Find out what some of the top players in the state are saying about sports now!
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Q&A with Spirit Lake running back William Ditsworth
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It was successful. Our team earned a spot in the class to a semifinal game.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Currently, I am in the gym preparing for our next football season, as well as training for soccer season.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We have a goal to return to State this season. I believe we can accomplish that goal.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel Algona will be a tough competitor. We had a close game last season, and I believe it will be a tough game again this season.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Alex Manske, currently a junior, at Algona.”
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Q&A with Ankeny running back Daniel Larmie
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went great.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I plan to get five times better than last year.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“Next season I feel we will pick up right where we left off and build on top of that.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Personally I feel every team will be a good challenge but if I had to pick I’d say Valley.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“N/A.”
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Q&A with Urbandale defensive lineman Axel Ramazani
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Personally very good, but as a team we could have done better and should have done better but all we can do is just grind and keep trying to get better as a team.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I’m going to do track throw, run a couple hundreds and probably long jump but I’m still going to be doing off-season lifting and training.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we’ll do better than last year; we have a lot of underclassmen that are going to be great and make plays.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“For me personally I would say Ankeny Centennial, they have a great offense, everyone is in sync and Elijah Porter is just a dog.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“No clue, I’m sure most of the teams we're going against are going to have underclassmen fill in major roles on their teams.”
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Q&A with Algona slot receiver Evan Allie
How did the high school football season go overall?
“We finished 6-4 with 3 disappointing losses to highly ranked teams all being decided by 8 points or less.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I’m currently running track this time of year but during the summer I’m definitely in the weight room working to get better as well as going to a couple of football camps this season.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I have a strong feeling that we will be stacking up wins this 2024 football season as well as being one of the best teams in class 3A.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel the toughest team on our schedule this year will definitely be the clear lake lions. Last year we lost to them by 1 point while they were the #1 ranked team in class 3A.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The toughest individual player we will play this year would be Thomas Myer. He’s a great athlete and was highly recruited up until he committed to Iowa.”
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Q&A with North Polk running back BJ Tate
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I felt the season went pretty well, we had great team chemistry and our coaches were great. There was a lot that went well but ultimately, we fell a bit short in the semifinals. But overall I felt it was a pretty good season.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Right now during the offseason I am working out every day at school and sometimes at home. I am also training at D1 Apex to work on my technique. As for other sports, I will be playing 7v7 and running track.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We lost a lot of seniors who were really talented and played major roles in our team’s success. However, I believe we have returning juniors and sophomores who have lots of talent and can fill those roles. We also have a great coaching staff. I believe we will do just fine next season.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“There are a lot of teams who are also losing a lot of seniors as well so I really don’t know what to expect from certain teams. However, our school’s main “rivals” are ADM and Ballard. They are always pretty good so I feel like those will be our toughest games of the year.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I’m not sure who the best individual player we will play against is. There were lots of really good seniors that graduated in our conference so there will be lots of new players that I really don’t know much about. There could be multiple breakout players that we don’t even know about yet so I really don’t know at the moment.”
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Q&A with Spirit Lake running back William Ditsworth
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It was successful. Our team earned a spot in the class to a semifinal game.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Currently, I am in the gym preparing for our next football season, as well as training for soccer season.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We have a goal to return to State this season. I believe we can accomplish that goal.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel Algona will be a tough competitor. We had a close game last season, and I believe it will be a tough game again this season.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Alex Manske, currently a junior, at Algona.”
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Q&A with Ankeny running back Daniel Larmie
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went great.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I plan to get five times better than last year.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“Next season I feel we will pick up right where we left off and build on top of that.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Personally I feel every team will be a good challenge but if I had to pick I’d say Valley.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“N/A.”
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Q&A with Urbandale defensive lineman Axel Ramazani
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Personally very good, but as a team we could have done better and should have done better but all we can do is just grind and keep trying to get better as a team.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I’m going to do track throw, run a couple hundreds and probably long jump but I’m still going to be doing off-season lifting and training.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like we’ll do better than last year; we have a lot of underclassmen that are going to be great and make plays.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“For me personally I would say Ankeny Centennial, they have a great offense, everyone is in sync and Elijah Porter is just a dog.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“No clue, I’m sure most of the teams we're going against are going to have underclassmen fill in major roles on their teams.”
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Q&A with Algona slot receiver Evan Allie
How did the high school football season go overall?
“We finished 6-4 with 3 disappointing losses to highly ranked teams all being decided by 8 points or less.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I’m currently running track this time of year but during the summer I’m definitely in the weight room working to get better as well as going to a couple of football camps this season.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I have a strong feeling that we will be stacking up wins this 2024 football season as well as being one of the best teams in class 3A.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel the toughest team on our schedule this year will definitely be the clear lake lions. Last year we lost to them by 1 point while they were the #1 ranked team in class 3A.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“The toughest individual player we will play this year would be Thomas Myer. He’s a great athlete and was highly recruited up until he committed to Iowa.”
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Q&A with North Polk running back BJ Tate
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I felt the season went pretty well, we had great team chemistry and our coaches were great. There was a lot that went well but ultimately, we fell a bit short in the semifinals. But overall I felt it was a pretty good season.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Right now during the offseason I am working out every day at school and sometimes at home. I am also training at D1 Apex to work on my technique. As for other sports, I will be playing 7v7 and running track.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We lost a lot of seniors who were really talented and played major roles in our team’s success. However, I believe we have returning juniors and sophomores who have lots of talent and can fill those roles. We also have a great coaching staff. I believe we will do just fine next season.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“There are a lot of teams who are also losing a lot of seniors as well so I really don’t know what to expect from certain teams. However, our school’s main “rivals” are ADM and Ballard. They are always pretty good so I feel like those will be our toughest games of the year.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I’m not sure who the best individual player we will play against is. There were lots of really good seniors that graduated in our conference so there will be lots of new players that I really don’t know much about. There could be multiple breakout players that we don’t even know about yet so I really don’t know at the moment.”
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