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grizzly greats
football Chad Hovasse The Adams State football team had a good year, finishing 4-7 overall. A strong start boosted the Grizzlies, but a tough road stretch halted the progress. The team finished with the top-ranked passing offense in Division II, along with the No.1-ranked solo tackler in the nation in Garrett Jackson. Junior captain Chad Hovasse was named Preseason All-RMAC, All-RMAC First Team, and capped off the season as the RMAC Academic Offensive Player of the Year. The junior set records in single-game receptions three times and broke the school career records in receptions and receiving yards. Hovasse was just one catch away from the singleseason reception record, as well. Another key record broken came from freshman punter Kane Bowen, who broke the RMAC record for longest punt with a 93-yard punt. Jackson was named to the All-RMAC Second Team along with lineman Conner Johnson and wide out Marquese Surrell, while Corey Brown, Nick Rooney and Jimmy Holtrop were named Honorable Mention. Rooney, Surrell, Hovasse and Jackson all finished in the top 10 in the nation in a statistic category. Josh Blankenship was recently named to replace Timm Rosenbach as head coach for Grizzly football. He has served as offensive coordinator for the team for the last three years.
the 2017 class of the adams state athletic hall of fame was the largest in
Greg Critchett ’92 (Aurora, CO) has been inducted in to the Greater Pueblo Sports Association Hall of Fame. He is one of 13 individuals honored this year. He is now a cross-country coach at Cherry Creek High School. Aaron Braun ’09, ’11 (Flagstaff, AZ) ran in the Chicago Marathon on October 8. He placed fifth in the 30-34 age group and 12th overall, with a finish time of 02:13:41.
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history. Those inducted included Jim Bevan, Dan Caulfield, Heather Ebert, Mary Jaqua, Stacey Mills, Bill Stone, Denise Summers, Jim Vuono, and Darrell Yohn. Also inducted were the 1977 men’s cross country team, the 1980 wrestling team, and the 1981 women’s cross country team.
Dan Antolik ’73 is the new offensive line coach at University of Nebraska-Kearney. Dan has had an extensive coaching career that spans four decades. He has been both a college and high school head coach and an assistant coach at schools around the nation. He spent the past 16 years at NCAA Division III Christopher Newport University (Newport News, VA). He helped start the Captains program in 2000 and eventually became associate head coach and offensive coordinator, primarily working with the offensive line. He has served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Salem College (WV), New Mexico Military Institute, and FCS-member Hampton University (VA). He was the defensive coordinator at SC, NMMI and HU. A member of the Fort Lewis Athletic Hall of Fame, he holds a B.A. from FLC, as well as a master's degree from Adams State. During his playing days for the then-FLC Raiders, he was a two-way player (fullback and linebacker), team captain, and team MVP.
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