Find out what some of the top players in the state are saying about sports now!
Q&A with Valley defensive end Ryan Kuennen
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Pretty good, I got a lot of opportunities and I tried to take advantage of every one I was handed.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I am working out at my school with coaches and teammates and also at a separate gym and doing speed enhancements.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I’m excited for next year and hoping we can make it back to the dome.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Dowling and Ankeny.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Kadyn Proctor and Jamison Patton.”
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Q&A with Aplington-Parkersburg outside linebacker Joe Johnson
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I think that our overall season was good. I feel like we proved that we are a better team than previous years. I do feel like we can be a lot better next year.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans with workouts are to follow the workouts my coach gives me. I do want to get more explosive and have better upper body strength. I am currently playing basketball and plan on doing track this spring.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like next season we will be even better. We are going to have a lot of guys coming back next year. Every single one I know is putting hard work in the weight room or in other sports.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Obviously Dike and Denver are good competition. They have several good players. They are definitely teams I want to beat big time.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Dike's running backs are good. I think they do a good job carrying the ball.”
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Q&A with Linn-Mar running back Carter Henderson
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It went pretty well. Our team went 7-3 and made the playoffs. We doubted going into the season and people didn’t know what to expect. But we knew we had potential. We did really well.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I plan to workout daily and train daily speed and strength. I will be doing track this spring also.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think we will do well this year. We lost a lot of seniors that all played an important role on the team. Everyone will need to step up and put in the work in the off-season to make an impact on this team.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Southeast Polk and Prairie.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Not really sure.”
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Q&A with ADM running back Brevin Doll
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I think that overall we accomplished a lot and we are in a good place, [we] didn’t get the result that we wanted in the playoffs but we are excited for this upcoming year.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Currently I’m in basketball, I’ll run track in the spring as well as strength training.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think that we are in a good spot going into next season, we have a lot younger guys on the varsity field this year and we play the same schedule.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Harlan is coming off a state title season so I think they will be tough.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“N/A.”
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Q&A with Iowa Falls/Alden running back Jaden Damiano
How did the high school football season go overall?
“As the football season progressed, I got more opportunities to help the team on both offense and defense which resulted in an average of 12.7 yards per carry, 12.7 yards per catch, 10 touchdowns, and 1256 all-purpose yards.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I am a multi-sport athlete so I am currently starting varsity on our basketball team. I work out all year so the program I use is modified to the sport I am currently in.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“Our team will do pretty good next year for football, we are losing a few key guys but I feel we have the depth to replace them.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I think PCM (Prairie City-Monroe) will be our toughest competition in our division because they always have depth to replace their good players.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I think the toughest individual that we will play against is Peyton Hart, the quarterback from West Marshal. He is a dual threat quarterback because he can both run and throw the ball really well.”
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Q&A with Valley defensive end Ryan Kuennen
How did the high school football season go overall?
“Pretty good, I got a lot of opportunities and I tried to take advantage of every one I was handed.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I am working out at my school with coaches and teammates and also at a separate gym and doing speed enhancements.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I’m excited for next year and hoping we can make it back to the dome.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Dowling and Ankeny.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Kadyn Proctor and Jamison Patton.”
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Q&A with Aplington-Parkersburg outside linebacker Joe Johnson
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I think that our overall season was good. I feel like we proved that we are a better team than previous years. I do feel like we can be a lot better next year.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans with workouts are to follow the workouts my coach gives me. I do want to get more explosive and have better upper body strength. I am currently playing basketball and plan on doing track this spring.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like next season we will be even better. We are going to have a lot of guys coming back next year. Every single one I know is putting hard work in the weight room or in other sports.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Obviously Dike and Denver are good competition. They have several good players. They are definitely teams I want to beat big time.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Dike's running backs are good. I think they do a good job carrying the ball.”
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Q&A with Linn-Mar running back Carter Henderson
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It went pretty well. Our team went 7-3 and made the playoffs. We doubted going into the season and people didn’t know what to expect. But we knew we had potential. We did really well.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I plan to workout daily and train daily speed and strength. I will be doing track this spring also.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think we will do well this year. We lost a lot of seniors that all played an important role on the team. Everyone will need to step up and put in the work in the off-season to make an impact on this team.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Southeast Polk and Prairie.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Not really sure.”
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Q&A with ADM running back Brevin Doll
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I think that overall we accomplished a lot and we are in a good place, [we] didn’t get the result that we wanted in the playoffs but we are excited for this upcoming year.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Currently I’m in basketball, I’ll run track in the spring as well as strength training.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think that we are in a good spot going into next season, we have a lot younger guys on the varsity field this year and we play the same schedule.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Harlan is coming off a state title season so I think they will be tough.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“N/A.”
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Q&A with Iowa Falls/Alden running back Jaden Damiano
How did the high school football season go overall?
“As the football season progressed, I got more opportunities to help the team on both offense and defense which resulted in an average of 12.7 yards per carry, 12.7 yards per catch, 10 touchdowns, and 1256 all-purpose yards.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I am a multi-sport athlete so I am currently starting varsity on our basketball team. I work out all year so the program I use is modified to the sport I am currently in.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“Our team will do pretty good next year for football, we are losing a few key guys but I feel we have the depth to replace them.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I think PCM (Prairie City-Monroe) will be our toughest competition in our division because they always have depth to replace their good players.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I think the toughest individual that we will play against is Peyton Hart, the quarterback from West Marshal. He is a dual threat quarterback because he can both run and throw the ball really well.”
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