansana Mohr, Brandon Weitzel, Devon Schuett and Matt Smith; middle row: Austin Vaughn, Lucas Catherwood, Luke Petty, GageFraser and Nathan Swaim; back row: Brock Fisher, Blake Warren and Chris O’Neal; not pictured: Tyler Krull, Ryan Spurlin and Bryce Newcomb.GMG | 18
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Eckhardt did not lose too many keyseniors from last season’s team but willhave to replace Josh Bagley, who is notout for the team this season.
Replacing Bagley at QB will comedown to three sophomore signal callers —Brandon Johnson, Cody Williams or SullyHofmeister. Bagley had 490 passing yardsand five TDs last season along with 32tackles on defense.
“We need the quarterbacks to limit themistakes and live to play another down,”Eckhardt said. “We had way too manyturnovers last year.”
Other players who are expected to con-tribute offensively include junior ClayBohner, senior Nick Pieters and seniorBrady Clark. Bohner rushed for 161 yardsand had 59 receiving yards, while Pietershad 105 rushing yards.
Austin Williams is team’s leadingreturning rusher as he gained 210 yardslast season.
“We are going to play a lot of playersat a lot of different spots, and we wouldlike to have them play only one way if wecan pull it off,” Eckhardt said.
The offensive line brings back four let-terwinners from last year, including juniorTrevor Bakker, junior Dillin Hofmeister,junior Derek Schipper and senior HancelJimenez.
“Offensively, we need to limit ourturnovers and move the chains.” Eckhardtsaid. “We want to win the field positionbattle throughout the game. That alsomeans we need to have better specialteams.”
Eckhardt said the defense needs to cut
down on the opposing team’s big playsand hopefully improve their play on thirddown and long.
“We gave up way too many first downslast year on third and long,” Eckhardt.“We have to cut down on the one- andtwo-play drives. If they go 12 playsagainst, then they can have it, then theybeat us.”
Leading the defense this season will beAustin Williams, senior Chris Balvanz andjunior Carson Lutterman.
Lutterman led the team in tackles as asophomore with 42, while Jimenez had 32tackles and Balvanz added 31 tackles.
Austin Williams was a first-team all-district selection last season, while Bal-vanz was a second-team lineman andClark was a first-team punter.
Eckhardt still can’t say who will startwhere.
“There are many people battling forseveral positions right now,” Eckhardtsaid.
The Cougars’ district will feature plen-ty of travel for road games and with 10games, they will not get a break. Eckhardtsees West Hancock, Mason City Newmanand Algona Bishop Garrigan as thefavorites in Class A District 2.
There are some favorable games early— first three contests are against GrundyCenter, BCLUW and GMG — but thenthe Cougars face the three favorites in afour-game stretch in the middle of the sea-son.
“I am calling that Murderer’s Row, butwe would like to get off to a good start,”Eckhardt said. “We have some juniors andseniors who are used to losing so winningsome early will help. The young kids havehad success, and we hope that can contin-ue.”
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as last year, the young kids are gaining a lot— we feel pretty confident about beingable to play eight-man football.”
Whether or not that translates into winsright away remains to be seen, but the Roy-als are certain they will erase the memoriesof last year’s 1-8 campaign.
“I just keep reminding them that this is anew time for them and it’s a time for themto succeed,” said Nessa. “I know our lead-ers are really excited to play, as well as therest of the team. I think they understandthey just need to put (last season) in thepast and move on and they’re very excitedto do so.”
Colo-NESCO is a part of a nine-teamdistrict in its first year in 8-man, but stillhas hopes of qualifying for the state foot-ball playoffs for the third time in five sea-sons with a top-four finish in the league.
Fourth-ranked Murray and sixth-ranked
Adair-Casey are expected to provide thegreatest obstacles for the Royals, the onlyteam in the district that played 11-man lastseason.
“We’ve watched a lot of game film, andit looks like we’re going to have some real-ly tough competition,” Nessa said. “Ournon-district games are going to be prettytough with Northeast Hamilton and Melch-er-Dallas, they’re traditionally tough foot-ball teams so that will really help us to seewhere we’re at, especially when we have toface them so early in the season.
“I definitely think Murray is going to betough and Adair-Casey too, they both hadpretty good success in the playoffs and Idon’t think that’s going to change. Butwe’ve definitely been talking about theplayoffs, that’s definitely one of our goalsis to make the playoffs and we think that’sa realistic goal for us and they’re veryexcited.
“I think they all believe we can do it,and I believe it’s a very attainable goal forus.”
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was the final game of a regular in which the teamwent 1-8.
Gillespie not only feels like his Wolverineshave a good opportunity to end the streak inWeek Zero, but he also feels like road gamesagainst North Mahaska and AGWSR in Week 1and Week 2 are winnable.
“The first three games are key for us,” Gille-spie said. “It is realistic to think there are somewins in there if we take care of business. Rightnow, our focus is on Southeast Webster. Theyhave a new coaching staff, and it is more aboutus at this point.”
The Wolverines were very young last year,losing a few seniors from the roster. The biggestloss was Blane Anderson, who rushed for 516yards and four touchdowns. He also led the teamin tackles with 152. He took his talents to IowaWestern in Council Bluffs.
This year’s roster includes just one senior,Blake Warren, who is expected to be the quarter-back, according to Gillespie.
The squad will be sophomore and juniorheavy, and leading the way amongst that groupwill be sophomore Lansana Mohr and juniorsLucas Catherwood, Gage Fraser and AustinVaughn.
Other players to watch include Luke Pettyand Brock Fisher. Petty had 402 receiving yardsand four TDs last year, while Fisher added 265receiving yards on offense and two interceptionson defense.
Mohr started on defense as a freshman, fin-ishing with 79 tackles, which was second on theteam. He’ll start on both sides of the ball thisyear, taking over at running back on offense.With his blazing speed, he likely will returnkicks and punts as well.
Catherwood and Fraser will both make bigimpacts on the defensive line, said Gillespie.Vaughn is a junior kicker who has 45-yard range.Vaughn, who attended a few kicking camps thissummer, was 8-of-11 in PATs and 4-of-6 in fieldgoals last season.
Gillespie, who will start his fifth season ashead coach, said attitude is a major strength ofthis team. He said the players have not let thelosing streak affect them. The biggest weaknessis the fact that they have just one senior on theroster.
“The biggest thing we are trying to fix fromlast year’s team is our turnover margin,” Gille-spie said. “We were negative in that categorylast year. We want to keep our own and takeaway theirs. That has been a big focus this pre-season.”
The Wolverines return eight starters onoffense and seven starters on defense this season.
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six touchdowns, had a team-high six intercep-tions and three fumble recoveries and also had42 tackles. The talented departed senior alsoaveraged 38 yards per kickoff return and scoredtwo kickoff return TDs and one punt return TD.
Rust had 990 passing yards and 11 TDs lastseason, while Cole led the team in rushing with713 yards and seven scores.
Trying to replace those three departed ath-letes and the rest of the Spartans 2011 seniorswill be an assortment of versatile athletes thatstarts and finishes with senior Dylan Lyman.
Thoren said Lyman will be asked to do manythings on this year’s squad, including playingquarterback, running back, wide receiver anddefense.
“Dylan is a very good athlete, and he allowsus to do some unique things offensively,”Thoren said. “We’re going to find ways to givethat young man the ball. He won’t play any onespot. I look at what I have and gear the systemaround that.”
Thoren also said sophomore Brock Rohlerwill play quarterback, most likely when Lymanis not under center. Other versatile athletes whoThoren expects to help the Spartans this seasoninclude junior Bryce Moats, junior JordanClapp, junior Nick Mauer, who did not playfootball last season, and Connor Noteboom.
Clapp was an all-state punter last season, andthe other returning all-stater back in 2012 is jun-ior offensive lineman Brady Hook.
Hook is the only starting returning on the
offensive line. Thoren said finding the other fourguys to go with Hook is still a work in progress.
“We are trying to fill those spots throughposition changes and with guys who did not playlast year,” Thoren said. “We need kids that don’tcare if they get in the paper. And we have someof those guys.”
Senior Austin Sawyer is another linemanwho Thoren sees as someone primed to have abig season. Sawyer, a defensive lineman, wasdedicated this offseason and worked hard to slimdown, according to Thoren.
Thoren said fans can expect to see thingsthey saw when he was at North Tama. He willrun an attacking style offense and use the versa-tile athletes he has to his advantage.
“You have to learn how to practice and youhave to learn how to prepare,” Thoren said. “Ihave asked the kids about what kind of legacythey want to leave? What do they want to beremembered by?”
Thoren will try to continue to build off lastseason’s first playoff appearance in 17 seasons.But he knows it will a tough task because thenew district is loaded, featuring North Tama,Iowa Valley and Gladbrook-Reinbeck.
“We have level-headed kids who want towork on getting better,” Thoren said. “We needto stay the course and get better every day. Wehave to develop a vision of what kind of teamwe are as the season begins. We want to winevery day.”
The Spartans will open the season with threestraight road games, beginning Friday at Ackleyagainst AGWSR. They also play at Dike-NewHartford and at Belle Plaine the following twoweeks.
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LE GRAND — Patrick Farley was offeredthe head football coaching job at East Mar-shall in May and has been in town since June.
During that time he has been working toinstill something into the program that he feltwas sorely missing.
“The first thing you have to do when youcome to a new place is identify any problemsthere may have been before,” Farley said.“There was little-to-no discipline and little-to-no accountability here before so we wanted toinstill those two things. You have to have dis-cipline to have a football team.”
East Marshall will field a football teamwhich is 50 strong and Farley will have theluxury of working with 17 players who gotextensive snaps at the varsity level last season.And so far, things have been going pretty wellfor the new coaching staff.
“It’s a process, but we hope to be competi-tive this season,” Farley said. “There are somehungry kids. When you go 0-9 there is a men-tality you have to fight, and the kids are fight-ing a good fight right now. We are workingthrough it.”
Leading the way this year for the Mustangs
New Mustangs coach looking to instill discipline into program
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The East Marshall Mustangs welcome back a plethora of letterwinners for new coach Patrick Farley to build from. The letterwinners are front row:(from left) Austin Kingrey, Rean Webb, Walker Steward, Jay Reisetter and Quentin Long; middle row: Austin Parmenter, Blake Roseland, Ben Mastin,Mitch Berry, Zach Rubenbauer and Trevor Long; back row: Dalton Beadle, Tanner Parrish, Brock Pieters, Josh Wilson, Matt Flugge and Nate Judge.EAST MARSHALL | 21
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REINBECK — For a program averagingjust shy of seven wins over the last six sea-sons, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck football teamenters this campaign decidedly nearsighted.
The Rebels return at most only fourstarters from last year’s second straight play-off qualifier, requiring a young and mostlyinexperienced crop of letterwinners to learnfast and improve on the fly.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck dips down fromClass 1A to Class A this fall, something headcoach John Olson doesn’t translate intoinstant success. The Rebels hold almost nocarryover from last year’s 8-2 squad, withonly one true starter back from a defense thatsurrendered a stingy 13.3 points per game ayear ago.
“Usually we have long-term goals but thisyear we have real short-term goals becausewe have such inexperienced guys,” saidOlson, beginning his seventh season with a41-17 record at G-R. “We hope to see drasticimprovement from week to week.”
The competition should satisfy thatrequirement, Olson believes, as four otherplayoff qualifiers align in Class A’s District 4.
Rebels are inexperienced across the board
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The Gladbrook-Reinbeck football team returns only four starters on either side of the ball, but the Rebels have a group of 13 letterwinners back fromlast year’s 8-2 team. Looking to lead the team back to the playoffs for the third season in a row are front row: (from left) Alex Schick, Jake Peters,Paul Chamberlain, Joe Zimmerman, Pete Meyers and Austin Harris; back row: Brandon Lakabung, Wyatt Swanson, Jackson Clark, Jeremy Schlamp,Chase Clark, Trevor Trunck and Logan Koester.G-R REBELS | 24
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will be several returners who playbig roles last season, including lastyear’s starting quarterback, widereceiver, leading tackler and threestarting lineman.
Senior Walker Steward returnsas the team’s signal caller. Lastyear, Steward threw for 738 yardsand six touchdowns. Senior NateJudge also is back after leading theteam in tackles last year with 85.He will play defensive end andtight end this season.
The starting running back in2012 is expected to Zach Ruben-bauer but Josh Wilson, Jay Reiset-ter and Dalton Beadle also areexpected to play in the backfieldsome.
Rubenbauer is the leadingreturning rusher after compiling175 yards on the ground last sea-son. Wilson led the team in catcheswith 19 and had 325 yards andthree TDs as well. Mitch Berry alsowill be counted on to catch passeson offense. He had eight catchesfor 143 yards last year.
Defensively, Judge will lead theway but Farley said most thestarters will play both ways. Wilsonhad 45 tackles last year, whileReisetter and Beadle had 46 and 45tackles, respectively.
Farley also said Trevor Long,Tanner Parrish and Blake Roselandall will be counted on to lead theoffensive and defensive lines thisseason.
“We’ll have to lean on thosethree guys a lot,” Farley said. “We
have big expectations for thoseguys and they are responding wellso far.”
The Mustangs will have toreplace Brandon Wanatee this sea-son. Last year, Wanatee led theteam in rushing yards with 419 andalso was second in tackles with 68.
Farley said he likes to run theball on offense but also wants to bebalanced in his approach. Defen-sively, he will need to be flexible.
“We are going to play a lot ofdifferent kinds of offenses this yearso we need to be flexible based onwhatever we see,” Farley said.“You have to be aggressive in foot-ball, but we’re really just trying towork on the fundamentals. We aretrying to just get the guys to do theirjobs. The rest will work itself out.”
Farley expects West Marshalland North Polk to be the favoritesin Class 2A, District 7. He also saidthat Roland-Story is always strongand Gilbert is moving in the rightdirection.
“It’s a tough district, and I amsure most of the teams in the dis-trict feel like we are going to be aneasy win,” Farley said. “It goesback to that mental battle we arefighting right now. We won’t havean easy go of it, but the kids areworking through it and fightinghard.”
Nevada also is in the district.South Hardin dropped football inthe offseason, leaving teams to findanother non-district game.
The Mustangs will open the sea-son Friday against Colfax-Mingo.The team will play five non-districtgames and five district games in2012.
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2011 Iowa High School StateFootball Championship Games
CLASS 4AWest Des Moines Valley 17, Bettendorf 14
CLASS 3AUnion, La Porte City 21, Decorah 14
CLASS 2AIowa City Regina 24, Spirit Lake 20
CLASS 1ASt. Ansgar 25, Council Bluffs St. Albert 15
CLASS ALisbon 14, West Hancock 12
EIGHT-MANFremont-Mills 81, Murray 0
two-way starters. So they don’t feel that awe, and oneof the major things is we finally got a group that wascommitted to doing the offseason stuff. Per manwe’re that much stronger, quicker at every place, big-ger at every position and more experienced.”
South Tama’s 2011 schedule got off to a strongstart with two wins in the first three games, but it did-n’t build enough momentum to get the Trojans intothe top half of a strong 3A district. The team’s twowins last year ended up being against a pair of even-tual 0-9 programs in Saydel and Clear Creek-Amana.
The biennial realignment has STC going west toface a bunch of teams in the same boat as the Tro-jans.
“This is one of those districts where everybody’sthinking, ‘We got a shot,’” said Hoskey. “Boone,Newton, Ballard, Dallas Center-Grimes — my feelingis it’s going to be good toget some fresh looks andsee some new people andgo that direction.
“Week in and weekout, I look at our scheduleand we could win ’em allor we could win two. It’sa bunch of teams kind oflike us, hungry to get upand get to the playoffs.”
Three of them did,including rival Grinnell.The Tigers advanced tothe second round of the playoffs before bowing out,and Hoskey sees his neighbors to the south — andholders of the Steve Kriegel Memorial Trophy — asthe District 4 favorite on paper.
“They had the best record last year and they returnsome pretty good kids,” he said. “Newton has a fewgood kids and an outstanding lineman, but we by farhave the most coming back of any team (in the dis-trict). Of course that doesn’t mean anything necessar-ily.”
What it has meant to the Trojans is the ability tostart ahead of where last season began, especiallyafter making a few changes on both sides of the ball.Incumbent starting quarterback Sam Kuhter will bethe pivot man for STC’s offense, having thrown for1,456 yards and running for another 191.
Hoskey said the weight of some concept changeson offense will rest on Kuhter’s decision-makingability, and he likes the 6-foot, 180-pound senior forthat role.
“Sam’s a good leader and he’s asked to make a lotof decisions on this but he’s picking it up,” saidHoskey. “There’s a little bit of option to what we do,two or three decisions to make in a given play, andyou’ve got to have your catalyst get the ball to theright people and take care of the offense.”
His primary ballcarrier looks to again be KyleStephenson, the team’s top rusher and receiver from ayear ago. Stephenson rushed for 429 yards, caught for604 more and also had 321 yards on kickoff returns.His speed was on display in the spring as he qualifiedfor four events for the state track meet in May, high-lighted by a sixth-place finish in the 100-meter dash.
“He’s our home run hitter,” said Hoskey.The only other player with more than 10 recep-
tions or 100 yards on last year’s offense was tight end
Erik Lux, who caught 27 balls for 555 yards and ateam-leading six touchdowns. His offseason includeda state wrestling championship.
“Lux is a tough dude and he has confidence in hisabilities. Those are our big three, those guys have allimproved and their work ethic in the offseason isgoing to make a big difference,” said Hoskey. “Thoseguys have all worked extremely hard at their craftand they want to go out big-time, they’re going togive a heck of an effort.”
South Tama feels like it will have the luxury ofsome added depth at the skill positions, especially onthe outside. Jose Fonseca, Clay Waterbury, LeviKaufman, Caleb Davenport and Vincent Lasley areall capable receivers with another year of experience.Fonseca is also the team’s extra-point kicker, whileLasley racked up more than 2,000 yards from scrim-mage as the quarterback for the Meskwaki Warriorslast fall.
“We feel like we have a lot of guys that can catchthe ball, and they’re going to have to make some
plays for us out on theedge,” said Hoskey. “Butwe can’t do anythingunless it’s up front, andthis is where we’re reallystrong.”
Sophomore Ian Slagle(6-3, 265) stands out toHoskey as the anchor ofthe front line after startingas a freshman. SeniorsTrevor Rohach and LaneMcAdoo saw regularaction last season, as did
junior Garrett Hoskey, while seniors Austin Lowe,Jake Herriott and Adam Glendy are expected to seethe field as well.
Those same names will have to mesh on thedefensive side of the ball, too, to help the Trojansrebound from ranking 51st out of 64 teams in 3A lastyear after allowing an average of 32 points per game.Opposing teams pounded out 245 yards rushing pergame against STC’s inexperienced group.
“We’ve changed some things around, changedsome fronts and some schemes, plus the major fact iswe got kids who are better athletes than they werelast year at about every position,” said Hoskey. “Andwe’re deeper too. We feel last year we were suspectto being ran on and a team that could power couldtake it to us. I think it’s going to be a lot tougher forteams to do that to us and control the ball.
“I think we’re a team that’s going to be able tomake some plays, create some losses, create someturnovers because of our combination of quicknessand filling ability.”
A five-win regular season would equal just thesecond winning season in a decade for STC, the otherbeing the 2007 team’s 11-1 finish after a loss to even-tual champion Keokuk (and quarterback James Van-denberg) in the state semifinals.
“We feel like we could be one of those teams thatgets a heck of a lot better in one year,” said Hoskey.“What we’re hoping to do is emulate what was donein 2007; we think we can be a pretty decent team butwe’ve got to avoid the key injuries and we’ve got tokeep improving.”
The Trojans have five home games this fall, start-ing with a Week 1 opener on Aug. 24 against Nevadaand ending with a Week 9 rivalry battle with Grinnellon Oct. 19.
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“We feel like we could be one of those teams that gets a heck of a lotbetter in one year. What we’re hoping todo is emulate what was done in 2007;we think we can be a pretty decentteam but we’ve got to avoid the keyinjuries and we’ve got to keepimproving.”
— Jay HoskeySouth Tama head football coach
By TROY HYDE
TIMES-REPUBLICAN
M E S K W A K I S E T T L E M E N T —Meskwaki Settlement head football coachTodd Dale said this season has been the mostfun he has had since installing the programfour years ago.
Whether or not that results in wins andanother trip to the postseason remains to beseen.
“The kids want to get better, and they aregetting better every day,” Dale said. “Wehave great competition this year, which hasn’talways been the case in the years past. Prac-tices have been great so far.”
Dale is optimistic about a playoff seasonbut admits his team is really young and inex-perienced.
“We have five returning starters, but weonly have two seniors and one junior and therest are freshmen and sophomores,” Dalesaid.
Of the five returning starters back this sea-son, four were starters as freshmen last year.
That group includes Royce Timberwolf,Darrion Murray, Demarce Keahna andDamon Whitebreast. Junior Tyus Grant alsoreturns as a starter and is expected to start theseason at quarterback.
Dale said Grant could move to runningback if his current backup QB developsenough to take over the signal caller position.Until then, Dale and his coaching staff are insearch of a starting running back.
“We are up in the air at a lot of differentspots,” Dale said. “We have a good freshmanclass. We hate to just throw them to the fire,but that is the situation that we are in at thispoint.”
Grant rushed for 351 yards on offense lastyear and had 71 tackles on defense. The squadwill need to find a way to replace WinstonWolf, who rushed for 1,105 yards and 15 TDslast year, while alsoscoring two receiv-ing TDs and con-tributing 71 tackleson defense.
The roster is 17large this season,which is the mostDale has had in hisfour seasons at the helm. And he sees plentyof promise with this year’s group.
“I don’t know yet if we are a playoff team,but I can say we have football players now,”Dale said. “Things are going in the rightdirection.”
With Grant playing QB, the Warriors alsoreturn Whitebreast at center as well as Keahnaand Murray at the guard spots.
The Warriors advanced to the postseasonin their second year of existence before finish-ing 4-6 this past season. Dale said one thingthat is different this year is that his entirecoaching staff from last year is back in 2012.ti
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The Meskwaki Settlement football team bringsback seven letterwinners from last year’s 4-6squad. Pictured are front row: (from left) RoyceTimberwolf, Jeffrey Jefferson and Tyus Grant;back row: Darrion Murray, Demarce Keahna,Damon Whitebreast and Eamman Tahahwah.
“That will make a huge difference,” Dalesaid. “I had lost at least one coach from thestaff each of first two seasons but have every-one back from last year. It makes thing somuch easier when you don’t have new guys
to introduce all thetime.”
Dale sees Melch-er-Dallas as one ofthe favorites in thedistrict this season.Melcher-Dallas startsas the No. 2-rankedteam in The Des
Moines Sunday Register’s preseason poll. The Warriors also will have to find a
replacement game in Week 6 as now formerdistrict foe Harmony decided to drop its pro-gram a few weeks back.
The team is looking at Ankeny Christianand maybe Riceville as possible replace-ments, but Dale said nothing has been decid-ed yet.
“Anything is possible,” Dale said inregards to another playoff berth. “We areworking hard and could find ourselves backthere. They are not afraid to hit. We havesome good football players on this team.”
“I don’t know yet if we are aplayoff team, but I can say wehave football players now. Thingsare going in the right direction.”
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MeskwakiWARRIORSAug. 24. . . . . . . . . . at Wayne, Corydon, 7 p.m.Aug. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPRINGVILLE, 7 p.m.Sept. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at HLV, Victor, 7 p.m.Sept. 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . at Twin Cedars, 7 p.m.Sept. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEYMOUR, 7 p.m.Oct. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MORAVIA, 7 p.m.Oct. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Tri-County, 7 p.m.Oct. 19 . . . . . . . . . MELCHER-DALLAS, 7 p.m.
North TamaREDHAWKSAug. 18 . . . . . . . . vs. Nashua-Plainfield, 7 p.m.
at Wartburg College, WaverlyAug. 24 . . . . . . . APLINGTON-P’BURG, 7 p.m.Aug. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LONE TREE, 7 p.m.Sept. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at GMG, 7 p.m.Sept. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . IOWA VALLEY, 7 p.m.Sept. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at BCLUW, 7 p.m.Sept. 28 . . . . . . at Gladbrook-Reinbeck, 7 p.m.Oct. 12 . . . . . . . . . . GRUNDY CENTER, 7 p.m.Oct. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Belle Plaine, 7 p.m.
East MarshallMUSTANGSAug. 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . at Colfax-Mingo, 7 p.m.Aug. 24 . . . . . . . . . . . at BGM, Brooklyn, 7 p.m.Aug. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HUDSON, 7 p.m.Sept. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BCLUW, 7 p.m.Sept. 14 . . . at Center Point-Urbana, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 21 . . . . . . . . ROLAND-STORY, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Gilbert, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 5 . . . . . . . . WEST MARSHALL, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Nevada, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . NORTH POLK, 7 p.m.
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Colo-NESCO ROYALSAug. 17. . . . . . . . . MELCHER-DALLAS, 7 p.m.Aug. 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Adair-Casey, 7 p.m.Aug. 31 . . . . NORTHEAST HAMILTON, 7 p.m.Sept. 7 . . . . . . . . . . at Ankeny Christian, 7 p.m.
at Saydel High School, Des MoinesSept. 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . at East Union, 7 p.m.Sept. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAMONI, 7 p.m.Sept. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . at Mormon Trail, 7 p.m.Oct. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MURRAY, 7 p.m.Oct. 12. . . . . at Grandview Park Baptist, 7 p.m.
South Tama TROJANSAug. 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEVADA, 7 p.m.Aug. 31 . . . . . . . . . at Vinton-Shellsburg, 7 p.m.Sept. 7 . . . DALLAS CENTER-GRIMES, 7 p.m.Sept. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Newton, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAYDEL, 7 p.m.Sept. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Ballard, 7 p.m.Oct. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BOONE, 7 p.m.Oct. 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Benton, 7 p.m.Oct. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRINNELL, 7 p.m.
West Marshall TROJANSAug. 17. . . . . . . . . . at Iowa Falls-Alden, 7 p.m.Aug. 24 . . WATERLOO COLUMBUS, 7:30 p.m.Aug. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . at Panorama, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . PCM, Monroe, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEVADA, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . at North Polk, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . at East Marshall, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 12 . . . . . . . . . . at Roland-Story, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GILBERT, 7:30 p.m.
GMG WOLVERINESAug. 17 . . . . . . SE WEBSTER-GRAND, 7 p.m.Aug. 24. . . . . . . . . . . at North Mahaska, 7 p.m.Aug. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at AGWSR, 7 p.m.Sept. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NORTH TAMA, 7 p.m.Sept. 14. . . . . . . . . . . at Grundy Center, 7 p.m.Sept. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . BELLE PLAINE, 7 p.m.Oct. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Iowa Valley, 7 p.m.Oct. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BCLUW, 7 p.m.Oct. 19 . . . . GLADBROOK-REINBECK, 7 p.m.
BCLUWCOMETSAug. 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AGWSR, 7 p.m.Aug. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . MONTEZUMA, 7 p.m.Sept. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . at East Marshall, 7 p.m.Sept. 14 . . . . . . at Gladbrook-Reinbeck, 7 p.m.Sept. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . NORTH TAMA, 7 p.m.Sept. 28. . . . . . . . . . . at Grundy Center, 7 p.m.Oct. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BELLE PLAINE, 7 p.m.Oct. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at GMG, 7 p.m.Oct. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IOWA VALLEY, 7 p.m.
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North Tama was the only one to advancethrough the first round, but Belle Plaine,Grundy Center and Iowa Valley each gainedthat extra round of experience just like theRebels.
Well, not these Rebels.Jackson Clark, a 6-foot-5 senior, is the
lone full-time representative from last year’sRebel defense. He was fourth on the team intotal tackles (52), and he is the only top-10tackler on the team who didn’t graduate in thespring.
“Jackson started a bit as a sophomore andhe played both ways last year, but he’s injuredright now,” said Olson. “He’s one of the goodleaders on our team, he’s a 6-5 receiver, he’sgot good speed, good hands, ball control, andon defense he’s very versatile.”
Clark had five receptions for 119 yardsand one touchdown, and he returned his onlyinterception 80 yards for a score. And he’sone of only four players returning who caughta pass last fall.
Senior Joe Zimmerman will be called uponas one of the top targets for quarterbackTrevor Trunck, who attempted only six passesas the back-up to all-district offensive MVPParker Bolt a year ago. But Trunck, Olsonsays, should manage just fine as his team’ssignal caller.
“He has good technique, good mechanics,he throws the ball really well,” Olson said ofTrunck, also a senior. “He hasn’t been in thegame situations, but we have a ‘Plan B.’ Hehas a good running back behind him but wewant to use Trevor’s strength, and his strengthis throwing the ball.”
Junior tailback Chase Clark led the Rebelswith 98 rushes and 429 yards a year ago,while Zimmerman had nine receptions for 206yards and two scores. Along with JacksonClark and part-time lineman Alex Schick,those are the only four Rebels returning whostarted a game last season.
“We always want to make the playoffs butwe have to worry more about game-to-game,”Olson said of his expectations for the year. “Inour scrimmage we improved from the firstseries to the last. We gained a lot of experi-
ence in those 40 minutes.”Zimmerman and the Clarks are expected to
anchor the defense from the linebacker posi-tion with Colton Dinsdale, Bradon Trepp,Dustin Dinsdale, Austin Harris and JakePeters contributing to the mix. Logan Koester,Phil Zimmerman and Wyatt Swanson, amongothers, will provide support in the secondary.Olson also anticipates Hunter Raney makingan impact on both sides of the ball at somepoint this season.
The Rebels will use a rotating door at alltheir defensive positions until they find theright combination of players, Olson said.Especially on the line on both sides of theball, where for the first time in his tenure theRebels have no returning starters.
“We’ll put four guys out there for a defen-sive line that hopefully throughout the seasongradually gets better,” said Olson. “I hopesome linebackers step up and fill their roleand grasp the concept of what we’re trying todo.
“Our defense will be just like our offense,we’ll be a whole lot better at the end of theyear than at the beginning. We might be shakyin the beginning.”
The Rebels open with a home gameagainst Denver, which was a 2A club a yearago, follow it with a road tilt at nearby Hud-son, and close out the non-district portion oftheir schedule at home against nemesis Dike-New Hartford.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s first district game isSept. 7 at Iowa Valley in Marengo, a relativeunknown to Olson. District games at ‘The Pit’in Gladbrook welcome BCLUW, North Tamaand Belle Plaine, and one of the state’slongest standing rivalries continues with anOct. 5 trip to Grundy Center.
“North Tama’s got everybody back I’mpretty sure, they’re big up front and they’vegot good skill guys, so they’re going to be theteam to beat,” Olson said. “The Grundy Cen-ter coach came from North Tama where hewon a title, he’s organized, he coached in theShrine Bowl, and he’s going to make thoseguys as good as they’re going to be.
“GMG has struggled, Belle Plaine isalways scrappy, Iowa Valley is a questionmark. I guess they’re a physical team, I’mtold, and that’s our first district game and it’sa long road trip to a different environment.”
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have been here has been second-to-none. It ispretty special.”
It certainly helps that the Redhawks havebeen successful. After winning the title twoseasons ago, North Tama went 9-2 last year,losing only to Postville during the regular sea-son and to Mason City Newman in the secondround of the postseason.
Oltman said Class A, District 4 is toughfrom top to bottom.
“Each game is going to be tough becauseeveryone will bring their best team every
night,” Oltman added. “If we take care of thelittle things and stay focused, the winning willtake care of itself. “
This is Oltman’s first head coaching job.He graduated high school from Dike-NewHartford in 1996 before attending college atthe University of Northern Iowa. He previous-ly was an assistant coach at Springville, Den-ver and Woodward-Granger.
The Redhawks will start the season with aneutral site affair against Nashua-Plainfield inWaverly on the campus of Wartburg College.That game will be played Saturday night.
Following that contest, North Tama hostsAplington-Parkersburg and Lone Tree inTraer.
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