by EHS1998 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:25 am
Some thoughts on this upcoming season: (I am rarely right on predictions so take these with a grain of salt)
1. South Border - They don't lose hardly anything from last year. VERY deep at OL/DL, best QB in Region (Jacobson), one of the best RBS in the region (Bosch). Need to be able to stop the pass. I see them airing it out more than in years past as M. Jacobson is a stud at QB and his brother Adam will be hard to cover with his size, strength and athleticism. Their counter game is hard to stop as well. If they can develop a pass defense, I see their talent and depth being the deciding factor.
2. Wyndmere Lidgerwood - Jeff Illies and Luis Vasquez are quite simply monsters on both sides of the ball and they have an excellent Coach in Scott Strenge. Question mark at QB but I am sure they will figure that out.
3. Napoleon-Gackle-Streeter - They will probably, once again, prove me wrong and win the Region for the seemingly thousandth time in a row. However, losing Jonah Swartzenberger, Wade Rath Wald and Jared Reis will really hurt. They will still have Steven Weigel and Andrew Beine, who are very good. Hard to ever count these guys out. They simply expect to win.
4. Richland-Lamoure-Hankinson battling for the 4th playoff spot. (Sargent Central may also be in the mix for that 4th spot.)
- Do not sleep on Richland - Kayne Griffith is a certifiable stud, taylor made for that offense. Also a danger on special teams. Fastest kid in the region is my guess. They were playing their best ball at the end of last year and I can see that carrying over to this season. Losing Austin Heyen will hurt a bit on both sides of the ball but there is talent there.
- Lamoure will be dealing with a coaching change and their numbers are going to be down a bit but they will have 3 very good RBs in Brady Thielges (best RB in the region IMO), Riley Jordahl and Anthony Olson. Where they may not have quantity, they have quality, they will still be able to put 9 very good athletes on the field but will have some youth on the field. Look for freshman Drew Thielges at QB. He will be a good one in time. Another freshman name to remember is Quinn Alo, a potential college talent if I ever saw one. He will start right away at OL/DL. Logan Shockman is another solid player for Lamoure who apparently is getting some college attention.
- Hankinson - They lose a good player in Levi Geffre but still have Cody Birnbaum, Cameren Lenzen and Sam Mauch. Coach Monilaws simply knows how to win and I have a hard time betting against him.
- Sargent Central - Losing Justin Arp has to hurt but Coach Larson has built a solid program there and they are going to be pretty good. 2 very good runners in Craig Zirnhelt and Greg Brecker, the OL and DL will need to step up.
EK loses a lot of talent to graduation but they will have a solid QB in Logan Hanson and a good player in Dylan Schnable. They will be solid.
SZ also loses some talent but will return a solid team as well.
Ellendale is coming off a very tough season in a variety of ways. They are still going to be young but there could be some talent there. Can they gel as a team and stay healthy? Time will tell.
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EHS1998 on Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:00 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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