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This week's recruiting updates: AJ Petersen, Zack Belden, Caleb Moore, Owen Cook, and Caleb Giese.
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would like to be able to continue my football career.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Platteville, Upper Iowa University, and Bemidji State University.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“With just finishing up my wrestling season, I have been focused on wrestling and we are just now getting back into football and starting conversations with coaches again.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes, I have made trips to Iowa State, Kansas, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, and South Dakota.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I am planning on going to Wisconsin Platteville soon.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I am hoping to be going to a lot of different camps. I have plans to go to Iowa State and North Dakota State. As a team, we'll go to Central College in Pella, IA.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up I didn't have a favorite college. I grew up looking up to my dad and the high school kids that were paving the way for my teammates and me to grow.”
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would absolutely love to play college football, I’ve taken some big steps in that direction. Coming from a smaller school I know D-1 isn’t probably the best bet for me in terms of playing time, but D-2 NAIA and D-3 are definitely good options. I haven’t pushed anything out of my mind in terms of college, but really it’ll boil down to where would be the best fit for me.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have been in contact with many college programs including Upper Iowa University, Central College in Pella, a few out of state in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Missouri, along with many others. I’ve been invited to a few camps over this coming summer, and I plan to attend as many as I can to continue to get my name out there.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“As of right now I don’t think I have one school recruiting any harder than others, I think that I am just scratching the surface especially since I've only recently started my recruitment process as of December 2021-January 2022.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have been on about five visits in the last few months. Iowa Central Community College, Coe College, Upper Iowa University, Central College in Pella, and Northwestern College I’m Orange City.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I would love to visit more campuses in the future, the more the better in my opinion. I don’t want to limit myself to only a select few places, so I want to keep my options open.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“As of right now I think I’m signed up for one or 2 camps for this summer, one is in late May, The Top 200 Football camp in Des Moines. For any others I’m not completely sure but I think we are looking into a few more.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up everything was either Michigan or Minnesota, college ball, NFL, NBA, MLB. Anything Michigan or Minnesotan (except for pro hockey) is my go-to.”
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football in college.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Lots of schools have sent me camp invites.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Iowa State came to see me in person a few months ago.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not made any college trips yet.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“N/A.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I'm planning to go to as many camps as I can this summer as soon as I get cleared.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Iowa and TCU were always my favorites growing up.”
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I am very interested in playing baseball in college and hope to pursue that.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have not talked to many colleges yet this year but coming up on my junior season I hope to start soon.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“See above.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not taken any college visits so far but in the coming months I plan to start looking into more schools.”
Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“See above.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I have been an Iowa fan all my life.”
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“If I play any sport in college it would be football.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Some schools I have been in contact with are Briar Cliff University and Midland.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I would say I have been in contact the most with Briar Cliff University.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not made any college trips yet.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I’ve been in contact with Coach Tenenoff and I plan on making a trip to Briar Cliff University at some point.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I am not sure what camps I’ll be going to in the summer.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up has been the University of Iowa.”
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This week's recruiting updates: AJ Petersen, Zack Belden, Caleb Moore, Owen Cook, and Caleb Giese.
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Q&A with North Scott defensive end AJ Petersen
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would like to be able to continue my football career.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Platteville, Upper Iowa University, and Bemidji State University.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“With just finishing up my wrestling season, I have been focused on wrestling and we are just now getting back into football and starting conversations with coaches again.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“Yes, I have made trips to Iowa State, Kansas, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, and South Dakota.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I am planning on going to Wisconsin Platteville soon.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I am hoping to be going to a lot of different camps. I have plans to go to Iowa State and North Dakota State. As a team, we'll go to Central College in Pella, IA.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up I didn't have a favorite college. I grew up looking up to my dad and the high school kids that were paving the way for my teammates and me to grow.”
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Q&A with Murray quarterback Zack Belden
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would absolutely love to play college football, I’ve taken some big steps in that direction. Coming from a smaller school I know D-1 isn’t probably the best bet for me in terms of playing time, but D-2 NAIA and D-3 are definitely good options. I haven’t pushed anything out of my mind in terms of college, but really it’ll boil down to where would be the best fit for me.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have been in contact with many college programs including Upper Iowa University, Central College in Pella, a few out of state in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Missouri, along with many others. I’ve been invited to a few camps over this coming summer, and I plan to attend as many as I can to continue to get my name out there.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“As of right now I don’t think I have one school recruiting any harder than others, I think that I am just scratching the surface especially since I've only recently started my recruitment process as of December 2021-January 2022.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have been on about five visits in the last few months. Iowa Central Community College, Coe College, Upper Iowa University, Central College in Pella, and Northwestern College I’m Orange City.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I would love to visit more campuses in the future, the more the better in my opinion. I don’t want to limit myself to only a select few places, so I want to keep my options open.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“As of right now I think I’m signed up for one or 2 camps for this summer, one is in late May, The Top 200 Football camp in Des Moines. For any others I’m not completely sure but I think we are looking into a few more.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up everything was either Michigan or Minnesota, college ball, NFL, NBA, MLB. Anything Michigan or Minnesotan (except for pro hockey) is my go-to.”
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Q&A with Lewis Central safety Caleb Moore
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football in college.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Lots of schools have sent me camp invites.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Iowa State came to see me in person a few months ago.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not made any college trips yet.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“N/A.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I'm planning to go to as many camps as I can this summer as soon as I get cleared.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Iowa and TCU were always my favorites growing up.”
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Q&A with Montezuma athlete Owen Cook
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I am very interested in playing baseball in college and hope to pursue that.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have not talked to many colleges yet this year but coming up on my junior season I hope to start soon.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“See above.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not taken any college visits so far but in the coming months I plan to start looking into more schools.”
Do you have plans for any trips soon?
“See above.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I have been an Iowa fan all my life.”
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Q&A with Winfield Mt. Union running back Caleb Giese
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“If I play any sport in college it would be football.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Some schools I have been in contact with are Briar Cliff University and Midland.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I would say I have been in contact the most with Briar Cliff University.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not made any college trips yet.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I’ve been in contact with Coach Tenenoff and I plan on making a trip to Briar Cliff University at some point.”
What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I am not sure what camps I’ll be going to in the summer.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up has been the University of Iowa.”
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