Find out what some of the top players in the state are saying about sports now!
Q&A with Ankeny running back Trent Jacobs
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went good but definitely was not the outcome we wanted.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Actually I moved down to Florida in the Tampa area but I’m still going to be training hard for my junior year and now going into my wrestling season.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like our team is really close together and even though we lost some seniors I think you will be surprised at how good they will play.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Every team we play will be tough and we can beat every single team in Iowa if we really work for it.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I think for sure the toughest player we will play is Rashawd Davis on Dowling, but still think that he is definitely beatable.”
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Q&A with Spirit Lake linebacker Owen Lalumendre
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I think this season went great, I really enjoyed my first year playing linebacker and thought we played really well as a team. I think it was very unfortunate that we weren’t able to make it to the dome due to us having lots of injuries. But I think this season was a lot of fun guided by great senior leadership.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“As of now I am playing basketball and will run track in the spring. I am lifting in the mornings in the high school weight room and lifting after basketball practices at night.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think our team will do great next season. We are losing a lot of seniors this year but I think it will be good for some upcoming sophomores to step up next year and really bring big pieces to the team.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Next season’s schedule hasn’t come out yet, but I’m sure we will be playing in a great district again. I think Spencer is always a great matchup for us. They run a triple option offense that really challenges our defense and I think that is really fun. They are always a very solid team.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I don’t think we ever really focus on stopping one player specifically, we always try to play together and stop the team as a whole. I will say there were some good sophomores we played against this year that will come back next year as juniors and probably be even better.”
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Q&A with Bettendorf athlete Sam Beecher
How did the high school football season go overall?
“This season our team got off to a slow start but we played our best towards the end of the season and finished 3-6. I played well and finished the season with 62 tackles (32 solo, 2.5 TFL). I was prepared to step into the starting role and played well throughout the season.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Our team is starting our offseason lifting schedule and I will start to work on track in the coming months. I’m working to get stronger and faster for next season.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like next year our team will be solid with many returning starters on both sides of the ball. There were 5 sophomores playing this season. We have a strong coaching staff and many supporters behind us.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I’m not sure, as far as I know we haven’t gotten our 2023 schedule.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I’m not sure, as far as I know we haven’t gotten our 2023 schedule.”
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Q&A with Ankeny Centennial defensive back Connor Welsch
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went okay, we thought we had a good chance to make a run in the playoffs, but it didn’t end how we thought.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I am in basketball right now and looking forward to track.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We will return a lot of players on offense which will help us to have a good season.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“We don’t have our schedule for next [year] but a lot of the competition teams we play will be tough.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Not sure, depends on our schedule.”
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Q&A with Iowa City West linebacker Santana Miller
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I felt like I did well this season, I helped our team out a lot on the defensive side this year but it is not just about me. I was trying to win a championship this year but things didn’t go as planned. But I can promise you will see us in the playoffs next year with the work I am about to put in.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I just had to get surgery so I haven’t been able to do much right now but when I am done healing all I will be doing is staying in the gym and on the field. This next season is personal for me because they took away my sophomore year due to me transferring schools. So for that, this off season all it will be is work. I have no off days anymore, I have made a decision I want to do this for the rest of my life so I will work for what I want and I promise you no one will be out-working me this off season.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I am very confident we will do well next year not only because of the talent on the team but because of the mindset me and the other leaders have that are leading this team. This will not be the same undisciplined team y’all have seen for the past two seasons.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I am not worried about any team that we face next year, they should be worried about us. Like I said, this will not be the same team y’all have seen.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“We are not worried about that so much right now because winners focus on what they need to get better at vs what their opponent is doing. We don’t care who y’all put us out against, we will be 100% on every play.”
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Q&A with Ankeny running back Trent Jacobs
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went good but definitely was not the outcome we wanted.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Actually I moved down to Florida in the Tampa area but I’m still going to be training hard for my junior year and now going into my wrestling season.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like our team is really close together and even though we lost some seniors I think you will be surprised at how good they will play.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Every team we play will be tough and we can beat every single team in Iowa if we really work for it.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I think for sure the toughest player we will play is Rashawd Davis on Dowling, but still think that he is definitely beatable.”
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Q&A with Spirit Lake linebacker Owen Lalumendre
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I think this season went great, I really enjoyed my first year playing linebacker and thought we played really well as a team. I think it was very unfortunate that we weren’t able to make it to the dome due to us having lots of injuries. But I think this season was a lot of fun guided by great senior leadership.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“As of now I am playing basketball and will run track in the spring. I am lifting in the mornings in the high school weight room and lifting after basketball practices at night.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think our team will do great next season. We are losing a lot of seniors this year but I think it will be good for some upcoming sophomores to step up next year and really bring big pieces to the team.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Next season’s schedule hasn’t come out yet, but I’m sure we will be playing in a great district again. I think Spencer is always a great matchup for us. They run a triple option offense that really challenges our defense and I think that is really fun. They are always a very solid team.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I don’t think we ever really focus on stopping one player specifically, we always try to play together and stop the team as a whole. I will say there were some good sophomores we played against this year that will come back next year as juniors and probably be even better.”
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Q&A with Bettendorf athlete Sam Beecher
How did the high school football season go overall?
“This season our team got off to a slow start but we played our best towards the end of the season and finished 3-6. I played well and finished the season with 62 tackles (32 solo, 2.5 TFL). I was prepared to step into the starting role and played well throughout the season.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Our team is starting our offseason lifting schedule and I will start to work on track in the coming months. I’m working to get stronger and faster for next season.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel like next year our team will be solid with many returning starters on both sides of the ball. There were 5 sophomores playing this season. We have a strong coaching staff and many supporters behind us.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I’m not sure, as far as I know we haven’t gotten our 2023 schedule.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I’m not sure, as far as I know we haven’t gotten our 2023 schedule.”
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Q&A with Ankeny Centennial defensive back Connor Welsch
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went okay, we thought we had a good chance to make a run in the playoffs, but it didn’t end how we thought.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I am in basketball right now and looking forward to track.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“We will return a lot of players on offense which will help us to have a good season.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“We don’t have our schedule for next [year] but a lot of the competition teams we play will be tough.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Not sure, depends on our schedule.”
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Q&A with Iowa City West linebacker Santana Miller
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I felt like I did well this season, I helped our team out a lot on the defensive side this year but it is not just about me. I was trying to win a championship this year but things didn’t go as planned. But I can promise you will see us in the playoffs next year with the work I am about to put in.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I just had to get surgery so I haven’t been able to do much right now but when I am done healing all I will be doing is staying in the gym and on the field. This next season is personal for me because they took away my sophomore year due to me transferring schools. So for that, this off season all it will be is work. I have no off days anymore, I have made a decision I want to do this for the rest of my life so I will work for what I want and I promise you no one will be out-working me this off season.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I am very confident we will do well next year not only because of the talent on the team but because of the mindset me and the other leaders have that are leading this team. This will not be the same undisciplined team y’all have seen for the past two seasons.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I am not worried about any team that we face next year, they should be worried about us. Like I said, this will not be the same team y’all have seen.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“We are not worried about that so much right now because winners focus on what they need to get better at vs what their opponent is doing. We don’t care who y’all put us out against, we will be 100% on every play.”
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