2018 PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW
24 | Thursday, August 23, 2018
Class 1A-3 From S23
Despite graduating a large senior class, Denver figures to be in the mix as the Cyclones seek their third consecutive district title. Denver’s hopes start on the line where stalwarts Brock Farley and Trevor Dorn return, along with lettermen Que Jenkins, Logan Tierney and Mitchil Thuesen. “We have some things to shore up there, but I’m a big believer the o-line and d-line is what makes your team, and I feel good about that position,” Denver head coach Rhett Barrett said. Barrett says the district favorite has to be Aplington-Parkersburg, based on its rich tradition and what the Falcons have coming back. “There are some teams we haven’t seen,” Barrett said. “We haven’t played A-P for four or five years, and Osage, I think we played them when we were 2A six or seven years ago. We have seen Lake Mills, and we know a little bit about Sumner-Fredericksburg through junior varsity games.” Lake Mills will be led by returning quarterback Cael Boeh-
Players to watch PASSING Carter Cuvelier, Apling-
ton-Parkersburg: 72-132-4, 1,299 yards, 12 TDs Cael Boehmer, Lake Mills: 74148-6, 968 yards, 5 TDs RUSHING Rhett Lammers, North But-
ler-Clarksville: 74-580, 7.8 Tommy Kaktis, Lake Mills: 22avg., 7 TDs 374, 17.0 avg., 0 TDs Zach Williams, Osage: 110-520, Rhett Lammers, North But4.7 avg., 1 TD ler-Clarksville: 20-262, 13.1 avg., 1 TD Kelby Olson, Sumner-Fredericksburg: 76-431, 5.7 avg., 3 TACKLES (solo-ast.-total) TDs Maverick Schmitt, Lake Mills: RECEIVING 35-64-67, 3 TFLs
Gage Belz, Osage: 47-25-59.5,
6.5 TFLs INTERCEPTIONS Tommy Kaktis, Lake Mills: 5-8 PUNTING Logan Prescott, Lake Mills: 46-
36.2 avg.
2018 schedule Aug. 24 — Aplington-Parkersburg at New Hampton (ND), Clear Lake at Osage (ND), Dike-New Hartford at Denver (ND), Lake Mills at Mason City Newman (ND), North Butler at Nashua-Plainfield (ND), Sumner-Fredericksburg at Postville (ND). Aug. 31 — Aplington-Parkersburg at Dike-New Hartford (ND), Central Springs at North Butler (ND), Denver at Wapsie Valley (ND), Lake Mills at West Fork (ND),
Osage at Saint Ansgar (ND), South Win- North Union (ND), MFL MarMac at neshiek at Sumner-Fredericksburg (ND). Sumner-Fredericksburg (ND), North Butler at Belmond-Klemme (ND), North Sept. 7 — Algona Garrigan at Lake Mills Fayette Valley at Denver (ND), Osage at (ND), Dike-New Hartford at North But- Garner-Hayfield-Ventura (ND). ler (ND), Iowa Falls-Alden at Aplington Parkersburg (ND), Sumner-Fredericks- Sept. 21 — Denver at Osage, North burg at North Fayette Valley (ND), West Butler at Aplington-Parkersburg, Hancock at Osage (ND), West Marshall Sumner-Fredericksburg at Lake Mills. at Denver (ND). Sept. 28 — Aplington-Parkersburg at Sept. 14 — Aplington-Parkersburg Denver, Lake Mills at North Butler, Osage at West Marshall (ND), Lake Mills at at Sumner-Fredericksburg.
mer, who threw for 968 yards and five touchdowns last fall. One of his favorite receivers is back, too, as Tommy Kaktis caught 22 passes for 374 yards. Kaktis intercepted five passes defensively. Sumner-Fredericksburg has a pair of good running backs back
in Kelby Olson and Spencer Schmitz. That duo combined to carry the ball 124 times for 622 yards and eight scores in 2017. Cougars head coach Brad Mohs said his biggest concern heading into the season is depth up front on his offensive and defensive lines.
One of Osage’s top returners is running back-linebacker Zach Williams. Williams rushed for 520 yards last season. Green Devils coach Matt Finn says his team has a lot of good athletes at the skill positions, but he will put a young offensive line on the field.
Wright, ol-dl, Zach Williams, rb-lb, Gage Belz, rb-lb, Brett Babinet, db-qb, Noah Sutten, ol-dl.
HEAD COACH: Alex Pollock 2017 RECORDS: 8-2 overall, 5-1
Miller, wr-db, Brock Farley, ol-dl, Trevor Dorn, de-g, Cael Krueger, old-db-wr, Nathan Eggena, olb.
Oct. 5 — Aplington-Parkersburg at Lake Mills, Denver at Sumner-Fredericksburg North Butler at Osage. Oct. 12 — Denver at North Butler, Osage at Lake Mills, Sumner-Fredericksburg at Aplington-Parkersburg. Oct. 19 — Lake Mills at Denver, North Butler at Sumner-Fredericksburg, Osage at Aplington-Parkersburg.
North Butler’s program now includes Clarksville, and the Bearcats return nine starters from a year ago. Among them is Rhett Lammers, who averaged 7.8 yards per carry while racking up 580 rushing yards and finished with 262 receiving yards last season.
CAPSULES Lake Mills Bulldogs
HEAD COACH: Bill Byrnes 2017 RECORDS: 2-7 overall,
2-5, district RETURNING LETTERWINNERS: 17 RETURNING STARTERS (9): Cael Boehmer, qb, Colby Groe, se, Logan Prescott, db-p, Maverick Schmitt, lb-fb, Elijah Wagner, lb-fb, Max Johnson, dl-ol, Dylan Renneker, ol-dl, Nate Orban, dl-ol, Blake Storby, wr.
Osage Green Devils
HEAD COACH: Matt Finn 2017 RECORDS: 4-5 overall,
4-3 district RETURNING LETTERWINNERS: 8 RETURNING STARTERS (6): Hayden Meek, wr-lb, Dalton
Sumner-Fredericksburg Cougars
HEAD COACH: Brad Mohs 2017 RECORDS: 4-5 overall,
4-3 district
RETURNING LETTERWIN-
NERS: 8
RETURNING STARTERS (8):
Spencer Schmitz, rb-db, Kelby Olsen, rb-lb, Carter Paulous, ol-dl, Tanner Hennejes, ol-dl, Wieland Steffen, ol-dl, Blayze Quigley, te-db, Tyler Converse, lb-rb, Cal Van Engelenburg, te-lb.
Aplington-Parkersburg Falcons
district RETURNING LETTERWINNERS: 20 North Butler/Clarksville RETURNING STARTERS (9): HEAD COACH: Travis Miller Carter Cuvelier, qb, Lincoln 2017 RECORDS: 3-6 overall, Johnson, rb-de, Joe Schipper, 1-6 district ol-dl, Colby Merryweather, ol-dl, Noah Oldenburger, ol-dl, Aaron Price, wr-db, Alec Maske, te-lb, Ben Ogle, lb, Isaac Capper, ol-dl.
Denver Cyclones
HEAD COACH: Rhett Barrett 2017 RECORDS: 9-2 overall,
7-0 district
RETURNING LETTERWIN-
NERS: 10
RETURNING STARTERS
(6): Connor Smith, te, Zack
RETURNING LETTERWIN-
NERS: NA
RETURNING STARTERS (9):
Kane Allison, qb-db, Rhett Lammers, rb-db, Bryce Trees, rb-db, Beau Thompson, te-lb, Jaden Moore, ol-dl, Trevor Ungs, ol, Joey Mahlstedt, ol, Shawn Wietzenkamp, dl, CJ Niedert, lb.
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