Tag Archives: High School Football

Pete Bercich: Coach Effort!

Effort in practice often determines success come game time by Pete Bercich, Special Contributor to Let’s Play Football You all know it when you see it.  If you are not seeing it then the coaching starts and stops there.  I am referring to “effort.” If your child is not giving 100 percent, then ANYTHING ELSE […]

The Run Stopper: Cramps and how to prevent them

        How to prevent cramps from interrupting a scoring drive by Eric Kohn DPT, OCS, CSCS It is that time of year again!  The fall season with cooler weather, back to school and of course, football! On Friday nights, stands are filled with students, family and friends and two football teams playing […]

Dream comes true for Centennial squad

Cougars reach Prep Bowl for first time since 1984 Daylen Cummings completed just five passes Thursday night, but made the biggest completion of his life in the fourth quarter to a streaking Josh Lee that led to the game-winning touchdown in a 20-13 win over Lakeville South. The win puts the Cougars into the Prep […]

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton defeats Albany in the Class AAA State Tournament quarterfinal

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton defeats Albany in the Class AAA State Tournament Quarterfinal By: Jackson Boline Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton lost in the 2022 Class AAA State Championship game, tonight they took the next step to get back and finish the job after a 33-6 win over Albany in the Class AAA State Tournament Quarterfinal game.  In a run-heavy, and quick […]

Barnesville defeats Osakis in Class AA State Tournament quarterfinal

Barnesville defeats Osakis in the Class AA State Tournament quarterfinal By: Jackson Boline Barnesville keeps their Class AA state champion repeat aspirations alive with a thrilling 42-36 win over Osakis on Thursday night in the quarterfinal round of State. Right off the bat, the Silverstreaks seized early momentum after forcing a fumble on the Trojans’ […]

Forward Progress

Providence Academy QB Magnus Hansen takes a big step forward in junior campaign The Providence Academy Lions are just 2-5 heading into the final week of the regular season, but it isn’t due to lack of production at the quarterback position. In fact, the Lions have played a difficult schedule with four of their losses […]

Dingmann leads Jaguars on undefeated run into playoffs

There isn’t much the 6’4″ gunslinger can’t do on the football field by Bryan Zollman Co-Publisher/Let’s Play Football There isn’t much not to like about Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa quarterback Luke Dingmann. The senior stands 6’4” and is a healthy 205 pounds. He runs a 4.6 40-yard dash. He is strong, mobile, quick and isn’t afraid to initiate […]

Big Arm = Big Results

Springfield’s Jakob Nachreiner has thrown 37 touchdowns this season by Bryan Zollman When searching for the top quarterbacks in the state of Minnesota, one must make a stop in Springfield, a small town of 2,100 people located on Highway 14 in western Minnesota. It is there you will find senior Jakob Nachreiner, one of the […]

9-MAN SHOWDOWN

No. 1 Mountain Iron-Buhl to take on No. 3 Cherry in Section 7 showdown by Bryan Zollman While most teams are gearing up to play under the Friday Night Lights, up in the northern part of the state, two small schools will be competing ion a big game on Thursday in Mountain Iron, Minnesota. They […]

Bears on Attack

Byron using Jaws mentality to wreak havoc on opponents On the front of  Byron football team t-shirts worn by coaches during games are the words: “You’re going to need a bigger boat.” On the back is a shark fin and the words: “Dang Right.” The slogan is in reference to the movie Jaws. “Our defense […]