Football

BOYS’ SOCCER

CONFERENCE CO-CHAMPIONS: NORTHFIELD AND PRIOR LAKE

ALL CONFERENCE

Josh Meillier Northfield GK 12

Giovanni Casillas Northfield DEF 12

Sam Estenson Northfield MID 12

Diego Marchan Northfield MID 11

Aaron Johnson Prior Lake MID 11

David Wee Prior Lake FWD 10

Jeff Butler Prior Lake FWD 12

Korbin Klausen Prior Lake MID 12

Joe Laue Holy Angels DEF 11

Ryan McMillan Holy Angels MID 11

John Haeg Holy Angels MID 12

Cameron Fitzwater Shakopee MID 12

Tony Curren Shakopee MID 12

Aaron Wratz Farmington DEF 12

Josh Jackson Farmington MID 12

All-Lake Conference awards

Fall, 2008

Athletes are seniors unless indicated

Football

All-Conference

Rosemount

All-Conference
Chase Vogler
Zach Vraa, jr.
Anthony Sicora
Max Busher, jr.
Garrett Glaus
Jack Pauly
Trenton Thompson

Honorable mention
Andrew Malicki
Sean Considine, jr.
Joey Broback
Tyler Sandoz, jr.
Karl Miranda
Ben Danielson, jr.

Burnsville

All-Conference
Yusef Hassan, jr.

Honorable mention

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Minnesota State University senior linebacker Blake Freese (Eden Prairie, Minn.) has been selected to play in the 2009 Cactus Bowl. Freese, who played in the East Coast All-Star Game last month, was a First-Team All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference South Division selection this past year for Minnesota State and was a Second-Team All-North Central Conference selection in 2007. Freese becomes the second linebacker in school history – and the first since Stephen Henley in 1994 – to earn a trip to the game.

Chaska High School graduate Tim Mattran spent this summer working to make the Minnesota Vikings roster.

Though Mattran ultimately did not make the team this time around, his NFL dreams are still squarely in sight.

The Jacksonville Jaguars signed Mattran to their practice squad the day before Thanksgiving.

Mattran was not selected in the NFL draft after completing his fifth-year senior season as a center on the Stanford University offensive line.

The Vikings brought Mattran to training camp in August and he got in a lot of work at left tackle.

When he started to place kick for the Jordan football team as a junior Lee Gonzales struggled.

Just a year – and many hours of practice – later, Gonzales was named the Minnesota River Conference Special Teams Player of the Year for the 2008 season. He was also named to the Star Tribune’s third team All-Metro team and honorable mention to the Minnesota River Conference.

Two weeks ago, the Eden Prairie High School girls swim and dive team put an exclamation point to the Eden Prairie High School falls sports season by placing third at the state meet.

From a team standpoint, the fall sports season was a resounding success. Including the state champion Eden Prairie High School girls cross-country team, four Eden Prairie teams advanced to state tournaments. Two teams, boys cross-country and girls soccer, finished second. The swim team finished third and the football team was one play away from advancing to the state semifinals.

Several players in the Southwest Scoreboard coverage area were named to the 2008 Minnesota Associated Press All-State prep football team.

The squads were voted on by a statewide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.

Local players are in bold.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
James Peterson, QB, Blaine

FIRST TEAM

OFFENSE
QB—James Peterson, SR, Blaine
RB—Joel Bauman, JR, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
RB—Marcus Binns, SR, Cretin-Derham Hall
RB—Stephen Johnson, SR, Mahtomedi

Eden Prairie High School All-Lake Conference football players:

1. Sam Gotham 12 QB
2. Mike Cook 12 LB
3. Kyle Burkhardt 12 OC
4. Corey Frazier 12 DB
5. Taylor Grant 11 TE
6. T. J. Fisher 11 LB
7. Gage Shaeffer 11 RB
8. Mitch Hallstrom 11 DB

All-Lake Conference Honorable Mention:
1. Grant Geris 12 OG
2. Joe Pesch 12 OT
3. Jake Johnson 12 DT
4. Nick Harris 11 OT
5. Brett Ervin 11 WR

COLIN KING HOLY FAMILY SENIOR TE/DE
Senior captain Colin King is a solid two way starter and an obvious leader of the Holy Family Fire. Offensively, he had 45 rushes for 280 yards. He also had 19 catches for 346 yards and four touchdowns. He also returned two kicks for touchdowns. As a defensive end he accumulated 13 solo tackles and 12 assists. Colin worked hard in the off season strength and conditioning program. His hard work shows because he does not come off the field for offense, defense or special teams. Colin is the son of Lori and Kevin King.

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By Tim McGovern
Chaska Herald Sports Editor