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ASEASON TOCELEBRATESECTION C NOVEMBER 14, 2013

10-2 SEASON SECTION 3AA CHAMPIONSHIP STATE TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANT

JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL FOOTBALL

J a c k s o n C o u n t yCentrals 13 seniorsplayed a big part in apair of back-to-backmemorable seasons andhelped the Huskies win

20 games during thatstretch.

The group went 20-5over its last two falls inthe navy and silver andmade it to the state tour-nament both seasons.

Four-fifths of JCCsdominant offensive linewas seniors, as were theteams signal caller andleading receiver.

Some were startersfor multiple years, somebroke into the lineup forthe first time this yearand others were key re-serves for the Huskies.

They all had differentroles and all have a dif-ferent story.

This years seniorswere:

Ryan Brighton Former guard who start-ed at tight end and de-fensive end this season.Caught 11 passes and a

Seniors leave lasting impression at JCC

Huskies make it back-to-back trips to state

touchdown as a senior. Shadrach Wacker

Starting quarterback as asenior after catching 27passes as a receiver theprevious two seasons. Alsoplayed defensive back,where he had two intercep-tions this season.

Darnell Taylor-Breck Caught 36 passes in hiscareer as a wide receiverand had seven career inter-ceptions two which werereturned for touchdowns.

Mitchell Macek Former quarterback who

started at safety for JCCand was the teams longsnapper. Had two inter-ceptions and one fumblerecovery as a senior.

Brady Place Startedat safety as a senior afternot going out for footballthe year prior. Had twointerceptions this season.

Jordan Biehn Playedfootball for the first year atJCC as a senior and startedat cornerback.

Wyatt Livingston Defensive lineman whosaw a lot of playing timeas a senior.

Nolan Hohenstein Three-year starter at of-fensive guard. Also startedat defensive tackle.

Chris Baker Two-year starter at center andalso played linebacker.

Austin Bell-Pixler Started on defensive lineand was reserve offensive

tackle Matt Schmit Three-

year starter at offensivetackle and also startingdefensive end.

Zach Paulson Start-ed at offensive guard as asenior.

Christian Akers Went out for football for thefirst time this fall and wasreserve offensive lineman.

Brighton, Wacker, Ho-henstein and Schmit allwere named to the all-Southwest Conferenceteam and Macek was an

honorable-mention pick.JCC head coach Tom

Schuller said all 13 of hisseniors played a big part inthis years success.

We really prize everyone of those kids, he said.Everyones got a differentability, but we prize everyone of them that goes outthere.

Hohenstein, Baker andSchmit all returned to theoffensive line, but Paulsonhad to work his way intothe group this season (seeC3 for more on the line).

Zach Paulson stuck withit the whole time, Schullersaid. He had to battle forhis position, had to beatkids out as a senior and hedid it and hung onto the joball year.

Macek was one of a fewplayers who had to switchpositions during his career.

He played quarterback

as a sophomore on scoutteam and B squad knowinghe had no chance of playingquarterback on varsity,Schuller said. The athleticsenior saw time at safetyas a junior and started all12 games there this season.

Brighton also switchedpositions for the good ofthe team.

Ryan moving fromguard to tight end reallyhelped us a lot, Schullersaid.

Place and Biehn, whodidnt go out for football

last year, also made animpression on Schuller asseniors.

Brady Place came backout; he had to beat peopleout and he got a ton of play-ing time, Schuller said.Jordan Biehn, I think wegot him off the street. Ithink we had been practic-ing one or two weeks andhe came out and got a ton ofplaying time. His competi-tiveness, like in wrestling,you could see it out thereon the football field.

Taylor-Breck and Wack-er were both veterans asseniors, with Wacker start-ing at quarterback for thefirst time and using thelanky Taylor-Breck as hisgo-to receiver.

Shadrach, in his firstyear starting at quarter-back, he did an outstanding

job, Schuller said.

Photo by Dan Condon

Jackson County Centrals 13 seniors on its football team this year are (front, from left): Ryan Brighton, Zach Paulson,Brady Place, Mitchell Macek, Shadrach Wacker, Wyatt Livingston and Jordan Biehn. Back: Chris Baker, Christian Akers,Matt Schmit, Nolan Hohenstein, Darnell Taylor-Breck and Austin Bell-Pixler. This years seniors won 20 games over thelast two seasons and made it to back-to-back state tournaments.

by DAN CONDON

Sports Editor

Thirteen seniorswon 20 games infinal two seasons

For the second year ina row, the Jackson CountyCentral football team wonthe Section 3AA champion-ship and advanced to theClass AA state tournament.

The season started withhigh hopes and JCC didntdisappoint, going unbeatenin the Southwest Confer-ence and dominating thesection tournament.

JCC finished the seasonwith a record of 10-2, giv-ing the Huskies 20 wins inthe last two seasons.

Here is a look at how the

Huskies made their secondstraight trip to state:

JCC 21, SLP 7With senior guard No-

lan Hohenstein showingup just before kickoff, theHuskies ran for 278 yardsand three touchdowns in a21-7 season-opening win atSt. Louis Park.

Keegan Moore (119) andLuke Norland (102) bothtopped the century markon the ground, with Nor-land rushing for two touch-downs and Moore another.

Key to the game: TheClass 5A Orioles gained

just 154 yards as JCC sdefense set the tone for a

successful season.

FOLEY 42, JCC 7Already trailing 7-0,

the Huskies fumbled ontheir second offensive playagainst Foley and latertrailed 28-0 in what endedup being a 42-7 loss.

Shadrach Wacker scoredthe lone touchdown for theHuskies as JCC gained just227 yards of offense.

Key to the game: TheFalcons racked up 440yards of offense, 176 yardsmore than any other JCCopponent all season.

JCC 26, RV 2Moore ran for three

touchdowns, including onefrom 54 yards out, as theHuskies pounded RedwoodValley 26-2 in the confer-ence opener. Moore fin-ished with 108 yards andNorland added 96.

Darnell Taylor-Breckcaught the first of his threetouchdowns on the season,coming on a 34-yard passfrom Wacker.

Key to the game: TheHuskies got to work quick-ly, rushing for 133 yards inthe first quarter and 318for the game.

JCC 34, PIPES TONE 6JCC scored on its first

five possessions in a 34-6

road win over Pipestone.The victory marked thebeginning of a streak inwhich the Huskies scoredat least 34 points in sevenstraight games.

Norland, Moore andWacker all ran for touch-downs and Taylor-Breckcaught a 41-yard scorefrom Wacker. Marek Bin-gel booted two field goals.

Key to the game:The Ar-rows gained just two yardson the ground and JCCsdefense had three take-aways in the game.

JCC 39, LUVERNE 13In what has become an

exciting rivalry, the Hus-

kies dominated Luverne39-13 in a key SWC game.Luverne led 6-0 before

Moore went 75 yards for ascore. He added two moretouchdowns and finishedthe game with 146 yardsrushing. Paden Moore ranfor two touchdowns andhad 70 yards on the ground.

Key to the game: JCCfumbled to start the secondhalf, but Mitchell Macekmade an interception andthe Huskies soon scored toput the game away.

JCC 35, MARSHALL 14Trailing 14-7 at the half,

the Huskies outscoredMarshall 28-0 in the sec-

ond half to all but wrap upthe conference title.Taylor-Breck caught an

86-yard touchdown fromWacker for the Huskieslongest play of the sea-son for an early 7-0 lead.Zach Holm returned thesecond-half kickoff for atouchdown and KeeganMoore ran for two touch-downs and Paden Mooreone as JCC pulled off theroad win.

Key to the game:Holms7 4 -y ar d k ic k r e t ur nsparked the Huskies.

It got us the lead andit seemed to just raise ourintensity level through theroof, JCC head coach TomSchuller said.

JCC 42, WINDOM 7After a bye week because

JCC played SLP duringZero Week, the Huskiesdominated Windom in aweather-shortened game.The Huskies led 42-7 atthe half and then lightning

struck and the coaches de-cided to call the game.Norland ran for three

TDs and Ryan Salzwedelreturned two intercep-tions for touchdowns. RyanBrighton caught a touch-down pass from Wacker forJCCs other score.

Key to the game: Salz-wedel dominated, pickingoff two passes returningboth for touchdowns andthe JCC defense held theEagles to just nine yardsrushing and 63 yards total.

JCC 44,

WORTHINGTON 23After leading 15-0 ear-

ly, JCC took just a 15-10

lead into halftime beforebeating Worthington 44-23to claim the conferencechampionship in the regu-lar-season finale.

Keegan Moore ran forthree touchdowns andPaden Moore, Norland andWacker each ran for one.

Key to the game: KyleKapplinger and KeeganMoore recovered fum-bles in Trojan territoryon Worthingtons first twodrives of the second halfand JCC turned both intotouchdowns.

JCC 56, ST. JAMES 0The Huskies opened the

playoffs with their biggest

shutout win in school histo-ry, beating St. James 56-0.

The easy win saw KeeganMoore run for four touch-downs, giving him sevenscores in a span of twogames. Paden Moore andDemonte Thomas alsoscored and Caleb Will ranfor two touchdowns.

Key to the game: TheHuskies ran for 564 yards,with Keegan Moore gain-ing 167 on just eight car-ries.

JCC 51, MCW 12The Huskies slowed the

high-powered Maverick of-fense in a 51-12 win in thesection semifinals.

Norland, Paden Mooreand Wacker all ran forscores as JCC led 21-0.Paden Moore added anoth-er touchdown and KeeganMoore ran for two scoresand Salzwedel one as JCCtopped the 50-point markfor the second straightgame.

Key to the game:MCWcame into the game averag-ing 43 points per game, butJCC held the Mavs to just13 points and 218 yards ofoffense.

JCC 23, MAPLE RIVER 7JCC won its second

straight section title with a23-7 win over Maple River.

The teams were tied afterthe first quarter, but PadenMoore ran for a touchdownand JCC got a safety inthe second quarter. Nor-land put the game away inthe fourth with a 67-yardtouchdown run.

Keegan Moore had 30carries for 157 yards.

Key to the game: Nor-lands first carry didntcome until the fourth quar-ter, but he made it countas his longest gain of theseason sealed the sectionchampionship.

CHATFIELD 32, JCC 6Chatfield scored a touch-

down just before and just

after halftime to turn a tiegame into a 19-6 lead andthen sealed the win withtwo late defensive touch-downs.

Wacker scored JCCsonly TD on a six-yard runin the second quarter.

Key to the game: JCCturned the ball over fourtimes, with two leadingdirectly to scores and an-other quickly turning intoa Gopher touchdown.

Congratulations, Huskies!It was an unforgettable season!

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C2 Thursday, November 14, 2013Salute to the Huskies2013 JCC Huskies football teamNo. Name Pos. Wt. Ht. Yr.2 Andrew Hesse WR/DB 155 57 113 Keegan Moore RB/LB 195 510 104 Ryan Brighton TE/DL 190 59 126 Scott Christopher WR/DB 155 61 118 Ryan Salzwedel WR/DB 150 510 1010 Shadrach Wacker QB/CB 160 511 1211 Darnell Taylor-Breck WR/DB 170 62 1213 Mitchell Macek QB/S 170 58 1214 Jordan Hutzler TE/DE 175 61 10

17 Brady Place WR/S 160 511 1222 Luke Norland RB/LB 185 510 1123 Demonte Thomas RB/S 165 60 1124 Zach Holm RB/DB 145 58 1128 Joe Brinkman QB/DB 145 510 1130 Kyle Kapplinger RB/LB 160 56 1132 Ryan Timko RB/S 155 58 1135 Jordan Biehn RB/DB 140 56 1236 Paden Moore RB/LB 173 59 1140 Avery Henderson RB/CB 145 57 1042 Triston Peterson TE/LB 174 510 1145 Caleb Will TE/LB 190 59 1046 Freeman Scott TE/DL 235 61 1147 Jared Bakalyar LB/RB 165 510 1150 Gavin Mulder OL/DL 190 510 1052 Wyatt Livingston OL/DL 185 510 1256 Nolan Hohenstein OL/DL 275 64 1257 James VanWesten OL/LB 165 58 1060 Chris Baker OL/LB 210 60 1261 Austin Bell-Pixler OL/DL 210 60 1262 Justin Tirevold OL/DL 220 59 1063 Matt Schmit OL/DL 235 65 1265 Zach Paulson OL/DL 220 511 1268 Nate Jones OL/DL 185 60 1170 Michael Miller OL/DL 240 62 1071 Alec Fischer OL/DL 180 510 1173 Derek Somnis OL/DL 280 56 1174 Brandon Schmit OL/DL 225 63 1175 Nathan Horn OL/DL 250 65 1176 Luke Pygman OL/DL 170 59 1076 Brody Anderson OL/DL 220 60 1177 Christian Akers OL/DL 240 62 1278 Andrew Rasmussen OL/DL 240 62 1080 Connor Gumto WR/DB 150 61 1181 Curtis Pell WR/DB 160 510 1083 Justin Peterson WR/CB 160 57 1083 Marek Bingel K 175 510 11Head coach:Tom SchullerAssistant coaches:Charlie Clarksean, Nate Hanson, BlaiseJacobson, Jay Moore, Chris Naumann, Nolan Schuller, TrentSukalski and Wade WackerStudent manager:Jordian TirevoldCheerleaders: Josie Horn, Makenna Donnelli, Clair Smith,

Kortney Porter, Jayde Price, Kassidy Timmer, Kiana Nyborg,Michaela Vancura, Annemarie Gee, Bailey Schneekloth, MadisonCregeen and Aubry SalbergCheer coach:Barb Tvinnereim

2013 JCC Huskies football resultsDate Opponent Result Score8/23 St. Louis Park W 21-78/30 Foley L 7-429/6 Redwood Valley W 26-29-13 Pipestone W 34-69/20 Luverne W 39-139/27 Marshall W 35-1410-11 Windom W 42-710-16 Worthington W 44-23Section 3AA Tournament

10-22 St. James W 56-010-26 Martin County West W 51-1211-1 Maple River W 23-7Class AA State Tournament

11-8 Chatfield L 6-32

Overall record: 10-2

1. JCC

8. St. James

2013 Section 3AA football tournament

JCC

JCC4. MCW

5. NRHEG

2. Maple River

7. Windom

6. Pipestone

3. Luverne

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Luverne

Maple River

MCW

JCC

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2013 Class AA state football tournament

Pine Island

Maple Lake

Holdingford

Hawley

Chatfield

JCC

Minneota

Chatfield

Hawley

Maple Lake

Photo courtesy ofFitzloff Photography

Members of the JacksonCounty Central cheer-

leading team are (front,from left): Josie Horn and

Makenna Donnelli. Middle:Clair Smith, Kortney

Porter, Jayde Price, KassidyTimmer, Kiana Nyborgand Michaela Vancura.

Back: Annie Gee, BaileySchneekloth, Madison

Cregeen and Aubry Salberg.

Photo by Marie Zimmerman

Members of the Jackson County Central football team are (front, from left): Matt Schmit, Chris Baker, Christian Akers,Nolan Hohenstein, Ryan Brighton, Austin Bell -Pixler and Zach Paulson. Second row: Shadrach Wacker, Wyatt Livingston,Darnell Taylor-Breck, Jordan Biehn, Mitchell Macek and Brady Place. Third row: Joe Brinkman, Zach Holm, Kyle Kapplinger,Triston Peterson, Demonte Thomas, Scott Christopher, Paden Moore, Nate Jones and Luke Norland. Fourth row: Caleb Will,Freeman Scott, Connor Gumto, Avery Henderson, Ryan Salzwedel, Brody Anderson, Keegan Moore and Marek Bingel. Fifthrow: Brandon Schmit, Michael Miller, Luke Pygman, Nathan Horn, Andrew Rasmussen, James VanWesten, Derek Somnis,

Justin Peterson, Gavin Mulder and Justin Tirevold. Back: Assistant coaches Charlie Clarksean, Trent Sukalski and JayMoore; head coach Tom Schuller; and assistant coaches Wade Wacker, Nolan Schuller, Chris Naumann, Blaise Jacobsenand Nate Hanson. Missing: Andrew Hesse, Ryan Timko, Jordan Hutzler, Jared Bakalyar, Alec Fischer and Curtis Pell.

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C3 Thursday, November 14, 2013Salute to the Huskies

It all started up front for the Huskies

by DAN CONDON

Sports Editor

Powerful offensiveline paved the wayfor JCC all season

Nolan Hohenstein (left) and Matt Schmit, regarded as two of the best linemen inthe Southwest Conference, double-team Martin County Wests Micah Williams in aplayoff win over the Mavericks.

Photos by Dan CondonRight tackle Michael Miller (from left), right guard Zach Paulson, center Chris Baker, left guard Nolan Hohenstein and left tackle Matt Schmitdominated up front for Jackson County Central this season. All are seniors except Miller, who is just a sophomore.

Top four, for sure. Butprobably even top three.

Thats where JacksonCounty Central head coachTom Schuller ranks thisyears offensive line in thehistory of Husky football.

Weve had several goodones and this one was upthere with them, he said.

This years unit was an-chored by a pair of all-Southwest Conference vet-erans on the left side andincluded four seniors anda sophomore.

Senior tackle MattSchmit and senior guardNolan Hohenstein madeup the left side of the line something theyve donefor three straight seasons.On the right side werefirst-year starters in seniorZach Paulson (guard) andsophomore Michael Miller(tackle). In between wassenior Chris Baker, whohad never played on theline until becoming theteams starting center lastseason.

Those five played on theline for more than 90 per-cent of JCCs meaningfuloffensive snaps this season,

something Schuller saidhelped make the group sogood.

They make the calls,he said of the linemen mak-ing blocking adjustments.You get the gist of theplay and you make callsfor who youre going toblock. When you have thecontinuity we had all year,it really helps.

Dynamic duoSchmit and Hohenstein

were undeniably the lead-ers of the group, makingroom for JCC backs forthree years in a row.

Along with disposingof defensive players, the

two also helped get rid ofa longstanding JCC tradi-tion: Schuller putting thepads on for one practice aseason and going againstthe linemen.

That did not happenthis year, Schuller said.They were responsiblefor that.

But Schmit wasnt al-ways planning on beinga dominant lineman. Heplayed tight end up untilhis sophomore season.

It seems like yesterdayI broke the news to MattSchmit that he would notbe playing tight end any-more and he was an of-fensive tackle, Schullersaid. He was not a happycamper.

Schmit agrees with that.At first I wasnt very

happy, he said. But nowIm glad he switched me.

Schuller said right awayhe knew Schmit had what ittook to be a solid lineman.

I said Youre going tobe a really good offensivetackle, but when I saidthat, Im not even sure Icouldve dreamt how goodhe became, he said.

To get there, Schmit saidit took a lot of extra workafter switching from tightend.

I kind of knew how to

block from being a tightend, but its a lot differentbeing a tackle, he said. Ittook a lot of technique andtime in the weight room.

Hohenstein has beennext to Schmit every startand its his athleticism thatSchuller said makes Ho-henstein so good.

You dont see a guy thatweighs 270 with the feetthat he has, Schuller said.

Hohenstein said his big-gest improvement overthe years is mastering thebasics.

Just the fundamentalsof being a lineman: foot-work, handwork, he said.I got a lot better over the

years, especially sincewhen I started as a sopho-more.

Together the two areas good as JCC has had,Schuller said.

Theyre certainly upthere with some of thegreat ones weve had, hesaid. Weve been real for-tunate to have some realgood ones.

The two enjoyed playingtogether and spent so muchtime lined up next to eachother they started to thinkalike.

We were pretty muchlike brothers on the line,Schmit said. We alwayskind of knew what each

other was thinking, so halfthe time we didnt evenhave to talk; we just knewwhat we were going to do.

Big Schmitty, he wasfun to play with, Hohen-stein said. It was alwaysfun taking guys on anddouble-teaming them. Hesa great player and it wasfun to play with him forthree years.

But Schuller doesntknow which one of the twois better.

It is on a day-to-daybasis, he said. Those twoguys, theyre elite playersthat dont come aroundvery often. They just didntget that way with naturaltalent. They have a lotof God-given talent, buttheyve worked hard at it,too.

Baker fills gigantic holeBaker came to JCC prior

to last season from St. An-thony Village, where heplayed tight end and line-backer.

Once he showed up atpractice as a junior, he hada new position.

My first day of foot-ball camp my junior year,Coach (Chris) Naumannwas like, We need a centerand were wondering if youcan do it. Im like, I can

do it; can you just showme how to snap the ball?Baker said.

He quickly learned, withmuch credit going to Nau-

mann, as well as Schmitand Hohenstein.

My junior year Id haveto ask Hohny sometimeswhat to do on plays, hesaid. Them being three-year starters and know-ing what to do, that reallyhelped me out. Just theirsheer size made a guy feelsafer playing next to themon the line.

Schuller said Bakerswillingness to switch tocenter helped during JCCsrun to state last year and

this season.We had a gigantic holethere last year, he said.Im sure he didnt comeover here saying, I wantto play center. He was will-ing to do that for us. Thatmade a huge difference forus last year and we reapedthose benefits again thisyear.

Paulson saw his chanceto pounce on a spot on theline this year and took ad-vantage.

I knew with (Mark)Thaemlitz and (John)Marker graduating, Iknew those two spots wereopen, Paulson said. Wade(Wacker) kind of told me

at the banquet last yearthat if I worked hard, aspot would be mine. I justworked my hardest and Igot it.

Schuller said thats ex-actly what it took for Paul-son to get on the field: hardwork.

It was a competitivesituation for right guard,Schuller said. He won itwith tremendous work inthe weight room.

Schuller said every yearheres a case like Paulsonswhere a senior keeps fight-ing and gets to start hisfinal season.

Zach Paulson stuck withit the whole time, Schullersaid. He had to battle fora position, had to beat kidsout as a senior and he didit and hung onto the job allyear.

Paulson said the differ-ence between watchingfrom the sidelines duringthe state tournament lastyear and being on the fieldthis season is like nightand day.

Theres just such a bigdifference between it, I

just cant even explain, hesaid. Its so different than

just sitting on the side.Miller was also on the

sidelines during JCCsstate run last year and it

was mostly to prepare himto step into the lineup as asophomore.

One of the things thathelped Mike so much was

the playoff run last year,Schuller said. We had himkeep practicing with us.We think hes going to be aspecial athlete. To be ableto play in the Southwest

Conference as a sopho-more, and to do it well, isimpressive.

Miller agrees his time atpractice last year helpedpave the way for his suc-cess.

Just getting to practicewith a different level ofguys, because I was usedto practicing with kids myage, he said. Then finallygetting to practice witholder people, it helped merealize how much harderit is to go to another level.

But Miller knew he couldcount on the veterans tohelp him out.

They helped me out alot, he said. WheneverId have a question, theydanswer. If I was havingdifficulty trying to learn,theyd teach me. Theyd al-ways tell me if I was doinganything wrong and helpme fix it.

One of the bestThe Huskies rushed for

3,284 yards this year for anaverage of 273.7 per game.

Those kind of numbersare one of the reasonsSchuller said this yearsline is one of the best atJCC, along with groupsfrom 2000, 2001 and thetwo-year stretch of 1997and 1998.

The 97, 98 crew, I con-sider them a combo plat-ter, Schuller said becauseof carryovers like JamesWithers and Mitch Hecker.

Of course, 2001 comes upin any discussion. That wasa gigantic offensive line.

And Schuller considersthe 2000 line one of thebest mostly because it had

Travis Ahrens as a senior.That team is in there

strictly because I dontwant Ahrens coming afterme, he said. Hes one ofthe toughest dudes Iveever coached.

Along with Withers andHecker, the 1997 line in-cluded Tim Lucht, NateStewart and Don Hedrick.The 1998 group had With-ers, Hecker, Jon Anderson,Drew Wilking and DallasClarksean. Withers, Heck-er, Clarksean and Hedrickall played college football.

The 2000 team had a lineof Mitch Rowe, Paul Scheff,Jacob Drahota, Matt Romoand Ahrens.

In JCCs state champi-onship year of 2001, theline featured a group ofall seniors: Rowe, GarrettRasmussen, Matt Walter,Romo and Josh Swanson,with Trent Bisaillon as abackup.

The depth on that teamwas unbelievable, Schul-ler said.

But this years team is asgood as any, Schuller said.

Anytime youre averag-ing those kind of numbers,thats good stuff, he said.They were a huge part ofour success.

While Schmit, Hohen-stein, Baker, Paulson and

Miller did the bulk of thework for JCC up front thisseason, Schuller said thetight ends and backupsdeserve credit too.

Senior Ryan Brightonand junior Freeman Scottplayed tight end and seniorAustin Bell-Pixler (tackle)and junior Brandon Schmit(guard) were the main

backups.

More football aheadHohenstein said he

plans on playing footballin college, but hes not surewhere yet.

One thing he knows ishell miss his days at JCC.

Im going to miss play-ing football here, he said.I had a lot of fun with thisteam.

Matt Schmit is also likelyto play in college and healso isnt sure which schoolhell attend.

Baker said football isntin his plans, but that couldchange.

I plan on getting mygenerals done some-where, he said. Im notlooking toward football, butyou never know what willhappen.

Paulson will attend SouthDakota State Universityand said his playing daysare over despite his desireto keep the pads on.

Id like to play ballsomewhere else, but I thinkthis is where it stops, hesaid. Its been a heck ofa ride.

Miller returns to JCC,where he will be countedon to lead an offensive line

just like the veterans heplayed alongside.

I just gotta help every-one out and try to do whatthey did for me, Millersaid. Tell them what to doand help them.

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LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

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Wade Wacker (left) runs through the Redwood Falls defense as a junior quarterback during Jacksons state championship season of 1985. Right: Shadrach Wacker showsnearly identical form as his dad as he dashes through the Redwood Valley defense this season as Jackson County Centrals senior quarterback.

by DAN CONDON

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Shadrach Wacker leads JCC to the statetournament 28 years after his dad, Wade,led JHS to the 1985 state championship

When No. 10 got even just a little bit of space at Swear-ingen Field, he was tough to bring down.

That was the case nearly 30 years ago and that was thecase again this fall.

Wade Wacker led the Jackson Blue Jays to the 1985Class B state championship and this year he was on thesidelines as his son, Shadrach Wacker, led the JacksonCounty Central football team to the Class AA state tour-nament.

The two are remarkably alike, from the number on

their jersey to their style of play.We are very similar, Wade said. We were both de -

pendent on the option game. That was the best phase ofour game.

Shadrach said the two sat down and watched gamefilm from Wades playing days before the season started.

He was pretty electric and exciting to watch,Shadrach said of his dad, who is now the offensive co-ordinator for the Huskies. He was the quickest, fastestcat on the field at all times.

The same goes for Shadrach, who darted upfield whenkeeping the ball on options.

He was, straight-line speed, a little bit faster thanme, Shadrach said. But quickness, even he says Im alittle quicker than him.

Shadrach ran for 296 yards and five touchdowns thisyear and routinely got the ball in the right running backshands while running the option.

He ran the option a little better than I did, Wadesaid. I threw a little better, but he ran the option better.And Wade said Shadrach was better on the defensiveside of the ball.

He played defensive back a lot better than I did,Wade said. He covered people a lot better. He only

allowed three completions all year.

Hard work pays off for ShadrachAlong with watching film of his dad to look for

ways to improve his own game, Shadrach put inplenty of time in the offseason to prepare forhis first year as JCCs starting quarterback.

Thats what set him up, Wade said. Hiscommitment in the weight room. He started

right away in the spring and he

went nonstop from March to thisweek.Shadrach said the biggest

change came with his armstrength.

I really think my armstrength improved from

last year to this year, hesaid. Even throwing thebaseball around wedthrow the baseball, thenthe football that reallyhelped my arm strength

and you could tell thisyear.Throwing the baseball is

something Shadrach wantsto continue doing, saying he

plans on playing that sport

and not football in college.What also helped this year, Shadrach said, was playing

wide receiver last season.It helped a ton because it helps you get into the mind of

a receiver to see what hes thinking, he said. Throwingthe ball out of cuts, stuff like that, it really helped a lot.

Wackers working togetherShadrach said it was great having his offensive coor-

dinator also be his dad.Its amazing when you have your dad, that good of an

athlete, as a coach, he said. We had long film sessionsat night at the house. Wed sit down there until 1, justgoing over film together. Thats the awesome part of it.At practice, just having a dad and a coach there to helpmake you better and he always does.

But it wasnt always easy, both said.We butt heads, but thats just part of the relation-

ship, Shadrach said. But in the end it really helped. Ihad a good year quarterbacking and I have to credit alot of that to him just keeping me focused and helpingme with what to do.

Wade said this year he just wanted Shadrach to enjoyhis last season of football.

I was probably more critical of him when he wasyounger, Wade said. I tried not to be overly critical.This year, I was not as critical because you want to makeit a great experience.

Tougher on the sidelines than playingWade said its much more difficult being on the side-

lines watching his son play than actually being on thefield himself.

Its a lot different from the dad side, he said. Youre

just worried so much for them to succeed.But it worked out, as Shadrach led his team to the statetournament.

It was awesome, Wade said. He had worked so hardfor eight or nine months with this in mind. It was a prouddad watching his son accomplish his goal.

Add in Shadrachs older brother, Josh who alsoplayed under Wade as a tight end at JCC who helpedcoach the Huskies and it was a memorable season forthe Wackers.

That was an extremely neat experience to have every-one involved, Wade said. To have Josh do strength andconditioning and me to coach, it truly was a family affair.

It made for a season neither Wade nor Shadrach willforget.

I am blessed to be able to have the opportunity tocoach my son, let alone win, Wade said.

Just being able to play for my dad is a really cool ex-perience, Shadrach said.

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