What if Regina was 4A....must read, very fascinating

[lilhawk4life]

I am a long time Iowa City High fan, but I follow all Iowa City sports pretty closely. The recent success of the IC Regina football team (especially with their convincing win over Xavier) has me hypothetically wondering.......WHAT IF THIS WAS A 4A SCHOOL! The class sizes at Regina are usually around 65-70 kids, meaning if this school was the size of a 4A school, all of their athletes from the past 5 YEARS would statistically be likely to be in the SAME GRADUATING CLASS of around 325 kids, for a total school size of about 1,300. This is what the Regina roster would look like (just one graduating class) in a single year if they were the size of a 4A school. Current freshman-juniors are not included (only current seniors-2011 seniors) to simulate the size of one 4A graduating class. This isn't a comprehensive list, and some deserving people are left off the list for sake of being concise. Starters on this hypothetical 4A team are mentioned, along with honorable mentions, and where each individual went to play college football (or where they have committed) , graduation year, and their high school bench press data is thrown in there for giggles. What are your thoughts?

QB
Drew Cook (2015, Iowa, 4 star recruit)
Honorable mentions: Jack Verducci (2011, Princeton) although I would move Verducci to starting safety on this team
Mark Ward (2013, some DII school)

RB
Jake Brinkman (2015, North Dakota State, bench press 285)
Honorable mentions: Anthony Halsch (2011, Colorado School of Mines, bench press 300) Saw him play a few times, and Halsch was an extremely strong runner. I would alternate touches between him and Brinkman.
Joe McCaffery (2012, Upper Iowa)
Riley Dixon (2014, not sure)

WR
Alex Balke (2013, Nebraska)
Zach Pechous (2011, Coe College)
George Sehl (2012, college baseball somewhere)
Honorable mention: Daniel Larew (2011, St. Thomas)

TE
Braden Lehman (2011, UNI)

O-Line
Phil Arendt (2015, UNI, bench press 320 lbs)
Patrick McCaffery (2011, Iowa State, bench press 300 lbs.)
Daniel Gaffey (2013, Iowa, bench press 330+ lbs.)
Joe Strang (2011, Iowa Central, bench press 300+ lbs) This guy weighed 350 lbs.
Matt McBeth (2015, undecided, bench press 360 lbs)
Honorable mention: too many to mention here. Probably like 15 or more guys with 270+ bench press haha

D-Line
Elliot Halsch (2014, Minnesota St. Cloud, bench press 435 lbs.) Incredibly strong kid that plays with a chip on his shoulder.
Zach Reis (2012, Upper Iowa, well over 300 lbs.) Thick strong kid that clogs up traffic in the middle.
Alex Williams (2011, St. Thomas, 300+ lbs.)
Braden Lehman (2011, UNI) Very tall, and knew how to use his height to his advantage. Current starter at UNI I think.
Honorable mention: too many to mention here

LB
Jacob Vollstedt (2012, Northwest Missouri State, pretty sure bench was 370+ lbs.) Always one of Regina's best units. Very big, physical kids, especially Vollstedt and Grimm. I would crap in my pants if a were a receiver crossing over the middle against guys with the names Vollstedt and Grimm.
Berkley Grimm (2011, North Dakota State, bench press 340 lbs.)
Micheal Adam (2015, undecided, bench press 300+ lbs.)
Honorable mention: Ross Westemeyer (2012, Augustana S.D)
Casey Beaver (2014, Iowa Central)


CB
Lots of good athletes. I'm really not sure who would start here.

S
Jack Verducci (2011, Princeton) I would move Verducci from QB to safety on this team.
Honorable mention: Nate Streb (2012, Cornell for baseball)

K
Jake Adam (2015, probably a Big Ten kicker) Incredibly strong leg. I think he'll be a great kicker at the next level.
Honorable mention: Nick Dolezal (2013, Truman St.)

KR and PR
Daniel Bonthius (2011, Wartburg College for track, NCAA all-american) This kid was fast and extremely quick. He would have been a nightmare with the ball in the open field if he had stayed out for football.
Zach Pechous (2011, Coe College)




This post was edited on 10/19 3:32 PM by lilhawk4life

 

[cidhawkeye]

Interesting concept, might want to do a little more research on this. Gaffey and McCaffrey on DL, Ries on OL, no McBeth, Sehl plays football at NWMSU. They have had a good run.

 

[BlameIt]

Matt McBeth over Julian Martinez?

Nice list.

Regals have had a good run of late, that is for sure.

 

[tm33_08]

Pretty sure Dixon is playing baseball somewhere. I can't remember where, though.

 

[cidhawkeye]

I like what you did there Blame, very subtle.

Dixon is playing baseball at DMACC

 

[DarkThunder#61]

Originally posted by lilhawk4life:
I am a long time Iowa City High fan, but I follow all Iowa City sports pretty closely. The recent success of the IC Regina football team (especially with their convincing win over Xavier) has me hypothetically wondering.......WHAT IF THIS WAS A 4A SCHOOL! The class sizes at Regina are usually around 65-70 kids, meaning if this school was the size of a 4A school, all of their athletes from the past 5 YEARS would statistically be likely to be in the SAME GRADUATING CLASS of around 325 kids, for a total school size of about 1,300. This is what the Regina roster would look like (just one graduating class) in a single year if they were the size of a 4A school. Current freshman-juniors are not included (only current seniors-2011 seniors) to simulate the size of one 4A graduating class. This isn't a comprehensive list, and some deserving people are left off the list for sake of being concise. Starters on this hypothetical 4A team are mentioned, along with honorable mentions, and where each individual went to play college football (or where they have committed) , graduation year, and their high school bench press data is thrown in there for giggles. What are your thoughts?


This post was edited on 10/19 3:32 PM by lilhawk4life