Every season begins anew with a select few able to raise their arms in victory on the last day of the season. Preparation is key to success says LPF columnist Eric Kohn. Weclome to a new football season by Eric Kohn Welcome to another football season!  The best season of all.  The time of hard work and […]

Week 1 Game Recaps by Malik Mitchell Each week Malik will highlight several games from the previous week Minneota vs Adrian The Minneota Vikings kicked off their season on Thursday, Sept. 1 against the Adrian Dragons at the Dragons’ home field. The Vikings secured their first victory beating the Dragons 38-6 scoring 20 of those […]

(This article was published October 14, 2021, in Let’s Play Football) By Mike Sonntag My involvement in football spans 40 years and has run the gamut first as a player from the youth level through college, a youth and high school coach, and finally as a football parent. A few years back when Bryan Zollman […]

Developing grit in youth athletes is probably one of the toughest tasks a coach and parent can try to take on. There isn’t an easy solution and understanding where a player should be at in terms of mental toughness, grit, and competitiveness is hard to measure. Because players have different personalities and develop at different […]

The big upset of the week came in 3A football where Class 2A Chatfield beat the No. 1 ranked Cannon Falls Bombers 44-34. The loss dropped the Bombers from first to 8th in our weekly rankings. Litchfield makes the lkeap to No. 1 in Class 3A with fellow undefeated teams Dassel-Cokato at No. 2, Fairmont […]

The big upset of the week came in 3A football where Class 2A Chatfield beat the No. 1 ranked Cannon Falls Bombers 44-34. This will no doubt drop Cannon Falls down a few notches, especially with five undefeated teams sitting comfortably behind them and all coming off wins in Week 5. In 9-Man, No. 1 […]

Academy of Holy Angels running back Emmett Johnson is the current leader of carries, yards, and touchdowns going into week 4. In his first three contests,the 6-foot 183-pound back has 95 carries, 705 yards and 10 touchdowns. In his previous game against South St. Paul, he averaged 9.5 yards a carry with a total of […]

This article is first in a series by Paul Reppenhagen, father of current Texas Christian University player Ben Reppenhagen. His articles will discuss the recruiting process for those wanting to play Division I football. Nothing beats Friday Night Lights. No matter where you live, high school football is awesome! The only problem with it is, […]