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Hawk-10 braces for Most anticipated city changing of the guard football season ever?

The TV show Extreme Makeover has nothing on the Hawkeye Ten Conference.

No less than seven of the 10 football programs saw their head coaches step aside in the offseason.

That fact box accompanying this column isn’t a misprint. Dick Bergstrom, Gaylord Schelling, Dave Carper, Dave Wiebers, Larry Sterbick, Justin Penner and Mike Beason took 156 years of head coaching experience with them, not to mention 860 victories. Even Beason, who’s now at Mount Pleasant, did great things at Red Oak. He had three straight 72 seasons at a school that was 2-43 in a fiveyear stretch prior to that.

Think how much effort goes into just one victory on one Friday night.

It’s hard to even wrap your hands around 860.

Ironically, the guy in the Hawk-10 with more wins than any of them, Curt Bladt of Harlan Community (34535), is not one of the seven stepping aside. He’s gearing up for a 33rd season as a head coach.

The fact that Bladt no longer will be matching wits with several longtime foes was not lost on him.

“All good guys,’’ he said.

“We’re still knocking heads with the programs they left behind. They all did tremendous jobs at their schools, and I have plenty of respect for them.’’

When I contacted Sterbick, he had just walked off the practice field at Grand

Follow the (new) leader Former coach New coach, school . . . . . .(overall record, total yrs. head coach) Brian Morrison, Creston/O-M . . . . . . . . .Dick Bergstrom (204-156, 38 years) Tim Duff, Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gaylord Schelling (173-161, 29 years) Jim Lindsay, Clarinda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave Carper (163-127-2, 30 years) Chad Van Kley, Denison-Schleswig . . . . . .Dave Wiebers (131-73, 21 years) Jim Duggan, Lewis Central . . . . . . . . . . .Larry Sterbick (123-102, 24 years) Brian Webb, Carroll Kuemper . . . . . . . . . . . . .Justin Penner (39-17, 5 years) Andrew Yost, Red Oak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Beason (27-54, 9 years) Total: 860-690-2 (.555), 156 years combined

View University in Des Moines, where son Pete is the offensive coordinator. He was heading to Woodward Academy to check in on son Luke, who is a member of the coaching staff.

Sterbick said it’s more coincidence than anything for a 10-team, large-school conference to lose seven head football coaches in one year.

Then I asked him if we’re going to be seeing fewer and fewer high school football coaches making it 20 and 30 years in the business. He wasn’t sure, but he admitted today’s coaches are under much greater scrutiny.

“You can watch football every day of the summer now,’’ he said. “Games from the past five years are constantly on TV.’’ With more football at the Average Joe’s disposal, you get more Average Joes thinking they’re now football experts. Gone are the days when nearly every parent simply turned his son over to the coaching staff and said, “Take it from here.’’

“There’s more discussion at home,’’ Sterbick said. “Lots of spy glasses. Not too many people want their kids sitting on the bench.’’

Bladt agreed, saying the

number of armchair quarterbacks has grown exponentially. He said the explosion of youth football has brought in a new batch of coaches previously unseen. Often that’s a good thing, but not always.

The Cyclone legend said coaches and players would be better off with less meddling from the outside, whether the head man has won five games or 345. It’s always easy to point out the team’s problems from row 20.

“Until you step down on the field with those guys and see the speed of the game, you just don’t understand,’’ he said. “Some people think it’s all about winning, and if you don’t win you need to be gone. They sometimes don’t look beyond that.’’

The Hawkeye Ten’s new guard is now in place. Look at the new names again. Most of them have been around for quite some time, some as head coaches at other schools or in other sports.

The school districts that hired them obviously believe in them. Hopefully their communities will allow them the time to grow into their new positions.

They know they’ve got big shoes to fill. So let the filling begin.

Whew. Now that our Fall Football Preview has gone to print, I can actually embrace the fact that the season is starting a week earlier this year.

For the past few days, I’ve liked the idea of a Week Zero game about as much as I like the idea of Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson playing twice this fall.

I’m over the first part now and am ready for kickoff. However, I’ll never buy into this let’s-playtwo mentality for the regular season.

I’m not even a fan of playoff rematches.

Don’t get me wrong, I get why it’s happening. But are the fans who attended last season’s one-sided 63-6 contest in the 100th meeting of the teams willing to pay to see it twice this year?

In case you haven’t read ahead in this preview yet, the team with 63 points returns 17 starters while the one with six is rebuilding with a first-time head coach.

Go ahead, browse the rest of the section if you’d like.

I’ll try to figure out a way to beat Pat Donohue in our Dirty Dozen football picks this fall until you come back.

Thanks for returning. I hope you enjoyed reading through the information as

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Longest winning streaks entering ’10

rivalries

All games – class leaders 41 – Solon (Class 2-A) 14 – St. Albert (Class 1-A) 14 – Harlan (Class 3-A) 14 – Iowa City High (Class 4-A) 13 – Southern Cal (Class A, now in 2-A with RCL) 9 – Armstrong-Ringsted (Eight-Man) Regular-season games only 30 – Stanton (Eight-Man) 28 – Solon (Class 2-A) 27 – A-H-S-T (Class A) 23 – Clear Lake (Class 3-A) 20 – Emmetsburg (Class 1-A) District games only 49 – Harlan (Class 3-A) 32 – West Lyon (Class 1-A) 26 – St. Albert (Class 1-A) 25 – Sioux City Heelan (Class 3-A) 23 – Tri-County (Eight-Man) 23 – Stanton (Eight-Man) 21 – A-H-S-T (Class A) 21 – Solon (Class 2-A, now 3-A)

much as we enjoyed creating it. The Football Preview is an exhausting task, but it always seems well worth it once it shows up in print.

While working on this year’s edition, it became apparent that this should be a great fall of football in Council Bluffs. As you probably know by now, there will be plenty of interesting stories playing out on the gridiron.

I’ve been impressed this preseason by the way A.L. is embracing its potential date with destiny. The Lynx seemingly have all the cards, and the deck is stacked in their favor.

While A.L. is stealing the headlines (at least in this section), the talk of the town (sorry, Kevin) is the upcoming matchup between Lewis Central and St. Albert. No matter which side you root for, this is the must-see event of the regular season.

I know there are some Falcon fans who wish new Titan coach Jim Duggan would’ve stayed in Texas, but the C.B. football scene is much better with him in it.

Having Duggan and Kevin Culjat running programs simultaneously in the city is a good thing.

And speaking of Culjat, it’s always a pleasure to listen to a coach humbly, and almost apologetically, speak of the success of a program he takes so much pride in.

He’ll be the first to tell you Duggan played a major role

at St. Albert, which is why L.C.’s hire was a great one that will pay dividends sooner than later.

The verdict on Mark Puev’s move to T.J. may take a little longer. He’s brought the right attitude across the river with him from Omaha Benson, and it’s nice to see a guy who’s paid his dues get his shot.

That being said, I’m not sure he had fair warning about the double-dip with A.L. this season. It was probably in the fine print of his contract, right under the picture of C.B. Stadium that read, This is where you’ll play. I know he didn’t see that before he signed on either, but I wish him luck.

Puev’s Yellow Jackets will also face L.C. this season, which may give us an opportunity to crown a mythical city champion in football. If A.L. beats T.J., who in turn tops L.C., who may have beaten St. Albert, then the Lynx could claim to be the best.

However, if the Falcons best the Titans, who beat T.J., who knocked off A.L., it would go the opposite way.

And if L.C. beats T.J., who splits with A.L. while St. Albert ... wait a tick, I’ve gone cross-eyed.

I think you get the picture. It’s going to be an exciting and fun prep football season in the Bluffs.

And, all joking aside, I can’t wait until it starts this Friday night.

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Iowa Western’s late surge in its inaugural football season has garnered the fledgling program national attention as it enters its second campaign.

The Reivers open the fall rated No. 23 in the preseason junior college Top 25 after winning five of their final six games in 2009 following an 0-3 start.

IWCC coach Scott Strohmeier doesn’t put a lot of stock in the early polls. At the same time, he welcomed the recognition as his team seeks to take a step to the next level. “I was surprised, honestly, that we snuck in there,� he said. “But at the same time, I know we’ve

got the caliber of team that should be in there, too. It absolutely means nothing right away. We’ve got to work that much harder.�

The Reivers open their season on Aug. 28 with a nonconference home game with Highland (Kan.). A Midwest Football Conference road game with No. 12 Iowa Central follows, and it may be the key to the Reivers’ postseason chances. “Our goal is to make the postseason and play in a bowl game,�

Strohmeier said. “That means you’ve obviously taken care of business in the conference. But it’s going to be extremely difficult. It’s not going to be easy.�

The Iowa Central game is one of three IWCC has scheduled against a

ranked opponent in conference play.

The top two teams in each MFC division advance to the postseason.

The Reivers were picked third in the West in the preseason behind Ellsworth and Iowa Central but believe they have the potential to finish higher. “We have high expectations for this coming season,� Strohmeier said. “They were hungry last season with the way we finished the year. I think that carried over in the offseason and through the spring.

They’ve been working hard.�

Although much of the IWCC

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NJCAA Top 25 Team 2009 Record 1. Blinn 11-1 2. Arizona Western 9-2 3. Fort Scott 11-1 4. Navarro 11-1 5. Mississippi Gulf Coast 9-3 6. Butler 8-3 7. East Mississippi 11-1 8. Snow 10-2 9. Ellsworth 8-3 10. Grand Rapids 9-2 11. Hutchinson 7-4 12. Iowa Central 6-3 13. Pearl River 6-3 14. Tyler 7-3 15. Dean 9-2 16. Eastern Arizona 8-3 17. Georgia Military 6-4 18. Coffeyville 7-4 19. Jones County 6-4 20. Rochester C&T 10-2 21. Lackawanna 5-4 22. NW Mississippi 6-3 23. Iowa Western 5-4 24. Central Lakes-Brainerd 10-2 25. Coahoma 6-4

Timeout with ... Jared Ebert At 6-foot-5, 285 pounds, sophomore Jared Ebert gives No. 23 Iowa Western a solid foundation to rebuild its defense around. The defensive tackle from West High School in Iowa City had 20 total tackles for the Reivers last season and finished among the Midwest Football Conference leaders in tackles for losses with 6.5. Before his second season in Council Bluffs even begins, NCAA Division I schools are already expressing interest in Ebert’s abilities.

What was it that brought you from Iowa City to the western side of the state?

To be honest, this school has amazing facilities. And I had a really good opportunity to play here. I took that advantage.

How would you assess the first year of football here?

Definitely, it was a great success. We had a winning record, but we definitely have some bigger goals this year.

What was your favorite memory from last year?

Beating Ellsworth at the end of the year. It was a really good feeling ending the year with a good win and a winning record.

What do your college options look like after this year?

I’m looking at Oregon, Iowa and Iowa State. I’ve got an offer from South Dakota State. And (I’m considering) Ohio. So far, that’s about it.

Where does the IWCC defense need to grow the most this year?

Definitely in our secondary, but I think our coaches did a great job recruiting there. I think our defense will be OK this year.

Sophomore linemen Dallas Hendrikson, left, and Dan Heiar are drawing interest from NCAA Division I schools.

Will there be a lot of emphasis on the line because the linebackers and defensive backs will be new?

Yeah, but that’s just a part of the sport.You’ve just got to do your thing, do the job right.

Any predictions for this fall?

We just plan on going undefeated. We have really high expectations for ourselves.

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As the self-proclaimed custodian of the St. Albert football tradition, Kevin Culjat takes a lot of pride in the success his team has had on the gridiron thus far in the 2000s.

The second-year head coach, who has been a part of the Falcon staff since 1996, can rattle off players and games from the past decade without much hesitation.

Culjat But Culjat was stunned when a reporter informed him after last year’s championship game victory over South Win-

neshiek that St. Albert had already won 109 games since the turn of the century.

“Up until the moment he said that to me, I really had no idea,” Culjat said. “I knew we had put together a successful run, but that number was sort of staggering.”

The Falcons have posted seven seasons with 10 or more wins since the 2000 campaign kicked off. St. Albert, which has only lost 14 times in that span, has claimed four state titles in the past six years and has advanced to the UNIDome six times in the last seven seasons.

“We’re not a numbers type of team, and we don’t put a lot of stock in statistics,” Culjat said. “Wins and losses we sort of measure by our trophy case more than how our regular season ends up. But when he threw that number at me, it kind of floored me. It was a pretty big number.

“Honest to God, we just had no clue. We just never thought about it like that. We’ve thought about our dome appearances and thought about our state titles. But you just don’t think about how many total wins it’s taken to get there.”

When talking about the Falcons’ recent run, which includes 13 consecutive trips to the

St. Albert Coach: Kevin Culjat, 2nd year (14-0) 2009 Record: 14-0 (won Class 1-A championship) Returning Starters: Seniors: Steve O’Neill, Nate Romano, Reese Hansen, Jake Gentile, Mickey Russell, Gabe Meis, Kevin Bissell, Scott Moran, Jesse Parks.

Juniors: Matt Vermillion, Josh Cochran, Marco Naughton, Kellen O’Neill.

Other Key Players: Seniors: Nick VanSoelen, Jake Cool. Juniors: Doug Kelsey, J.D. Culjat. Sophomore: Cole Herr.

The Word: Some of the familiar names from last year’s Class 1-A championship team are gone, but St. Albert still has enough talent to make a deep playoff run. INA all-state wide receiver Steve O’Neill and kicker Gabe Meis are back, as is South Dakota State recruit Jake Gentile at running back. The Falcons have won four state titles in the last six years and have advanced to the playoffs 13 consecutive times. Making it 14 shouldn’t be an issue for this year’s squad.

St. Albert Schedule August 26, Lewis Central, 7 p.m.

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Timeout with ... Jake Gentile The last time four-sport athlete Jake Gentile was on the football field, he ran for 133 yards and two touchdowns in the Class 1-A title game. He enters his final season at St. Albert with a scholarship from South Dakota State already in hand.

In a one-year span, you competed at Principal Park, the UNI-Dome, Wells Fargo Arena and Drake Stadium. Which was the most exciting?

I’d have to say the dome, mostly because we won it.

Celebrating with all the fans and getting to raise your arms and everything, that was pretty cool. Especially in the locker room, we like to have fun after games when we win.

Some athletes never get to do one of those things.You did all four in a year. What’s it like to be a part of so many big events?

That’s what is great about St. Albert. We do get to participate in every sport we play in. We enjoy doing it, and we enjoy winning. Until baseball this year, (we) had made it to state in nine consecutive sports.

Do you feel any pressure entering the season as defending champs?

There’s always that target on your back, going to St. Albert. Everyone wants to beat us. But I don’t see there is much pressure to it. I’ve just got to go out in our senior year.

Is there any more pressure on you with the guys the Falcons lost in the backfield?

You can’t replace Jake (Waters) and (Andrew) Brown.

But we have a lot of guys that can step up and do a good job. I’ll be looking forward to getting the ball a lot more and working with them.

What was the thing that made you choose South Dakota State?

I really like the staff up there. Up in Brookings, it’s a lot like it is at St. Albert. It’s a close-knit family and everything.

And being able to play big schools like Nebraska and Illinois and traveling to California over the next four years is going to be special. It’s something I couldn’t pass up.

What’s the biggest obstacle the Falcons will face this year?

I think doubt. We’re the only ones who think we can do it. No one else thinks we can. We’ve got to stop listening to what people say and do what we know we can do.

For the seniors on this team that played two years ago, what will it be like facing Coach Duggan in the opener?

Duggan’s a good coach, and L.C.’s got some great players. I wish them the best. But if we come out with a win, that would be pretty sweet.

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Coach: Jim Duggan, 1st year (94-19, 10 years) 2009 Record: 4-5 Returning Starters: Seniors: Nate Connealy, Matt Scheidle, Eric Toole, Cole Johnson, Brandon Wilson, Tommy Grimes, Chance Otto.

Other Key Players: Seniors: Dylan Gunter, Chase Gibson.

The Word: A new era begins at Lewis Central as Jim Duggan takes over as the school’s head coach. He led St. Albert to two state titles before leaving Council Bluffs for Texas. His first Titan team has more than 20 seniors and returns most of its skill players from last year’s 4-5 team that came up a win short of the postseason. Speedsters Nate Connealy, Eric Toole and Cole Johnson give Duggan an explosive nucleus to build his first team around.

Professionally, Jim Duggan can’t wait until his team’s season-opening game begins.

Personally, he can’t wait until it ends.

The Aug. 26 contest is one of the most anticipated prep football games to take place in Council Bluffs in years. It will pit the new Lewis Central coach against St. Albert, his alma mater and the team he coached to consecutive state titles in 2006 and 2007.

Fans can’t stop talking about the upcoming matchup. Duggan feels he’s said enough. He is, however, eager to match wits with former assistant Kevin Culjat, who guided the Falcons to the Class 1-A title last fall in his first season as a head coach.

“I want to play that game,” Duggan said. “I think it’s a great opportunity for Coach Culjat and his football program, and it’s a great opportunity for our program. It’s a playoff-type of scenario with a playoff-type of crowd. They’re a great football program. We want to be a great football program. And to be a great football program, you’ve got to play against great football programs.

“Our kids are going to find out what a big-game atmosphere is like the first game of the season, and that’s what you want to be a part of.”

Duggan should know. He took St. Albert to the playoffs in all nine seasons that he was the head coach at the school and won 88 games in doing so.

He stepped down in early 2009 to become the offensive coordinator at Class 5-A Duncanville High School in Texas, a move that upset many of the Falcon faithful. His return to C.B., especially to fill the coaching vacancy at rival L.C., only added to those hard feelings.

But Duggan said he hasn’t been completely unwelcomed.

“The core group of guys that I coached with up there, they’ll be my coaching friends forever,” he said. “That never goes away. There’s some people, I’m sure, that are maybe disappointed. But that’s life.

Life is about change and challenges.”

Returning Lewis Central to its winning ways is the latest challenge for Duggan. The Titans went 4-5 last fall under Larry Sterbick, who resigned after the end of the season. It was the second losing season in the last three years for L.C. Duggan was brought in to change that, and his players have liked what they’ve seen thus far.

L.C. Schedule August 26, at St. Albert, 7 p.m.

September 3, Thomas Jefferson, 7:30 p.m.; 10, Creston, 7:30 p.m.; 17, at Glenwood, 7:30 p.m.; 24, Harlan, 7:30 p.m.

October 1, at Carroll, 7:30 p.m.; 8, at Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.; 15, Red Oak, 7:30 p.m.; 22, at Winterset, 7:30 p.m.

“We’re getting ready for the season,” senior Cole Johnson said. “We’ve bought into Coach Duggan’s program. All of our players are just ready for the season to start. We’re going hard in everything we do.”

Duggan praised the effort of his team, saying the Titans have responded to his philosophy and have risen to the challenge. He said he hasn’t gone easy on them.

“They seem like they have the will to be really successful,” he said.

Duggan said assistant coaches Chris Hanafan and Dan Miller have played a major role in the successful beginning of the new Titan regime. He said he owed them a debt of gratitude for making his transition at L.C. a fairly easy one.

“We bonded early,” he said. “There’s some true chemistry within the coaching staff. The guys are passionate about making our program the best it can be.”

Duggan said his first Titan team has a lot of talent, but he isn’t sure how much football experience his athletes have. The opener at St. Albert will give him a chance to find out.

“Our coaching staff is excited because we get to go out and play against a great program,” Duggan said. “We’re going to find out what we’ve got right out of the gate.”

Timeout with ... Nate Connealy Senior Nate Connealy returns after leading Lewis Central’s defense with 80 total tackles last season. He also filled in at tailback and was the team’s second-leading rusher.

After having a big junior season, what have you done to prepare yourself for this one?

I’ve just been lifting a little bit, trying to condition and getting a little bit faster and stronger.

I tried putting on some weight. I’ve put on

about eight pounds.

to get better. Everyone has to put the time in and do the hard work.

How have the guys taken to Coach Duggan?

Everyone’s buying into the program, and everyone’s really enjoying it. I hope we get a lot of benefits out of it. We already are in conditioning and strength.

What’s it going to take to get L.C. to the top of the district?

It will take everybody buying in, staying with it and working as a team. We’re working

How do you feel about playing two games against Council Bluffs teams this year?

I like the challenge. It’s always nice to play against the city to showcase your skills and how hard you’ve come and worked as a team.

Is it going to be cool to play on a Thursday night in town with everyone watching?

It’ll be nice to play on Thursday for the

opener and start the city off on the right tone.

What are the biggest challenges for the Titans this season?

It’s a new district so we’ll be playing some new teams and having new challenges. We’ll just be battling all year and making it to the playoffs. The goal is the dome.

Any goals for yourself?

Just to have another solid year, to build and work for the team. I want to help our team win.

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As a longtime teacher, this was the only summer that Mark Puev wanted to pass by quickly.

The new football coach at Thomas Jefferson was anxious to get his first fall camp underway.

“I wanted to get to this point in time,” he said.

“It’s fun. It is so much fun to be at this point.”

Puev is less than a week away from his debut as a head varsity coach. And, right now, he’s just trying to make sure that he has the Yellow Jackets headed in the right direction.

The former Omaha Benson assistant, who has coached junior varsity football for the past decade, took over the T.J. program in May after former Jacket coach Steve Cozad left for the head position in Rock Port, Mo. And Puev will be basically starting from scratch.

In addition to saying goodbye to its senior class from the 2009 team, T.J. also lost its top

three underclassmen. Starters Zane Cozad and Winston Norris went to Missouri with Zane’s father, and senior-to-be Cole Millard transferred to Abraham Lincoln.

Only six other players with starting experience return.

“I’d like to think that we’re laying the foundation,” Puev said. “You don’t want to say that success is going to be years down the road because you want the seniors to understand that they can be a part of the success right here, right now.”

Immediate success won’t necessarily be measured by wins and losses, the new coach added. He said the important thing is to make sure T.J. establishes the right culture as it begins its new era of football.

“If we go out in the first games that we have and play good games, I think that’s a thing that will keep us going, win, lose or draw,” he said. “It’s all about level of play. It is possible to play a great

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Thomas Jefferson Coach: Mark Puev, 1st year 2009 Record: 1-8 Returning Starters: Seniors: Josh Skou, Colton Harlan, Thomas Martinez, Tyler Kuhl. Juniors: Michael Wallace, Justin Leftridge, Ricky Miller. Sophomore: Dominic Wilson.

Other Key Players: Senior: Derek Bazer. Juniors: Tyler Gustafson, Duey Sullivan, Michael Walter. Sophomores: Michael White, Nolan Neaman.

The Word: With a roster full of unfamiliar names, first-time head coach Puev should be able to build his program any way he likes. The Yellow Jackets return only eight players with any starting experience, and most of those weren’t full-time starters. Statistically, senior Colton Harlan and junior Michael Wallace had the biggest impact last season among the players coming back.The switch from the Dead-T offense to the spread should make T.J. a fun team to watch early in the season.

How the Jackets progress as conference play approaches in October remains to be seen, but Puev’s group has a clean slate to work with after winning just once under former coach Steve Cozad last fall.

T.J. Schedule August 20, at Abraham Lincoln, 7:30 p.m.; 27, West Des Moines Dowling, 7:30 p.m.

September 3, at Lewis Central, 7:30 p.m.; 10, Des Moines Hoover, 7:30 p.m.; 17, at Des Moines Roosevelt, 7:30 p.m.

October 1, at Sioux City North, 7:30 p.m.; 8, Abraham Lincoln, 7:30 p.m.; 15, at Sioux City West, 7:30 p.m.; 21, at Sioux City East, 7:30 p.m.

Timeout with ... Tyler Kuhl Senior Tyler Kuhl is expected to be a two-way starter for the Jackets this season and a leader new coach Mark Puev can build his team around.

What has fall camp with Coach Puev been like so far?

We’ve learned a lot, and we’ve gotten a lot better as a team. But it’s also been hard with conditioning. We’ve gotten in a lot better shape.

What are the early differences between

Coach Puev and former coach Steve Cozad?

They both have pretty good personalities, and I get along with them. The biggest difference is probably the offense though. It’s a completely different offense with new things, new drills and a diffferent way of doing stuff.

There were a lot of expectations at T.J. last year, but things didn’t pan out. Any reason why that happened?

I just think a lot of players needed to push a little harder and play a little meaner. There were a lot of injuries, and we needed to have

more kids step up and push themselves.

playoffs again and shoot for the conference title.

For the players that are returning, what’s the biggest challenge?

I just think stepping up and filling in those positions with all the players that we lost. We lost a lot of size. We need to step up in the weight room and get stronger.

Do you like the idea of playing Abraham Lincoln twice?

Yeah. Especially if the first one doesn’t go the way we want, we’ll have a second chance to let them know that we’re coming.

What kind of goals have you set for yourself this season?

Like everybody else, I want to win as many games as we possibly can. I’d like to get to the

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Abraham Lincoln has never won a conference championship in football.

It has never hosted a playoff contest, and it has never won a game in the postseason.

If those facts are ever going to change, this appears to be the time. With 17 starters back from last year’s 6-4 postseason qualifier, the Lynx are expecting to make history.

“I definitely think it’s expected for us to be conference champs and go to state,” senior Jamison Lalk said. “And I like the expectations. I think the whole team likes having to be good. We play better when we’re expected to win.”

That hasn’t always been the case for A.L., which has finished second in the Missouri River Activities Conference in the last two seasons after dropping a game it expected to win.

The Lynx were stunned by rival Thomas Jefferson in 2008 and were upset by Sioux City East a year ago.

In both seasons, the Lynx still advanced to the postseason but were blown out in substate games on the road. Had A.L. taken care of business in conference play, they’d have likely faced a lesser opponent in the substate round at home.

Third-year head coach Justin Kammrad has seniors on this year’s team that were starters on both of his previous squads. He’s hoping the learning experiences from those tough losses will pay dividends in this season.

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Abe Lincoln Coach: Justin Kammrad, 3rd year (11-9) 2009 Record: 6-4 (Lost to Waukee 49-14 in Class 4-A substate) Returning Starters: Seniors: Austin Ebertowski, Austin Gillan, Brad Groepper, Dan Hopper, Josh Kinney, Jamison Lalk, Alex Olsen, Luke Thallas, Devin Thomas, Nolan Webster, Josh Williams. Juniors: Beau Brownlee, Cleo Harris.

Other Key Players: Seniors: Keaton Leisinger, Cole Millard, Andrew Miller, Colton Thompson, Tyler Woolsencraft, Tyler Dolch.

Juniors: Kory Denton, Alec Maher, Zac Paige, Alex White.

The Word: Kammrad said this season has been three years in the making. Many of A.L.’s 17 returning starters were playing significant time on the 2008 team.

The Lynx will have to be on top of their game to accomplish the lofty goals they’ve set for themselves, but the talent is there to do it.

Ebertowski is one of the state’s top running backs and has plenty of help on the offensive side of the ball. Seven starters are back on a defense that must improve to keep A.L. away from its history of high-scoring shootouts.

A.L. Schedule August 20, Thomas Jefferson, 7:30 p.m.; 27, at Johnston, 7:30 p.m.

September 3, Harlan, 7:30 p.m.; 10, at Des Moines North, 7:30 p.m.; 24, Sioux City West, 7:30 p.m.

October 1, Sioux City East, 7:30 p.m.; 8, at Thomas Jefferson, 7:30 p.m.; 15, Sioux City North, 7:30 p.m.; 22, Ankeny, 7:30 p.m.

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Timeout with ... Alex Olsen Alex Olsen is entering his second season as Abraham Lincoln’s starting quarterback. He threw for nearly 1,000 yards last season and has almost all of his offense returning.

Has having a dad (Walt) that has won two state championships as a coach and was a college quarterback helped you develop at your position over the years?

In some ways, it really helps. He’s definitely always been pushing me. He knows what he’s

talking about. As much as sometimes I don’t want him to be right, he is a lot of the time.

we want to go deep into the playoffs and potentially get to the dome this year.

How does it feel to go into the season with all of your weapons back?

It feels good knowing that everything we had last year on the offensive side is back.

Without one lineman, which we can replace, all the threats are right there with me.

How much did you talk about the substate loss to Waukee during the offseason?

We really didn’t go over it too much after the year. We really just tried to look on to the next year and start getting ready for this year.

Everyone is going to be watching you in Week Zero. What do you want to show on opening night?

We really want to come out and show

Everyone is saying this is A.L.’s year. Do you feel that way?

Yeah, we definitely feel like this is the year

something strong. We don’t want to come out flat that night. Being T.J., everyone is going to be pumped up that game. We definitely feel like we can go out and show something that first week.

Do you have any thoughts about playing T.J. twice in the regular season?

It’s just another game. After that first one, it’s just going to be like another team.There won’t be quite as many emotions that second week.

How far can this team go?

We want to go to the dome this year.

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There will be five new starters on the field for Iowa School for the Deaf when it opens its football season on Sept. 2. Most of them, if not all, enjoyed just as much playing time as the now-departed seniors they will replace.

Yes, ISD coach Mark Murray said, this figures to be an unusual fall.

Unusual, in that gone are many of the longtime core players who led the Bobcats to an 80 record and co-national championship last season. Unusual, because sophomore quarterback Brendan Booth will break a string of upperclassman QBs for Murray. Unusual, because any experience younger players got last year after the first quarter came utterly devoid of pressure situations.

In completing its perfect season, ISD won each eight-man game by an average of 44 points, and never by fewer than four touchdowns. Most of the time, it was trying not to run up the score.

“The kids got a lot of playing time, but the game was already over,” Murray said. “And a lot of times when we played, the teams had already given up. We have some kids in mind, but as for consistent starters, we have no idea.”

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Coach: Cory Faust, 8th season 2009 record: 11-1 (lost to Madrid 42-15 in quarterfinals) Key Returners: Seniors: Chris Hinds, Tyler Twilley, Hunter Nelsen, Dylan Kiesel, Bryant Griffen, Robert Fauteaux, Taylor Becker, Dustin Maassen, Tom Gallaher, Morgan Bartlett, Billy Sievers.

Juniors: Josh Bryant, Ben Jacobsen, Dylan Zornes, Nick Starr, Cody Munyun, Andy Redinbaugh, Logan Gray, Bill Price, Alex Long, Cray Weirich, Todd Schmidt.

The Word: In District 8 of Class A, four of the six teams will make the substate. However, don’t think the Vikings won’t be challenged. Six of their nine regular-season games come against opponents who reached the substate last year.

“We are going to have to really improve in the preseason and each week throughout the season,” said coach Cory Faust, the state Class A coach of the year in 2009. “We will have to bring our best effort every Friday night.”

A-H-S-T also has to replace more than half of Nelsen its offensive production in quarterback Seth Enke and wide receiver Gunner Gilland.Those two players had a hand in 40 of the 70 offensive touchdowns for the Vikings. Hunter Nelsen returns as the second-leading receiver and starting tailback Dylan Zornes returns after rushing for nearly 500 yards as a sophomore.

“Hunter (Nelsen) provides plenty of pass-catching ability, and Tyler (Twilley) has a little bit of a different skill set and is very capable as a quarterback,” Faust said. “Dylan (Zornes) is a fireball and has a solid work ethic and was an important player for us as a sophomore.”

Faust sees Bedford as the favorite in Class A’s District 8 based on returning talent, but he also thinks that all of the six teams could step up and win the district.

“This will be one of the more scrappy teams we have had and hopefully we can compete at a high level every Friday night,” Faust said.

Glenwood Coach: Brian Albert, 8th season 2009 record: 6-4 (lost to DenisonSchleswig 14-9 in substate) Key returners: Seniors: Joe Blankenship, Josh Pachl, Eliot Lincoln, Ian Eflin, Cole Darrow, Michael Lawler. Juniors: Ben Ensley, Levi Henderson, Rhett Turner, Shawn Wiser, Heath Loeffelbein.

The Word: The Rams return just three defensive starters. They graduated mainstays at quarterback and running back. Yet coach Brian Albert said this year’s group is among the deepest he’s worked with.

Cole Darrow (tight end/linebacker) returns after leading the team in tackles last season, and he’s joined by Levi Henderson (running back/linebacker) as a two-way starter. On offense, Albert said the vacant quarterback spot will go to either senior Jon Williams or junior Grant Stivers, while Henderson and senior Nate Knight will vie for the top running back role.

Defensively, the Rams will need to find four new starting defensive backs and reload at nearly every spot on the defensive line.

Perhaps the Darrow toughest void to fill is the leadership from last year’s senior class, Albert said.

Still, he added, the goal is to reach the Class 3-A postseason for a second straight year.

“Everybody’s excited and aggressive about the new season,” Albert said. “But if we don’t have some people that step to the front and take control of it themselves, it’s going to be a year of close games. Hopefully we can come out on top of those.”

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Senior running back Zach Christensen returns on the heels of a 791-yard, seventouchdown campaign in 2009, and senior wide receivers Austin McMahon (6-0) and Jesse Harman (6-4) will give Barrier a pair of tall options for downfield catches.

But most importantly, all five offensive linemen from 2009 are back.

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Logan-Magnolia Coach: Matt Straight, 10th season 2009 record: 6-4 (lost to H-M-S 7-6 in substate) Key returners: Seniors: Evan Mikels, RB-DE; Levi Ettleman, TE; Nolan Oviatt, RB-DB; Marrick Loftus, RB-CB;Troy Sodders, WR-DB; Dillon Miller, OL-LB; Travis Jones, OL-LB; Ben Kill, C-DL; Zach Hatcher, RB-DB; Nate Morton, OL-LB; Jacob Winther, OL-DL. Juniors: Quin Mann, LB; Dom Snyder, LB. The Word: Logan-Magnolia returns 10 starters from last year’s 6-4 team, led by all-state players Evan Mikels and Levi Ettleman. Mikels was selected to the allstate first-team in Class 1-A last year as a defensive end and Ettleman was a second-team all-state selection at tight end.

After losing a one-point heartbreaker to Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in the substate game last season, Lo-Ma coach Matt Straight hopes his team can go further this time.

“Our main goal this year is to play with the same intensity from start to finish,” Straight said.

“We’ve started out strong in the past, but then have let down.”

Experience and depth will be Mikels among the Panthers’biggest strengths this year.They have a strong senior class, with several players heading into their third or fourth year of varsity play.

Nate Fender, a 5-foot-4 junior, will fill the quarterback position. Straight said that with the kind of offense the Panthers run, Fender’s quickness will make up for his lack of size.

Straight also likes the addition of Treynor and Audubon to the district schedule and said there will be no easy games.

Straight hopes the Panthers will have more big plays this year. Because of their depth, he plans on resting some of his players so they don’t have to play both ways for the whole game. The biggest

challenge facing Logan-Magnolia will be defending the pass, but Straight said they will have better backfield speed this year.

“It’s going to be a great year for the fans,” Straight said. “They will see good football every Friday night.”

Riverside Coach: Burke Swenson, 4th season 2009 record: 2-7 Key returners: Seniors:Tanner Todd, Gage McClain, Adam Graham. Juniors: Deven Moore, Mack Housman. Sophomore: Rick Williams.

The Word: A switch this year from Class 1-A to Class A has Riverside feeling optimistic about its upcoming gridiron campaign.

“We are very confident going into this season,” coach Burke Swenson said. “We think that class might be better suited for us.”

In addition to the new class, a dozen returning starters, including quarterback Deven Moore and promising sophomore Rick Williams should help Riverside improve from last year’s 2-7 record, Swenson said.

Swenson is enthusiastic about Moore’s potential under center.The junior QB, he said, has matured and worked diligently this summer to become a more efficient player and leader.

“We are very excited about what he brings,” Swenson said.

“We’re looking to have great, great things from him.”

Moore will find targets in returning receivers Tanner Moore Todd and Gage McClain.

An experienced offensive line that will include Williams, a 6-foot-7, 230-pound standout, will help protect the QB. “He’s a big sophomore,” Swenson said. “We’re hoping for some darn good things out of Rick.”

The coach also anticipates good things on the O-line from Jake Stevens and Jesse McMillin.

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Other players to watch this year include Alex Gleaves, Austin Henningsen, Garret Loring and Cole Potter.

The school hasn’t reached the postseason since 2001, but this season could be the turning point, Swenson said.

“The goal is to make the playoffs,” Swenson said. “For us, it’s always the playoffs.”

Riverside’s six-team district includes AH-S-T, Bedford, Corning, West Harrison and Elk Horn Kimballton-Exira. The season opener is Aug.27 against Tri-Center in Neola.

Treynor Coach: Steve Owens, 17th season 2009 record: 9-2 (lost to Madrid 356 in first round of playoffs) Key returners: Seniors: Mitchell Godfrey, QB; Cole Rath, QB; Eddie Fisher, WR-DB; Jake Allen RB/WR-DB; Brock Meis, TE-LB; Alex Severn, OLLB; Tyler Woods, WR-DB; Michael Buckalew, OL-DL; Shawn Hearn, TEDL; Jordan Lammert, OL-LB. Juniors: Chris Zimmerman, RB-LB; Lawrence Pace, OL-DL; Trevor Pavlik, OL-DL; Trenton Geer, FB-NT. The Word: There are two big reasons why there’s a little extra excitement running through the Treynor camp this year. First, the Cardinals have moved up from Class A to Class 1-A. Second, they have loads of experienced players returning from last year’s 9-2 squad.

In his 17th year at the helm, Owens has never faced Western Iowa Conference members Griswold or Audubon in a varsity game.

He will this year.

And he doesn’t believe Treynor has ever played Allen St. Albert or Logan-Magnolia. It will this year. All four schools are in the Cardinals’ district.

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Tri-Center Coach: Travis Sell, 2nd season 2009 record: 3-6 Key Returners: Seniors: Zach Christensen, Jesse Harman, Austin McMahon, Jacob Kramer, Caleb White, Andrew Cooper. Juniors: Ryan Messerschmidt, Derek Schierbrock. Sophomore: Britton Barrier The Word: Sell saw plenty of promise last season, despite finishing with a losing record and without a postseason appearance.

The Trojans return nine starters on both offense and defense this fall. That’s an uncommon amount of returning talent for a 1-A school, and Sell would like to capitalize on that in his second season.

“We’ve got a senior class with 14 kids at a 1-A school. That’s pretty unusual to have that big of a senior class coming through, with some good juniors behind us,” Sell said. “We’ve got a great mixture of experience to go with some young talent that we’re proud of.”

Highlighting that younger talent is sophomore quarterback Britton Barrier.

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nity’s excited,’’ Owens said. “And we’re anxious to get started.’’

Treynor returns eight offensive starters and seven on defense. Seniors Mitchell Godfrey and Cole Rath both have experience at quarterback, while the top two rushers return in senior Jake Allen (761 rushing yards, 12 TDs) and junior Chris Zimmerman (582 rushing yards, 6 TDs). Allen is one of southwest Iowa’s top all-around athletes, and his versatility comes in handy on the football field as well.

Defensively, senior Alex Severn led the team in tackles (129) last year, while junior Trenton Geer (71) ranked third.

Treynor also regains the services of senior Brock Meis, a talented tight end/outside linebacker who missed most of last season with a knee injury.

“We just have a lot of kids who played a lot last year, so we’re a little ahead from where we’ve been in years past,’ Owens said.

Coach: Loren Lintner, 2nd season 2009 record: 5-5 (lost to West Lyon 35-15 in substate) Key Returners: Seniors: Andrew Bonnet, Dillon Robinson, Jesse Allen, Jordan Davis, Justin Henderson. Juniors: Dakota Holcomb, Jeremy Taylor.

The Word: Lintner worked wonders with the Eagles in the second half of last season. Underwood got off to a 2-4 start, but turned things around, winning its final three regular-season contests to earn a postseason berth.

“The way we were playing at the end of the year was probably our best ball,” Lintner said. “We got the kids on the same page and they figured out what we wanted. We were starting to figure out where kids were best suited to help the team. We’re just going to try to keep that same attitude.This summer was great for lifting and working, and we’re just going to keep on going.”

The departure of Tyler Hamilton at quarterback creates a void under center.

Lintner indicated that his next signalcaller will be either junior Drake Fanslau or sophomore Brady Johnson.

“We’re just kind of working on them right now,” Lintner said. “They’re both good quarterbacks. Fanslau is a tough kid, and Johnson has some speed to him. We’re just kind of looking into who can run the offense better when we need them.”

Seniors Andrew Bonnet and Dillon Robinson return to the Eagles’ backfield.

Those two combined for 821 yards and 10 touchdowns last year, and they’ll play even larger roles this season.

But Lintner was most proud of the progress made by his offensive line over the summer. Senior right guard Jesse Allen recently weighed in at 280 pounds and added plenty of size in the weight Bonnet room, and senior center Jordan Davis will provide another solid blocking presence.

“Both of those guys started on the offensive line last year, so we’re looking at those two to lead the way for us,” Lintner said. “We’ll have some pretty good size up front.”

Defensively, senior inside linebacker Justin Henderson returns after posting a 93tackle season to lead the Eagles last fall.

Lintner also said junior linebacker Jeremy Taylor, who was inserted into the starting lineup four games into the season, should make drastic improvements. He tallied 41 tackles in six starts a year ago.

And with a loaded district that includes Treynor, Logan-Magnolia, Griswold and defending Class 1-A champion St. Albert, the Eagles will need their best every week.

“It’ll be a dogfight every Friday to try to get in the top half of our district,” Lintner said.

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Culjat said his current team knows what’s expected of it. St. Albert has nine regular-season games to prepare itself for the postseason, which it has dominated in recent years.

“Our kids know, no matter what happens during the course of the year, the goal is to be playing well when you hit that playoff run,” the coach said. “And really that’s what they focus on.”

Culjat said he remembers when the Falcons were like many other teams that were striving to make it to the UNI-Dome for the first time. After seven appearances in the past 10 years, however, he acknowledged those trips are probably taken for granted by some at St. Albert now.

The standard for his program has been raised.And Culjat is fine with that.

“I don’t know how long we can keep doing what we’re doing, but I think everybody wants to and everybody strives to,” he said.

“Now we’re to the point that nobody wants to be the team to not finish their season in the dome.”

postseason, the unbeaten head coach pointed out that St. Albert’s success has come from a number of contributing factors. Parents and the school district have supported the program while players and coaches have put in a lot of hard work and determination.

By Culjat’s count, the Falcons have had 31 different coaches in the past decade. And all but three of those were St. Albert graduates that had previously played in the green and gold.

“Guys kept coming back and feeding that tradition,” said Culjat, who has only one member of his current staff that didn’t play for his alma mater. “It’s a pretty phenomenal run.”

Success often breeds success.

But it also puts pressure on the next group of players to live up to the standard set by those who came before them.This year’s senior class, for example, must play in the shadow of those who recently graduated with a 48-4 career record and three state titles.

New system for T.J. learn. He’s also seen an increase in the level of priority his team has placed on football since their optional summer workouts, when attendance wasn’t consistent from all members.

As Puev put it, becoming a good football team wasn’t a “jobshare program.” And, eventually, his players began to buy into the new coach’s philosophy.

“As the summer progressed, I think the light started to click on for a lot of them,” he said. “If they want it to be important, they’re going to have to make a commitment.”

Puev credited assistant coaches Ryan Hoden and Justin Hayes for making the transition simple at T.J. for both the new coach and the players. Both were formerly assistants under Cozad.

“Coach Hayes and Coach Hoden were here all summer long,” Puev said. “The transition would not have been as smooth without their help. That was one of the big things I was wondering about, how the transition would go. That’s been the easiest part.”

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One thing Puev doesn’t want in the beginning of the season is a replay of the Jackets’ opener a year ago. T.J. turned the ball over seven times in the first half of a 44-6 loss to Fort Dodge, which set the tone for a season of struggles.

The Jackets finished 1-8 one year removed from winning the Missouri River Activities Conference for the first time in school history.

That 2008 season was the first under Cozad, who scrapped T.J.’s previous spread offense for his Dead-T running attack. Puev has brought the spread back, although it won’t be the same as when the Jackets ran it previously under former coach Dan Strutzenberg.

“The guys do seem excited about it,” he said. It’s not that difficult. It’s just learning a new language.You start with A-B-C, then you work up from there.” Puev called the new offense “a work in progress,” but he said T.J.’s players have shown a willingness to

RETURNING HONOREES All-City Offense RB: Austin Ebertowski, Sr., Abraham Lincoln; Jake Gentile, Sr., St. Albert. OL: Josh Kinney, Sr., Abraham Lincoln; Brad Groepper, Sr., Abraham Lincoln. E: Devin Thomas, Sr., Abraham Lincoln. K: Gabe Meis, Sr., St. Albert.

Defense DL: Jamison Lalk, Sr., Abraham Lincoln. LB: Luke Thallas, Sr., Abraham Lincoln; Cole Millard, Sr., Thomas Jefferson (now at Abraham Lincoln); Mickey Russell, Sr., St. Albert. DB: Nate Connealy, Sr., Lewis Central; Steve O’Neill, Sr., St.

Albert. P: Eric Toole, Sr., Lewis Central.

All-Southwest Iowa First Team Offense RB: Dylan Barrett, Sr., Harlan. E: Adam Cave, Sr., Harlan.

First Team Defense DL: Evan Mikels, Sr., Logan-Magnolia.

Second Team Offense OL: Jacob Kramer, Sr., Tri-Center. E: Levi Ettleman, Sr., Logan-Magnolia.

Second Team Defense DL: Jared Henkenius, Sr., Carroll Kuemper. LB: Andrew Bonnet, Sr., Underwood; Alex Severn, Sr., Treynor.

DB: Jake Allen, Sr., Treynor.

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2010 SWI DISTRICTS 2009 SWI STANDINGS AND CONFERENCES Class 4-A Missouri River Activities Conference Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Sioux City East, Sioux City North, Sioux City West.

Class 3-A District 1 Atlantic, Carroll, Creston, Glenwood, Harlan, Lewis Central, Red Oak, Winterset District 2 Denison-Schleswig, Le Mars, MOC-Floyd Valley, Rock Valley/Boyden-Hull, Sergeant Bluff-Luton, Sioux City Heelan, Spencer, Storm Lake Class 2-A District 2 Carroll Kuemper, Cherokee, East Sac County, JSPC, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto, Missouri Valley, OA-BCIG, SCAL-RCL (Southern Cal and Rockwell City-Lytton) District 8 Bondurant-Farrar, Clarinda, Clarke, Colfax-Mingo, Interstate 35, PCM, Pella Christian, Shenandoah

Class 1-A District 1 Hinton, IKM-Manning, LawtonBronson, Manson-Northwest Webster, Prairie Valley, Ridge View, West Monona, Westwood District 8 Audubon, Clarinda Academy, Griswold, Logan-Magnolia, St. Albert, Treynor, Tri-Center, Underwood Class A District 8 A-H-S-T, Bedford, Corning, Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira, Riverside, West Harrison Eight-Man District 7 Ar-We-Va, Boyer Valley, Charter Oak-Ute, Coon Rapids-Bayard, East Greene, Glidden-Ralston, Walnut, Woodbine District 8 East Mills, Essex, Fremont-Mills, Nishnabotna, Sidney, South Page, Stanton, Villisca Note: These will also apply for the 2011 season.

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McArthur LYNX READY Reivers prepare for leads ISD TO MAKE RUN second season returners AT MRAC TITLE REIVERS/From Page 3F

lineup will be settled later in fall camp, the offensive line is pretty much set. The Reivers return four starters from last year, including potential NCAA Division I recruits Dan Heiar and Dallas Hendrikson. Both are being looked at by Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas State and Ole Miss. Heiar already has scholarship offers from Wyoming and Florida International.

The biggest holes to fill on offense are in the backfield, where IWCC lost all three of its quarterbacks and tailback Kevis Streeter from last year’s squad.

There are a number of backs on campus and University of Louisville transfer Zack Stoudt and redshirt Lorenzo Dennard both saw time at QB in the spring. Freshman Jake Waters could also be in the mix at that position. The Reivers also need to find a kicker.

Defensively, the linebackers

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BOBCATS/From Page 8F lost week of preseason practices. The Bobcats will begin workouts on the first day of school, Aug. 16, as opposed a week earlier because of a budget cut that can no longer accommodate players arriving early on campus.

ISD plays its first game 17 days later, a 4:15 p.m. home game against St. Joseph (Mo.) Christian.

One known quantity is Shannon McArthur. As a junior, he led the Bobcats with 12 rushing touchdowns and averaged 11.8 yards per carry (496 yards on 42 attempts). McArthur also caught nine passes for 140 yards and five more scores.

“He’s the guy (opponents) have got to stop,” Murray said.“We addressed this in the spring with him, because they will know that he’s the man that can run, throw and catch. And he probably won’t have much of a supporting cast – not at first anyway. We might develop into it like we’ve done in years past, but at first it’s going to be a struggle.”

The transition has the coach thinking about ISD winning as many games as it loses this fall.

Since claiming the Great Plains Schools for the Deaf football title in 2001, Murray said the Bobcats have finished below .500 just once.

Said Murray: “If we can go .500, I’d do a cartwheel, I think.”

Among the highlights on ISD’s eight-game schedule this season is a homecoming game against fellow co-champ Wisconsin School for the Deaf on Oct. 2 (the teams didn’t meet last season). The Bobcats will travel to Missouri School for the Deaf on Oct. 16 for a 7 p.m. contest that Murray said may be the first Saturday night game in ISD history.

Also returning as senior starters are Zack Raes (center/defensive lineman) and Chris Adams (guard/tight end). Raes’ ability to snap the ball from the shotgun has helped pace past ISD run-and-gun victories, while Adams is primed to emerge as an offensive weapon.

Murray said everyone else will have to get used to playing without the cushion of a big lead – certainly an unusual experience.

“The key is kids understanding that, ‘Hey, now I’m a starter and I’ve got to try to improve every week,’” Murray said. “When you come in as a mop-up-type situation, they don’t think that they really have to work.

“This year they’re going to have to earn it.”

class,” he said. “Hopefully, they’ve matured and have grown from it.

We’re really excited about where we are, with so many returning starters with so much experience.”

With only one lineman gone from an offense that averaged 354 yards per game last season, the Lynx were able to pick up where they left off in 2009, Kammrad said.

They return one of Class 4-A’s leading rushers in senior Austin Ebertowski, but their focus in the offseason has been on their passing game. As A.L. found out in its onesided loss to Waukee last fall, a team needs to have a secondary plan on offense when its strength is taken away in the postseason.

“We realize that we can’t be a one-dimensional, running football team,” Kammrad said. “That’s really been our focus in the offseason, our passing game. We’ve got to be able to throw the ball a lot better against some of those better teams.

We’ve got to be more than onedimensional if we want to compete at the state level.”

The coach called the defeat “an eye-opener” and said it was the Lynx coaching staff that wasn’t prepared for the Waukee challenge, not the players. Still, he acknowledged that the returners probably still have the loss in the back of their minds as they prepare for this season.

“We don’t talk about it a whole lot with the guys, and they may or may not do it amongst themselves,” Kammrad said. “We don’t bring it up a lot. We just really try to focus on us getting better each day and getting ready for our first game.”

A.L. opens with a Week Zero nonconference game against T.J. and plays host to reigning 3-A

and secondary will need to be replaced, although defensive back Jordan Roberts-Lewis returns. Jared Ebert, Lenard Williams and Dontavious Pyron all saw time along the line in 2009, but Strohmeier said his team must build depth in that area.

Much of that depth will have to come from in-state players.

Per MFC rules, IWCC can only select 20 out-of-state players for its game roster. Unlike previously, however, coaches are afforded two roster moves with those athletes during the season.

Those 20 players will be chosen before the opener as the team’s depth chart is set.

Strohmeier said there are plenty of positions to be decided, but having some returning veterans has been a plus in fall camp.

“We’ve still got a lot of spots open,” he said. “But any time you can go into a meeting and have some familiarity, you’re ahead of the ballgame.”

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A.L.’s Austin Ebertowski champion Harlan in early September. The Lynx have road games at Johnston and Des Moines North early on, then don’t leave Council Bluffs for the rest of the regular season.

All five of A.L.’s MRAC contests will take place at C.B. Stadium, meaning a team will have to beat the Lynx on their home turf to keep them from their first conference title.

“We’re going to make it happen this year,” senior Devin Thomas said.

Coach: Scott Strohmeier, 2nd year 2009 Record: 5-4 Key Returning Players: Dan Heiar, Dallas Hendrikson, Austin Nichols, Bo Adams, Keaton Tuttle, Willie Baughman, Demetrius Tillman, Jared Ebert, Lenard Williams, Dontavious Pyron, Jordan Roberts-Lewis.

Top Newcomers: Redshirts: Alfred Sharp, Wes Smith, Matt Waters. Transfer: Zack Stoudt. Freshmen: Jake Waters, Andrew Brown, Drake Ferch, Johnny Hines.

The Word: There are high expectations as IWCC enters its second year of football.The Reivers, who won five of their last six games in 2009, enter the fall ranked nationally and have upgraded their talent level at a number of positions. The offensive line, where four starters return, will be a strength. And IWCC has plenty of talent at wideout, although it lacks varsity experience at the position.The battle for the starting spots at quarterback and tailback prior to the opening will be interesting, as will the competition for the back seven positions on defense. A top-two finish in the Midwest Football Conference West Divison, and the postseason berth that goes along with it, seems to be an achievable goal.

IWCC Schedule August 28, Highland, 1 p.m.

September 4, at Iowa Central, 2:30 p.m.; 11, at Joliet (Ill.), 1 p.m.; 18, Grand Rapids, noon; 25, at Harper (Ill.), 1 p.m.

October 2, DuPage, 1 p.m.; 9, at Dakota-Bottineau (N.D.), 1 p.m.; 16, NDSCS, 1 p.m.; 30, Ellsworth, 2:30 p.m.

SOUTHWEST IOWA PREP FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Note: 7:30 p.m. starts unless noted.

Friday, Aug. 20 Thomas Jefferson at Abraham Lincoln Denison-Schleswig at Harlan Community

Villisca at Melcher-Dallas East Mills at Lenox Sidney at Lamoni Stanton at CAM Kingsley-Pierson at Boyer Valley Nishnabotna at Walnut Remsen-Union at Charter Oak-Ute River Valley at Ar-We-Va Whiting at Woodbine Adair-Casey at Fremont-Mills East Union at Essex Seymour at South Page

Thursday, Aug. 26 Lewis Central at St. Albert, 7 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 27 Abraham Lincoln at Johnston WDM Dowling at Thomas Jefferson Atlantic at Denison-Schleswig Glenwood at Sergeant Bluff-Luton Creston at Chariton Carroll at Carroll Kuemper Logan-Magnolia at Missouri Valley, 7 p.m.

Red Oak at Clarinda Underwood at Shenandoah, 7 p.m.

West Harrison at West Monona A-H-S-T at Nodaway Valley Corning at Griswold IKM-Manning at Treynor Martensdale-St. Mary’s at Clarinda Academy Riverside at Tri-Center, 7 p.m.

Audubon at EHK-Exira Ar-We-Va at Kingsley-Pierson Boyer Valley at Whiting Charter Oak-Ute at River Valley Essex at Seymour Fremont-Mills at East Union South Page at Adair-Casey CAM at Villisca Lamoni at Nishnabotna Lenox at Stanton Walnut at Sidney Woodbine at East Mills Friday, Sept. 3 Harlan Community at Abraham Lincoln Thomas Jefferson at Lewis Central Carroll Kuemper at Atlantic Norwalk at Creston Shenandoah at Red Oak St. Albert at Glenwood South Central Calhoun at IKM-Manning Clarinda Academy at Woodward Academy Clarinda at Logan-Magnolia Guthrie Center at Audubon Missouri Valley at Underwood, 7 p.m.

Griswold at Riverside Treynor at A-H-S-T Tri-Center at West Harrison, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 10 Abraham Lincoln at Des Moines North Des Moines Hoover at Thomas Jefferson Carroll at Red Oak Creston at Lewis Central Glenwood at Harlan Community Winterset at Atlantic Denison-Schleswig at MOC-Floyd Valley East Sac County at Carroll Kuemper, 7 p.m.

OA-BCIG at Missouri Valley, 7 p.m.

Clarinda at Clarke, 7 p.m.

Interstate 35 at Shenandoah, 7 p.m.

IKM-Manning at Ridge View Audubon at Logan-Magnolia, 7 p.m.

Griswold at Tri-Center, 7 p.m.

St. Albert at Clarinda Academy, 7 p.m.

Treynor at Underwood, 7 p.m.

Riverside at Earlham West Harrison at Guthrie Center Van Meter at A-H-S-T Boyer Valley at East Greene Charter Oak-Ute at Walnut Coon Rapids-Bayard at Ar-We-Va Glidden-Ralston at Woodbine Fremont-Mills at Nishnabotna, 7 p.m.

Sidney at South Page, 7 p.m.

Stanton at East Mills, 7 p.m.

Villisca at Essex, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 17 Thomas Jefferson at Des Moines Roosevelt Atlantic at Creston Harlan Community at Carroll Lewis Central at Glenwood Red Oak at Winterset Storm Lake at Denison-Schleswig Carroll Kuemper at South Central Calhoun, 7 p.m.

Missouri Valley at East Sac County, 7 p.m.

Pella Christian at Clarinda, 7 p.m.

Shenandoah at PCM, 7 p.m.

Lawton-Bronson at IKM-Manning Clarinda Academy at Audubon, 7 p.m.

Logan-Magnolia at Treynor, 7 p.m.

Tri-Center at St. Albert, 7 p.m.

Underwood at Griswold, 7 p.m.

A-H-S-T at Earlham Guthrie Center at Riverside West Sioux at West Harrison Ar-We-Va at Boyer Valley East Greene at Charter Oak-Ute Woodbine at Coon Rapids-Bayard East Mills at Sidney, 7 p.m.

Essex at Fremont-Mills, 7 p.m.

Nishnabotna at Stanton, 7 p.m.

South Page at Villisca, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 24 Sioux City West at Abraham Lincoln Creston at Red Oak Glenwood at Atlantic Harlan Community at Lewis Central Denison-Schleswig at Sergeant Bluff-Luton Missouri Valley at Carroll Kuemper, 7 p.m.

Bondurant-Farrar at Clarinda, 7 p.m.

Colfax-Mingo at Shenandoah, 7 p.m.

IKM-Manning at Hinton Audubon at Tri-Center, 7 p.m.

Logan-Magnolia at Clarinda Academy, 7 p.m.

St. Albert at Underwood, 7 p.m.

Treynor at Griswold, 7 p.m.

A-H-S-T at Corning, 7 p.m.

Bedford at Riverside, 7 p.m.

West Harrison at EHK-Exira, 7 p.m.

Charter Oak-Ute at Ar-We-Va Coon Rapids-Bayard at Boyer Valley Woodbine at Walnut Sidney at Nishnabotna, 7 p.m.

South Page at East Mills, 7 p.m.

Stanton at Essex, 7 p.m.

Villisca at Fremont-Mills, 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 1 Thomas Jefferson at Sioux City North Sioux City East at Abraham Lincoln Atlantic at Harlan Community Lewis Central at Carroll Red Oak at Glenwood Winterset at Creston Spencer at Denison-Schleswig Carroll Kuemper at Cherokee, 7 p.m.

South Central Calhoun at Missouri Valley, 7 p.m.

Clarinda at Interstate 35, 7 p.m.

Shenandoah at Bondurant-Farrar, 7 p.m.

West Monona at IKM-Manning Clarinda Academy at Treynor, 7 p.m.

Griswold at St. Albert, 7 p.m.

Tri-Center at Logan-Magnolia, 7 p.m.

Underwood at Audubon, 7 p.m.

Corning at West Harrison, 7 p.m.

Riverside at A-H-S-T, 7 p.m.

Ar-We-Va at Glidden-Ralston Boyer Valley at Charter Oak-Ute East Greene at Woodbine East Mills at Villisca, 7 p.m.

Essex at Sidney, 7 p.m.

Fremont-Mills at Stanton, 7 p.m.

Nishnabotna at South Page, 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 8 Abraham Lincoln at Thomas Jefferson Carroll at Creston Glenwood at Winterset Harlan Community at Red Oak Lewis Central at Atlantic Denison-Schleswig at Sioux City Heelan JSPC at Missouri Valley, 7 p.m.

OA-BCIG at Carroll Kuemper, 7 p.m.

PCM at Clarinda, 7 p.m.

Shenandoah at Clarke, 7 p.m.

IKM-Manning at Manson Northwest Webster Audubon at Griswold, 7 p.m.

Clarinda Academy at Tri-Center, 7 p.m.

Logan-Magnolia at Underwood, 7 p.m.

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Friday, Oct. 22 Ankeny at Abraham Lincoln Atlantic at Red Oak Carroll at Glenwood Harlan Community at Creston Lewis Central at Winterset Denison-Schleswig at LeMars Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto at Carroll Kuemper, 7 p.m.

Missouri Valley at Cherokee, 7 p.m.

Shenandoah at Clarinda, 7 p.m.

Prairie Valley at IKM-Manning Clarinda Academy at Griswold, 7 p.m.

Logan-Magnolia at St. Albert, 7 p.m.

Treynor at Audubon, 7 p.m.

Tri-Center at Underwood, 7 p.m.

A-H-S-T at Bedford, 7 p.m.

Riverside at West Harrison, 7 p.m.

East Greene at Ar-We-Va Walnut at Boyer Valley Woodbine at Charter Oak-Ute East Mills at Fremont-Mills, 7 p.m.

Nishnabotna at Essex, 7 p.m.

South Page at Stanton, 7 p.m.

Villisca at Sidney, 7 p.m.

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Friday, Oct. 15 Thomas Jefferson at Sioux City West Sioux City North at Abraham Lincoln Atlantic at Carroll Creston at Glenwood Red Oak at Lewis Central Winterset at Harlan Community Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley at Denison-Schleswig Carroll Kuemper at JSPC, 7 p.m.

Missouri Valley at Maple ValleyAnthon-Oto, 7 p.m.

Clarinda at Colfax-Mingo, 7 p.m.

Pella Christian at Shenandoah, 7 p.m.

Westwood, Sloan at IKM-Manning Griswold at Logan-Magnolia, 7 p.m.

St. Albert at Audubon, 7 p.m.

Tri-Center at Treynor, 7 p.m.

Underwood at Clarinda Academy, 7 p.m.

Riverside at EHK-Exira, 7 p.m.

West Harrison at A-H-S-T, 7 p.m.

Boyer Valley at Woodbine Charter Oak-Ute at Glidden-Ralston Essex at East Mills, 7 p.m.

Fremont-Mills at South Page, 7 p.m.

Nishnabotna at Villisca, 7 p.m.

Stanton at Sidney, 7 p.m.

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Treynor at St. Albert, 7 p.m.

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West Harrison at Bedford, 7 p.m.

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Sidney at Fremont-Mills, 7 p.m.

South Page at Essex, 7 p.m.

Villisca at Stanton, 7 p.m.

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