Iowa Preps High School Sports Talk
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Find out what some of the top players in the state are saying about sports now!
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Q&A with Wilton tight end Cade Souhrada
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall I thought our season was very successful. We were 8 and 2 with our only two losses to Iowa City Regina. We had a big win over West Branch and we were Co-District 5 champions.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I am a four-sport athlete so after football ended I have continued to work out in the weight room and I am now involved in our basketball season which we are currently 6-2. I also spend time hitting for baseball and catching passes for football daily and always working on my speed and agility.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I am excited for next year. We return all but three starters and almost all of our skill position players on the offensive side of the ball. We return a 1000-yard rusher Owen Hassell and our QB Drew Keith. We have a lot of guys that are going to be three-year starters so we are hoping to have a big season, something we have been waiting for.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“West Branch and Regina are two tough teams on our schedule, they both have great tradition and always have quality teams that compete for district and state titles. I also feel Mid Prairie will be a tough game to start our season.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Nathan Schockemoehl from Cascade led our District in tackles and was also good on the offensive side of the ball. Brady Webber and Hudson Ehrenfelt from Mid-Prairie. Brennan Dale from West Branch is a solid returning quarterback along with Cooper Gates on the defensive side of the ball. Also Tate Wallace from Iowa City Regina.”
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Q&A with Jefferson wide receiver Lloydson Nyenow Jr.
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall this season was okay, we could've done a lot better and executed things better but this season is 100% better than last year.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Really I'm just trying to keep my head low and work out as much as I can and improve some things in my game and hopefully get my name out there and show the people what I'm about.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I know that we are going to be 100% better than we were this year. We are going to make it to the playoffs and I just want to see how we grow as a team and a family.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“To be honest I don't think that we are going to struggle with any teams next season.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Mason Woods only because he's a versatile player and he understands the game well.”
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Q&A with West Lyon wide receiver Carson Hoogeveen
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall [our] season went very well. We lost a lot from the year before and we bounced back better than anyone thought we would.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Right now I’m just playing basketball focusing hard on that and lifting with the team, getting stronger together.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think next year we have the opportunity to be really good because of how many people we have returning and our coaching staff is great so as long as we can execute their game plan I think we will be in good shape.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I think either Cherokee or Western.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Toughest individual would probably have to be Kaden Van Regenmorter because of his ability to expand plays and his wide receiver threats.”
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Q&A with Western Dubuque left tackle Garret Kluesner
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I think it went really well, it didn’t end how we would have liked but there were a lot of positives from it that we can grow on for next year.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I am in wrestling right now, working to get on the podium right now. That is a big goal of mine and I am really trying to push not just myself in workouts but [also] the whole team.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think that we have a lot of strong parts coming back for this team and I think we really have a shot at winning it all next year.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I don’t really like to focus on one team, I think every game is going to be a hard game and we need to come ready for every team every week.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“There are a lot of really good players that we are looking out for and we know that we need to take away their effect on the game every week but we focus on stopping the whole team, not just one player.”
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Q&A with Jefferson outside linebacker LJ Elophe
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season overall didn’t go how we wanted it to go. Started out strong and fell short on a couple of games in the second half of the season.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Our off-season programming has been going on since about 3 weeks from the date we played the last game. Aside from the other fellas in other sports we’ve got a good number of guys grinding after school and during school so it’s going to be fun to see how that translates to the field come August.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“For this upcoming season it will be my senior [year] and as a whole the program feels we have a great shot at making it to week 10.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Our toughest opponent this upcoming season is undoubtedly going to be Liberty and Prairie because of how both teams run the offense and they have great guys returning.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I think the toughest player we will be going against this upcoming season will be Jack Wallace because of how well he can throw the ball.”
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Q&A with Wilton tight end Cade Souhrada
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall I thought our season was very successful. We were 8 and 2 with our only two losses to Iowa City Regina. We had a big win over West Branch and we were Co-District 5 champions.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I am a four-sport athlete so after football ended I have continued to work out in the weight room and I am now involved in our basketball season which we are currently 6-2. I also spend time hitting for baseball and catching passes for football daily and always working on my speed and agility.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I am excited for next year. We return all but three starters and almost all of our skill position players on the offensive side of the ball. We return a 1000-yard rusher Owen Hassell and our QB Drew Keith. We have a lot of guys that are going to be three-year starters so we are hoping to have a big season, something we have been waiting for.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“West Branch and Regina are two tough teams on our schedule, they both have great tradition and always have quality teams that compete for district and state titles. I also feel Mid Prairie will be a tough game to start our season.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Nathan Schockemoehl from Cascade led our District in tackles and was also good on the offensive side of the ball. Brady Webber and Hudson Ehrenfelt from Mid-Prairie. Brennan Dale from West Branch is a solid returning quarterback along with Cooper Gates on the defensive side of the ball. Also Tate Wallace from Iowa City Regina.”
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Q&A with Jefferson wide receiver Lloydson Nyenow Jr.
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall this season was okay, we could've done a lot better and executed things better but this season is 100% better than last year.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Really I'm just trying to keep my head low and work out as much as I can and improve some things in my game and hopefully get my name out there and show the people what I'm about.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I know that we are going to be 100% better than we were this year. We are going to make it to the playoffs and I just want to see how we grow as a team and a family.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“To be honest I don't think that we are going to struggle with any teams next season.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Mason Woods only because he's a versatile player and he understands the game well.”
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Q&A with West Lyon wide receiver Carson Hoogeveen
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Overall [our] season went very well. We lost a lot from the year before and we bounced back better than anyone thought we would.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Right now I’m just playing basketball focusing hard on that and lifting with the team, getting stronger together.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think next year we have the opportunity to be really good because of how many people we have returning and our coaching staff is great so as long as we can execute their game plan I think we will be in good shape.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I think either Cherokee or Western.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Toughest individual would probably have to be Kaden Van Regenmorter because of his ability to expand plays and his wide receiver threats.”
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Q&A with Western Dubuque left tackle Garret Kluesner
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I think it went really well, it didn’t end how we would have liked but there were a lot of positives from it that we can grow on for next year.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I am in wrestling right now, working to get on the podium right now. That is a big goal of mine and I am really trying to push not just myself in workouts but [also] the whole team.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think that we have a lot of strong parts coming back for this team and I think we really have a shot at winning it all next year.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I don’t really like to focus on one team, I think every game is going to be a hard game and we need to come ready for every team every week.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“There are a lot of really good players that we are looking out for and we know that we need to take away their effect on the game every week but we focus on stopping the whole team, not just one player.”
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Q&A with Jefferson outside linebacker LJ Elophe
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season overall didn’t go how we wanted it to go. Started out strong and fell short on a couple of games in the second half of the season.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Our off-season programming has been going on since about 3 weeks from the date we played the last game. Aside from the other fellas in other sports we’ve got a good number of guys grinding after school and during school so it’s going to be fun to see how that translates to the field come August.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“For this upcoming season it will be my senior [year] and as a whole the program feels we have a great shot at making it to week 10.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Our toughest opponent this upcoming season is undoubtedly going to be Liberty and Prairie because of how both teams run the offense and they have great guys returning.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I think the toughest player we will be going against this upcoming season will be Jack Wallace because of how well he can throw the ball.”
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