HISTORY OF MOTT FOOTBALL-compiled by Ron Benson.  The following information was located in school annuals and newspapers.  I am not sure how accurate early information is but I have found it very interesting none the less.  Some scores are missing and I will update as I locate new information.  If anyone has any clippings that they would like to share, please contact Ron Benson.  I had the great pleasure in visiting with Coach Russa Osborne and Coach Bob Roy.  They were coaching some of our top teams of yesterday.  It has been a lot of fun documenting "The Boys of Fall" here in our communities.  Enjoy this work in progress!

1925    3-1       Coach-S.B. Sietz                     

            Mott 12 Elgin 6, Mott 27 Hettinger 7, Lemmon 13 Mott 0, Mott 34 New Leipzig 7.

            11-man football and the field were located south of the school.

1926    3-5       Coach Russa Osborne          

            Coach Osborne played on two North Central Conference football teams at South Dakota State college.  

            Elgin 7 Mott 6, Mott 38 New Leipzig 0, Elgin 13 Mott 0, Mott 13 Flasher 0, Lemmon 44 Mott 0, Mott 7 New Leipzig 0, Lemmon 27 Mott 7, Dickinson 26 Mott 14.  Mott was the first team to score on Lemmon in 3 years.

            Letter winners included Barry, Roberts, Maercklein, Hintz (Captain), Rokusek, MacMillen, Parr, Colgrove, Himes, Boyd, Ulmer, Chalmers, Pearce and Fenniman.  MacMillen at tackle was the outstanding man of the team both on defense and offense-he could play anywhere and do it well.  Hintz had the distinction of being the only player to cross the Lemmon goal until Bismarck beat them by four TDs.  Hintz was particularly adapted to circling the ends-something which most fullbacks cannot do.  He was the fastest man in the backfield, and a fair kicker.         

1927    4-3       Coach Osborne         

            Mott 14 New Leipzig 13 Scoring-Howard Yonaka and H. Hintz runs plus a safety by Roderick McMillen; Elgin 15 Mott 6 Scoring-McMillen run; New Leipzig 19 Mott 6; Flasher 13 Mott 7 ; Mott 32 Flasher 0 Scoring-Harry Hintz 3 TDs, McMillen 2 TDs (1 TD on a pass interception); Mott 13 Dickinson 0  Scoring-McMillen 2 TDs; Mott 25 Carson 0  "Armistice Day" game-McMillen and Yonaka stood out in their ball toting tactics.  Reich also played a powerful game in the line.   Starters for the 1927 team included left end Chalmers, left tackle Leno, left guard Reich, center Capt. Pierce, right guard Parr, right tackle Ross, right end Boyd, QB Rokusek, right halfback Hintz, left halfback Yonaka, fullback McMillen.  Other players included Serr, Neff Odegaard, Detloff, and Grant.

            "Big Bill" Ross was 6'3" and 180 lbs.  McMillen goes on to play for NDSU and makes "All North Central Conference" as a lineman.

1928    4-2       Coach Osborne         

            Mott 20 Flasher 0, Elgin 19 Mott 0, Mott 7 New Leizig 0, Flasher 19 Mott 7, Mott 38 New Leipzig 0, Mott 89 Regent 0.  Regent's first year in football.

            Captain of the team was Howard Yonaka.

1929    5-2       Coach Osborne                     

            Flasher 13 Mott 7 Scoring-Yonaka run and PAT kick; Mott 19 Flasher 6 Scoring-Doug Voelz 8 yd. pass from Yonaka, Grant 2 TDs-42 and 23 yd. runs.   PAT-Voelz from Yonaka; Mott 33 Regent 0; Mott 26 Carson 0 Scoring-Yonaka sweeps around the end four times for TDs.  Star fullback Biglor and regular tackle Phillips were on sidelines with injuries.  Grant also played a flashy game, once dashing 65 yds. after receiving a pass; Hettinger 14 Mott 0; Mott 45 New Leipzig 6 Scoring-Yonaka 2 TDs, Grant 2 TDs, Biglor 1 TD; Mott 33 Elgin 0.

            Team members included Voelz, Stordeur, Mooney, Boyd, Ebert, Phillips, Olson, Yonaka, Grant, Charlie Crane, and Biglor.

1930    5-0-1    Coach Osborne                     

            Mott 2 Hettinger 0 Scoring-Biglor tackle for a safety; Mott 41 New Leipzig 0 Scoring-John Banning 4 TDs, Stordeur 1 TD and 3 PATs, Voelz 2 PATs; Mott 28 Carson 0 Scoring-Banning, Biglor, Stordeur on runs and Olson on pass reception.  PAT-Voelz from Stordeur; Mott 12 Elgin 0 Scoring-Stordeur 2 TDs; Mott 20 Reeder 0 Scoring-Stavekow fumble recovery for a TD and TD runs by Biglor and Grant.  PATs by Grant and Biglor; Mott 0 Alumni 0.

            Claimed the Western North Dakota title because Marmoth would not play Mott. Mott guaranteed Marmoth $70, but after their coach watched Mott play Reeder, they decided to stay home.  Mott outscored their opponents 103-0.

1931    3-3-1    Coach Osborne                     

            Mott 49 Carson 13; Mott 47 New Leipzig 0-Roemmich fell on a kick-off that went into end-zone for a TD; Mott 0 Reeder 0; Elgin 32 Mott 26; Bowman 25 Mott 7 Scoring-Biglor on a 70 yd. run.  PAT by Biglor; Hettinger 19 Mott 0; Mott 13 Lemmon 6.

1932    3-1       Coach Osborne                     

            Mott 34 Reeder 0 Scoring-Frank Biglor 3 TDs, Bohn and Grosz 1 TD each; Bowman 26 Mott 0; Mott 1 Hettinger 0 (forfeit); Mott 6 Lemmon 0.  

            Biglor was a tough player.  His picture was hung in the school library for future ball-luggers to gaze at and strive to equal.  Players included Wayne Bohn, Bruce Crane, Eddie Auer, Luke Brown, Rod Trousdale, Keith Weeks, and Matt Manolovits.

1933    4-1-2    Coach Osborne                     

            Mott 13 Assumption Abbey 6; Mott 13 Carson 0; Mott 6 Lemmon 6; Mott 13 Reeder 7; Mott 0 Elgin-0; Hettinger 6 Mott 0; Mott 13 Flasher 6. 

            Tied for South Slope title.   Players included Roy Grosz (halfback), Bruce Crane (QB), Eddie Auer (halfback), Oscar Buttman (tackle), Norbert Miller, Fred Kern (guard), Keith Weeks, James Whitesell, Alfred Sloan, Frieboes and Matt Manolovits.  Buttman, Manolovits, and Frieboes were very effective on the line and Auer and Sloan in the backfield.  Alfred Sloan was an outstanding player.  Buttman was one of the best tackles in the school's history.

1934    5-0-1    Coach Osborne                     

            Mott 20 Carson 0; Mott 6 Hettinger 0 Scoring-Barbee pass from Banning.  Game was played in a heavy dust storm; Mott 0 Carson 0; Mott 6 Elgin 0; Mott 32 Lemmon 0 Scoring-George Hardmeyer,Grosz, Barbee and Banning 1 TD each (Banning on a triple pass).  PAT by Banning.  Yards rushing included 87 by Banning, 43 by Vasey, 28 by Grosz, and 19 by Hardmeyer.  The line of Manolovits, Soli, and Trousdale did a good job.  McNeill, the regular QB, could not play because of a bad shoulder; Mott 21 Reeder 7 Scoring- Banning on a 75 yd. run and Barbee on a pass reception.  PATs by Vasey, Hardmeyer, and Banning.  Banning had 192 yds. rushing.  

            Won South Slope title.

 1935    4-1-1    Coach Osborne                     

            Dickinson 13 Mott 0; Mott 19 Carson 0 Scoring-Hardmeyer, Grosz, and Banning 1 TD each.  PAT by Vasey from Hardmeyer; Mott 24 Elgin 6 Scoring-Vasey 2 TDS, Hardmeyer on a 25 yd. run, Banning on a 25 yd. pass from Hardmeyer.  Vasey rushed for 101 yds., Hardmeyer 65 yds., and Banning for 55 yds.; Mott 13 Beulah 13 Scoring-Grosz pass from Hardmeyer and Vasey pass from Banning.  Hardmeyer scored the lone PAT.  Mott led 13-0 with 5 minutes left in the game.  Beulah was undefeated; Mott 19 Lemmon 13 Scoring-Banning and Hardmeyer 1 TD each rushing and Vasey 1 TD pass from Hardmeyer; Mott 34 Hettinger 0 Scoring-Banning 2 TDs, Vasey, McNeill, and Edinger 1 TD each.  PATs by Hardmeyer (3) and McNeill (1).

            Other players included Johnson, Roesler, Miller, Lutz, Bohn, Smith, Grosz, Pecton, and Edmond. William Roesler, George Hardmeyer, and Ernest Grosz were named All-State Honorable Mention.  Won South Slope title.

1936    3-1-1    Coach Osborne                     

            Mott 19 Bismarck Reserves 0 Scoring-Richard Vasey 2 TDs and George Hardmeyer 1 TD.  PAT by Vasey; Mott 7 Beulah 6 Scoring-Hardmeyer TD and Vasey for the PAT; Mott 13 Dickinson 13 Scoring-TDs by Vasey and Hardmeyer.  PAT by Vasey; Lemmon 12 Mott 6 Scoring-Lone TD was scored by Hardmeyer; Mott 12- Elgin 0 Scoring-Runs by Ernie Grosz and Richard Vasey.  Defensive guard Auer for the Cards played a stellar defensive game. 

            Mott was to play Hettinger for title but the game was postponed due to inclement weather.  Both teams ended the year with one loss.  Mott and Hettinger shared the South Slope Conference title. This was the fourth consecutive title. 

            Vasey was named honorary captain.  He was one of the best backs and punters in the area.   George Hardmeyer was again an All-State Honorable Mention as a running back. 

1937    0-2-1 (11 man) 1-2-0 (6 man)    Coach S. Victor Hilden         

            11-man games-Hettinger 34 Mott 6-injuries knocked Hardmeyer and Roesler out of the game early; Mott 6 Beulah 6; Dickinson 39 Mott 0. 

            Due to injuries and training rule violations, Mott dropped down to 6-man for the rest of the season.   Mott 19 New Salem 6; Carson 37 Mott 2; New Salem 33 Mott 26.

1938    0-4       Coach Hilden                        

            Elgin 35 Mott 0; Lemmon 41 Mott 0; Beulah and Dickinson scores were not available.

            New field at Crane's pasture.

1939    2-2-2    Coach Eugene De Lange      

            Mott 0 Bismarck Reserves 0; Bowman 21 Mott 19;  Lemmon 26 Mott 0; Mott 7 Elgin 2 Scoring-Brundage run and PAT by Russel Luchinger; Mott 7 Hettinger 7; Mott 7 Beach 0; Beulah over Mott-no score available. 

            Dean Brundage accounted for 4 of the 6 TDs scored by the Cards.  Captain of the team was John Bosanco.  Russel Luchinger called the signals.

1940    4-1-1    Coach De Lange                   

            Mott 26 Bismarck Reserves 0; Mott 0 Killdeer 0; Mott 46 Beulah 7 Scoring-Feichert 2 TDs, Grosz 2 TDs, Hochhalter and Birkmaier 1 TD each and Benny Hauck 1 TD on a guard/end reverse.  PATs by Grosz (2) and Feickert (2 kicks); Mott 45 Bowman 0 Scoring-Feickert 3 TDs-two of them on runs and the third one was on a pass interception. Roland Kuebler added 2 TDs-one on a 65 yd. punt return and the other one on a 1 yd. run.  Grosz and Sauer each added a TD.  PATs by Kuebler, Feickert and Dygert; Mott 22 Hettinger 0. 

            Beach defeated Mott 7 to 6 for the championship of southwest ND.  The winner earned the right to play further for state laurels.  Donald Feikert was easily the outstanding man on the field. 

            Members of the 1940 team included Eugene Bosanco, Rueben Hochhalter, Roland Kuebler, Harold Grosz, Kenneth Dygert, Buddy Birkmaier, Donald Feickert, Roy Roth, Frank Barth, Benny Hauck, and Sonny Rixen.

1941    1-4       Coach C.R. Kinzer                

            Lemmon 26 Mott 6;  Mott 13 Bismarck B Team 6 Scoring-Forsch had a 40 yd. run; Dickinson 60 Mott 6-E.J. Anderson played for Dickinson; Hettinger 25 Mott 0; Beach 27 Mott 0. 

            Enlistments, sickness, and ineligibility hurt this team.  Members included Roy Roth, Floyd Rixen, Dan Sauer, Reuben Hochhalter, Richie Skogley, Albert Ottmar, John Boyd, Maynard Huisman, Norris Mosher, Jerome Herner, Lynn Dill and Bob Stubbins.

1942    0-0       Coach Leroy Larson             

            Coach Larson left for the service after the first week of practice.  The season was cancelled.

1943    1-3       Coach Red Hakenstad          

            6-man football games; Carson 13 Mott 12 Scoring- Swede Bope on a 65 yd. run and Bob Stubbins on an end around; New Leipzig 32 Mott 6 Scoring-Mike Roll on a 35 yd. run; Mott 13 Elgin 6 Scoring-Bob Stubbins on a 45 yd. run and Norris Mosher on a pass from Mike Roll.  Only scores available.

1944    2-2       Coach Skinner                      

            Pre-season game-Mott 14 Mott Independents 6; Mott 28 New England 14 Scoring-Swede Bope pass from Mike Roll, Bope run, Johnson run, and a pass to Roll from Bope.  PAT by Bope; Elgin over Mott; Mott 20 New England 6 Scoring Stangbye 2 TDs-both passes from Roll and a Mike Roll run.  No score from Mott vs. New Leipzig.

            Starting line-up may have looked like this:                                

              0                        0                       0

       Stangbye at          Hirch at            Gilbert at

           end                   center                 end

            0                          0                       0

         Bope                    Roll                Johnson

             Others that saw action included Jake Roal, Kost, Roozen, and Rounds.

1945    2-3       Coach Edgar Rieger             

            Mott 12 New England 0; New England 19 Mott 6; New Leipzig 35 Mott 0; Only scores available. 

            Players included Thorlief Stangbye, V. Hirsch, Lee Rosen and Valentine Roll.

1946    1-4       Coach D.W. Butts                  

            New Leipzig 19 Mott 7; Elgin 32 Mott 6; New England 19 Mott 6; Only scores available. 

            Starting line-up: ends-Lee Roozen and Don Koljeski, center-Arnold Meher, QB-Bob Roth, fullback-Robert Lutz, halfback-Lemoine Meher.  Key subs-John Koepplin and Victor Senn.  Other members included Rounds, Sebafer, Everhart, Friez, and Skartvedt.

1947    2-3-1    Coach Homer Moeller          

            Elgin over Mott; Mott 6 Carson 6; Mott 16 New England 0 Scoring-TDs by Jerry McDonald and Robert Samuelson.  Touchback by Victor Senn.  PATs by Samuelson and McDonald; Carson 43 Mott 0; New Leipzig 13 Mott 7 Scoring-Bruce Samuelson pass from Robert Samuelson.  PAT by Reinhold Schaible; Mott over New England Scoring-TDs by Bob Lutz and Arlin Hagler. 

            Field was moved from Crane's pasture to a piece of ground just east of the Catholic Church.

            A football banquet was held at the end of the season.  The boys went pheasant hunting and brought back 14 birds for the supper.  Captain Schaible gave coach a billfold on behalf of the team.  Members of the team included Reinhold Schaible, Basil Hansen, Arlin Hagler, Robert Lutz, Richard Rixen, Raymond Bieber, Eugene Asheroft, Robert Kane, Barnell Svihovec, Victor Senn, Jerry McDonald, John Koepplin, Bruce Samuelson, Gerald Skogley, Walter Pekas, John Senn, and Loren Voll.

1948    2-1-2    Coach Homer Moeller          

            Carson 19 Mott 8 Scoring-Senn pass from McDonald; Mott 40 New England 0; Mott 19 Elgin 19 Scoring-TDs by Lutz, Hanson, and Samuelson; Mott 6 New Leipzig 6 Scoring-Basil Hanson on a 80 yd. interception;  Mott over New England.          

            New field once again-using the field south of the school house.  Members included Edfred Vasey, Earl Skogley, Gerald Skogley, Myron Green, Don Schorsch, Willard Auch, Bob Samuelson, Bob Lutz, Basil Hansen, Arlin Hagler, Jerry McDonald, Ray Bieber, Victor Senn, and Reiny Schaible.

1949    7-0       Coach Bob Roy-former North Dakota Agricultural College star               

            Mott 38-Carson 0 Scoring-Basil Hansen, the hard charging fullback scored 3 TDs and 1 PAT, Arlin Hagler, the speedy halfback scored 3 TDs and Don Schorsch 1 PAT.  Nick Roster did a very good job at the QB spot.  Reinhold Schaible was the outstanding lineman for Mott as he was consistently dropping the Carson backs for losses.

            Mott 40-New Leipzig 0 Scoring-Basil Hansen 3 TDs, Arlin Hagler 3 TDs (one was a pass from Nick Roster)

            Mott 26-St. Mary’s of New England 0; Mott 33 New England 0

            Mott 39-Elgin 25. Scoring-Arlin Hagler 4 TDs and Basil Hansen 2 TDs.  This was Elgin's first defeat in four years.  This was the first time anyone scored on a Bob Roy team.

            Mott 48-New England 0 Scoring-TDs by Bob Lutz and Arlin Hagler.  Basil Hansen scored the next 3 TDs.  On a play that had everyone baffled, Ray Bieber scored on a 40 yd. pass from Nick Roster  The final TD was scored by Reinhold Schaible (center) on a pass from Nick Roster.  PATs were scored by Basil Hanson (3), Arlin Hagler (1), and Reinhold Schaible (2).  Reinhold Schaible was the outstanding player on defense.  Bob Lutz was the Homecoming King.

            Mott 25-Hebron 8. This was for the West River Slope Championship. Scoring-Nick Roster threw TD passes to Ray Bieber and Reinhold Schaible.  Bob Lutz rushed for 2 TDs and Schaible added 1 PAT.  

                                                                             West Missouri Slope Conference Champs.

            Mott outscored opponents 248-33. Hagler led the team with 16 TDs-Basil Hansen added 14 TDs.  Reinhold Schaible was named Most Valuable Player.  New field at the fair grounds-one of the finest fields in this part of the state.

            Members of the 1949 team included Nicky Roster, Myron Green, Reinhold Schaible, Joe Atkinson, Dan Schorsch, Ray Bieber, Edfred Vasey, Earl Skogley, Arlin Hagler, Wilbert Schaff, Marvin Heth, Bob Lutz, Gary Kelsch, Richard Swindler, Basil Hansen, Milton Hertz, Wayne Schwartz, Buzz Helseth, student manager Reyne Schlosser. 

           Assistant coach was Bob Sande.

 1950    5-1       Coach Roy 

            Ray Bieber has been helpful providing information on the 1949-1950 football years.  Below is from a clipping that Ray provided.   

            Coach Bob Roy was a standout player for the NDSU Bison in two different arenas in the late 1940s. Bob Roy excelled as a lineman on the football field and lead the baseball team in hitting.  Bob Roy coached NDSU linemen for 2 seasons before starting a stellar coaching career between the years 1949-1983.  Boy Roy coached at Mott, ND., Crookston, Mn., and St. Louis Park, Mn.  Bob Roy also coached the Fargo American Legion team to a couple of State Championships in the early 50s.  Bob Roy was inducted into the Bison Hall of Fame and the Minnesota Coaches Hall of Fame.  Bob Roy managed the Coach of the Year Football Clinic in Minneapolis for 19 years, working with legendary figures Bud Wilkinson and Duffy Dougherty.  Another interesting note mentioned was that Bob Roy coached Emil Zueger from New England while coaching at NDSU.  Emil Zueger was a football referee for many years in the southwest part of ND.

            1st 11-man season in quite a few years. Coach Roy expects an average season.  Returning lettermen include Arlin Hagler, Ray Bieber, Myron Green, Earl Skogley, Nick Roster, Edfred Vassey and Gary Kelsch.  Roger Wolf is a transfer student from Colorado.

            Mott 33-Hettinger 0. In the first quarter, Mott fumbled 3 times near Hettinger’s goal line.  Mott finally scores to take a 13-0 lead at the half.  Roger Wolf threw TD passes to Gary Kelsch and Arlin Hagler and a PAT to Wayne Schwartz.

            Mott 40 Bowman 0.  Roger Wolf scored 3 TDs-a 9 yd. run, on an end sweep (no yards given) and a 80 yd. KOR.  Arlin Hagler scored 2 TDs with runs of 29 and 33 yds.  Guard Leonard Schultz scored the other TD on a 28 yd. fumble recovery.  Ray Bieber scored 2 PATs and Gary Kelsch and Wayne Schwartz each scored 1 PAT.

            Mott 1-Watford City 0 on a forfeit

            Mott 54 Richardton Abbey 0. Scoring-TDs by Earl Skogley, Roger Wolf 2 TDs including a 92 yd. KOR.  Arlin Hagler 2 TDs and 4 PATs, and Ray Bieber 3 TDs; Gary Kelsch 2 PATs and Wayne Schwartz 1 PAT.  The entire Mott line of Don Roberts, Leonard Schultz, Richy Swindler, Merlin Austin, Earl Skogley and Ray Bieber turned in excellent games.  Myron Green named this year’s Homecoming King.

            Mott 33 Beulah 0 Scoring: Arlin Hagler and Roger Wolf each scored 2 TDs.  Gary Kelsch and Wayne Schwartz each scored a TD.  Linemen Richard Swindler and Myron Green played well on defense.  Myron Green was also named this years Homecoming King.

                                                          This team outscored their conference opponents 165-0. 

                                                                     West Missouri Conference Champs 4-0

            Lemmon 26-Mott 0. This was a non-conference game that broke a Mott Cardinal 12 game winning streak. 

            Roger Wolf was quite a broad jumper in his day.  I came across a clipping that noted Roger jumped 19'. 

            Senior members included Roger Wolf, Arlin Hagler, Wayne Schwartz, Myron Green, Ray Bieber, Edfred Vasey, Earl Skogley, Leonard Schulz, Burnell Svihovec, and Milton Hertz. Other members of the squad were Marvin Heth, Don Roberts, Gary Kelsch, Nick Waddell, Earl Schneider, Reyne Schlosser, Nick Wegh, Jack Gifford, Merlin Austin, Paul Woiwode, Allan Roll, Charles Kramer, Archie Roemmich, Nick Roster and Arnold Green. 

             Assistant coaches were Robert Sande and Duane Taylor.

1951    1-4       Coach Duane Taylor             

            Hettinger 27 Mott 7 Scoring-Don Roberts pass from Gary Kelsch; Mott 13 Bowman 7 Scoring-Don Roberts on a 30 yd. pass from Schlosser and Jack Gifford on a 20 yd. run, PAT by Schneider; St. John's Academy of Jamestown over Mott; Richardton over Mott; Beulah over Mott.

            Coach Taylor suffered a concussion in practice.

            Members of the 1951 squad included Richard Swindler, Merlyn Austin, Paul Blickensderfer, Donald Roberts, Gary Svihovec, Nick Wegh, Francis Mayer, Paul Woiwode, Harry Schneider-student manager, Lester Riedlinger, Earl Schneider, Archie Roemmich, Arnold Green, Gene Roll, Anton Burghart, Keith Fohl, Donald Herner-student manager, George Jones, Charles Kramer, Reyne Schlosser, Jack Gifford, Gary Kelsch, Nick Waddell, James Schwartz, Richard Haines and George Schwartz.  Assistant coaches were Oscar Eslinger and Pete Lenhardt.

1952    2-3       Coach Taylor                         

            Hettinger 7 Mott 0; Mott 26 Bowman 0 Scoring-George Jones threw 3 TD passes-all to Don Roberts, Jack Gifford added 1 TD; Mott 31 Richardton 6 Scoring-Gary Kelsch 2 TDs, Marvin Heth, Jack Gifford, and Don Roberts each scored 1 TD; Beulah 45 Mott 7; Lemmon 53 Mott 0.

            Co-captains of the team were Don Roberts at end and Gary Kelsch at left half-back.

            Members of the 1952 squad included Donald Hagler, George Jones, Charles Kramer, Richard Swindler, Gary Kelsch, Roger Iverson, Archie Roemmich, Henry Greff, Sebastian Roll, Robert Roll, Bobby Jones, Larry Sebastian, George Schwartz, Vernon Roll, Dick Haines, Nick Waddell, Merlyn Austin, Donald Roberts, Jack Gifford and Francis Mayer.

1953    1-6       Coach Henry Eckroth           

            Richardton Abbey 19 Mott 14 Scoring-Chuck Ebert 2 TDs and 1 PAT, Robert Roll 1 PAT; Hettinger 32 Mott 0; Beulah 41 Mott 0; Hazen 48 Mott 0; Killdeer 33 Mott 6; Beulah 42 Mott 19; Mott 14 Richardton Abbey 0 Scoring-Chuck Ebert 1 TD and 2 PATs, Roll 1 TD.

            Members of the 1953 team included seniors Jack Gifford, Chuck Ebert, Charles Kramer, Dick Haines, George Jones, Archie Roemmich,  Roger Senn and George Schwartz.  The rest of the team-Darrel Remington, Gary Butler, Vernon Roll,  Roger Iverson, Alvin Kibbel, Robert Zentner, Edward Treib, Robert Roll, Vernon Larson, Seb Roll, Irvin Hartman, James Blaine-manager, Art Lince, Sherman Sloan, Gary Sprecher, Robert Jones, Donald Herner-manager.  Assistant coach was Orville Overboe.  Captain of the team was George Schwartz.

1954    2-5       Coach Eckroth                      

            Hettinger 19 Mott 0; Hazen 40 Mott 7; Mott 20 Richardton 6 Scoring-Albert Wolf 2 TDs on runs of 14 and 22 yds., Bob Jones 1 TD on a 5 yd. run and 1 PAT, 1 PAT by Zentner on a pass from Darrel Remington; Watford City 27 Mott 0; Mott 6 Dickinson 0; Killdeer 15 Mott 0; Lemmon 32 Mott 0.   Late harvest delayed practice sessions.

 1955    4-3       Coach Eckroth                                  

            Killdeer 12 Mott 0; Hettinger 19 Mott 0; Mott 20 Abbey 6; Mott 32 St. Marys 6-Homecoming victory-Scoring-Darrel Remington 2 TDs, Bob Jones 2 TDs, Sherman Sloan 1 TD, PATs by Remington kick and Richie Grosz on a pass from Remington.  Darrel Remington was crowned Homecoming King; Mott over Belfield; Mott over Bowman; Lemmon 32 Mott 0. 

            Co-captains of the team were Darrel Remington and Vernon Roll.

1956    5-1       Coach Eckroth                      

            Mott 21 Killdeer 7 Scoring-Gary Hagler 2 TDs on runs of 8 and 43 yds., Richie Grosz on a pass from Bruce Schwartz, Safety by Willie Trieb and 1 PAT by Trieb; Hettinger 34 Mott 7 Scoring-Hagler on a 2 yd. run, PAT by Trieb; Mott 26 Abbey 7; Mott 19 St. Mary's 7 Scoring-Willie Trieb 2 TDs on runs of 8 and 35 yds., Hagler added 1 TD; Mott 26 Belfield 0; Mott 13 Bowman 6.  

            Gary Hagler led the team in scoring with 48 points.  Others scoring included Willie Treib with 44, Richie Grosz with 18, and Marlin Schneider and Art Solins each adding 1 point.  The team ended up in 2nd place in the Badlands Conference.  Captains of the team were James Blaine, Robert Zentner and Gary Sprecher.

            Members of the 1956 squad included Frederick Tufte, Lyle Luchsinger, Carter Dauenhauer, William Boknecht, James Noble, Gary Sprecher, William Haberstroh, Robert Zentner, William Treib, James Blaine, Arbert Rosen, Michael Fettig, Alvin Kibbel, Gary Hagler, Art Coffing, Curt Guenther, Kermit Herner, Art Salins, James Belmore, Darrel Auer, Charles Krause, Bruce Schwartz, Dean Rosen, Norman Mills, Kenneth Roberts, David Switzer, Harvey Hirning, Jack Grant, Howard Steiner and Marlin Schneider.  Assistant coach was Erling Dahl.

1957    1-5       Coach Eckroth                      

            Bowman 19 Mott 6; Watford City 22 Mott 0; Mott 13 Beach 7 Scoring-Rex Kelsch scored one of the TDs on a pass from Richie Grosz; St. Mary's 12 Mott 6; Hettinger 19 Mott 6; Abbey 19 Mott 0.

1958    3-3-1    Coach Maynard Huisman    

            Mott 6 Abbey 6 Scoring-Rosen on a 28 yd. pass from Kelsch.

            Bowman 33 Mott 0.

            Mott 13 Killdeer 0 Scoring-Rosen on a blocked punt recovery and Ken Roberts on a 6 yd. run, PAT by Roberts.

            St. Mary's 34 Mott 0.

            Mott 13 Beach 7 Scoring-Art Rosen on a 55 yd. interception, Noble on a 3 yd. run.

            Hettinger over Mott Scoring-Butch Lince on a 2 yd. run, PAT by Noble.

            Mott 7 Belfield 0 Scoring-Art Coffing on a 20 yd. run, PAT by Noble. 

            Art Rosen was named to the All Conference 2nd team at tackle.  For the year, Mott blocked 5 punts-2 for TDs.     

 1959    5-2-1    Coach Huisman                    

            Mott 7 Watford City 7 Scoring-Dave Friez on a 1 yd. run, PAT by Jim Noble.  Mott had 221 total yds. and WC had 94 total yds.

            Mott 20 Abbey 0 Scoring-Lyle Luchsinger scored 3 times and Jim Noble added 2 PATs.  Mott held Abbey to 63 yds.

            Mott 6 Bowman 0 Scoring-Kent Hardmeyer on a 7 yd. run.

            Mott 19 Killdeer 13 Scoring-Jim Noble on a 40 yd. pass from Dave Friez, Lyle Luchsinger on a 15 yd. run, Ervan Weiler on a 8 yd. run, and 1 PAT by Noble.  Mott had 382 total yds.-Killdeer 232 yds.

            St. Mary's 35 Mott 6 Scoring-Lyle Luchsinger on a 10 yd. pass from Friez.  Mott 19-Beach 0 Scoring-Lyle Luchsinger 2 TDs on runs of 28 and 25 yds., Dave Friez 1 TD on a 1 yd. run, and 1 PAT by Butch Lince on a pass from Jim Noble. 

            Hettinger 21 Mott 0.

            Mott 31 Belfield 10 Scoring-Ervan Weiler 3 TDs-one on a 55 yd. pass interception, Kent Hardmeyer on a 7 yd. run, Lyle Luchsinger on a 21 yd. pass from Friez, 1 PAT by Butch Lince on a pass from Jim Noble.  In this game, the defense recovered 7 fumbles, intercepted 4 passes and blocked one punt. 

            Mott ended up 3rd in the Badlands Conference.  All-Conference selections included Bill Haberstroh and Jim Noble.  Honorable Mention went to Kent Hardmeyer, Lyle Luchsinger, and Ervan Weiler.

            Offensive stats-Lyle Luchsinger scored 48 points, 8 TDs, 532 yds. rushing; Ervan Weiler scored 24 points, 4 TDs, 292 yds. rushing; Kent Hardmeyer scored 12 points, 2 TDs, and 242 yds. rushing; Dave Friez scored 12 points, 2 TDs, 58 yds. rushing, 181 yds. passing; Jim Noble scored 10 points, 1 TD, 4 PATs, and 268 yds. rushing; Butch Lince scored 2 points on 2 PATs. 

            Defensive stats-TACKLES-Haberstroh 76, Weiler 37, Noble 34, Dean Kelsch 31, Luchsinger 28, Friez 22, Lince 22, Ron Swindler 21, Hardmeyer 20, Art Roll 20, Don Treitline 16, and George Herner 14.  Bill Haberstroh recovered 7 fumbles.  Weiler and Luchsinger each had 3 pass interceptions-Friez 2, Noble 2, and Lince 1.          

             Members of the 1959 squad included Lyle Luchsinger, Stanley Wyman, Gary Zentner, Dean Kelsch, Jerry Auch, Ulrich Trautwein, Steve Grant, Bob Swindler, Doug Schwartz, James Noble, Don Trietline, Bill Haberstroh, David Friez, Jeffery Auch, Arthur Roll, Ervan Weiler, George Herner, Jack Grant, Leslie Haberstroh, Kent Hardmeyer, David Lince, Clifford Mehrer, Eldon Mehrer, William Buresh and Ron Swindler.  Assistant coach was Tom Reinhiller.

1960    6-1-1    Coach Huisman                    

            Mott 19 Fort Yates 12 Scoring-Ervan Weiler on a 55 yd. run, Les Haberstroh on a 45 yd. pass from Butch Lince, Kent Hardmeyer on a 40 yd. run, PAT by Clifford Mehrer on a pass from Lince.  Total yds. Mott 266 FY 57.

            Mott 19 Watford City 13 Scoring-Ervan Weiler 2 TDs-14 and 12 yd. runs, Kent Hardmeyer on a 5 yd. run, 1 PAT by Weiler.

            Mott 7 Abbey 6 Scoring-Kent Hardmeyer on a 26 yd. run, PAT by Hardmeyer.

            Mott 7 Bowman 0 Scoring-Weiler on a 11 yd. run, PAT by Hardmeyer. 

            Mott 27 Killdeer 0 Scoring-Dave Friez 2 TDs-one a 74 yd. punt return, Ervan Weiler 2 TDs, PATs-Hardmeyer 2, Butch Lince 1 on pass from Friez.  Total yds. Mott 218 Killdeer 99.

            Mott 20 St. Mary's 20 Scoring-Kent Hardmeyer 2 TDs-15 yd. run and 25 yd. pass from Friez, Dave Friez on a 1 yd. run, PATs by Hardmeyer and Lince.  Total yds. Mott 249 St. Marys 267.

            Mott 26 Beach 12 Scoring-Hardmeyer 2 TDs on runs of 2 and 32 yds., Weiler 2 TDs on runs of 7 and 2 yds., PATs by Hardmeyer and Jeff Auch.  Total yds. Mott 352 Beach 215.

            Hettinger 34 Mott 32 Scoring-Hardmeyer 5 TDs-10, 70, 5, 10 yd. runs and a 25 yd. fumble recovery, PAT by Hardmeyer and Weiler.  Total yds. Mott 297 Hettinger 261.

            The Mott Cardinals placed 2nd in the Badlands Conference.  On offense, Kent Hardmeyer led the team with 12 TDs and 7 PATs for 79 points.  Ervan Weiler was second in scoring with  8 TDs and 2 PATs for 50 points.  Dave Friez had 3 TDs for 18 points, Les Haberstroh 1 TD for 6 points, Butch Lince 2 PATs for 2 points, and Jeff Auch and Clifford Mehrer 1 PAT each for 1 point.  Kent Hardmeyer also led the team in rushing with 843 yds. and a 7.1 ave. per carry.  Ervan Weiler had 746 yds. with a 5.4 ave.  Quaterback Dave Friez added 45 yds. and Jeff Auch 39 yds.  Passing,-Dave Friez and company was 17-45-407 yds.

            On defense, George Herner led the Cards with 79 tackles.  Dean Kelsch was second with 66 tackles followed by Butch Lince with 58, Bob Swindler 52, Les Haberstroh 49, Leo Frieze 36, Clifford Mehrer 32, Ervan Weiler 31, Kent Hardmeyer 27 and Jeff Auch with 21.

            Named to the All-Conference team were Kent Hardmeyer at HB, Dave Friez at QB, George Herner at guard and Ervan Weiler at FB.  Honorable Mention went to Butch Lince.

             Members of the 1960 squad included Carmen Iverson, Jerry Klien, John Homelvig, Jim Luchsinger, Wayne Friez, Roger Kilber, Stanley Wyman, Gary Friez, Jeffery Auch, George Herner, Eldon Mehrer, Kent Hardmeyer (co-captain), Butch Lince, Clifford Mehrer, Leslie Haberstroh, Bob Swindler, Douglas Schwartz, Dean Kelsch, Jerry Auch, Leo Friez, Ervan Weiler (co-captain), David Friez and Ernest Reinert.  Assistant coaches were Tom Reinhiller and Linc Reinhiller.

1961    5-3       Coach Huisman        

            Belfield 13 Mott 7 Scoring-Butch Lince on a pass interception and PAT by Jerry Kein.

            Mott 13 Newell SD 7 Scoring-Ernie Reinert on a 22 yd. pass from Butch Lince and a Jerry Klein run, PAT by John Homelvig.

            Mott 6 Watford City 0 Scoring-Jerry Klein on a 15 yd. pass from Butch Lince.  Mott had 237 total yds.-WC 144 total yds.

            Abbey 13 Mott 0-Total yds. Mott 129 Abbey 113.

            Mott 41 Bowman 6 Scoring-Bob Swindler 3 TDs-runs of 3, 30, and 14 yds., Jerry Klein 2 TDs on runs of 4 and 22 yds., Butch Lince on a 36 yd. pass interception, PATs by Swindler (2), Klein (2) and Haberstroh (1).  Total yds. Mott 231 Bowman 154.

            Mott 41 Killdeer 0 Scoring-Jerry Klein 4 TDs on runs of 11, 6, 17, and 27 yds., Bob Swindler 2 TDs on runs of 2 and 6 yds., PATs by Haberstroh (2), Lince, Swindler, and Reinert 1 each.  Total yds. Mott 334 Killdeer 74.

            St. Mary's 14 Mott 7 Scoring-Jerry Klein on a 9 yd. run, PAT by Haberstroh.  Total yds. Mott 289 St. Marys 136.

            Mott 34 Beach 6 Scoring-Jerry Klein 2 TDs on runs of 1 and 70 yds., Bob Swindler on a 17 yd. run, John Homelvig on a 10 yd. pass from Butch Lince, Les Haberstroh on a 20 yd. pass from Butch Lince, PATs by Homlevig (2), Haberstroh and Reinert 1 each.

            Offensive stats-Points scored-Jerry Klein 69, Bob Swindler 38, Butch Lince 13, Les Haberstroh 11, John Homelvig 9 and Ernie Reinert 8.  Rushing-Jerry Klein 761 yds. (5.7 ave.), Bob Swindler 473 yds. (4.9), John Homelvig 147 yds. (4.8), Butch Lince 97 yds. (3.1), Ernie Reinert 62 yds. (4.5).  Passing-Butch Lince was 38-83 for 408 yds.

            On defense, the team was led by Dean Kelsch.  The leading tacklers in order were:  Dean Kelsch, Leo Frieze, George Herner, Butch Lince, Bill Buresh, Bob Swindler, Clifford Mehrer, Les Haberstroh and John Homelvig.

            Named to the All-Conference team were Butch Lince at QB, Jerry Klein at RB, Les Haberstroh at tackle and George Herner at guard.  Honorable Mention went to Bob Swindler at FB, Clifford Mehrer at end, Leo Frieze at tackle and Dean Kelsch at guard.

            Butch Lince went on to star at the University of North Dakota.  Butch Lince was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles and played in the NFL.

1962    6-1       Coach Huisman                    

            Mott 19 Hettinger 6 Scoring-Jerry Klein 2 TDs on runs of 65 and 55 yds., John Homelvig on a 25 yd. run, PAT by Bob Swindler.  Total yds. Mott 360 Hettinger 185.

            Mott 13 Belfield 6 Scoring-Jerry Klein 2 TDs, PAT by Bob Swindler.  Total yds. Mott 245 Belfield 185.

            Mott 32 Watford City 6 Scoring-Bob Swindler 2 TDs, Klein, Les Swindler, and John Homelvig 1 each, PATs by Bob Swindler (2).  Total yds. Mott 366 WC 147.

            Abbey 26 Mott 6 Scoring-TD by Jerry Klein.  Total yds. Mott 150 Abbey 277.

            Mott 18 Bowman 14 Scoring-John Homelvig 2 TDs and Bob Swindler 1 TD.  Total yds. Mott 304 Bowman 136.

            Mott 20 Killdeer 0 Scoring-John Homelvig 2 TDs and Bob Swindler 1 TD and 2 PATs.  Total yds. Mott 292 Killdeer 115.

            Mott 20 St. Mary's 0 Scoring-Jerry Klein 2 TDs and Bob Swindler 1 TD and 2 PATs.  Total yds. Mott 226 St. Mary's 179.

            On offense, Jerry Klein led the team with 8 TDs for a total of 48 points.  Bob Swindler scored 5 TDs and added 8 PATs for a total of 38 points.  John Homelvig had 6 TDs for a total of 36 points.  Kleins TDs came on runs of 92, 38, 52, 32, 20, 62 and 83 yds. and one TD pass of 18 yds. from Buresh.  Bob Swindler led the team in rushing with 692 yds. (7.1).  Klein rushed for 602 yds. (10.6) and Homelvig added 394 yds. (5.6).

            On defense, Leo Frieze led the team in tackles with 93.  Other top defenders include Bob Swindler with 60, John Homelvig with 42, Cliff Mehrer with 37, Don Erdman with 33, Roger Kilber with 30, Doug Friesz 29, Dion Svihovec 28, Tim Buresh 21, Jim Hirsch 20, Dick Grant 18, Les Swindler 12, Ron Herning 9 and Jerry Klein with 9.

            Named to the All-Conference team were Jerry Klein at HB, Bob Swindler at FB, Leo Frieze at guard and Cliff Mehrer at end.  Honorable mention went to Tim Buresh at QB and John Homelvig at HB.

            The team finished 2nd in the Badlands Conference.

            Team members of the 1962 squad included Doug Friez, Les Swindler, Billy Vukelic, Ronald Hirning, Dick Grant, Eugene Tuhy, Larry Swindler, Ricky McNeill, Leo Frieze, Bob Swindler, Don Erdman, Jim Hirsch, Cliff Mehrer, David Zentner, Larry Wolf, James Larson, John Homelvig, Dion Svihovec, Jerry Klein, Paul Kammarth, Dale Johnson, Roger Kilber, Tim Buresh and student managers Ronald Lantz and Kasper Kronbauer.  Assistant coach was Cliff Balzer.

1963    4-4       Coach Cliff Balzer

            Mott 7 Beach 6 Scoring-TD by Roger Kilber, PAT by Bill Vukelic. Total yds. Mott 145 Beach 158.

            Mott 21 Hettinger 12 Scoring-Roger Kilber on a 7 yd. run and a 25 yd. pass from Tim Buresh, John Homelvig on a 4 yd. run, safety by Tim Buresh, and a PAT by Larry Wolf.  Total yds. Mott 270 Hettinger 200.

            Mott 20 Belfield 12-Total yds. Mott 372 Belfield 151.

            Mott 14 Hebron 7 Scoring-Tim Buresh on a 1 yd. run, Les Swindler on a pass interception and a safety by Les Swindler. 
Total yds. Mott 205 Hebron 184.

            Watford City 32 Mott 19.

            Abbey 39 Mott 0.

            Bowman 13 Mott 12 Scoring-Les Swindler on a 39 yd. pass from Tim Buresh and John Homelvig on a 90 yd. KOR.  Total yds. Mott 166 Bowman 320.

            Killdeer 6 Mott 0.

            Members of the 1963 squad included Paul Schwartz, Gerald Nies, Doug Freiz, Les Swindler, Eugene Tuhy, Mike Schiwal, DuWane Hirsch, Gary Vasey, Larry Roth, Larry Swindler, Roger Steiner, Darryl Lantz, Jack Duncanson, Dave Zentner, Jerry Trietline, Brian Lantz, Ron Hirning, John Homelvig (co-captain), Reggie Lantz, Marvin Kuntz, Dale Johnson, Larry Wolf, Steve Mehrer, Kasper Kronbauer, Roger Kilber, Tim Buresh (co-captain) and Bill Vukelic.  Assistant coach was Rod Nibbe.

1964    3-5-1    Coach Balzer

            Mott 13 Killdeer 12 Scoring-Les Swindler 2 TDs and PAT by Mike Schiwal.  Total yds. Mott 128 Killdeer 177.

            St. Mary's 47 Mott 6 Scoring-Steve Mehrer from Kuebler.  Total yds. Mott 129 St. Mary's 429.

            Mott 12 Beach 12 Scoring-Les Swindler on runs of 22 and 89  yds.  Total yds. Mott 365 Beach 194.

            Hettinger 13 Mott 6 Scoring-Les Swindler on a 19 yd. run.

            Mott 20 Hebron 12 Scoring-Dick Grant threw 3 TD passes-TD receptions by Dale Johnson and Steve Mehrer and a 53 yd. TD reception by Bill Vukelic.  Total yds. Mott 355 Hebron 272.

            Bowman 20 Mott 13 Scoring-TDs by Dick Grant and Jerry Treitline (fumble recovery) and PAT by Larry Swindler kick.

            Scores of Mott vs. Belfield, Watford City and Abbey were not available.

1965    3-5       Coach Ron Julson     

            Mott 31 Killdeer 0 Scoring-Paul Schwartz 3 TDs-one was for 60 yds., Mike Schiwal on a 12 yd. run, Dan Lund on a pass from Jim Vukelic.

            St. Mary's 35 Mott 6.

            Mott 16 Belfield 6 Scoring-Paul Schwartz 2 TDs on 11 and 4 yd. runs, Loren Rixen scored on a safety, 2 PATs by Paul Schwartz on kicks.

            Fort Yates 20 Mott 7 Scoring-Mike Schiwal on a 8 yd. run, PAT by Loren Rixen on a pass from John Kuebler.

            Watford City 20 Mott 0.

            Abbey 44 Mott 7 Scoring-Mike Schiwal on a 7 yd. run, PAT by Loren Rixen.            

            Scores of Mott vs. Beach and Hettinger were not available.

1966    0-8       Coach Julson            

            Scranton 19 Mott 6 Scoring-Bill Griffin on a 5 yd. pass from Dan Lund.        

            Bowman 34 Mott 0.

            Beach 33 Mott 0.

            Hettinger 39 Mott 6 Scoring-Terry Greff on a 11 yd. pass from Blair Bauer. 

            Fort Yates 38 Mott 0.

            No scores from the Killdeer, Belfield or Watford City games.

1967    1-6       Coach Julson

            Mott 20 Scranton 13 Scoring-Gene Steiner on a 2 yd. run, Duane Mayer on a 20 yd. pass from Clayton Gordon, Terry Greff on a 10 yd. run, 2 PATs by Terry Greff (kicks).

            Abbey 59 Mott 0.

            Bowman 34 Mott 0.

            Killdeer 14 Mott 7 Scoring-Gene Steiner on a 2 yd. run and PAT kick by Jim Frieboes.

            St. Mary's 24 Mott 6 Scoring-Terry Greff on a 50 yd. run.

            Hettinger 46 Mott 6 Scoring-Dan Johnson on a 1 yd. run.

            No other scores available.

1968    2-7       Coach Harry Lippy

            Hebron 38 Mott 6 Scoring-Dale Zich on a 27 yd. run.

            Glen Ullin over Mott.

            Bowman 12 Mott 0.

            Mott 20 Beach 0 Scoring-Clayton Gordon on a 8 yd. run, Bill Herner on a 35 yd. punt return, Mike Hellman on a 5 yd. run, 2 PATs Mike Hellman.

            Belfield 38 Mott 7 Scoring-Dale Zich on a 20 yd. run and PAT by Mike Hellman.

            Hettinger 12 Mott 0.

            Only scores available.

1969    2-7       Coach Lippy  

            Mott 16 Glen Ullin 8 Scoring-Mike Hellman on a 3 yd. run, Bill Herner on a 23 yd. pass from Chuck Carvell, Dave Crane on a safety and 2 PAT kicks by Dale Zich.

            Hettinger 20 Mott 0.

            Only scores available.

            Named to the Badlands All-Conference team were Dale Zich at HB, Charles Lyman at end and James Stern at center.  Honorable mention went to Mike Hellman FB, Ray Schiwal at DB and Mike Ulmer at DB.

1970    2-5-1    Coach Lippy

            Mott 12 Beach 0.

            Watford City 48 Mott 20 Scoring-Ray Schiwal 3 TDs-7, 5 and 60 yd. runs, PAT by Ron Reich on a pass from Chuck Carvell.

            Bowman 20 Mott 0.  Total yds. Mott 94 Bowman 258.

            Killdeer 32 Mott 18 Scoring-Ray Schiwal on a 3 yd. run, Dennis Herner on a 9 yd. run and a 81 yd. KOR.  Total yds. Mott 144 Killdeer 196. 

            Mott 20 Belfield 0.

            St. Mary's 38 Mott 0-Total yds. Mott 105 St. Mary's 323.

            Hettinger 34 Mott 12.

            Mott 6 Lemmon 6.

1971    4-5       Coach Joe Hurt

            Beach 20 Mott 12 Scoring-Ron Reich and Norbert Fries on passes from Rod Kleinjan.  Leading rusher was Denny Herner with 65 yds.

            Bowman 20 Mott 0 Denny Herner was 21-70 yds. rushing.        

            Mott 35 Belfield 8 Scoring-Rod Kleinjan threw  for 4 TDs-Randy Kleinjan caught 2 (29 & 27 yds.), Dave Schiwal caught 2 (21 & 20 yds.), Herner scored on a 25 yd. run, PAT by Gayle Olson kick and 2 PATs by Herner.  Herner rushed for 94 yds. and Dave Schiwal added 84 yds.  Randy Kleinjan caught 5 passes for 123 yds.  Rod Kleinjan was 9-17-1 with 183 yds.

            Mott 47 Hettinger 17 Scoring-Herner rushed for 4 TDs-1, 9, 1 and 3 yds., Dave Schiwal scored on a 10 yd. run, Randy Kleinjan scored on a 20 yd. pass from Herner, Rod Kleinjan scored on a 1 yd. run, 1 PAT on Gayle Olson's kick, 1 PAT on a pass to Herner from Kleinjan.  Herner rushed for 176 yds., Dave Schiwal for 66 yds., Terry Zich for 46 yds.  Leading receiver was Randy Kleinjan with 4 receptions for 95 yds.  Rod Kleinjan was 5-16 for 87 yds. passing.  Total yds.-Mott 433-Hettinger 131. 

            Trinity 16 Mott 0  Denny Herner rushed for 55 yds.  Randy Kleinjan 2 receptions for 60 yds.  Rod Kleinjan was 6-13-3 for 100 yds. passing. 

            Watford City 46 Mott 2 Scoring-Kevin Lyman on a safety.  Herner rushed for 31 yds.  Randy Kleinjan 2-49 receiving.  Rod Kleinjan was 6-18 for 60 yds. passing.

             Mott 12 Killdeer 6 Scoring-Denny Herner on a 20 yd. run and Rod Kleinjan on a 2 yd. run.  Dave Schiwal was 13-102 rushing and Denny Herner was 9-52 yds.  On defense, Kevin Lyman and Dave Schiwal scored 40 points each.

            St. Mary's 32 Mott 12 Scoring-Denny Herner 2 TDs;

            Mott 28 Lemmon 14 Scoring-Herner on runs of 4 and 41 yds., Rod Kleinjan on a 3 yd. run, Norbert Fries on a fumble recovery, PATs by Fries and Schiwal on passes from Kleinjan.  Herner rushed for 201 yds.  Randy Kleinjan caught 5 passes for 66 yds.  Rod Kleinjan was 4-9 for 62 yds. passing.  Total yds. Mott 322 Lemmon 80.           

            Offensive Stats-Herner rushed for 819 yds., 45 yds. in pass receptions, passed for 155 yds., scored 64 points and punted 1412 yds. for a 39.0 ave.  Rod Kleinjan passed for 793 yds. and scored 18 points.  Randy Kleinjan caught 21 passes for 551 yds.

            The defense was led by Dave Schiwal and Norbert Fries.  Randy Kleinjan intercepted 5 passes.  Other top defenders listed included Ron Reich, Denny Herner, Terry Zich, Kevin Lyman and Tom Fries.

            Named to the Badlands All-Conference team was Norbert Fries at DE.  Fries was cited as the "Outstanding Lineman" in the Badlands Conference.  Honorable Mention went to Randy Kleinjan-end, Tom Frank-tackle, Leon Friedt-tackle, Kevin Lyman-guard, Ron Reich-guard, Dave Schiwal-FB, Denny Herner-HB and Rod Kleinjan-QB.

            This was the first year that the team played on the new field east of town.

            Members of the 1971 squad included Leon Friedt, Scott Ressler, Kevin Lyman, Gayle Olson, Rod Kleinjan, Kevin Maerschbecker, Dennis Lutz, Ron Reich, Rod Carvell, Danny Morris, Barry Hansen, David Coffing, Kevin Roth, Terry Zich, David Schiwal, Tim Bieber, Tim Baszler, Dale Lutz, Tom Frank, Kelvin Schaible, Kevin Oberlander, David Pekas, Randy Kleinjan, Dennis Herner, Norbert Fries and John Kuntz.  Assistant coach was Dennis Peterson.

1972    7-2       Coach Hurt

            Mott 42 Beach 16 Scoring-Randy Kleinjan scored 3 TDs-2 pass receptions from Barry Hanson and a 32 yd. punt return, Ron Reich 2 TDs on a 2 and 1 yd. run, Dave Schiwal 1 TD on a 3 yd. run, PATs by Barry Hanson, Terry Zich and Dave Schiwal.

            Mott 36 Belfield 12 Scoring-Randy Kleinjan 2 TDs by a 45 yd. pass from Hanson and a 12 yd. pass from Terry Zich, Dave Schiwal 2 TDs on runs of 31 and 3 yds., Terry Zich 1 TD on a 1 yd. run, Ron Reich scored on a safety and PATs by Hanson and Zich.  Dave Schiwal rushed for 178 yds.

            Mott 14 Killdeer 6 Scoring-Randy Kleinjan 2 TDs on pass receptions of 10 and 39 yds. from Barry Hanson, PAT by Schiwal.  Dave Schiwal rushed for 161 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 307-Killdeer 202.

            Mott 20 Watford City 14 Scoring-Dave Schiwal 3 TDs on runs of 5, 2 and 2 yds., PAT by Schiwal on a pass from Zich.

            Mott 52 Hettinger 0 Scoring-2 TDs by Ron Reich on runs of 4 and 30 yds., Kleinjan 2 TDs on pass receptions of 19 and 10 yds. from Hanson, Dave Schiwal on a 1 yd. run, Zich on a 37 yd. run, Hanson on a 1 yd. run and PATs by Schiwal (3), Reich (1), Kleinjan (1) on pass from Hanson.  Dave Schiwal had 203 yds. rushing.  Mott picked off 4 passes in the game-Kevin Lyman, Ron Reich, Terry Zich and J. Mueller one each.  Dave Pekas recovered 2 fumbles.

            Mott 28 Bowman 12 Scoring-Dave Schiwal on a 90 yd. run and a 4 yd. pass from Hanson, Ron Reich on a 1 yd. run, Randy Kleinjan on a 50 yd. pass interception and PATs by Kleinjan on a pass from Hanson and Schiwal on a pass from Zich.

            St. Mary's 30 Mott 20 Scoring-Randy Kleinjan on a 70 yd. pass from Hanson, Terry Zich on a 9 yd. pass from Hanson, Ron Reich on a 1 yd. run and PAT by Schiwal.

            Mott 20 Hebron 14 Scoring-Dave Schiwal on a 38 yd. run, Ron Reich on a 1 yd. run, Randy Kleinjan on a 17 yd. pass from Hanson and PAT by Schiwal.     
            
            Lemmon 30 Mott 12.           

            Named to the All-Conference team were Dave Schiwal at RB & LB, Randy Kleinjan at end and DB, Kevin Lyman-guard and Leon Friedt-tackle.  Honorable Mention went to Gayle Olson-DE, Ron Reich-LB and Terry Zich-LB.  The team finished 3rd in the Badlands Conference.

            Members of the 1972 squad included Kevin Wanner, Ken Husiman, Steven Schaible, Doug Pekas, Donny Schiwal, James Mueller, Dale Lutz, Steve Glasser, Kevin Oberlander, Jerry Frey, Norman Fries, David Hansen, Jeff Peterson, Dave Pekas, Tim Bieber, Barry Hansen, Randy Kleinjan, Dave Schiwal, John Fiedler, John Kuntz, Tim Baszler, Danny Morris, Tim Messmer, Delmar Meier, Kevin Lyman, Leon Friedt, Gayle Olson (co-captain), Kevin Maerschbecker, Linus Meier, Kevin Roth, Ron Reich (co-captain), Terry Zich, Calvin Raab and Tim Schaaf.  Assistant coach was Dennis Peterson.

1973    5-5       Coach Hurt

            Elgin 8 Mott 0 -Total yds. Mott 235 Elgin 55.  Rushing-Dave Schiwal 15-107 yds.  Defense was led by Dave Schiwal with 30 points and Dave Pekas with 26 points.  

            Mott 26 Richardton 12 Scoring-Tim Baszler 3 TDs-12 and 49 yd. passes from Barry Hanson and also scored on a run.  Dave Schiwal led the team in rushing  26-230 yds.  Baszler caught 4 passes for 73 yds.  Hanson was 5-13-120 yds. passing.  Total yds. Mott 429 Richardton 166. 

            Watford City 22 Mott 14 Scoring-Dave Schiwal 2 TDs on runs of 6 and 83 yds., PAT by Baszler.  Rushing-Schiwal 27-135 yds.  Passing-Hanson 4-13-42 yds.  Total yds. Mott 209 WC 289.  Defense was led by Dave Schiwal with 23 points followed by Dale Lutz with 22 points. 

            Mott 32 Bowman 6 Scoring-Dave Schiwal 3 TDs, Baszler 2 TDs, PAT by Steve Glasser.  Rushing-Dave Schiwal 20-152 and Steve Glasser 9-22.  Hanson was 4-7-68 yds. passing. Dave Schiwal led the defense with 34 points and Baszler intercepted 2 passes. 

            Mott 18 Killdeer 6 Scoring-Dave Schiwal 2 TDs on runs of 3 and 22 yds. and Dave Pekas on a l yd. run.  Schiwal led the team in rushing with 236 yds.-Dave Pekas was 18-51 yds.  Defensive points-Schiwal 48 and Dave Pekas 20.

            Belfield 14 Mott 13 Scoring-Tim Baszler on a 63 yd. pass from Barry Hanson, Dave Schiwal on a 25 yd. interception and PAT by Dave Schiwal kick.  Hanson was 3-15-108 yds. passing.  Defensive points-Schiwal 71 and Doug Pekas 30.

            St. Mary's 56 Mott 22 Scoring-Dave Schiwal 2 TDs and Steve Glasser 1 TD on a 36 yd. pass from Kevin Oberlander.  Schiwal rushed for 143 yds.  Defensive points-Schiwal 25.

            Mott 20 Hettinger 6 Scoring-Dave Schiwal 2 TDs and Dave Pekas 1 TD.  Rushing-Schiwal 29-166 yds. and Pekas 18-79 yds.  Defensive points-Schiwal 50.

            Lemmon 27 Mott 12 Scoring-Dave Schiwal on a 19 yd. run and Tim Baszler on 21 yd. pass from Dave Schiwal.  Schiwal 108 yds. rushing and 30 yds. passing.  Defensive points-Schiwal 42.

            Mott 40 Beach 0 Scoring-Dave Schiwal 4 TDs on runs of 17, 15, 3 and 1 yd., Dave Pekas 2 TDs on runs of 62 and 3 yds., PATs by Schiwal-1 run and 2 kicks.  Rushing-Schiwal 234 yds. and Pekas 144 yds.  Defensive points-Schiwal 36 and Kevin Roth 19.

            Dave Schiwal led the team in rushing with 1533 yds. and also caught some passes for 357 yds.  Dave rushed for about 600 yds. his sophomore year and 1122 yds. his junior year for a total of about 3266 yds. in his career.  Dave was nominated for the Shrine All-Star game.  He later went on to Jamestown College where he had a fine career.

            Named to the All-Conference team was Dave Schiwal at LB and HB.  Honorable Mention went to John Kuntz-tackle, Tim Bieber-guard and Dave Pekas-noseguard.  John Fielder was voted "Most Improved" for the 1973 season.

1974    4-5       Coach Hurt

            Mott 20 Elgin 0 Scoring-Norm Fries on a fumble recovery, Steve Glasser on a pass from Kevin Oberlander, Dave Pekas on a 2 yd. run, PAT by Lyle Haberstroh (2pts).  Rushing-Don Schiwal 1-13, Dave Pekas 10 yds., Haberstroh 7 yds. and Oberlander -20 yds.  Passing-Kevin Oberlander 3-12-74 yds. and Don Schiwal 1-1-5 yds.  Total yds. Mott 85 Elgin 22.  Top defenders were Dale Lutz and Doug Pekas.

            Watford City 42 Mott 16 Scoring-Kevin Oberland on  1 yd. pass from Don Schiwal, Dave Pekas on a 6 yd. run and PATs by Steve Glasser and Don Schiwal.  Leading rusher was Haberstroh with 42 yds.  Passing-Oberlander 3-11-28 yds. and Don Schiwal 2-3-24 yds.  Top defender was Don Schiwal.

            Bowman 34 Mott 20 Scoring-Norm Fries on a 5 yd. pass from Oberlander, Lyle Haberstroh on a 30 yd. pass from Oberlander, Don Schiwal on a 15 yd. run and PAT by Jerry Frey on a pass from Don Schiwal.  Rushing-Oberlander 10-40 and Schiwal 10-33.  Passing-Oberlander 6-13-82 yds. and Schiwal 3-4-51 yds.  Bowman had 619 total yds. Top defender was Doug Pekas with 36 pts. followed by Norm Fries and Don Schiwal.

            Mott 8 Killdeer 0 Scoring-Dave Pekas on a 34 yd. run and PAT by Pekas.  Rushing-Pekas 14-85 and Schiwal 12-67.  Receiving-Norm Fries 4-23 yds.  Passing-Oberlander 10-17-51 yds.  Schiwal 2 for 10 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 223-Killdeer 76.  Top defender was Doug Pekas.

            Mott 6 Belfield 0 Scoring-Dave Pekas on a 6 yd. run.  Rushing-Don Schiwal 14-72 and Doug Pekas 19-52.  Passing-Oberlander 11-17-74 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 223-Belfield 165.  Top defenders were Doug Pekas with 38 points and Dave Pekas with 20 points.

            St. Mary's 38 Mott 22 Scoring-Doug Pekas on a fumble recovery, Dave Pekas on a 2 yd. run and Lee Grosz on a 50 yd. interception.  Rushing-Dave Pekas 17-77 yds.  Passing-Oberlander 3-14-13 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 135-St. Mary's 358.  Top defenders were Doug Pekas with 48 points, Kevin Oberlander with 29 points and Dave Pekas with 27 points.

            Hettinger 20 Mott 6 Scoring-Norm Fries on a 19 yd. pass from Oberlander.  Rushing-Pekas 12-50 yds.  Passing-Oberlander 8-20-85 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 152-Hettinger 337.  Top defenders were Dave Pekas 47 pts. and Doug Pekas 46 pts.  Jerry Frey intercepted 3 passes.

            Mott 20 Lemmon 18 Scoring-Norm Fries on a 23 yd. pass from Oberlander and Dave Pekas on runs of 5 and 4 yds.  Rushing-Dave Pekas 24-85 yds.  Passing-Oberlander 3-11-69 yds.  Top defenders were Dave Pekas-30 pts. and Jerry Frey-26 pts.  Kevin Oberlander and Don Schiwal each had an interception.

            Beach 6 Mott 0-This was Beach's first win of the year.  Rushing-Dave Pekas 15-60 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 93-Beach 172.  Top defenders were Doug Pekas-48 pts. and Dave Pekas-36 pts.

            Named to the All-Conference team were Doug and Dave Pekas.  Honorable Mention went to Norm Fries and Kevin Oberlander.  Dave Pekas was voted "High School All-American." 

            Members of the 1974 squad included Virgil Williams, Mike Roll, Rod Huisman, LeRoy Frieze, Dennis Friedt, Don Schiwal, Lee Grosz, Jim Fettig, Wade Hoherz, Jerry Frey, Steve Schaible, Randy Schneider, Jeff Peterson, Steve Ditmer, Kellen Messmer, Dave Pekas, Doug Pekas, Marvin Jordan, Norman Fries, Clair Ficek, Lyle Haberstroh, Brian Crane and Kevin Oberlander.   Assistant coach was Dennis Peterson.

1975    4-5       Coach Brent Wallender                    

            Mott 8 Elgin 0 Scoring-Jerry Frey on a 6 yd. run and PAT by Jerry Frey. 

            Mott 12 Killeer 6 OT Scoring-Don Schiwal on a 1 yd. run and Jerry Frey on a 11 yd. run.  Norm Fries caught 3 passes for 109 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 131-Killdeer 89.  Top defenders-Norm Fries-24 pts., Don Schiwal-23 pts. and Steve Schaible-23 pts.

            Mott 22 Beach 12 Scoring-Norm Fries 2 TDs on passes from Don Schiwal and 1 TD on a run by Lee Grosz.           

            Lemmon 12 Mott 6 Scoring-Don Schiwal on a 1 yd. run.  Mott was 0-13 passing.  Lemmon had 180 total yds.

            Bowman 14 Mott 6 Scoring-Don Schiwal on a 5 yd. pass from Brian Naaden.  Total yds. Mott 105 Bowman 119.

            Belfield 33 Mott 18 Scoring-Jeff Peterson on a 55 yd. pass interception, Norm Fries on a 60 yd. pass from Brian Naaden and Doug Pekas on a 18 yd. run.  Cards passed for 158 yds.  Total yds. Mott 301 Belfield 413.

            Mott 34 St. Mary's 0 Scoring-Don Schiwal on a 14 yd. pass from Brian Naaden, Doug Pekas on runs of 2 and 1 yds., Norm Fries on passes of 48 and 6 yds. from Brian Naaden, PATs by Evan Hardmeyer and Don Schiwal.  Mott rushed for 162 yds.  Naaden was 10-18-140 yds. passing.  Total yds. Mott 302 St. Mary's 68.

            Watford City 26 Mott 0 Total yds. Mott 69 WC 270.

            Hettinger 8 Mott 0.

            Named to the All-Conference team was Norm Fries and Wade Hoherz.  Honorable Mention went to Don Schiwal.  Norm Fries was nominated for the Shrine All-Star game.  Awards-MVP of offensive line went to Wade Hoherz, MVP of defensive line went to Steve Schaible and MVP of the junior varsity went to Dennis Schaible.

            Members of the 1975 team included Monty Larson, Lee Fiedler, Kyle Julson, Scott Friedt, Dennis Schaible, Evan Hardmeyer, Mike Pollack, Rod Huisman, Lee Grosz, Mike Roll, Doug Pekas, Wade Hoherz, Steve Schaible, Don Schiwal, Brian Naaden, Jeff Peterson, Rick Schaible, Norman Fries, Rod Auen, Kelly Messmer, Brian Kilzer and Jerry Frey.  Assistant coach was Dennis Peterson.

1976    0-9       Coach Wallender

            Beulah 49 Mott 8, Killdeer 41 Mott 0, Beach 38 Mott 0 (Beach had 230 yds. of offense to Mott's 60 yds.), Lemmon 28 Mott 0 (Mott had 83 yds. rushing and 100 yds. passing for a total of 183 yds.-Lemmon had 250 yds. of total offense), Bowman 50 Mott 0, Belfield 46 Mott 0, St. Mary's 62 Mott 12, Watford City 73 Mott 0, Hettinger 36 Mott 12.

1977    3-5       Coach Wallender

            Mott 18 Beulah 12 Scoring-Jon Gifford on a 77 yd. KOR, Kyle Julson on a 8 yd. pass from Paul Naaden and a run by Maurice Ottmar.

            Mott 20 Lemmon 0 Scoring-Maurice Ottmar on runs of 33 and 82 yds., Kyle Julson on a 66 yd. pass from Paul Naaden, PAT by Jeff Riesenauer.  Ottmar was 8-138 yds. rushing.

            Bowman 16 Mott 12, Belfield 33-Mott 6

            St. Marys 8-Mott 6 on a Don Zent run

            Watford City 30 Mott 0, Hettinger 34 Mott 0.

            Mott 32 Beach 6 Scoring-Paul Naaden on 16, 1 and 57 yds., Don Zent on a 4 yd. run, Maurice Ottmar on a 57 yd. run and PATs by Brad Foss on kicks (2).

1978    2-6       Coach Wallender

            Mott 12 Beulah 0.

            Mott 26-Lemmon 6 Scoring-Brad Foss on a 7 yd. pass from Paul Naaden, Paul Naaden on a 63 yd. run, Jon Gifford on a 2 yd. run and Jeff Reisenauer on a 25 yd. pass from Naaden.  Rushing-Jon Gifford 16-73 and Paul Naaden 5-54.  Paul Naaden was 9-15-0 for 176 yds. passing.  Brad Foss had 6 receptions for 88 yds. and Jeff Reisenauer caught 3 passes for 88 yds.

            Bowman 26 Mott 7 Scoring-Paul Naaden on a 6 yd. run and PAT by Foss kick.  Cards rushed for 205 yds. and passed for 109 yds. 

            After 3 games, Paul Naaden was 20-40-305 yds. passing, Jon Gifford 42-195 rushing, Jeff Reisenauer 5-130 yds. on pass receptions and Brad Foss 10-125 on pass receptions also.

            Belfield 28 Mott 6 Scoring-Jon Gifford on a 21 yd. run.  Mott rushed for 50 yds. and passed for 74 yds.

            St. Mary's 13 Mott 12 Scoring-Jon Gifford on a 13 yd. run and Brad Foss on a 2 yd. run.

            Watford City 62 Mott 6 Scoring-Brad Foss on a 3 yd. pass from Jon Gifford.

            Hettinger 46 Mott 12 Scoring-Jon Gifford on 73 and 55 yd. runs.  Jon Gifford was 9-163 yds. rushing.  Paul Naaden was 2-5-24 yds. passing.

            Beach 14 Mott 6.

            Members of the 1978 squad included Shayne Pollock, Kyle Oberlander, Kevin Hoherz, Greg Julson, Brad Foss, Jon Gifford, Tim Auen, Dean Lutz, Jackie Griffin, Bob Magstadt, Tim Docktor, Ray Fries, Kent Featherstone, Leland Ebert, Shane Hertz, Paul Naaden, Todd Kelsch, Tom Erickson, Jeff Reisenauer and Ward Kelsch.  Assistant coach was Dennis Peterson.

1979    0-8       Coach Wallender

            Beulah 40 Mott 8 Scoring-Greg Julson on a 40 yd. pass from Kevin Hoherz and PAT by Curt Frey on pass from Hoherz.

            Bowman 33 Mott 0.

            Belfield 42 Mott 12 Scoring-Kevin Bentz on a 50 yd. pass from Kevin Hoherz and Bentz on a 10 yd. run.          

            St. Mary's 52 Mott 20 Scoring-Kevin Bentz on a 73 yd. KOR and a 20 yd. run, Todd Kelsch on a 13 yd. pass from Kevin Hoherz and PAT by Kevin Bentz run.  Kevin Bentz rushed 13 times for 124 yds.  Kevin Hoherz was 5-11-1 for 34 yds. passing.

            Watford City 54 Mott 8 Scoring-Kevin Bentz on a 32 yd. run and PAT by Todd Kelsch run.

            Hettinger 48 Mott 18 Scoring-Kevin Bentz on a 93 yd. KOR and runs of 42 and 53 yds.

            Beach 42 Mott 12.

            Lemmon 43 Mott 0.

            Named to the All-Conference team were Greg Julson and Kevin Bentz.

            Members of the 1979 team included Tom Olien, Tim Auen, Kyle Oberlander, Kevin Bentz, Shayne Pollack, Norman Raab, Todd Kautzman, Rudy Frieze, Allen Jahner, Brad Steiner, Jeff Zent, Roland Schaible, Randy Gene Friez, Rick Hintz, Curt Frey, Ward Kelsch, Greg Julson, Tim Dockter, Dave Johnson, Shane Hertz, Todd Kelsch, Kevin Hoherz, Brian Mehrer, Lyle Frieze and Jerome Greff.  Assistant coach was Dennis Peterson.

1980    0-8       Coach Wallender

            Beulah 24 Mott 6 Scoring-Kevin Bentz on a 3 yd. run and PAT by Kevin Bentz run.

            Bowman 44 Mott 0, Belfield 32-Mott 0

            St. Mary's 7-Mott 6 Scoring-Kevin Bentz on a 89 yd. run.

            Watford City 61 Mott 7 Scoring-Kevin Bentz on a 2 yd. run and PAT by Kevin Bentz kick.

            Hettinger 25 Mott 0, Beach 22-Mott 0, Lemmon 40-Mott 0.

            Badlands Conference Honorable Mention went to Brian Mehrer, Todd Kelsch and Brad Steiner.

            Members of the 1980 squad included Norman Raab, Todd Kautzman, Randy Masad, Rudy Frieze, Brad Steiner, Jeff Zent, Shayne Pollack, Tom Olien, Glenn Roll, Ty Kelsch, Greg Lince, Allen Jahner, Curt Frey, Roland Schaible, Kevin Bentz, Randy G. Frieze, Kevin Hoherz, Brian Mehrer, Todd Kelsch, Lyle Frieze and Jerome Greff.   Assistant coach was Dennis Peterson.

1981    3-6       Coach Dennis Peterson

            Watford City 44 Mott 0, Mott 13 New Salem 0, Mott 13 Bowman 6, St. Mary's 28 Mott 6, Killdeer 28 Mott 6, Belfield 19 Mott 7.

            Mott 38 Beach 14 Scoring-Kevin Bentz 4 TDs-runs of 55, 14, 61 and a 85 yd. KOR, Jerome Greff 2 TDs on runs of 4 and 2 yds.

            Lemmon 53 Mott 0, Hettinger 41 Mott 8.

            Season totals-Rushing-Kevin Bentz 95-534 yds., Jerome Greff 71-262 yds., Bob Mosbrucker 58-253 yds. and Lyle Frieze 55-151 yds.  Passing-Terry Bentz was 16-81-233 yds. and 2 TDs.  Scoring-Kevin Bentz scored 7 TDs and kicked 4 PATs.

            On defense, Brad Steiner led the team with 214 defensive points followed by Rudy Frieze with 200.

            Named to the All-Conference team were Brad Steiner-guard and Rudy Frieze-center.  Honorable Mention went to Brad Steiner-LB, Rudy Frieze-DL, Kevin Bentz-RB and Lee Swindler on defense.

            Awards-MVP on offense went to Kevin Bentz, MVP on defense went to Brad Steiner, MVP overall went to Rudy Frieze and Most Improved went to Lee Swindler.

            Members of the 1981 squad included Eric Kibble, Ty Kelsch, Todd Messmer, Tom Olien, Glenn Roll, Dave Schulz, Randy Masad, Kerry Oberlander, Brad Steiner, Rudy Frieze, Jeff Zent, Greg Lince, Todd Kautzman, Troy Kautzman, Allen Jahner, Kyle Frieze, Clay Foss, Kevin Bentz, Curt Frey, Terry Bentz, Bob Mosbrucker, Lee Swindler, Jerome Greff, Kelly Marthaller, Bill Blickensderfer, Randy G. Friez, Roland Schaible, Norman Raab and Lyle Frieze.  Assistant coach was Jerry Feller.

1982    7-2       Coach Dale Norton

             1st year of 9-Man Football

            Glen Ullin 22 Mott 0-Rushing-Terry Bentz 12-46 and Bob Mosbrucker 12-57.  Passing-Kelly Marthaller 4-11-2 for 79 yds.  Receiving-Greg Lince 2-67 yds.  Total yds. Mott 44-168 Glen Ullin 40-227.

            Mott 28 Flasher 8 Scoring-Bob Mosbrucker on runs of 40 and 25 yds., Terry Bentz on a 15 yd. run, Greg Lince on a 10 yd. pass from Kelly Marthaller, PATs by Scott Wagner-2 kicks and Greg Lince on a pass from Marthaller.  On defense, Lee Swindler had 32 points with 10 solo tackles, 4 assists and 4 QB sacks.

            Mott 34 Richardton 0 Scoring-Bob Mosbrucker 3 TDs and Terry Bentz 2 TDs.  On defense, Lee Swindler had 30 points with 8 solo tackles, 4 assists, 1 blocked punt and 4 QB sacks.

            Mott 54 Scranton-Reeder 14-Scoring-Terry Bentz 4 TDs on runs of 62, 20, 12 and 26 yds., Bob Mosbrucker on a 7 yd. run and a 20 yd. pass from Marthaller, Dave Schulz on a 20 yd. run, Darrell Schulz on a 3 yd. run and 5 PATs by Scott Wagner (kicks).  Total yds. Mott 500 Scranton 205.

            Mott 25 New England 18 Scoring-Terry Bentz on 62 and 4 yd. runs, Dave Schulz on a 45 yd. fumble recovery, Bob Mosbrucker on a 38 yd. run and 1 PAT by Wagner kick.  Rushing-Terry Bentz 197 yds., Bob Mosbrucker 103 yds. and Dave Schulz 88 yds.  Total yds. Mott 408 New England 352.

            Mott 2 Hebron 0 (forfeit).

            Mott 33 Carson 8 Scoring-Terry Bentz 3 TDs on runs of 11, 70 and 25 yds., Dave Schulz on a 19 yd. pass from Marthaller, Scott Wagner on a 27 yd. field goal and  PATs by Terry Bentz (2) and 1 by Dave Schulz on a pass from Marthaller.  Rushing-Terry Bentz 219 yds. and Bob Mosbrucker 53 yds.  Passing-Kelly Marthaller 6-13-8 for 87 yds.  Total yds. Mott 337 Carson 268.  On defense, Lee Swindler had 30 points with 9 solo tackles, 2 fumble recoveries and 4 QB sacks.

            Mott 36 New Salem 30 Points Scored-Terry Bentz on 4 and 1 yd. runs, Lee Swindler on a 11 yd. pass from Marthaller, Greg Lince on a 33 yd. pass from Marthaller, Bob Mosbrucker on a 24 yd. run and PATs by Terry Bentz, Lee Swindler and Greg Lince.  Rushing-Bob Mosbrucker for 115 yds. and Terry Bentz for 50 yds.  Passing-Marthaller 8-16-2 for 110 yds.  Receiving-Terry Bentz 2-22, Dave Schulz 3-40, Greg Lince 2-42 and Lee Swindler 1-11.  Total yds. Mott 323 New Salem 272.

            Elgin/NL 34 Mott 8 Scoring-Terry Bentz on a 2 yd. run and PAT by Mosbrucker.  Rushing-Bob Mosbrucker 70 yds., Terry Bentz 123 yds., and Lee Swindler 8 yds.  Passing-Kelly Marthaller 5-11-1 for 58 yds.  Receiving-Greg Lince 49 yds., Bob Mosbrucker 9 yds. and Terry Bentz 1 yd. Total yds. Mott 192 Elgin 402.

           Offensive stats-Scoring-Terry Bentz 16 TDs and 1 PAT for 98 points, Bob Mosbrucker 9 TDs and 1 PAT for 56 points, Dave Schulz 3 TDs and 1 PAT for 20 points, Greg Lince 2 TDs and 1 PAT for 14 points, Lee Swindler 1 TD and 1 PAT for 8 points, Scott Wagner 1 FG and kicked 5 PATs for 8 points and Darrell Schulz 1 TD for 6 points.  Rushing-Terry Bentz 110-951 yds. and Bob Mosbrucker 118-779 yds.  Passing-Kelly Marthaller 49-97 for 720 yds.  Receiving-Greg Lince 15-271 yds. and Bob Mosbrucker 6-146 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 2322-Opp. 821.

            Named to the WRC All-Conference team were Terry Bentz, Lee Swindler, Greg Lince and Kelly Marthaller.  Honorable Mention went to Bob Mosbrucker.  Awards-MVP on offense-Terry Bentz, MVP on defense-Lee Swindler, Most Improved-Scott Kammen.

            Greg Lince and Lee Swindler each played a year of college football for South Dakota Tech.

            Members of the 1982 squad included Scott Wagner, Ty Kelsch, Greg Lince, Lee Swindler (captain), Kelly Marthaller, Terry Bentz, Scott Kammen, Bill Blickensderfer, Glenn Roll (captain), Dave Schulz, Kerry Oberlander, Kyle Frieze, Clay Foss, Bob Mosbrucker, Todd Messmer, Troy Kautzman, Eric Kibbel, Alan Bentz, Van Swindler, Darrell Schulz and Curt Olien.  Assistant coach was Phil Nelson.

1983    3-5       Coach Norton

            Mott 6 Flasher 0 Scoring-Bob Mosbrucker on a 1 yd. run.  Rushing-Mosbrucker 14-64 yds.  Passing-Troy Kautzman 3-5-0 for 21 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 164-Flasher 65.  On defense, Clay Foss had a blocked punt and 2 QB sacks.

            Richardton-Hebron 49 Mott 18 Scoring-Bob Mosbrucker on 7 and 63 yd. runs and Troy Kautzman on a 1 yd. run.  Rushing-Bob Mosbrucker 26-186 yds., Alan Bentz 2-71 yds. and Troy Kautzman 9-36 yds.  Passing-Kautzman 2-8-1 for 21 yds.  Total yds. Mott 343 Richardton 450.  On defense, Todd Messmer had 4 solo tackles, 4 assists, 1 QB sack and 1 fumble recovery.  Curt Olien and Bob Mosbrucker each had 1 interception.  

            Mott 28 Scranton-Reeder 14 Scoring-Bob Mosbrucker 2 TDs on runs of 25 and 6 yds., Kyle Frieze on a pass from Troy Kautzman, Troy Kautzman on a 1 yd. run, PAT by Bob Mosbrucker.  Rushing-Mosbrucker 22-132, Alan Bentz 20-89 and Troy Kautzman 8-60.  Passing-Kautzman 4-10-2 for 95 yds.  Receiving-Kyle Frieze 2-87 yds.  Total yds. Mott 385 Scranton 153.  On defense, Kerry Oberlander had 8 solo tackles, 3 assists and 1 blocked punt.  Clay Foss had 2 solo tackles, 5 assists and 2 QB sacks.  Curt Olien had 4 tackles, 4 assists and 1 interception.  Alan Bentz had 1 solo tackle, 4 assists and 1 interception.  Darrell Schulz had 2 solo tackles, 3 assists and 2 QB sacks.

            New England-Regent 12-Mott 8 Scoring-Bob Mosbrucker on a 87 yd. run, PAT by Alan Bentz.  Rushing-Bob Mosbrucker 14-151 yds.  Total yds. Mott 185 New England 177.  On defense, Bob Mosbrucker had 10 tackles and 6 assists, Kerry Oberlander had 6 tackles, 5 assists and 1 fumble recovery, Class Foss had 4 tackles, 2 assists and 1 fumble recovery, Van Swindler had 6 tackles, 2 assists and 1 interception, Alan Bentz had 6 tackles, 1 assist and 1 interception, Curt Olien had 5 tackles and 5 assists, Troy Kautzman had 6 tackles and 2 assists.

            Mott 16 Carson 0 Scoring-Kyle Frieze on a 15 yd. pass from Troy Kautzman, Alan Bentz on a 70 yd. run and PATs by Mosbrucker and Bentz.  Rushing-Alan Bentz 10-123.  Total yds. Mott 211 Carson 182.

            New Salem 22 Mott 0.

            Elgin/NL 36 Mott 14 Scoring-Kerry Oberlander on runs of 3 and 2 yds., PAT by Bob Mosbrucker.

            Glen Ullin 18 Mott 12.

            Stats-Bob Mosbrucker 6 TDs and 7 PATs for 50 pts.  Rushing-Bob Mosbrucker 125-894 yds. (7.2) and Alan Bentz 75-309 yds. (4.1).  Passing-Troy Kautzman 24-64 for 414 yds.  Total yds. Mott 1966 Opponents 1856.  Points scored-Mott 102 Opponents 151.

            Named to the All-Conference team were Troy Kautzman, Kerry Oberlander and Todd Messmer.  Honorable Mention went to Kyle Frieze, Clay Foss and Alan Bentz.  Awards-MVP on offense-Todd Messmer, MVP on defense-Kerry Oberlander, MVP overall-Kerry Oberlander and Most Improved-Alan Bentz.

            Kerry Oberlander and Bob Mosbrucker went on to play for the DSU Blue Hawks for four years.  Kerry played on the offensive line and Bob was a running back and played on special teams.

1984    3-5       Coach Bruce Wold

            New Salem 47 Mott 14 Scoring-Alan Bentz on a 72 yd. run and a 74 yd. KOR, PAT by Mike Lince.  Rushing-Alan Bentz 14-123.  Passing Jim Haberstroh 2-8-0 for 23 yds.  Total yds. Mott 38-187 and New Salem 54-284.

            New England-Regent 45 Mott 14 Scoring-Alan Bentz on a 60 yd. KOR, Jim Haberstroh on a 2 yd. run and PAT by Bentz run.  Rushing-Alan Bentz 20-60 yds.  Passing-Jim Haberstroh 2-6-1 for 20 yds.  Receiving-Van Swindler 2-20 yds.  Total yds. Mott 46-100 and New England 64-368.  On defense, Darrell Schulz had 11 tackles, 3 assists and 1 QB sack, Curt Olien had 9 tackles, 5 assists, 1 blocked punt and 1 QB sack, Van Swindler had 9 tackles, 4 assists, 1 blocked punt and 1 QB sack.

            Mott 12 Flasher 6 Scoring-TDs by Alan Bentz and Garey Gjerstad.

            Mott 22 Carson 20 Scoring-Alan Bentz 2 TDs.

            Richardton-Hebron 37 Mott 16 Scoring-Alan Bentz on runs of 40 and 24 yds.  PATs by Bentz (2).  Rushing-Alan Bentz 28- 125 yds.  Total yds. Mott 218 Richardton 306.

            Glen Ullin 28 Mott 8 Scoring-Alan Bentz on a 15 yd. run, PAT by Bentz.  Rushing-Alan Benz 22-60.  Total yds. Mott 150 Glen Ullin 414.

             Mott 40 Scranton-Reeder 6 Scoring-Alan Bentz 4 TDs on runs of 65, 12, 48, and 75 yds.  Shawn Mueller on a 15 yd. run, Jim Haberstroh on a 2 yd. run, PATs by Bentz and Scott Frieze.  Rushing-Alan Bentz 17-388 yds.

            Elgin/NL 34 Mott 20 Scoring-Alan Bentz 3 TDs on runs of 40, 60 and 20 yds. and 2 PATs by Garey Gjerstad kicks.  Total yds. Mott 267 Elgin 428.   

            Stats-Scoring-Alan Bentz 16 TDs and 6 PATs for 108 points.  Rushing-Alan Bentz 167-1225 yds. (7.3).  Receiving-Alan Bentz 5-95 yds.  Passing-Jim Haberstroh 13-45-210 yds. 

            Named to the All-Conference team were Alan Bentz, Curt Olien and Van Swindler. Honorable Mention went to Scott Frieze and Alex Friedt.  Awards-MVP on offense-Alan Bentz, MVP on defense-Van Swindler and Most Improved-Curt Olien.

            Members of the 1984 squad include Gary Haberstroh, Scott Frieze, Alex Friedt, Van Swindler, Curt Olien, Alan Bentz, Charles Reinert, Dana J. Friedt, Jimmy Haberstroh, Darrell Schulz, Brad Wanner, Mike Reinert, Shawn Mueller, Monty Mayer, Bill Barboux, Mike Lince, Garey Gjerstad, Jim Hauck, Ted Kautzman, Dave Wanner, Mike Wallace, Greg Klein, Spencer Gruba and David Olien.  

            Assistant coaches John Johnson and Myron Schweitzer.

1985    0-8 Coach Wold

            New England-Regent 45 Mott 0 Rushing-Brad Wanner 17-75 yds. and Jim Haberstroh 5-14 yds.

            Flasher 35 Mott 0 Passing-Jim Haberstroh 5-8 for 50 yds.

            Carson 42 Mott 14.

            Richardton-Hebron 22 Mott 0 Rushing-Brad Wanner 22-130 yds. and Darrell Schulz 17-70 yds.

            Glen Ullin 38 Mott 0 Rushing-Brad Wanner 27-65. Passing-Jim Haberstroh 1-10-3 for 10 yds.  Total yds. Mott 56-71 and Glen Ullin 53-379.

            Scranton-Reeder 38 Mott 0 Rushing-Brad Wanner 22-72.  Passing-Jim Haberstroh 5-17-1 for 28 yds.  Total yds. Mott 49-122 and Scranton 61-298.

            Elgin/NL 38 Mott 8 Scoring-Garey Gjerstad on a 2 yd. run and PAT by Brad Wanner.  Rushing-Wanner 34-150 yds.

            New Salem 37 Mott 0.

            Stats-Rushing-Brad Wanner 137-841 yds. (6.1).  Receiving-Shawn Mueller 14-192 yds.  Passing-Stats are incomplete-Jim Haberstroh in 3 games was 11-35 for 88 yds. 

            Named to the All-Conference team was Brad Wanner.  Honorable Mention went to Jim Haberstroh.  Awards-MVP on offense-Brad Wanner, MVP on defense-Jim Haberstroh and Most Improved-Mike Wallace.

            Brad Wanner played 2 years of football for NDSCS.

            Members of the 1985 squad included Dion Ottmar, Garey Gjerstad, Brad Wanner, Mike Rienert, Jim Haberstroh, Darrell Schulz, Dana J. Friedt, Mike Lince, Monty Mayer, David Wanner, Spencer Gruba, Steve Kelsch, Mike Kautzman, Jeremy Frieze, Mike Hertz, Jim Rebel, Greg Klien, Brian Haberstroh, David Olien, Mike Wallace, Andy DaCoteau, Lowell Tharaldson, Stuart Mehrer and Darin Luke.

            Assistant coaches John Johnson and Myron Schweitzer.

1986    1-7       Coach Ron Benson

            New England-Regent 44-Mott 0 Rushing-Garey Gjerstad 12-57, Dave Wanner 4-17 and Mike Kautzman 11-20.  Passing-Mike Kautzman 1-12-2 for 15 yds.  Receiving-Dion Ottmar 1-15 yds. Total yds.-Mott 40-109 and New England 42-221.

            Mott 18-Flasher 13 Scoring-Garey Gjerstad on 2 and 3 yd. runs and Dave Wanner on a 1 yd. run.  Rushing-Mike Kautzman 10-33, Dave Wanner 10-39 and Garey Gjerstad 13-32.  Passing-Mike Kautzman 1-5-0 for 52 yds.  Receiving-Mike Lince 1 for 52 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 38-154 and Flasher 52-287.

            Carson 16-Mott 14 Scoring-Mike Wallace on a 12 yd. pass from Mike Kautzman, Mike Kautzman on a 2 yd. run and PAT by Mike Kautzman.  Rushing-Mike Kautzman 14-42, Dave Wanner 14-30 and Garey Gjerstad 9-21.  Passing-Mike Kautzman 3-15-1 for 92 yds.  Receiving-Dion Ottmar 2-80 yds. and Mike Wallace 1-12 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 185-Carson 175.

            Richardton-Hebron 33-Mott 6 Scoring-Dion Ottmar on a 45 yd. pass from Mike Kautzman.  Rushing-Mike Kautzman 16-90, Garey Gjerstad 7-18, Dave Wanner 9-16 and Steve Kelsch 3-(-2).  Passing-Mike Kautzman 3-10-0 for 64 yds.  Receiving-Dion Ottmar 2-60 yds. and Mike Wallace 1-4 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 47-172 and Richardton-Hebron 49-350.

            Glen Ullin 44-Mott 0 Rushing-Mike Hertz 5-22, Mike Wallace 12-13, Dave Wanner 7-16, Steve Kelsch 1-3 and Mike Kautzman 1-(-7).  Passing-Mike Wallace 5-11-2 for 49 yds.  Receiving-Dion Ottmar 1-20 yds., Dave Wanner 3-24 yds. and Mike Lince 1-5 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 88-Glen Ullin 259.

            Scranton-Reeder 43-Mott 0 Rushing-Dave Wanner 1-7, Mike Kautzman 3-3, Steve Kelsch 1-6, Mike Wallace 10-(-10).  Passing-Mike Kautzman 2-9-1 for 16 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 24-22 and Scranton-Reeder 41-301.

            Elgin/NL 45-Mott 0 Rushing-Mike Hertz 11-29, Steve Kelsch 7-8, Mike Wallace 4-3 and Mike Kautzman 5-(-26).  Passing-Mike Kautzman 3-14-1 for 48 yds.  Receiving-Dion Ottmar 1-25 yds. and Mike Lince 2-23 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 43-62 and Elgin/NL 34-425 yds.

            New Salem 51-Mott 20 Scoring-Steve Kelsch on a 6 yd. run, Mike Kautzman on a 1 yd. run, Dave Wanner on a 5 yd. run and PAT by Kelsch.  Rushing-Dave Wanner 19-74, Steve Kelsch 15-39 and Mike Kautzman 11-8.  Passing-Mike Kautzman 1-12-1 for 12 yds.  Receiving-Mike Wallace 1-15 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 57-136 and New Salem 43-384 yds.  New Salem went on to win the the State Championship in 9-man football.

            Stats-Rushing-Dave Wanner 64-199, Garey Gjerstad 41-129, Mike Kautzman 71-163, Steve Kelsch 27-54, Mike Hertz 16-51 and Mike Wallace 26-6.  Scoring-Mike Kautzman 14, Dave Wanner 12, Garey Gjerstad 12, Steve Kelsch 8, Dion Ottmar 6 and Mike Wallace 6.  Passing-Mike Kautzman 14-79-6 for 299 yds. and 2 TD passes, Mike Wallace 6-14-2 for 41 yds.  Receiving-Dion Ottmar 7-197, Mike Lince 4-80, Mike Wallace 3-31 and Dave Wanner 3-24.

            Named to the All-Conference team were Mike Lince and Mike Wallace.  Honorable Mention went to Dion Ottmar, Monty Mayer and Dave Wanner.  Awards-MVP on offense-Mike Lince, MVP on defense-Mike Wallace and Most Improved-Steve Kelsch.

            Members of the 1986 team included Mike Lince, Mark Friedt, Eldon Mehrer, Garey Gjerstad, Dion Ottmar, Monty Mayer, Shannon Hummel, Dave Wanner, Lowell Tharaldson, Jim Rebel, Jeremy Frieze, Mike Kautzman, Mike Wallace, Steve Kelsch, Eric Mehrer, Dave Olien, Scott Kerzman, Rory McNeill, Mike Hertz, Jerry Maier, Jamie Klein, Stuart Mehrer and Steve Kautzman.  Assistant coaches were Bruce Wold and Myron Schweitzer.

1987    2-6       Coach Benson

            Flasher 20-Mott 0, Mott 18-Carson 0, Mott 21-Richardton 6, Glen Ullin 24-Mott 6, Scranton-Reeder 49-Mott 0, Elgin-NL 48-Mott 6, St. Marys 22-Mott 16, New England-Regent 46-Mott 0.

            Offensive stats-Rushing-Mike Hertz 103-392, Mike Kautzman 84-186, Dave Wanner 54-134, Jeremy Frieze 24-81, Brent Benson 20-11, Loren Frieze 7-10 and Steve Kelsch 2-6.  Passing-Mike Kautzman 17-72-11 for 275 yds. and 2 TD passes and Brent Benson was 0-2-1.  Receiving-Jim Rebel 6-46, Steve Kelsch 3-70, Mike Hertz 2-65, Spencer Gruba 3-34, Monty Mayer 2-16, Steve Kautzman 1-30 and Jeremy Frieze 1-20.  Scoring-Mike Kautzman 4 TDs and 1 PAT for 26 pts., Mike Hertz 18 pts., Steve Kelsch 12 pts., Monty Mayer 6 pts., Jeremy Frieze 4 pts. and Dave Wanner 1 pt.  Monty Mayer averaged 36.2 yds. per punt.

            Defensive stats-Monty Mayer led the team in defense with 186 points, followed by Shannon Hummel with 110, Greg Klein with 95, Mike Hertz with 91, Dave Wanner with 83, Jim Rebel with 82, Mike Kautzman with 66 and Lowell Tharaldson with 65.  Mike Hertz had 10 QB sacks.  Monty Mayer had 46 defensive points against New England St. Mary's.

            Named to the All-Conference team were Monty Mayer, Mike Hertz and Greg Klein.  Honorable Mention went to Shannon Hummel, Mike Kautzman and Dave Wanner.  Awards-MVP on offense-Mike Hertz, MVP on defense-Monty Mayer and Most Improved-Shannon Hummel.

            Monty Mayer went on to play 4 years of football at DSU.  Monty played nose-guard for the Blue Hawks.

            Members of the 1987 team included Monty Mayer, Dave Olien, Dave Wanner, Jamie Klein, Mike Wallace (injured), Lowell Tharaldson, Jim Rebel, Mike Hertz, Scott Kerzman, Spencer Gruba, Jeremy Frieze, Steve Kelsch, Shannon Hummel, Jerry Maier, Mike Kautzman, Justin Eikamp, Steve Kautzman, Jody Messmer, Loren Frieze, Rory McNeill, Pete Wyman, Justin Griffin, Jeremy Zentner, Russ Senn and Brent Benson.  Assistant coaches were Bruce Wold and Myron Schweitzer.

1988    4-3       Coach Benson

            Mott 20-RT 12 Scoring-Mike Kautzman on a 5 and 3 yd. run, Mike Hertz on a 50 yd. run and PAT by Kautzman.  Rushing-Mike Hertz 33-228 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 56-310 and RT 24-140.  Defensive leaders-Scott Kerzman and Shannon Hummel.

            Mott 20-Glen Ullin-Hebron 6 Scoring-Mike Hertz on runs of 1 and 1 yd., Jeremy Frieze on a 3 yd. run, PAT by Mike Kautzman run.  Rushing-Mike Hertz 30-190 and Jeremy Frieze 9-59.  Total yds.-Mott 58-280 and GU-H 30-127.  Defensive leaders-Shannon Hummel and Brent Benson.

            Elgin/NL 36-Mott 20 Scoring-Brent Benson on a 60 yd. run, Jim Rebel on a 20 yd. pass from Benson, Jeremy Frieze on a 3 yd. run and 1 PAT by Benson.  Rushing-Mike Hertz 15-68, Brent Benson 6-71 and Jeremy Frieze 10-37.  Passing-Brent Benson 3-6-2 for 74 yds.  Receiving-Jim Rebel 3-74.  Total yds.-Mott 38-248 and Elgin/NL 66-279.  Defensive leaders-Shannon Hummel, Jim Rebel, Mike Hertz and Scott Kerzman.

            Mott 18-Scranton-Reeder 13 Scoring-Mike Hertz runs of 83 and 2 yd. runs and Jeremy Frieze on a 70 yd. run.  Rushing-Mike Hertz 21-173 yds. and Jeremy Frieze 10-97 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 3-5-0 for 45 yds.  Receiving-Jim Rebel 1-37 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 49-309 and Scranton-Reeder 52-123.  Defensive leaders-Loren Frieze, Shannon Hummel, Brent Benson, Mike Hertz, Mike Kautzman and Jim Rebel.

            NERSM 46-Mott 0 Rushing-Mike Hertz 19-90 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 29-83 and NERSM 30-431.  Defensive leaders-Loren Frieze, Jim Rebel and Brent Benson.

            Mott 30-RT 8 Scoring-Jim Rebel 3 TDs on passes of 73 and 37 yds. from Brent Benson and a 12 yd. run, Jeremy Zentner on a 1 yd. run and PATs by Mike Hertz and Jeremy Frieze.  Rushing-Mike Hertz 13-61, Loren Frieze 14-67, Jeremy Frieze 9-26 and Jeremy Zentner 3-15.  Passing-Brent Benson 5-9-0 for 157 yds.  Receiving-Jim Rebel 3-138 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 55-345 and RT 38-115.  Defensive leaders-Shannon Hummel, Brent Benson and Jim Rebel.

            Flasher-Carson 22-Mott 8 Scoring-Mike Hertz on a 51 yd. run and 1 PAT.  Rushing-Mike Hertz 25-230 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 2-8-1 63 yds.  Receiving-Jim Rebel 2-63 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 47-270 and FC 52-191.  Defensive leaders-Loren Frieze, Brent Benson, Scott Kerzman and Mike Hertz.  FC had 187 yds. of offense the first half and only 4 yds. the second half.    

            Offensive stats-Rushing-Mike Hertz 156-1040 yds., Jeremy Frieze 47-238 yds. and Loren Frieze 26-108 yds., Mike Kautzman 19-73 yds., Brent Benson 43-54 yds., Jeremy Zentner 3-15 yds. and Jim Rebel 2-14 yds.  Scoring-Mike Hertz 6 TDs and 3 PATs for 42 points, Jim Rebel with 4 TDs for 24 points, Jeremy Frieze 3 TDs and 1 PAT for 20 points, Mike Kautzman 16, Brent Benson 8 and Jeremy Zentner 6 points.  Passing-Brent Benson 13-31-5 for 339 yds. and 3 TD passes.  Receiving-Jim Rebel 9-312 yds.

            Defensive stats-Shannon Hummel 124, Loren Frieze 105, Brent Benson 102 and Jim Rebel 100 points.  Loren Frieze had 41 tackles, Shannon Hummel had 38 assists, Brent Benson knocked down 8 passes, Mike Kautzman intercepted 3 passes and Jim Rebel had 4.5 QB sacks.

            Named to the All-Conference team were Mike Hertz, Jim Rebel, Shannon Hummel and Brent Benson.  Honorable Mention went to Loren Frieze, Scott Kerzman and Rory McNeill.  Awards-MVP on offense-Mike Hertz, MVP on defense-Shannon Hummel and Most Improved-Jeremy Frieze.

            Mike Hertz was named to the Shrine All-Star game.  Mike led the WRC in rushing with 123-812 yds.-an average of 135.3 yds. per game.  Mike Hertz played 1 year of football at U of Mary-Mike Kautzman played 4 years at DSU as a wide receiver.

            Members of the 1988 team included Mike Hertz, Jeremy Frieze, Jim Rebel, Shannon Hummel, Lowell Tharaldon, Steve Kelsch (injury), Mike Kautzman, Jerry Maier, Rory McNeill, Scott Kerzman, Jeff Kilzer, Dahlen Ottmar, Loren Frieze, Ben Graner, Jamie Klein, Brent Benson, Jeremy Jahner, Jeremy Zentner, Steve Kautzman, Jody Messmer, Pete Wyman, Justin Griffin, Sam Wiegand, Ron Rebel, Justin Eikamp (injury) and Steve Burwick.  Assistant coaches were Bruce Wold, George Jones and Myron Schweitzer.

1989    3-5       Coach Benson

            Wishek-Lehr-Zeeland 18-Mott 0 Rushing-Jeremy Zentner 15-54, Loren Frieze 9-40 and Bryce Kibbel 5-21.  Passing-Brent Benson 3-10-0 for 57 yds.  Receiving-Justin Griffin 2-37 yds. and Loren Frieze 1-20 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 50-160 and WLZ 58-175.  Defensive leaders-Brent Benson, Scott Kerzman, Jeremy Zentner, Rory McNeill and Jody Messmer.  Loren Frieze left the game with a broken collarbone.

            Ekalaka 52-Mott 26 Scoring-Jeremy Zentner on runs of 11 and 6 yds., Jeremy Jahner on a 14 yd. pass from Justin Griffin, Pete Wyman on a 14 yd. pass interception and PAT by Sam Wiegand run.  Rushing-Jeremy Zentner 13-49 yds. and Sam Wiegand 3-34 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 1-7-2 for 13 yds. and Justin Griffin 4-7-0 for 56 yds.  Receiving-Pete Wyman 1-32 yds., Sam Wiegand 2-10 yds., Jeremy Jahner 1-14 yds. and Justin Griffin 1-13 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 45-173 and Ekalaka 71-227.  Defensive leaders-Scott Kerzman, Rory McNeill, Justin Griffin and Greg Wanner.

            Elgin-NL 44-Mott 18 Scoring-Jeremy Zentner 2 TDs-one on a 73 yd. KOR and another on a 60 yd. pass from Brent Benson and Jeff Kilzer on a 7 yd. pass from Brent Benson.  Rushing-Jeremy Zentner 14-56 yds., Rory McNeill 8-31 yds., Brent Benson 8-28 yds., Sam Wiegand 1-20 yds. and Bryce Kibbel 1-5 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 6-11-1 for 117 yds.  Receiving-Jeremy Zentner 3-74 yds., Justin Griffin 1-28 yds., Pete Wyman 1-8 yds. and Jeff Kilzer 1-7 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 43-257 and E/NL 50-281.  Defensive leaders-Brent Benson, Jeremy Zentner, Rory McNeill, Justin Griffin, Jeff Kilzer and Scott Kerzman.

            Mott 36-Scranton-Reeder 12 Scoring-Jeremy Zentner on runs of 55 and 20 yds., Rory McNeill on runs of 4 and 1 yd. runs, Brent Benson on a 1 yd. run and PATs by Zentner (2) and Jeff Kilzer (1) on a pass from Benson.  Rushing-Jeremy Zentner 15-177 yds., Rory McNeill 20-92 yds., Bryce Kibbel 2-26 yds., Brent Benson 9-8 yds. and Sam Wiegand 4-5 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 5-12-1 for 46 yds.  Receiving-Steve Kautzman 2-20 yds., Jeremy Zentner 2-13 yds. and Greg Wanner 1-13 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 62-352 and SR 40-122.  Defensive leaders-Jeremy Zentner, Rory McNeill, Brent Benson, Scott Kerzman and Pete Wyman.

            Mott 36-New Salem 20 Scoring-Jeremy Zentner 3 TDs on runs of 33, 18 and 32 yds., Brent Benson 2 TDs on runs of 2 and 1 yd. and PATs by Benson, Griffin and Kilzer.  Rushing-Jeremy Zentner 18-143 yds. and Rory McNeill 17-46 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 7-10-0 for 142 yds.  Receiving-Steve Kautzman 3 for 94 yds., Jeremy Zentner 3 for 39 yds., Justin Griffin 1 for 24 yds. and Greg Wanner 1 for 12 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 59-338 and NS 32-218.  Defensive leaders-Rory McNeill, Scott Kerzman and Jeremy Zentner.  Mott recovered 6 fumbles by New Salem.

            RT 21-Mott 6 Scoring-Justin Griffin on a 10 yd. pass from Brent Benson.  Rushing-Jeremy Zentner 13-83 yds., Brent Benson 6-22 yds. and Rory McNeill 6-20 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 5-10-3 for 79 yds.  Receiving-Justin Griffin 3-32 yds., Steve Kautzman 1-24 yds., Greg Wanner 1-14 yds. and Pete Wyman 1-11 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 37-204 and RT 59-297.  Mott had 6 turnovers.  Defensive leaders-Jeremy Zentner, Rory McNeill, Scott Kerzman, Jody Messmer, Pete Wyman.  Loren Frieze is back from earlier injury.

            Flasher-Carson 18-Mott 6 Scoring-Loren Frieze on a 25 yd. run.  Rushing-Loren Frieze 9-51 yds., Jeremy Zentner 14-51 yds. and Rory McNeill 5-16 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 2-6-2 for 29 yds.  Receiving-Pete Wyman 1-21 yds. and Greg Wanner 1-8 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 36-138 and FC 68-259.  Defensive leaders-Brent Benson, Justin Griffin, Pete Wyman, Rory McNeill and Loren Frieze.

            Mott 20-Glen Ullin-Hebron 12 Scoring-Brent Benson on a 1 yd. run, Jeremy Zentner on a 10 yd. interception, Pete Wyman on a 3 yd. pass from Benson and PAT by Loren Frieze run.  Rushing-Jeremy Zentner 14-128 yds., Loren Frieze 27-88 yds., Brent Benson 5-11 yds. and Bryce Kibbel 2-5 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 5-5-0 for 69 yds.  Receiving-Pete Wyman 4-26 yds. and Steve Kautzman 1-43 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 53-301 and GU-H 47-195.  Defensive leaders-Justin Griffin, Loren Frieze, Brent Benson, Scott Kerzman and Rory McNeill.

            Offensive stats-Rushing-Jeremy Zentner 116-741, Rory McNeill 62-205, Loren Frieze 45-179, Bryce Kibbel 14-65, Sam Wiegand 9-62 and Brent Benson 55-54.  Passing-Brent Benson 37-76-9 for 561 yds. and 4 TD passes and Justin Griffin 4-7-0 for 57 yds. and 1 TD pass.  Scoring-Jeremy Zentner 10  TDs and 2 PATs for 64 pts., Brent Benson 4 TDs and 1 PAT for 26 pts.-others-Rory McNeill 12 pts., Pete Wyman 12 pts., Loren Frieze 8 pts., Justin Griffin 8 pts., Jeff Kilzer 8 pts., Jeremy Jahner 6 pts. and Sam Wiegand 2 pts.

            Defensive stats-Rory McNeill 149, Jeremy Zentner 141, Scott Kerzman 134 and Brent Benson 128.  Rory McNeill and Jeremy Zentner each had 50 tackles, Rory McNeill had 43 assists and Jeremy Zentner had 3 interceptions.                       

            Named to the All-Conference team were Rory McNeill, Scott Kerzman, Jeremy Zentner and Brent Benson.  Honorable Mention went to Pete Wyman, Justin Griffin and Loren Frieze.  Awards-MVP on offense-Jeremy Zentner, MVP on defense-Rory McNeill and Most Improved-Greg Wanner and Ben Graner.

            Scott Kerzman went on to play 2 years of football for DSU.

            Members of the 1989 team included Scott Kerzman, Steve Kautzman, Rory McNeill, Sam Wiegand, Brent Benson, Loren Frieze, Jeremy Zentner, Jason Larson, Justin Griffin, Pete Wyman, Jody Messmer, Travis Koch, Jamie Klein, Ben Graner, Darin Kelsch, Greg Wanner, Jeff Kilzer, Jeremy Jahner, Brad Kerzman, Landusky Hertz, Bryce Kibbel, Benji Auch, Cody Zentner, James Johnson, Bryan Wetzel, Robby Friedt, Nathan Huether, Gregg Huber, Branden Schiwal, Ryan Olson and Danny Senn.  Assistant coaches were George Jones, Myron Schweitzer and Kevin Hoherz.

1990    11-1     Coach Benson

            Snot-Knockers.  I am not sure the year or who this was against but I remeber Loran Frieze telling the story that he went back to the huddle one time and he had snot dripping off his facemask and Jeremy Zentner asked what happened and Loren told him he received a snot-knocker.  Jeremy thought this was really funny and got a good laugh over it.  Loren stated that it didn't feel that good.  Sometime layer, Jeremy walks back to the huddle with a snot-knocker himself and had to agree that it did hurt a little.  The entire 9-man squad got a good laugh over this.

            Mott 8 Scranton-Reeder 6 Scoring-Loren Frieze on a blocked punt and PAT by Loren Frieze run.  Rushing-Loren Frieze 15-72 yds., Jeremy Zentner 10-19 yds. and Brent Benson 4-9 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 4-7-0 for 16 yds.  Receiving-1 pass each-Jeff Kilzer 7 yds., Greg Wanner 7 yds., Travis Koch 4 yds. and Jeremy Zentner -2 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 36-116 and SR-49-165.  Defensive leaders-Jeremy Zentner, Loren Frieze, Jason Larson, Jody Messmer and Pete Wyman.  Loren Frieze blocked 1 punt and recovered 1 fumble.

            Mott 22-Richey, Mt. 14 Scoring-Loren Frieze on runs of 6 and 3 yds., Brent Benson on a 1 yd. run and PATs by Loren Frieze and Jeremy Zentner.  Rushing-Jeremy Zentner 19-172 yds., Loren Frieze 19-94 yds., Brent Benson 8-41 yds., Bryce Kibbel 2-10 yds. and Cody Zentner 4-9 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 1-7-2 for 22 yds.  Receiving-Justin Griffin 1-22 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 59-348 and Richey 31-95.  Defensive leaders-Jeremy Zentner and Loren Frieze.

            Mott 20-Elgin/NL 6 Scoring-Brent Benson on a 1 yd. run, Jeremy Zentner on a 20 yd. run, Loren Frieze on a 2 yd. run and PAT by Benson run.  Rushing-Jeremy Zentner 20-129 yds., Loren Frieze 19-61 yds. and Brent Benson 6-5 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 1-3-0 for 2 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 51-198 and Elgin/NL 43-116.  Defensive leaders-Brent Benson, Loren Frieze, Jody Messmer and Pete Wyman.  Brent Benson had 2 interceptions and 1 fumble recovery.

            Mott 42-Scranton-Reeder 14 Scoring-Loren Frieze 3 TDs on runs of 7, 3 and 90 yds., Jeremy Zentner on runs of 15 and 40 yds., Brent Benson on a 42 yd. run and PATs by Loren Frieze runs (3).  Rushing-Loren Frieze 32-219 yds., Jeremy Zentner 12-93 yds. and Brent Benson 9-63 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 3-5-0 for 43 yds. and Jeremy Jahner 1-1-0 for 14 yds.  Receiving-Travis Koch 2-35 yds., Justin Griffin 1-8 yds. and Greg Wanner 1-14 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 63-427 yds. and SR 34-192 yds.  Defensive leaders-Jeremy Zentner, Brent Benson, Jody Messmer and Pete Wyman.

            Mott 38-New Salem 6 Scoring-Jeremy Zentner 3 TDs on runs of 11, 11 and 32 yds., Loren Frieze on a 1 yd. run, Brent Benson on a 1 yd. run and PATs by Jeremy Zentner (2), Loren Frieze (1) and Travis Koch (1) on a pass from Benson.  Rushing-Loren Frieze 22-110 yds., Jeremy Zentner 12-84 yds., Brent Benson 7-37 yds. and Bryce Kibbel 2-6 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 1-2-0 for 3 yds.  Receiving-Travis Koch 1 for 3 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 45-340 and NS 71-268.  Defensive leaders-Loren Frieze, Brent Benson, Jeremy Zentner, Pete Wyman and Greg Wanner.

            Mott 44-Richardton-Taylor 18 Scoring-Loren Frieze 3 TDs on runs of 18, 37 and 55 yds., Jeremy Zentner on runs of 16 and 55 yds., Jeremy Jahner on a 3 yd. run, safety by Jody Messmer and PATs by Loren Frieze run, Brent Benson run and Greg Wanner on a pass from Benson.  Rushing-Loren Frieze 9-130 yds., Jeremy Zentner 8-127 yds., Bryce Kibbel 8-42 yds., Brent Benson 3-32 yds., Cody Zentner 3-12 yds. and Jeremy Jahner 3-3 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 2-3-0 for 18 yds. and Jeremy Jahner 1-3-0 for 35 yds.  Receiving-Greg Wanner 2 for 18 yds. and Travis Koch 1 for 35 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 40-396 and RT 55-240.  Defensive leaders-Jeremy Zentner, Jeremy Jahner, Jody Messmer, Jeff Kilzer, Cody Zentner, Benji Auch, Pete Wyman and Brent Benson.

            Mott 34-Flasher-Carson 8 Scoring-Brent Benson on 1 and 16 yd. runs, Loren Frieze on a 1 yd. run, Jeremy Zentner on a 56 yd. pass from Benson, Pete Wyman on a 30 yd. pass from Benson and PATs by Jeremy Zentner (2).  Rushing-Loren Frieze 26-156 yds., Brent Benson 9-59 yds., Jeremy Zentner 10-39 yds. and Bryce Kibbel 3-39 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 2-7-1 for 86 yds.  Receiving-Jeremy Zentner 1 for 56 yds. and Pete Wyman 1 for 30 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 56-379 and FC 42-133.  Defensive leaders-Pete Wyman, Jeremy Zentner and Loren Frieze.  Flasher-Carson had 5 turnovers.  Brent Benson had a interception and fumble recovery. 

            Mott defeated Glen Ullin/Hebron 2-0 on a forfeit.

            Cardinals win the Western Roughrider Conference.

            Mott 28-Ashley 13 Scoring-Brent Benson 3 TDs on runs of 1, 49 and 23 yds., Jeff Kilzer on a 8 yd. pass from Benson and PATs by Jeremy Zentner and Loren Frieze.  Rushing-Loren Frieze 25-121 yds., Brent Benson 10-117 yds., Jeremy Zentner 14-72 yds. and Bryce Kibbel 1-3 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 1-3-1 for 8 yds.  Receiving-Jeff Kilzer 1-8 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 53-321 and Ashley 44-120.  Defensive leaders-Jeremy Zentner 36 points followed by Loren Frieze, Brent Benson and Pete Wyman. 

            Mott 62-Burke Central 13 Scoring-Jeremy Zentner 6 TDs on runs of 1, 18, 23, 69, 94 and 61 yds., Loren Frieze on runs of 19 and 37 yds., Brent Benson on a 7 yd. run and PATs by Jeremy Zentner (2) and Loren Frieze (2).  Rushing-Jeremy Zentner 15-363 yds., Loren Frieze 14-147 yds., Brent Benson 10-123 yds., Pete Wyman 1-5 yds., Bryce Kibbel 2-1 yd. and Cody Zentner 1-(-16) yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 0-3-0.  Total yds.-Mott 46-623 and BC 56-282.  Defensive leaders-Jeremy Zentner and Loren Frieze 27 points each followed by Pete Wyman, Greg Wanner and Justin Griffin.  Jeremy Zentner had 4 interceptions.  Pete Wyman had an interception and a fumble recovery.  The scouting report was that nobody could run on this team!!

            Mott 28-Napoleon 22 Scoring-Brent Benson on runs of 3 and 45 yds., Loren Frieze on runs of 33 and 18 yds. and PATs by Jeremy Zentner (2).  Rushing-Loren Frieze 27-192 yds., Brent Benson 15-72 yds. and Jeremy Zentner 10-37 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 1-1-0 for 15 yds.  Receiving-Jeff Kizler 1 for 15 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 53-316 and Napoleon 63-314.  Defensive leaders-Jeremy Zentner 27 points followed by Brent Benson, Loren Frieze, Jody Messmer, Pete Wyman, Justin Griffin and Greg Wanner.  Brent Benson recovered 2 fumbles.  Mott is on a 12 game winning streak.

            State Championship game.  Rolette 32-Mott 20 Scoring-Loren Frieze 3 TDs on runs of 4, 2 and 3 yds. and PAT by Loren Frieze.  Rushing-Loren Frieze 30-174 yds., Brent Benson 11-58 yds. and Jeremy Zentner 11-34 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 2-5-1 for 33 yds.  Receiving-Justin Griffin 2 for 33 yds.  Jeremy Zentner had a 74 yd. KOR.  Total yds.-Mott 58-299 and Rolette 51-300.  Defensive leaders-Loren Frieze, Pete Wyman, Jeremy Zentner, Jody Messmer, Jeff Kilzer and Justin Griffin. 

            The starting line-up for the 1990 cards:  On offfense, at left end-Pete Wyman, left guard-Jason Larson, center-Jody Messmer, right guard-Ben Graner, right end-Greg Wanner, fullback-Loren Frieze, tailback-Jeremy Zentner, flanker-Justin Griffin and quarterback-Brent Benson.  Jeff Kilzer alternated at right-end with Greg Wanner.  On defense, left defensive end-Greg Wanner, left noseguard-Jody Messmer, right noseguard-Jason Larson, right defensive end-Jeff Kilzer, left linebacker-Loren Frieze, right linebacker-Jeremy Zentner, left conerback-Brent Benson, right cornerback-Pete Wyman and safety-Justin Griffin.

            Offensive stats-Rushing-Loren Frieze 238-1476 yds., Jeremy Zentner 141-1169 yds., Brent Benson 92-616 yds. and Bryce Kibbel 20-104 yds.  Passing-Brent Benson 18-46-5 for 246 yds. and 3 TD passes.  Jeremy Jahner 2-4-0 for 49 yds.  Scoring-Loren Frieze 19 TDs and 11 PATs for 136 points, Jeremy Zentner 15 TDs and 10 PATs for 110 points, Brent Benson 12 TDs and 2 PATs for 76 points.  Others scoring include Jeff Kilzer, Pete Wyman and Jeremy Jahner with 6 points and Travis Koch, Greg Wanner and Jody Messmer with 2 points each.

            Defensive stats-Jeremy Zentner 237, Loren Frieze 193, Pete Wyman 144, Brent Benson 135 and Jody Messmer 121.  Jeremy Zentner had 94 tackles, 37 assists, 1 blocked punt and 5 interceptions.  Loren Frieze added 73 tackles, 37 assists, 1 blocked punt and 2 interceptions.  Brent Benson had 7 fumble recoveries and 6 interceptions.  Jeff Kilzer led the team in QB sacks with 3. 

            Named to the All-Conference team were Jeremy Zentner, Loren Frieze, Brent Benson, Jody Messmer and Pete Wyman.  Honorable Mention went to Jason Larson, Justin Griffin and Ben Graner.  Named to the All-State team were Loren Frieze at RB, Jody Messmer at center and Jeremy Zentner at LB.  Named to the Shrine All-Star game were Brent Benson and Loren Frieze.  Awards-MVP on offense-Loren Frieze, MVP on defense-Jeremy Zentner and Most Improved-Jody Messmer.

            Jody Messmer went on to play 2 years of football at DSU-Brent Benson played 1 year at DSU.

            Members of the 1990 State Runner-up team included Loren Frieze, Jeremy Zentner, Brent Benson, Pete Wyman, Jody Messmer, Jason Larson, Justin Griffin, Dana Karch, Travis Koch, Greg Wanner, Jeff Kilzer, Brad Kerzman, Jeremy Jahner, Daren Kelsch, Bryce Kibbel, Ben Graner, Jamie Klein, Benji Auch, Travis Lutz, Nathan Huether, Robby Friedt, Jason Bolte, Jeremy Larson, Cody Zentner, Bryan Wetzel, Gregg Huber, James Johnson, Ryan Olson and Danny Senn.  Assistant coaches were George Jones, Myron Schweitzer and Kevin Hoherz.

1991    4-4       Coach Benson

            Mott 44-RT 28 Scoring-Greg Wanner on 71 and 61 yd. passes from James Johnson, Cody Zentner on a 14 yd. run, Jason Bolte on 41 and 47 yd. runs, Jeremy Jahner on a 21 yd. pass from James Johnson and PATs by Jason Bolte (2), Cody Zentner (1) and Daren Kelsch (1) on a pass from James Johnson.  Rushing-Jason Bolte 16-153 yds., Cody Zentner 12-82 yds. and James Johnson 3-13 yds.  Passing-James Johnso 6-9-0 for 213 yds.  Receiving-Greg Wanner 4-164 yds., Jeremy Jahner 1-21 yds. and Jeff Kilzer 1-28 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 40-461 and RT 52-261.  Defensive leaders-Benji Auch 29 points followed by Ben Graner, Brad Kerzman, Cody Zentner, Jamie Klein, Jeff Kilzer and Greg Wanner.

            Elgin/NL 42-Mott 8 Scoring-Greg Wanner on a 60 yd. pass from James Johnson and PAT by Daren Kelsch on pass from Johnson.  Rushing-Bryce Kibbel 10-31 yds., Cody Zentner 13-23 yds., Jason Bolte 2-15 yds. and James Johnson 1-2 yds.  Passing-James Johnson 4-13-2 for 115 yds.  Receiving-Jeff Kilzer 2-47 yds., Greg Wanner 1-60 yds. and Jeremy Jahner 1-8 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 39-186 and Elgin/NL 53-397.  Defensive leaders-Greg Wanner 29 followed by Brad Kerzman, Jeremy Jahner, Cody Zentner, Ben Graner and Jeff Kilzer.

            Scranton-Reeder-16 Mott 8 Scoring-Cody Zentner on a 8 yd. run and PAT by Jeff Kilzer on a pass from James Johnson.  Rushing-Jason Bolte 11-35 yds., Cody Zentner 9-28 yds. and James Johnson 2-2 yds.  Passing-James Johnson 6-18-1 and 107 yds.  Receiving-Greg Wanner 3-89 yds., Jeremy Jahner 1-14 yds., Daren Kelsch and Jason Bolte one each for 3 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 40-172 and Elgin/NL 55-244.  Defensive leaders-Greg Wanner 35 points followed by Brad Kerzman, Cody Zentner, Ben Graner, Jeremy Jahner, Jamie Klein and James Smith.  Greg Wanner also knocked down 2 passes.

            New Salem/Almont 46-Mott 0-Rushing-Bryce Kibbel 5-17 yds., James Johnson 1-3 yds. and Greg Wanner 6-2 yds.  Passing-James Johnson 4-9-1 for 67 yds.  Receiving-Jeremy Jahner 2-43 yds., Greg Wanner 1-17 yds. and Jeff Kilzer 1-7 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 22-89 and NS 36-357.  Defensive leaders-Greg Wanner, Ben Graner, Jeremy Jahner, Brad Kerzman and James Johnson.

            Mott 36-Richardton-Taylor 14 Scoring-James Johnson on a 3 yd. run, Greg Wanner on a 19 yd. run, Jeremy Jahner on a 12 yd. pass from Johnson, Jeff Kilzer on a 62 yd. pass from Johnson, Chris Mayer on a 21 yd. pass from Johnson and PATs by James Johnson run and passes to Jeff Kilzer and Jeremy Jahner from Johnson.  Rushing-Greg Wanner 18-123 yds., Bryce Kibbel 11-57 yds., James Johnson 3-14 yds., Jason Bolte 1-6 yds. and Cody Zentner 1-1 yd.  Passing-James Johnson 3-5-0 for 95 yds.  Receiving-Jeff Kilzer 1-62 yds., Chris Mayer 1-21 yds. and Jeremy Jahner 1-12 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 39-297 and RT 53-234.  Defensive leaders-Greg Wanner 25 points followed by Ben Graner, Brad Kerzman, James Smith, Cody Zentner and Jeff Kilzer.

            Mott 8-Flasher-Carson 6 Scoring-James Smith on a 18 yd. pass from James Johnson and PAT by Cody Zentner on pass from James Johnson-Rushing-Greg Wanner 23-153 yds. and Bryce Kibbel 9-23 yds.  Passing-James Johnson 5-11-1 for 85 yds.  Receiving-James Smith 2-45 yds., Cody Zentner 1-28 yds., Greg Wanner 1-10 yds. and Jeremy Jahner 1-2 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 45-260 and FC 51-222.  Defensive leaders-Greg Wanner and Cody Zentner with 23 points each followed by Jeremy Jahner, Brad Kerzman and Ben Graner.  Brad Kerzman had 2 QB sacks.  The cards intercepted 3 passes and blocked 1 punt.

            Mott 26-Glen Ullin-Hebron 20 Scoring-Greg Wanner 3 TDs on runs of 10, 3 and 4 yds., Bryce Kibbel on a 3 yd. run and a PAT by Wanner.  Rushing-Greg Wanner 26-241 yds., Bryce Kibbel 23-122 yds. and James Johnson 4-8 yds.  Passing-James Johnson 3-9-1 for 53 yds.  Receiving-Greg Wanner 2-29 yds. and James Smith 1-24 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 62-324 and GU/H 30-331.  Defensive leaders-Cody Zentner 20 points followed by Jeremy Jahner, Greg Wanner, Benji Auch  and Ben Graner.

            NERSM 41-Mott 12 Scoring-James Johnson on a 15 yd. run and Greg Wanner on a 1 yd. run.  Rushing-Greg Wanner 19-144 yds., James Johnson 5-38 yds., Jason Bolte 4-54 yds., Bryce Kibbel 5-11 yds. and Cody Zentner 2-5 yds.  Passing-James Johnson 6-17-1 for 96 yds.  Receiving-James Smith 2-40 yds., Greg Wanner 2-24 yds., Cody Zentner 1-24 yds. and Jeremy Jahner 1-8 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 52-348 and NERSM 51-345.  Defensive leaders-Greg Wanner and Benji Auch 19 points each followed by Brad Kerzman, Bryce Kibbel and James Smith.

            Offensive stats-Rushing-Greg Wanner 92-569 yds., Jason Bolte 34-263 yds., Bryce Kibbel 63-261 yds., Cody Zentner 37-139 yds. and James Johnson 21-79 yds.  Scoring-Greg Wanner 8 TDs and 1 PAT for 50 points followed by Cody Zentner and Jason Bolte with 16 points, Jeremy Jahner and James Johnson with 14 points, Jeff Kilzer with 10 points, Christian Mayer, James Smith and Bryce Kibbel with 6 points and Daren Kelsch with 4 points.  Passing-James Johnson 37-91-7 for 831 points and 8 TD passes.  Receiving-Greg Wanner 14-391 yds., Jeff Kilzer 5-144 yds., James Smith 5-109 yds., Jeremy Jahner 8-108 yds., Cody Zentner 2-52 yds., Christian Mayer 1-21 yds. and Daren Kelsch and Jason Bolte 1-3 yds.

            Defensive stats-Greg Wanner 177, Ben Graner 131, Brad Kerzman 121, Cody Zentner 114 and Jeremy Jahner 104.  Greg Wanner had 64 tackles.  Ben Graner had 53 assists.  Brad Kerzman and James Smith each had 2 QB sacks.   

            Named to the All-Conference team were Greg Wanner, Ben Graner and James Johnson.  Honorable Mention went to Jeremy Jahner, Jeff Kilzer and Benji Auch.  Awards-MVP on offense-Ben Graner, MVP on defense-Greg Wanner and Most Improved-James Johnson.

            Members of the 1991 team included Greg Wanner, Jeff Kilzer, Jeremy Jahner, Brad Kerzman, Ben Graner, Jamie Klein, Chris Mayer, Daren Kelsch, Bryce Kibbel, Ryan Olson, Nathan Huether, Cody Zentner, James Smith, Jeremy Larson, Bryan Wetzel, Benji Auch, James Johnson, Randy Wyman, Travis Lutz, Brian Steiner, Jason Bolte, Robby Friedt, Branden Schiwal, Joel Kelsch, Danny Senn and Gregg Huber.  Assistant coaches were Myron Schweitzer, Kevin Hoherz and Ray Schiwal.

1992    3-5       Coach Benson

            Mott 38-Richardton-Taylor 22 Scoring-Cody Zentner on a 45 and 8 yd. run, Danny Senn on a 1 yd. run, James Smith on passes of 25 and 30 yds. from James Johnson and PATs by Gregg Huber kick (2).  Rushing-Cody Zentner 9-101 yds., James Johnson 4-62 yds., Robby Friedt 10-56 yds., Bryce Kibbel 11-53 yds. and Danny Senn 9-28 yds.  Passing-James Johnson 2-2-0 for 55 yds.  Receiving-James Smith 2-55 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 51-345 and RT 32-216.  Defensive leaders-Robby Friedt with 12 points and Brad Kerzman 11 points.

            Scranton-Reeder 46-Mott 14 Scoring-Bryce Kibbel on a 1 yd. run, Robby Friedt on a 9 yd. run and PAT by Cody Zentner.  Rushing-Cody Zentner 8-35 yds., Bryce Kibbel 10-35 yds., James Johnson 5-27 yds. and Robby Friedt 7-19 yds.  Passing-James Johnson 6-18-5 for 102 yds.  Receiving-James Smith 4-86 yds. and Chris Mayer 2-16 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 48-216 and SR 50-467.  Defensive leaders-Cody Zentner 21 points followed by Gregg Huber, Brad Kerzman, James Johnson,  Robby Friedt, Bryan Wetzel, James Smith, Benji Auch and Ryan Olson.

            New Salem-Almont 32-Mott 14 Scoring-Chris Mayer on a 15 yd. pass from James Johnson, Robby Friedt on a 3 yd. run and PAT by Robby Friedt.  Rushing-Robby Friedt 21-77 yds., Bryce Kibbel 10-53 yds. and James Johnson 8-11 yds.  Passing-James Johnson 7-16-2 for 42 yds. and Ryan Olson 1-1-0 for 20 yds.  Receiving-Gregg Huber 2-29 yds., Chris Mayer 2-24 yds. and Robby Friedt 1-9 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 57-203 and NS 44-263.  Defensive leaders-Benji Auch 24 points followed by Gregg Huber, James Johnson, Chris Mayer, Robby Friedt and James Smith.  Benji Auch recovered 3 fumbles.  Gregg Huber knocked down 2 passes.

            Mott 18-Richardton-Taylor 12 Scoring-Cody Zentner on 24 and 2 yd. runs and Robby Friedt on a 5 yd. run.  Rushing-James Johnson 12-84 yds., Cody Zentner 17-67 yds. and Robby Friedt 10-31 yds.  Passing-James Johnson 4-11-2 for 13 yds.  Receiving-Robby Friedt 3-12 yds. and Cody Zentner 1-1 yd.  Total yds.,-Mott 50-195 and RT 45-151.  Defensive leaders-Cody Zentner 28 points followed by Benji Auch, Robby Friedt, James Johnson and Bryce Kibbel.  Benji Auch caused a fumble and recovered a fumble.  Chris Mayer and Cody Zentner each knocked down 2 passes.

            Flasher-Carson 36-Mott 10 Scoring-James Johnson on a 83 yd. KOR, safety by Benji Auch and PAT by Cody Zentner run.  Rushing-Cody Zentner 16-56 yds. and Bryce Kibbel 6-15 yds.  Passing-James Johnson 7-18-1 for 82 yds.  Receiving-Cody Zentner 3-17 yds., James Smith 2-36 yds., Daren Kelsch 1-20 yds. and Chris Mayer 1-9 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 47-146 and FC 49-299.  Defensive leaders-Brad Kerzman with 18 points followed by Robby Friedt, Chris Mayer, Gregg Huber, Bryce Kibbel, James Johnson and James Smith.

            Mott 76-Glen Ullin-Hebron 52 Scoring-Cody Zentner 3 TDs on runs of 15, 8 and 35 yds., Bryce Kibbel 3 TDs on runs of 10, 3 and 3 yds., James Smith 2 TDs on passes of 15 and 24 yds. from James Johnson, James Johnson on a 55 yd. run, Robby Friedt on a 45 yd. run and PATs by James Johnson (2), Robby Friedt (3), Cody Zentner (1), Daren Kelsch (1) on pass from JJ and James Smith (1) on pass from JJ.  Rushing-Cody Zentner 23-226 yds., James Johnson 6-111 yds., Robby Friedt 6-73 yds. and Bryce Kibbel 9-42 yds.  Passing-James Johnson 6-8-0 for 113 yds.  Receiving-James Smith 3-87 yds., Cody Zentner 2-18 yds. and Chris Mayer 1-8 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 55-584 and GU/H 47-300.  Defensive leaders-Cody Zentner with 26 points followed by Gregg Huber, Robby Friedt, Chris Mayer and Bryan Wetzel.

            New England/Regent 52-Mott 6 Scoring-Cody Zentner on a 9 yd. run.  Rushing-Cody Zentner 18-80 yds. and Bryce Kibbel 6-44 yds.  Passing-James Johnson 1-6-1 for 40 yds.  Receiving-James Smith 1-40 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 36-164 and NE/R 37-407.  Defensive leaders-Cody Zentner 27 points followed by Brad Kerzman, Ryan Olson, Benji Auch and Chris Mayer.

            Elgin-New Leipzig 20-Mott 14 Scoring-James Johnson on a 29 yd. run, Cody Zentner on a 51 yd. run and PAT by Cody Zentner.  Rushing-Cody Zentner 15-106 yds., James Johnson 5-55 yds. and Bryce Kibbel 9-44 yds.  Passing-James Johnson 4-10-1 for 26 yds.  Receiving-James Smith 2-21 yds. and Cody Zentner 2-5 yds.  Total yds.-Mott 39-231 and E/NL 46-236.  Defensive leaders-Robby Friedt 27 points and  Chris Mayer 24 points followed by Brad Kerzman, Cody Zentner, Ryan Olson, Danny Senn and Gregg Huber.  James Smith had 2 QB sacks.  

            Offensive stats-Rushing-Cody Zentner 106-671 yds., James Johnson 50-339 yds., Bryce Kibbel 61-284 yds. and Robby Friedt 55-259 yds.  Passing-James Johnson 37-90-13 for 475 yds. and 5 TD passes.  Scoring-Cody Zentner 9 TDs and 4 PATs for 62 points., Robby Friedt 4 TDs and 4 PATs for 43 points.  James Johnson added 28 points, James Smith 26 points, Bryce Kibbel 24 points, Danny Senn and Chris Mayer each 6 points and Daren Kelsch, Gregg Huber and Benji Auch 2 points each.  Receiving-James Smith 14-325 yds., Chris Mayer 5-57 yds., Cody Zentner 8-41 yds., Gregg Huber 2-29 yds., Robby Friedt 7-21 yds. and Daren Kelsch 1-20 yds.

            Defensive stats-Cody Zentner 134, Robby Friedt 126, Gregg Huber 99, Benji Auch 90, Brad Kerzman 90 and Chris Mayer 88.  Cody Zentner had 52 tackles.  Robby Friedt had 50 assists.  Chris Mayer had 3 interceptions and knocked down 4 passes.  Benji Auch recovered 4 fumbles and caused 3.

            Named to the All-Conference team were Benji Auch and Cody Zentner.  Honorable Mention went to Chris Mayer, James Johnson and Bryce Kibbel.  Awards-MVP on offense-Cody Zentner, MVP on defense-Benji Auch and Most Improved-Chris Mayer.

            Brad Kerzman went on to play one year of football at NDSCS.

            Members of the 1992 squad included Bryce Kibbel, Benjamin Auch, Daren Kelsch, Brad Kerzman, Christian Mayer, Robby Friedt, James Johnson, Travis Lutz, James Smith, Brian Steiner, Bryan Wetzel, Cody Zentner, Gregg Huber, Nathan Huether, Joel Kelsch, Ryan Olson, Branden Schiwal, Danny Senn, Orrin Hardmeyer, Lance Heidt, John Hintz, Steve Johnson, Dave Kerzman, Corey Morrell, Bill Oberlander and Brian Zimmerman.  Assistant coaches were Myron Schweitzer, Kevin Hoherz and Ray Schiwal.

1993    3-6       Coach Benson

           Mott over Glen Ullin/Hebron 44-14. Scoring: Cody Zentner-2 TDs on runs of 28 yds. and 1 yd., Gregg Huber on a 30 yd. pass from James Johnson, Robby Friedt on a 3 yd. run and James Johnson on a 17 yd. run, freshman star, Ryan Rixen, on a 79 yd. KOR.  PATs by Cody Zentner (2), and Gregg Huber and Robert Jahner on passes from James Johnson.  Rushing: Cody Zentner 10-130 yds., James Johnson 11-79 yds., Robby Friedt 8-42 yds., Danny Senn 2-11 yds..  Passing: James Johnson 5-11-1 for 145 yds.  Receiving: Gregg Huber 3-107 yds., Cody Zentner 1-29 yds. and Robert Jahner 1-9 yds.

            Defense was led by Cody Zentner with 10 tackles, 6 assists, and 1 fumble recovery. Robby Friedt caused 2 fumbles.  Danny Senn, Branden Schiwal, and Brian Zimmerman each added 5 tackles.  Steve Johnson had a QB sack.

            Scranton defeated Mott 19-14. Scoring: Cody Zentner on a 3 yd. run, Branden Schiwal on a 37 yd. pass from James Johnson.  PAT by Cody Zentner run.Rushing: Cody Zentner 23-142 yds., Robby Friedt 10-50 yds. Passing: James Johnson 4-10-1 for 65 yds. Receiving: Branden Schiwal 1-37 yds., Gregg Huber 1-31 yds.,

            Defense was led by Cody Zentner with 11 tackles and 7 assists. Ryan Olson added 6 tackles and Robby Friedt and James Johnson each had 5.  Ryan Olson had 2 QB sacks.

            New England/Regent defeated Mott 30-8. Scoring: Cody Zentner on a 1 yd. run and PAT by James Johnson run.  Rushing:  James Johnson 22-100 yds., Cody Zentner 17-54 yds., Branden Schiwal 4-15 yds.  Passing: Branden Schiwal 3-5-0 for 37 yds.  Receiving: Cody Zentner 1-22 yds., Gregg Huber 1-9 yds., Robby Friedt 1-5 yds.

           Defense was led by Danny Senn with 8 tackles and 3 assists.  James Smith had 6 tackles and Cody Zentner and James Johnson each had 5.  Robby Friedt had 1 QB sack.

           Lemmon defeated Mott 46-26. Scoring: Branden Schiwal 2 TDs on runs of 1 yd. and 53 yds., Gregg Huber on a 25 yd. pass from Branden Schiwal, Danny Senn on a 37 yd, run.  PAT on a James Johnson run.  Rushing: Branden Schiwal 3-57 yds., Cody Zentner 11-50 yds., Danny Senn 2-38 yds., James Johnson 8-19 yds.  Passing:  Branden Schiwal 10-21-2 for 155 yds.  Ryan Olson 1-1-0 for 14 yds.  Receiving: Gregg Huber 4-96 yds., Cody Zentner 3-45 yds., James Smith 2-22 yds., James Johnson 2-6 yds.

          Defense was led by James Johnson with 9 tackles and 2 assists, Cody Zentner had 7 tackles, James Smith and Ryan Olson each had 6. Branden Schiwal had 1 interception.

          Elgin/NL over Mott 20-16. Scoring: James Johnson 2 yd. run, Cody Zentner 12 yd. run.  PATs by James Johnson and Cody Zentner.  Rushing: James Johnson 19-142 yds., Cody Zentner 7-40 yds., Branden Schiwal 16-31 yds.  Passing:  Branden Schiwal 2-4-1 for 37 yds. Receiving: Cody Zentner 1-30 yds., Gregg Huber 1-7 yds.

          Defense was led by Gregg Huber with 9 tackles and 5 assists. Cody Zentner had 7 tackles and James Smith and James Johnson each had 6.  Branden Schiwal knocked down 2 passes.

          Mott defeated New Salem 40-12. Scoring: Cody Zentner 2 TDs on runs of 1 yd. and 12 yds., James Johnson on a 83 yd. KOR, Danny Senn on a 12 yd, run, Gregg Huber on a 42 yd. from James Johnson.  PATs-Danny Senn runs (3), James Johnson run and Gregg Huber pass from James Johnson.

          Defense was led by James Smith with 11 tackles and 3 assists. James Johnson had 7 tackles.  The Cardinals had 11 QB sacks.  Gregg Huber 3 ½, Steve Johnson 2 ½, Corey Morell 1 ½, Robby Friedt 1 ½, Ryan Olson 1, and Ryan Rixen 1.  Robby Friedt and Joel Kelsch each had an interception.

          Richardton/Taylor over Mott 26-20. Scoring: Danny Senn 34 yd. pass from James Johnson, James Johnson on a 80 yd. KOR and a 1 yd. run.  A PAT by Cody Zentner.  Rushing: Danny Senn 10-40 yds., Cody Zentner 4-6 yds., Gregg Huber 1-5 yds.  Passing: James Johnson 14-28-2 for 186 yds. Receiving: Gregg Huber 5-128 yds., Danny Senn 2-22 yds., Robby Friedt 2-20 yds. Robert Jahner 1-15 yds.

           The defense was led by Cody Zentner with 14 tackles and 6 assists. James Smith and Corey Morell each had 9 tackles.  Steve Johnson had 1 QB sack.

           Mott over Glen Ullin/Hebron 52-38. Scoring: Cody Zentner 3 TDs on runs of 1, 1, and 2 yds., James Johnson 3 TDs on TWO KORs of 85 yds. and 78 yds. and a 55 yd. run,  Branden Schiwal scored on a 55 yd. interception.  PAT runs by Danny Senn, Cody Zentner and Ryan Rixen.  James Smith and Gregg Huber PATs on passes from James Johnson.  Rushing: James Johnson 9-71 yds., Cody Zentner 10-60 yds., Danny Senn 5-52 yds., Ryan Rixen 2-34 yds., Robby Friedt 6-23 yds. Passing: James Johnson 2-6-1 for 18 yds.  Receiving: Cody Zentner 1-15 yds., Joel Kelsch 1-3 yds.

           The defense was led by Cody Zentner with 12 tackles and 1 assist.  James Smith had 9 tackles and Gregg Huber 7.  The Cardinals had 6 players knockdown passes.  Branden Schiwal had 1 interception.

           Flasher/Carson over Mott 48-18. Scoring: Branden Schiwal on a 79 yd. pass from James Johnson, Gregg Huber on a 9 yd. pass from James Johnson, Ryan Rixen on a 3 yd. run.  Rushing: Cody Zentner 13-76 yds., Ryan Rixen 16-63 yds., James Johnson 15-48 yds.  Passing: James Johnson 7-18-0 for 122 yds. Receiving:  Branden Schiwal 2-92 yds., Gregg Huber 2-27 yds., Ryan Rixen 1-7 yds., Robby Friedt 1-5 yds.

          The defense was led by James Smith with 7 tackles and 4 assists. Cody Zentner had 6 tackles. 

          For the season, James Johnson was 36-82-7 for 639 yds. passing. James threw 6 TD passes.  Cody Zentner led the team in scoring with 72 points.  Cody had 10 TDs and 6 PATs.  Cody led team in rushing 110-647 yds.  James Johnson followed with 104-480 yds.  Gregg Huber led the team in receiving 19-484 yds. The top point getters on defense were Cody Zentner (206), James Smith (155), Ryan Olson (116), Gregg Huber (114), James Johnson (113), Robby Friedt (104).  Steve Johnson had 5 QB sacks followed by Gregg Huber with 3.5, Ryan Olson 3, and Robby Friedt 3.  Branden Schiwal had 2 interceptions and knocked down 4 passes.

           Named to the All-Conference team were Cody Zentner and James Johnson. Honorable Mention went to James Smith, Robby Friedt and Gregg Huber.  MVP on offense-James Johnson, MVP on defense-Cody Zentner, Most Improved-James Smith.

           Members of the 1993 team included Cody Zentner, Robby Friedt, James Smith, James Johnson, Jeremy Larson, Brian Steiner, Branden Schiwal, Danny Senn, Ryan Olson, Gregg Huber, Joel Kelsch, Lance Heidt, Corey Morrell, David Kerzman, Steve Johnson, Orrin Hardmeyer, Robert Jahner, Brian Zimmerman, James Kilzer, Matt Jahner, Dave Olson, Jason Vukelic, Ryan Rixen, David Law, Shaun Bullinger, Danny Yourk, Aaron Kelsch, Brian Vukelic and Jon Jahner.

           Assistant coaches Myron Schweitzer, Kevin Hoherz and Ray Schiwal.

1994    4-4       Coach Benson

           Strasburg/Zeeland defeated Mott 40-14. Scoring: Dave Olson on a 3 yd. run and Branden Schiwal on a 1 yd. run.  PAT by Gregg Huber on a pass from Branden Schiwal.  Rushing: Ryan Olson 3-31 yds., Danny Senn 8-26 yds., Branden Schiwal 14-22 yds., Dave Olson 5-20 yds., and Joel Kelsch 2-2 yds.  Passing: Branden Schiwal 5-13-1 79 yds.  Receiving: Gregg Huber 3-57 yds., Danny Senn 2-22 yds.

           Defense was led by Nathan Huether with 7 tackles, 2 assists, a blocked punt, a fumble caused and a fumble recovery. Danny Senn had 6 tackles and Ryan Olson 5.  Joel Kelsch had 2 interceptions.

           Mott defeated Scranton 28-14.  Scoring: Branden Schiwal 2 TDs on runs of 10 yds. and 75 yds., Danny Senn on a 1 yd. run, Dave Kerzman recoved a fumble in the endzone.  PAT runs by Danny Senn and Ryan Olson.  Rushing: Branden Schiwal 10-108 yds., Ryan Olson 10-77 yds., Danny Senn 15-71 yds., and Jon Jahner 1-2 yds.  Passing: Branden Schiwal 3-11-1 for 21 yds.  Receiving: Gregg Huber 2-14 yds. and Ryan Olson 1-7 yds.

           Defense was by committee. Gregg Huber had 11 tackles and 2 assists.  Ryan Olson had 10 tackles, 5 assists, blocked a punt and caused a fumble.  Nathan Huether had 5 tackles, 10 assists, a fumble recovery and knocked down a pass.  Dave Kerzman had 5 tackles, 8 assists and recovered a fumble.  Other fumbles were caused by Danny Senn and Ryan Rixen. 

           Mott defeated Elgin/NL 38-14. Scoring: Danny Senn 2 TDs on 2 runs of 5 yds., Braanden Schiwal on a 81 yd. run, Gregg Huber on a 23 yd. run from Branden Schiwal, Ryan Rixen on a 2 yd. run.  PATs were scored by Danny Senn (3) and Ryan Olson on runs.  Rushing: Branden Schiwal 4-84 yds., Danny Senn 8-49 yds., Ryan Olson 4-41 yds., Joel Kelsch 6-24 yds., Ryan Rixen 4-20 yds., Dave Olson 2-4 yds.  Passing: Branden Schiwal 4-6-0 for 85 yds. and Jon Jahner 1-1-0 for 7 yds.  Receiving: Gregg Huber 4-69 yds. and Danny Senn 1-23 yds.

           Defense was led by Dave Olson with 6 tackles, 2 assists, caused a fumble and knocked down a pass. Ryan Olson also had 6 tackles and an interception.  Brian Zimmerman and Steve Johnson caused 2 fumbles.  Joel Kelsch had an interception and a fumble recovery.  Brian Zimmerman had 2 QB sacks and Matt Jahner 1.  The Cardinals caused 7 fumbles and recovered 3 of them.

           Mott defeated New Salem 38-8. Scoring: Danny Senn had 2 TDs with runs of 1 yd. and 8 yds., Ryan Olson scored on a 4 yd. run, Gregg Huber on a 30 yd. pass from Branden Schiwal, and Branden Schiwal on a 26 yd. run.  PATs were scored by Danny Senn (3) and Branden Schiwal on runs.  Rushing: Danny Senn 15-92 yds., Branden Schiwal 7-46 yds., Ryan Olson 8-32 yds., Joel Kelsch 3-24 yds., Ben Zimmerman 2-11 yds., Dave Olson 2-6 yds., and Ryan Rixen 1-4 yds.  Passing: Branden Schiwal 3-4-0 for 75 yds. and Jon Jahner 1-3-0 for 9 yds.  Receiving: Gregg Huber 1-30 yds., Steve Johnson 1-25 yds., Danny Senn 1-20 yds., and Corey Morell 1-9 yds. 

           Defense was led by Nathan Huether with 9 tackles, 6 assists, and 1 fumble recovery. Danny Senn caused a fumble and knocked down a pass.  Ryan Rixen recovered a fumble also.

           Richardton/Taylor over Mott 48-30. Gregg Huber scored 3 times on passes from Branden Schiwal-12, 82, and 38 yds., Danny Senn on a 13 yd. pass from Branden Schiwal, and Dave Kerzman 2 points for a safety.  PATs were scored on a Joel Kelsch run and a pass to Gregg Huber from Branden Schiwal.  Rushing:  Team 29-(-13) yds.  Passing: Branden Schiwal 14-28-2 for 331 yds.  Receiving: Gregg Huber 6-239 yds., Ryan Olson 3-51 yds., and Danny Senn 5-41 yds.

           Defense was led by Ryan Olson with 13 tackles, 7 assists a fumble recovery. Nathan Huether had 8 tackles, 9 assists and a QB sack.  Gregg Huber had 8 tackles, 3 assists, caused a fumble, and knocked down a pass.  Danny Senn had 7 tackles, 6 assists, and knocked down a pass.  Along with the safety, Dave Kerzman caused a fumble and knocked down a pass.

           Mott defeated Glen Ullin/Hebron 34-14. Scoring: Ryan Olson 2 TDs on runs of 3 yds. and 8 yds., Joel Kelsch on a 20 yd. run, Danny Senn on a 18 yd. run, and Gregg Huber on a 29 yd. pass from Branden Schiwal.  PATs by Joel Kelsch and Ryan Olson run.  Rushing:  Danny Senn 9-107 yds., Branden Schiwal 4-39 yds., Ryan Olson 7-38 yds., Joel Kelsch 2-30 yds., Ryan Rixen 7-14 yds., and Dave Olson 3-4 yds.  Passing: Branden Schiwal 3-8-0 for 67 yds.  Receiving: Gregg Huber 1-29 yds., Danny Senn 1-27 yds., and Ryan Olson 1-11 yds.

           Defense was led by committee. Dave Olson had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Brian Manolovits had 5 tackles, 1 assist and an interception.  Nathan Huether had 4 tackles, 4 assists and 2 QB sacks.  Gregg Huber and Branden Schiwal each had an interception.  Ryan Olson had 2 QB sacks.  Joel Kelsch knocked down a pass and recovered a fumble.  Brian Zimmerman also had a fumble recovery.

           Flasher/Carson defeated Mott 32-24. Scoring: Danny Senn on a 34 yd. pass from Branden Schiwal, Branden Schiwal 2 TDs on runs of 9 yds. and 1 yd.  PATs all scored by Danny Senn (3). Rushing: Danny Senn 25-139 yds., Branden Schiwal 15-61 yds., Ryan Olson 11-50 yds.  Passing: Branden Schiwal 3-17-1 for 33 yds.  Receiving: Danny Senn 2-25 yds. and Ryan Olson 1-8 yds.

           Defense was led by Nathan Huether with 12 tackles and 3 assists. Gregg Huber had 6 tackles, 3 assists, knocked down a pass and had an interception.  Dave Kerzman recovered a fumble.  

           For the season, Branden Schiwal was 40-97-5 passing for 783 yds. Branden threw 9 TD passes.  Scoring was led by Danny Senn with 70 points.  Danny scored 7 TDs and 11 PATs.  Danny Senn also led the team in rushing 99-517 yds.  Gregg Huber was top receiver with 20 catches for 525 yds. The top point getters on defense were Nathan Huether (174), Ryan Olson (138), Gregg Huber (115), Danny Senn (85), Dave Kerzman (68), Joel Kelsch (62), Ryan Rixen (61).  Nathan Huether had 3 QB sacks and 4 fumble recoveries, Joel Kelsch had 3 interceptions, and Gregg Huber caused 3 fumbles.

           Cardinals finished 3rd in the Western Roughrider Conference with a 4-3 record.

           Named to the All-Conference team were Gregg Huber, Nathan Huether and Ryan Olson. Honorable Mention went to Dave Kerzman, Danny Senn and Branden Schiwal.  Awards-MVP on offense-Danny Senn and Branden Schiwal, MVP on defense-Nathan Huether and Ryan Olson, Most Improved-Joel Kelsch. 

           Nathan Huether was named to the All-State team at offensive guard.

           Members of the 1994 team included Ryan Olson, Danny Senn, Nathan Huether, Joel Kelsch, Branden Schiwal, Gregg Huber, Dave Kerzman, Lance Heidt, Orrin Hardmeyer, Corey Morrell, Steve Johnson, Brian Zimmerman, Ryan Rixen, Dave Olson, Jason Vukelic, Aaron Kelsch, Matt Jahner, James Kilzer, Jon Jahner, Brian Vukelic, Adrian Friedt, Ben Zimmerman, Andrew Wiegand, Jason Jahner and Brian Manolovits. 

           Assistant coaches were Myron Schweitzer, Kevin Hoherz and Ray Schiwal.

1995    1-7       Coach Benson

           Strasburg/Zeeland defeated Mott 30-6. Scoring: Steve Rixen on a 32 yd. pass from Jon Jahner.  Rushing: Dave Olson 11-74 yds., Ben Zimmerman 7-9 yds., Brian Manolovits 1-6 yds.  Passing: Jon Jahner 5-15-2 for 73 yds.  Receiving: Steve Rixen 1-32 yds., Andrew Wiegand 1-25 yds., Jason Vukelic 1-8 yds., Lance Heidt 1-5 yds., Dave Olson 1-3 yds. 

           On defense, Cory Morell had 3 tackles, 6 assists, and 2 QB sacks. Dave Olson had 5 tackles and 5 assists.  Ben Zimmerman had 4 tackles and 4 assists.  Ryan Rixen also had a QB sack. 

            Elgin/NL over Mott 20-12. Scoring: Jon Jahner on a 1 yd. run, Ryan Rixen on a 87 yd. KOR.  Rushing: Ryan Rixen 15-75 yds., Dave Olson 14-32 yds., Jon Jahner 2-1 yd.  Passing: Jon Jahner 3-11-2 for 18 yds.  Receiving: Dave Olson 2-17 yds. and Jason Vukelic 1-1 yd.

           On defense, Brian Zimmerman led the team with 7 tackles, 9 assists, and a fumble recovery. Ryan Rixen had 8 tackles and 3 assists.  Ben Zimmerman had 5 tackles, 6 assists, and recovered a fumble.  Matt Jahner, Corey Morell, and Dave Olson each had a QB sack.  Matt Jahner also caused 2 fumbles.

           New Salem defeated Mott 42-12. Scoring: Ryan Rixen on a 6 yd. run and Jon Jahner on a 3 yd. run.  Rushing: Ryan Rixen 24-103 yds., Jon Jahner 9-38 yds., Dave Olson 8-20 yds.  Passing: Jon Jahner 9-20-4 for 91 yds.  Receiving: Andrew Wiegand 4-44 yds., Jason Vukelic 2-38 yds., Dave Olson 1-10 yds., Steve Rixen 1-9 yds., Ryan Rixen 1-(-10) yds.

           Defense was led by Ryan Rixen with 7 tackles and 1 assist. Brian Zimmerman had a QB sack.

           Richardton/Taylor defeated Mott 28-14. Scoring: Dave Olson on a 34 yd. run and Andrew Wiegand on a 42 yd. pass from Jon Jahner.  A PAT was scored by Ryan Rixen.  Rushing: Dave Olson 16-94 yds., Ryan Rixen 12-53 yds.  Passing: Jon Jahner 8-14-1 for 59 yds.  Receiving: Andrew Wiegand 2-50 yds., Ryan Rixen 2-14 yds., Dave Olson 4-(-5) yds.

           Defense was led by Dave Olson with 9 tackles, 3 assists, and a blocked punt.

           Mott over Glen Ullin/Hebron 40-20. Scoring: Andrew Wiegand 3 TDs on passes from Jon Jahner-72, 43, and 7 yds.  Ryan Rixen 2 TDs on runs of 41 yds. and 4 yds.  Brian Manolovits on a 19 yd. run.  PATs were scored by Ryan Rixen and Dave Olson.  Rushing: Ryan Rixen 11-116 yd., Brian Manolovits 7-56 yds., Dave Olson 7-29 yds., Brian Vukelic 4-10 yds., Nick Gard 1-0 yds., Corey Morell 1-(-1) yd., Dave Kerzman 1-(-5) yds., Jon Jahner 2-(-16) yds.  Passing: Jon Jahner 6-10-0 for 154 yds.  Receiving: Andrew Wiegand 3-122 yds., Steve Johnson 1-29 yds., Dave Olson 1-9 yd., Ryan Rixen 1-(-6) yds.

           Defense was led by Brian Manolovits with 10 tackles, 9 assists, and a blocked punt. Dave Kerzman had 8 tackles and 11 assists.  Lance Heidt had 6 tackles, 5 assists, an interception, and a knocked down pass.  Ryan Rixen had a QB sack.

           Flasher/Carson defeated Mott 32-30. Scoring:  Brian Manolovits 3 TDs on runs of 1, 23, and 51 yds.  Jon Jahner on a 1 yd. run.  PATs by Lance Heidt, Andrew Wiegand, and Brian Manolovits.  Rushing: Brian Manolovits 16-140 yds., Brian Vukelic 17-50 yds., Jon Jahner 5-19 yds., Steve Johnson 2-4 yds.  Passing: Jon Jahner 6-16-1 for 103 yds.  Receiving: Andrew Wiegand 5-113 yds., Brian Manolovits 1-(-10) yds.

           Defense was led by Steve Johnson with 7 tackles, 6 assists, 1 fumble recovery and .5 QB sack. Brian Zimmerman had 8 tackles and 4 assists.  Dave Kerzman had 3 tackles, 11 assists, and caused a fumble.  Corey Morell had 5 tackles, 6 assists, and .5 QB sack.  Lance Heidt had 6 tackles, 2 assists, and an interception.  Steve Rixen had 2 QB sacks, caused 2 fumbles, and knocked down a pass.  Brian Manolovits had a QB sack.  Jason Vukelic had an interception.

           New England/Regent defeated Mott 54-8. Scoring: Brian Manolovits on a 51 yd. run.  PAT on a Brian Vukelic run.  Rushing: Brian Manolovits 13-64 yds., Ben Zimmerman 4-39 yds., Brian Vukelic 7-19 yds., Jon Jahner 2-2 yds.  Passing: Jon Jahner 2-11-4 for 9 yds.  Receiving: Andrew Wiegand 1-6 yds. and Kelsey Schultz 1-3 yds. 

           Defense was led by Ben Zimmerman with 5 tackles and 5 assists. Ryan Rixen blocked a punt.

           Scranton defeated Mott 32-12. Scoring: Andrew Wiegand on a 21 yd. pass from Jon Jahner and Ryan Rixen on a 2 yd. run.  Rushing: Ryan Rixen 22-131 yds., Brian Manolovits 10-19 yds. Passing: Jon Jahner 8-20-0 for 71 yds.  Receiving:  Andrew Wiegand 2-30 yds., Brian Manolovits 2-18 yds., Steve Johnson 2-11 yds., Dave Olson 1-7 yds. and Lance Heidt 1-5 yds.

            Defense was led by Dave Olson with 6 tackles and 5 assists. Dave Kerzman had 5 tackles and 6 assists.  Steve Johnson had a QB sack.

            For the season, Ryan Rixen led the team in rushing 84-478 yds. Brian Manolovits was 47-285 yds. rushing.  Jon Jahner was 47-114-14 for 578 yds. and 6 TD passes.  Scoring leaders were Ryan Rixen (34), Brian Manolovits (32), Andrew Wiegand (32), Jon Jahner (18).  Andrew Wiegand was number 1 in receiving with 18-390 yds.

            Named to the All-Conference team were Dave Kerzman and Dave Olson.  Honorable Mention went to Orrin Hardmeyer, Ryan Rixen and Jon Jahner.  Awards-MVP on offense-Ryan Rixen, MVP on defense-Dave Olson, Most Improved-Andrew Wiegand and Brian Manolovits.

           Members of the 1995 team included Dave Kerzman, Lance Heidt, Brian Zimmerman, Orrin Hardmeyer, Corey Morrell, Steve Johnson, Dave Olson, Ryan Rixen, Aaron Kelsch, Jared Wangsvick, Shaun Bullinger, Jason Vukelic, Matt Jahner, Kelsey Shultz, Jon Jahner, Brian Vukelic, Adrian Friedt, Brian Manolovits, Andrew Wiegand, Ben Zimmerman, Jason Jahner, Steve Rixen, Greg Friedt, Marcus Fries, Justin Manolovits, Nathan Rogers, Eric Olson and Nick Gard. 

           Assistant coaches were Kevin Hoherz and Ray Schiwal.

1996    6-2       Coach Benson

           Mott defeated Strasburg 22-6. Scoring: Jon Jahner 1 yd. run, PAT by Ryan Rixen.  Ryan Rixen 21 yd. run, PAT by Andrew Wiegand pass from Jon Jahner. Dave Olson 53 yd. interception.  Rushing: Ryan Rixen 29-159 yds., Brian Manolovits 7-28 yds., Dave Olson 8-22 yds., Jon Jahner 8-20 yds., Steve Rixen 1-1 yd.  Passing: Jon Jahner 4-10-2 for 26 yds.  Receiving: Dave Olson 1-19 yds., Andrew Wiegand 1-7 yds.

           Defense was led by Brian Vukelic with 5 tackles, 2 assists, and 2 interceptions. Dave Olson had 6 tackles, 1 assist, and 1 interception.  Brian Manolovits had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Ryan Rixen had a QB sack and Greg Friedt recovered a fumble. 

           Mott defeated New Salem 38-22. Scoring: Ryan Rixen with 4 TDs on runs of 12, 1, and 4 yds. plus a 84 yd. KOR.  Jason Vukelic on a 43 yd. pass from Jon Jahner.  2 PATs runs by Ryan Rixen.  1 PAT by Jason Vukelic on a pass from Jon Jahner.  1 PAT run by Dave Olson.  Rushing: Ryan Rixen 16-67 yds., Dave Olson 8-46 yds., Desi Ottmar 4-24 yds., Jon Jahner 6-20 yds., Brian Manolovits 1-18 yds., Ben Zimmerman 4-13 yds., Nick Gard 1-9 yds.  Passing:  Jon Jahner 6-11-0 for 118 yds.  Receiving: Jason Vukelic 4-81 yds,, Andrew Wiegand 1-25 yds., Desi Ottmar 1-12 yds.

           Defense was led by Brian Manolovits with 5 tackles, 7 assists, and a QB sack. Dave Olson had 8 tackles and 3 assists.  Brian Vukelic had 5 tackles and 5 assists.  Ben Zimmerman had a QB sack.  Ryan Rixen had a QB sack, forced a fumble, and recovered a fumble.

           Mott defeated Richardton/Taylor 36-6. Scoring: Ryan Rixen 2 TDs on runs of 20 yds. and 11 yds.  Jon Jahner on a 67 yd. run.  Dave Olson on a 1 yd. run and Brain Manolovits on a 5 yd. run.  Ryan Rixen 2 PATs and Dave Olson 1 PAT on a pass from Jon Jahner.  Rushing: Ryan Rixen 16-111 yds., Jon Jahner 6-109 yds., Brian Manolovits 12-35 yds., Dave Olson 7-27 yds., Desi Ottmar 2-(-9) yds.  Passing: Jon Jahner 2-5-1 for 43 yds.  Receiving: Jason Vukelic 1-23 yds. and Andrew Wiegand 1-20 yds.

           Defense was led by Dave Olson with 9 tackles and 7 assists. Aaron Kelsch had 9 tackles and 5 assists.  Brian Manolovits had 4 tackles, 10 assists, and caused a fumble.  Ryan Rixen recorded a QB sack and Jon Jahner an interception.

           Mott defeated Glen Ullin 18-12. Scoring: Ryan Rixen 2 TDs on runs of 74 yds. and 57 yds.  Andrew Wiegand scored on a 64 yd. pass from Jon Jahner.  Rushing: Ryan Rixen 21-221 yds., Dave Olson 8-24 yds., Brian Manolovits 3-11 yds. and Jon Jahner 7-2 yds.  Passing: Jon Jahner 4-9-0 for 118 yds.  Receiving: Andrew Wiegand 1-64 yds., Desi Ottmar 1-25 yds., Ryan Rixen 1-19 yds. and Dave Olson 1-10 yds.            

           Defense was led by Dave Olson with 15 tackles and 7 assists.  Brian Manolovits had 7 tackles, 12 assists and caused 2 fumbles.  Brian Vukelic had 8 tackles, 5 assists, a fumble recovery and an interception.  Greg Friedt recovered a fumble.

           New England/Regent defeated Mott 49-6. Scoring: Dave Olson on a 11 yd. pass from Nick Gard.  Rushing: Ryan Rixen 11-44 yds., Dave Olson 6-14 yds., Brian Manolovits 4-13 yds. and Nick Gard 6-(-28) yds.  Passing: Nick Gard 7-19-3 for 69 yds.  Receiving: Dave Olson 3-24 yds., Desi Ottmar 1-21 yds., Andrew Wiegand 1-10 yds., Jason Vukelic 1-7 yds. and Brian Manolovits 1-7 yds. 

           Defense was led by Brian Manolovits with 8 tackles and 10 assists. Ben Zimmerman had 3 tackles and 10 assists.  Brian Vukelic 3 tackles, 8 assists and knocked down a pass.

           Scranton defeated Mott 28-24. Scoring: Brian Manolovits 3 TDs on runs of 1, 3, and 2 yds.  Dave Olson scored on a 7 yd. pass from Nick Gard.  Rushing: Ryan Rixen 22-82 yds., Nick Gard 15-50 yds., Brian Manolovits 6-19 yds. and Dave Olson 5-12 yds.  Passing: Nick Gard 9-21-0 for 116 yds.  Receiving: Andrew Wiegand 2-56 yds., Dave Olson 2-26 yds., Jason Vukelic 2-16 yds., Ryan Rixen 2-11 yds., and Brian Manolovits 1-7 yds.

           The defense was led by Dave Olson with 7 tackles, 5 assists, caused a fumble and recovered a fumble. Brian Manolovits had 3 tackles, 8 assists and recovered 2 fumbles.  Brian Vukelic had 7 tackles and 2 assists.

           Mott defeated Elgin/NL 38-24. Scoring: Ryan Rixen scored 4 TDs and 2 PATs.  Andrew Wiegand scored on a pass from Nick Gard.  Rushing: Ryan Rixen 24-331 yds., Nick Gard 8-24 yds., Dave Olson 5-21 yds., and Brian Manolovits 4-16 yds.  Passing: Nick Gard 4-7-1 for 60 yds.  Receiving: Andrew Wiegand 2-37 yds. and Ryan Rixen 2-23 yds.

           The defense was led by Brian Manolovits with 12 tackles, 7 assists and a fumble recovery. Brian Vukelic had 6 tackles, 7 assists, an interception and caused a fumble.  Ben Zimmerman had6 tackles, 3 assists and caused 3 fumbles.  Dave Olson had a fumble recovery.  Ryan Rixen cause 2 fumbles.  Jason Vukelic had an interception and knocked down a pass.

           For the season, Ryan Rixen was 160-1199 rushing. Andrew Wiegand caught 11 passes for 260 yds.  Passing-Jon Jahner was 17-41-4, 314 yds. with 3 TD passes.  Nick Gard was 21-49-4, 277 yds. with 3 TD passes.  Ryan Rixen led the scoring with 110 points on 16 TDs and 7 PATs.  Others-Dave Olson (34), Brian Manolovits (30), Andrew Wiegand (20), Jon Jahner (12) and Jason Vukelic (8)

           Brian Manolovits led the defense with 180 points. Brian caused 4 fumbles, recovered 3 fumbles, had an interception and a QB sack.  Ryan Rixen had 4.5 QB sacks, caused 3 fumbles and recovered 3 fumbles.  Brian Vukelic recorded 4 interceptions 

           Mott finished 3rd in the Western Roughrider Conference with a 5-2 record

           Named to the All-Conference team were Ryan Rixen, Dave Olson and Brian Vukelic. Honorable Mention went to Aaron Kelsch, Brian Manolovits and Jon Jahner.  Awards-MVP on offense-Ryan Rixen, MVP on defense-Dave Olson, Most Improved-Jason Jahner.

            Members of the 1996 team included Ryan Rixen, Dave Olson, Jason Vukelic, Aaron Kelsch, Jon Jahner, Jason Jahner, Brian Vukelic, Andrew Wiegand, Brian Manolovits, Desi Ottmar, Ben Zimmerman, Steve Rixen, Greg Friedt, Marcus Fries, Eric Olson, Nick Gard, Justin Manolovits, Nathan Rogers, Nick Friedt, Nathan Swindler, Beau Finck, Brian Kautzman, Greg Wiegand, Matt Kerzman, Ryan Keller, Jeremy Huether and Curt Friedt.  

           Assistant coaches Kevin Hoherz and Ray Schiwal.

1997    8-2 Coach Benson

           Mott defeated Strasburg/Zeeland 26-15. Scoring: Brian Manolovits 3 TDs on runs of 11 yds., 6 yds., and a 23 yd. interception.  Andrew Wiegand scored on a 37 yd. pass from Nick Gard.  1 PAT by Nick Gard run.  Rushing: Brian Manolovits 19-80 yds., Steve Rixen 9-50 yds., Nick Gard 4-26 yds., Desi Ottmar 1-3 yds., Grant Larson 4-3 yds., Nathan Swindler 1-1 yd.  Passing: Nick Gard 8-14-0 for 111 yds. and 1 TD.  Receiving: Andrew Wiegand 3-71 yds., Brian Manolovits 2-28 yds., Nathan Rogers 1-11 yds., Ben Zimmerman 1-6 yds. and Grant Larson 1-(-5) yds.

            Defense was led by Nick Gard with 8 tackles, 4 assists, and 2 interceptions.  Brian Manolovits had 4 tackles, 6 assists, caused a fumble, and had an interception.  Nathan Rogers had 1.5 QB sacks, Desi Ottmar had 1 interception, Justin Manolovits recovered a fumble, and Jason Jahner caused a fumble and recovered a fumble.

            Mott defeated Richardton/Taylor 42-24.  Scoring: Desi Ottmar scored 3 TDs on runs of 31 yds., 21 yds., and 33 yds.  Brian Manolovits scored 2 TDs on runs of 85 yds. and 11 yds.  Steve Rixen scored on an 8 yd. run.  PATs were scored by Brian Manolovits and Steve Rixen runs and Nathan Rogers on a pass from Nick Gard.  Rushing: Brian Manolovits 22-185 yd., Desi Ottmar 8-103 yds., Steve Rixen 1-8 yds., Ben Zimmerman 1-1 yd., Nick Gard 1-(-1) yd. and Grant Larson 1-(6) yds.  Passing:  Nick Gard 3-6-0 for 13 yds.  Receiving: Andrew Wiegand 2-7 yds. and Nathan Rogers 1-6 yds.

            Defense was led by Ben Zimmerman with 7 tackles, 4 assists, 2 QB sacks and 1 interception.  Brian Vukelic had 9 tackles, 4 assists and 1 interception.  Steve Rixen had 5 tackles, 4 assists, a fumble recovery, an interception and knocked down a pass.  Brian Manolovits caused a fumble and recovered a fumble.  Jason Jahner recovered a fumble.  Greg Friedt and Andrew Wiegand each had a QB sack.

            Mott defeated Glen Ullin/Hebron 44-14.  Scoring: Brian Manolovits scored on a 25 yd. run.  Steve Rixen scored on an 8 yd. run.  Andrew Wiegand scored on a 36 yd. pass from Jon Jahner.  Jon Jahner scored on a 51 yd. run.  Desi Ottmar scored on a 1 yd. run.  Rushing: Jon Jahner 4-68 yds., Steve Rixen 12-54 yds., Brian Manolovits 4-46 yds., Grant Larson 6-29 yds., Desi Ottmar 3-21 yds., Joe Jahner 5-13 yds., Nathan Swindler 3-3 yds., and Nick Gard 2 (-5) yds.  Passing: Jon Jahner 5-6-0 for 114 yds. and Nick Gard 1-4-0 for 4 yds.  Receiving: Desi Ottmar 1-39 yds., Andrew Wiegand 1-36 yds., Nathan Rogers 2-24 yds., Steve Rixen 1-12 yds. and Brian Vukelic 1-7 yds.

            The defense was led by Brian Manolovits with 10 tackles and 6 assists.  Steve Rixen had 4 tackles, 8 assists and caused a fumble.  Nick Gard had 2 tackles, 9 assists and 1 interception.  Justin Manolovits caused a fumble and Greg Friedt recovered a fumble.  Grant Larson knocked down a pass.

            Mott defeated Flasher/Carson 48-14.  Scoring:  Brian Manolovits scored 3 TDs on a run of 55 yds., a pass from Jon Jahner of 69 yds. and an 85 yd. interception return.   Desi Ottmar scored 2 TDs on 2 big interceptions with returns of 98 yds. and 101 yds.  Andrew Wiegand scored on a 64 yd. pass from Jon Jahner.  Nathan Rogers scored on a 14 yd. pass from Jon Jahner.  Brian Manolovits and Steve Rixen each scored a PAT on run.  Jason Jahner scored a PAT on a fumble recovery.  Rushing: Brian Manolovits 6-72 yds., Grant Larson 3-35 yds., Steve Rixen 5-18 yds., Nick Gard 1-17 yds. and Jon Jahner 1-(8) yds.  Passing: Jon Jahner 7-13-0 for 166 yds.  Receiving: Andrew Wiegand 2-75 yds., Brian Manolovits 2-68 yds., Nathan Rogers 1-14 yds. and Steve Rixen 2-10 yds.

            The defense was led by Brian Manolovits with 14 tackles, 6 assists, caused a fumble and 1 interception.  Steve Rixen had 8 tackles, 14 assists and knocked down a pass.  Ben Zimmerman had 6 tackles, 14 assists and caused a fumble.  Desi Ottmar had 5 tackles, 7 assists and 4 interceptions.  Nick Gard had 9 tackles, 5 assists and knocked down a pass.  Brian Vukelic had 6 tackles, 7 assists and 1 interception.  Jason Jahner had 2 tackles, 7 assists, a QB sack and a fumble recovery. 

           Cardinals had 6 interceptions in the game.  

            New England/Regent defeated Mott 28-0. The quarter scores were 6-0, 16-0, 16-0 and 28-0.  Rushing: Brian Manolovits 21-89 yds., Steve Rixen 2-2 yds., Jon Jahner 6-5 yds. and Desi Ottmar 3-(-19) yds.  Passing:  Jon Jahner 10-25-2 for 134 yds.  Receiving: Andrew Wiegand 6-69 yds., Desi Ottmar 2-48 yds., Brian Manolovits 1-13 yds., and Nathan Rogers 1-4 yds.

           The defense was led by Brian Vukelic with 11 tackles and 5 assists. Brian Manolovits had 8 tackles and 6 assists.  Nick Gard had 5 tackles, 6 assists and knocked down a pass.  Desi Ottmar had 6 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down a pass. Jason Jahner caused a fumble.    

            Mott over Scranton 16-6. This was our Homecoming against a very good team.  Scoring: Desi Ottmar scored on a 7 yd. run and Steve Rixen sealed the victory with a 52 yd. run late in the 4th QTR.  PATs were scored on a Brian Manolovits run and a pass to Andrew Wiegand from Jon Jahner.  Rushing: Brian Manolovits 26-105 yds., Steve Rixen 13-102 yds., Desi Ottmar 2-16 yds. and Jon Jahner 3-7 yds.  Passing: Jon Jahner 5-12-1 for 38 yds.  Receiving: Brian Manolovits 3-29 yds., Andrew Wiegand 1-5 yds. and Desi Ottmar 1-4 yds.

           The defense was led by Brian Vukelic with 7 tackles, 13 assists and knocked down 3 passes. Brian Manolovits had 8 tackles and 7 assists.  Nick Gard had 9 tackles and 3 assists.  Ben Zimmerman had 3 tackles, 8 assists and 2 QB sacks.  Andrew Wiegand had 6 tackles and 5 assists.  Nathan Rogers had 4 tackles, 3 assists and 2 QB sacks.

           Mott defeated Elgin/NL 32-14. Scoring: Brian Manolovits 2 TDs on runs of 1 yd. and 16 yds.  Andrew Wiegand scored on a 21 yd. pass from Jon Jahner.  Desi Ottmar scored on a 29 yd. pass from Jon Jahner.  Rushing: Brian Manolovits 23-171 yds., Desi Ottmar 2-39 yds., Steve Rixen 6-22 yds. and Jon Jahner 7-(-1) yd.  Passing: Jon Jahner 7-12-1 for 126 yds.  Receiving: Desi Ottmar 2-52 yds., Brian Manolovits 1-25 yds., Andrew Wiegand 1-21 yds., Nathan Rogers 1-17 yds. and Steve Rixen 2-11 yds.

           The defense was led by Brian Manolovits with 12 tackles, 9 assists, caused a fumble and recovered a fumble. Steve Rixen had 7 tackles, 11 assists, a fumble recovery and 1 interception.  Brian Vukelic had 7 tackles and 11 assists.  Nick Gard had 8 tackles and 7 assists.  Ben Zimmerman had 6 tackles and 11 assists.  Andrew Wiegand had 8 tackles and 1 assist.  Nathan Rogers had 4 tackles, 3 assists, caused a fumble, recovered a fumble and recorded a QB sack.  Greg Friedt also had a QB sack and knocked down a pass. 

           Mott defeated New Salem 14-6. Scoring: Jon Jahner scored on a 4 yd. run and Andrew Wiegand scored on a 19 yd. pass from Jon Jahner.  Andrew Wiegand scored 1 PAT on a pass from Jon Jahner.  Rushing: Brian Manolovits 16-69 yds., Steve Rixen 9-48 yds. and Jon Jahner 4-16 yds.  Passing: Jon Jahner 3-6-1 for 67 yds.  Receiving: Desi Ottmar 1-32 yds., Andrew Wiegand 1-19 yds. and Brian Manolovits 1-16 yds.

            The defense was led by Brian Manolovits with 17 tackles and 19 assists.  Steve Rixen had 12 tackles, 18 assists and 1 interception.  Brian Vukelic had 8 tackles, 13 assists and knocked down a pass.  Nick Gard had 13 tackles and 3 assists.  Andrew Wiegand had 5 tackles, 10 assists caused a fumble and had 2 QB sacks.  Ben Zimmerman had 3 tackles, 14 assists and 1 QB sack.  Desi Ottmar had 3 tackles, 3 assists and 1 interception.

            The Cardinals finish 2nd in the WRC with a 6-1 record (7-1 overall). 

 THE PLAYOFFS

            Mott defeated Trenton 48-24 on a beautiful Tuesday Night at Mott.  Scoring: Desi Ottmar scored 3 TDs on a 1 yd. run, 31 yd. run and an 85 yd. punt return.  Brian Manolovits scored on a 1 yd. run.  Jon Jahner scored on a 40 yd. run.  Steve Rixen scored on a 1 yd. run.  Nathan Rogers scored on a 47 yd. interception.  The PATs were scored by Brian Manolovits, Jon Jahner and Ben Zimmerman runs.  Rushing: Brian Manolovits 16-191 yds., Desi Ottmar 9-78 yds., Ben Zimmerman 3-51 yds., Steve Rixen 12-36 yds., Jon Jahner 4-23 yds. and Grant Larson 1-(1) yd.  Passing: Jon Jahner 2-8-2 for 18 yds.  Receiving: Steve Rixen 1-12 yds. and Andrew Wiegand 1-6 yds.

            The defense was led by Brian Manolovits with 8 tackles, 11 assists, I interception and knocked down a pass.  Brian Vukelic had 10 tackles and 7 assists.  Ben Zimmerman had 5 tackles, 12 assists and 1 fumble recovery.  Steve Rixen had 5 tackles, 8 assists and caused 2 fumbles.  Andrew Wiegand had 2 QB sacks.  Nathan Rogers had a QB sack and 1 interception.  Greg Friedt recovered a fumble.

            Burke County defeated Mott 18-6.  Scoring: Mott opened up the scoring with a 23 yd. pass to Andrew Wiegand from Jon Jahner.  Cardinals led at half time with a 6-0 lead.  Burke County tied it up in the 3rd period.  Cardinals were outscored 12-0 in the 4th. 

Rushing: Brian Manolovits 14-31 yds., Steve Rixen 4-12 yds., Jon Jahner 15-(-18) yds. and Desi Ottmar 1-(-2) yds. Passing: Jon Jahner 11-19-1 for 169 yds. Receiving: Andrew Wiegand 6-109 yds., Desi Ottmar 3-42 yds. and Brian Manolovits 2-18 yds.

            The defense was led by Brian Vukelic with 11 tackles and 14 assists.  Brian Manolovits had 13 tackles and 8 assists.  Steve Rixen had 6 tackles, 6 assists and 1 interception.  Nick Gard had 5 tackles, 2 assists, knocked down a pass and had 1 interception.  Greg Friedt caused a fumble and Nathan Rogers had a QB sack.   

            For the season, Brian Manolovits led the team in rushing 167-1038 yds.  Steve Rixen added 362 yds. on 73 carries.  Desi Ottmar was 29-239 yds. for an 8.2 ave.  Andrew Wiegand led the receivers with 24 receptions for 418 yds.  Brian Manolovits caught 12 passes for 197 yds. and Desi Ottmar 9 for 185 yds.  Jon Jahner was 50-101-8 for 833 yds. and 8 TDs.  Brian Manolovits led the team in scoring with 84 points.  Brian had 12 TDs and 6 PAT.  Desi Ottmar added 66 points on 11 TDs.

            Brian Manolovits had a huge year on defense.  Brian scored 298 points for the season.  Brian had 97 tackles, 84 assists, 3 interceptions, 2 fumble recoveries. 4 fumbles caused and 1 blocked punt.  The other top point getters were Brian Vukelic (241), Steve Rixen (220), Nick Gard (196), Ben Zimmerman (181) and Desi Ottmar (113).  Nathan Rogers led the team in QB sacks with 6.5.  Ben Zimmerman had 6 QB sacks and Andrew Wiegand added 5.  Desi Ottmar led the team in interceptions with 6.  Nick Gard had 4 interceptions.  Jason Jahner and Greg Friedt each had 3 fumble recoveries.  Brian Manolovits led team with fumbles caused with 4.  Brian Vukelic had 5 knocked down passes and Nick Gard and Desi Ottmar each had 4.

            Named to the WRC All Conference team was Brian Manolovits, Brian Vukelic, Jon Jahner and Desi Ottmar.  Honorable Mention players were Andrew Wiegand, Jason Jahner and Ben Zimmerman.  Cardinal awards -MVP Offense-Brian Manolovits and Jon Jahner.  MVP Defense-Brian Manolovits and Brian Vukelic.  Steve Rixen was named most Improved.

           Brian Manolovits made the All-State Team at Linebacker.

           Cardinals finish 8-2.

           The seniors of the 1997 Cardinals were Jon Jahner, Brian Manolovits, Desi Ottmar. Ben Zimmerman, Brian Vukelic, Jason Jahner and Andrew Wiegand. The juniors consisted of Nick Gard, Steve Rixen, Nathan Rogers, Greg Friedt, Justin Manolovits, Eric Olson, Justin Jacobson and Marcus Fries.  Sophomores were Beau Finck, Brian Kautzman, Joe Jahner, Nathan Swindler, Greg Wiegand, Jeremy Huether, Curt Friedt and John Davenport,  Freshmen were Chad Kelsch, Grant Larson, Willie Green, Caleb Gard, Levon Bolte, and Whit Allmond.  8th graders included Chris Wiegand, Courtney Allmond, Jeremy Germain, Brian Olson and Scott Johnson.

           Assistant Coaches were Kevin Hoherz and Ray Schiwal.

1998    2-6       Coach Benson

1999    1-7       Coach Benson

            Strasburg/Zeeland over Mott 34-12.  Scoring: Tyler Greff on a 27 yd. pass and Greg Wiegand on a 17 yd. pass from Brian Kautzman.  Rushing: Tyler Greff 8-36 yds., Brian Kautzman 5-23 yds., Joe Jahner 7-16 yds., Nathan Swindler 2-6 yds. and Beau Finck 3-(-8) yds.  Passing: Brian Kautzman 7-9-0 for 149 yds. and Beau Finck 2-9-0 for 16 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Greff 4-99 yds., Greg Wiegand 2-27 yds., Nathan Swindler 2-14 yds., Patrick Kilzer 1-19 yds. and Brian Kautzman 1-6 yds. 

            The defense was led by Brian Kautzman with 10 tackles and 11 assists.  Nathan Swindler had 10 tackles, 3 assists and 2 QB sacks.  Beau Finck had 5 tackles, 7 assists and caused a fumble.  Tyler Greff had 7 tackles, 4 assists and knocked down a pass.  Joe Jahner added a fumble recovery and Curt Friedt had a QB sack.

            Scranton defeated Mott 40-0.  We did not have a first down so I will skip with the offensive stats.

            The defense was led by Brian Kautzman with 10 tackles, 3 assists and caused 2 fumbles.  Nathan Swindler had 5 tackles, 6 assists, a fumble recovery and knocked down a pass.  Curt Friedt had 6 tackles, 6 assists and 1 fumble recovery.  Beau Finck had a QB sack. 

            Center defeated Mott 38-6.  Scoring: Tyler Greff scored on a 1 yd. run.  Rushing: Tyler Greff 26-116 yds., Nathan Swindler 3-3 yds. and Brian Kautzman 14-3 yds.  Passing: Brian Kautzman 3-11-1 for 30 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Greff 1-24 yds., Patrick Kilzer 1-3 yds. and Nathan Swindler 1-3 yds.  Our offense improved this week.  We had 14 first downs.

            The defense was led by Tyler Greff with 10 tackles and 6 assists.  Nathan Swindler had 5 tackles and 4 assists.  Curt Friedt had 6 tackles and 1 assist.

            Flasher/Carson over Mott 64-16.  Scoring: Greg Wiegand on a 13 yd. pass from Brian Kautzman and Joe Jahner on a 3 yd. run.  Brian Kautzman ran in a PAT and Greg Wiegand scored the other on a pass from Brian Kautzman.  Rushing: Chris Wiegand 4-92 yds., Joe Jahner 14-39 yds., Nathan Swindler 3-15 yds., Josh Bullinger 5-11 yds., Brian Kautzman 4-1 yd., Tyler Greff 2-(-4) yds. and James Fries 1-(-7) yds.  Passing: Brian Kautzman 2-5-2 for 22 yds.  Receiving; Greg Wiegand 1-13 yds. and Beau Finck 1-9 yds.

            The defense was led by Beau Finck with 4 tackles, 7 assists and 2 QB sacks.  Nathan Swindler had 6 tackles and 5 assists.  Curt Friedt had 5 tackles, 5 assists and knocked down a pass.  Greg Wiegand had 4 tackles, 6 assists and blocked a punt.

            New England/Regent defeated Mott 48-14.  Scoring: Tyler Greff scored on a 62 yd. pass from Brian Kautzman and a 6 yd. run.  Chris Wiegand added a PAT.  Rushing: Chris Wiegand 11-34 yds., Joe Jahner 17-33 yds., Brian Kautzman 9-2 yds. and Beau Finck 1-(-10) yds.  Passing: Brian Kautzman 15-22-2 for 215 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Greff 8-182 yds., Greg Wiegand 3-23 yds., Chris Wiegand 2-5 yds., James Fries 1-3 yds. and Patrick Kilzer 1-2 yds.

            The defense was led by Tyler Greff with 12 tackles, 3 assists, caused a fumble, recovered a fumble and knocked down a pass.  Nathan Swindler had 2 tackles, 6 assists, caused 2 fumbles and recovered 1.  Brian Kautzman had 6 tackles and 1 fumble recovery.  Chris Wiegand had 4 tackles, an interception and a fumble recovery.

            Richardton/Taylor defeated Mott 57-14.  Scoring: Tyler Greff scored on a 9 yd. pass from Brian Kautzman and Brian Kautzman scored on a 3 yd. run.  Joe Jahner added a PAT.  Rushing: Tyler Greff 8-76 yds., Brian Kautzman 15-40 yds., Chris Wiegand 3-14 yds. and Joe Jahner 4-4 yds.  Passing: Brian Kautzman 5-17-4 for 92 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Greff 2-76 yds., Chad Kelsch 1-9 yds., Nathan Swindler 1-4 yds. and Greg Wiegand 1-3 yds.

            The defense was led by Tyler Greff with 8 tackles, 4 assists and knocked down a pass.  Curt Friedt had 8 tackles and 5 assists.  Nathan Swindler had 5 tackles and 1 assist.

            Mott defeated Glen Ullin/Hebron 22-14.  Neither team scored in the 2nd half.  Scoring: Joe Jahner scored on a 17 yd. run.  Brian Kautzman scored on a 24 yd. run and Tyler Greff scored on a 2 yd. run.  Tyler Greff added a PAT.  The Cardinals scored 2 more points when a GU/H snap went out of the end zone for a safety.  Rushing: Tyler Greff 20-96 yds., Brian Kautzman 14-45 yds., Nathan Swindler 6-32 yds., Joe Jahner 4-27 yds. and Chris Wiegand 3-2 yds.  Passing: Brian Kautzman 5-13-2 for 26 yds. and Tyler Greff was 1-1 for 42 yds.  Receiving: Chad Kelsch 3-41 yds., Greg Wiegand 1-12 yds., Nathan Swindler 1-8 yds. and Tyler Greff 1-8 yds.

            The defense was led by Brian Kautzman with 4 tackles, 5 assists, 1 fumble recovery and 3.5 knocked down passes.  Curt Friedt had 7 tackles, 3 assists, 1 interception and knocked down a pass.  Nathan Swindler had 6 tackles and 1 assist.  Beau Finck 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Chad Kelsch had an interception.

            Elgin/NL defeated Mott 36-6.  Scoring: Brian Kautzman scored on a 61 yd. run.  Rushing: Brian Kautzman 11-64 yds., Tyler Greff 5-43 yds., Joe Jahner 2-9 yds. and Nathan Swindler 3-7 yds.  Passing: Brian Kautzman 6-11-0 for 12 yds.  Receiving: Beau Finck 2-7 yds., Chad Kelsch 1-7 yds. Nathan Swindler 1-(-1) yd. and Tyler Greff 1-(-1) yd.            

           The defense was led by Nathan Swindler with 10 tackles and 5 assists.  Tyler Greff had 7 tackles and 3 assists.  Curt Friedt had 5 tackles, 3 assists, a blocked punt and a fumble recovery.  Joe Jahner had 3 tackles, 5 assists and a QB sack.  Greg Wiegand had 4 tackles, 3 assists and caused a fumble.  Beau Finck had 4 tackles, 3 assists and a blocked punt.

            Tyler Greff led the team in rushing 73-380 yds. and receiving 18-393 yds.  Brian Kautzman was 46-95-11 passing for 558 yds. and 5 TDs.  Tyler Greff led the team in scoring with 38 points.

            Nathan Swindler led the team on defense.  Nathan had 153 defensive points including 49 tackles, 31 assists, 2 QB sacks, caused 2 fumbles and recovered 2.  The other top point getters on defense included Tyler Greff (138), Brian Kautzman (129), Curt Friedt (122) and Beau Finck (101).  Beau Finck led the team with 3 QB sacks.

            Nathan Swindler played in the Shrine Game.

            Named to the All-Conference Team was Nathan Swindler and Tyler Greff.  Honorable Mention went to Curt Friedt, Beau Finck and Brian Kautzman.  The Cardinal MVP on offense was Tyler Greff, MVP of defense was Nathan Swindler and Most Improved went to Curt Friedt.

            Seniors on the 1999 team included Nathan Swindler, Brian Kautzman, Beau Finck, Curt Friedt, Matt Kerzman, Joe Jahner and Greg Friedt.  Juniors on the team included Chad Kelsch, Josh Bullinger, Willie Green and Levon Bolte.  Grant Larson missed the entire season because he broke both wrists jumping off a grain bin.  Sophomores on the team included Chris Wiegand, Patrick Kilzer, Tyler Greff and Scott Johnson.  Freshmen included Josh Herner, James Fries, Justin Greff and DJ Mosbrucker.

            Assistant Coaches were Kevin Hoherz and Ray Schiwal.      

2000    3-5 Coach Benson

            This was the first year of the Mott and Regent football co-op.

            Strasburg/Zeeland defeated Mott/Regent 26-18 at the Community Bowl in Bismarck. Scoring: Grant Larson scored on a 5 yd. run, Adam Greff on a 2 yd. run and Chris Wiegand on an 81 yd. punt return.  Rushing: Grant Larson 21-100 yds., Adam Greff 11-62 yds., Ryan Andrus 1-10 yds., Chad Kelsch 3-7 yds. and Tommy Larson 2-5 yds.  Passing: Chad Kelsch was 4-16-1 for 20 yds.  Receiving: Grant Larson 2-13 yds., Tommy Larson 1-5 yds. and Clark Gion 1-2 yds.

            The defense was led by Clark Gion with 10 tackles, 6 assists and caused a fumble. Jaden Honeyman had 7 tackles, 3 assists, caused a fumble and had an interception.  Tyler Greff had 6 tackles, 5 assists and caused a fumble.  Tommy Larson had 7 tackles, 3 assists and a QB sack.  Grant Larson had 6 tackles and 4 assists.  Adam Greff and Tim Yourk both recovered fumbles and Scott Johnson had a QB sack.

            Center/Stanton defeated Mott/Regent 34-6. We were down 8-6 at the half.  Scoring: Grant Larson scored on a 2 yd. run.  Rushing: Grant Larson 19-62 yds., Adam Greff 7-56 yds., Tommy Larson 3-15 yds., Tyler Green 1-3 yds., Cordell Hoff 1-(-8) yds. and Chad Kelsch 2-(-19) yds.  Passing: Chad Kelsch 4-10-0 for 36 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Greff 2-27 yds., Grant Larson 1-7 yds. and Adam Greff 1-2 yds.

            The defense was led by Clark Gion with 14 tackles and 9 assists. Grant Larson had 8 tackles, 6 assists, recovered a fumble and knockdown a pass.  Jaden Honeyman had 6 tackles and 7 assists.  Tommy Larson had 8 tackles and 1 assist.

            Mott/Regent football team got their 1st win ever with a 32-30 “Miracle win” over Flasher/Carson.  In the closing seconds, as our fans were driving away, the only thing Flasher/Carson had to do was take a knee.  The QB/center exchange ended up on the ground and Clark Gion recovered it.  With seconds left, Clark Gion threw a “Hail Mary” to Tyler Greff for a 45 yd. TD and the win.  WOW!!  The excitement was not caught on camera because of a dead battery.  Other scoring: Grant Larson scored 2 TDs on runs of 22 yds. and 3 yds.  Chad Kelsch scored a TD on a 6 yd. pass from Clark Gion.  We scored on all 4 PAT attempts.  Jaden Honeyman scored 2 PATs on passes from Clark Gion.  Tyler Greff and Chad Kelsch caught passes from Clark Gion for the other PATs.  Rushing: Grant Larson 21-135 yds., Adam Greff 7-30 yds., Jaden Honeyman 2-10 yds. and Clark Gion 5-(-15) yds.  Passing: Clark Gion 6-21-1 for 200 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Greff 4-179 yds., Adam Greff 1-15 yds. and Chad Kelsch 1-69 yds.

            The defense was led by Tyler Greff with 13 tackles and 12 assists. Clark Gion had 8 tackles, 9 assists, and 1 “magical” fumble recovery.  Jaden Honeyman had 8 tackles and 3 assists.  Tommy Larson had 4 tackles, 7 assists and blocked a punt.  Ryan Andrus had 4 tackles, 3 assists and knocked a pass down.  Adam Greff had 4 tackles and 5 assists.

            New England defeated Mott/Regent 38-14. Scoring: Adam Greff scored on a 1 yd. pass from Clark Gion.  Grant Larson scored on a 58 yd. hook and ladder toss from Ryan Andrus via Clark Gion.  Tyler Greff scored a PAT on a pass from Clark Gion.  Rushing: Grant Larson 14-101 yds., Jaden Honeyman 4-9 yds., Adam Greff 3-6 yds., Tommy Larson 1-3 yds. and Clark Gion 4-(-10) yds.  Passing: Clark Gion 11-24-4 for 200 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Greff 3-95 yds., Ryan Andrus 3-54 yds., Adam Greff 3-33 yds., Grant Larson 1-13 yds. and Jaden Honeyman 1-5 yds.

            The defense was led by Adam Greff with 10 tackles and 5 assists. Grant Larson had 7 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down a pass.  Jaden Honeyman had 4 tackles, 5 assists and knocked down 2 passes.  Clark Gion had 5 tackles and 5 assists.  DJ Mosbrucker had a fumble recovery.

            Richardton/Taylor defeated Mott/Regent 30-24. We had a TD run by Grant Larson called back in the closing minutes.  Scoring: Clark Gion threw 4 TD passes.  Two of these went to Grant Larson (8 yds. and 81 yds.), one each to Tyler Greff (9 yds.) and Ryan Andrus (50 yds.).  No PAT attempts were successful.  Rushing: Grant Larson 14-36 yds., Adam Greff 7-17 yds., Tyler Greff 1-14 yds., Jaden Honeyman 2-3 yds., Clark Gion 6-(-33) yds.  Passing: Clark Gion 9-29-2 for 228 yds.  Receiving: Grant Larson 2-89 yds., Tyler Greff 3-50 yds., Ryan Andrus 1-50 yds. and Jaden Honeyman 3-39 yds. 

            The defense was led by Tyler Greff with 10 tackles, 6 assists, 1 interception, a fumble recovery and knocked down a pass. Clark Gion had 8 tackles, 3 assists and caused a fumble.  Tommy Larson had 6 tackles, 5 assists, caused a fumble and recovered a fumble.  Jaden Honeyman had 3 tackles, 8 assists, caused a fumble, recovered a fumble and knocked down a pass.  Josh Greff had 6 tackles, 5 assists and a fumble recovery.  Ryan Andrus had 3 tackles, 5 assists, a fumble recovery and knocked down 2 passes.

            Mott/Regent defeated Glen Ullin/Hebron 45-28. Scoring: Clark Gion threw 4 TD passes.  Chad Kelsch caught 2 of them (55 yds. and 18 yds.), Jaden Honeyman caught a 33 yd. pass from Clark Gion and Jaden returned a punt 62 yds. for a score.  The other TD pass of 27 yds. from Clark was caught by Tyler Greff.  Grant Larson scored on a 50 yd. run.  Grant Larson scored 3 PATs on runs.  Clark Gion scored a PAT on a run and Adam Greff scored the last point on a kick.  Rushing: Grant Larson 6-86 yds., Adam Greff 5-29 yds., DJ Mosbrucker 4-14 yds., Clark Gion 3-6 yds., Jaden Honeyman 3-3 yds., Chris Binstock 1-1 yd., Chris Wiegand 1-(-4) yds. and Clark Gion 2-(-8) yds.  Passing: Clark Gion 8-16-0 for 213 yds.  Receiving: Chad Kelsch 3-110 yds., Jaden Honeyman 3-68 yds., Tyler Greff 1-27 yds. and Grant Larson 1-8 yds.

            The defense was led by Josh Greff with 5 tackles, 13 assists and a QB sack. Grant Larson had 6 tackles, 8 assists, a QB sack and knocked down a pass.  Tyler Greff had 7 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass.  Our defense knocked down 8 passes.  Ryan Andrus and Chris Binstock both had 2 knock downs.

            Mott/Regent defeated Elgin/NL 38-30. Scoring: Grant Larson scored 2 TDs on runs of 20 yds. and 57 yds.  Adam Greff scored on a 19 yd. run.  Cordell Hoff scored a TD when he recovered a fumble in the end zone.  Chad Kelsch scored on a 10 yd. pass from Grant Gion.  Grant Larson scored 3 PATs all on runs. Adam Greff ran the ball in for a PAT.  Rushing:  Adam Greff 14-156 yds., Grant Larson 20-150 yds., Jaden Honeyman 1-9 yds. and Clark Gion 5 (-3) yds.  Passing: Clark Gion 9-17-0 for 124 yds.  Receiving: Chad Kelsch 2-38 yds., Tyler Greff 1-36 yds., Adam Greff 2-28 yds., Ryan Andrus 1-8 yds., Jaden Honeyman 1-6 yds., Cordell Hoff 1-6 yds. and Grant Larson 1-2 yds.

            The defense was led by Tyler Greff with 11 tackles, 5 assists and 2 interceptions. Grant Larson had 9 tackles, 6 assists and a fumble recovery.  Ryan Andrus had 7 tackles and 4 assists.  Adam Greff had tackles and 5 assists.  Clark Gion had a QB sack.  Chad Kelsch caused a fumble and recovered a fumble.  

            Scranton defeated Mott/Regent 38-8. Scranton led 14 to 8 at half-time.  Scoring: Grant Larson on a 1 yd. run.  The PAT was scored by Adam Greff on a pass from Clark Gion.  Rushing: Grant Larson 20-73 yds., Adam Greff 8-31 yds., Jaden Honeyman 2-20 yds., Clark Gion 4-9 yds., Tyler Greff 1-5 yds. and Chris Wiegand 2-4 yds.  Passing: Clark Gion 7-17-2 for 47 yds.  Receiving: Jaden Honeyman 4-41 yds., Adam Greff 1-3 yds. and Ryan Andrus 1-3 yds.

            The defense was led by Tyler Greff with 8 tackles, 6 assists and a fumble recovery. Grant Larson had 10 tackles and 3 assists.  Ryan Andrus had 9 tackles and 1 assist.  Adam Greff had 4 tackles, 8 assists and a QB sack.  Clark Gion had 5 tackles, 1 assist and caused 2 fumbles.  Chad Kelsch had a QB sack and Jon Jesch and Chris Wiegand both recovered fumbles.

            Grant Larson rushed 135-743 yds. for the season. Adam Greff rushed 62-387 yds.  Tyler Greff led the receivers with 14-414 yds.  Jaden Honeyman was 12-159 yds. receiving.  Clark Gion was 50-122-9 for 1012 yds. passing with 12 TDs thrown.  Grant Larson led the scoring with 78 points on 11 TDs and 6 PATs.

            Tyler Greff led the defense in points scored this past season with 185 points.  Other top defenders were Clark Gion (164), Grant Larson (151), Jaden Honeyman (135), Adam Greff (114) and Ryan Andrus (106).  Clark Gion caused 4 fumbles, Tyler Greff 3 interceptions, and Ryan Andrus and Jaden Honeyman each knocked down 5 passes to lead Mott/Regent.

           Named to the All-Conference team were Clark Gion and Grant Larson.  Honorable Mention went to Adam Greff, Tyler Greff and Jaden Honeyman.  MVP on offense was Clark Gion and Grant Larson.  MVP on defense was Tyler Greff and Adam Greff.  Most Improved players were Josh Greff and Ryan Andrus.    

            Finished 5th in the WRC with a record of 3-4

            Seniors of the 2000 team included Grant Larson, Chad Kelsch, Cordell Hoff, Clark Gion, Tommy Larson, Tim Yourk, Willie Green, Josh Greff, Andy Greff, Levon Bolte, Jonathan Jesch and Ryan Andrus.  Juniors included Jaden Honeyman, Adam Greff, Chris Wiegand, Scott Johnson, Tyler Greff, Josh Greff and Chris Binstock.  Sophomores included Bucky Wilson, Tyler Green, Justin Greff and DJ Mosbrucker.  Freshmen players included Nate Jahner, Leonard Prince, Cory Rixen, Bert Schaible, Dusty Laub and Mitch Strand. 

            The assistant coaches were Kevin Hoherz, Lou Dobitz and Ray Schiwal.

2001    3-5       Coach Benson

            Berthold/Our Redeemers defeated Mott/Regent 42-26 at the Community Bowl. Scoring: Tyler Greff scored on a 16 yd. run and a 62 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Adam Greff scored on a 3 yd. run and Chris Wiegand scored on a 79 yd. KOR.  Chris Wiegand scored the only PAT on a pass from Jon Meier.  Rushing: Tyler Greff 13-89 yds., Adam Greff 13-65 yds. and Jon Meier 3-(-1) yd.  Passing: Jon Meier 8-21-0 for 195 yds.  Good start for a freshman.  Receiving: Tyler Greff 6-135 yds., Chris Wiegand 3-60 yds. and Adam Greff 1-(-1) yd.

            The defense was led by Adam Greff with 15 tackles, 7 assists, caused a fumble and recovered a fumble.  Tyler Greff had 9 tackles, 7 assists and 1 interception.  Scott Johnson had 4 tackles and 9 assists.  Tyler Green had 6 tackles and 4 assists.  Clint Grosz had 1 interception and Chris Binstock and Jon Meier both knocked down a pass.

            Flasher/Carson defeated Mott/Regent 36-0.  Flasher/Carson ends up winning our conference.  Rushing: Adam Greff 18-96 yds., Tyler Greff 11-62 yds., Chris Wiegand 1-12 yds. and Jon Meier 1-6 yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 8-22-1 for 36 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Greff 4-22 yds., Chris Wiegand 1-8 yds., Jaden Honeyman 1-4 yds. and Adam Greff 2-2 yds. 

            Tyler Greff led the defense with 11 tackles, 8 assists and caused a fumble.  Adam Greff had 13 tackles and 3 assists.  We lost Adam for the season on a knee injury.  Josh Greff had 5 tackles, 13 assists and fumble recovery.  DJ Mosbrucker had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Tyler Green recovered a fumble.

            New England over Mott/Regent 22-18.  This was one game that got away from us.  We led 18-8 at the half.  Our boys played very hard.  It was a tough loss.  Scoring: Chris Wiegand scored 2 TDs on runs of 60 yds. and 27 yds.  Tyler Greff scored on a 61 yd. run.  We did not score any PATs.  Rushing: Chris Wiegand 20-128 yds., Tyler Greff 6-88 yds., Jaden Honeyman 12-57 yds. and Jon Meier 4-3 yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 4-6-0 for 39 yds.  Receiving: Jaden Honeyman 2-14 yds., Tyler Greff 1-20 yds. and Josh Greff 1-5 yds.

            The defense was led by Chris Wiegand with 9 tackles, 10 assists and knocked down a pass.  Jaden Honeyman had 6 tackles, 4 assists and a QB sack. Tyler Greff had 8 tackles and 1 assist.

            Richardton/Taylor defeated Mott/Regent 18-6.  Scoring for Mott/Regent was Josh Greff on a 45 yd. punt return.  Rushing: Chris Wiegand 6-29 yds., Tyler Greff 2-4 yds., Jaden Honeyman 4-1 yd. and Jon Meier 3-(-17) yds.  Passing:  Jon Meier 3-11-1 for 31 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Greff 3-31 yds.

            The defense was led by Tyler Greff with 14 tackles, 8 assists and knocked down 2 passes.  Chris Wiegand had 11 tackles, 5 assists and knocked down 3 passes.  Jon Meier had 11 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down 2 passes.  Jaden Honeyman had 8 tackles, 8 assists and caused 2 fumbles.  Josh Greff had 10 tackles, 6 assists and a fumble recovery.

            Mott/Regent defeated Glen Ullin/Hebron 55-32.  Mott/Regent scored the first 6 TDs of the game.  Scoring: Tyler Greff scored 3 TDs on runs of 20 yds., 4 yds., and 95 yds.  Chris Wiegand scored on a 69 yd. punt return and a 5 yd. run.  Jon Meier scored twice on 5 yd. and 48 yd. runs.  Josh Greff scored on a 40 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Tyler Greff scored a PAT on a pass from Jon Meier, Jaden Honeyman scored a PAT on a pass from Jon Meier and kicked 3 PATs.  Rushing: Tyler Greff 10-187 yds., Jon Meier 4-55 yds., Chris Wiegand 9-53 yds., Mike Friedt 10-33 yds., Clint Grosz 3-12 yds., Nate Greff 2-12 yds., Chris Binstock 2-5 yds., Cory Rixen 1-1 yd. and Dusty Laub 1-1 yd.  Passing: Jon Meier 3-4-0 for 109 yds. and Clint Grosz 3-16-1 for 17 yds.  Receiving: Jaden Honeyman 1-43 yds., Josh Greff 1-40 yds., Tyler Greff 1-26 yds., Nate Greff 1-12 yds. and Mike Friedt 2-5 yds.

            The defense was led by Josh Greff with 10 tackles and 1 assist.  Tyler Greff had 6 tackles, 3 assists, caused a fumble and a QB sack.  Nate Jahner had 5 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down a pass.  Bucky Wilson had 5 tackles and 1 assist.  Mott/Regent knocked down 11 passes for the game.  Jon Meier had 3 of them and Justin Mosbrucker 2.  Leonard Prince and Jaden Honeyman each had a QB sack.  Bert Schaible had 2 interceptions.  Scott Johnson had a fumble recovery.

            Mott/Regent defeated Elgin/NL 36-22.  Scoring: Chris Wiegand scored 3 TDs.  Chris scored on 2 fumble recoveries of 85 yds. and 92 yds. and on a 10 yd. run.  Tyler Greff scored on an 8 yd. run and a 24 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Tyler Greff scored 2 PATs on passes from Jon Meier.  Jon Meier scored the other PAT.  Rushing: Tyler Greff 18-120 yds., Chris Wiegand 12-47 yds. and Jon Meier 2-5 yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 7-16-0 for 102 yds.  Receiving: Jaden Honeyman 4-50 yds., Tyler Greff 2-37 yds. and Josh Greff 1-15 yds.

            The defense was led by Tyler Greff with 17 tackles, 4 assists and knocked down a pass.  Josh Greff had 15 tackles, 5 assists and caused a fumble.  Scott Johnson had 6 tackles, 9 assists and caused a fumble.  Chris Wiegand had 5 tackles, 5 assists and 3 fumble recoveries.  Jaden Honeyman had 6 tackles, 6 assists and caused a fumble.  Jon Meier had 5 tackles, 4 assists and knocked down a pass.  Clint Grosz had a fumble recovery.

            Mott/Regent defeated Scranton 42-12.  Scoring: Tyler Greff scored 3 TDs on a 38 yd. run and on 2 passes from Jon Meier of 16 yds. and 20 yds.  Chris Wiegand scored 3 TDs on runs of 10 yds., 10 yds. and 15 yds.  Tyler Greff scored 2 PATs on passes from Jon Meier and Jaden Honeyman scored a PAT on a pass from Jon Meier.  Rushing:  Tyler Greff 23-169 yds., Chris Wiegand 17-111 yds., Chris Binstock 1-3 yds., Jon Meier 2 (-2) yds., Mike Friedt 2-(-3) yds. and Clint Grosz 1-(-3) yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 7-11-1 for 98 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Greff 3-41 yds., Josh Greff 2-26 yds., Chris Binstock 1-33 yds. and Chris Wiegand 1-(-2) yds.

            The defense was led by Tyler Greff with 7 tackles and 6 assists.  Chris Wiegand had 6 tackles and 1 interception.  Jaden Honeyman had 1 tackle, 6 assists and a QB sack.  Mike Friedt had a fumble recovery, Tyler Kouba had a QB sack, Jon Meier knocked down 2 passes and Nate Jahner knocked down a pass.

            On the season, Tyler Greff rushed 93 times for 731 yds. and Chris Wiegand rushed 76 times for 411 yds.  Tyler Greff led receivers with 27 receptions for 420 yds.  Jon Meier was 53-114-6 passing for 742 yds. and 6 TD passes.  Tyler Greff scored 78 points with 11 TDs and 6 PATs.  Chris Wiegand scored 74 points with 12 TDs and 1 PAT.

            Tyler Greff led the defense with 212 points.  Other top defenders included Josh Greff (145), Chris Wiegand (135), Jon Meier (90) and Jaden Honeyman (88).  Jaden Honeyman led the team with 3 QB sacks and 3 fumbles caused.  Chris Wiegand recovered 4 fumbles and along with  Bert Schaible, intercepted 2 passes.  Jon Meier knocked down 11 passes.

            Mott/Regent finished 5th in the WRC with a 3-4 record.

            Named to the All-Conference team were Tyler Greff and Chris Wiegand. Honorable Mention went to Josh Greff, Scott Johnson and Jaden Honeyman.  MVP Offensive players for season were Tyler Greff and Chris Wiegand.  MVP Defensive players were Tyler Greff and Josh Greff.  Most Improved was Tyler Kouba.

            Jaden Honeyman played in the Shrine Game.

            Tyler Greff went on to be a legend receiver for DSU Blue Hawks.
            Adam Greff played at Jamestown College.          

            The seniors of 2001 included Jaden Honeyman, Chris Wiegand, Chris Binstock, Adam Greff, Scott Johnson, Josh Greff and Tyler Greff.  Juniors included Tyler Green, Justin Greff, DJ Mosbrucker, Bucky Wilson and Tyler Kouba.  Sophomores on the team were Nate Jahner, Bert Schaible, Cory Rixen, Leonard Prince. Dusty Laub, Mitch Stand and Louis Jahner.  The fabulous Freshmen included Jon Meier, Clint Grosz, Justin Mosbrucker, Grant Gion, Mike Friedt, Nathan Greff, Andy Binstock and Joe Fiedler.       

            The assistant coaches were Lou Dobitz, Ray Schiwal and Lucus Greff

2002    3-5 Coach Benson

            Mott/Regent defeated Berthold/Our Redeemers 32-28 at the Community Bowl in Bismarck on Sunday, August 31st.  The game was scheduled for Saturday but due to bad weather, had to be played on Sunday.  Scoring: Jon Meier scored 2 TDs on runs of 5 yds. and 2 yds.  Mike Friedt scored 2 TDs on runs of 1 yd. and 6 yds.  Clint Grosz scored on a 23 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Leonard Prince scored a PAT on a pass from Jon Meier.  Rushing: Mike Friedt 20-104 yds., Jon Meier 16-61 yds. and Cory Rixen 13-51 yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 11-20-0 for 178 yds.  Receiving: Clint Grosz 5-125 yds., Nate Jahner 3-20 yds., Mike Friedt 2-26 yds. and Philip Kallis 1-7 yds. 

            The defense was led by Cory Rixen with 10 tackles, 4 assists and knocked down 2 passes.  Nate Jahner had 7 tackles and 3 assists.  Clint Grosz had 7 tackles.  Justin Mosbrucker had 1 tackle, 7 assists and recovered a fumble.  Louis Jahner caused 2 fumbles and Dusty Laub recovered a fumble.

            New England defeated Mott/Regent 40-14.  Scoring: Clint Grosz scored on a 44 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Mike Friedt scored on a 12 yd. run.  Mike Friedt ran in a PAT.  Rushing: Mike Friedt 29-121 yds., Cory Rixen 10-35 yds., Clint Grosz 1-(-5) yds. and Jon Meier 5-(-29) yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 4-19-2 for 87 yds.  Receiving: Clint Grosz 2-60 yds., Mike Friedt 1-18 yds. and Nate Jahner 1-9 yds.

            The defense was led by Jon Meier with 6 tackles, an interception and knocked down a pass.  Leonard Prince had 2 tackles, 1 assist, 2 QB sacks and caused 2 fumbles.  Justin Mosbrucker and Tyler Kouba each had a QB sack.

            Richardton/Taylor defeated Mott/Regent 46-20.  Scoring: Clint Grosz scored on a 9 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Mike Friedt scored on a 1 yd. run and Nate Jahner scored on a 7 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Cory Rixen added a PAT on a pass from Jon Meier.  Rushing: Mike Friedt 10-96 yds., Cory Rixen 8-29 yds., Nate Greff 3-17 yds. and Jon Meier 2-(-13) yds.  Passing:  Jon Meier 17-33-2 for 144 yds.  Receiving: Clint Grosz 4-65 yds., Nate Jahner 3-36 yds., Leonard Prince 2-21 yds., Cory Rixen 3-15 yds., Mike Friedt 4-6 yds. and Louis Jahner 1-1 yd. 

            The defense was led by Clint Grosz with 9 tackles, 3 assists, caused and recovered a fumble and knocked down a pass.  Jon Meier had 10 tackles, 1 assist, an interception and knocked down a pass.  Justin Mosbrucker had 6 tackles and 6 assists.  Mike Friedt had 8 tackles and 1 assist.  Cory Rixen had 7 tackles and 2 assists.

            Mott/Regent defeated Glen/Ullin Hebron 30-28.  Scoring: Cory Rixen scored 2 TDs on runs of 2 yds. and 1 yd.  Leonard Prince scored on a 3 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Nathan Jahner scored on a 23 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Josh Herner scored a PAT on a run and Nathan Jahner scored a PAT on a pass from Jon Meier.  Rushing: Josh Herner 22-111 yds., Cory Rixen 16-59 yds., Jon Meier 7-8 yds. and Clint Grosz 1-(-5) yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 9-15-0 for 96 yds.  Receiving: Nathan Jahner 5-60 yds., Clint Grosz 2-31 yds., Leonard Prince 1-3 yds. and Cory Rixen 1-2 yds.

            The defense was led by Justin Mosbrucker with 3 tackles and 12 assists.  Louis Jahner had 6 tackles, 3 assists and caused a fumble.  Josh Herner had 6 tackles and 4 assists.  Jon Meier had 6 tackles, 1 assist and an interception.  Clint Grosz caused a fumble and Leonard Prince recovered a fumble.

            Mott/Regent defeated Elgin/NL 45-16.  Mott/Regent scored the first 5 TDs.  Scoring: Mike Friedt scored 4 TDs on runs of 1 yd., 1 yd., 65 yds. and a 13 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Josh Herner scored on a 6 yd. run.  Clint Grosz scored on a 85 yd. KOR.   Rushing: Mike Friedt 13-142 yds., Josh Herner 3-14 yds., Clint Grosz 1-12 yds., Nate Greff 9-6 yds., Charlie Green 3-5 yds. and Cory Rixen 3-3 yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 5-11-0 for 86 yds. and Clint Grosz 2-2-0 for 50 yds.  Receiving: Mike Friedt 2-38 yds., Clint Grosz 1-33 yds., Bert Schaible 1-26 yds., Jon Meier 1-24 yds., Nate Jahner 1-8 yds. and Cory Rixen 1-7 yds.

            The defense was led by Cory Rixen with 11 tackles and 2 assists.  Justin Mosbrucker had 4 tackles, 7 assists and a QB sack.  Mike Friedt had 6 tackles and 5 assists.  Louis Jahner had 6 tackles and 3 assists.  Nate Jahner had 5 tackles and 4 assists.  Leonard Prince caused a fumble and Nate Greff recovered a fumble.

            Scranton defeated Mott 34-12.  Scoring: Jon Meier scored on a 4 yd. run and Cory Rixen scored on a 7 yd. run.  Rushing: Mike Friedt 14-94 yds., Cory Rixen 8-34 yds., Josh Herner 7-31 yds., Jon Meier 7-5 yds. and Clint Grosz 1-(-8) yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 9-19-3 for 120 yds.  Receiving: Clint Grosz 3-75 yds., Nate Jahner 4-34 yds. and Cory Rixen 2-11 yds.

            The defense was led by Justin Mosbrucker with 9 tackles, 13 assists and a fumble recovery.  Cory Rixen had 7 tackles and 6 assists.  Tyler Kouba had 7 tackles and 6 assists.  Josh Herner had 5 tackles and 7 assists.  Louis Jahner had 5 tackles and 7 assists.  Mike Friedt had 6 tackles and 4 assists.  Clint Grosz knocked down 2 passes and Nate Jahner had an interception on a PAT.

            Center/Stanton defeated Mott/Regent 45-7.  Center/Stanton blew the game wide open with 25 points in the 3rd QTR.  Scoring: Cory Rixen scored on a 1 yd. run.  The PAT was scored on a Clint Grosz kick.  Rushing: Cory Rixen 14-48 yds., Louis Jahner 11-29 yds. and Jon Meier 6-(-46) yds.   Passing: Jon Meier 10-26-3 for 131 yds.  Receiving: Justin Mosbrucker 2-46 yds., Philip Kallis 3-42 yds., Clint Grosz 4-38 yds. and Cory Rixen 1-5 yds.

            The defense was led by Justin Mosbrucker with 6 tackles, 7 assists and a fumble recovery.  Tyler Kouba had 7 tackles and 1 assist.  Cory Rixen had 6 tackles and 3 assists.  Jon Meier had 4 tackles, 4 assists and an interception.  Louis Jahner had 4 tackles, 1 assist and caused a fumble.  Clint Grosz knocked down 2 passes and Dusty Laub recovered a fumble.

            Flasher/Carson defeated Mott/Regent 56-8.  Scoring: Louis Jahner scored on a 12 yd. run.  The PAT was also scored by Louis Jahner.  Rushing: Louis Jahner 11-32 yds., Cory Rixen 10-17 yds., Jon Meier 4-8 yds. and Clint Grosz 1-4 yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 11-21-3 for 69 yds.  Receiving: Philip Kallis 3-37 yds., Cory Rixen 3-18 yds., Justin Mosbrucker 1-11 yds., Clint Grosz 1-6 yds. and Louis Jahner 1-(-3) yds.

            The defense was led by Cory Rixen with 4 tackles, 1 assist and a fumble recovery.  Tyler Kouba had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Louis Jahner had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Bert Schaible caused a fumble.

            Mike Friedt led the team in rushing with 557 yds. on 86 carries.  Clint Grosz caught 22 passes for 433 yds. and Nate Jahner caught 17 passes for 167 yds.  Passing-Jon Meier was 76-164-13 for 911 yds. and 7 TD passes.  Mike Friedt led the team with 56 points on 8 TDs and 4 PATs.

            Justin Mosbrucker was the top point getter on defense with 132 points.  Cory Rixen was a close second with 131 points.  Other top defenders included Clint Grosz (101), Jon Meier (94), Louis Jahner (84) and Tyler Kouba (76).  Louis Jahner caused 4 fumbles, Justin Mosbrucker recovered 3 fumbles, Jon Meier had 4 interceptions and Clint Grosz knocked down 6 passes.  Leonard Prince and Justin Mosbrucker each had 2 QB sacks.         

            Named to the All-Conference team were Cory Rixen and Jon Meier, Honorable mention went to Tyler Kouba, Justin Mosbrucker and Clint Grosz.  Jon Meier was named MVP offensive player, Cory Rixen MVP defensive player and Justin Mosbrucker was voted Most Improved.

            Members of the 2002 Wildfire included seniors Justin Greff, and Tyler Kouba,  Juniors-Louis Jahner, Bert Schaible, Cory Rixen, Mitch Strand, Leonard Prince and Dusty Laub.  Sophomores-Jon Meier, Clint Grosz, Justin Mosbrucker, Mikc Friedt and Philip Kallis, and freshmen Drew Larson, Ryan Norton, Matt Economy, Jon Wegh and Andy Wonser.  Sophomore, Grant Gion, missed the season due to a knee injury.  

           Assistant coaches were Lou Dobitz, Jay Sheldon and Nathan Swindler

2003    6-3       Coach Benson

            Mott/Regent defeated Richardton/Taylor 26-18. Scoring: Jon Meier threw 4 TD passes.  Clint Grosz scored 2 of the TDs on 14 yd. and 25 yd. passes from Jon Meier.  Nate Jahner scored on a 15 yd. pass from Jon Meier and Cory Rixen scored on a 12 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Only PAT scored was by Clint Grosz on a pass from Jon Meier.

            Rushing: Nate Greff 15-69 yds., Cory Rixen 16-62 yds., Clint Grosz 1-9 yd. and Jon Meier 1-3 yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 14-23-0 for 221 yds.  Receiving: Clint Grosz 4-79 yds., Nate jahner 4-41 yds., Cory Rixen 3-47 yds. Grant Gion 2-38 yds. and Nate Greff 1-16 yds.                  

            Jon Meier led the defense with 7 tackles, 10 assists, a knocked down pass and ½ a fumble caused.  Clint Grosz had 3 tackles, 10 assists, knocked down 2 passes and ½ a fumble caused.  Justin Mosbrucker has 5 tackles, 4 assists, a QB sack and blocked a punt.  Cory Rixen had 8 tackles and 2 assists.  Nate Greff had 7 tackles and 4 assists.  Nate Jahner had 5 tackles, 4 assists and 1 interception.  Leonard Prince had a fumble recovery and Dusty Laub had a QB sack.

            Mott/Regent defeated Glen Ullin/Hebron 50-21. Scoring: Jon Meier threw 5 TD passes.  Clint Grosz scored 3 TDs.  Clint Grosz caught 2 TD passes of 46 yds. and 54 yds from Jon Meier.  Clint also scored on an 80 yd KOR.  Nate Jahner scored twice on 1 yd. and 20 yd. passes from Jon  Meier.  Cory Rixen scored on a 10 yd. pass from Jon Meier and Nate Greff scored on a 4 yd. run.  Cory Rixen scored 3 PATs on 2 runs and a pass from Jon Meier.  Nate Greff scored the other PAT.

            Rushing: Cory Rixen 9-57 yds., Nate Greff 14-26 yds., Lee Jahner 1-3 yds., Clint Grosz 1-1 yd., Tyler Grosz 1-1 yd., and Jon Meier 3-(-19) yds. Passing: Jon Meier 17-20-1 for 251 yds.  Receiving:  Clint Grosz 20-100 yds., Nate Jahner 7-84 yds., Cory Rixen 6-56 yds., Louis Jahner 1-12 yds. and Nate Greff 1-(-1) yd.

            The defense was led by Clint Grosz with 5 tackles, 2 assists, 2 knocked down passes and an interception with a return of 32 yds.  Nate Jahner had 5 tackles and caused a fumble.  Justin Mosbrucker had 1 tackle, 10 assists, a QB sack and recovered a fumble.  Nate Greff had 7 tackles and 1 assist.  Louis Jahner had 3 tackles, 4 assists and knocked down a pass.  Cory Rixen had 3 assists, caused a fumble, recovered a fumble and had a QB sack.  Bert Schaible had an interception.

            Mott/Regent defeated Elgin/NL 42-20.  Scoring:  Nate Greff scored 3 TDs on runs of 17 yds., 5 yds. and 35 yds.  Jon Meier scored twice on runs of 5 yds. and 7 yds.  Nate Jahner scored on a 12 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Cory Rixen scored 2 PATs and a run and pass from Jon Meier.  Clint Grosz scored a PAT on a pass from Jon Meier.

            Rushing: Nate Greff 13-107 yds., Cory Rixen 10-51 yds., Jon Meier 2-12 yds., Tyler Grosz 3-11 yds., Lee Jahner 5-4 yds. and Josh Wutzke 4 (-19) yds. Passing: Jon Meier 8-18-0 for 133 yds.  Receiving: Louis Jahner 3-37 yds., Nate Jahner 2-36 yds., Nate Greff 2-34 yds. and Clint Grosz 1-26 yds.

            The defense was led by Justin Mosbrucker with 10 tackles, 8 assists, a blocked punt, caused a fumble and recovered a fumble. Louis Jahner had 7 tackles and 10 assists.  Cory Rixen had 6 tackles and 8 assists.  Nate Greff had 5 tackles, 7 assists and caused a fumble.  Jon Meier had 5 tackles, 7 assists and knocked down a pass.  Nate Jahner had 5 tackles, 1 assist and a fumble recovery.  Lee Jahner caused a fumble and recovered a fumble.  Mason Friedt also caused a fumble.

            Mott/Regent defeated New Salem 38-36. New Salem led 14-8 at the half.  Mott/Regent scored first and then New Salem scored the next 3 TDs.  Mott/Regent scored 4 of the last 6 TDs.  Mott/Regent won the game on the last play of the game-a 24 yd. pass from Jon Meier to Clint Grosz.  Scoring:  Cory Rixen scored on a 5 yd. run.  Mike Friedt scored on a 9 yd. run.  Nate Jahner scored on a 20 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Jon Meier scored on a 1 yd. run and then on the final play of the game, the 24 yd. pass from Jon Meier to Clint Grosz.  And were we excited!!  Rushing: Mike Friedt 13-86 yds., Nate Greff 10-36 yds., Cory Rixen 10-32 yds., Jon Meier 6-5 yds. and Clint Grosz 1-(-9) yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 17-26-1 for 288 yds.  Receiving: Nate Jahner 4-87 yds., Louis Jahner 4-85 yds., Clint Grosz 5-84 yds., Cory Rixen 3-29 yds. and Mike Friedt 1-3 yds.

            Defense was led by Jon Meier with 10 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass. Justin Mosbrucker had 5 tackles and 7 assists.  Leonard Prince had 7 tackles, 1 assist and a QB sack.  Mike Friedt had 5 tackles and 5 assists.  Louis Jahner had 5 tackles and 4 assists.           

            Center/Stanton defeated Mott/Regent 51-44.  13 TDs scored all together.  Scoring: Mike Friedt scored 2 TDs on runs of 1 yd. and 3 yds.  Jon Meier scored 2 TDs on runs of 1 yd. and 3 yds.  Clint Grosz scored on a 6 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Cory Rixen scored on a 10 yd. run.  Cory Rixen scored 3 PATs on passes from Jon Meier.  Clint Grosz scored the other PAT on a pass from Jon Meier.  Rushing: Mike Friedt 22-77 yds., Cory Rixen 14-41 yds., Dusty Laub 1-8 yds., and Jon Meier 6-(12) yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 24-37-0 for 289 yds.  Receiving: Clint Grosz 10-166 yds., Mike Friedt 6-65 yds., Louis Jahner 5-36 yds. and Cory Rixen 3-22 yds.            

            The defense was led by Cory Rixen with 7 tackles and 2 assists.  Clint Grosz had 7 tackles.  Jon Meier had 4 tackles, an interception and caused a fumble.  Justin Mosbrucker had 2 tackles, 3 assists, a QB sack and caused a fumble.  Louis Jahner had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Philip Kallis added a fumble recovery.

            Mott/Regent defeated Flasher/Carson 38-14.  The Wildfire led 38-0 at the half.  Scoring: Mike Friedt scored twice on runs of 3 yds. and 1 yd.  Clint Grosz scored on a 36 yd. pass from Jon Meier and on a 50 yd. interception return.  Cory Rixen scored on a 4 yd. run.  Jon Meier scored on a 2 yd. run.  Rushing: Mike Friedt 20-104 yds., Cory Rixen 13-89 yds., Nate Greff 8-29 yds., Clint Grosz 2-9 yds., Tyler Grosz 3-8 yds., Lee Jahner 2-5 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-(-1) yd. and Jon Meier 2-(-4) yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 9-14-1 for 170 yds.  Receiving: Clint Grosz 3-77 yds., Nate Jahner 2-36 yds., Mike Friedt 2-33 yds. and Cory Rixen 2-24 yds.

            The defense was led by Mike Friedt with 9 tackles and 3 assists.  Clint Grosz had 4 tackles, 1 assist, an interception for a TD and a fumble recovery.  Bert Schaible had 3 tackles, 4 assists and knocked down a pass.  Cory Rixen had 5 tackles.  Nate Jahner had 3 tackles and a fumble recovery.  Justin Mosbrucker had a QB sack and Philip Kallis had a fumble recovery.

            New England defeated Mott/Regent 38-8.  New England led 12-0 at the half.  Scoring:  Cory Rixen on a 1 yd. run.  Rushing:  Cory Rixen 12-46 yds., Mike Friedt 14-35 yds., Josh Wutzke 2-5 yds., Lee Jahner 1-4 yds., Tyler Grosz 2-2 yds., Clint Grosz 1-1 yd., Nate Greff 2-(-1) yd. and Jon Meier 2-(-16) yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 10-21-0 for 85 yds.  Receiving: Bert Schaible 2-42 yds., Clint Grosz 1-22 yds., Mike Friedt 4-9 yds., Cory Rixen 2-8 yds. and Nate Jahner 1-5 yds.

            The defense was led by Jon Meier with 10 tackles, 2 assists and an interception.  Justin Mosbrucker had 4 tackles, 4 assists. 2 QB sacks and a fumble recovery.  Louis Jahner had 4 tackles and 6 assists.  Charlie Green had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Nate Jahner added a QB sack.

 PLAYOFFS

            Mott/Regent defeated Westhope/Newburg 24-16 on the Wildfire’s first ever playoff game.  Here is how the scoring went down:

M/R     Nate Jahner 4 yd. pass from Jon Meier; PAT-Louis Jahner pass from Jon Meier

W/N    Len Artz 43 yd. pass from Jordan Fylling; PAT-Cole Koons run

M/R     Clint Grosz 77 yd. interception; PAT-Jon Meier run

W/N    Jordan Fylling  3 yd. run; PAT-Jordan Fylling run

M/R     Nate Jahner 12 yd. pass from Jon Meier; PAT-Cory Rixen pass from Jon Meier

            Rushing: Mike Friedt 22-76 yds., Cory Rixen 16-59 yds., Clint Grosz 1-4 yds., Nate Greff 1-0 yds. and Jon Meier 3-(-12) yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 11-20-0 for 101 yds.  Receiving:  Nate Jahner 3-23 yds., Louis Jahner 3-18 yds., Mike Friedt 1-18 yds., Cory Rixen 2-17 yds.,  Bert Schaible 1-16 yds. and Clint Grosz 1-9 yds.

            The defense was led by Mike Friedt with 10 tackles, 3 assists and an interception.  Justin Mosbrucker had 9 tackles, 4 assists and a fumble recovery.  Clint Grosz had 5 tackles, 5 assists and an interception return for a TD.  Jon Meier had 4 tackles, 5 asssits and knocked down a pass.  Cory Rixen had 5 tackles and 4 assists.  Nate Greff had 3 tackles, 5 assists and knocked down a pass.  Louis Jahner had a QB sack and fumble recovery.  Nate Jahner caused a fumble and Leonard Prince added a QB sack.

            Edgeley/Kulm defeated Mott/Regent 32-8 on a very cold day.  The only scoring by the Wildfire was by Clint Grosz on a 39 yd. pass from Jon Meir.  Rushing: Mike Friedt 18-59 yds., Cory Rixen 6-27 yds., Clint Grosz 2-8 yds., Lee Jahner 1-2 yds., Tyler Grosz 1-1 yd., Josh Wutzke 1-(-5) yds. and Jon Meier 5-(-24) yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 9-25-3 for 93 yds.  Receiving: Clint Grosz 1-39 yds., Louis Jahner 2-26 yds., Nate Jahner 2-17 yds., Mike Friedt 3-8 yds. and Bert Schaible 1-3 yds.

            The defense was led by Jon Meier with 11 tackles, 7 assists and knocked down 2 passes.  Justin Mosbrucker had 6 tackles, 8 assists, caused a fumble and had 2 fumble recoveries.  Louis Jahner had 6 tackles, 4 assists and 2 QB sacks.  Mike Friedt had 6 tackles and 4 assists.  Clint Grosz had 6 tackles and 4 assists.  Nate Jahner had 5 tackles and 4 assists.  Leonard Prince had 5 tackles and 1 assist.  Cory Rixen had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Nate Greff caused a fumble.

            The Mott/Regent Wildfire finished tied for 3rd in WRC with a 5-2 record

            Cory Rixen led the team in rushing on 106 carries for 464 yds.  Mike Friedt was 109 for 437 yds rushing.  Jon Meier was 119-208-7 passing with 17 TD passes.  Clint Grosz led the team in receiving with 602 yds. on 28 receptions.  Nate Jahner had 25 receptions for 328 yds.  Also catching passes were Cory Rixen (21), Louis Jahner (18), and Mike Friedt (17).  Clint Grosz led the team in scoring with 76 points with 11 TDs and 5 PATs.  Cory Rixen had 56 points with 6 TDs and 10 PATs.            Justin Mosbrucker was the top point getter on defense with 171 points.  Other top defenders included Jon Meier (161), Louis Jahner (127), Clint Grosz (125), Cory Rixen (105), Nate Greff (101) and Mike Friedt (91).  Justin Mosbrucker led the team in assists (51), QB sacks (6), fumbles caused (3) and fumble recoveries (6).  Jon Meier led the team in tackles (52) and knocked down passes (7).  Clint Grosz had the most interceptions with 3.

           Named to the All-Conference team were Cory Rixen, Jon Meier, Clint Grosz and Mike Friedt. Honorable mention went to Dusty Laub, Justin Mosbrucker and Nate Jahner.  Jon Meier and Clint Grosz were named the MVP Offensive players of the year. Justin Mosbrucker and Cory Rixen were named the MVP Defensive players of the year. Bert Schaible and Nate Greff were named the Most Improved players.  This was the first year we gave an MVP Linemen award and this year’s winners are Mitch Strand and Nate Jahner.

            Cory Rixen was named to the All-State Team at Defensive Line and he also played in the Shrine Game.

            Members of the 2003 Wildfire team included seniors Louis Jahner, Bert Schaible, Cory Rixen, Mitch Strand, Leonard Prince, Nate Jahner and Dusty Laub.  Juniors were Jon Meier, Clint Grosz, Justin Mosbrucker, Mike Friedt, Nate Greff and Philip Kallis.  Sophomores were Drew Larson, Charlie Green, Ryan Norton, Matt Economy and Jon Wegh.  Freshmen were Josh Wutzke, Lee Jahner, Mason Friedt, Tyler Grosz and Evan Schaible.  Junior, Grant Gion, missed another season due to another knee injury. 

           Assistant coaches were George Jones, Rod Meier and Mike Anderson.

2004    8-1       Coach Benson

            Mott/Regent defeated Wilton 32-22 at the Community Bowl in Bismarck.  Wilton led 16 to 14 at the half and led 22-14 in the 3rd before the Wildfire scored the last 3 TDs to clinch the win.  Scoring: Mike Friedt on a 4 yd. run.  Clint Grosz scored twice on passes of 17 yds. and 12 yds. from Jon Meier.  Grant Gion scored the last 2 TDs on two 18 yd. passes from Jon Meier.  The only PAT scored was by Clint Grosz on a pass from Jon Meier.  Rushing: Mike Friedt 22-50 yds., Nate Greff 3-30 yds. and Jon Meier 10-10 yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 24-36-2 for 326 yds.  Receiving: Grant Gion 10-153 yds., Clint Grosz 9-131 yds., Mike Friedt 3-28 yds., Tyler Grosz 1-8 yds. and Elliot Kirschmann 1-6 yds.

            The defense was led by Justin Mosbrucker with 5 tackles and 5 assists.  Clint Grosz had 3 tackles, 3 assists, an interception and knocked down a pass.  Nate Greff had 3 tackles, 1 assist, caused a fumble and recovered 2 fumbles.  Jon Meier had 3 tackles, 4 assists and an interception.  Mike Friedt had 4 tackles and 4 assists.  Lee Jahner had 5 tackles and caused a fumble.

            Mott/Regent defeated Divide County 42 to 28 at Trenton. When we were warming up, it looked like we were playing a college team. Scoring:  Clint Grosz scored 4 times all on passes from Jon Meier-21 yds., 27 yds., 3 yd. and 16 yds.  Mike Friedt scored 2 TDs on 2 yd. and 32 yd. runs.  Clint Grosz scored 2 PATs on passes from Jon Meier.  Jon Meier ran in the other PAT.  Rushing: Mike Friedt 19-129 yds., Nate Greff 7-25 yds. and Jon Meier 4-(-7) yds.  Passing:  Jon Meier 18-30-1 for 245 yds.  Receiving: Clint Grosz 11-163 yds., Grant Gion 5-47 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-38 yds. and Mike Friedt 1-(-3) yds.

            The defense was led by Jon Meier with 14 tackles, 7 assists and knocked down a pass.  Clint Grosz had 4 tackles, 6 assists, a fumble recovery, 2 interceptions and knocked down a pass.  Justin Mosbrucker had 7 tackles and 4 assists.  Grant Gion had 6 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down a pass.  Mike Friedt had 4 tackles and 4 assists.  Charlie Green had 4 tackles and 6 assists.  Tyler Grosz had 6 tackles and 1 assist.

            Mott/Regent defeated Center/Stanton 58-8.  The Wildfire led 42-0 at the half.  Scoring:  Jon Meier opened the scoring with an 80 yd. pass interception.  Mike Friedt scored 3 TDs on a 1 yd. run and passes of 11 yds. and 38 yds. from Jon Meier.  Clint Grosz scored on a 2 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Grant Gion scored on a 33 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  The final 2 TDs were scored by Lee Jahner (29 yds.) and Devan Laufer (9 yds.) on passes from Brade Schweitzer.  Mike Friedt scored 2 PATs on runs, Grant Gion  scored a PAT on a pass from Jon Meier and PATs scored on runs by Tyler Grosz and Devan Laufer.  Rushing: Tyler Grosz 9-45 yds., Mike Friedt 6-38 yds., Tyrel Gion 5-20 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-9 yds., Nate Greff 4-2 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 1-(-6) yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 11-13-0 for 208 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 8-11-1 for 121 yds.  Receiving: Mike Friedt 3-94 yds., Grant Gion 4-87 yds., Lee Jahner 3-54 yds., Devan Laufer 2-38 yds., Tyler Grosz 1-20 yds., Clint Grosz 2-17 yds., Tyrel Gion 1-10 yds., Killian Norton 1-5 yds. and Evan Schaible 1-1 yd.

            The defense was led by Jon Meier with 3 tackles, 2 assists, 1 fumble recovery and 2 interceptions of which one was an 80 yd. TD.  Justin Mosbrucker had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Charlie Green had 3 tackles, 2 assists and a QB sack.  Mike Pekas had 3 tackles and a QB sack.  Brock Gion had 4 tackles.  Clint Grosz had an interception.  23 players had defensive points in this game.

            Mott/Regent defeated New Salem/Glen Ullin 30-22.  New Salem scored on the last play of the half to tie the game.16-16.  Nate Greff scored the last TD on a 5 yd. run to seal the win.  Nate also ran in the PAT.  Other scoring: Mike Friedt scored on a 12 yd. run.  Nate Greff scored another TD on a 25 yd. run.  Clint Grosz scored on an 8 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Mike Friedt scored a PAT on a run and Tyler Grosz scored a PAT on a pass from Jon Meier.  Rushing: Nate Greff 17-150 yds. and Mike Friedt 19-89 yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 7-16-1 for 108 yds.  Receiving: Clint Grosz 2-40 yds., Tyler Grosz 2-36 yds. and Grant Gion 3-32 yds.

            The defense was led by Jon Meier with 10 tackles, 11 assists and knocked down a pass.  Mike Friedt had 9 tackles, 10 assists and 2 fumble recoveries.  Clint Grosz had 9 tackles, 4 assists, an interception, caused a fumble and knocked down a pass.  Justin Mosbrucker had 8 tackles, 7 assists and caused a fumble.  Tyler Grosz had 5 tackles and 6 assists.  Nate Greff had 6 tackles and 2 assists.  Ryan Norton had 3 tackles and 5 assists.  Grant Gion added a QB sack.

            Mott/Regent defeated Westhope/Newburg at Washburn 32-7.  Scoring: Jon Meier threw 4 TD passes-Tyler Grosz 10 yds., Grant Gion 13 yds., Clint Grosz 10 yds. and Josh Wutzke 35 yds.  Nate Greff scored on a 16 yd. run.  The only PAT scored was by Grant Gion on a pass from Jon Meier.  Rushing: Nate Greff 9-118 yds., Mike Friedt 14-65 yds., Tyler Grosz 5-27 yds., Lee Jahner 6-17 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-5 yds., Brade Schweitzer 1-0 yds. and Jon Meier 2-(-7) yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 12-21-0 for 151 yds.  Receiving: Clint Grosz 4-56 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-35 yds., Grant Gion 2-29 yds., Tyler Grosz 2-16 yds. and Mike Friedt 3-15 yds.

            The defense was led by Jon Meier with 8 tackles, 4 assists, an interception and knocked down a pass.  Brock Gion had 4 tackles and 11 assists.  Justin Mosbrucker had 5 tackles and caused a fumble.  Lee Jahner had 4 tackles and 4 assists.  Tyler Grosz had 3 tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery.  Grant Gion had 2 tackles, 2 assists and a QB sack.  Clint Grosz had 2 tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery.

            Mott/Regent defeated Grant County/Flasher 8-6.  Both teams scored in the 1st QTR.  I do remember a GC/F player dropping a wide-open pass in the endzone. I hope that he has recovered! 
           
            Here is the scoring:
GC/F   Weston Schafer on a 90 yd. Interception; PAT-Run failed
M/R     Josh Wutzke on a 79 yd. KOR; PAT-Mike Friedt run

            Rushing: Mike Friedt 21-100 yds., Nate Greff 7-25 yds. and Jon Meier 7-(-23) yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 8-17-1 for 85 yds.  Receiving: Grant Gion 3-48 yds., Mike Friedt 2-19 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-7 yds., Clint Grosz 1-6 yds. and Tyler Grosz 1-5 yds.            

            The defense was led by Jon Meier with 10 tackles, 6 assists and an interception.  Clint Grosz had 7 tackles, 3 assists, caused a fumble and recovered a fumble and knocked down a pass.  Justin Mosbrucker had 7 tackles, 4 assists and a QB sack.  Grant Gion had 6 tackles and 3 assists.  Mike Friedt had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Charlie Green had 4 tackles and 4 assists.  Brock Gion had 1 tackle and 10 assists.

            Mott/Regent defeated Richardton/Taylor-Hebron 44 to 8.  Scoring:  Clint Grosz started things off with a 50 yd. punt return for a TD.  Clint scored on a 39 yd. pass from Jon Meier and Clint also had an 80 yd. interception for another TD.  Josh Wutzke scored on a 28 yd. pass from Jon Meier.  Grant Gion scored on a 9 yd. pass from Jon Meier and Lee Jahner scored on a 40 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Mike Friedt scored 2 PATs on runs.  Grant Gion scored a PAT on a pass from Jon Meier and Josh Wutzke ran in the other PAT.  Rushing: Tyler Grosz 5-34 yds., Brock Gion 4-17 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-10 yds., Mike Friedt 2-9 yds., Nate Greff 1-8 yds., Devan Laufer 1-1 yd., Brade Schweitzer 2-(-10) yds. and Jon Meier 1-(-12) yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 7-8-0 for 155 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 2-4-0 for 40 yds.  Receiving: Clint Grosz 2-67 yds., Grant Gion 3-55 yds., Lee Jahner 1-40 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-28 yds., Tyler Grosz 1-5 yds. and Blaise Kautzman 1-0 yds.

            The defense was led by Lee Jahner with 8 tackles, 5 assists and a fumble recovery.  Brock Gion had 5 tackles, 8 assists and recovered 2 fumbles.  Jon Meier had 7 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down a pass.  Grant Gion had 5 tackles, 3 assists and a QB sack.  Evan Schaible had 5 tackles, 2 assists and caused a fumble.  Clint Grosz had 4 tackles, 2 assists and an interception for a TD.  Justin Mosbrucker had 5 tackles and 2 assists.

            Mott/Regent defeated New England 28-20.  Mott/Regent led 14-6 at the half.  Here is the scoring for this historical event!

M/R     Nate Greff on an 8 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed

M/R     Clint Grosz on a 7 yd. pass from Jon Meier; PAT-Nate Greff run

NE       Josh Schatz on a 42 yd. run; PAT-Run failed

NE       Ross Kuhn on a 26 yd. pass from Josh Schatz; PAT-Jeff Wheeler run

M/R     Nate Greff on a 5 yd. run; PAT-Run failed

NE       Alex Gion on a 10 yd. pass from Josh Schatz; PAT-Pass failed

M/R     Jon Meier on a 1 yd. run; PAT-Jon Meier run

            Rushing:  Mike Friedt 28-132 yds., Nate Greff 11-68 yds. and Jon Meier 7-15 yds.  Passing: Jon Meier 12-21-1 for 133 yds.  Receiving: Grant Gion 7-87 yds., Clint Grosz 3-39 yds., Mike Friedt 1-5 yds. and Tyler Grosz 1-2 yds.

            The defense was led by Brock Gion with 6 tackles, 7 assists and a QB sack.  Justin Mosbrucker had 5 tackles, 9 assists and a fumble recovery.  Grant Gion had 7 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass.  Clint Grosz had 6 tackles, 1 assist and an interception.  Nate Greff had 5 tackles and 4 assists.  Jon Meier had 3 tackles and 4 assists.  Tyler Grosz knocked down 2 passes and Charlie Green had a QB sack and caused a fumble.

            WRC Champions with a 5-0 record.

PLAYOFFS
1st Round Bye
2nd Round

            Linton HMB defeated Mott/Regent 30-28 in overtime. 

            This was a great game played by both teams.  We were a little short-handed before we started the game. We lost our right guard to an infraction during the week.  It was the next man up and that was Lance Olson.  And then in the early stages of the game, left guard, Drew Larson sustained a broken arm.  Lee Jahner had to fill in for Drew.  Both young men did a fine job. 

            This was the first and only time I witnessed a forward pass hit the ground first and then bounce up into the opponents arms and refs don’t see it. Our kids stopped when they saw it hit the ground.  The Linton lad just kept running.  Making Memories!!

Scores by QTRS
Mott/Regent  0    6  8   8    6
Linton/HMB   0  14  0   8    8

Here is the scoring:

L/HMB           Jamison Bosch on a 1 yd. run; PAT-Tyler Fettig pass from Kyle Carr

M/R               Jon Meier on a 12 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed

L/HMB           Craig Weber on a 25 yd. pass from Kyle Carr; PAT-Pass failed

M/R               Grant Gion on a 16 yd. pass from Jon Meier; PAT-Clint Grosz pass from Jon Meier

L/HMB           Tyson Bodvig on a 70 yd. run; PAT-Jon Schatz run

M/R               Grant Gion on a 20 yd. pass from Jon Meier; PAT-Tyler Grosz pass from Jon Meier

Overtime

M/R               Grant Gion on a 13 yd pass from Jon Meier; PAT-Pass failed

L/HMB           Will Schmaltz on a 13 yd. pass from Kyle Carr; PAT-Tyson Bodvig run

            Rushing:  Jon Meier 7-23 yds., Mike Friedt 8-22 yds., Josh Wutzke 2-18 yds., Nate Greff 7-23 yds. and Tyler Grosz 1-1 yd.  Passing: Jon Meier 25-45-1 for 243 yds.  Receiving: Grant Gion 8-123 yds., Clint Grosz 8-60 yds., Mike Friedt 6-39 yds., Tyler Grosz 1-12 yds., Nate Greff 3-10 yds. and Josh Wutzke 1-(-1) yd.

            The defense was led by Brock Gion with 8 tackles, 8 assists and a QB sack.  Justin Mosbrucker had 6 tackles, 7 assists and a QB sack.  Mike Friedt had 6 tackles, 5 assists and an interception.  Grant Gion had 4 tackles, 1 assist, 2 QB sacks and blocked a punt.  Tyler Grosz had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Jon Meier had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Clint Grosz had 2 interceptions.

           For the season, Mike Friedt led the Wildfire in rushing with 634 yds. on 129 carries.  Nate Greff had 67 carries for 437 yds.  Jon Meier was 127-208-7 for 1654 yds. passing with 24 TD passes.  Grant Gion led the receivers with 45 receptions for 661 yds.  Clint Grosz had 42 receptions for 579 yds.  Clint Grosz led the team in scoring with 86 points from 13 TDs and 4 PATs.  Mike Friedt had 54 points with 7 TDs and 6 PATs. Grant Gion also had 54 points with 8 TDs and 3 PATs.

            The defense was led by Jon Meier with 186 defensive points.  Jon Meier also led the team with 62 tackles.  Other top defensive point getters included Justin Mosbrucker (155), Clint Grosz (135), Mike Friedt (117). Brock Gion (112) and Grant Gion (103).  Justin Mosbrucker, Lee Jahner and Clint Grosz led the team with fumbles caused with each having 2.  Grant Gion had the most QB sacks with 5.  Clint Grosz had the most fumble recoveries with 3.  Clint Grosz had the most interceptions with 9.  Clint Grosz and Jon Meier each had 4 knocked down passes.  Brock Gion led the team in assists with 46.

            Named to the All-Conference team were Jon Meier, Clint Grosz, Justin Mosbrucker, Grant Gion and Mike Friedt. Honorable mention went to Drew Larson, Tyler Grosz, Brock Gion and Josh Wutzke.  Jon Meier and Clint Grosz were named the MVP Offensive players of the year. Justin Mosbrucker and Grant Gion were named the MVP Defensive players of the year.   Tyler Grosz and Lee Jahner were named the Most Improved players.  The MVP Linemen award went to Drew Larson and Grant Gion.

            Jon Meier was named the Most Outanding Senior Athlete for our Region.

            All-Stater’s named were Clint Grosz-1st Team Wide Receiver, Grant Gion-1st Team Tight End, and Jon Meier-2nd Team QB.  Clint Grosz played in the Badlands Bowl and in the Shrine Bowl

            Jon Meier and Clint Grosz both went on to stellar college careers-Jon at Minot State and Clint at Dickinson State.

            The seniors of the 2004 Wildfire team included Jon Meier, Nate Greff, Mike Friedt, Clint Grosz, Grant Gion and Justin Mosbrucker.  The juniors on the team were Drew Larson, Charlie Green, Matt Economy, Jon Wegh and Ryan Norton.  Sophomores included Evan Schaible, Mason Friedt, Lee Jahner, Tyler Grosz, Josh Wutzke, Dillon Searle and Mike Pekas.  The freshmen class consisted of Brade Schweitzer, John Schaible, Tyrel Gion, Devan Laufer, Brock Gion, Blaise Kautzman, Jay Grosz, Nate Messmer, Lance Olson, Charlie Crane, Tony Anderson, Killian Norton and Elliot Kirschmann.

            Assistant coaches were Nathan Swindler, Rod Meier, Mike Anderson and Jody Messmer.

2005    5-4       Coach Benson

            Mott/Regent defeated Wilton/Wing 30-18 at the Community Bowl in Bismarck.  Scoring: Josh Wutzke opened the scoring with a 85 yd. KOR.  Lee Jahner scored on a 12 yd. run.  Tyler Grosz scored on a 61 yd. run and Brock Gion scored from 1 yd.  Tyler Grosz scored a PAT and Lee Jahner and Elliot Kirschmann scored PATs on passes from Brade Schweitzer.  Rushing: Tyler Grosz 19-197 yds., Brock Gion 9-20 yds., Lee Jahner 5-18 yds., Matt Dobitz 1-2 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-(-5) yds. and Brade Schweitzer 2-(-13) yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 7-11-2 for 95 yds.  Receiving: Mason Friedt 2-40 yds., Brock Gion 2-38 yds. and Tyler Grosz 3-17 yds.

            The defense was led by Brock Gioin with 12 tackles and 2 assists.  Jay Grosz had 8 tackles, 4 assists and an interception.  Lee Jahner had 6 tackles and 7 assists.  Tyler Grosz had 5 tackles, 4 assists and knocked down 2 passes.  Ryan Norton had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Charlie Green had a QB sack and Mason Friedt caused a fumble.

            Washburn defeated Mott/Regent 44-6.  Scoring: Blaise Kautzman scored on a 58 yd. pass from Brock Gion.  Rushing: Tyler Grosz 10-41 yds., Brock Gion 5-28 yds., Tyrel  Gion 2-9 yds., Josh Wutzke 2-8 yds., Lee Jahner 4-5 yds., Matt Dobitz 2-0 yds., Brade Schweitzer 2-(-2) yds. and Evan Schaible 1-(-3) yds.  Passing: Brock Gion 3-3-0 for 74 yds., Brade Schweitzer 4-7-0 for 29 yds. and Tyrel  Gion 3-3-0 for 19 yds.  Receiving: Blaise Kautzman 2-65 yds., Josh Wutzke 3-21 yds., Mason Friedt 1-20 yds., Matt Dobitz 20-10 yds., Evan Schaible 1-9 yd. and Lee Jahner 1-(-3) yds.

            The defense was led by Brock Gion with 15 tackles and 5 assists.  Jay Grosz had 6 tackles and 5 assists.  Lee Jahner had 3 tackles, 4 assists, a QB sack and caused a fumble.  Tyler Grosz had 3 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down 2 passes.  Charlie Green had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Josh Wutzke had 4 tackles.  Ryan Norton had 1 tackle, 4 assists and a QB sack.

            Mott/Regent defeated Hettinger 34 to 20.  Scoring: Blaise Kautzman scored 2 TDs on 75 yd. and 35 yd. passes from Brade Schweitzer.  Brock Gion scored 2 TDs on runs of 29 yds. and 2 yds.  Tyler Grosz scored on a 22 yd. pass from Brock Gion.  Tyler Grosz and Josh Wutzke scored PATs on passes from Brade Schweitzer.  Rushing: Brock Gion 21-100 yds., Lee Jahner 14-91 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-3 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 4-(-5) yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 7-11-1 for 152 yds. and Brock Gion 1-2-0 for 22 yds.  Receiving: Blaise Kautzman 2-110 yds., Lee Jahner 4-27 yds., Tyler Grosz 1-22 yds. and Brock Gion 1-15 yds.

            The defense was led by Josh Wutzke with 6 tackles, 3 assists, 2 interceptions and knocked down 3 passes.  Jay Grosz had 6 tackles, 2 assists and an interception.  Lee Jahner had 4 tackles, 6 assists and knocked down a pass.  Brock Gion had 4 tackles, 4 assists and caused a fumble.  Ryan Norton had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Tyrel Gion had 4 tackles and 1 assist.            

            Mott/Regent defeated Richardton/Taylor/Hebron 36-12.  Scoring: Lee Jahner scored 2 TDs on 1 yd. runs.  Josh Wutzke scored on an 83 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Tyler Grosz scored on a 10 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Brock Gion scored on a 3 yd. run.  Brock Gion added a PAT on a run and Lee Jahner added a PAT on a pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Rushing: Brock Gion 27-145 yds., Lee Jahner 13-72 yds., Josh Wutzke 7-34 yds., Devan Laufer 2-25 yds., Tyrel Gion 3-(-8) yds. and Brade Schweitzer 1-(-10) yds. on a bad snap.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 7-9-0 for 165 yds.  Receiving: Josh Wutzke 3-135 yds., Tyler Grosz 2-29 yds. and Lee Jahner 2-11 yds.

            The defense was led by Brock Gion with 9 tackles, 6 assists, a QB sack and caused 2 fumbles.  Tyler Grosz had 7 tackles and 4 assists.  Josh Wutzke had 4 tackles, 2 assists, an interception and knocked down a pass.  Blaise Kautzman had 5 tackles and 4 assists.  Lee Jahner had 3 tackles and 7 assists.  Jay Grosz had 3 tackles, 3 assists and a fumble recovery.  Jon Wegh had a QB sack.

            Mott/Regent defeated Underwood 16-14.  Wildfire scored in the final period to secure the Homecoming victory.  Scoring: Brock Gion on a 41 yd. run.  Brock ran in the PAT.  Josh Wutzke scored on a 23 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer to tie the score.  Tyler Grosz caught a pass from Brade Schweitzer for the PAT and a Wildfire Victory!!  Rushing: Brock Gion 31-189 yds., Lee Jahner 7-24 yds., Josh Wutzke 4-11 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 5-(-11) yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 11-23-1 for 98 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Grosz 4-42 yds., Josh Wutzke 3-34 yds., Brock Gion 2-17 yds., Lee Jahner 1-3 yds. and Elliot Kirschmann 1-2 yds.

            The defense was led by Brock Gion with 20 tackles and 5 assists.  Dillon Searle had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Lee Jahner had 4 tackles, a QB sack and caused a fumble.  Blaise Kautzman had 2 tackles, 6 assists and an interception.  Tyler Grosz had 2 tackles and 5 assists.  Ryan Norton had 2 tackles and 4 assists.  Charlie Green had a QB sack and a fumble recovery.

            Turtle Lake/Mercer defeated Mott/Regent 34-20.  TL/M led 22-20 at the half.  Scoring: Brock Gion scored on a 2 yd. run.  Tyler Grosz scored on a 71 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Josh Wutzke scored on a 39 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Mason Friedt scored a PAT on a pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Rushing: Brock Gion 14-53 yds., Lee Jahner 6-17 yds., Tyler Grosz 2-16 yds., Josh Wutzke 4-4 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 4-(-9) yds.  Receiving: Josh Wutzke 6-93 yds., Tyler Grosz 1-71 yds., Mason Friedt 2-31 yds., Brock Gion 2-20 yds. and Lee Jahner 1-4 yds.

            The defense was led by Brock Gion with 20 tackles and 11 assists.  Jay Grosz had 8 tackles and 7 assists.  Charlie Green had 6 tackles, 3 assists, a QB sack and blocked a punt.  Josh Wutzke had 6 tackles, 1 assist and 2 interceptions.  Tyler Grosz had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Blaise Kautzman had 4 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass.  Anthony Anderson had a QB sack.            

            Mott/Regent defeated New England 16 to 14 in overtime. This was a home game for the New England Tigers but was held in Mott. 
Scoring:
M/R     0          8          0          0          8         

NE       0          0          0          8          6         

M/R     Josh Wutzke on a 20 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer; PAT-Tyler Grosz run

NE       Jordan Rath on a 18 yd. pass from Matt Sisson; PAT-Matt Sisson run

OVERTIME

NE       Jordan Rath on a 16 yd. pass from Matt Sisson; PAT-Run failed

M/R     Tyler Grosz on a 2 yd. run; PAT-Brock Gion run

Big #77, Ryan Norton, made the tackle on the PAT by New England in the overtime period.

            Rushing: Tyler Grosz 24-69 yds., Brock Gion 11-31 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-(-5) yds. and Brade Schweitzer 5-(-8) yds. Passing: Brade Schweitzer 10-18-0 for 78 yds.  Receiving: Josh Wutzke 6-53 yds., Elliot Kirschmann 1-18 yds., Tyler Grosz 2-5 yds. and Blaise Kautzman 1-2 yds.

            The defense was led by Brock Gion with 18 tackles, 7 assists, a QB sack, caused 2 fumbles and knocked down a pass.  Charlie Green had 6 tackles, 1 ½ QB sacks, a blocked punt and knocked down a pass.  Josh Wutzke 7 tackles and 2 assists.  Jay Grosz had 3 tackles, 5 assists and knocked down a pass.  Lee Jahner had 1 tackle, 5 assists, a QB sack and knocked down a pass.  Ryan Norton had 2 tackles, 5 assists and ½ QB sack.  Tyler Grosz had a fumble recovery.

            New Salem defeated Mott/Regent 30 to 24.  New Salem led 16-0 at the half.  Scoring: Tyler Grosz scored on a 9 yd. run.  Brock Gion and Brade Schweitzer both scored on 1 yd. runs.  Brock Gion scored 2 PATs on runs and Josh Wutzke scored a PAT on a pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Rushing: Brock Gion 14-53 yds., Tyler Grosz 12-38 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 5-29 yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 8-16-0 for 82 yds.  Receiving: Josh Wutzke 2-31 yds., Tyler Grosz 2-25 yds., Brock Gion 3-20 yds. and Mason Friedt 1-5 yds.
            The defense was led by Brock Gion in a record-setting 57 defensive points performance.  Brock had 23 tackles, 7 assists, an interception and a fumble recovery.  Charlie Green had 7 tackles, 1 assist and caused a fumble.  Jay Grosz had 3 tackles, 8 assists and caused a fumble.  Devan Laufer had 5 tackles and 5 assists.  Tyler Grosz had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Tyrel Gion had 3 tackles and 6 assists.  Mason Friedt had 2 tackles, 3 assists and caused a fumble.            

                                                              Mott/Regent placed 2nd in the WRC with a 3-1 record.

PLAYOFFS
1st Round            

            Washburn defeated Mott/Regent 47-20 in Washburn.  Washburn was the better team today. They will never defeat us again! 

            Scoring: Lee Jahner scored on a 45 yd. run. Josh Wutzke scored on a 20 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer and Brock Gion scored on a 1 yd. run.  A Brock Gion run for a PAT.  Rushing: Brock Gion 24-127 yds., Lee Jahner 4-63 yds., Matt Dobitz 1-(-5) yds. and Brade Schweitzer 7-(-20) yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 12-23-3 for 136 yds.  Receiving: Josh Wutzke 5-53 yds., Blaise Kautzman 2-47 yds., Tyler Grosz 2-19 yds., Brock Gion 2-10 yds. and Evan Schaible 1-7 yds.

            The defense was led by Brock Gion with 14 tackles, 3 assists. 2 QB sacks and blocked a PAT kick attempt. Lee Jahner had 3 tackles and 6 assists.  Tyrel Gion had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Jay Grosz had 3 tackles, 3 assists and caused a fumble.  Josh Wutzke had 2 tackles, 4 assists and knocked down a pass.  Tyler Grosz had 3 tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery.  Anthony Anderson caused a fumble and Devan Laufer and Evan Schaible both recovered fumbles.

            Brock Gion led the team in rushing 156 for 746 yds. Tyler Grosz was 67 for 361 yds. and Lee Jahner 53 for 290 yds.  Brade Schweitzer was 78-146-10 for 1053 yds. passing with 9 TDs.  Josh Wutzke led the team in receiving 28 for 420 yds.  Tyler Grosz had 17 receptions for 230 yds. and Blaise Kautzman had 7 receptions for 224 yds.  Brock Gion led the team in scoring with 62 points on 8 TDs and 7 PATs.  Tyler Grosz had 42 points with 6 TDs and 3 PATs.  Josh Wutzke had 40 points with 6 TDs and 3 PATs.  Lee Jahner had 28 points on 4 TDs and 2 PATs and Blaise Kautzman scored 18 points on 3 TDs.

            Brock Gion led the defense with an amazing 346 defensive points. Brock had 135 tackles, 50 assists, 4 QB sacks and caused 5 fumbles.  Other top point getters on defense were Jay Grosz (135), Josh Wutzke (115), Lee Jahner (107), Charlie Green (97), Tyler Grosz (97) and Ryan Norton (58).  Charlie Green led the team with 4.5 QB sacks.  Tyler Grosz had the most fumble recoveries with 2.  Josh Wutzke led the team with 5 interceptions and 6 knocked down passes.

            Named to the All-Conference team were Charlie Green, Lee Jahner, Brock Gion, Tyler Grosz, Brade Schweitzer and Josh Wutzke.   Honorable mention went Ryan Norton, Dillon Searle, Jay Grosz and Blaise Kautzman.  Brock Gion and Brade Schweitzer were named the teams MVP Offensive players.  Brock Gion and Charlie Green were our MVPs on defense.  Jay Grosz and Dillon Searle were named Most Improved and Charlie Green was our MVP Lineman.

            Sophomore Brock Gion was named to the 2nd Team at Linebacker on the All-State Team.

            Charlie Green played in the Shrine Game.

            Senior members of the 2005 team were Drew Larson, Charlie Green, Jon Wegh and Ryan Norton.  Juniors on the team were Evan Schaible, Lee Jahner, Mason Friedt, Josh Wutzke, Tyler Grosz, Mike Pekas and Dillon Searle.  Sophomores were Brock Gion, Jay Grosz, Brade Schweitzer, Anthony Anderson, Tyrel Gion, Killian Norton, Elliot Kirschmann, John Schaible, Devan Laufer, Lance Olson, Charlie Crane, Nate Messmer and Blaise Kautzman.  Freshmen included Matt Dobitz, Derek Stewart and Shawn Messmer.

            Assistant coaches were Nathan Swindler, Jody Messmer, Rod Meier, Mike Anderson and Frank Jorda Jr.

2006    9-1       Coach Benson

            Mott/Regent defeated Center/Stanton 36-0 at the Community Bowl in Bismarck. We lost Brock Gion for the season on a hip injury sustained in warm-ups.  

            Scoring: Tyler Grosz scored 2 TDs on runs of 80 yds. and 19 yds.  Brade Schweitzer scored on a 1 yd. run.  Devan Laufer scored on a 9 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Aaron Anderson scored on a 26 yd. run.  Elliot Kirschmann, Lee Jahner and Nick Kautzman each scored a PAT on passes from Brade Schweitzer.  Rushing: Tyler Grosz 9-178 yds., Lee Jahner 11-72 yds., Aaron Anderson 4-34 yds., Tyrel Gion 5-24 yds., Jay Grosz 2-7 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-3 yds., Brandon Friez 1-3 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 1-1 yd.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 5-8-1 for 101 yds.  Receiving: Blaise Kautzman 3-68 yds. Elliot Kirschmann 1-20 yds., Devan Laufer 1-9 yds. and Nick Kautzman 1-4 yds.

            The defense was led by Jay Grosz with 9 tackles and 5 assists.  Lee Jahner had 6 tackles and 2 assists.  Tyler Grosz had 4 tackles, 4 assists and caused a fumble.  Anthony Anderson had 3 tackles, 1 assist, a QB sack, ½ of a blocked punt and recovered a fumble.  Elliot Kirchamann had 3 tackles, 3 assists and a QB sack.  Matt Dobitz had the other ½ of the blocked punt.  Devan Laufer also had a fumble recovery and blocked a punt.

            Mott/Regent defeated Washburn 40-34.  Wildfire led 34-28 at the half.  Both teams had a TD in the 4th QTR.  Scoring: Tyler Grosz scored 4 TDs on runs of 62 yds., 44 yds., 4 yds. and 22 yds.  Jay Grosz scored on a 33 yd. interception return.  Josh Wutzke scored on a 10 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer for the win.  Tyler Grosz added 2 PATs.  Rushing: Tyler Grosz 28-246 yds., Lee Jahner 17-143 yds., Tyrel Gion 1-3 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 4-(-13) yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 3-8-1 for 32 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Grosz 1-15 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-10 yds. and Lee Jahner 1-7 yds.

            The defense was led by Jay Grosz with 6 tackles, 3 assists, 2 interceptions, a QB sack and a blocked punt.  Josh Wutzke had 5 tackles, 3 assists, caused a fumble and knocked down a pass.  Tyrel Gion had 6 tackles and 4 assists.  Devan Laufer had 4 tackles, 2 assists, a QB sack and caused a fumble.  Tyler Grosz had 4 tackles, 3 assists and a fumble recovery.  Evan Schaible also had a fumble recovery and Lee Jahner, a QB sack.

            Mott/Regent defeated Hettinger 38-0.  Wildfire led 8-0 at the half and 16-0 at end of the 3rd QTR.  Scoring: Tyler Grosz scored 2 TDs on runs of 58 yds. and 2 yds.  Blaise Kautzman scored on a 19 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Josh Wutzke scored on a 76 yd. punt return.  Aaron Anderson scored on a 14 yd. run on the last play of the game.  4 PATs were scored on passes from Brade Schweitzer-Lee Jahner and Blaise Kautzman each caught 1 and Jay Grosz caught 2.  Rushing: Tyler Grosz 23-178 yds., Lee Jahner 13-94 yds., Tyrel Gion 1-13 yds., Aaron Anderson 2-12 yds., Weston Bohnet 2-12 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 5-(-19) yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 6-11-0 for 92 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Grosz 2-29 yds., Blaise Kautzman 1-19 yds., Jay Grosz 1-18 yds., Lee Jahner 1-15 yds. and Josh Wutzke 1-11 yds.

            The defense was led by Evan Schaible with 4 tackles, 3 assists, an interception, caused and recovered a fumble.  Elliot Kirschmann had 4 tackles and 2 QB sacks.  Lee Jahner had 3 tackles and 6 assists.  Blaise Kautzman had 3  tackles, 1 assist, caused a fumble and knocked down a pass.  Tyler Grosz had 5 tackles and 1 assist.  Jay Grosz had 2 tackles and 6 assists.  Devan Laufer had 2 tackles, 1 assist and caused a fumble.  Aaron Anderson also had a fumble recovery and Brandon Friez knocked down a pass.

            Mott/Regent defeated Richardton/Taylor/Hebron 40-8.  Mott/Regent led 12-8 at the half.  Scoring: Tyler Grosz scored 4 TDs on runs of 8 yds., 17 yds., 25 yds. and 14 yds.  Blaise Kautzman scored on a 22 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Aaron Anderson scored on a 23 yd. run.  Jay Grosz scored a PAT on a pass from Brade Schweitzer and Killian Norton scored a PAT on a pass from Luke Honeyman.  Rushing: Tyler Grosz 23-221 yds., Lee Jahner 12-95 yds., Tyrel Gion 6-33 yds., Aaron Anderson 2-23 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 4-8 yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 7-11-1 for 79 yds.  Receiving: Blaise Kautzman 2-41 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-10 yds., Mason Friedt 1-9 yds., Elliot Kirschmann 1-8 yds., Jay Grosz 1-7 yds. and Lee Jahner 1-4 yds.

            The defense was led by Lee Jahner with 7 tackles, 6 assists and a fumble recovery.  Josh Wutzke had 8 takcles, 2 assists and an interception.  Jay Grosz had 4 tackles and 4 assists.  Blaise Kautzman had 5 tackles and a blocked punt.  Devan Laufer had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Evan Schaible had 1 tackle, 4 assists and an interception.

            Mott/Regent defeated Underwood 38-6.  The Wildfire led 32-0 at the half.  Scoring: Tyler Grosz scored 3 TDs on runs of 59 yds., 4 yds. and 40 yds.  Blaise Kautzman scored on a 22 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer and Evan Schaible scored on a 13 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Tyrel Gion topped things off with a 26 yd. TD run.  The only PAT we scored was on a Brade Schweitzer run.  Rushing: Tyler Grosz 12-142 yds., Tyrel Gion 6-49 yds., Lee Jahner 6-24 yds., Aaron Anderson 2-19 yds., Blaise Kautzman 1-9 yds., Brade Schweitzer 2-9 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-8 yds. and Weston Bohnet 1-2 yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 5-5-0 for 72 yds.  Receiving: Blaise Kautzman 1-22 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-14 yds., Evan Schaible 1-13 yds., Lee Jahner 1-13 yds. and Elliot Kirschmann 1-10 yds.

            The defense was led by Lee Jahner with 13 tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery.  Blaise Kautzman had 10 tackles and 1 assist.  Jay Grosz had 5 tackles and 4 assists.  Tyrel Gion had 5 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down a pass.  Josh Wutzke had 4 tackles and 4 assists.  Evan Schaible had 1 tackle, 8 assists and caused a fumble.  Aaron Anderson had 5 tackles.  Dillon Searle had 2 tackles, 1 assist and recovered 2 fumbles.  Elliot Kirschmann had a QB sack. 

            Mott/Regent defeated Turtle Lake/Mercer 26-6.  Wildfire led 18-0 at the end of the 3rd QTR.  Scoring: Tyler Grosz scored 2 TDs on runs of 3 yds. and 1 yd.  Blaise Kautzman scored on a 56 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer and Josh Wutzke on a 21 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Lee Jahner scored a PAT on a pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Rushing: Tyler Grosz 25-142 yds., Lee Jahner 7-35 yds., Tyrel Gion 2-5 yds., Aaron Anderson 1-1 yd. and Weston Bohnet 1-0 yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 8-13-0 for 132 yds.  Receiving: Blaise Kautzman 1-56 yds., Josh Wutzke 2-32 yds., Elliot Kirschmann 2-21 yds., Jay Grosz 1-15 yds. and Tyler Grosz 2-8 yds.

            The defense was led by Jay Grosz with 9 tackes, 4 assists, a fumble recovery and knocked down a pass.  Lee Jahner had 6 tackles, 5 assists and a QB sack.  Blaise Kautzman had 8 tackles, 2 assists and an interception.  Evan Schaible had 3 tackles, 7 assists and an interception.  Josh Wutzke had 7 assists and 3 interceptions.  Dillon Searle had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Nick Kautzman and Elliot Kirschmann each had a QB sack.

            Mott/Regent got a Homecoming win with a 36-16 win over Williston Trinity Christian.  Wildfire led 36-0 at the half.  Scoring: Tyler Grosz scored 3 TDs on runs of 17 yds., 12 yds. and 20 yds.  Josh Wutzke scored on a 27 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Tyler Gion scored on a 38 yd. run.  Jay Grosz and Elliot Kirschmann scored PATs on passes from Brade Schweitzer.  Tyrel Gion scored a PAT on a run.  Rushing: Tyler Grosz 9-135 yds., Tyrel Gion 4-53 yds., Lee Jahner 4-27 yds., Aaron Anderson 6-20 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-13 yds., Brandon Friez 1-9 yds., Weston Bohnet 1-7 yds., John Schaible 1-5 yds., Brade Schweitzer 1-0 yds. and Jay Grosz 2-(-1) yd.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 2-2-0 for 40 yds., Tyrel Gion 2-2-0 for 21 yds. and Jay Grosz 1-4-0 for 12 yds.  Receiving: Josh Wutzke 1-27 yds., Killian Norton 1-26 yds., Jay Grosz 1-13 yds., Blaise Kautzman 1-12 yds. and Weston Bohnet 1-(-5) yds.

            The defense was led by Jay Grosz with 9 tackles and 3 assists.  Killian Norton had 5 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down 3 passes.  Aaron Anderson had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Nick Kautzman had 4 tackles, 1 assist, a QB sack and knocked down a pass.  Tyrel Gion had 6 tackles.  John Schaible had an interception and knocked down a pass.  Blaise Kautzman also had an interception.

            Mott/Regent defeated New Salem 24-6.  Scoring: Tyler Grosz scored 2 TDs on runs of 9 yds. and 1 yd.  Lee Jahner and Brade Schweitzer scored on 1 yd. run.  No PATs scored today!  Rushing: Tyler Grosz 28-117 yds., Lee Jahner 16-81 yds., Brade Schweitzer 5-10 yds. and Tyrel Gion 1-2 yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 5-7-0 for 56 yds.  Receiving: Elliot Kirschmann 2-25 yds., Jay Grosz 1-13 yds., Lee Jahner 1-11 yds. and Josh Wutzke 1-7 yds.

            The defense was led by Josh Wutzke with 6 tackles, 4 assists, an interception, caused a fumble and knocked down a pass.  Evan Schaible had 5 tackles, 6 assists, an interception and knocked down a pass.  Jay Grosz had 7 tackles and 6 assists.  Lee Jahner had 6 tackles, 5 assists and a QB sack.  Tyler Grosz had 5 tackles and 4 assists.  Elliot Kirschman added a fumble recovery.

                                                                  Region 7 Champions with a 4-0 record.

PLAYOFFS                                                                           
1st Round

            Mott/Regent defeated Washburn 40-0.  Scoring: Tyler Grosz scored 3 TDs on a run of 3 yds. and passes of 2 yds. and 21 yds. from Brade Schweitzer.  Lee Jahner scored on a 2 yd. run.  Tyrel Gion scored on a 1 yd. run.  Tyler Grosz scored 3 PATs on runs.  Elliot Kirschmann scored a PAT on a pass from Brade Schweietzer.  Weston Bohnet scored a PAT on a pass from Luke Honeyman.  Rushing: Tyler Grosz 18-151 yds., Lee Jahner 13-87 yds., Tyrel Gion 9-68 yds., Weston Bohnet 3-22 yds., Josh Wutzke 1-2 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 1-2 yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 5-8-1 for 60 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Grosz 2-29 yds., Lee Jahner 2-19 yds. and Elliot Kirschmann 1-12 yds.

            The defense was led by Jay Grosz with 4 tackles, 1 assist, a QB sack and 2 interceptions.  Josh Wutzke had 7 tackles and an interception.  Devan Laufer had 2 tackles, a QB sack, caused a fumble, recovered a fumble and knocked down a pass.  Tyrel Gion had 4 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down a pass.  Lee Jahner and Evan Schaible both had an interception.  Nick Kautzman, from his d-end position, knocked down 2 passes.

2nd Round

            Turtle Lake/Mercer defeated Mott/Regent 34-28. 
Here are the scores by QTRs and the scoring:   
M/R     0          22         0        6          

TL/M   8          14        12        0         

TL/M   Josh Thomas on a 11 yd. run; PAT-Eddy Cullum run

M/R     Tyler Grosz on a 3 yd. run; PAT-Tyler Grosz run

TL/M   Evan Nelson on a 22 yd. pass from Josh Thomas; PAT-Eddy Cullum run

M/R     Tyler Grosz on a 3 yd. run; PAT-Jay Grosz pass from Brade Schweitzer

TL/M   Eddy Cullum on a 10 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed

M/R     Tyler Grosz on a 1 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed

TL/M   Eddie Cullum on a 43 yd. run; PAT-Run failed

TL/M   Josh Thomas on a 1 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed

M/R     Tyler Grosz on a 2 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed

            This was a heck of a game. We did have a chance to take the lead and we turned the ball over.  Maybe we should have kept the ball on the ground but it was just a fluke that the ball bounced up and not down.  Eddie Cullum of TL/M had a career day.  TL/M forgot that they could pass the ball too!!  What a great season men!

            Rushing: Tyler Grosz 31-186 yds., Lee Jahner 5-27 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 7-36 yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 9-14-2 for 134 yds.  Receiving: Elliot Kirschmann 4-80 yds., Tyler Grosz 2-24 yds., Jay Grosz 1-17 yds. and Josh Wutzke 2-13 yds.

            The defense was led by Jay Grosz with 11 tackles and 1 assist. Lee Jahner had 9 tackles and 5 assists.  Josh Wutzke had 6 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down 2 passes.  Tyler Grosz had 8 tackles and 1 assist.  Evan Schaible had 6 tackles and 5 assists.  Devan Laufer had 5 tackles, 3 assists and a fumble recovery.

            Tyler Grosz led the Wildfire in rushing on 206 carries for 1696 yds. Lee Jahner rushed 104 times for 685 yds.  Blaise Kautzman led the receivers with 9 receptions for 218 yds.  Elliot Kirschmann had 12 receptions for 176 yds. and Josh Wutzke had 10 receptions for 124 yds.  Brade Schweitzer was 55-87-6 for 798 yds. passing and 11 TD.  Tyler Grosz led the team in scoring with 186 points with 29 TDs and 6 PATs.

            Jay Grosz led the defensive scoring with 189 points. Jay had the most tackles with 66.  Other top point getters on defense were Lee Jahner (158), Josh Wutzke (138), Evan Schaible (112), Tyler Grosz (97), Blaise Kautzman (93), Devan Laufer (88) and Tyrel Gion (79).  Evan Schaible recorded the most assists with 42.  Elliot Kirschmann led the team in QB sacks with 5.  Devan Laufer caused and recovered the most fumbles with 3.  Josh Wutzke led the team with 6 pass interceptions and 4 passes knocked down.

            Wildfire had 6 players named to the All-Region 7 1st Team.  Lee Jahner-Fullback, Josh Wutzke-Defensive Back, Tyler Grosz-Tailback, Jay Grosz-Tight End, Devan Laufer-Offensive Line and Brade Schweitzer-QB.  Named to the WRC All-Conference team were Tyler Grosz, Lee Jahner, Evan Schaible, Josh Wutzke, Jay Grosz, Brade Schweitzer and Devan Laufer.  Honorable Mention selections were Blaise Kautzman, Charlie Crane, Lance Olson and Elliot Kirschmann.  The MVP Offense awards went to Tyler Grosz and Lee Jahner.  The defense MVP awards went to Lee Jahner and Jay Grosz. The Most Improved players were Evan Schaible and Elliot Kirschmann and the MVP Linemen awards went to Devan Laufer and Lance Olson.

             Tyler Grosz was named the Most Outanding Senior Athlete for Region 7.

            Named to the All-State Team were Tyler Grosz-1st Team Running Back, Lee Jahner-2nd Team Linebacker, Josh Wutzke-2nd Team Defensive Back and Devan Laufer-2nd Team Offensive Lineman.

            Josh Wutzke, Tyler Grosz and Lee Jahner played in the Shrine Game.

            Tyler Grosz went on to a have a stellar football career at Dickinson State.

            Seniors on the 2006 team included Evan Schaible, Lee Jahner, Mason Friedt, Josh  Wutzke, Tyler Grosz, Dillon Searle and Mike Pekas.  The junior class members were Tyrel Gion, Brade Schweitzer, Blaise Kautzman, Elliot Kirschmann, John Schaible, Devan Laufer, Nate Messmer, Brock Gion. Jay Grosz, Lance Olson, Charlie Crane, Anthony Anderson and Killian Norton.  The sophomore squad included Derek Stewart, Matt Dobitz and Shawn Messmer.  Freshman crew were Luke Honeyman, Mitch Krauter, Dylan Poehls, Brandon Friez, Aaron Anderson, Nick Kautzman, Weston Bohnet, Eric Miller, Dominic Miller, Aaron Friedt, Justin Herner, Justin Libis and Joey Greff.

            Assistant coaches were Nathan Swindler, Jody Messmer, Rod Meier and Curt Friedt.

2007    12-0     Coach Benson           

                Mott/Regent defeated Central McLean (Turtle Lake and Underwood) 46-22.  Scoring: Nick Kautzman on a 10 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Brock Gion scored 2 TDs on runs of 4 yds. and 14 yds.  Jay Grosz scored on a 37 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Blaise Kautzman scored on a 15 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Devan Laufer scored on a 4 yd. run.  Nick Kautzman, Elliot Kirschmann, Blaise Kautzman (2) and Killian Norton scored PATs on passes from Brade Schweitzer.  Brade Schweitzer added a PAT on a run.  Rushing: Brock Gion 8-117 yds. and knocked down a ref., Weston Bohnet 6-48 yds., Devan Laufer 9-42 yds., Aaron Anderson 3-15 yds., Brade Schweitzer 2-10 yds., Aaron Anderson 1-6 yds. and Brandon Friez 1-(-2) yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 9-13-1 for 130 yds.  Receiving: Elliot Kirschmann 3-57 yds., Jay Grosz 1-37 yds., Blaise Kautzman 1-15 yds., Brock Gion 3-11 yds. and Nick Kautzman 1-10 yds.

            The defense was led by Jay Grosz with 10 tackles and 4 assists.  Brock Gion had 7 tackles, 3 assists, a QB sack and caused a fumble.  Nick Kautzman had 7 tackles and caused and recovered a fumble.  Devan Laufer had 6 tackles, 1 assist and caused and recovered a fumble.  Blaise Kautzman had 4 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down a pass.  Killian Norton had 1 tackle, 3 assists, 2 fumble recoveries and knocked down a pass.  Luke Honeyman had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Elliot Kirschmann had 2 tackles, 3 assists and a QB sack.  Aaron Anderson had 3 tackles and caused a fumble.

            Mott/Regent defeated Richardton/Taylor/Hebron 20-14.  All the scoring was done in the first half.  Scoring: Blaise Kautzman scored on a 14 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Devan Laufer scored on a 6 yd. run.  Brock Gion scored on a 35 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  The only PAT the Wildfire scored was by Elliot Kirschmann on a pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Rushing: Brock Gion 25-108 yds., Devan Laufer 14-68 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 6-(-6) yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 4-9-0 for 66 yds.  Receiving:  Brock Gion 1-35 yds., Blaise Kautzman 2-25 yds. and Elliot Kirschmann 1-6 yds.

            The defense was led by Brock Gion with 10 tackles, 6 assists, a QB sack and ½ caused fumble.  Brade Schweitzer had 9 tackles and knocked down a pass.  Jay Grosz had 6 tackles and 5 assists.  Blaise Kautzman had 7 tackles and 1 assist.  Devan Laufer had 3 tackles and 4 assists.  Matt Dobitz had 3 tackles and 4 assists.  Elliot Kirschmann blocked a punt and ½ caused fumble.  Nick Kautzman had a QB sack and a fumble recovery.  Nate Messmer had a QB sack.

            Mott/Regent defeated Washburn 52-6.  The Wildfire scored all their points in the first half.  Scoring: Brock Gion scored 3 TDs on runs of 34 yds., 19 yds. and 39 yds.  Blaise Kautzman scored on a 70 yd. punt return.  Nick Kautzman scored on a 27 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Aaron Anderson scored 2 TDs on a 24 yd. pass from Luke Honeyman and on a 47 yd. run.  Brock Gion scored a PAT. Jay Grosz and Nick Kautzman scored PATs on passes from Brade Schweitzer.  Aaron Anderson scored a PAT and Justin Herner scored a PAT on a pass from Luke Honeyman.  Rushing: Brock Gion 6-104 yds., Aaron Anderson 10-85 yds., Jay Grosz 3-35 yds., Weston Bohnet 4-29 yds., Ethan Keller 4-28 yds., Brandon Friez 2-17 yds., Tyrel Gion 2-15 yds., Aaron Keller 2-13 yds., Jon Carlson 2-4 yds. and Luke Honeyman 1-1 yd.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 5-5-0 for 78 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 1-3-1 for 27 yds.  Receiving: Nick Kautzman 2-29 yds., Weston Bohnet 2-29 yds., Aaron Anderson 1-24 yds., and Aaron Keller 1-24 yds.

            The defense was led by Ethan Keller with 9 tackles and 3 assists.  Weston Bohnet had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Devan Laufer had 2 tackles and 2 fumble recoveries.  Aaron Anderson, Derek Stewart and Nick Kautzman each had a QB sack.  Tyrel Gion and Brandon Friez both knocked down a pass.

            Mott/Regent defeated Center/Stanton 52-16.  Wildfire led at halftime 30-0.  Blaise Kautzman scored on a 74 yd. KOR and a 52 yd. punt return.  Brock Gion scored twice on runs of 74 yds. and 5 yds.  Luke Honeyman scored on a 42 yd. run and Brade Schweitzer scored on a 41 yd run.  Aaron Anderson scored the final TD on a 1 yd. run.  Nick Kautzman scored 4 PATs on passes from Brade Schweitzer.  Aaron Keller scored the final PAT.  Rushing: Brock Gion 11-150 yds., Aaron Anderson 3-44 yds., Ethan Keller 8-44 yds., Luke Honeyman 2-44 yds., Brade Schweitzer 4-41 yds., Jay Grosz 2-17 yds., Aaron Keller 2-6 yds. and Weston Bohnet 1-5 yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 3-9-0 for 34 yds.  Receiving: Jay Grosz 2-25 yds. and Elliot Kirschmann 1-9 yds.

            The defense was led by Tyrel Gion with 5 tackles.  Nick Kautzman had 4 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down a pass.  Devan Laufer had 3 tackles, 3 assists and an interception.  Matt Dobitz had 3 tackles, 3 assists and caused a fumble.  Elliot Kirschmann had 3 tackles, 2 assists and a QB sack.  Jay Grosz had 2 tackles, a QB sack and knocked down 2 passes.  Aaron Keller had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Blaise Kautzman, Brade Schweitzer and Luke Honeyman all had an interception.

            Mott/Regent defeated Heart River 48-0.  The Wildfire led 42-0 at the half.  Scoring: Blaise Kautzman scored 2 TDs on 77 yd. and 68 yd. passes from Brade Schweitzer.  Jay Grosz scored twice on 14 yd. and 2 yd. run.  Brock Gion scored on a 20 yd. run and Aaron Anderson scored on a 37 yd. run.  Elliot Kirschmann scored on a 4 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Elliot Kirschmann and Jay Grosz (2) scored PATs on passes from Brade Schweitzer.  Rushing: Aaron Anderson 4-136 yds., Brock Gion 4-109 yds., Jay Grosz 4-32 yds., Ethan Keller 5-32 yds., Aaron Keller 3-11 yds., Luke Honeyman 1-2 yds., Jon Carlson 1-0 yds. and Weston Bohnet 2-0 yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 3-4-0 for 149 yds. and Jon Carlson 1-1-0 for 7 yds.  Receiving: Blaise Kautzman 2-145 yds., Aaron Keller 1-7 yds. and Elliot Kirschmann 1-4 yds.

            The defense was led by Weston Bohnet with 12 tackles and 4 assists.  Jay Grosz had 7 tackles and 4 assists.  Brock Gion had 6 tackles and 3 assists.  Devan Laufer had 6 tackles and 3 assists.  Nick Kautzman had 4 tackles, 3 assists and a QB sack.  Killian Norton had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Brade Schweitzer had 3 tackles and 3 assists.  Nate Messmer had 4 tackles.  John Schaible knocked down 2 passes.

            Mott/Regent defeated Shiloh 58-6.  The Wildfire led 52-0 at half-time.  Scoring: Brock Gion scored 4 TDs on runs of 64 yds., 34 yds., 25 yds. and 34 yds.  Elliot Kirschmann scored on a 62 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer.  Jay Grosz scored on a 30 yd. run.  Tyrel Gion (15 yds.) and Weston Bohnet (47 yds.) both scored on passes from Luke Honeyman.  Nick Kautzman, Jay Grosz (2) and Elliot Kirschmann scored PATs on passes from Brade Schweitzer.  Jay Grosz scored another PAT on a pass from Luke Honeyman.  Rushing: Brock Gion 6-169 yds., Jay Grosz 4-59 yds., Tyrel Gion 5-28 yds., Ethan Keller 8-24 yds., Weston Bohnet 2-23 yds., Aaron Keller 3-9 yds., Luke Honeyman 1-3 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 1-(-20) yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 4-9-0 for 112 yds. and Luke Honeyman 5-7-0 for 109 yds.  Receiving: Blaise Kautzman 2-92 yds., Weston Bohnet 1-47 yds., Aaron Keller 2-18 yds., Dylan Poehls 1-17 yds., Tyrel Gion 1-15 yds., Nick Kautzman 1-13 yds., Joey Greff 1-12 yds. and Jay Grosz 1-7 yds.

            The defense was led by Matt Dobitz with 5 tackles and 1 assist.  Brock Gion had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Weston Bohnet had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Aaron Keller had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Luke Honeyman had 2 tackles, 2 assists, an interception and knocked down a pass.  Devan Laufer had 2 QB sacks.  Killian Norton, Blaise Kautzman and Brade Schweitzer each had an interception.  Blaise Kautzman also knockded down 2 passes.  Joey Greff had a fumble recovery. 

            Mott/Regent defeated Wilton/Wing 58-0.  The Wildfire led 44-0 at half-time.  Scoring: Blaise Kautzman scored 4 TDs.  Blaise scored twice on punt returns of 86 yds. and 97 yds.  Blaise Kautzman also caught 33 yd. and 12 yd. TD passes from Brade Schweitzer.  Brock Gion scored 3 TDs on runs of 54 yds., 65 yds. and 39 yds.  Ethan Keller scored on an 85 yd run.  Tyrel scored 2 PATs.  Killian Norton (2) and Jay Grosz scored PATs on passes from Brade Schweitzer.  Rushing: Brock Gion 8-233 yds., Ethan Keller 5-99 yds., Jay Grosz 5-33 yds., Aaron Keller 3-6 yds. and Luke Honeyman 1-(-1) yd.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 4-8-1 for 92 yds.  Receiving: Blaise Kautzman 4-91 yds.

            The defense was led by Brock Gion with 10 tackles and 5 assists.  Luke Honeyman had 7 tackles and 6 assists.  Jay Grosz had 6 tackles and 6 assists.  Tyrel Gion had 6 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down a pass.  Aaron Keller had 4 tackles, 3 assists and a fumble recovery.  Matt Dobitz had 2 tackles, 5 assists and a fumble recovery.  Devan Laufer had 2 tackles, 1 assist, a QB sack, a fumble recovery and knocked down a pass.  Elliot Kirschmann had 3 tackles, 2 assists and a QB sack.  Nick Kautzman had a QB sack and Brade Schweitzer had an interception.

            Mott defeated Hettinger 52-0.  The Wildfire led 36-0 at half-time.  Scoring: Brock Gion scored 4 TDs on runs of 56 yds, 50 yds., 63 yds. and 40 yds.  Jay Grosz scored on a 74 yd. run.  Weston Bohnet scored 2 TDs on 57 yd. and 11 yd. passes from Luke Honeyman.  Nick Kautzman (2) and Killian Norton scored PATs on passes from Brade Schweitzer.  John Schaible scored a PAT on a pass from Luke Honeyman and Weston Bohnet scored a PAT on a run.  Rushing: Brock Gioin 8-236 yds., Jay Grosz 4-85 yds., Aaron Anderson 11-85 yds., Brade Schweitzer 4-24 yds., Weston Bohnet 2-5 yds., Luke Honeyman 3-2 yds., Ethan Keller 4-1 yd. and Aaron Keller 1-0 yds.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 6-9-0 for 93 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 2-4-1 for 18 yds.  Receiving: Weston Bohnet 5-91 yds., Elliot Kirschmann 2-18 yds. and Brandon Friez 1-2 yds.

            The defense was led by Brade Schweitzer with 5 tackles, 1 assist and an interception.  Devan Laufer had 4 tackles, 4 assists and knocked down a pass.  Jay Grosz had 5 tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery.  Nick Kautzman had 4 tackles, 1 assist and caused a fumble.  Brock Gion had 3 tackles and 4 assists.  Aaron Anderson had 2 tackles, 3 assists and an interception.  Matt Dobitz had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Blaise Kautzman had an interception and Ethan Keller had a fumble recovery.

                                                             Region 6 Champions 8-0

PLAYOFFS

1st Round-Bye
2nd Round

            Mott/Regent defeated North Central Benson 34-8.  The Wildfire led 20-0 at half-time. 
Scoring:
M/R     14        6          8          6

NCB      0        0          8          0       

M/R     Brock Gion on a 75 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed

M/R     Jay Grosz on a 18 yd. run; PAT-Jay Grosz run

M/R     Brock Gion on 5 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed

M/R     Brock Gion on a 1 yd. run; PAT-Jay Grosz run

NCB    Reid Haagenson on a 1 yd. run; PAT-John Lunde pass from Danny Harkness

M/R     Jay Grosz on a 10 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed

            Rushing: Brock Gion 26-275 yds., Jay Grosz 11-70 yds., Brade Schweitzer 2-7 yds., Weston Bohnet 1-0 yd. Luke Honeyman 2-(-2) yds. and Aaron Anderson 2-(-2) yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 3-8-1 for 13 yds.  Receiving: Elliot Kirschmann 2-20 yds. and Brock Gion 1-(-7) yds.

            The defense was led by Jay Grosz with 10 tackles and 7 assists.  Brock Gion had 7 tackles, 2 assists and a QB sack.  Matt Dobitz had 7 tackles, 1 assist and a fumble recovery.  Devan Laufer had 5 tackles and 5 assists.  Tyrel Gion had 3 tackles, 1 assist, an interception and knocked down 3 passes.  Elliot Kirschmann had 3 tackles, 1 assist, 2 QB sacks, caused a fumble and recovered a fumble.  Nick Kautzman had 3 tackles and 4 assists.  Nate Messmer had 3 tackles, 1 assist and a QB sack.  Blaise Kautzman also had an interception.

Quarterfinals

            Mott/Regent defeated St. John 42-14.  The Wildfire led 14-0 at half-time. 
Scoring:
M/R      6          8          20        8               

STJ      0          0           0        14       

M/R     Nick Kautzman on 22 yd. pass from Brade Schweitzer; PAT-Run failed

M/R     Jay Grosz on a 30 yd. run; PAT-Brock Gion run

M/R     Brock Gion on an 88 yd. KOR; PAT-Pass failed

M/R     Brock Gion on an 82 yd. run; PAT-Jay Grosz pass from Brade Schweitzer

M/R     Jay Grosz on a 3 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed

St. J     Rick Slater on a 12 yd. run; PAT-Rick Slater run

St. J     Jade Davis on a 6 yd. pass from Cobretti Parisien

M/R     Jay Grosz on a 51 yd. run; PAT-Elliot Kirschmann pass from Brade Schweitzer

            Rushing: Brock Gion 17-193 yds., Jay Grosz 16-139 yds., Aaron Anderson 2-12 yds., Luke Honeyman 1-1 yd.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 6-8-0 for 52 yds.  Receiving: Elliot Kirschmann 3-22 yds., Nick Kautzman 1-22 yds. and Jay Grosz 2-8 yds.

            The defense was led by Devan Laufer with 7 tackles and 8 assists.  Jay Grosz had 5 tackles, 4 assists, an interception and knocked down 2 passes.  Elliot Kirschmann had 7 tackles and 3 assists.  Brade Schweitzer had 7 tackles and 2 assists.  Nick Kautzman had 5 tackles and 6 assists.  Blaise Kautzman 4 tackles and knocked down 4 passes.  Brock Gion had 6 tackles and 2 assists.  Tyrel had an interception and John Schaible a fumble recovery.

SEMI-FINALS

            Mott/Regent defeated Divide County 20-17.  Brock Gion goes down with a season-ending arm injury early in the 2nd half.
Scoring:  
M/R     6          8          6        0       

DC      3          0          7        7

M/R     Brock Gion on a 81 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed

DC      Kurt Friesz on a 26 yd. FG

M/R     Jay Grosz on a 2 yd. run; PAT-Nick Kautzman pass from Brade Schweitzer

M/R     Jay Grosz on a 8 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed

DC      Ben Johnson on a 37 yd. run; PAT-Friesz kick

DC      Quinn Ellison on a 3 yd. run; PAT-Friesz kick

            Rushing: Brock Gion 14-147 yds., Jay Grosz 15-143 yds., Devan Laufer 8-26 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 4-1 yd.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 3-6-0 for 32 yds.  Receiving: Devan Laufer 2-9 yds. and Luke Honeyman 1-23 yds.

            The defense was led by Luke Honeyman with 15 tackles, 7 assists and a “BIG” knocked down pass.  Devan Laufer had 10 tackles and 3 assists.  Jay Grosz had 6 tackles and 5 assists.  Brock Gion had 6 tackles and 4 assists.  Brade Schweitzer had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Matt Dobitz had 2 tackles, 5 assists and a QB sack.  Aaron Anderson had 3 tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery.  Nate Messmer had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Nick Kautzman had a QB sack.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, NOVEMBER 9th at the Fargo Dome.

            Mott/Regent defeated Napoleon/Gackle/Streeter 16-14.
Scoring:      
M/R     0          8          8        0               

NGS    8          0          0        6       

N-G/S  Kriss McCleary on 2 yd. run; PAT-Damon Weigel pass from Brady Fettig

M/R     Devan Laufer on a 40 yd. Interception Return; PAT-Devan Laufer pass from Brade Schweitzer

M/R     Killian Norton on a 1 yd. pass from Jay Grosz; PAT-Devan Laufer pass from Brade Schweitzer

N-G/S  Damon Weigel on a 28 yd. pass from Brady Fettig; PAT-Run failed

            Rushing: Jay Grosz 20-66 yds., Devan Laufer 8-33 yds. and Brade Schweitzer 6-(-2) yds.  Passing: Brade Schweitzer 11-18-0 for 123 yds. and Jay Grosz 1-1-0 for 1 yd.  Receiving: Nick Kautzman 3-45 yds., Killian Norton 2-29 yds., Jay Grosz 2-25 yds., Elliot Kirschmann 1-12 yds., Luke Honeyman 3-10 yds. and John Schaible 1-3 yds.

            Our defense did a great job against NGS. We held Evan Gross to 24-79 yds. rushing and Kriss McCleary to 16-72 yds. rushing:

            The defense was led by Nick Kautzman with 11 tackles, 2 assists and a QB sack.  Nick had a legendary tackle on a 4th down play.  Devan Laufer had 5 tackles, 8 assists, caused a fumble and returned an interception for a TD that changed the momentum.

            Jay Grosz had 10 tackles and 2 assists. Brade Schweitzer had 5 tackles, 7 assists, knocked down a pass and recovered a fumble.  Matt Dobitz had 6 tackles and 3 assists.  Luke Honeyman had 4 tackles and 7 assists.  Tyrel Gion had 2 tackles and 4 assists.  Killian Norton had 2 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down a pass.  Elliot Kirschman had 2 tackles and 1 assist.  Aaron Anderson had 1 tackle and 3 assists.  Nate Messmer had 2 tackles.  Weston Bohnet had 1 tackle and 2 assists.  John Schaible had 1 assist.

                                                      STATE CHAMPS 12-0

            Brock Gion led the team in rushing with 143 carries for 1841 yds. (12.9 ave.) Jay Grosz rushed 84 times for 681 yds.  Aaron Anderson rushed 35 times for 375 yds.  Ethan Keller rushed 34 times for 228 yds.  Blaise led the receivers with 368 yds. on 11 receptions.  Weston Bohnet caught 8 passes for 167 yds.  Elliot Kirschmann had 14 catches for 148 yds. and Nick Kautzman had 8 catches for 119 yds.  Jay Grosz caught 8 passes for 102 yds.  Brade Schweitzer led the team in passing with 53-99-5 for 847 yds. and 13 TDs.  Luke Honeyman was 16-21-0 for 280 yds. and 5 TDs.  Brock Gion led the team in scoring with 160 points with 26 TDs and 2 PATs.  Jay Grosz scored 92 points with 12 TDs and 10 PATs.  Blaise Kautzman scored 74 points with 12 TDs and 2 PATs.  Nick Kautzman scored 38 points with 3 TDs and 10 PATs.

            Jay Grosz led the defense with 195 points scored. Jay led the team with 70 tackles and 43 assists.  Other top point getters on defense were Devan Laufer (174), Brock Gion (167), Nick Kautzman (130), Luke Honeyman (123), Matt Dobitz (118), Brade Schweitzer (116), Elliot Kirschmann (100), Blaise Kautzman (83), Tyrel Gion (76) and Weston Bohnet (74).  Nick Kautzman led the team in QB sacks with 6.  Elliot Kirschmann had 5 QB sacks.  Devan Laufer and Nick Kautzman led the team in fumbles caused with 2 each.  Devan Laufer led the team in fumble recoveries with 4.  Matt Dobitz had 3 recoveries.  Brade Schweitzer and Blaise Kautzman led the team in interceptions with 4 each.  Blaise Kautzman knocked down 8 passes and Tyrel Gion knockdown 6 passes.

            Players named to the All-Region 6 1st Team were Brock Gion at RB, Jay Grosz at LB, Devan Laufer at OL, Blaise Kautzman at WR, Elliot Kirschmann at DL and Brade Schweitzer At-Large. 2nd Team members were Matt Dobitz at DL, Lance Olson at OL and Charlie Crane at OL.  Named to the WRC Team were Brock Gion, Jay Grosz, Blaise Kautzman, Nick Kautzman,  Brade Schweitzer, Elliot Kirschmann and Devan Laufer.  Honorable Mention players named were Charlie Crane, Lance Olson, Matt Dobitz, Tyrel Gion and Nate Messmer.  Wildfire MVP-Offense players were Brade Schweitzer and Brock Gion.  MVP-Defense player were Jay Grosz and Devan Laufer.  Most Improved players were Matt Dobitz and Nick Kautzman.  MVP-Linemen award went to Devan Laufer and Charlie Crane.  MVP-Special Teams award is a new one this year.  This award goes to Weston Bohnet and Blaise Kautzman.

            Brock Gion was named the Most Outanding Senior Athlete for Region 7.

            Brock Gion was named to the All-State 1st Team at RB.  Devan Laufer was named to the All-State 1st Team at OL.  Jay Grosz was named to the All-State 1st Team at LB.  Brade Schweitzer and Blaise Kautzman were named to the All-State 2nd Team on Offense. (no positions designated)

            Brade Schweitzer, Jay Grosz and Blaise Kautzman played in the Shrine Bowl.

            Brock Gion played football for the NDSU Bison.  Brock saw some action on special teams.  Brock was part of a National Champion team.  Jay Grosz goes on to have a stellar career at Dickinson State.  Jay played inside linebacker for the Blue Hawks.

            Senior members of the 2007 State Championship Team included Tyrel Gion, Brade Schweitzer, Blaise Kautzman, Killian Norton, Elliot Kirschmann, John Schaible, Devan Laufer, Nate Messmer, Brock Gion, Jay Grosz, Lance Olson and Charlie Crane.  Juniors on the team were Matt Dobitz, Derek Stewart and Shawn Messmer.  Sophomores included Luke Honeyman, Dylan Poehls, Nick Kautzman, Dominic Miller, Aaron Friedt, Eric Miller, Brandon Friez, Craig Roll, Joey Greff, Weston Bohnet, Justin Herner and Justin Libis.  Freshmen included Jon Carlson, Aaron Keller, Ethan Keller, Devin Witte, Jesse Erickson and Blake Gordon.

            Assistant coaches were Nathan Swindler, Jody Messmer, Rod Meier and Dale Zich.

 2008   7-3       Coach Benson

            Central McLean defeated Mott/Regent 34-20.  CM jumped out to a 12-0 lead at the half.  Scoring: Aaron Anderson on a 41 yd. run.  Ethan Keller scored on a 10 yd. run and Aaron Keller scored on a 19 yd. run.  Ethan Keller scored on a PAT.  Rushing: Aaron Anderson 12-100 yds., Ethan Keller 6-64 yds., Weston Bohnet 7-36 yds., Aaron Keller 1-19 yds. and Luke Honeyman 6-(10) yds.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 5-14-3 for 41 yds.  Receiving: Weston Bohnet 2-30 yds., Chad Mosbrucker 1-5 yds., Brandon Friez 1-4 yds. and Aaron Anderson 1-2 yds.

            The defense was led by Nick Kautzman with 7 tackles, 3 assists and 2 QB sacks.  Luke Honeyman had 5 tackles, 7 assists and a QB sack.  Weston Bohnet had 6 tackles and 6 assists.  Ethan Keller had 3 tackles and 10 assists.  Joey Greff had 5 tackles and 4 assists.  Aaron Keller had 6 tackles.  Aaron Anderson had 3 tackles and 4 assists.  Matt Dobitz had 2 tackles and 5 assists.  Derek Stewart had 2 QB sacks. 

            Richardton/Taylor/Hebron defeated Mott/Regent 14-0. Rushing: Aaron Anderson 20-59 yds., Weston Bohnet 4-45 yds.  Nick Kautzman 6-27 yds., Aaron Keller 2-21 yds.  Ethan Keller 2-7 yds. and Luke Honeyman 11-0 yds.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 3-10-0 for -3 yds.  Receiving: Weston Bohnet 1-3 yds., Nick Kautzman 1-2 yds. and Aaron Anderson 1-(-8) yds.

            The defense was led by Aaron Anderson with 9 tackles and 1 assist. Weston Bohnet had 5 tackles, 4 assists and knocked down a pass.  Luke Honeyman had 4 tackles, 4 assists and knocked down a pass.  Ethan Keller had 4 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down a pass.  Nick Kautzman had 4 tackles, 1 assist and caused a fumble.  Derek Stewart had a QB sack.  Justin Libis had a fumble recovery.

            Mott/Regent defeated Washburn 46-30.  The Wildfire led 30-14 at the half.  Scoring: Ethan Keller scored 2 TDs on runs of 55 yds. and 13 yds.  Aaron Anderson scored 2 TDs on runs of 5 yds. and 7 yds.  Luke Honeyman scored on a 1 yd. run and   Weston Bohnet scored on a 37 yd. run.  PATs by runs were scored by Weston Bohnet, Ethan Keller, Luke Honeyman (2).  Chad Mosbrucker scored a PAT on a pass from Luke Honeyman.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 18-201 yds., Weston Bohnet 6-48 yds., Aaron Anderson 10-37 yds., Luke Honeyman 13-32 yds.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 6-11-0 for 82 yds.  Receiving: Dylan Poehls 2-40 yds., Weston Bohnet 3-26 yds. and Aaron Keller 1-16 yds.

            The defense was led by Nick Kautzman with 2 tackles, 3 QB sacks, a blocked punt, a fumble recovery and knocked down a pass.  Luke Honeyman had 6 tackles and caused a fumble.  Aaron Anderson had 3 tackles, 4 assists and an interception.  Ethan Keller had 3 tackles, 3 assists and caused a fumble.  Matt Dobitz had 4 tackles and caused a fumble.  Joey Greff had 3 tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery.  Derek Stewart had 3 tackles and 4 assists.  Weston Bohnet had 1 tackle, 3 assists and knocked down 2 passes.  Brandon Friez had 3 tackles and an interception.  Tanner Vesledahl had a tackle and a QB sack.

            Mott/Regent defeated Center/Stanton 58-8.  The Wildfire led 44-0 at the half.  Scoring: Ethan Keller scored 3 TDs on runs of 2 yds., 34 yds. and 24 yds.  Aaron Anderson scored 2 TDs on a 1 yd. run and a 12 yd. run.  Luke Honeyman scored on a 40 yd. interception.  Aaron Keller scored 2 TDs on runs of 23 yds. and 28 yds.  Nick Kautzman and Weston Bohnet (2) scored PATs on passes from Luke Honeyman.  Aaron Anderson scored a PAT on a run and Shannon Messmer scored a PAT on a pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 14-134 yds., Aaron Keller 13-100 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 7-25 yds., Aaron Anderson 5-23 yds., Weston Bohnet 1-2 yds. and Jon Carlson 1-1 yd.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 2-3-0 for 28 yds. and Jon Carlson 3-4-0 for 24 yds.  Receiving: Ethan Keller 1-16 yds., Weston Bohnet 1-12 yds., Aaron Keller 1-11 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 1-10 yds. and Chad Mosbrucker 1-3 yds.

            The defense was led by Weston Bohnet with 5 tackles, 1 assist, knocked down a pass and an interception.  Luke Honeyman had 2 tackles, 2 assists, knocked down 2 passes and returned an interception for a TD.  Aaron Keller had 4 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass.  Ethan Keller had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Chad Mosbrucker had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Matt Dobitz had 3 tackles and 1 assist.  Jon Carlson had 3 tackles and 1 assist.  Aaron Anderson and Dylan Poehls each had an interception.  Brandon Friez knocked down 2 passes and Nick Kautzman knocked down 1 pass.

            Mott/Regent defeated Heart River 49-30.  The Wildfire led 26-12 at the half.  Luke Honeyman scored 4 TDs on three runs of 1 yd. and one of 2 yds.  Ethan Keller scored on a 6 yd. run.  Weston Bohnet scored on a 43 yd. run and Aaron Anderson scored on a 14 yd. run.  PATs were scored on runs by Ethan Keller and Aaron Anderson.  Rushing: Weston Bohnet 21-162 yds., Ethan Keller 21-114 yds., Aaron Anderson 2-20 yds. and Luke Honeyman 10-12 yds.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 6-8-0 for 166 yds.  Receiving: Nick Kautzman 2-62 yds., Dylan Poehls 1-30 yds., Brandon Friez 1-27 yds., Ethan Keller 1-26 yds. and Weston Bohnet 1-21 yds.            

            The defense was led by Aaron Anderson with 5 tackles, 7 assists and a fumble recovery.  Weston Bohnet had 7 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass.  Derek Stewart had 5 tackles and 4 assists.  Luke Honeyman had 4 tackles, 3 assists and caused a fumble.  Aaron Keller had 3 tackles and 5 assists.  Ethan Keller had 3 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down a pass.  Joey Greff had 2 tackles, 3 assists and caused a fumble.

            Mott/Regent defeated Shiloh 58-6.  The Wildfire led 44-0 at the half.  Scoring: Ethan Keller scored 3 TDs on runs of 20 yds. and 88 yds. and on a 90 yd. pass from Luke Honeyman.  Nick Kautzman scored on a 40 yd. pass from Luke Honeyman.  Aaron Anderson scored 2 TDs on runs of 6 yds. and 12 yds.  Weston Bohnet scored on a 56 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  On our own 1 yd. line, I called a dive to Tanner Vesledahl.  Tanner went up and then took a right and then down the sideline for a 99 yd. TD run. I thought we would just run out the clock!  Right out of the Forrest Gump playbook!

            Ethan Keller (2) and Matt Dobitz scored PATs on runs. Weston Bohnet and Nick Kautzman scored PATs on passes from Luke Honeyman.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 9-118 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 1-99 yds., Aaron Anderson 5-41 yds., Aaron Keller 5-16 yds., Weston Bohnet 4-12 yds., Luke Honeyman 1-6 yds., McCahen Schweitzer 2-(-2) yds. and Chad Mosbrucker 1-(-2) yds.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 3-5-0 for 159 yds., McCahen Schweitzer 2-2-0 for 60 yds. and Jon Carlson 2-3-0 for 8 yds.  Receiving: Ethan Keller 1-90 yds., Weston Bohnet 1-56 yds., Nick Kautzman 1-40 yds., Dylan Poehls 2-35 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 1-4 yds. and Chad Mosbrucker 1-2 yds.

            The defense was led by Joey Greff with 10 tackles, 3 assists, caused and recovered a fumble. Ethan Keller had 5 tackles, 4 assists and caused 2 fumbles and recovered 2 fumbles.  Derek Stewart had 5 tackles and recovered 3 fumbles.  Jon Carlson had 1 tackle, 3 assists, an interception and knocked down a pass.  Chad Mosbrucker had 3 tackles, 1 assist, knocked down a pass and had an interception.  Luke Honeyman had 3 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass.  Aaron Anderson had 1 tackle, 5 assists and a fumble recovery.  Tanner Vesledahl and Aaron Keller each had a fumble recovery.

            Mott/Regent destroyed Wilton/Wing 64-0. The Wildfire led 46-0 at the half.  Scoring: Weston Bohnet scored 3 TDs on runs of 29 yds. and 10 yds. and returned an interception 20 yds. for another TD.  Ethan Keller scored 2 TDs on runs of 47 yds. and 51 yds.  Nick Kautzman scored on a 3 yd. pass from Luke Honeyman.  Aaron Keller scored on a 23 yd. run and Tanner Vesledahl scored 2 TDs on a 32 yd. run and a 14 yd. pass from Jon Carlson.  Weston Bohnet and Aaron Keller both scored PATs on run.  Luke Honeyman connected with Luke Honeyman (2) and Chad Mosbrucker for 3 PATs.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 9-164 yds., Aaron Keller 8-81 yds., Weston Bohnet 4-50 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 6-44 yds.  Jon Carlson 3-24 yds., Aaron Anderson 2-10 yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 3-(-3) yds.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 4-6-0 for 25 yds. and Jon Carlson 1-1-0 for 14 yds.  Receiving: Aaron Anderson 1-21 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 1-14 yds., Nick Kautzman 1-3 yds., Weston Bohnet 1-2 yds. and Ethan Keller 1-(-1) yd.

            The defense was led by Joey Greff with 7 tackles and 6 assists. Aaron Anderson had 5 tackles and 6 assists.  Derek Stewart had 5 tackles, 2 assists and a QB sack.  Nick Kautzman had 4 tackles, 2 assists and 2 QB sacks.  Luke Honeyman had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Ethan Keller had 4 tackles and 4 assists.  Matt Dobitz had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Aaron Keller had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Weston Bohnet had 3 tackles and an interception for a TD.  Mike Wehri had 4 tackles.  Blake Gordon and Devin Witte each had a fumble recovery.  Tanner Vesledahl had a QB sack and Chad Mosbrucker had an interception.

            Mott/Regent defeated Hettinger 48-0. The Wildfire led at the half 22-0.  Scoring: Weston Bohnet scored 3 TDs on runs of 4 yds., 4 yds. and 10 yds.  Aaron Anderson scored on a 45 yd. run.  Ethan Keller scored on a 5 yd. run.  Jon Carlson scored on a 1 yd. run and Aaron Keller scored on a 33 yd. run.  Aaron Anderson and Ethan Keller scored PATs on runs and Weston Bohnet scored a PAT on a pass from Luke Honeyman.  Rushing: Weston Bohnet 14-84 yds., Ethan Keller 14-80 yds., Aaron Anderson 5-50 yds., Aaron Keller 2-34 yds., Luke Honeyman 2-10 yds., Jon Carlson 3-0 yds.  McCahen Schweitzer 2-(-1) yd.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 3-3-0 for 31 yds., Jon Carlson 1-1-0 for 19 yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 1-1-0 for 9 yds.  Receiving: Weston Bohnet 2-21 yds., Ethan Keller 1-19 yds., Aaron Anderson 1-10 yds. and Tanner Vesledahl 1-9 yds.

            The defense was led by Derek Stewart with 6 tackles, 2 assists and 2 QB sacks. Joey Greff had 5 tackles and 5 assists.  Aaron Keller had 4 tackles and 5 assists.  Nick Kautzman had 1 tackle, 5 assists, 2 QB sacks and blocked a punt.  Matt Dobitz had 4 tackles and blocked 2 punts.  Aaron Anderson had 7 assists and a QB sack.  Ethan Keller had 2 tackles, 3 assists and an interception.  Chad Mosbrucker had 2 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down 2 passes.  Brandon Friez also knocked down a pass.

PLAYOFFS
1st Round

            Mott/Regent defeated Divide County 22-0 on a Tuesday night in Mott.

Scoring:
M/R     8          6          0        8       

DC      0          0          0        0

M/R     Ethan Keller on a 52 yd. run; PAT-Weston Bohnet pass from Luke Honeyman

M/R     Weston Bohnet on a 2 yd. run; PAT-Run failed

M/R     Ethan Keller on a 1 yd. run; PAT-Chad Mosbrucker pass from Luke Honeyman

            Rushing: Ethan Keller 20-168 yds., Weston Bohnet 19-95 yds., Luke Honeyman 6-23 yds., Aaron Anderson 2-4 yds. and Aaron Keller 1-3 yds. Passing: Luke Honeyman 5-9-0 for 28 yds.  Receiving: Weston Bohnet 4-31 yds. and Ethan Keller 1-(-3) yds.

            The defense was led by Weston Bohnet with 8 tackles, 7 assists, and interception and knocked down a pass. Joey Greff had 9 tackles and 5 assists.  Aaron Anderson had 5 tackles, 8 assists, a QB sack and caused a fumble.  Luke Honeyman had 7 tackles and knocked down 2 passes.  Derek Stewart had 6 tackles, 4 assists and 2 QB sacks.  Matt Dobitz had 5 tackles, 2 assists and a QB sack.  Nick Kautzman knocked down a pass.

2nd Round

            St. John defeated Mott/Regent 42-6. We lost the toss and had to go into a brisk wind.  We fell into a black hole and could not escape.  St. John led 34-0 at the half.  Luke Honeyman scored on a 1 yd. run for our only score.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 20-49 yds., Aaron Anderson 6-13 yds., Luke Honeyman 3-12 yds., Weston Bohnet 3-6 yds., Jon Carlson 2-6 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 1-(-2) yds. and Aaron Keller 5-(-4) yds.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 4-12-3 for 47 yds.  Receiving: Nick Kautzman 1-28 yds., Ethan Keller 1-11 yds. and Aaron Anderson 2-8 yds.

            The defense was led by Aaron Anderson with 5 tackles, 2 assists and caused and recovered a fumble.  Matt Dobitz had 7 tackles and 2 assists.  Ethan Keller had 7 tackles and 2 assists.  Luke Honeyman had 4 tackles and 4 assists.  Derek Stewart had 3 tackles, 2 assists, a QB sack and caused a fumble.  Joey Greff had 3 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down a pass.  Weston Bohnet had 4 tackles and 2 assists.

            Ethan Keller led the 2008 team in rushing with 133 carries for 1099 yds.  Weston Bohnet had 83 carries for 540 yds.  Aaron Anderson had 69 carries for 357 yds. and Aaron Keller had 37 carries for 270 yds.  Receivers were led by Weston Bohnet with 16 receptions for 202 yds.  Other top receivers included Ethan Keller 7-158 yds., Nick Kautzman 6-135 yds. and Dylan Poehls 5-105 yds.  Luke Honeyman led the team in passing 41-81-6 for 604 yds. and 4 TD passes.  Ethan Keller led the team in scoring with 102 points on 15 TDs and 6 PATs.  Weston Bohnet scored 78 points on 10 TDs and 9 PATs.  Aaron Anderson scored 60 points on 9 TDs and 3 PATs.  Luke Honeyman scored 46 points on 7 TDs and 2 PATs and Aaron Keller scored 32 points on 5 TDs and 1 PAT.

            Aaron Anderson had the most defensive points with 141.  Other top point getters were Joey Greff (136), Weston Bohnet (127), Luke Honeyman (126), Derek Stewart (123), Ethan Keller (109), Nick Kautzman (101) and Matt Dobitz (95).  The top tackler was Joey Greff with 46.  The assist leader was Aaron Anderson with 47.  Derek Stewart and Nick Kautzman led the team in QB sacks with 9 each.  Derek Stewart caused the most fumble with 5 followed by Aaron Anderson with 4.  Aaron Anderson had the most fumble recoveries with 3.  Weston Bohnet had the most interceptions with 3.  Nick Kautzman and Matt Dobitz each blocked 2 punts.  Luke Honeyman and Weston Bohnet both knocked down 6 passes.

                                     Wildfire finished 3rd in Region 6 with a record of 6-2.

            Players named to the All-Region 6 1st Team were Ethan Keller at RB, Matt Dobitz at OL, Nick Kautzman at DL, Weston Bohnet at LB and Luke Honeyman At-Large.  Named to the 2nd Team were Dominic Miller at OL, Joey Greff and Aaron Anderson at LB and Derek Stewart at DL.  ALL-WRC picks were Nick Kautzman, Matt Dobitz, Aaron Anderson, Ethan Keller, Luke Honeyman and Weston Bohnet.  Honorable Mention WRC went to Joey Greff, Derek Stewart, Brandon Friez and Dominic Miller. Wildfire MVP-Offense players were Luke Honeyman and Ethan Keller.  MVP-Defense player were Joey Friedt and Weston Bohnet.  Most Improved players were Derek Stewart and Aaron Friedt.  MVP-Linemen award went to Matt Dobitz and Nick Kautzman.  MVP-Special Teams went Aaron Anderson and Joey Friedt.  MVP-Scout Team Award goes to Jon Carlson and Shawn Messmer.

            Nick Kautzman was named to the All-State 1st team at DL.

            Matt Dobitz played in the Shrine Bowl.

            Senior members of the 2008 team were Matt Dobitz, Derek Stewart and Shawn Messmer.  Junior’s on the team were Joey Greff, Aaron Anderson, Luke Honeyman, Dylan Poehls, Weston Bohnet, Justin Libis, Dominic Miller, Eric Miller, Brandon Friez, Nick Kautzman, Aaron Friedt, Craig Roll and Justin Herner.  Sophomores included Jon Carlson, Ethan Keller, Aaron Keller, Jesse Erickson, Devin Witte and Blake Gordon Freshmen players included McCahen Schweitzer, Shannon Messmer, Tanner Vesledahl, Chad Mosbrucker and Mike Wehri.

            Assistant coaches were Nathan Swindler, Jody Messmer, Rod Meier and Dale Zich.

2009    8-1       Coach Benson

            Mott/Regent defeated Kenmare/Bowbells/Burke Central 52-8. The Wildfire led 38-0 at the half.  Scoring: Weston Bohnet scored 2 TDs on runs of 17 yds. and 16 yds.  Luke Honeyman scored on a 1 yd. run.  Ethan Keller scored on a 33 yd. run and Aaron Keller scored on a 9 yd. run.  Chad Mosbrucker scored on a 23 yd. pass from Luke Honeyman.  Jacob Greff scored on a 65 yd. run.  Luke Honeyman and Logan Haberstroh scored PATs on runs.  Chad Mosbrucker, Ethan Keller and Tanner Vesledahl score PATs on passes from Luke Honeyman.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 10-144 yds., Jacob Greff 4-77 yds., Weston Bohnet 4-39 yds., Logan Haberstroh 5-12 yds., Aaron Keller 2-10 yds., Luke Honeyman 2-8 yds., McCahen Schweitzer 5-2 yds. and Tanner Vesledahl 1-1 yd.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 4-5-0 for 85 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 2-55 yds., Weston Bohnet 1-17 yds. and Ethan Keller 1-13 yds.

            The defense was led by Joey Greff with 6 tackles and 7 assists. Eric Miller had 3 tackles and 7 assists.  Brandon Friez had 6 tackles.  Nick Kautzman had 2 tackles, 3 assists, a blocked punt and caused a fumble.  Ethan Keller had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Blake Gordon had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Tanner Vesledahl had 1 tackle, 2 assists and a QB sack.  Dylan Poehls had 2 QB sacks.  22 players scored defensive points.

            Mott/Regent defeated Center/Stanton 58-13. The Wildfire led 52-6 at the half.  Scoring: Chad Mosbrucker scored 3 TDs on 45 yd. and 10 yd. passes from Luke Honeyman and a 20 yd. punt return.  Ethan Keller scored twice on 3 yd. and 27 yd. runs.  Tanner Vesledahl, Weston Bohnet and McCahen Schweitzer all scored on 1 yd. runs.  Ethan Keller and Luke Honeyman each scored a PAT on runs.  Nick Kautzman, Craig Roll and Chad Mosbrucker all scored PATs on passes from Luke Honeyman.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 14-132 yds., Aaron Keller 6-68 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 5-24 yds., Weston Bohnet 3-10 yds., Luke Honeyman 2-3 yds., Logan Haberstroh 1-3 yds., McCahen Schweitzer 4-3 yds., Jacob Greff 1-1 yd. and Jon Carlson 3-(-5) yds.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 7-7-0 for 135 yds. and Jon Carlson 3-5-1 for 80 yds.  Receiving: Jonah Honeyman 1-63 yds., Chad Mosbrucker 2-55 yds., Justin Herner 1-33 yds., Weston Bohnet 2-24 yds., Aaron Keller 1-17 yds., Dylan Poehls 1-12 yds., Brandon Friez 1-9 yds. and Seth Meier 1-0 yds.

            The defense was led by Ethan Keller with 5 tackles, 8 assists and a fumble recovery. Aaron Keller had 5 tackles and 5 assists.  Weston Bohnet had 5 tackles, 3 assists and an interception.  Jacob Greff had 6 tackles and 1 assist.  Jon Carlson had 3 tackles, 2 assists and caused a fumble.  Joey  Greff had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  McCahen Schweitzer had 4 tackles.  Luke Honeyman had an interception, Nick Kautzman had a QB sack, Brandon Friez knocked down a pass and Tanner Vesledahl had a fumble recovery.

            Mott/Regent defeated Richardton/Taylor/Hebron 38-0. The Wildfire led 14-0 at the half.  Scoring: Ethan Keller scored 4 TDs on runs of 3 yds., 7 yds., 7 yds. and a 65 yd punt return.  Aaron Keller scored on a 14 yd. run.  Chad Mosbrucker added a PAT on a pass from Luke Honeyman.  Luke Honeyman (2) and Weston Bohnet scored the other PATs on runs.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 15-93 yds., Weston Bohnet 6-92 yds., Aaron Keller 7-51 yds., Logan Haberstroh 4-24 yds., Luke Honeyman 5-17 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 4-12 yds., Jon Carlson 1-2 yds., Jacob Greff 3-1 yd. and McCahen Schweitzer 1-0 yds.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 2-6-0 for 26 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 2-26 yds.

            The defense was led by Nick Kautzman with 3 tackles, 4 assists, a blocked punt and knocked down a pass. Weston Bohnet had 4 tackles, 3 assists and an interception.  Ethan Keller had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Joey Greff had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Jesse Erickson had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Luke Honeyman had 3 tackles and 4 assists.  Tanner Vesledahl had a QB sack, Brandon Friez knocked down a pass and Eric Miller had a fumble recovery.

            Mott/Regent defeated Hettinger 50-6. The Wildfire led 42-6 at the half.  Scoring: Ethan Keller scored 3 TDs on runs of 52 yds., 44 yds. and 55 yds.  Weston Bohnet scored on a 42 yd. interception and a 39 yd. run.  Luke Honeyman scored on a 2 yd. run and Aaron Keller scored on a 4 yd. run.  Aaron Friedt, Ethan Keller and Weston Bohnet scored PATs on runs and Nick Kautzman scored a PAT on a pass from Luke Honeyman.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 8-186 yds., Weston Bohnet 4-67 yds., Aaron Keller 9-58 yds., Luke Honeyman 4-18 yds., Logan Haberstroh 2-17 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 2-5 yds., Jon Carlson 1-4 yds. and Jacob Greff 1-1 yd.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 2-7-0 for 30 yds., Jon Carlson 1-2-0 for 10 yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 1-2-0 for 3 yds.  Receiving: Weston Bohnet 2-30 yds., Nate Fries 1-10 yds. and Jonah Honeyman 1-3 yds.

            The defense was led by Ethan Keller with 9 tackles and 1 assist. Tanner Vesledahl had 6 tackles and 4 assists.  Weston Bohnet had 5 tackles, 1 assist and returned a interception for a TD.  Joey Greff had 2 tackles and 9 assists.  Jesse Erickson had 3 tackles and 5 assists.  Luke Honeyman had 3 tackles, 2 assists and an interception.  Nick Kautzman had a QB sack and Craig Roll and Shannon Messmer each knocked down a pass.

            Mott/Regent defeated Beach 44-17 in the Wildfire Homecoming game. The Wildfire led 32-10 at the half. Scoring: Weston Bohnet scored on a 10 yd. run, 46 yd. run and tackled a Beach player in the endzone for a safety.  Ethan Keller scored on a 67 yd. run.  Dylan Poehls scored on a 3 yd. pass from Luke Honeyman.  Aaron Keller scored on a 16 yd. pass from Luke Honeyman and Chad Mosbrucker also caught a 19 yd. pass from Luke Honeyman for the final TD.  Chad Mosbrucker and Dylan Poehls scored PATs on passes from Luke Honeyman and Luke Honeyman scored a PAT on a run.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 17-106 yds., Weston Bohnet 13-92 yds., Luke Honeyman 3-8 yds., Jacob Greff 2-2 yds., Aaron Keller 3-(-2) yds and Logan Haberstroh 3-(-3) yds.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 14-17-1 for 176 yds. and Jon Carlson 1-1-0 for 9 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 5-120 yds., Aaron Keller 2-25 yds., Dylan Poehls 3-20 yds., Weston Bohnet 3-16 yds. and Ethan Keller 2-4 yds.

            The defense was led by Weston Bohnet with 7 tackles, 2 assists, a QB sack (safety) and caused a fumble. Ethan Keller had 6 tackles and assists.  Aaron Keller had 4 tackles, 4 assists, a QB sack and a fumble recovery.  Tanner Vesledahl had 2 tackles, 4 assists, a QB sack and caused a fumble.  Nick Kautzman had 4 tackles, blocked a punt and knocked down a pass.  Jesse Erickson had 3 tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery.  Chad Mosbrucker had 2 tackles, 1 assist, a fumble recovery and an interception.  Brandon Friez had an interception.

            Mott/Regent defeated Wilton/Wing 66-0. The Wildfire led 52-0 at the half.  Scoring: Ethan Keller scored 3 TDs on runs of 30 yds., 18 yds. and 58 yds.  Weston Bohnet scored twice on runs of 35 yds. and 2 yds.  Aaron Keller scored twice on runs of 20 yds. and 2 yds.  Nate Fries scored on a 7 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Jacob Greff scored on a 2 yd. run.  Weston Bohnet, Luke Honeyman and Joey Greff scored PATs on runs.  Weston Bohnet scored a PAT on a pass from Luke Honeyman.  Craig Roll scored a PAT on a pass from Jon Carlson.  Shannon Messmer scored a PAT on a pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 7-119 yds., Jacob Greff 6-55 yds., Aaron Keller 10-52 yds., Weston Bohnet 4-45 yds., Logan Haberstroh 5-45 yds., Luke Honeyman 1-3 yds. and Taylor Zentner 4-(-4) yds.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 3-5-1 for 66 yds., Jon Carlson 1-2-0 for 16 yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 2-3-0 for 16 yds.  Receiving: Ethan Keller 1-37 yds., Weston Bohnet 1-19 yds., Joey Greff 1-16 yds., Chad Mosbrucker 1-10 yds., Jonah Honeyman 1-9 yds. and Nate Fries 1-7 yds.

            The defense was led by Chad Mosbrucker with 5 tackles, 2 interceptions, a fumble recovery and knocked down a pass. Aaron Keller had 4 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass.  Jacob Greff had 5 tackles.  Jonah Honeyman had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Erick Miller, Logan Haberstroh and Blake Gordon each had 3 tackles.  Weston Bohnet had a fumble recovery, Luke Honeyman and Seth Meier each had an interception and Cory Miller had a QB sack.

            Mott/Regent defeated Washburn 44-14 on a very cold night-especially on the east sideline. Mott/Regent led 36-0 at the half.  Scoring: Luke Honeyman scored 3 TDs on runs of 8 yds., 1 yd. and 15 yds.  Dylan Poehls scored on a 22 yd. pass from Luke Honeyman.  Ethan Keller scored on a 24 yd. run and Aaron Keller scored on a 22 yd. run.  Luke Honeyman (2) and Ethan Keller scored PATs on run.  Nick Kautzman scored a PAT on a pass from Luke Honeyman.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 9-95 yds., Aaron Keller 5-63 yds., Weston Bohnet 5-50 yds., Luke Honeyman 4-42 yds., Logan Haberstroh 9-31 yds., Jacob Greff 6-27 yds., McCahen Schweitzer 2-5 yds., Brandon Friez 1-(-6) yds. and Jon Carlson 1-(-8) yds.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 5-7-0 for 97 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 3-73 yds., Dylan Poehls 1-22 yds. and Weston Bohnet 1-2 yds.

            The defense was led by Joey Greff with 8 tackles, 3 assists and blocked a punt. Aaron Keller had 6 tackles and 3 assists.  Weston Bohnet had 3 tackles, 4 assists and an interception.  Ethan Keller had 3 tackles, 4 assists, a QB sack and caused a fumble.  Chad Mosbrucker had 2 tackles, 1 assist, an interception and knocked down a pass.  Nick Kautzman had 1 tackle, a QB sack, recovered a fumble and knocked down a pass.  Jesse Erickson had a QB sack.

            Mott/Regent defeated Central McLean 6-0. There was quite a bit of snow on the field and Turtle Lake crew did not do a very good job getting the field ready. The only score came in the last quarter on a Luke Honeyman 33 yd. run.  Luke scored on an option play.  This was quite a slug-fest. Ethan Keller sustained a high ankle sprain on one of the very last plays and will miss the playoffs along with Nick Kautzman.  Rushing: Weston Bohnet 12-49 yds., Ethan Keller 19-48 yds., Luke Honeyman 5-11 yds. and Aaron Keller 1-5 yds.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 7-9-1 for 98 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 3-60 yds., Nick Kautzman 2-20 yds, Ethan Keller 1-9 yds. and Weston Bohnet 1-(-1) yd.
            The defense was led by Joey Greff with 10 tackles and 8 assists. Ethan Keller had 7 tackles and 10 assists.  Weston Bohnet had 5 tackles and 10 assists.  Jesse Erickson had 4 tackles, 4 assists and a fumble recovery.  Luke Honeyman had 2 tackles, 4 assists and an interception.  Aaron Keller had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Tanner Vesledahl had 3 tackles and 4 assists.  Chad Mosbrucker knocked down 2 passes and Brandon Friez had an interception.

                                                             Wildfire are 2009 Region 6 Champions 7-0                        

PLAYOFFS
1st Round-Bye
2nd Round

            TGU (Towner/Grantville/Upham) defeated Mott/Regent 20-6.

Scoring:

M/R     0           6          0          0     

TGU     0           8          0        12

TGU    Trevin Hall on a 3 yd. run; PAT-Travis Smette pass from Tyler Thorson

M/R     Chad Mosbrucker on a 43 yd. pass from Luke Honeyman; PAT-Pass failed

TGU    Brad Bethke on a 74 yd. pass from Tyler Thorson; PAT-Pass failed

TGU    Ian Keller on a 29 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed

            Rushing: Weston Bohnet 11-63 yds., Aaron Keller 13-31 yds., Luke Honeyman 11-28 yds. and Tanner Vesledahl 2-7 yds.  Passing: Luke Honeyman 15-21-3 for 139 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 4-74 yds., Weston Bohnet 5-44 yds., Brandon Friez 1-8 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 3-7 yds., Dylan Poehls 1-6 yds. and Aaron Keller 1-0 yds.

            The defense was led by Aaron Keller with 5 tackles, 10 assists and knocked down a pass.  Luke Honeyman had 5 tackles, 6 assists and an interception.  Tanner Vesledahl had 5 tackles and 8 assists.  Weston Bohnet had 7 tackles and 3 assists.  Joey Greff had 5 tackles and 4 assists.  Chad Mosbrucker had 4 tackles and 5 assists.  Jesse Erickson had 2 tackles and 4 assists.  Brandon Friez had 2 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down a pass.

            Ethan Keller led the team with 99 carries for 923 yds.  Weston Bohnet was 62 for 507 yds., Aaron Keller 56 for 336 yds. and Jacob Greff 23 for 164 yds.  Chad Mosbrucker led the team in receiving with 22 receptions for 473 yd.  Weston Bohnet had 16 receptions for 151 yds.  Luke Honeyman led the team in passing 59-84-6 for 842 yds. and 7 TD passes.  Ethan Keller led the team in scoring with 98 points with 15 TDs and 4 PATs.  Weston Bohnet scored 66 points with 9 TDs, 4 PATs and a safety.  Luke Honeyman scored 52 points with 6 TDs and 8  PATs.  Chad Mosbrucker scored 6 TDs and 4 PATs.  Aaron Keller scored 7 TDs. 

            The Wildfire out-scored their opponents 364 to 78. The only team to score on the Wildfire in the 1st QTR was Beach with 7 points.

            Joey Greff led the team on defense with 124 points. Joey led the team in tackles with 42 and assists 38.  Other top point getters were Weston Bohnet (122), Ethan Keller (116), Aaron Keller (111), Tanner Vesledahl (78), and Luke Honeyman (76).  Tanner Vesledahl and Nick Kautzman led the team in QB sacks with 3 each.  Jesse Erickson and Chad Mosbrucker both had 2 fumble recoveries.  Luke Honeyman had 5 interceptions followed by Chad Mosbrucker and Weston Bohnet with 4 each.  Nick Kautzman blocked 3 punts and Chad Mosbrucker knocked down 4 passes.

            Players named to the All-Region 6 1st Team were Ethan Keller at RB, Chad Mosbrucker WR, Nick Kautzman at DL, Weston Bohnet at LB and Luke Honeyman At-Large.  Named to the 2nd Team were Dominic Miller at OL, Joey Greff and Aaron Keller at LB and Tanner Vesledahl and Jesse Erickson at DL.  The All-WRC picks were Nick Kautzman, Joey Greff, Jesse Erickson, Ethan Keller, Chad Mosbrucker, Luke Honeyman and Weston Bohnet.  Honorable Mention WRC went to Aaron Keller, Aaron Friedt, Brandon Friez, Tanner Vesledahl and Dominic Miller. Wildfire MVP-Offense players were Luke Honeyman and Ethan Keller.  MVP-Defense player were Joey Friedt and Weston Bohnet.  Most Improved players were Jesse Erickson and Chad Mosbrucker.  MVP-Linemen award went to Aaron Friedt and Nick Kautzman.  MVP-Special Teams went Aaron Keller and Joey Friedt.  MVP-Scout Team awards went to Jon Carlson and Blake Gordon.

            Nick Kautzman was named to the All-State 1st team at DL.  Luke Honeyman was named to the All-State 2nd team at QB.

            Luke Honeyman and Weston Bohnet played in the Shrine Bowl.

            Senior members of the 2009 team included Joey Greff, Luke Honeyman, Dylan Poehls, Brandon Friez, Nick Kautzman, Eric Miller, Weston Bohnet, Dominic Miller, Aaron Friedt, Justin Libis, Craig Roll and Justin Herner.  Juniors were Jon Carlson, Aaron Keller, Ethan Keller, Jesse Erickson, Devin Witte, Blake Gordon and Seth Meier.  Sophomores were McCahen Schweitzer, Chad Mosbrucker, Nate Fries, Mike Wehri. Tyler Clover, Tanner Vesledahl, Shannon Messmer and Michael Scholes.  Freshmen were Logan Haberstroh, Jacob Greff, Taylor Zentner, Mark Steiner, Jonah Honeyman, Cameron Walsh and Cory Miller.

            Assistant coaches were Nathan Swindler, Jody Messmer and Devan Laufer.

2010    9-2       Coach Benson
            Mott/Regent defeated Kenmare/Bowbells/Burke Central 48-6.  The Wildfire led 32-0 at half-time.  Scoring:  Ethan Keller scored 2 TDs on runs of 5 yds. and 47 yds.  Tanner Vesledahl scored 2 TD on 10 yd. and 20 yd. passes from McCahen Schweitzer.  Chad Mosbrucker scored on a 48 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Tyler Zentner scored on a 16 yd. pass from Taylor Zentner.  The Wildfire scored on all of their PAT attempts.  Aaron Keller, Ethan Keller, Tanner Vesledahl and Jacob Greff all scored PATs on run.  Jon Carlson and Tanner Vesledahl also scored PATs on passes from McCahen Schweitzer.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 12-114 yds., Logan Haberstroh 3-52 yds., Aaron Keller 3-18 yds., McCahen Schweitzer 2-13 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 1-5 yds. and Jacob Greff 2-5 yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 7-10-1 for 144 yds. and Taylor Zentner 1-2-0 for 16 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 3-83 yds., Aaron Keller 2-31 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 2-30 yds. and Tyler Zentner 1-16 yds.

            The defense was led by Jacob Greff with 7 tackles, 4 assists and 2 QB sacks.  Ethan Keller had 5 tackles and 6 assists.  Jesse Erickson had 4 tackles, 2 assists, a QB sack and caused a fumble.  Aaron Keller had 4 tackles, 3 assists and an interception.  Logan Haberstroh had 4 tackles and 5 assists.  Tanner Vesledahl had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Chad Mosbrucker had 3 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down a pass.  Taylor Zentner had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Mike Werhi had 1 tackle, 2 assists and 2 QB sacks.

            Mott/Regent defeated Center/Stanton 82-8.  The Wildfire led 64-0 at half-time.  Scoring: Chad Mosbrucker scored 3 TDs on a 73 yd. KOR and on 54 yd. and 5 yd. passes from McCahen Schweitzer. Aaron Keller scored twice on a 32 yd. punt return and a 4 yd. run.  Ethan Keller scored on a 34 yd. pass interception.  McCahen Schweitzer scored on a 1 yd. run.  Jacob Greff scored 3 TDs on 13 yd. and 35 yd. runs and on a 50 yd. pass from Taylor Zentner.  Taylor Zentner scored the last TD on a 61 yd. pass interception. Thank goodness we didn’t score all of our PATs. PATs by runs by Ethan Keller (3), Aaron Keller and Logan Haberstroh.  Jon Carlson and Tanner Vesledahl scored PATs on passes from McCahen Schweitzer.  Tyler Zentner added a PAT on a pass from Taylor Zentner.  Rushing: Logan Haberstroh 12-101 yds., Jacob Greff 7-61 yds., Ethan Keller 6-59 yds., Aaron Keller 3-22 yds., McCahen Schweitzer 2-6 yds., Cameron Walsh 1-0 yds. and Taylor Zentner 2-(-2) yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 3-5-0 for 72 yds. and Taylor Zentner 1-1-0 for 50 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 2-59 yds., Jacob Greff 1-50 yds. and Jon Carlson 1-13 yds.

            The defense was led by Logan Haberstroh with 10 tackles, 2 assists and caused a fumble.  Jacob Greff had 4 tackles, 5 assists, a fumble recovery and knocked down 2 passes.  Ethan Keller had 5 tackles, 1 assist and an interception return for a TD.  Taylor Zentner had 5 tackles and an interception return for a TD.  Tanner Vesledahl had 1 tackle, 3 assists, a QB sack, blocked a punt and recovered a fumble.  Mark Steiner had 2 tackles, 1 assist, a QB sack and caused a fumble.  Cory Miller had 2 tackles and 5 assists.  Cameron Walsh had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Jesse Erickson blocked a punt, Blake Gordon had a QB sack and Chad Mosbrucker had 2 interceptions.

            Richardton/Taylor/Hebron defeated Mott/Regent 44-36.  RTH led 30-12 at half-time.  The Wildfire got close at 38-36 in the 4th QRT.  RTH scored the last TD for the 8- point win.  Scoring: Aaron Keller scored on a 6 yd. run and Ethan Keller scored on an 8 yd. run.  McCahen Schweitzer scored twice on 1 yd. and 2 yd. runs.  Chad Mosbrucker scored on a 22 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Ethan Keller scored 2 PATs on runs and Tanner Vesledahl scored a PAT on a pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Rushing: Aaron Keller 21-95 yds., Ethan Keller 20-89 yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 7-2 yds.  Passing:  McCahen Schweitzer 11-24-2 for 168 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 7-113 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 2-33 yds., Aaron Keller 1-15 yds. and Ethan Keller 1-7 yds.            

            The defense was led by Chad Mosbrucker with 8 tackles, 3 assists and a fumble recovery.  Aaron Keller had 9 tackles.  Ethan Keller and 5 tackles and 4 assists.  Logan Haberstroh had 5 tackles, 1 assist and a fumble recovery.  Jesse Erickson had 4 tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery.  Jacob Greff had 3 tackles, 2 assists and caused a fumble.  Tanner Vesledahl had 3 tackles and 1 assist.

            Mott/Regent defeated Hettinger 42-12.  The Wildfire led 20-0 at the half.  Scoring: Tanner Vesledahl scored 2 TDs on 20 yd. and 40 yd. passes from McCahen Schweitzer.  Chad Mosbrucker scored on a 2 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Ethan Keller scored on a 79 yd. KOR and a 5 yd. run.  Aaron Keller scored on a 30 yd. run.  Tanner Vesledahl scored a PAT on a pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Ethan and Aaron Keller scored PATs on run.  Rushing: Aaron Keller 7-67 yds., Ethan Keller 14-52 yds., Jacob Greff 2-10 yds., Chad Mosbrucker 1-5 yds., Logan Haberstroh 1-4 yds., Taylor Zentner 2-(-1) yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 3-(-5) yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 9-13-1 for 94 yds.  Receiving: Tanner Vesledahl 2-60 yds., Chad Mosbrucker 3-20 yds., Jonah Honeyman 1-11 yds., Aaron Keller 2-2 yds. and Ethan Keller 1-1 yd.

            The defense was led by Aaron Keller with 10 tackles, 4 assists, a QB sack and caused a fumble.  Jesse Erickson had 10 tackles, blocked a punt and recovered a fumble.  Ethan Keller had 5 tackles, 5 assists and an interception.  Logan Haberstroh had 6 tackles, 2 assists and recovered a fumble.  Tanner Vesledahl had 6 tackles, 1 assist and caused a fumble.  Chad Mosbrucker had 3 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down a pass.  Jacob Greff had 3 tackles, 2 assists and a QB sack.  Jon Carlson had 1 tackle, 1 assist and knocked down 2 passes.  Taylor Zentner had 1 tackle, 2 assists and an interception.

            Mott/Regent defeated Beach 42-22. The Wildfire led 22-8 at half-time.  Scoring: Ethan Keller scored 3 TDs on runs of 4 yds., 85 yds. and 10 yds.  Tanner Vesledahl scored 2 TDs on 61 yd. and 62 yd. passes from McCahen Schweitzer.  Chad Mosbrucker scored on a 11 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Wildfire scored 2 pts for a safety caused by a snap that went through the endzone.  Tanner Vesledahl and Aaron Keller each scored a PAT on passes from McCahen Schweitzer.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 34-242 yds., Aaron Keller 5-15 yds., Taylor Zentner 1-(-1) yd. and McCahen Schweitzer 3-(-10) yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 14-22-2 for 282 yds.  Receiving: Tanner Vesledahl 3-148 yds., Chad Mosbrucker 7-70 yds., Aaron Keller 2-27 yds., Jon Carlson 1-25 yds. and Ethan Keller 1-12 yds.

            The defense was led by Aaron Keller with 13 tackles and 1 assist.  Ethan Keller had 7 tackles, 5 assists and an interception.  Tanner Vesledahl had 5 tackles, 6 assists and a QB sack.  Jesse Erickson had 5 tackles, 1 assist and recovered a fumble.  Chad Mosbrucker had 4 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down a pass.  Logan Haberstroh had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Blake Gordon had 3 tackles, 1 assist and caused a fumble.  Jon Carlson had 2 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down a pass.  Seth Meier had an interception

            Mott/Regent defeated Wilton/Wing 62-0 on Homecoming Night in Mott. The Wildfire led 56-0 at the half.  Scoring: Ethan Keller had 3 TDs on runs of 9 yds., 11 yds. and 30 yds.  Aaron Keller scored on a 5 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Jonah Honeyman scored on a 27 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Tanner Vesledahl blocked a punt for a safety.  Taylor Zentner scored on a 5 yd. run and Logan Haberstroh on a 2 yd. run.  Jon Carlson scored a TD on a 54 yd. interception return.  PATs scored by runs were by Ethan Keller (2), Aaron Keller, Logan Haberstroh and Jesse Erickson.  Tanner Vesledahl scored on a PAT on a pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 10-179 yds., Logan Haberstroh 15-51 yds., Aaron Keller 3-22 yds., Jacob Greff 10-22 yds., Taylor Zentner 1-5 yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 1-(-10) yds.  Passing: Taylor Zentner 6-8-0 for 134 yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 6-8-0 for 78 yds.  Receiving: Shannon Messmer 2-50 yds., Chad Mosbrucker 2-45 yds., Seth Meier 1-28 yds.  Jonah Honeyman 1-27 yds., Jacob Greff 2-20 yds., Jon Carlson 1-15 yds., Aaron Keller 2-14 yds. and Tanner Vesledahl 1-13 yds.

            The defense was led by Jacob Greff with 7 tackles and 2 assists. Aaron Keller had 4 tackles, 1 assist and recovered 2 fumbles.  Logan Haberstroh had 3 tackles and 5 assists.  Tanner Vesledahl had 2 tackles, 2 assists, a blocked punt for a safety and an interception.  Shannon Messer had 3 tackles and caused and recovered a fumble.  Jon Carlson knocked down a pass and had an interception for a TD.  Taylor Zentner and Chad Mosbrucker both had an interception.

            Mott/Regent defeated Washburn 38-24. The Wildfire led 30-16 at half-time.  Scoring: Tanner Vesledahl scored on a 77 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Ethan Keller scored 3 TDs on runs of 7 yds., 5 yds. and 44 yds.  Aaron Keller scored on an 8 yd. run.  Ethan Keller scored 2 PATs on runs and Aaron Keller scored 2 PATs with one on a run and the other on a pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 20-144 yds., Aaron Keller 21-116 yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 4-2 yds.  Passing; McCahen Schweitzer 3-5-1 for 119 yds.  Receiving: Tanner Vesledahl 1-77 yds., Ethan Keller 1-24 yds. and Jonah Honeyman 1-18 yds.

            The defense was led by Logan Haberstroh with 12 tackles, 2 assists and caused a fumble. Ethan Keller had 9 tackles and 1 assist.  Jacob Greff had 6 tackles, 2 assists, a QB sack and a fumble recovery.  Tanner Vesledahl had 5 tackles, 1 assist, a QB sack, knocked down a pass and recovered a fumble.  Mike Wehri had 5 tackles, 1 assist and a QB sack.  Jon Carlson had 3 tackles, 2 interceptions and knocked down a pass.  Aaron Keller had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Chad Mosbrucker had 3 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down a pass.  McCahen Schweitzer had 4 tackles.

            Mott/Regent defeated Central McLean 43-6. The Wildfire led 24-6 at the half.  Scoring: Ethan Keller scored 3 TDs on runs of 16 yds., 11 yds. and 2 yds.  Chad Mosbrucker scored on a 20 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Tanner Vesledahl scored on a 2 yd. run and Logan Haberstroh scored on a 8 yd. run.  Ethan Keller ran in 2 PATs, Jon Carlson scored a PAT on a pass from McCahen Schweitzer and Tanner Vesledahl added a point on a PAT kick.  Rushing: Ethan Keller 23-176 yds., Aaron Keller 7-34 yds., Logan Haberstroh 5-34 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 4-10 yds. and Jacob Greff 3-10 yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 16-20-0 for 163 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 6-101 yds., Aaron Keller 5-21 yds., Jonah Honeyman 1-17 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 2-15 yds., Jon Carlson 1-5 yds. and Shannon Messmer 1-4 yds.

            The defense was led by Aaron Keller with 6 tackles, 4 assists and a fumble recovery. Chad Mosbrucker had 4 tackles, 2 assists, knocked down a pass and had an interception.  Mike Wehri had 6 tackles and 1 assist.  Ethan Keller had 4 tackles, 3 assists and caused a fumble.  Mark Steiner had 5 tackles.  Logan Haberstroh had 3 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass.  Tanner Vesledahl had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Blake Gordon had 2 tackles, 3 assists and a QB sack.

                                               REGION 6 RUNNER-UP 6-1
PLAYOFFS
1st Round-Bye
2nd Round

            Mott /Regent defeated North Star 30-24.  North Star led 24-14 at the half.
Scoring:
M/R                 8           6        0        16     

North Star       8          16        0         0

M/R     Ethan Keller on a 5 yd. run; PAT-Ethan Keller run

NS       Lance Logie on a 22 yd. pass from Jacob Hagler; PAT-Matt Swanson run

NS       Lance Logie on a 24 yd. pass from Jacob Hagler; PAT-Matt Swanson run

NS       Matt Swanson on a 11 yd. pass from Jacob Hagler; PAT-Matt Swanson run

M/R     Chad Mosbrucker on a 10 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer; PAT-Run failed

M/R     Tanner Vesledahl on a 5 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer; PAT-Chad Mosbrucker pass from McCahen Schweitzer

M/R     Tanner Vesledahl on a 3 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer; PAT-McCahen Schweitzer run

            Rushing: Ethan Keller 21-112 yds., Aaron Keller 9-28 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 1-(-1) yd. and McCahen Schweitzer 10-(-1) yd.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 12-17-1 for 116 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucher 5-46 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 4-46 yds. and Aaron Keller 3-24 yds.

            The defense was led by Logan Haberstroh with 9 tackles and 10 assists.  Aaron Keller had 11 tackles and 4 assists.  Ethan Keller had 6 tackles, 11 assists and a fumble recovery.  Chad Mosbrucker had 4 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down 3 passes.  Jon Carlson had 4 tackles, 2 assists, knocked down a pass and had a huge interception.  Jacob Greff had 4 tackles, 2 assists and an interception.  Tanner Vesledahal had 4 tackles, 1 assist and blocked a punt.  Jesse Erickson had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Blake Gordon had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Mike Wehri had 2 tackles and 3 assists.

QUARTER-FINALS

            Mott/Regent defeated Westhope/Newburg/Glenburn 20-8.  The Wildfire led 6-0 at half-time.  This was one of the coldest weeks of practice ever. We had plenty of snow but not as much as Westhope.  I know our boys enjoyed the week of practice!

Scoring:    
M/R                0          6          8          6                     

WNG              0          0          0          8         

M/R     Chad Mosbrucker on a 9 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer; PAT-Pass failed M/R     Logan Haberstroh on a 4 yd. run; PAT-Aaron Keller run

M/R     Chad Mosbrucker on a 28 yd. Interception; PAT-Pass failed

WNG  Karlie Hancock on a 1 yd. run; PAT-Brandon Brodehl pass from Hunter Braaten

            Rushing: Aaron Keller 7-61 yds., Ethan Keller 11-52 yds., Logan Haberstroh 6-2 yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 5-(-2) yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 16-27-1 for 156 yds.  Receiving: Jonah Honeyman 3-81 yds., Chad Mosbrucker 4-34 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 3-21 yds., Aaron Keller 3-17 yds., Ethan Keller 1-5 yds., Jon Carlson 1-2 yds. and Logan Haberstroh 1-(-4) yds.

            The defense was led by Jesse Erickson with 8 tackles, 3 assists, a QB sack and caused and recovered a fumble.  Mike Wehri had 7 tackles, 3 assists and a QB sack.  Chad Mosbrucker had 5 tackles, 1 assist, knockdown a pass and had an interception.  Jacob Greff had 3 tackles, 6 assists and knocked down a pass.  Ethan Keller had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Aaron Keller had 6 tackles and 1 assist.  Tanner Vesledahl had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Logan Haberstroh had 3 tackles and 3 assists.  Blake Gordon had 2 tackles and 4 assists.  Jon Carlson had 3 tackles and knocked down a pass.

STATE SEMI-FINALS

            Wells County defeated Mott/Regent 28-8.  Mott/Regent led 8-6 at the half. 
Scoring:
M/R                 8          0          0        0                      

WC                  0          6        14        8         

M/R     McCahen Schweitzer on a 1 yd. run; PAT-Chad Mosbrucker pass from Taylor Zentner

WC      Caleb Rogelstad on a 10 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed

WC      Koby Houchin on a 13 yd. pass from Caleb Rogelstad; PAT-Houchin pass from Rogelstad

WC      Caleb Rogelstad on a 32 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed

WC      Koby Houchin on a 13 yd. run; PAT-Houchin pass from Rogelstad

            Ethan Keller attempted to play but his injury to his arm was too much.

            Rushing: Aaron Keller 6-12 yds., Logan Haberstroh 6-0 yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 6-(-15) yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 16-28-2 for 182 yds., Chad Mosbrucker 1-1-0 for 14 yds. and Taylor Zentner 1-3-1 for 1 yd.  Receiving: Tanner Vesledahl 6-65 yds., Chad Mosbrucker 5-52 yds., Aaron Keller 5-40 yds., Logan Haberstroh 1-25 yds. and Jonah Honeyman 1-15 yds.

Team totals:                                       

                                    M/R          Wells Co

1st Downs                      9                  9

Rushing                     18-(-3)         48-178

Passing                     18-32-3         5-11-1

Passing Yds.                197               43

Total Yds.                  50-194         59-221

Fumbles/Lost               2/1               1/0

Penalties                   1-10               4-25

            The defense was led by Aaron Keller with 12 tackles and 6 assists.  Jesse Erickson had 9 tackles, 1 assist and a QB sack.  Logan Haberstroh had 7 tackles, 4 assists and knocked down a pass.  Blake Gordon had 5 tackles and 5 assists.  Tanner Vesledahl had 3 tackles, 5 assists and blocked a punt.  Jacob Greff had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Mike Wehri had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Chad Mosbrucker had 3 tackles, 2 assists and an interception.  Jon Carlson also knocked down a pass.

            Ethan Keller led the team in rushing on 171 carries for 1219 yds.  Aaron Keller was 92 for 490 yds. and Logan Haberstroh was 48 for 244 yds.  Chad Mosbrucker was our top receiver on 44 receptions for 623 yds.  Tanner Vesledahl caught 26 passes for 508 yds., Aaron Keller caught 25 passes for 191 yds. and the up-and-coming Jonah Honeyman, had 8 receptions for 169 yds.  McCahen Schweitzer was 113-179-11 passing for 1574 yds. and 19 TDs.  Ethan Keller led the team in scoring with 142 points with 19 TDs and 14 PATs.  Tanner Vesledahl had 77 points with 10 TDs, 7 PATs, a safety and a PAT kick.  Chad Mosbrucker had 70 points with 11 TDs and 2 PATs.  Aaron Keller had 52 points with 6 TDs and 8 PATs.  McCahen Schweitzer had 26 points with 4 TDs and 1 PAT.  Logan Haberstroh had 22 points with 3 TDs and 2 PATs.  Jacob Greff had 20 points with 3 TDs and 1 PAT.

            The 2010 defense was led by Aaron Keller with 201 defensive points.  Aaron had a team high of 80 tackles.  Other top point getters on defense include Logan Haberstroh (184), Ethan Keller (161), Jacob Greff (143), Jesse Erickson (142), Chad Mosbrucker (127), Tanner Vesledahl (97), Mike Wehri (88), Blake Gordon (77) and Jon Carlson (76). Ethan Keller led the team in assists with 41.  Mike Wehri and Jacob Greff led the team in QB sacks with 4 each.  Tanner Vesledahl and Jesse Erickson each had 3 QB sacks.  Jesse Erickson, Logan Haberstroh and Ethan Keller each caused 2 fumbles.  Jesse Erickson had the most fumble recoveries with 4.  Chad Mosbrucker led the team in interceptions with 6  and Jon Carlson had 4.  Jon Carlson and Chad Mosbrucker led the team in passes knocked down with 8 each.  Tanner Vesledahl blocked 4 punts for the season and Jesse Erickson had 2.

            Players named to the All-Region 6 1st Team were Ethan Keller at RB, Chad Mosbrucker WR, Tanner Vesledahl at TE, Aaron Keller at LB and Jesse Erickson at DL.  Named to the 2nd Team were McCahen Schweizer at QB, Logan Haberstroh at LB and Jon Carlson at DB.  The All-WRC picks were McCahen Schweitzer, Aaron Keller, Ethan Keller, Chad Mosbrucker, Tanner Vesledahl and Jesse Erickson.  Honorable Mention WRC honors went to Jon Carlson, Logan Haberstroh, Brandon Friez, Blake Gordon and Mike Wehri. Wildfire MVP-Offense players were Chad Mosbrucker and Ethan Keller.  MVP-Defense player were Aaron Keller and Logan Haberstroh.  Most Improved players were Jon Carlson and Mike Wehri.  MVP-Linemen award went to Jesse Erickson and Blake Gordon.  MVP-Special Teams went to Tanner Vesledahl and Jacob Greff.  MVP-Scout Team awards went to Devin Witte and Shane Zentner.

            Ethan Keller was named to the All-State 1st team at LB.            
            Chad Mosbrucker was named to the All-State 1st team at WR.
            Aaron Keller and Jesse Erickson were named to the All-State 2nd team on defense.

            Jesse Erickson and Ethan Keller played in the Shrine Bowl.

            Senior members of the 2010 included Jon Carlson, Aaron Keller, Ethan Keller, Devin Witte, Jesse Erickson, Shane Zentner, Blake Gordon and Seth Meier.  Juniors on the team include McCahen Schweitzer, Mike Wehri, Chad Mosbrucker, Tanner Vesledahl and Shannon Messmer.  Sophomores were Logan Haberstroh, Mark Steiner, Jonah Honeyman, Jacob Greff and Taylor Zentner.  Freshmen were Tyler Zentner, Ben Friedt, Jon Friedt, Justin Wonser and Dylan Witte.

            Assistant coaches were Nathan Swindler, Jody Messmer and Lance Olson.

2011    8-3       Coach Benson

            Mott/Regent defeated Center/Stanton 30-8. The Wildfire led 22-0 at the half.  Scoring: Tanner Vesledahl scored on a 43 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  McCahen Schweitzer scored on a 1 yd. run.  Chad Mosbrucker scored twice on 5 yd. and 15 yd. passes from McCahen Schweitzer.  Tanner Vesledahl (2) and Chad Mosbrucker scored PATs on passes from McCahen Schweitzer.  Rushing: Logan Haberstroh 17-72 yds., Jacob Greff 6-32 yds., Ben Friedt 4-14 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 1-13 yds., McCahen Schweitzer 3-7 yds., Dane Kruger 2-5 yds. and Taylor Zentner 1-(-1) yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 13-21-0 for 212 yds. and Taylor Zentner 3-4-0 for 33 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 7-121 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 2-54 yds., Tyler Zentner 2-41 yds., Jacob Greff 4-21 yds. and Logan Haberstroh 1-8 yds.      

            The defense was led by Jacob Greff with 5 tackles and 7 assists.  Logan Haberstroh had 6 tackles, 2 assists and an interception.  Taylor Zentner had 2 tackles, 2 interceptions and knocked down 3 passes.  Tanner Vesledahl had 5 tackles, 2 assists and a QB sack.  Chad Mosbrucker had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Jonah Honeyman had 5 tackles.  Tyler Zentner had an interception.          

            Mott/Regent defeated Parshall/White Shield 42-14 at the BAC in Dickinson at 9:00 AM.  The Wildfire led 26-0 at the half.  Scoring: McCahen Schweitzer scored on a 1 yd. run.  Chad Mosbrucker scored 4 TDs on 15 yd., 10 yd. and 24 yd. passes from McCahen Schweitzer and on an 85 yd. KOR.  Taylor Zentner scored on a 4 yd. run.  Wildfire scored a safety for another 2 points.  Logan Haberstroh scored a PAT on a run and Tyler Zentner scored a PAT on a pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Rushing; Logan Haberstroh 11-123 yds., Jacob Greff 9-59 yds., Ben Friedt 4-4 yds., Dane Kruger 1-2 yds., Taylor Zentner 3-1 yd. and McCahen Schweitzer 2-(-7) yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 10-13-0 for 175 yds. and Taylor Zentner 2-5-1 for 23 yd.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 5-108 yds., Tyler Zentner 3-34 yds., Jacob Greff 2-27 yds., Logan Haberstroh 1-18 yds. and Tanner Vesledahl 1-11 yds.

            The defense was led by Tanner Vesledahl with 9 tackles, 3 assists and caused a fumble.  Logan Haberstroh had 4 tackles and 8 assists.  Jacob Greff had 4 tackles and 7 assists.  Chad Mosbrucker had 5 tackles and 5 assists.  Tyler Zentner had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Mike Wehri had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Taylor Zentner had 4 tackles.  Kale Kruger had a fumble recovery.

            Central McLean defeated Mott/Regent 30-20.  The Wildfire led 14-6 at the half.  Scoring: McCahen Schweitzer scored on a 2 yd. run.  Chad Mosbrucker scored on a 4 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Taylor Zentner scored on a 9 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Chad Mosbrucker scored a PAT on a pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Rushing: Logan Haberstroh 10-28 yds., Jacob Greff 6-22 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 1-(-2) yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 8-(-2) yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 27-39-1 for 229 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 10-133 yds., Logan Haberstroh 5-37 yds., Taylor Zentner 2-25 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 2-18 yds., Tyler Zentner 1-13 yds., Jacob Greff 1-3 yds. and Jonah Honeyman 1-0 yds.

            The defense was led by Tanner Vesledahl with 11 tackles and 3 assists.  Jacob Greff had 8 tackles and 4 assists.  Logan Haberstroh had 7 tackles and 5 assists.  Taylor Zentner had 8 tackles and 2 assists.  Mike Werhi had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Chad Mosbrucker had 3 tackles, 1 assist and an interception.

            Mott/Regent defeated Beach 36-24.  The Wildfire led 28-24 at the half.  Scoring: Tanner Vesledahl and Chad Mosbrucker each scored 2 TDs.  Chad Mosbrucker scored on a 10 yd. and 11 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Tanner Vesledahl scored on runs of 18 yds. and 1 yd.  Taylor Zentner scored on a 5 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.   The PATs were scored by Chad Mosbrucker (2) and Taylor Zentner on passes from McCahen Schweitzer.  Rushing: Tanner Vesledahl 19-94 yds., Jacob Greff 19-77 yds., Taylor Zentner 1-3 yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 4-1 yd.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 16-22-0 for 212 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 7-89 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 6-89 yds. and Taylor Zentner 3-34 yds.

            The defense was led by Tanner Vesledahl with 13 tackles and 7 assists.  Jacob Greff had 11 tackles and 6 assists.  Taylor Zentner had 9 tackles, 2 assists and an interception.  Chad Mosbrucker had 6 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down a pass.  McCahen Schweitzer had 4 tackles, 1 assist and an interception.

            Mott/Regent defeated Hettinger/Scranton 32-8.  The game was tied 8-8 at the half.  Scoring: Jacob Greff scored on a 64 yd. run.  Tanner Vesledahl scored on 40 yd. and 16 yd. passes from McCahen Schweitzer.  Chad Mosbrucker scored on a 73 yd. interception.  Taylor Zentner, Chad Mosbrucker and Tyler Zentner scored PATs on passes from McCahen Schweitzer.  Taylor scored another PAT on a run.  Rushing: Jacob Greff 10-96 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 7-39 yds., Taylor Zentner 8-27 yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 4-(-7) yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 10-17-0 for 164 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 4-67 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 2-56 yds., Tyler Zentner 2-24 yds. and Jacob Greff 2-17 yds.

            The defense was led by Tanner Vesledahl with 15 tackles and 3 assists.  Taylor Zentner had 8 tackles and 4 assists.  Chad Mosbrucker had 4 tackles, 3 assists, 2 interceptions and knocked down 2 passes.  Jacob Greff had 7 tackles and 4 assists.  Tyler Zentner had 4 tackles, 3 assists and 2 interceptions.  Mike Wehri had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  McCahen Schweitzer had 5 tackles.

            Mott/Regent defeated Shiloh 50-33.  The Wildfire led 28-7 at the half. Shiloh served us some fine BBQ Turkey legs after the game. Scoring: Jacob Greff scored 3 TDs on runs of 1 yd., 19 yds. and 14 yds.  Taylor Zentner scored 2 TDs on 52 yd. and 17 yd. passes from McCahen Schweitzer.  Tanner Vesledahl scored on a 17 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer and Chad Mosbrucker scored on a 36 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Logan Haberstroh, Tanner Vesledahl and Taylor Zentner (2) scored PATs on runs.  Rushing: Jacob Greff 11-65 yds., Taylor Zentner 5-40 yds., Logan Haberstroh 3-31 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 5-12 yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 2-(-4) yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 18-25-0 for 320 yds.  Receiving: Tanner Vesledahl 4-116 yds., Chad Mosbrucker 5-80 yds., Taylor Zentner 2-69 yds., Tyler Zentner 2-24 yds., Logan Haberstroh 1-17 yds. and Jacob Greff 1-14 yds.

            The defense was led by Jacob Greff with 12 tackles and 4 assists.  Tanner Vesledahl had 11 tackles and 5 assists.  Chad Mosbrucker had 11 tackles and 4 assists.  Logan Haberstroh had 7 tackles, 2 assists and recovered a fumble.  Tyler Zentner had 3 tackles, 5 assists, knocked down a pass and blocked a PAT kick.  Taylor Zentner had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Kale Kruger caused a fumble.

            Mott/Regent defeated Bowman County 44-14. The Wildfire led 44-0 at the half.  Scoring: Jacob Greff scored 3 TDs on runs of 11 yds., 36 yds. and 14 yds.  Tanner Vesledahl scored twice on 40 yd. and 26 yd. passes from McCahen Schweitzer.  Logan Haberstroh scored on a 1 yd. run.  Logan Haberstroh scored 2 PATs on runs.  Chad Mosbrucker and Tanner Vesledahl scored PATs on passes from McCahen Schweitzer.  Rushing: Jacob Greff 11-77 yds., Logan Haberstroh 17-77 yds., McCahen Schweitzer 2-12 yds. and Taylor Zentner 2-(-7) yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 5-6-0 for 143 yds. and Taylor Zentner 7-10-0 for 54 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 3-77 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 2-66 yds., Shannon Messmer 4-47 yds., Jacob Greff 2-12 yds. and Logan Haberstroh 1-(-5) yds.

            The defense was led by Logan Haberstroh with 9 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down a pass. Jacob Greff had 6 tackles, 1 assist and caused a fumble.  Chad Mosbrucker had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Tanner Vesledahl had 3 tackles and 3 assists.  Shannon Messmer had 4 tackles.  Taylor Zentner had 2 tackles and 2 interceptions.  McCahen Schweitzer knocked a pass down and Mark Steiner had a fumble recovery.

            Divide County defeated Mott/Regent 28-6. Divide County led 8-6 at the half.  Scoring: Taylor Zentner scored on a 5 yd. run.  Rushing: Taylor Zentner 9-44 yds., Jacob Greff 2-8 yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 4-(-11) yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 20-36-0 for 251 yds.  Tanner Vesledahl 10-112 yds., Taylor Zentner 5-110 yds., Logan Haberstroh 2-12 yds., Chad Mosbrucker 2-10 yds. and Jacob Greff 1-7 yds.

            The defense was led by Tanner Vesledahl with 20 tackles, 7 assists and caused a fumble.  Jacob Greff had 11 tackles, 6 assists and a fumble recovery.  Logan Haberstroh had 7 tackles, 7 assists and caused and recovered a fumble.  Chad Mosbrucker had 8 tackles and 7 assists.  Mike Wehri had 6 tackles, 2 assists and caused a fumble.  Justin Wonser had 4 tackles and 4 assists.  Tyler Zentner had 2 tackles, 5 assists and caused a fumble.  Taylor Zentner had 3 tackles and caused and recovered a fumble.

            Mott/Regent defeated Trenton/Trinity 22-14. The Wildfire led 14-8 at the half.  McCahen Schweitzer scored on a 1 yd. run and Jacob Greff scored on a 40 yd. run.  Taylor Zentner scored on 38 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Taylor Zentner scored both PATs on a run and a pass from McCahen Schweitzer.  Rushing: Jacob Greff 8-61 yds., Taylor Zentner 6-15 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 2-2 yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 5-(-8) yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer was 11-19-2 for 162 yds. passing.  Receiving: Taylor Zentner 3-84 yds., Chad Mosbrucker 3-33 yds., Shannon Messmer 2-23 yds. and Logan Haberstroh 2-15 yds.

            The defense was led by Logan Haberstroh with 16 tackles and 4 assists. Tanner Vesledahl had 13 tackles, 8 assists and caused a fumble.  Jacob Greff had 13 tackles, 4 assists and a fumble recovery.  Mike Wehri had 5 tackles, 7 assists and 2 QB sacks.  Chad Mosbrucker had 6 tackles, 3 assists and a fumble recovery.  Shannon Messmer had 7 tackles.  Justin Wonser had 3 tackles and 7 assists.  Taylor Zentner had 2 tackles, an interception and knocked down a pass.                                                                                    Wildfire 7-2 and 3rd Place in Region 4

PLAYOFFS
1st Round

            Mott/Regent defeated previous unbeaten Mohall/Lansford/Sherwood 34-20 in one of our greatest games ever. It does come at a cost.  Logan Haberstroh suffers a concussion and is now sidelined.  Tanner Vesledahl has a separated shoulder and he can’t go on.  Jacob Greff is playing with a cast and will not continue.  Jonah Honeyman is already out with a bad shoulder.  The Wildfire led 26-0 at the half.

Scoring:
M/R                 12        14        0            8        

M/L/S               0          0         8          12

M/R     Tanner Vesledahl on a 1 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed
M/R     Chad Mosbrucker on a 20 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer; PAT-Run failed
M/R     Taylor Zentner on a 10 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer; PAT-Taylor Zentner pass from McCahen Schweitzer
M/R     Taylor Zentner on a 4 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed
M/L/S  Adam Undlin on a 5 yd. run; PAT-Adam Undlin run
M/L/S  Adam Undlin on a 21 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed
M/R     Chad Mosbrucker on a 10 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer; PAT-McCahen Schweitzer run
M/L/S  Sam Carlson on a 42 yd. pass from Kirk Degenstein; PAT-Run failed

            Rushing: Taylor Zentner 10-38 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 13-25 yds., Jacob Greff 5-14 yds., McCahen Schweitzer 3-1 yd. and Logan Haberstroh 2-0 yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweitzer 24-33-0 for 281 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 10-160 yds., Tanner Vesledahl 7-59 yds., Taylor Zentner 2-28 yds., Jacob Greff 2-27 yds. and Logan Haberstroh 3-7 yds.

            The defense was led by Logan Haberstroh with 8 tackles, 3 assists and a fumble recovery.  Tanner Vesledahl had 7 tackles, 5 assists and a QB sack.  Mike Wehri had 3 tackles, 3 assists, a QB sack and caused 2 fumbles.  Jacob Greff had 4 tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery.  Chad Mosbrucker had 3 tackles, an interception and knocked down a pass.  Taylor Zentner had 3 tackles, 1 assist and an interception.  McCahen Schweitzer had 4 tackles.  Michael Skaggs had 2 tackles and a QB sack.  Justin Wonser had 1 tackle and caused and recovered a fumble.

QUARTER-FINALS (only 4 regions)

            Divide County defeated Mott/Regent 70-30.  The Wildfire led 24-16 at the end of the 1st QTR. Mike Werhi suffers a concussion and things really go downhill.  Our boys really played hard and I could not be prouder.

Scoring:  
M/R     24          6          0        0                     

WC      16        40        14        0

M/R     Chad Mosbrucker on a 54 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer; PAT-Chad Mosbrucker pass from McCahen Schweitzer (I remember going wild!)
DC      Ladd Simonson on 5 yd. run; PAT-Isaac Jacobs run
M/R     Chad Mosbrucker on a 41 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer; PAT-Taylor Zentner pass from McCahen Schweitzer
DC      Taylor Wigginton on a 3 yd. run; PAT-Lance Knudson run
M/R     Taylor Zentner on a 63 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer; PAT-Chad Mosbrucker pass from McCahen Schweitzer
M/R     Taylor Zentner on 9 yd. pass from McCahen Schweitzer; PAT-Pass failed
DC      Andreas Holm on a 36 yd. run; PAT-Isaac Jacobs run
DC      Andreas Holm on a 54 yd. Interception; PAT-Andreas Holm run
DC      Andreas Holm on a 19 yd. run; PAT-Andreas Holm run
DC      Morgan Jacobs on a 27 yd. run; PAT-Andreas Holm run
DC      Andreas Holm on a 9 yd. run; PAT-Lance Knudson run
DC      Isaac Jacobs on a 48 yd. run; PAT-Ladd Simonson run
DC      Taylor Eisbend on a 3 yd. run; PAT-Run failed

            Rushing: Taylor Zentner 2-(-1) yd., Justin Wonser 1-(-3) yds., Ben Friedt 3-(-5) yds. and McCahen Schweitzer 10-(-10) yds.  Passing: McCahen Schweietzer 22-34-1 for 305 yds.  Receiving: Chad Mosbrucker 8-149 yds., Taylor Zentner 8-107 yds., Shannon Messmer 3-23 yds., Justin Wonser 2-14 yds. and Mark Steiner 1-12 yds.

            The defense was led by Shannon Messmer with 7 tackles, 1 assist and caused 2 and recovered 2 fumbles.  McCahen Schweitzer had 8 tackles and 2 assists.  Chad Mosbrucker had 7 tackles and 2 assists.  Michael Skaggs had 3 tackles and 4 assists.  Justin Wonser had 2 tackles and 5 assists.  Taylor Zentner had 4 tackles.  Ben Friedt had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Andrew Meier had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Kale Kruger had 3 tackles and Mike Werhi had 2 tackles, 2 assists and a very bad headache.

            Jacob Greff led the team in rushing on 87 carries for 511 yds.  Logan rushed 60 times for 331 yds.  Tanner Vesledahl rushed for 183 yds on 48 carries and Taylor Zentner rushed for 161 yds. on 47 carries. 

            Chad Mosbrucker led the receivers with 1027 yds. on 64 receptions. Tanner Vesledahl caught 42 passes for 588 yds.  Taylor Zentner caught 25 passes for 457 yds.  Tyler Zentner caught 10 passes for 136 yds.  Jacob Greff caught 18 passes for 128 yds. and Logan Haberstroh caught 16 passes for 109 yds. 

            McCahen Schweitzer was 176-265-4 for 2454 yds. passing and 27 TDs. What a year!

            Scoring was led by Chad Mosbrucker with 106 points on 15 TDs and 8 PATs.  Taylor Zentner scored 84 points on 11 TDs and 9 PATs.  Tanner Vesledahl scored 62 points on 9 TDs and 4 PATs.  Jacob Greff scored 48 points on 8 TDs.  McCahen Schweitzer scored 26 points on 4 TDs and 1 PAT.

            The defense was led by Tanner Vesledahl with 270 points.  Tanner had a team high of 107 tackles and 46 assists.  Other top point getters on defense were Jacob Greff (215), Chad Mosbrucker (175), Logan Haberstroh (170), Taylor Zentner (136), Mike Wehri (111), Shannon Messmer (74), Tyler Zentner (63), McCahen Schweitzer (59) and Justin Wonser (54).  Mike Wehri had the most QB sacks with 3.  Mike Wehri and Tanner Vesledahl each caused 3 fumbles.  Jacob Greff and Logan Haberstroh each recovered 3 fumbles.  Taylor Zentner had a team high of 7 interceptions and Chad Mosbrucker had 4 interceptions.  Chad Mosbrucker and Taylor Zentner both knocked down 4 passes.

            Players named to the All-Region 4 Team were McCahen Schweitzer at QB, Chad Mosbrucker at WR, Mike Wehri at OL. Tanner Vesledahl at LB, Jacob Greff at LB and Taylor Zentner at DB. Named to the All-Region 4 Honorable Mentions went to Shannon Messmer at OL, Logan Haberstroh at LB and Tyler Zentner at DB.  The All-WRC picks were McCahen Schweitzer, Mike Wehri, Jacob Greff, Chad Mosbrucker, Tanner Vesledahl, Logan Haberstroh and Taylor Zentner.  Honorable Mention WRC honors went to Tyler Zentner, Shannon Messmer and Justin Wonser.  Wildfire MVP-Offense players were Chad Mosbrucker and McCahen Schweitzer.  MVP-Defense player named were Tanner Vesledahl and Jacob Greff.  Most Improved players were Shannon Messmer and Ben Friedt.  MVP-Linemen award went to Mike Wehri and Shannon Messmer.  MVP-Special Teams went to Tanner Vesledahl and Taylor Zentner.  MVP-Scout Team awards went to Justin Wonser and Ben Friedt.

            Chad Mosbrucker was named to the All-State 1st Team at WR.  Tanner Vesledahl was named to the All-State Team at LB.  McCahen Schweitzer was named to the All-State 2nd Team on Offense.
            McCahen Schweitzer played in the Shrine Bowl and Chad Mosbrucker played in the Badlands Bowl.
            Chad Mosbrucker went on to play college ball at DSU and Tanner Vesledahl played up at UND.

            Senior members of the 2011 football team were McCahen Schweitzer, Shannon Messmer, Chad Mosbrucker, Mike Wehri, Michael Skaggs and Tanner Vesledahl.  Juniors on the team were Logan Haberstroh, Mark Steiner, Taylor Zentner, Jacob Greff, Jonah Honeyman and Kale Kruger.  Sophomores included Tyler Zentner, Ben Friedt, Justin Wonser and Jon Friedt.  Freshmen included Noah Blickensderfer, Dane Kruger, Richard Scholes and Andrew Meier.

            Assistant coaches were Nathan Swindler, Jody Messmer and Lance Olson.

2012    5-4       Coach Benson

            Mott/Regent defeated Center/Stanton 36-30.  The Wildfire led 22-6 at the half.  Scoring: Jacob Greff scored 2 TDs on runs of 9 yd. and 42 yds.  Logan Haberstroh scored on a 33 yd. run. Jonah Honeyman scored on a 9 yd. pass from Taylor Zentner.  Tyler Zentner (2) and Carter Honeyman scored PATs on passes from Taylor Zentner.  Rushing: Jacob Greff 12-132 yds., Logan Haberstroh 7-55 yds. and Taylor Zentner 5-(16) yds. Passing: Taylor Zentner 15-26-0 for 222 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Zentner 7-128 yds., Jonah Honeyman 1-45 yds., Logan Haberstroh 2-30 yds., Jacob Greff 2-11 yds. and Carter Honeyman 1-8 yds. 

            The defense was led by Jacob Greff with 8 tackles, 9 assists and a QB sack.  Logan Haberstroh had 7 tackles, 9 assists and a fumble recovery. Jonah Honeyman had 9 tackles and 6 assists. Taylor Zentner had 7 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down a pass.  Mark Steiner had 7 tackles and 2 assists. Ben Friedt had 4 tackles, 2 assists and caused a fumble. Tyler Zentner had 5 tackles and 1 assist.  Jon Friedt had 1 tackle, 5 assists and a fumble recovery. Brett Messmer had 4 tackles and Carter Honeyman 3 tackles.

            Mott/Regent defeated Parshall/White Shield 48-20.  The Wildfire led 34-0 at the half. Scoring:  Tyler Zentner scored 3 TDs on 17 yd. and 44 yd. passes from Taylor Zentner and on a 57 yd interception return. Jacob Greff scored twice on runs of 23 yds. and 10 yds. Logan Haberstroh scored on a 24 yd. run.  Noah Blickensderfer scored on a 4 yd. pass from Taylor Zentner. PATs were scored on runs by Jacob Greff and Logan Haberstroh and Ben Friedt on a pass from Taylor Zentner. Rushing: Logan Haberstroh 875 yds., Jacob Greff 8-70 yds., Ben Friedt 2-11 yds., Brett Messmer 1-3 yds., Chance Roth 1-(-1) yd. and Tyler Zentner 1-(-7) yds. Passing: Taylor Zentner was 9-14-0 for 153 yds. Receiving: Tyler Zentner 4-100 yds., Ben Friedt 1-14 yds., Jacob Greff 1-13 yds., Logan Haberstroh 1-11 yds., Jonah Honeyman 1-11 yds. and Noah Blickensderfer 1-4
yds.
            The defense was led by Jacob Greff with 11 tackles and 4 assists.  Tyler Zentner had 5 tackles, 4 assists, a QB sack, caused a fumble and an interception. Jonah Honeyman had 5 tackles, 5 assists and 2 QB sacks. Taylor Zentner had 5 tackles.  Logan Haberstroh had 2 tackles and 5 assists. Brett Messmer had 2 tackles and 5 assists.  Ben Friedt had 2 tackles and recovered a fumble.

            Central McLean defeated Mott/Regent 22-16.  The game was tied at the half 8-8.  Scoring: Taylor Zentner scored on a 21 yd. run and Jacob Greff scored on a 14 yd. pass from Taylor Zentner. Tyler Zentner and Jonah Honeyman scored PATs on passes from Taylor Zentner. Rushing: Taylor Zentner 10-53 yds., Jacob Greff 10-45 yds. and Logan Haberstroh 2-17 yds. Passing: Taylor Zentner 13-31-1 for 142 yds.  Receiving: Jacob Greff 6-53 yds., Jonah Honeyman 4-53 yds. and Tyler Zentner 3-36 yds.

            The defense was led by Jacob Greff with 13 tackles and 5 assists.  Tyler Zentner had 11 tackles, a QB sack and an interception. Jonah Honeyman had 8 tackles, 5 assists and caused and recovered a fumble. Taylor Zentner had 5 tackles and 6 assists.  Brett Messmer had 4 tackles and 5 assists. Jon Friedt had 3 tackles and 1 assist.  Carter Honeyman knocked down a pass. Logan Haberstroh broke a leg and will miss the rest of the season.

            Beach defeated Mott/Regent 42-24.  The Wildfire led 22-20 at the half.  Scoring: Taylor Zentner scored on a 93 yd. interception return. Tyler Zentner scored on a 58 yd. pass from Taylor Zentner and Jacob Greff scored on a 31 yd. pass from Taylor Zentner.  Tyler Honeyman and Carter Honeyman scored on passes from Taylor Zentner.
Mott/Regent also scored 2 points on a safety when the ball was snapped out of the endzone. Rushing: Jacob Greff 4-16 yds., Jonah Honeyman 1-0 yds. and Taylor Zentner 3-(-14) yds. Passing: Taylor Zentner was 13-29-4 for 224 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Zentner 6-133 yds., Jacob Greff 3-46 yds., Jonah Honeyman 3-41 yds. and Carter Honeyman 1-4 yds. The defense was led by Jacob Greff with 17 tackles, 11 assists and caused a fumble. Jonah Honeyman had 21 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down a pass.  Taylor Zentner had 8 tackles, 9 assists and an interception return for a TD. Brett Messmer had 10 tackles and 4 assists. Tyler Zentner had 6 tackles and 1 assist.  Ben Friedt had 2
tackles, 4 assists and recovered 2 fumbles.

            Mott/Regent defeated Hettinger/Scranton 24-20.  The Wildfire led 18-6 at the half. Scoring: Taylor Zentner scored on a 9 yd. run.  Ben Friedt scored on a 9 yd. pass from Taylor Zentner. Jacob Greff scored on a 58 yd. run.  Hettinger/Scranton took the lead with a half-back pass on a 4th down play late in the game.  Hettinger/Scranton kicked it deep and Jacob Greff returned the kick 76 yds. for the victory. No PATs were scored.  Rushing: Jacob Greff 23-170 yds., Ben Friedt 6-57 yds. and Taylor Zentner 9-7 yds.  Passing: Taylor Zentner 7-12-0 for 88 yds. Receiving: Tyler Zentner 3-48 yds., Jacob Greff 3-31 yds. and Ben Friedt 1-9 yds. The Wildfire out gained H/S 319 yds to 193 yds. and we were +3 on turnovers and still just about came up short.

            The defense was led by Jacob Greff with 11 tackles and 3 assists.  Jonah Honeyman had 10 tackles and 4 assists. Tyler Zentner had 10 tackles, 2 assists and an interception. Taylor Zentner had 5 tackles and 2 interceptions.  Brett Messmer had 3 tackles and 5 assists. Mark Steiner had 2 fumbles, 1 assist and recovered a fumble. 

            Shiloh defeated Mott/Regent 58-50 in a shootout on our Homecoming night.  Shiloh led 26-20 at the half. Scoring: Tyler Zentner scored 4 TDs on 48 yd., 82 yd., 3 yd. and 13 yd. passes from Taylor Zentner. Jacob Greff scored twice on runs of 65 yds. and 3 yds. Jonah Honeyman scored on a 5 yd. pass from Taylor Zentner.  Ben Friedt and Taylor Zentner each scored a PAT on runs. Tyler Zentner and Brett Messmer both scored PATs on passes from Taylor Zentner. Rushing: Jacob Greff 9-98 yds., Ben Friedt 5-14 yds. and Taylor Zentner 7-(-14) yds. Passing: Taylor Zentner was 25-37-1 for 506 yds. Receiving: Tyler Zentner 10-277 yds., Jonah Honeyman 10-114 yds., Jacob Greff 4-97 yds. and Ben Friedt 1-18 yds. Wildfire led in total yds. 604-519 but had 2 more turnovers than Shiloh.

            The defense was led by Taylor Zentner with 13 tackles and 4 assists.  Jacob Greff had 12 tackles and 3 assists. Tyler Zentner had 11 tackles and 2 assists.  Jonah Honeyman had 8 tackles and 5 assists. Brett Messmer had 8 tackles and 4 assists.

            Mott/Regent defeated Bowman County 50-20.  The Wildfire led 42-0 at the half.  Scoring: Taylor Zentner scored on 1 yd. and 10 yd. runs. Later, I asked Taylor what he wanted to run and he shouted back with a grin, you know what I want to run. So, it was the half-back pass from his brother Tyler. They had worked on it every day.  Taylor pitched the ball to Tyler going right and Taylor headed in the opposite direction down the sideline. The pass was right on the money for a 67 yd. TD.  More scoring Jacob Greff scored on a 67 yd. run. Brett Messmer scored on a 63 yd. pass from Taylor Zentner and on a 17 yd. run. Tyler Zentner scored on a 27 yd. pass from Taylor Zentner. 3 PATs scored on runs by Tyler Zentner (2) and Ben Friedt and Chance Roth added a PAT on a pass from Taylor Zentner. Rushing: Jacob Greff 13-132 yds., Tyler Zentner 10-53 yds., Brett Messmer 7-36 yds., Ben Friedt 8-9 yds., Taylor Zentner 5-(-3) yds. and Chance Roth 3-(-3) yds. Passing: Taylor Zentner 6-8-0 for 115 yds. and Tyler Zentner 2-3-0 for 78 yds. Receiving: Taylor Zentner 1-67 yds., Brett Messmer 1-63 yds., Tyler Zentner 1-32 yds., Noah Blickensderfer 2-20 yds., Ben Friedt 1-8 yds., James Warner 1-2 yds. and Jonah Honeyman 1-1 yd.

            The defense was led by Jacob Greff with 8 tackles and 2 assists.  Jonah Honeyman had 7 tackles, 1 assist and caused a fumble. Brett Messmer had 5 tackles, 3 assists and an interception. Mark Steiner had 2 tackles, 2 assists and a QB sack.  Taylor Zentner had an interception and Reed Hintz recovered a fumble. At-a-boy Reed!

            Divide County defeated Mott/Regent 64-20.  Divide County led 58-12 at the half.  Scoring: Tyler Zentner scored on a 16 yd. pass from Taylor Zentner and Taylor Zentner scored on an 89 yd. KOR. Brett Messmer scored on a 2 yd. run and Ben Friedt ran in the PAT. Rushing:  Ben Friedt 6-48 yds., Tyler Zentner 2-30 yds., Brett Messmer 6-26 yds., Taylor Zentner 8-10 yds. and Jacob Greff 2-5 yds. Passing: Taylor Zentner 11-26-1 for 129 yds. and Tyler Zentner 1-6-1 for 9 yds. Receiving: Tyler Zentner 4-66 yds., Jonah Honeyman 5-50 yds., Jacob Greff 2-13 yds. and Brodie Ambers 1-9 yds.

            The defense was led by Jonah Honeyman with 6 tackles, 2 assists and caused and recovered a fumble. Taylor Zentner had 7 tackles and 2 assists.  Tyler Zentner had 5 tackles, 1 assist, a blocked PAT kick and caused a fumble. Jacob Greff had 5 tackles and 3 assists. Brett Messmer had 6 tackles.  Ben Friedt had 3 tackles, 2 assists and a Q sack. Ruben Tidey caused a fumble and Mark Steiner and Chance Roth recovered fumbles.

            Mott/Regent defeated Trenton/Trinity 72-50.  The game was tied 30-30 at the half. Scoring:  Tyler Zentner scored 3 TDs on 28 yd. and 38 yd. passes from Taylor Zentner and on an 85 yd. run. Jonah Honeyman scored 2 TDs on 11 yd. and 14 yd. passes from Taylor Zentner. Taylor Zentner scored 2 TDs on 7 yd. and 8 yd. run.  Brett Messmer scored on a 39 yd. fumble recovery. Jacob Greff scored on a 12 yd. run and Ben Friedt scored on an 8 yd. run. 6 PATs were scored on passes from Taylor Zentner- Tyler Zentner and Brett Messmer 2 each and Ben Friedt and Jacob Greff 1 each.  Rushing: Tyler Zenter 6-128 yds., Ben Friedt 10-44 yds., Taylor Zentner 11-39 yds., Jacob Greff 3-14 yds. and Jonah Honeyman 2-7 yds. Passing: Taylor Zentner 16-28-1 for 340 yds. Receiving: Tyler Zentner 7-189 yds., Jonah Honeyman 7-84 yds., Jacob Greff 2-24 yds. and Ben Friedt 1-10 yds. The Wildfire had 572 total yds. and Trenton/Trinity 469 total yds.

            The defense was led by Jacob Greff with 14 tackles, 9 assists, a QB sack and cause 2 fumbles. Jonah Honeyman had 11 tackles, 1 assist, knocked down a pass and caused a fumble. Taylor Zentner had 8 tackles, 2 assists, knocked down 2 passes and had 2 interceptions. Brett Messmer had 9 tackles, 4 assists and a fumble recovery for a TD.  Tyler Zentner had 5 tackles, 7 assists and an interception. Ben Friedt had 2 tackles, 2  assists and an interception.  
                                                        
                                                                      Wildfire finished in 5th place in Region 4 with a 5-4 record.

            Jacob Greff led the team in rushing with 84 carries for 678 yds.  Tyler Zentner had 23 rushes for 204 yds. Ben Friedt had 37 rushes for 183 yds. and Logan Haberstroh had 17 carries for 147 yds. Tyler led receivers with 1009 yds. on 45 receptions. Jonah Honeyman had 399 yds. on 34 receptions and Jacob Greff had 321 yds. on 22 receptions. Taylor Zentner was 115-211-8 for 1919 yds. passing with 21 TD. Tyler Zentner led the team in scoring with 102 points with 13 TDs and 9 PATs. Jacob Greff scored 76 points on 12 TDs and 2 PATs. Taylor Zentner scored 56 points with 8 TDs and 1 PAT.  Brett Messmer scored 30 points on 4 TDs and 3 PATs. Jonah Honeyman scored 4 TDs and 1
PAT.
            Jacob Greff led the team on defense with 255 points.  Jacob led the team with 99 tackles and 49 assists. Other top point getters were Jonah Honeyman (222), Taylor Zentner (159), Tyler Zentner (157) and Brett Messmer (136). Jacob Greff, Jonah Honeyman and Tyler Zentner each had 2 QB sacks. Jonah Honeyman had a high of 4 caused fumbles and Ben Friedt led the team with 3 recovered fumbles. Taylor Zentner had 6 interceptions and Tyler Zentner had 4 interceptions. Taylor Zentner knocked down the most passes with 3.

            Players named to the All-Region 4 Team were Taylor Zentner at QB, Tyler Zentner at WR, Logan Haberstroh, Jacob Greff and Jonah Honeyman at LB. Named to the All-Region 4 Honorable Mention team were Jon Friedt at OL, Ben Friedt at TE and Brett Messmer at LB.  The All-WRC picks were Tyler Zentner, Taylor Zentner, Jacob Greff, Jonah Honeyman and Logan Haberstroh.  Honorable Mention WRC honors went to Brett Messmer, Mark Steiner and Ben Friedt.  Wildfire MVP-Offense players were Taylor Zentner and Tyler Zentner.  MVP-Defense player named were Jonah Honeyman and Jacob Greff.  Most Improved players were Brett Messmer and Noah Blickensderfer.  MVP-Linemen award went to Jonah Honeyman and Jon Friedt.  MVP-Special Teams went to Jacob Greff and Taylor Zentner.  MVP-Scout Team awards went to Josiah Billock and Dane Kruger

            Logan Haberstroh played in the Shrine Bowl.

            Senior members of the 2012 football team were Logan Haberstroh, Mark Steiner, Taylor Zentner, Jacob Greff, Jonah Honeyman and Jared Herring. Juniors on the team included Tyler Zentner, Ben Friedt, James Warner, Ruben Tidey and Jon Friedt.  Sophomores were Noah Blickensderfer, Dane Kruger and Andrew Meier. Freshmen included Carter Honeyman, Tyler Eggers, Dalton Schaefer, Chance Roth, Kaydin Baker Brodie Ambers, Reed Hintz, Brett Messmer and Josiah Billock.

            Assistant coaches were Nathan Swindler, Jody Messmer and Rod Meier

2013    2-7       Coach Benson

            Richardton/Taylor defeated Mott/Regent 42-12.  RTH led 36-6 at the half.  Scoring: Brady Wegh scored on a 46 yd. pass from Tyler Zentner.  Brett Messmer scored on a 4 yd. run.  Rushing: Tyler Zentner 12-36 yds., Brett Messmer 7-19 yds. and Brady Wegh 1-15 yds.  Passing: Tyler Zentner 6-9-0 for 97 yds. and Brady Wegh 4-8-0 for 34 yds.  Receiving: Brady Wegh 3-58 yds., Ben Friedt 3-39 yds., Tyler Zentner 2-15 yds., Brett Messmer 1-11 yds. and Noah Blickensderfer 1-8 yds.

            The defense was led by Brett Messmer with 11 tackles and 2 assists.  Dalton Schaefer had 7 tackles, 3 assists and a QB sack.  Tyler Zentner had 7 tackles, 2 assists and a QB sack.  Josiah Billock had 6 tackles.  Brodie Ambers had 4 tackles and a fumble recovery.  Noah Blickensderfer had Brady Wegh both had 4 tackles.

            Mott/Regent defeated Trenton/Trinity 38-0.  The Wildfire led 24-0 at the half.  Scoring: Tyler Zentner scored 4 TDs on 18 yd., 22 yd. and 48 yd. runs and a 27 yd. pass interception.  Brett Messmer scored on a 13 yd. pass from Brady Wegh.  Ben Friedt scored on a 2 yd. run.  James Warner scored a PAT on a pass from Brady Wegh.  Rushing: Tyler Zentner 15-127 yds., Brett Messmer 5-40 yds., Ben Friedt 4-19 yds. and Brady Wegh 5-1 yd.  Passing: Brady Wegh 10-15-2 for 117 yds.  Receiving: Ben Friedt 2-52 yds., Brett Messmer 5-37 yds. and Tyler Zentner 2-28 yds.

            The defense was led by Dalton Schaefer with 13 tackles, 5 assists, caused a fumble and recovered a fumble, knocked down a pass and had 2 QB sacks.  Tyler Zentner had 7 tackles, 2 assists, a QB sack and an interception for a TD.  Josiah Billock had 3 tackles, 2 assists and 2 QB sacks.  Brett Messmer had 5 tackles and 1 assist.  Brady Wegh and Chance Roth both had an interception and Brodie Ambers and Andrew Meier each had a QB sack.

            Mott/Regent defeated Bowman County 28-14.  Bowman County led 14-6 at the half.  Scoring: Ben Friedt scored on a 12 yd. pass from Brady Wegh.  Brady Wegh scored on a 6 yd. run.  Tyler Zentner scored on a 49 yd. run and Brett Messmer scored on a 29 yd. pass interception.  PATs were scored on runs by Tyler Zentner and Brett Messmer.  Rushing: Tyler Zentner 9-74 yds., Brady Wegh 11-56 yds., Ben Friedt 8-40 yds. and Brett Messmer 4-16 yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 11-20-1 for 117 yds.  Receiving: Brett Messmer 6-63 yds., Tyler Zentner 3-38 yds., Ben Friedt 1-12 yds. and Noah Blickensderfer 1-4 yds. 

            The defense was led by Tyler Zentner with 11 tackles, 5 assists and caused a fumble.  Dalton Schaefer had 9 tackles, 3 assists and a QB sack.  Jon Friedt had 9 tackles and 2 assists.  Brett Messmer had 5 tackles, 6 assists and an interception for a TD.  Brodie Ambers had 2 tackles, 6 assists and a fumble recovery.  Justin Wonser had 3 tackles and 5 assists.  Josiah Billock had 3 tackles and 3 assists.  Chance Roth knocked down a pass.

            Center/Stanton defeated Mott/Regent 38-36.  C/S led 22-20 at the half.  Wildfire went ahead 28-22 after 3 periods and were up 36-22 in the 4th period but C/S scored the last 2 TDs and PATs for the win.  Scoring: Brady Wegh scored twice on runs of 2 yds. and 1 yd.  Brett Messmer scored on a 54 yd. pass from Brady Wegh.  Tyler Zentner scored on a 15 yd. pass from Brady Wegh and on a 5 yd. run.  Tyler Zentner scored 3 PATs on passes from Brady Wegh.  Rushing: Tyler Zentner 14-59 yds., Brett Messmer 5-8 yds. and Brady Wegh 10-(-17) yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 9-16-1 for 226 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Zentner 6-129 yds. and Brett Messmer 3-97 yds.

            The defense was led by Brett Messmer with 8 tackles, 2 assists, a QB sack, an interception and knocked down a pass.  Tyler Zentner had 8 tackles, 2 assists, 2 interceptions and caused a fumble.  Eighth grader, Josh Wallace, had 10 tackles and 3 assists.  Brodie Ambers had 8 tackles and 5 assists.  Justin Wonser had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Dalton Schaefer had 3 tackles and 4 assists.  Josiah Billock and Jon Friedt each had a QB sack.

            Grant County/Flasher defeated Mott/Regent 88-14.  GC/F led 64-0 at the half.  Scoring: Tyler Zentner on a 61 yd. pass from Brady Wegh and Josh Wallace on an 8 yd. run.  Brady Wegh scored a PAT on a run.  Rushing: Tyler Zentner 6-10 yds., Ben Friedt 8-3 yds., Josh Wallace 2-1 yd. and Brady Wegh 3-(-21) yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 12-23-2 for 171 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Zentner 6-110 yds., Brett Messmer 4-36 yds., Josh Wallace 1-30 yds. and Ben Friedt 1-(-5) yds.

            The defense was led by Brodie Ambers with 10 tackles and 2 assists.  Brett Messmer had 7 tackles, 5 assists and caused a fumble.  Dalton Schaefer had 4 tackles and 8 assists.  Josh Wallace had 3 tackles and 3 assists.  Tyler Zentner had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Justin Wonser had 3 tackles.  Ben Friedt knocked down a pass.

            Beach ruined our Homecoming with a 56-14 victory.  Beach led 36-8 at the half.  Scoring: Josh Wallace scored on a 57 yd. run and Tyler Zentner on a 73 yd. run.  Tyler Zentner scored a PAT on a pass from Brady Wegh.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 12-115 yds., Tyler Zentner 1-73 yds., Ben Friedt 2-5 yds. and Brady Wegh 4-(-8) yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 5-15-1 for 39 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Zentner 2-21 yds. and Brett Messmer 3-18 yds.

            The defense was led by Josh Wallace with 10 tackles and 6 assists.  Brodie Ambers had 9 tackles and 7 assists.  Brett Messmer had 10 tackles and 3 assists.  Justin Wonser had 4 tackles and 4 assists.  Dalton Schaefer had 5 tackles and 1 assist.  Tyler Zentner had 5 tackles.

            Hettinger/Scranton defeated Mott/Regent 54-22.  H/S led 26-22 at the half.  Scoring: Tyler Zentner scored 3 TDs in the first half on 32 yd., 49 yd. and 19 yd. passes from Brady Wegh.  Tyler Zentner and Brett Messmer each scored a PAT on passes from Brady Wegh.  Rushing: Tyler Zentner 3-51 yds., Ben Friedt 7-24 yds., Brett Messmer 7-22 yds. and Brady Wegh 3-(-8) yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 11-36-0 for 222 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Zentner 7-185 yds., Brett Messmer 3-44 yds. and Brodie Ambers 1-(-7) yds.

            The defense was led by Brett Messmer with 7 tackles, 4 assists, knocked down a pass and caused a fumble.  Dalton Schaefer had 5 tackles, 2 assists and an interception.  Brady Wegh had 6 tackles and knocked down a pass.  Mike Glover had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Brodie Ambers had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Tyler Zentner had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Dane Kruger had 3 tackles and 2 assists.

            Shiloh defeated Mott/Regent 53-8.  Shiloh led 47-0 at the half.  Josh Wallace scored on a 48 yd. run and the PAT was run in by Brodie Ambers.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 6-61 yds., Ben Friedt 7-46 yds., Brett Messmer 6-2 yds., Brady Wegh 2(-4) yds. and Tyler Zentner 1-(-10) yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 8-16-3 for 57 yds.  Receiving: Tyler Zentner 3-45 yds., Brett Messmer 2-10 yds., Josh Wallace 1-6 yds. and Ben Friedt 1-(-4) yds.

            The defense was led by Brett Messmer with 8 tackles, 1 assist and caused a fumble.  Tyler Zentner had 3 tackles, caused 2 fumbles, recovered a fumble and knocked down a pass.  Josh Wallace had 6 tackles and 1 assist.  Dalton Schaefer had 3 tackles and 3 assists.  Brodie Ambers had 3 tackles, 1 assist and a fumble recovery.  Justin Wonser blocked a punt and Andrew Meier had a fumble recovery.

            LaMoure/L/M defeated Mott/Regent 50-6 at Shiloh’s Miller Field.  L/L/M led 44-0 at the half.  Scoring: Josh Wallace scored on a 39 yd. run.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 9-52 yds., Brett Messmer 1-2 yds., Tyler Zentner 2-(-8) yds. and Brady Wegh 2-(-24) yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 10-22-4 for 129 yds.  Receiving: Brett Messmer 4-63 yds., Brodie Ambers 4-31 yds., Tyler Zentner 1-26 yds. and Noah Blickensderfer 1-9 yds.

            The defense was led by Brodie Ambers with 12 tackles, 3 assists, recovered 2 fumbles and knocked down a pass.  Josh Wallace had 7 tackles, 4 assists and caused a fumble.  Tyler Zentner had 4 tackles, 2 assists, knocked down 2 passes and had an interception.  Mike Glover had 6 tackles and 1 assist.  Dalton Schaefer had 2 tackles and 5 assists.  Brett Messmer had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Josiah Billock caused a fumble and Andrew Meier recovered a fumble.  James Warner had a QB sack.

            Tyler Zentner led the team in rushing with 412 yds. on 63 carries.  Josh Wallace was 29 for 229 yds., Ben Friedt 36 for 137 yds. and Brett Messmer 35 for 109 yds.  Tyler Zentner led the receivers with 31 receptions for 597 yds.  Brett Messmer was 31 for 379 yds., Ben Friedt 9-94 yds. and Brady Wegh 3-58 yds.  Brady Wegh was 80-171-14 for 1112 yds. passing with 8 TDs.  Tyler Zentner also led the team in scoring with 84 points on 12 TDs and 6 PATs.  Brett Messmer scored 28 points on 4 TDs and 2 PATs.  Brady Wegh scored 26 points on 4 TDs and 1 PAT and Josh Wallace scored 24 points on 4 TDs.

            Dalton Schaefer led the defense with 154 points.  Other top point getters on defense were Brett Messmer (151), Brodie Ambers (147), Tyler Zentner (146) and Josh Wallace (91).  Brett Messmer led the team with 56 tackles followed by Brodie Ambers with 53, Tyler Zentner and Dalton Schaefer each with 52.  Dalton Schaefer led the team in QB sacks with 4 and Josiah Billock had 3 sacks.  Tyler Zentner led the team on fumbles caused with 4 and Brodie Ambers had 5 fumble recoveries.  Tyler Zentner had 4 interceptions and knocked down 3 passes.

            Named to the All-Region 4 Team 1st Team was Tyler Zentner at WR.  Named to the All-Region 4 2nd Team were Brett Messmer and Brodie Ambers at LB and Dalton Schaefer at DL.  The All-WRC picks were Dalton Schaefer, Tyler Zentner, Brett Messmer and Brodie Ambers.  Honorable Mention WRC honors went to Jon Friedt, Andrew Meier and Brady Wegh.  Wildfire MVP-Offense players were Brett Messmer and Tyler Zentner.  MVP-Defense players named were Brodie Ambers and Dalton Schaefer.  Most Improved players were Brady Wegh and Mike Glover.  MVP-Linemen awards went to Andrew Meier and Jon Friedt.  MVP-Special Teams went to James Warner and Tyler Zentner.  MVP-Scout Team awards went to Andrew Erickson and David Steinke.

            Senior members of the 2013 team were Andrew Erickson, Tyler Zentner, Jon Friedt, Ben Friedt, James Warner, Mike Glover and Justin Wonser.  Juniors were Noah Blickensderfer, Dane Kruger and Andrew Meier.  Sophomores were Dalton Schaefer, Carter Honeyman, Brodie Ambers, Chance Roth, Reed Hintz, Josiah Billock, Tyler Eggers and Brett Messmer.  Freshmen on the team were Brady Wegh, Cade Blickensderfer, Dylan Ambers, Jordan Peterson, David Steinke and Sam Condon.  Eighth grader on the team was Josh Wallace.

            Assistant coaches were Nathan Swindler, Jody Messmer and Rod Meier.

2014    4-6       Coach Benson

            Richardton/Taylor/Hebron defeated Mott/Regent 52-12.  RTH led 36-6 at the half.  Scoring: Brady Wegh on a 25 yd. run and Brett Messmer on a 2 yd. pass from Brady Wegh.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 20-126 yds., Brady Wegh 9-58 yds., Hunter Crist 5-45 yds., Hunter Koepplin 2-8 yds. and Brett Messmer 2-3 yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 5-17-3 for 44 yds.  Receiving: Brett Messmer 3-20 yds., Noah Blickensderfer 1-8 yds. and Carter Honeyman 1-2 yds.  5 turnovers killed us. Rushing and total yds. were very close.

            The defense was led by Josh Wallace with 8 tackles and 2 assists.  Brett Messmer had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Brodie Ambers had 5 tackles.  Andrew Meier had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Dalton Schaefer had 2 tackles and 4 assists.  Brady Wegh had 4 tackles.

            Mott/Regent defeated Trenton/Trinity 56-6.  The Wildfire led 38-0 at the half.  Scoring: Josh Wallace scored 3 TDs on a 14 yd. pass from Brady Wegh and on runs of 17 yds. and 44 yds.  Brady Wegh scored twice on runs of 43 yds. and 58 yds.  Brodie Ambers scored on a 4 yd. run.  Carter Honeyman scored on a 11 yd. pass from Brady Wegh and Brett Messmer scored on an 8 yd. run.  Hunter Crist, Brodie Ambers and Brady Wegh each scored a PAT on runs.  Chance Roth scored a PAT on a pass from Brady Wegh.  Rushing: Brady Wegh 6-139 yds., Josh Wallace 21-129 yds., Brett Messmer 3-30 yds., Brodie Ambers 2-8 yds. and Hunter Crist 6-(-3) yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 4-5-0 for 62 yds. and Josh Wallace 1-2-0 for 12 yds.  Receiving: Brett Messmer 2-37 yds., Carter Honeyman 2-23 yds. and Josh Wallace 1-14 yds.

            The defense was led by Brady Wegh with 4 tackles, 1 assist and 4 interceptions.  Dalton Schaefer had 5 tackles, 1 assist, 2 QB sacks and caused a fumble.  Brodie Ambers had 6 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down a pass.  Ethan Murphy had 6 tackles and 4 assists.  Hunter Koepplin had 6 tackles and 2 assists.  Josh Wallace had 4 tackles, 1 assist and a QB sack.  Hunter Crist had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Carter Honeyman knocked down a pass and Josiah Billock had a fumble recovery.

            Bowman County defeated Mott/Regent 36-28.  BC led 24-6 at the half.  Scoring: Josh Wallace scored 3 TDS on runs of 7 yds., 49 yds. and 17 yds.  Carter Honeyman scored on a 25 yd. pass from Brady Wegh.  Josh Wallace scored 2 PATs on runs.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 28-302 yds., Brodie Ambers 5-12 yds., Brady Wegh 4-11 yds., Brett Messmer 2-6 yds. and Hunter Crist 4-(-1) yd.  Passing: Josh Wallace 4-15-1 for 88 yds. and Brady Wegh 1-5-1 for 9 yds.  Receiving: Carter Honeyman 2-78 yds. and Brett Messmer 3-19 yds.  The Wildfire had 427 yds. and BC 382 yds.  Each team had 2 turnovers.

            The defense was led by Hunter Crist with 10 tackles and 2 assists.  Josh Wallace had 7 tackles, 4 assists and an interception.  Brett Messmer had 7 tackles, 3 assists and a fumble recovery.  Carter Honeyman had 5 tackles and 1 assist.  Dalton Schaefer had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Josiah Billock had 4 tackles and 1 assist.

            Mott/Regent defeated Center/Stanton 48-14.  The Wildfire led 42-6 at the half.  Scoring: Josh Wallace scored 4 TDs on runs of 5 yds., 10 yds., 9 yds. and 29 yds.  Brady Wegh scored on a 36 yd. pass from Josh Wallace.  Carter Honeyman scored on a 14 yd. run and Brett Messmer scored on a 75 yd. KOR.  The Wildfire also scored on a safety for 2 points.  Brett Messmer scored a PAT on a pass from Brady Wegh and Brady Wegh ran in a PAT.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 9-109 yds., Brodie Ambers 3-30 yds., Ethan Murphy 4-26 yds., Hunter Crist 5-18 yds., Carter Honeyman 1-14 yds. and Dylan Ambers 3-14 yds.  Passing: Josh Wallace 3-5-1 for 60 yds., Brady Wegh 1-1-0 for 10 yds. and Brett Messmer 0-1-1.  Receiving: Brett Messmer 3-34 yds. and Brady Wegh 1-36 yds.

            Ethan Murphy led the defense with 9 tackles and 1 assist.  Dalton Schaefer had 4 tackles, 1 assist and 3 QB sacks.  Josh Wallace had 5 tackles, 1 assist and an interception.  Brodie Ambers had 4 tackles, 2 assists and an interception.  Chance Roth had 5 tackles and 1 assist.  Brett Messmer had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Hunter Crist knocked down 2 passes and Aaron Roth knocked down 1.

            Grant County/Flasher defeated Mott/Regent 66-44.  The Wildfire led 36-28 at the half.  Scoring: Josh Wallace scored 4 TDs on runs of 65 yds., 23 yds. and 35 yds. and on a 76 yd. KOR.  Brady Wegh scored twice on 26 yd. and 59 yd. passes from Josh Wallace.  Brodie Ambers (2) and Brett Messmer scored PATs on passes from Brady Wegh.  The other PAT was scored on a Brady Wegh run.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 30-221 yds., Brady Wegh 6-19 yds., Brodie Ambers 3-10 yds., Hunter Koepplin 1-6 yds. and Hunter Crist 2-3 yds.  Passing: Josh Wallace 6-16-4 for 144 yds. and Brady Wegh 2-6-1 for 10 yds.  Receiving: Brady Wegh 3-91 yds., Brett Messmer 3-35 yds., Carter Honeyman 1-28 yds. and Brodie Ambers 1-0 yds.            

            The defense was led by Andrew Meier with 9 tackles and 1 assist.  Josh Wallace had 7 tackles, 2 assists and caused a fumble.  Brett Messmer had 6 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down a pass.  Brodie Ambers had 4 tackles, 6 assists and a fumble recovery.  Brady Wegh had 3 tackles, 2 assists and an interception.  Hunter Crist had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Carter Honeyman knocked down a pass and Dalton Schaefer had a fumble recovery.

            Mott/Regent defeated Beach 28-20.  The Wildfire led 28-14 at the half.  Scoring: Brady Wegh scored twice on a 65 yd. punt return and on a 48 yd. pass from Josh Wallace.  Josh Wallace scored twice on 2 yd. and 34 yd. runs.  PATs were scored by a Josh Wallace run and on a pass to Brett Messmer from Brady Wegh.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 26-107 yds., Brady Wegh 6-62 yds. and Brodie Ambers 8-31 yds.  Passing: Josh Wallace 1-2-0 for 48 yds. and Brady Wegh 3-7-0 for 20 yds.  Receiving: Brady Wegh 1-48 yds., Brett Messmer 1-11 yds., Noah Blickensderfer 1-6 yds. and Josh Wallace 1-3 yds.

            The defense was led by Josh Wallace with 14 tackles, 5 assists and a QB sack.  Brett Messmer had 6 tackles and 1 assist.  Brodie Ambers had 4 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass.  Hunter Crist had 6 tackles.  Josiah Billock had 4 tackles and s QB sack.  Hunter Koepplin had 2 tackles and a QB sack.  Carter Honeyman knocked down a pass and Brady Wegh had an interception.

            Mott/Regent defeated Hettinger/Scranton 40-36.  The game was tied 22-22 at the half.  H/S had a 2-point lead at the end of 3 and Wildfire scored 6 in the final QTR for the victory.  Scoring: Josh Wallace scored 4 TDs on runs of 33 yds., 10 yds., 1 yd. and 2 yds.  Chance Roth scored on a fumble recovery in the endzone.  Brodie Ambers scored on a 15 yd. run.  Josh Wallace and Brodie Ambers both scored PATs on runs.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 41-309 yds., Brodie Ambers 5-30 yds. and Brady Wegh 3-25 yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 6-8-1 for 105 yds.  Receiving: Josh Wallace 1-53 yds., Carter Honeyman 1-36 yds., Brodie Ambers 2-13 yds. and Brett Messmer 2-4 yds.  Total yds. were close-Mott/Regent had 433 yds. and H/S had 349 yds.  Wildfire had 1 more turnover than H/S.

            The defense was led by Brett Messmer with 10 tackles and 4 assists.  Dalton Schaefer had 10 tackles and 3 assists.  Andrew Meier had 7 tackles, 1 assist and 2 QB sacks.  Brodie Ambers had 6 tackles, 2 assists. knocked down a pass and recovered a fumble.  Josh Wallace had 6 tackles and 5 assists.  Hunter Crist had 6 tackles and 3 assists.  Hunter Koepplin had 3 tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery.  Chance Roth caused a fumble.

            Shiloh defeated Mott/Regent 50-0.  Shiloh led 36-0 at the half.  Shiloh had 322 total yds. to the Wildfire’s 54 total yds.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 14-33 yds., Brodie Ambers 4-4 yds. and Brady Wegh 10-(-3) yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 5-16-1 for 43 yds. and Josh Wallace 0-2-0.  Receiving: Brett Messmer 3-36 yds., Carter Honeyman 1-4 yds. and Noah Blickensderfer 1-3 yds.

            The defense was led by Brett Messmer with 11 tackles and 1 assist.  Josh Wallace had 7 tackles and 2 assists.  Hunter Crist had 5 tackles and 1 assist.  Brodie Ambers had 4 tackles, 1 assist and an interception.  Hunter Koepplin had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Dalton Schaefer had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Dane Kruger had a QB sack.

            LaMoure/L/M defeated Mott/Regent 46-8 at Shiloh’s Miller Field.  Shiloh led 34-0 at the half.  The only Mott/Regent TD came on a Josh Wallace 71 yd. run.  The PAT was scored by Brodie Ambers on a pass from Brady Wegh.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 22-178 yds., Brady Wegh 5-20 yds., Brodie Ambers 8-16 yds. and Hunter Koepplin 1-1 yd.  Passing: Brady Wegh 7-15-0 for 30 yds. and Josh Wallace 3-9-2 for 17 yds.  Receiving: Brett Messmer 3-19 yds., Brady Wegh 1-16 yds., Josh Wallace 1-12 yds., Brodie Ambers 3-3 yds., Jordan Peterson 1-1 yd. and Carter Honeyman 1-(-4) yds.            

            The defense was led by Josh Wallace with 9 tackles and 1 assist.  Hunter Koepplin had 2 tackles, 5 assists and a fumble recovery.  Brett Messmer had 3 tackles, 1 assist and a fumble recovery.  Brodie Ambers had 3 tackles.  Brady Wegh had 1 tackle, knocked down a pass and had an interception.

            Mott/Regent placed 4th in Region 4 with a 4-4 record.

PLAYOFFS
1st Round

            Towner/Granville/Upham defeated Mott/Regent 56-22.  TGU led 48- 8 at the half. 
Scoring:        
M/R      8          0        6          8         
TGU    24        24        8          0                                                                                                
TGU    Cole Bethke on a 2 yd. pass from Eli Luna; PAT-Lance Schmidt pass from Eli Luna
M/R     Josh Wallace on a 3 yd. run; PAT-Carter Honeyman pass from Brady Wegh
TGU    Colter Thorp on a 21 yd. pass from Eli Luna; PAT-Eli Luna Run
TGU    Eli Luna on 18 yd. run; PAT-Colter Thorp pass from Eli Luna
TGU    Eli Luna on a 38 yd. run; PAT-Colter Thorp pass from Eli Luna
TGU    Evan Burckhard on a 9 yd. pass from Eli Luna; PAT-Lance Schmitt run
TGU    Eli Luna on a 58 yd Interception return; PAT-Lane Schmitt run
TGU    Lane Schmitt on a 19 yd. run; PAT-Eli Luna run
M/R     Brady Wegh on a 77 yd. punt return; PAT-Run failed
M/R     Brett Messmer on a 7 yd. pass from Josh Wallace; PAT-Hunter Crist

            Rushing: Josh Wallace 18-47 yds., Hunter Crist 3-45 yds., Brady Wegh 3-8 yds. and Brodie Ambers 1-4 yds.  Passing: Josh Wallace 9-30-3 for 126 yds. and Brady Wegh 4-5-0 for 30 yds.  Receiving: Brett Messmer 7-63 yds., Brady Wegh 2-59 yds., Carter Honeyman 2-14 yds., Aaron Roth 1-11 yds. and Noah Blickensderfer 1-9 yds.

            The defense was led by Hunter Koepplin with 6 tackles and 3 assists.  Brett Messmer had 4 tackles, 3 assists, caused and recovered a fumble.  Brodie Ambers 4 tackles and 5 assists.  Dalton Schaefer 3 tackles and 4 assists.  Hunter Crist had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Chance Roth had 4 tackles.  Josh Wallace had 2 tackles and 3 assists.  Dane Kruger had 2 tackles and 3 assists.

            Josh Wallace led the team in rushing with 1561 yds. on 229 carries.  Brady Wegh was 52 for 339 yds., Brodie Ambers was 39 for 145 yds. and Hunter Crist was 14 for 107 yds.  Brett Messmer led the receivers with 278 yds. on 30 receptions.  Brady Wegh was 8 for 250 yds. and Carter Honeyman was 11 for 181 yds.  Josh Wallace was 27-69-11 for 496 yds. passing with 6 TDs and Brady Wegh was 38-85-7 for 393 yds. with 3 TDs.  Josh Wallace led the team in scoring with 142 points on 24 TDs and 2 PATs.  Brady Wegh scored 58 points on 9 TDs and 2 PATs.  Brett Messmer scored 30 points on 4 TDs and 3 PATs.  Brodie Ambers scored 22 points on 2 TDs and 5 PATs.  Carter Honeyman scored 20 points of 3 TDs and 1 PAT.

            Josh Wallace led the team in defensive points with 174 points.  Other top point getters on defense were Brett Messmer (144), Brodie Ambers (123), Dalton Schaefer (99), Hunter Crist (87), Hunter Koepplin (83), Brady Wegh (72) and Andrew Meier (64).  Josh Wallace had team highs with 69 tackles and 26 assists.  Dalton Shaefer led the team with 5 QB sacks.  Brett Messmer had the most fumble recoveries with 3.  Brady led the team with 7 interceptions.  Carter Honeyman and Brodie Ambers each knocked down 3 passes.

            Named to the All-Region 4 Team 1st Team was Josh Wallace at RB.  Named to the All-Region 4 2nd Team were Andrew Meier at OL, Brett Messmer at DL and Brady Wegh at DB.  The All-WRC picks were Dalton Schaefer, Tyler Eggers, Dane Kruger, Brett Messmer and Andrew Meier.  Honorable Mention WRC honors went to Josiah Billock, Noah Blickensderfer and Hunter Koepplin.  Wildfire MVP-Offense players were Brady Wegh and Josh Wallace.  MVP-Defense players named were Josh Wallace and Brett Messmer.  Most Improved players were Hunter Koepplin and David Steinke.  MVP-Linemen awards went to Andrew Meier and Dane Kruger.  MVP-Special Teams went to Brady Wegh and Josh Wallace.  MVP-Scout Team awards went to Aaron Roth and David Steinke.

            The senior members of the 2014 team were Noah Blickensderfer, Dane Kruger and Andrew Meier.  Juniors on the team included Dalton Schaefer, Carter Honeyman, Brodie Ambers, Chance Roth, Brett Messmer, Reed Hintz, Josiah Billock and Tyler Eggers.  Sophomores included Brady Wegh, Cade Blickensderfer, Dylan Ambers, Sam Condon, David Steinke and Jordan Peterson.  Freshmen on the team were Hunter Crist, Aaron Roth, Hunter Koepplin, Josh Wallace, Rory Hintz, Ethan Murphy, Dalton Miller, Jonah Candrian, Devin Kouba and Joe Friedt.

            Assistant coaches were Nathan Swindler, Jody Messmer, Kent Featherstone and Rod Meier.

2015    7-3       Coach Benson

            Hankinson defeated Mott/Regent 36-24 at Shiloh’s Miller Field.  Hankinson led 14 to 12 at the half.  Scoring: Brett Messmer scored on a 90 yd. fumble return and on a 7 yd. pass from Brady Wegh.  Brady Wegh scored on a 11 yd. run and Aaron Roth scored on a 45 yd. run. No PATS today! NO Josh Wallace for 3 weeks-hurt is leg chasing cattle!

            Rushing: Brady Wegh 11-51 yds., Aaron Roth 1-45 yds., Hunter Crist 8-29 yds., Brodie Ambers 4-12 yds. and Ted Mayer 1-11 yds. Passing: Brady Wegh 13-26-0 for 112 yds.  Receiving: Brett Messmer 8-72 yds., Aaron Roth 1-19 yds., Carter Honeyman 2-16 yds., Hunter Crist 1-3 yds. and Brodie Ambers 1-2 yds.

            The defense was led by Hunter Koepplin with 11 tackles and 6 assists.  Brett Messmer had 6 tackles, 2 assists, caused 3 fumbles and recovered 2 fumbles, one being a 90 yd. return for a TD.  Hunter Crist had 10 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass.  Brady Wegh had 6 tackles and 3 assists.  Dalton Schaefer had 6 tackles.  Brodie Ambers had 4 tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery.  Tyler Eggers had 4 tackles and 1 assist.

            Mott/Regent defeated Beach 46-18.  The Wildfire led 40-6 at the half.  Scoring: Brady Wegh scored 3 TDs on runs of 29 yds., 51 yds. and 42 yds.  Chance Roth scored 2 TDs on 50 yd. and 3 yd. passes from Brady Wegh.  Brett Messmer scored 2 TDs on 55 yd. and 3 yd. passes from Brady Wegh.  Rushing: Brady Wegh 10-209 yds., Hunter Crist 12-57 yds., Aaron Roth 2-9 yds., Cody Perkins 3-4 yds., Brodie Ambers 1-1 yd. and Isaac Frey 2-(-2) yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 17-25-1 for 264 yds.  Receiving: Brett Messmer 8-120 yds., Chance Roth 3-80 yds., Carter Honeyman 4-52 yds., Hunter Crist 1-10 yds. and Brodie Ambers 1-2 yds.
           
            The defense was led by Hunter Koepplin with 8 tackles, 5 assists and a QB sack.  Dalton Schaefer had 4 tackles, 4 assists and 2 QB sacks.  Chance Roth had 5 tackles, knocked down a pass and recovered a fumble.  Hunter Crist had 6 tackles.  Brett Messmer had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Jordan Peterson had 3 tackles, 1 assist and an interception.  Brodie Ambers had 3 tackles and a fumble recovery (#9 in career).  Brady Wegh knocked down a pass and had an interception.  Cade Blickensderfer had a fumble recovery and Isaac Frey knocked down a pass.

            Mott/Regent defeated Grant County/Flasher 62-18.  The Wildfire led 42-6 at the half.  Scoring: Brady Wegh scored 5 TDs on 8 yd., 58 yd., 2 yd., 90 yd. and 6 yd. runs.  Josh Wallace scored on 1 yd. and 19 yd. runs.  Carter Honeyman scored on a 26 yd. pass from Brady Wegh.  Hunter Crist scored on a 21 yd. run.  Josh Wallace and Hunter Crist each scored a PAT on runs and Hunter Crist and Dalton Schaefer each scored a PAT on passes from Brady Wegh.  Rushing: Brady Wegh 7-180 yds., Josh Wallace 8-124 yds., Aaron Roth 4-33 yds. and Hunter Crist 3-28 yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 11-15-0 for 147 yds.  Receiving: Carter Honeyman 7-95 yds., Hunter Crist 1-25 yds., Brett Messmer 2-21 yds. and Josh Wallace 1-6 yds.

            The defense was led by Chance Roth with 7 tackles, 3 assists, 2 interceptions, knocked down a pass and caused a fumble.  Josh Wallace had 10 tackles, 3 assists and a fumble recovery.  Hunter Crist had 9 tackles, 1 assist, knocked down a pass and caused 2 fumbles.  Brady Wegh had 5 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down 2 passes.  Carter Honeyman had 6 tackles.  Brett Messmer had 3 tackles, 1 assist, knocked down a pass and recovered a fumble.  Dylan Ambers had 4 tackles and 2 QB sacks.  Dalton Schaefer had 3 tackles, 1 assist and a QB sack.

            Mott/Regent defeated Richardton/Taylor/Hebron 52-28.  The Wildfire led 36-12 at the half.  Scoring: Brady Wegh scored 4 TDs on 28 yd., 6 yd., 44 yd. and 12 yd. runs.  Josh Wallace scored on an 83 yd. run.  Hunter Crist scored on an 18 yd. pass from Brady Wegh.  Chance Roth scored on a 24 yd. fumble return.  Brady Wegh (2) and Josh Wallace scored PATs on runs.  Brett Messmer and Carter Honeyman each scored a PAT on a pass from Brady Wegh.  Rushing: Brady Wegh 18-191 yds., Josh Wallace 11-126 yds., Aaron Roth 2-2 yds. and Isaac Frey 3-(-4) yds. Denver Colgrove had a big night for RTH with 30 carries for 279 yds. Passing: Brady Wegh 9-21-1 for 77 yds. and Isaac Frey 1-1-0 for 5 yds.  Receiving: Hunter Crist 2-30 yds., Brett Messmer 3-27 yds., Carter Honeyman 2-11 yds., Josh Wallace 1-5 yds., Ted Mayer 1-5 yds. and Chance Roth 1-4 yds.

            The defense was led by Hunter Crist with 13 tackles and 2 assists.  Josh Wallace had 11 tackles and 5 assists.  Brady Wegh had 5 tackles, 3 assists, knocked down a pass and had 2 interceptions.  Dalton Schaefer had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Brodie Ambers had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Brett Messmer had 5 tackles.  Chance Roth had 2 tackles, 1 assist, knocked down a pass and recovered a fumble for a TD.  Carter Honeyman had 2 tackles, 1 assist and a fumble recovery.  Dylan Ambers caused a fumble and Jordan Peterson knocked down a pass.

            Mott/Regent defeated New Salem/Glen Ullin 50-28.  The Wildfire led 28-20 at the half.  Scoring: Josh Wallace scored 5 TDs on runs of 12 yds., 42 yds., 29 yds., 4 yds. and 5 yds.  Carter Honeyman scored on a 17 yd. pass from Brady Wegh.  Brady Wegh scored on a 92 yd. KOR.  Brett Messmer (3) and Aaron Roth scored PATs on passes from Brady Wegh.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 28-207 yds., Brady Wegh 13-63 yds. and Brodie Ambers 2-4 yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 15-25-1 for 234 yds.  Receiving: Brett Messmer 5-84 yds., Josh Wallace 3-79 yds., Carter Honeyman 5-35 yds., Aaron Roth 2-26 yds. and Chance Roth 1-10 yds.

            The defense was led by Josh Wallace with 11 tackles, 2 assists and caused a fumble.  Brodie Ambers had 7 tackles and 6 assists.  Brady Wegh had 7 tackles, an interception and knocked down 2 passes.  Hunter Crist had 7 tackles, 2 assists, a fumble recovery and knocked down a pass.  Brett Messmer had 5 tackles, 5 assists and a fumble recovery.  Dalton Schaefer had 4 tackles and 4 assists.  Carter Honeyman had a QB sack and knocked down a pass.

            Hettinger/Scranton defeated Mott/Regent 46-30.  H/S led 20-18 at the half. Brady Wegh misses the game because of an ankle injury suffered in PE. Scoring: Hunter Crist scored 4 TDs on runs of 8 yds., 8 yds. and 4 yds. and on a 16 yd. pass from Josh Wallace.  Brett Messmer scored on a 11 yd. pass from Josh Wallace.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 16-127 yds. and Hunter Crist 17-100 yds.  Passing: Josh Wallace 11-21-1 for 163 yds.  Receiving: Hunter Crist 4-86 yds., Brett Messmer 5-47 yds. and Carter Honeyman 2-30 yds. 

            The defense was led by Josh Wallace with 14 tackles, 3 assists and caused a fumble.  Carter Honeyman had 5 tackles, 3 assists, caused and recovered a fumble and knocked down a pass.  Brett Messmer had 5 tackles, 2 assists and caused a fumble.  Dalton Schaefer had 6 tackles and 2 assists.  Hunter Crist had 4 tackles, 2 assists and blocked a punt.  Tyler Eggers had 3 tackles and 3 assists.  Dylan Ambers had 4 tackles.  Brodie Ambers blocked a PAT kick and Dalton Miller recovered a fumble.

            Mott/Regent defeated Bowman County 28-22.  The Wildfire led 14-8 at the half.  Scoring: Brett Messmer scored 3 TDs on a 45 yd. pass from Josh Wallace and on 2 yd. and 3 yd. runs.  Josh Wallace scored on a 1 yd. run.  Josh Wallace scored 2 PATs on runs.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 42-213 yds. and Brett Messmer 5-13 yds.  Passing: Josh Wallace 12-16-0 for 189 yds. and Brett Messmer 1-1-0 for 44 yds.  Receiving: Brett Messmer 5-102 yds., Josh Wallace 1-41 yds., Carter Honeyman 3-34 yds., Hunter Crist 2-28 yds. and Aaron Roth 2-25 yds.

            The defense was led by Josh Wallace with 11 tackles and 4 assists.  Carter Honeyman had 6 tackles, 5 assists and an interception.  Hunter Crist had 5 tackles, 5 assists and an interception.  Brodie Ambers had 5 tackles, 3 assists and a QB sack.  Aaron Roth had 4 tackles and 4 assists.  Cody Perkins had 3 tackles and 1 assist.  Brett Messmer knocked down a pass 

            Wildfire and Hettinger/Scranton share in the Region 5 Championship with 5-1 records.

PLAYOFFS
1st Round

            Mott/Regent defeated Drake/Anamoose 44-0.  Brady Wegh’s ankle is feeling better! Cordell Volson for D/A is a huge talent.  Cordell goes on to play at NDSU.
Scoring:
M/R     8        14       22        0                     
D/A     0          0        0         0         

M/R     Josh Wallace on a 1 yd. run; PAT-Wallace run
M/R     Josh Wallace on a 59 yd. run; PAT-Carter Honeyman pass from Brett Messmer
M/R     Brady Wegh on an 83 yd. pass from Brady Wegh; PAT-Run failed
M/R     Josh Wallace on a 3 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed
M/R     Brady Wegh on a 75 yd. pass from Josh Wallace; PAT-Josh Wallace run
M/R     Brady Wegh on a 45 yd. punt return; PAT-Carter Honeyman pass from Brett Messmer

            Rushing: Josh Wallace 13-178 yds, Hunter Crist 5-29 yds., Brett Messmer 1-0 yds., Ted Mayer 1-(-1) yd. and Isaac Frey 3-(-3) yds.  Passing: Josh Wallace 10-13-1 for 241 yds. and Isaac Frey 1-1-0 for 5 yds.  Receiving: Brady Wegh 3-172 yds., Chance Roth 1-38 yds., Brett Messmer 3-24 yds., Aaron Roth 1-6 yds., Carter Honeyman 1-5 yds., Ted Mayer 1-5 yds. and Hunter Crist 1-(-4) yds.

            The defense was led by Brodie Ambers with 7 tackles, 4 assists, 2 QB sacks and caused a fumble.  Brett Messmer had 8 tackles and 6 assists.  Josh Wallace had 8 tackles, 2 assists and a QB sack.  Hunter Crist had 5 tackles, 2 assists and blocked a punt.  Dalton Miller had 4 tackles, 3 assists and a fumble recovery.  Carter Honeyman had 2 tackles, 5 assists and a fumble recovery.  Brady Wegh knocked down a pass.

2nd Round

            Mott/Regent defeated Divide County 46-8.
Scoring:    
M/R   16      22        8          0                     
DC      0        0        0          8         
M/R     Brett Messmer on a 52 yd. pass from Brady Wegh; PAT-Josh Wallace run
M/R     Brady Wegh on a 73 yd. run; PAT-Josh Wallace run
M/R     Josh Wallace on a 12 yd. run; PAT-Josh Wallace run
M/R     Josh Wallace on a 3 yd. run; PAT-Josh Wallace run
M/R     Brady Wegh on a 58 yd. run; PAT- Run failed
M/R     Josh Wallace on an 18 yd. run; PAT-Carter Honeyman pass from Brady Wegh
DC      Aiden Eriksmoen on a 1 yd. run; PAT-Taylor Landsverk run

            Rushing: Brady Wegh 5-156 yds., Josh Wallace 12-125 yds., Hunter Crist 5-30 yds. and Isaac Frey 1-(-1) yd. Passing: Brady Wegh 2-3-0 for 54 yds., Receiving: Brett Messmer 1-52 yds. and Carter Honeyman 1-2 yds.

            The defense was led by Josh Wallace with 11 tackles, 5 assists and a QB sack.  Brodie Ambers had 8 tackles and 4 assists.  Carter Honeyman had 8 tackles and 3 assists.  Brett Messmer had 4 tackles, 2 assists, blocked a punt and knocked down a pass.  Hunter Crist had 5 tackles and 1 assist.  Brady Wegh had 3 tackles and 1 assist.  Aaron Roth knocked down a pass.

Quarter-Finals

            Hettinger/Scranton defeated Mott/Regent 62-36. 
Scoring:
M/R        8        16         0        12                   
H/S      20        22        14         6
H/S     Tanner Sanford on a 4 yd. run; PAT-Run failed
M/R     Brady Wegh on a 30 yd. run; PAT-Brett Messmer pass from Brady Wegh
H/S     Isaiah Kludt on a 26 yd. run; PAT-Isaiah Kludt Run
H/S     Tanner Sanford on a 27 yd. Interception; PAT-Run failed
M/R     Brady Wegh on a 55 yd. run; PAT-Hunter Crist run
H/S     Brandon Pierce on a 63 yd. KOR; PAT-Run failed
M/R     Brady Wegh on a 3 yd. run; PAT-Dylan Ambers pass from Brady Wegh
H/S     Brandon Pierce on a 18 yd. run; PAT-Tanner Sanford run
H/S     Isaiah Kludt on a 61 yd. run; PAT-Brandon Pierce run
H/S     Tanner Sanford on a 11 yd. run; PAT-Isaiah Kludt run
H/S     Tanner Sanford on a 54 yd. Interception; PAT-Run failed
H/S     Brandon Pierce on a 10 yd. run; PAT-Kick failed
M/R     Brady Wegh on a 77 yd. pass from Hunter Crist; PAT-Pass failed
M/R     Hunter Crist on a 56 yd. run; PAT-Run failed

            Rushing: Hunter Crist 14-120 yds., Brady Wegh 10-115 yds., Josh Wallace 3-9 yds. and Isaac Frey 1-3 yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 6-18-3 for 61 yds. and Hunter Crist 1-1-0 for 77 yds.  Receiving: Brady Wegh 1-77 yds., Chance Roth 2-43 yds., Brett Messmer 2-11 yds., Carter Honeyman 1-9 yds. and Aaron Roth 1-(-2) yds.  H/S had 425 yds. and the Wildfire had 389 total yds. The Wildfire lost the turnover battle with -3 turnovers.

            The defense was led by Chance Roth with 13 tackles and 2 assists.  Carter Honeyman had 7 tackles and 6 assists.  Brady Wegh had 5 tackles, 5 assists and blocked a PAT kick.  Hunter Crist had 7 tackles and 3 assists.  Brett Messmer had 7 tackles and 1 assist.  Dylan Ambers had 6 tackles and 3 assists.  Brodie Ambers had 3 tackles and 6 assists.

            The Wildfire finish the season with a 7-3 record. We were a little banged up during the year.  Josh was hurt early and late in the season.  Brady missed a couple of games and Chance suffered a concussion but made his way back. 

            Coach Zachmann took over the play calling and did a great job!

            Josh Wallace led the team in rushing with 1109 yds. on 133 carries.  Brady Wegh was 74 for 965 yds. (13.0 ave.) and Hunter Crist was 64 for 363 yds. 

            Brett Messmer led the receivers with 42 catches for 560 yds.  Carter Honeyman had 28 rec. for 289 yds., Brady Wegh had 4 rec. for 249 yds. (62.3 ave.), Hunter Crist had 12 rec. for 178 yds., Chance Roth had 8 rec. for 175 yds. and Josh Wallace had 6 rec. for 131 yds. 

            Brady Wegh led the team in passing and was 75-113-7 for 949 yds. and 9 TDs.  Josh Wallace was 33-50-1 for 593 yds. and 5 TDs.  Hunter Crist was 1-1-0 for 77 yds. and 1 TD and Brett Messmer was 1-1-0 for 44 yds.

            Brady Wegh led the team in scoring with 142 points with 23 TDs and 2 PATs.  Josh Wallace scored 110 points with 15 TDs and 10 PATs.  Brett Messmer scored 66 points on 9 TDs and 6 PATs.  Hunter Crist scored 50 points with 7 TDs and 4 PATs.  Carter Honeyman scored 20 points with 2 TDs and 4 PATs.

            Josh Wallace led the defense with 188 points.  Other top point getters on defense were Hunter Crist (180), Brett Messmer (143), Brodie Ambers (136), Carter Honeyman (124), Brady Wegh (109), Chance Roth (90), Dalton Schaefer (76) and Dylan Ambers (56).  Josh Wallace led the team in tackles with 76 and Brodie Ambers had the most assists with 34.  Brodie Ambers and Dalton Schaefer led the team in QB sacks with 3 each.  Brett Messmer caused and recovered the most fumbles with 4.  Brady Wegh led the team in interceptions with 4 and the most knocked down passes with 7.

            Named to the All-Region 5 Team 1st Team were Josh Wallace at RB, Brady Wegh at QB, Carter Honeyman at WR, Brett Messmer at TE and Hunter Crist at LB.  Named to the All-Region 5 2nd Team were Tyler Eggers at OL, Chance Roth at WR, Brodie Ambers at LB and Dylan Ambers and Dalton Schaefer at DL. 

            The All-WRC picks were Dalton Schaefer, Brodie Ambers, Tyler Eggers, Hunter Koepplin, Brett Messmer, Dylan Ambers and Carter Honeyman.  Honorable Mention WRC honors went to David Steinke, Dalton Miller and Jonah Candrian. 

            Wildfire MVP-Offense players were Brady Wegh and Brett Messmer.  MVP-Defense players named were Josh Wallace and Hunter Crist.  Most Improved players were Chance Roth and Carter Honeyman.  MVP-Linemen awards went to Tyler Eggers and Dylan Ambers.  MVP-Special Teams went to Brodie Ambers and Dalton Schaefer.  MVP-Scout Team awards went to Teddy Mayer and Cade Blickensderfer.

            Brady Wegh and Josh Wallace were named to the All-State 2nd Team.  No positions were listed.

            Brett Messmer, Tyler Eggers, Brodie Ambers and Carter Honeyman played in the Shrine Bowl.  Coach Benson and Coach Zachmann went along as part of the coaching staff.

            Senior members of the 2015 Region 5 Championship team included Brodie Ambers, Chance Roth, Brett Messmer, Tyler Eggers, Dalton Schaefer and Carter Honeyman.  Juniors on the team included Cade Blickensderfer, Brady Wegh, David Steinke, Dylan Ambers and Jordan Peterson.  Sophomores were Hunter Crist, Josh Wallace, Hunter Koepplin, Aaron Roth, Devin Kouba, Dalton Miller and Jonah Candrian.  Freshmen on the team were Teddy Mayer, Isaac Frey, Cody Perkins, Austin Belile and Asad Watson-Buffalo.

            Assistant coaches were Nathan Swindler, Jody Messmer, Nate Zachmann, Kent Featherstone and Rod Meier 

2016    3-4       Coaches Benson and Zachmann

            Mott/Regent defeated Hankinson 22-20 at Shiloh’s Miller Field. The Wildfire led 14-6 at the half.  Brady Wegh scored on a 3 yd. run and Josh Wallace scored on a 59 yd. interception return and a 4 yd. run.  Brady Wegh and Josh Wallace both scored PATs.

            Rushing: Josh Wallace 24-162 yds. and Brady Wegh 22-92 yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 3-5-0 for 27 yds. and Josh Wallace 1-7-2 for 17 yds.  Receiving: Aaron Roth 2-29 yds., Hunter Crist 1-15 yds. and Josh Wallace 1-0 yds.

            The defense was led by Hunter Crist with 11 tackles and 4 assists.  Josh Wallace had 8 tackles, 4 assists and an interception for a TD.  Aaron Roth had 5 tackles, 2 assists, an interception and knocked down a pass.  Brady Wegh had 6 tackles and 2 assists.  Ted Mayer had 4 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass.  Dylan Ambers had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Cody Perkins had 4 tackles and caused a fumble.

            Mott/Regent defeated Beach 54-8.  The Wildfire led 45-8 at the half.  Scoring: Brady Wegh scored 4 TDs on 76 yd., 68 yd., 51 yd. and 17 yd. runs.  Hunter Crist scored twice on 13 yd. and 30 yd. runs.  Cody Perkins scored on a 32 yd. pass from Brady Wegh.  Josh Wallace (3) and Brady Wegh scored PATs on runs.  Dylan Ambers recovered a fumble in the endzone for a PAT.  Aaron Roth scored a PAT on a pass from Brady Wegh.  Rushing: Brady Wegh 9-298 yds., Josh Wallace 10-61 yds., Hunter Crist 5-37 yds., Isaac Frey 2-6 yds. and Aaron Roth 3-2 yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 2-3-0 for 37 yds.  Receiving: Cody Perkins 1-32 yds. and Ted Mayer 1-5 yds.

            The defense was led by Josh Wallace with 12 tackles, 3 assists, a QB sack and an interception.  Josh had 5 tackles for losses.  Aaron Roth had 6 tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery.  Hunter Crist had 5 tackles and 1 assist.  Dalton Miller had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Ted Mayer had 2 tackles and 3 assists.  Brady Wegh knocked down a pass and Cody Perkins had an interception.            

            Mott/Regent defeated Grant County/Flasher 64-34.  The Wildfire led 30-20 at the half.  Scoring: Josh Wallace scored 4 TDs on 79 yd., 9 yd. and 29 yd. runs and on a 66 yd. fumble return.  Hunter Crist scored twice on 28 yd. and 50 yd. passes from Brady Wegh.  Brady Wegh scored on an 87 yd. KOR and on a 50 yd. run.  Ted Mayer scored on a 60 yd. run.  Josh Wallace scored 2 PATs and Aaron Roth and Hunter Crist scored PATs on passes from Brady Wegh.  Cade Blickensderfer scored a PAT on a pass from Isaac Frey.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 14-194 yds., Brady Wegh 13-141 yds., Ted Mayer 2-61 yds. and Hunter Crist 4-36 yds. Passing: Brady Wegh 11-12-0 for 180 yds.  Receiving: Hunter Crist 6-140 yds., Aaron Roth 3-26 yds., Ted Mayer and Josh Wallace each 1-7 yds. 

            The defense was led by Josh Wallace with 16 tackles, 6 assists and recovered 2 fumbles.  Aaron Roth had 11 tackles, 4 assists and a fumble recovery.  Ted Mayer had 9 tackles, 6 assists and a fumble recovery.  Hunter Koepplin had 5 tackles and 8 assists.  Cody Perkins had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Dalton Miller had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Dylan Ambers had 3 tackles and 4 assists.  Hunter Crist had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Brady Wegh had 4 tackles and 1 assist.

            Richardton/Taylor/Hebron defeated Mott/Regent 30-22. RTH led 22-8 at the half.  Scoring: Josh Wallace scored on 1 yd. run and a 5 yd. run.  Hunter Crist scored on a 30 yd. pass from Brady Wegh.  PATs were scored by Josh Wallace on a run and by Cody Perkins on a pass from Brady Wegh.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 32-200 yds., Brady Wegh 10-32 yds. and Hunter Crist 1-1 yd.  Passing: Josh Wallace 5-9-1 for 70 yds. and Brady Wegh 1-6-0 for 30 yds.  Receiving: Hunter Crist 2-44 yds., Cody Perkins 1-32 yds., Ted Mayer 1-17 yds. and Aaron Roth 2-7 yds.  Brady Wegh sustains a concussion and has to leave the game. The Wildfire had their chances right to the end!

            The defense was led by Hunter Koepplin with 6 tackles, 6 assists and caused a fumble.  Josh Wallace had 6 tackles, 2 QB sacks and caused and recovered a fumble.  Aaron Roth had 5 tackles, 2 assists and recovered 2 fumbles.  Hunter Crist had 6 tackles and 1 assist.  Dalton Miller had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Ted Mayer had 3 tackles, 1 assist and a QB sack.

            New Salem/Glen Ullin defeated Mott/Regent 30-16.  That was also the half time score.  Scoring: Josh Wallace scored on 41 yd. and 11 yd. runs.  Josh Wallace also scored the 2 PATs on run.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 26-188 yds., Aaron Roth 2-8 yds. and Hunter Crist 2-7 yds.  Passing: Josh Wallace 4-14-1 to 18 yds. and Cody Perkins 1-2-0 for 29 yds.  Receiving: Hunter Crist 2-22 yds., Aaron Roth 2-21 yds. and Cody Perkins 1-4 yds.

            The defense was led by Josh Wallace with 17 tackles, 6 assists and a QB sack.  Hunter Crist had 9 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down 2 passes.  Hunter Koepplin had 7 tackles and 2 assists.  Aaron Roth had 6 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass.  Ted Mayer had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Dalton Miller had 3 tackles and 4 assists.  David Steinke had a fumble recovery.

            Hettinger/Scranton defeated Mott/Regent 66-50.  The Wildfire led 36-18 at the half. Scoring: Brady Wegh scored 3 TDs on 30 yd., 32 yd. and 2 yd runs.  Josh Wallace scored twice on a 1 yd. run and a 29 yd. run.  Hunter Crist scored on a 7 yd. pass from Brady Wegh and Aaron Roth scored on a 6 yd. pass from Brady Wegh.  Josh Wallace scored 2 PATs on runs and Aaron Roth and Cody Perkins each scored a PAT on passes from Brady Wegh.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 17-112 yds., Brady Wegh 24-101 yds., Hunter Crist 8-38 yds. and Aaron Roth 1-(-3) yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 8-22-0 for 157 yds.  Receiving: Hunter Crist 4-92 yds., Josh Wallace 1-49 yds. and Aaron Roth 1-20 yds.

            The defense was led by Hunter Crist with 9 tackles, 2 assists and caused a fumble.  Hunter Koepplin had 5 tackles, 8 assists, ½ fumble recovery and blocked a PAT kick.  Aaron Roth had 6 tackles, 4 assists and ½ fumble recovery.  Jonah Candrian had 8 tackles and 1 assist.  Cody Perkins had 3 tackles and knocked down a pass.  Brady Wegh had an interception.

            Bowman County defeated Mott/Regent 54-50.  The Wildfire led 30-22 at the half.           
 
            The TDs were traded back and forth.  Wildfire missed 3 PATs and BC missed 1 PAT and that was the difference!  

            Scoring: Brady Wegh scored 4 TDs on 39 yd., 25 yd., 1 yd. and 80 yd. runs.  Hunter Crist scored on a 34 yd. pass from Brady Wegh and on a 12 yd. run.  Cody Perkins scored on a 28 yd. pass from Brady Wegh.  Cody Perkins (2) and Hunter Crist scored PATs on passes from Brady Wegh.  Hunter Crist added a PAT on a run.  Rushing: Brady Wegh 28-273 yds., Josh Wallace 4-28 yds., Hunter Crist 5-21 yds. and Aaron Roth 1-(-2) yds.  Passing: Brady Wegh 20-30-1 for 317 yds.  Receiving: Hunter Crist 11-193 yds., Cody Perkins 6-98 yds., Cade Blickensderfer 2-19 yds. and Aaron Roth 1-7 yds. 

            The Wildfire had 637 total yds. and Bowman County had 361 yds.

            The defense was led by Hunter Crist with 16 tackles, 1 assist, caused 2 fumbles, recovered a fumble and had an interception.  Rayce Kovar had 5 tackles, 6 assists and recovered 2 fumbles.  Brady Wegh had 9 tackles.  Ted Mayer had 6 tackles, 3 assists and a QB sack.  Dalton Miller had 3 tackles and 3 assists.  Jonah Candrian had 3 tackles and 2 assists.

            Injury report: Hunter Koepplin tore an ACL, Josh Wallace sprained an ankle and Aaron Roth pulled a hamstring!

                                                Wildfire finish 5th in Region 5 with a 2-4 record.

            Brady Wegh led the team in rushing with 968 yds. on 113 carries.  Josh Wallace was a close 2nd with 945 yds. on 127 carries.  Hunter Crist rushed 25 times for 140 yds.           
            Hunter Crist led the team in receiving with 506 yds. on 26 receptions.  Cody Perkins had 9 rec. for 166 yds. and Aaron Roth had 13 rec. for 106 yds. 

            Brady Wegh led the team in passing 45-78-1 for 760 yds. with 8 TDs.

            Josh Wallace led the team in scoring with 94 points on 12 TDs and 11 PATs.  Brady Wegh scored 88 points on 14 TDs and 2 PATs.  Hunter Crist scored 54 points with 8 TDs and 3 PATs.

            Josh Wallace led the defense on points scored with 166.  Josh led the team with 62 tackles, 4 QB sacks and 2 interceptions.  Other top point getters on defense were Hunter Crist (146), Aaron Roth (113), Ted Mayer (87), Hunter Koepplin (86), Dalton Miller (60) and Brady Wegh (58).  Hunter Koepplin led the team in assists with 29.  Hunter Crist led the team in fumbles caused with 3.  Aaron Roth had the most fumble recoveries with 4 ½.  Hunter Crist and Aaron Roth each knocked down 2 passes.                 

            Named to the All-Region 5 Team 1st Team were Josh Wallace at RB, Brady Wegh at QB and Hunter Crist at WR.  Named to the All-Region 5 2nd Team were Cody Perkins at WR, Hunter Koepplin at DL and Aaron Roth at DB. 

            The All-WRC picks were Brady Wegh, Josh Wallace, Hunter Crist and Hunter Koepplin.  Honorable Mention WRC honors went to Aaron Roth, Ted Mayer and Cody Perkins.

            Wildfire MVP-Offense players were Brady Wegh and Josh Wallace.  MVP-Defense players named were Josh Wallace and Hunter Crist.  Most Improved players were Cade Blickensderfer and Ted Mayer.  MVP-Linemen awards went to David Steinke and Dalton Miller.  MVP-Special Teams went to Josh Wallace and Hunter Crist.  MVP-Scout Team awards went to Rayce Kovar and Austin Belile.

            Brady Wegh was named Region 5 Back of the Year.

            Josh Wallace was named to the All-State 2nd Team.                             Brady Wegh played in the Shrine Bowl.

            Senior members of the 2016 team were Brady Wegh, David Steinke, Dylan Ambers and Cade Blickensderfer. Juniors on the team included Joey Friedt, Hunter Crist, Aaron Roth, Devin Kouba, Hunter Koepplin, Josh Wallace, Dalton Miller and Jonah Candrian.  Sophomores included Cody Perkins, Isaac Frey, Ted Mayer and Austin Belile.  Freshmen on the team were Rayce Kovar and Erick Klein.  

            Assistant coaches were Nathan Swindler and Jody Messmer

2017    6-4       Coaches Benson and Zachmann

            This was the first year of the co-op with New England. This was a very joyful partnership that I hope gets better and stronger every year.  Thanks to the Adminstration from both schools and a special thanks to all the parents.

            Mott/Regent/New England defeated Tioga 66-6.  The Wildfire led 56-0 at the half.  Scoring: Gabe Sorenson scored the first TD by a New England player on a 78 yd. run.  Josh Wallace scored 4 TDs on 28 yd., 19 yd., 2 yd., and 46 yd. runs.  Ted Mayer scored on a 21 yd. interception return.  Cody Perkins scored on a 30 yd. run and Zach Madler scored on a 30 yd. fumble recovery.  Josh Wallace, Hunter Crist and Denit Sorenson scored PATs on runs.  Hunter Crist and Cody Perkins each scored a PAT on passes from Tanner Zentner.  Tate Nordby caught a pass from Hunter Crist for a PAT.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 7-133 yds., Gabe Sorenson 1-78 yds., Hunter Crist 3-53 yds., Sam Huether 8-35 yds., Jaxon Hewson 2-8 yds., Jake Wolf 2-0 yds. and Isaac Frey 2-(-2) yds.  Passing: Josh Wallace 1-1-0 to 38 yds.  Receiving: Cody Perkins 1-38 yds.

            The defense was led by Zach Madler with 5 tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery for a TD.  Josh Wallace had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Hunter Crist had 5 tackles and knocked down a pass.  Bobby Prince had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Ted Mayer had 3 tackles and an interception for a TD.  Jaxon Hewson knocked down 2 passes and Isaac Frey 1.
            New Salem/Glen Ullin defeated Mott/Regent/New England 28-6.  NS/GU led 20-6 at the half.  Scoring: Josh Wallace scored on a 29 yd. run.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 27-70 yds., Hunter Koepplin 1-13 yds., Hunter Crist 2-2 yds. and Tanner Zentner 1-(-7) yds.  Passing: Josh Wallace 4-11-1 for 44 yds. and Tanner Zentner 1-2-1 for 0 yds.  Receiving: Cody Perkins 2-31 yds., Aaron Roth 2-13 yds. and Josh Wallace 1-0 yds.  Marquis Erickson gets injured and is out 3-4 weeks.

            The defense was led by Gabe Sorenson with 10 tackles and 4 assists.  Josh Wallace had 7 tackles, 5 assists and knocked down a pass.  Tate Nordby had 6 tackles and 4 assists.  Aaron Roth had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Tanner Zentner had 4 tackles, an interception and knocked down a pass.  Hunter Crist had 5 tackles and 1 assist.  Ted Mayer had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Denit Sorenson had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Cody Perkins had 4 tackles.

            Shiloh defeated Mott/Regent/New England 44-12.  Shiloh led 38-12 at the half.  Scoring: Josh Wallace scored on 3 yd. and 2 yd. runs.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 16-45 yds., Hunter Koepplin 4-10 yds., Aaron Roth 1-1 yd. and Gabe Sorenson 3-(-2) yds.  Passing: Josh Wallace 11-23-0 for 231 yds.  Receiving: Gabe Sorenson 2-82 yds., Cody Perkins 2-74 yds., Tate Nordby 4-63 yds. and Aaron Roth 3-12 yds.

            The defense was led by Josh Wallace with 9 tackles and 3 assists.  Denit Sorenson had 6 tackles and 3 assists.  Hunter Koepplin had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Aaron Roth had 4 tackles and 5 assists.  Tate Norby had 4 tackles and 4 assists.  Gabe Sorenson had 3 tackles and 4 assists.  Cody Perkins had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Logan Wolf had 3 tackles and 3 assists.  Ted Mayer had 3 tackles.

          Mott/Regent/New England defeated Richardton/Taylor/Hebron 48-12. The Wildfire led 40-0 at the half.  Scoring: Josh Wallace scored 3 TDs on 54 yd., 26 yd. and 28 yd. runs.  Tanner Zentner scored on an 18 yd. pass from Josh Wallace.  Cody Perkins scored on a 52 yd. pass from Josh Wallace and on a 50 yd. interception return.  Hunter Crist scored on a 5 yd. run.  Josh Wallace scored 2 PATs on runs and Cody Perkins scored a PAT on a pass from Josh Wallace.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 13-168 yds., Hunter Crist 7-72 yds., Gabe Sorenson 2-22 yds., Sam Huether 3-(-3) yds. and Asad Watson-Buffalo 5-(-13) yds.  Passing: Josh Wallace 4-5-0 for 115 yds.  Receiving: Cody Perkins 1-52 yds., Tate Nordby 1-41 yds. and Tanner Zentner 2-22 yds.

            The defense was led by Aaron Roth with 6 tackles and 6 assists. Josh Wallace had 4 tackles, 3 assists and an interception.  Hunter Koepplin had 1 tackle, 3 QB sacks, caused a fumble and knocked down a pass.  Denit Sorenson had 3 tackles, 2 assists, a QB sack and a fumble recovery.  Hunter Crist had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Tate Nordby had 5 tackles.  Logan Wolf had 5 tackles. Gabe Sorenson had 2 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down a pass.  Ted Mayer had 2 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down a pass.  Michael Frank had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Bobby Prince had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Tanner Zentner had 4 tackles.  Jaxon Hewson had 3 tackles and 1 assist.  Joey Friedt had 3 tackles.  Asad Watson-Buffalo knocked down a pass and Cody Perkins had 2 interceptions.

            Mott/Regent/New England defeated Hettinger/Scranton 34-0.  The Wildfire led 20-0 at the half.  Josh Wallace scored 3 TDs on 9 yd., 23 yd. and 5 yd. runs.  Hunter Crist scored on a 52 yd. run and Tanner Zentner scored on a 3 yd. run.  Josh Wallace scored a PAT on a run and Aaron Roth scored a PAT on a pass from Tanner Zentner.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 25-178 yds., Hunter Crist 12-124 yds., Tanner Zentner 6-27 yds. and Aaron Roth 1-11 yds.  Passing: Tanner Zentner 2-3-0 for 4 yds.  Receiving: Aaron Roth 1-4 yds. and Hunter Crist 1-0 yds. The Wildfire had 355 total yds. and H/S had only 37 total yds.

            The defense was led by Denit Sorenson with 7 tackles and 6 assists.  Josh Wallace had 7 tackles and 1 assist.  Hunter Koepplin had 5 tackles and 5 assists.  Hunter Crist had 2 tackles, 2 assists, 2 QB sacks and recovered a fumble.  Gabe Sorenson had 2 tackles and 5 assists.  Aaron Roth had 3 tackles and 3 assists.  Tanner Zentner had 2 tackles, 1 assist, an interception and knocked down a pass.

            Beach defeated Mott/Regent/New England 38-30.  Beach led 24-8 at the half. Hunter Koepplin went down early with another knee injury. This is one game that got away from us. Scoring:  Tanner Zentner scored 3 TDs on 1 yd. and 18 yd. runs and on a 23 yd. pass from Josh Wallace.  Josh Wallace scored a PAT on a pass from Tanner Zentner.  Cody Perkins and Tanner each scored a PAT on passes from Josh Wallace.  Rushing:  Josh Wallace 26-174 yds., Hunter Crist 6-82 yds., Tanner Zentner 8-43 yds. and Tate Nordby 1-3 yds.  Passing: Tanner Zentner 2-4-1 for 102 yds. and Josh Wallace 4-7-1 for 72 yds.  Receiving: Cody Perkins 2-56 yds., Tate Nordby 1-53 yds., Hunter Crist 1-32 yds., Tanner Zentner 1-23 yds. and Aaron Roth 1-10 yds.

            The defense was led by Hunter Crist with 8 tackles, 2 assists, caused and recovered a fumble and blocked a punt.  Josh Wallace had 9 tackles and 2 assists.  Aaron Roth had 7 tackles and 5 assists.  Zach Madler had 6 tackles and 6 assists.  Tanner Zentner had 5 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down 2 passes.  Dalton Miller had 6 tackles, 2 assists and caused a fumble.  Tate Nordby had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Ted Mayer had 3 tackles and 6 assists.  Logan Wolf had 7 assists.  Denit Sorenson had 3 tackles and 1 assist.

            Mott/Regent/New England defeated Central McLean 44-6.  The Wildfire led 38-0 at the half.  Scoring: Hunter Crist scored 3 TDs on a 48 yd. pass from Josh Wallace and on 7 yd. and 46 yd. runs.  Tate Nordby scored on a 13 yd. pass from Josh Wallace.  Tanner Zentner scored on a 5 yd. run.  Cody Perkins scored on a 23 yd. pass from Josh Wallace.  Josh Wallace ran in a PAT.  Hunter Crist scored a PAT on a pass from Tanner Zentner and Cody Perkins and Tanner Zentner scored PATs on passes from Josh Wallace.  Rushing: Hunter Crist 8-124 yds., Josh Wallace 16-98 yds., Jaxon Hewson 12-84 yds., Gabe Sorenson 2-34 yds., Tanner Zentner 4-13 yds., Jake Wolf 1-0 yds. and Aaron Roth 1-(-6) yds.  Passing: Josh Wallace 4-11-1 for 86 yds.  Receiving: Hunter Crist 1-48 yds., Cody Perkins 1-23 yds., Tate Nordby 1-13 yds. and Aaron Roth 1-2 yds.  The Wildfire had 437 total yds. and CM 103 total yds.

            The defense was led by Hunter Crist with 5 tackles, 2 assists, a QB sack and a fumble recovery.  John Wolf had 3 tackles, 7 assists and a fumble recovery.  Josh Wallace had 5 tackles, 2 assists and an interception.  Jake Wolf had 4 tackles and 5 assists.  Rayce Kovar had 4 tackles and 5 assists.  Denit Sorenson had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Jaxon Hewson had 3 tackles and 1 assist.  Bobby Prince had 3 tackles and 1 assist.  Tanner Zentner had an interception and Marquis Erickson had 2 QB sacks. 
           
            Gabe Sorenson suffers a broken collar bone and is lost for the rest of the season.

            Mott/Regent/New England defeated Grant County/Flasher 50-22. The Wildfire led 38-0 at the half.  Scoring:  Hunter Crist scored 3 TDs on 42 yd. and 24 yd. runs and on a 39 yd. pass from Josh Wallace.  Tanner Zentner scored on a 48 yd. run.  Tate Nordby scored on a 34 yd. pass from Josh Wallace.  Aaron Roth scored on a 12 yd. pass from Josh Wallace and Cody Perkins scored on a 11 yd. pass from Josh Wallace.  Josh Wallace scored 3 PATs on runs and Tanner Zentner scored a PAT on a pass from Josh Wallace.  Rushing: Josh Wallace 20-129 yds., Hunter Crist 10-111 yds., Jaxon Hewson 7-57 yds., Tanner Zentner 2-42 yds. and Asad Watson-Buffalo 3-10 yds.  Passing: Josh Wallace 6-7-0 for 123 yds.  Receiving: Hunter Crist 2-62 yds., Tate Nordby 1-34 yds., Aaron Roth 1-12 yds., Cody Perkins 1-11 yds. and Tanner Zentner 1-5 yds. The Wildfire had 472 total yds. to GC/F’s 214 total yds. 

            Aaron Roth suffers a pulled muscle and will have to sit out 1st Round of Playoffs.

            The defense was led by Josh Wallace with 7 tackles, 4 assists and a QB sack.  Hunter Crist had 6 tackles and 3 assists.  Denit Sorenson had 4 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass.  John Wolf had 3 tackles, 1 assist and a QB sack.  Jaxon Hewson had 2 tackles, 3 assists and a fumble recovery.  Tate Nordby had 3 tackles and 1 assist.  Tanner Zentner and Cody Perkins each knocked down a pass.   
         
                                                        The Wildfire finish 4th in Region 5 with a 4-3 record.

PLAYOFFS
1st Round            
            Mott/Regent/New England defeated Ray/Powers Lake 38-32. The Wildfire led 24-21 at the half.
Scoring:
M/R/NE          8          16        6          8         
Ray/PL           9          12        3          8         

R/PL-Terek Enget 7 yd. run; PAT-Kick failed
M/R/NE-Josh Wallace 44 yd. run; PAT-Josh Wallace run
R/PL-A 37 yd. Field Goal
M/R/NE-Josh Wallace 6 yd. run; PAT-Tanner Zentner pass from Josh Wallace
M/R/NE-Josh Wallace 36 yd. run; PAT-Tanner Zentner pass from Josh Wallace
R/PL-Brock Viall 1 yd. run; PAT-Kick failed
R/PL-Derek Hale 16 yd. pass from Noah Fredrickson; PAT-Pass failed
R/PL-A 15 yd. Field Goal
M/R/NE-Josh Wallace 55 yd. KOR; PAT-Run failed
M/R/NE-Cody Perkins 21 yd. pass from Josh Wallace; PAT-Jaxon Hewson pass from Josh Wallace
R/PL-Kyle VanBerkom 1 yd. pass from Noah Fredrickson; PAT-Terek Enget run  
                    
            Rushing: Josh Wallace 27-212 yds. and Hunter Crist 10-59 yds.  Passing: Josh Wallace 5-6-0 for 151 yds.  Receiving: Cody Perkins 3-120 yds., Tanner Zentner 1-18 yds. and Hunter Crist 1-13 yds.  
                                            Team Totals    
                           
                                      M/R/NE            R/PL

1st Downs                           12                15
Rushing                           37-271         35-137
Passing                             5-6-0         17-23-0
Passing Yds.                       151              266
Total Yds.                         43-422         48-403
F/L                                      5/2              2/2
Penalties                           12-64            7-40               

            The defense was led by Tate Nordby with 12 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down a pass.  Josh Wallace had 12 tackles and 2 assists.  Hunter Crist had 6 tackles, 3 assists, blocked 2 PAT kicks, knocked down a pass and caused a fumble.  Denit Sorenson had 6 tackles and 2 assists.  Cody Perkins had 3 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down 2 passes.  Jaxon Hewson had 5 tackles, 1 assist and a fumble recovery.  Logan Wolf had 4 tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery.  Michael Frank had 3 tackles and 1 assist.  Tanner Zentner has a knocked down pass and Marquis Erickson caused a fumble.   
         
            Tanner Zentner has a severe migraine and will not play next week.
 
2nd Round
            North Prairie defeated Mott/Regent/New England 64-62.

            The Wildfire practiced on Friday in Washburn. Josh Wallace breaks his thumb at practice because he just can’t slow down.  Wildfire stayed in Minot and enjoyed game highlights and some great food.  Thanks to all the moms that packed us snacks.  The boys played a great game.  We came so close! What a great season! 

Scoring:
M/R/NE         16        14        16        16
NP                12        20        18        14

NP-Xavier Mitchel 57 yd. pass from Austin Soukup; PAT-Run failed
M/R/NE-Hunter Crist 3 yd. run; PAT-Hunter Crist run
NP-Austin Soukup 1 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed
M/R/NE-Josh Wallace 1 yd. run; PAT-Josh Wallace run
NP-Austin Soukup 9 yd. run; PAT-Gabe Leonard pass from Austin Soukup
M/R/NE-Josh Wallace 6 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed
NP-Grant Munro 69 yd. KOR; PAT-Pass failed
M/R/NE-Cody Perkins 14 yd. pass from Josh Wallace; PAT-Josh Wallace run
NP-Gabe Leonard 70 yd. pass from Austin Soukup; PAT-Pass failed
NP-Grant Munro 40 yd. run; PAT-Run failed
NP-Gabe Leonard 52 yd. pass from Austin Soukup; PAT-Run failed
M/R/NE-Josh Wallace 7 yd. run; PAT-Hunter Crist pass from Josh Wallace
M/R/NE-Josh Wallace 11 yd. run; PAT-Cody Perkins pass from Josh Wallace
NP-Austin Soukup 54 yd. run; PAT-Pass failed
NP-Austin Soukup 21 yd. run; PAT-Gabe Leonard run
M/R/NE-Josh Wallace 63 yd. run; PAT-Cody Perkins pass from Josh Wallace
M/R/NE-Josh Wallace 30 yd. run; PAT-Aaron Roth pass from Josh Wallace
NP-Austin Soukup 30 yd. pass from Gabe Leonard; PAT-Run failed                            
           
            Rushing: Josh Wallace 30-360 yds., Hunter Crist 8-54 yds., Jaxon Hewson 3-50 yds.  Passing: Josh Wallace 10-21-1 for 187 yds.  Receiving: Hunter Crist 3-56 yds., Cody Perkins 3-52 yds., Aaron Roth 2-52 yds. and Tate Nordby 2-27 yds.
                                        
                                       Team Totals  
                   
                                  M/R/NE              NP
1st Downs                     26                   15
Rushing                     41-464             46-261
Passing                     10-22-1            10-16-1
Passing Yds.                 187                 233
Total Yds.                   63-651             62-494
F/L                               7/5                  4/1
Penalties                      6-65                6-60      
TO -4
            The defense was led by Hunter Crist with 18 tackles, 3 assists and an interception.  Josh Wallace had 10 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass.  Aaron Roth had 7 tackles and 4 assists.  Ted Mayer had 6 tackles and 2 assists.  Cody Perkins had 3 tackles, 2 assists, knocked down 2 passes and caused a fumble.  Logan Wolf had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Denit Sorenson had 2 tackles and 5 assists.  Tate Nordby had 3 tackles, 1 assist and a fumble recovery.

            Josh Wallace led the team in rushing on 207 carries for 1567 yds.  Hunter Crist had 66 carries for 681 yds., Jaxon Hewson had 24 carries for 199 yds., Gabe Sorenson had 8 carries for 134 yds. and Tanner Zentner had 22 carries for 119 yds.
           
            Cody Perkins led the team in receiving with 16 receptions for 458 yds.  Tate Nordby had 10 receptions for 231 yds., Hunter Crist had 9 receptions for 210 yds. and Aaron Roth had 11 receptions for 105 yds.
            Josh Wallace led the team in passing 49-96-4 for 1047 yds. and 13 TDs and Tanner Zentner was 5-10-2 for 106 yds.
           
            Josh Wallace led the team in scoring with 162 points with 23 TDs and 12 PATs.  Hunter Crist scored 76 points with 12 TDs and 5 PATs.  Cody Perkins scored 54 points with 7 TDs and 6 PATs.  Tanner Zentner scored 52 points with 7 TDs and 5 PATs.
           
            Josh Wallace led the defense with 187 points and had the most tackles with 75.  Other top point getters on defense were Hunter Crist (165), Denit Sorenson (115), Tate Nordby (113), Aaron Roth (98), Hunter Koepplin (66), Gabe Sorenson (66), Tanner Zentner (66), Cody Zentner (62), Ted Mayer (61), Logan Wolf (58) and Jaxon Hewson (51).  Denit Sorenson led the team with 29 assists followed by Aaron Roth with 28 and Josh Wallace with 27.  Hunter Koepplin and Hunter Crist had the most QB sacks with 3 each.  Hunter Crist led the team in causing fumbles with 3.  Hunter Crist and Jaxon Hewson led the team in fumble recoveries with 2 each.  Tanner Zentner led the team in interceptions with 3.  Aaron Roth and Josh Wallace each had 2 interceptions.  Hunter Crist blocked a punt and 2 PATs.  Tanner Zentner knocked down the most passes with 6 followed by Cody Perkins with 5.

            Named to the All-Region 5 Team 1st Team were Josh Wallace at RB, Denit Sorenson at OL, Cody Perkins at WR, Hunter Crist at LB and Tanner Zentner at DB.  Named to the All-Region 5 2nd Team were Tate Nordby at WR, Hunter Koepplin at DL and Aaron Roth at DB. Josh Wallace was named Region 5 Back of the Year.
           
            The All-WRC picks were Denit Sorenson, Josh Wallace, Hunter Crist and Hunter Koepplin.  Honorable Mention WRC honors went to Tate Nordby, Dalton Miller and Cody Perkins.
           
            Wildfire MVP-Offense player-Josh Wallace.  MVP-Defense player-Josh Wallace.  Most Improved players were Michael Frank and Jaxon Hewson.  MVP-Linemen awards went to Denit Sorenson and Hunter Koepplin.  MVP-Special Teams went to Denit Sorenson.  MVP-Scout Team awards went to Rayce Kovar and Asad Watson-Buffalo.
           
            Other awards included-MVP WR-Tanner Zentner and Cody Perkins, MVP RB-Hunter Crist, MVP QB-Josh Wallace, MVP TE-Tate Nordby, MVP LB-Josh Wallace, MVP DB-Aaron Roth, WILDFIRE AWARD-Hunter Koepplin, Toughness Award-Josh Wallace, MVP JV Offense-Jaxon Hewson, MVP JV Defense-Logan Wolf, Most Promising Underclassman-Gabe Sorenson.

            Named to the All-State 1st Team was Josh Wallace at Linebacker.            
            Hunter Crist, Josh Wallace and Hunter Koepplin played in the Shrine Bowl.
            Josh Wallace is headed for Indiana Wesleyan and Hunter Koepplin to DSU to give football a try. Update: Josh sustains knee injury in fall camp.

            Senior members of the 2017 Mott/Regent/New England football team were Hunter Crist, Levi Schmolke, Aaron Roth, Devin Kouba, Hunter Koepplin, Tanner Zentner, Josh Wallace, John Wolf, Marquis Erickson, Dalton Miller, Jonah Candrian, Denit Sorenson and Joey Friedt.  Junior members included Nicolo’ Vian, Ted Mayer, Asad Watson-Buffalo, Tate Nordby, Isaac Frey, Zach Madler and Cody Perkins.  Sophomores on the team include Jake Wolf, Chase Dhamers, Michael Frank, Logan Wolf, Jaxon Hewson, Gabe Sorenson, Bobby Prince, Rayce Kovar and Erick Klein.  Freshmen were Sam Huether, Logan Lutz, Stetson Urlacher and Kaden Auch.
           
            Assistant coaches were Nathan Swindler, Jody Messmer and Taylor Zentner.

2018    1-7       Coach Zachmann

            Mott/Regent/New England defeated Tioga 36-0.  The Wildfire led 22-0 at the half.  Scoring: Isaac Frey scored on a 1 yd. run.  Logan Wolf scored on a 21 yd. pass from Isaac Frey.  Tate Nordby scored on a 3 yd. run.  Asad Watson-Buffalo scored on a 32 yd. pass from Isaac Frey and Cody Perkins scored on a 22 yd. pass from Isaac Frey.  Cody Perkins (2) and Jake Wolf scored PATs on passes from Isaac Frey.  Rushing: Tate Nordby 25-121 yds., Jake Wolf 5-39 yds., Jaxon Hewson 6-28 yds., Isaac Frey 4-10 yds. and Cody Perkins 1-8 yds.  Passing: Isaac Frey 10-15-0 for 172 yds.  Receiving: Cody Perkins 4-62 yds., Asad Watson-Buffalo 1-32 yds., Tate Nordby 1-32 yds., Logan Wolf 1-21 yds., Ted Mayer 1-20 yds., Jake Wolf 1-3 yds. and Jaxon Hewson 1-2 yds.

            The defense was led by Logan Wolf with 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Tate Nordby had 4 tackles and 4 assists.  Cody Perkins had 2 tackles, 4 assists and knocked down a pass.  Jake Wolf had 2 tackles, 2 assists, a fumble recovery and knocked down a pass.  Bobby Prince had 2 tackles and 3 assists.  Michael Frank had 2 tackles and 2 assists.  Sam Huether and Rayce Kovar each had 3 tackles.  Asad Watson-Buffalo recovered a fumble.   
                                            
            New Salem/Glen Ullin defeated Mott/Regent/New England 62-12.  NS/GU led 48-6 at the half.  Scoring:  Tate Nordby scored on an 84 yd. KOR and Jaxon Hewson scored on a 34 yd. pass from Sam Huether.  Rushing: Jaxon Hewson 4-8 yds., Jake Wolf 2-7 yds., Tate Nordby 12-7 yds., Sam Huether 5-(-1) yd., Cody Perkins 1-(-6) yds. and Isaac Frey 5-(-23) yds.  Passing: Isaac Frey 6-11-0 for 100 yds., Sam Huether 2-5-1 for 79 yds. and Cody Perkins 1-3-0 for 0 yds.  Receiving:  Cody Perkins 4-115 yds.  Jaxon Hewson 1-34 yds., Asad Watson-Buffalo 1-24 yds., Jake Wolf 2-6 yds. and Ted Mayer 1-0 yds.

            The defense was led by Sam Huether with 4 tackles and 7 assists.  Logan Wolf had 5 tackles and 4 assists.  Tate Nordby had 6 tackles.  Michael Frank had 3 tackles, 2 assists and a fumble recovery.  Cody Perkins had 5 tackles.  Asad Watson-Buffalo had 2 tackles, an interception and knocked down a pass.  Rayce Kovar had 2 tackles, 1 assist and blocked a PAT kick.  Zach Madler had 1 tackle, 3 assists and a QB sack.

            Shiloh defeated Mott/Regent/New England 40-12.  Shiloh led 32-6 at the half.  Scoring: Cody Perkins scored 2 TDs on 19 yd. and 45 yd. passes from Isaac Frey.  Rushing: Tate Nordby 14-23 yds., Sam Huether 4-10 yds., Nathan Kaufman 2-4 yds., Isaac Frey 2-0 yds. and Asad Watson-Buffalo 1-(-1) yd.  Passing: Isaac Frey 10-27-4 for 181 yds.  Receiving: Cody Perkins 5-116 yds., Asad Watson-Buffalo 2-23 yds., Sam Huether 1-29 yds. and Tate Nordby 2-13 yds.

            The defense was led by Rayce Kovar with 8 tackles and 6 assists.  Tate Nordby had 5 tackles, 4 assists and knocked down a pass.  Sam Huether had 4 tackles and 6 assists.  Ted Mayer had 6 tackles and 1 assist.  Michael Frank had 3 tackles, 1 assist, a fumble recovery and an interception.  Zach Madler had 5 tackles and 1 assist.  Cody Perkins had 3 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass.  Bobby Prince had 3 tackles, 1 assist and a fumble recovery.  Stetson Urlacher caused a fumble and Nathan Kaufman had an interception.

            Richardton/Taylor/Hebron defeated Mott/Regent/New England 40-22.  RTH led 24-0 at the half.  Scoring: Tate Nordby scored on a 16 yd. pass from Isaac Frey.  Cody Perkins scored on a 53 yd. pass from Tate Nordby and on a 61 yd. pass from Isaac Frey.  Cody Perkins scored 2 PATs on passes from Isaac Frey.  Rushing: Tate Nordby 18-52 yds., Isaac Frey 21-49 yds. and Sam Huether 2-2 yds.  Passing: Isaac Frey 11-25-1 for 195 yds. and Tate Nordby 1-1-0 for 53 yds.  Receiving: Cody Perkins 4-138 yds., Tate Nordby 5-77 yds., Asad Watson-Buffalo 2-29 yds. and Sam Huether 1-4 yds.

            The defense was led by Tate Nordby with 14 tackles and 3 assists.  Sam Huether had 6 tackles and 7 assists.  Cody Perkins had 9 tackles.  Rayce Kovar had 3 tackles and 7 assists.  Ted Mayer had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Michael Frank had 4 tackles.  Zach Madler had 1 tackle and 6 assists.  Bobby Prince had 3 tackles.  Asad Watson-Buffalo knocked down a pass.

            Hettinger/Scranton defeated Mott/Regent/New England 24-20.  H/S led 8-0 at the half.  Scoring: Sam Huether scored on a 1 yd. run.  Tate Nordby scored on a 14 yd. run and Isaac Frey scored on a 2 yd. run.  Sam Huether scored a PAT on a run.  Rushing: Tate Nordby 29-153 yds., Isaac Frey 13-88 yds., Sam Huether 12-52 yds. and Jake Wolf 1-6 yds.  Passing: Isaac Frey 8-14-2 for 101 yds.  Receiving: Cody Perkins 6-87 yds., Sam Huether 1-11 yds. and Asad Watson-Buffalo 1-3 yds.  The Wildfire had 70 plays for 389 yds. and H/S had 44 plays for 358 yds. The Wildfire had 3 more turnovers than H/S.

            The defense was led by Rayce Kovar with 7 tackles, 2 assists and caused a fumble.  Ted Mayer had 7 tackles and 2 assists.  Sam Huether had 4 tackles and 6 assists.  Cody Perkins had 5 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down a pass.  Bobby Prince had 2 tackles, 4 assists and caused a fumble.  Asad Watson-Buffalo had 3 tackles, 1 assist and recovered a fumble.  Jake Wolf had 3 tackles.  Zach Madler had 1 tackle and 3 assists.

            Beach defeated Mott/Regent/New England 42-26.  Beach scored the first 3 TDs and the Wildfire fought back.  Beach led 28-12 at the half and 36-26 at the end of the 3rd period.  Scoring: Tate Nordby scored 3 TDs on 16 yd. and 51 yd. passes from Isaac Frey and on a 2 yd. run.  Isaac Frey scored on a 29 yd. run.  Tate Nordby scored a PAT on a pass from Isaac Frey.  Rushing: Isaac Frey 21-118 yds., Sam Huether 11-79 yds. and Tate Nordby 2-6 yds.  Passing: Isaac Frey 6-14-1 for 136 yds. and Cody Perkins 1-1-0 for 17 yds.  Receiving: Tate Nordby 3-80 yds., Cody Perkins 2-32 yds., Michael Frank 1-24 yds. and Isaac Frey 1-17 yds.            

            The defense was led by Sam Huether with 11 tackles, 8 assists and caused 2 fumbles.  Tate Nordby had 12 tackles and 2 assists.  Rayce Kovar had 7 tackles and 7 assists.  Cody Perkins had 6 tackles, 3 assists and caused a fumble.  Isaac Frey had 4 tackles and 7 assists.  Ted Mayer had 4 tackles, 3 assists and a fumble recovery.  Zach Madler had 4 tackles and 5 assists.  Michael Frank had 6 tackles.  Asad Watson-Buffalo had 3 tackles. Asad Watson-Buffalo was named the Homecoming King!!

            Central McLean defeated Mott/Regent/New England 44-22.  CM led 36-14 at the half.  Scoring: Tate Nordby scored 2 TDs on a 5 yd. run and a 51 yd. pass from Isaac Frey.  Isaac Frey scored on a 19 yd. run.  Cody Perkins scored 2 PATs on a run and on a pass from Isaac Frey.  Rushing: Isaac Frey 18-120 yds., Sam Huether 4-18 yds., Tate Nordby 4-7 yds., Cody Perkins 1-3 yds. and Nathan Kaufman 1-(-5) yds.  Passing: Isaac Frey 8-18-2 for 145 yds.  Receiving: Tate Nordby 4-80 yds. and Cody Perkins 4-45 yds.

            The defense was led by Tate Nordby with 9 tackles, 4 assists and knocked down a pass.  Sam Huether had 8 tackles and 6 assists.  Ted Mayer had 6 tackles and 4 assists.  Cody Perkins had 3 tackles, 1 assist, an interception and a fumble recovery.  Isaac Frey had 3 tackles and 5 assists.  Jake Wolf had 4 tackles and 1 assist.  Zach Madler had 2 tackles and 4 assists.  Asad Watson-Buffalo had a fumble recovery.

            Grant County/Flasher defeated Mott/Regent/New England 18-0.  GC/F led 18-0 at the half.  Rushing: Sam Huether 14-69 yds., Tate Nordby 14-47 yds., Isaac Frey 6-3 yds. and Asad Watson-Buffalo 1-(-7) yds.  Passing: Tate Nordby 1-5-2 for 29 yds. and Sam Huether 2-7-0 for 2 yds.  Receiving: Cody Perkins 2-30 yds. and Tate Nordby 1-1 yd.

            The defense was led by Tate Nordby with 13 tackles, 3 assists, caused a fumble and knocked down a pass.  Cody Perkins had 9 tackles, 5 assists, recovered a fumble and knocked down a pass.  Sam Huether had 3 tackles, 5 assists, a QB sack and a fumble recovery.  Ted Mayer had 7 tackles and 1 assist.  Rayce Kovar had 3 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down a pass.  Jake Wolf caused a fumble.

            For the season, Isaac Frey led the team in rushing with 90 carries for 365 yds.  Tate Nordby had 118 carries for 316 yds. and Sam Huether had 52 carries for 229 yds.

            Cody Perkins led the receivers with 31 catches for 615 yds.  Tate Nordby caught 16 passes for 283 yds. and Asad Watson-Buffalo caught 7 passes for 111 yds.             Isaac Frey was 59-135-10 for 1030 yds. and 10 TDs.            

            Tate Nordby led the team in scoring with 56 points on 9 TDs and 1 PAT.  Cody Perkins scored 42 points on 5 TDs and 6 PATs.  Isaac Frey scored 24 points on 4 TDs.

            Tate Nordby led the team in defensive points with 158.  Tate also led the team with 65 tackles.  Other top point getters on defense included Sam Huether (139), Cody Perkins (116), Rayce Kovar (100), Ted Mayer (94), Michael Frank (66) and Zach Madler (56).  Sam Huether led the team in assists with 45.  Sam Huether and Zach Madler each had a QB sack.  Sam Huether caused the most fumbles with 2.  Asad Watson-Buffalo led the team in fumble recoveries with 3 followed by Cody Perkins and Michael Frank each with 2.  Cody Perkins, Michael Frank, Asad Watson-Buffalo and Nathan Kaufman each had an interception.  Cody Perkins led the team in knocked down passes with 4 and Tate Nordby had 3.

            Named to the All-Region 5 Team 1st Team were Tate Nordby, Isaac Frey and Cody Perkins.  Named to the All-Region 5 Honorable Mention Team were Zach Madler, Rayce Kovar and Sam Huether.

            Wildfire MVP Offensive player-Cody Perkins.  MVP Defensive player-Tate Nordby.  Most Improved player was Michael Frank.  MVP Offensive Lineman-Zach Madler and MVP Defensive Lineman-Rayce Kovar.  MVP Special Teams player-Robert Prince.  MVP Offensive Scout player-Nathan Kaufman and MVP Defensive Scout player-Zach Jalbert.

            Other awards included-MVP WR-Cody Perkins, MVP RB-Tate Nordby, MVP QB-Isaac Frey, MVP TE-Teddy Mayer, MVP LB-Sam Huether, MVP DB-Asad Watson-Buffalo, WILDFIRE AWARD-Tate Nordby, Toughness Award-Jake Wolf, Most Promising Underclassman-Stetson Urlacher and Best Teammate-Austin Belile.

            Senior members of the 2018 team include Tate Nordby, Isaac Frey, Austin Belile, Asad Watson-Buffalo, Zach Madler, Cody Perkins and Ted Mayer.  Juniors on the team were Jake Wolf, Chase Dhamers, Michael Frank, Jaxon Hewson, Boedy Schenbeck, Logan Wolf, Bobby Prince, Rayce Kovar and Erick Klein.  Sophomores included Sam Huether, Stetson Urlacher and Kaden Auch.  Freshmen were Nathan Kaufman, Levi Wegh, Joe Geerts, Avery Frank, Zach Jalbert and Michael Bollschweiler.            

            Assistant coaches were Nathan Swindler, Matt Dobitz and Taylor Zentner.            

2019    2-7       Coach Zachmann

            Lemmon-McIntosh Cowboys defeated Mott/Regent-New England 52 to 14.  The Cowboys led 38 to 8 at the half.  Jaxon Hewson scored on a 47 yd. pass from Sam Huether.  The PAT was scored by Jaxon Hewson on a pass from Sam Huether.  Jaxon Hewson added another score on a 30 yd. run.  Rushing: Jaxon Hewson 16-119 yds., Sam Huether 19-50 yds., Nathan Kaufman 2-(-2) yds.  Passing: Sam Huether 5-12-2 for 81 yds. and Nathan Kaufman 1-2-0 for 2 yds.  Receiving: Jaxon Hewson 2-50 yds. and Mike Frank 2-31 yds.

            The defense was led by Sam Huether with 8 tackles, 7 assists and 1 QB Sack.  Mike Frank had 6 tackles, 1 fumble recovery and 1 knocked down pass.  Jaxon Hewson added 5 tackles, 1 assist, 1 QB Sack and 1 knocked down pass.  Logan Wolf, Erick Klein, Kaden Auch and Nathan Kaufman each had 3 tackles.  Boedy Schenbeck had 3 assists and 1 QB Sack.  Jake Wolf was lost for the season and Zack Jalbert was lost in preseason diving for a football!

            Mott/Regent-New England defeated Hettinger/Scranton 28 to 6.  The Wildfire led 16-0 at the half and 22-0 at the end of the 3rd quarter.  Jaxon Hewson scored on runs of 27 yds. and 11 yds.  Sam Huether scored on runs of 25 yds. and 8 yds.  Jaxon Hewson add 1 PAT on a run and Mike Frank scored a PAT on a pass from Nathan Kaufman.  Rushing:  Jaxon Hewson 30-190 yds., Sam Huether 15-140 yds., Justin Kathrein 3-34 yds. and Cole Manolovits 2-(-2) yds.  Passing: Nathan Kaufman 1-3-1 for 6 yds. and Sam Huether 1-5-1 for (-3) yds.  Receiving: Logan Clevenger 1-6 yds. and Jaxon Hewson 1-(-3) yds.  Wildfire rushed for 362 yds. on 50 carries.

            The defense was led by Kaden Auch with 7 tackles, 1 assist and 2 knocked down passes.  Sam Huether had 6 tackles and 3 assists.  Logan Wolf had 5 tackles 3 assists and 1 QB Sack.  Jaxon Hewson had 3 tackles, 1 assist and 3 QB Sacks.  Boedy Schenbeck had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Logan Clevenger had a QB Sack.  Nathan Kaufman knocked down 2 passes.

            Grant County/Flasher defeated Mott/Regent-New England 48 to 6.  Sam Huether scored on a 2 yd. pass from Nathan Kaufman.  Rushing: Sam Huether 13-22 yds., Nathan Kaufman 3-4 yds., Jaxon Hewson 2 (-2) yds. and Mike Frank 3-(-2) yds.  Passing:  Sam Huether 7-23-1 for 94 yds. and Nathan Kaufman 1-1-0 for 2 yds.  Receiving: Mike Frank 2-55 yds., Kaden Auch 2-18 yds., Logan Wolf 1-12 yds., Nathan Kaufman 1-6 yds., Rayce Kovar 1-3 yds. and Sam Huether 1-2 yds.

            The defense was led by Kaden Auch with 5 tackles, 2 assists, and 1 fumble recovery.  Nathan Kaufman 4 tackles, 1 assist and 1 fumble recovery.  Cole Manolovits 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Sam Huether 2 tackles and 6 assists.  Mike Frank 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Rayce Kovar 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Logan Wolf had 3 tackles and 3 assists.  Jaxon Hewson had 1 QB sack and 1 assist.

            Mott/Regent-New England defeated Strasburg/Zeeland 18 to 13.  The score was tied at half-time 6-6.  Mike Frank scored on a 30 yd. pass from Sam Huether.  Sam Huether scored 2 TDs on runs of 5 and 3 yds.  Rushing: Sam Huether 31-216 yds., Jaxon Hewson 15-76 yds., Nathan Kaufman 1-15 yds., Kaden Auch 1-0 yds. and Mike Frank 1-(-2) yds.  Passing: Sam Huether 4-12-0 for 102 yds.  Receiving: Mike Frank 2-59 yds., Kaden Auch 1-22 yds. and Ryan Doe 2-21 yds.

             Wildfire rushed for 305 yds. on 49 carries.  Total Offense: 61-407 yds.

            The defense was led by Sam Huether with 10 tackles and 2 assists.  Mike Frank had 6 tackles, 1 assist and 2 knocked down passes.  Cole Manolovits had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Rayce Kovar had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Logan Wolf had 2 tackles, 4 assists and 1 QB Sack.  Kaden Auch had 3 tackles and 1 knocked down pass.  Boedy Schenbeck had 1 QB sack and 3 assists.

            South Border defeated Mott/Regent-New England 22-20.  The Wildfire led 20-6 at the half.  Sam Huether scored 2 TDs on runs of 54 and 3 yds.  Logan Wolf scored on a 15 yd. pass from Sam Huether.  The only PAT scored was by Ryan Doe on a pass from Cole Manolovits.  Rushing:  Sam Huether 20-156 yds. and Jaxon Hewson 9-7 yds.  Passing: Sam Huether 5-11-0 for 128 yds. and Nathan Kaufman 1-2-0 for 7 yds.  Receiving: Logan Wolf 3-71 yds., Kaden Auch 1-29 yds., Jaxon Hewson 1-28 yds. and Ryan Doe 1-7 yds. 

            The defense was led by Sam Huether with 15 tackles and 13 assists.  Mike Frank had 8 tackles, 6 assists and 1 knocked down pass.  Logan Wolf had 7 tackles and 9 assists.  Nathan Kaufman had 8 tackles and 3 assists.  Boedy Schenbeck had 3 tackles, 7 assists and caused 1 fumble.  Rayce Kovar had 6 tackles and 2 assists.  Ryan Doe had 5 tackles, 1 assist and 1 fumble recovery.  Michael Bollschweiler had 3 tackles, 4 assists and 1 QB Sack.  Jaxon Hewson had 2 tackles and 1 QB Sack.  Cole Manolovits had 1 tackle, 2 assists and 1 interception.  Logan Lutz added a fumble recovery.

            Kidder County defeated Mott/Regent-New England 70-28.  The Wildfire were down 54-20 at the half.  Sam Huether scored 3 times on runs of 1, 3 and 3 yds.  Jaxon Hewson scored on a 2 yd. run.  PATs were scored by Kaden Auch on a pass from Sam Huether and Ryan Doe on a pass from Nathan Kaufman.  Rushing: Sam Huether 15-88 yds., Jaxon Hewson 6-47 yds., Justin Kathrein 5-22 yds., Cole Manolovits 1-5 yds. and Kaden Auch 1-0 yds.  Passing: Sam Huether 13-24-1 for 172 yds.  and Cole Manolovits 1-3-1 for 33 yds.  Receiving: Jaxon Hewson 5-92 yds., Cole Manolovits 5-57 yds., Matthew Bock 1-33 yds., Ryan Doe 1-13 yds., Nathan Kaufman 1-6 yds. and Logan Wolf 1-4 yds. 

             Wildfire total yds. 55-367 yds.

            The defense was led by Logan Wolf with 9 tackles and 3 assists.  Sam Huether had 8 tackles and 5 assists.  Rayce Kovar had 5 tackles and 2 assists. 
                                                                         
             Kidder County went on to win the state title over Cavalier!

            Linton/HMB defeated Mott/Regent-New England 50 to 8.  Lions led 36-0 at the half.  The only Wildfire score was by Jaxon Hewson on a 1 yd. run.  The PAT was scored by Sam Huether on a pass from Nathan Kaufman.  Rushing: Sam Huether 21-54 yds., Justin Kathrein 4-35 yds., Jaxon Hewson 4-9 yds., Mike Bollschweiler 1-7 yds., Kaden Auch 1-0 yds. and Nathan Kaufman 1-(-1) yd.  Passing:  Sam Huether 5-11-0 for 36 yds. and Cole Manolovits 0-1-1.  Receiving: Cole Manolovits 2-20 yds., Nathan Kaufman 1-9 yds., Logan Wolf 1-8 yds. and Jaxon Hewson 1-(-1) yd.

            The defense was led by Sam Huether with 7 tackles and 7 assists.  Cole Manolovits had 7 tackles and 4 assists.  Logan Wolf had 4 tackles and 7 assists.
                                                                               
            Linton/HMB lost to Cavalier in state semi-finals!

            Napoleon-GS defeated Mott/Regent-New England 25 to 22.  Jaxon Hewson scored all 3 TDs.  Jaxon scored on runs of 8 and 6 yds. and on a 36 yd. pass from Sam Huether.  Sam Huether scored a PAT on a pass from Nathan Kaufman.  Nathan Kaufman scored a PAT on a pass from Sam Huether.  Rushing: Jaxon Hewson 19-74 yds., Sam Huether 11-29 yds. and Nathan Kaufman 4-(-10) yds.  Passing: Sam Huether 4-8-1 for 144 yds. and Nathan Kaufman and Jaxon Hewson were both 0-1-0.  Receiving: Mike Frank 2-106 yds. and Jaxon Hewson 2-38 yds.  5 turnovers by the Wildfire!  Ouch!

            The defense was led by Sam Huether with 15 tackles, 10 assists and 1 fumble recovery.  Logan Wolf had 4 tackles, 12 assists and blocked 1 punt.  Mike Frank had 5 tackles, 5 assists and had 1 interception on a PAT.  Logan Lutz had 4 tackles, 2 assists and 1 QB Sack.  Jaxon Hewson had 3 tackles and 4 assists.  Logan Clevenger had 2 tackles, 1 fumble recovery and 1 QB Sack.  Cole Manolovits caused a fumble.

            Beach defeated Mott/Regent-New England 38 to 22.  Beach led 16-0 at the half.  Jaxon Hewson scored 2 TDs.  A 70 yd. pass from Sam Huether and on a 1 yd. run.  Sam Huether scored on a 19 yd. run.  Nathan Kaufman and Boedy Schenbeck scored PATs on passes from Sam Huether.  Rushing:  Sam Huether 24-63 yds. and Jaxon Hewson 3-43 yds.  Passing: Sam Huether was 8-19-0 for 186 yds.  Receiving: Jaxon Hewson 4-101 yds., Mike Frank 3-79 yds. and Logan Lutz 1-11 yds.

            The defense was led by Sam Huether with 7 tackles and 15 assists.  Mike Frank had 9 tackles, 7 assists and 1 knocked down pass.  Nathan Kaufman had 7 tackles, 4 assists and blocked a PAT kick.  Cole Manolovits had 7 tackles and 2 assists.  Logan Wolf had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Logan Lutz had 3 tackles, 2 assists and 1 knocked down pass.  Kaden Auch had 4 tackles and 1 assist.

            Sam Huether led the team in rushing with 818 yds. on 169 carries.  Jaxon Hewson added 563 yds. on 104 carries. 

            Sam Huether led the team at QB.  Sam was 52-125-6 for 940 yds. and 5 TD passes. 

            Mike Frank led the receivers with 11 catches for 330 yds. and 1 TD.  Jaxon Hewson caught 16 passes for 306 yds. and 3 scores.  Logan Wolf had 6 receptions for 101 yds. and 1 TD.
            Jaxon Hewson and Sam Huether both led the team in scoring with 70 points.  Jaxon had 8 TDs rushing, 3 TDs receiving and 2 PATs.  Sam had 10 TDs rushing, 1 TD receiving and 2 PATs.

            The defense was led by Sam Huether with 228 points followed by Logan Wolf-136 points, Mike Frank-121 points. Cole Manolovits-87 points and Nathan Kaufman-84 points.  Some note-worthy leaders on defense included Sam Huether who had 78 tackles and 68 assists, Jaxon Hewson had 6 QB sacks and Mike Frank knocked down 6 passes.
            Named to the All-Region 4 1st Team were Jaxon Hewson and Sam Huether.  Region 4 Honorable Mention players included Mike Frank, Rayce Kovar and Logan Wolf. 

            Jaxon Hewson was named to play in the Shrine game but because of Covid, the game was cancelled!

            Wildfire Awards were the following: MVP Offense-Sam Heuther; MVP Offensive Line-Boedy Schenbeck; MVP Receiver-Mike Frank; MVP Running Back-Jaxon Hewson; MVP QB-Sam Huether; MVP Tight Ends-Ryan Doe and Logan Lutz; MVP Defense-Sam Huether; MVP Defensive Line-Logan Lutz, MVP Linebacker-Logan Wolf, MVP Defensive Back-Kaden Auch; Most Improved-Nathan Kaufman; MVP Scout-Offense-Alex Doe and Jack Manolovits. MVP Scout-Defense-Michael Bollschweiler; WILDFIRE AWARD-Kaden Auch; Toughness Award-Jaxon Hewson; Most Promising Underclassman-Cole Manolovits.

            Senior members of the 2019 team were Jake Wolf, Jaxon Hewson, Mike Frank, Logan Wolf, Boedy Schenbeck, Rayce Kovar and Erick Klein.  Juniors: Sam Huether, Logan Lutz, Ryan Doe, Logan Clevenger, Stetson Urlacher and Kaden Auch.  Sophomores: Nathan Kaufman, Joe Geerts, Michael Bollschweiler, Zach Jalbert and Elijah Kramer.  Freshmen: Cole Manolovits, Justin Kathrein, Matthew Bock, Kaine Martin, Lane Kovar, Garret Schenbeck, Alex Doe and Jack Manolovits.

            Assistant Coaches Nathan Swindler, Matt Dobitz and Ron Benson

2020    2-6       Coach Zachmann

            A tough, veteran Lemmon/McIntosh team defeated Mott/Regent-New England 44-18.  Logan Lutz scored on a 10 yd. pass from Cole Manolovits and Nathan Kaufman scored on a 66 yd. run.  Cole Manolovits scored a PAT on a pass from Sam Heuther.  Rushing: Nathan Kaufman 14-114 yds., Sam Huether 12-9 yds., Zack Jalbert 3-8 yds. and Cole Manolovits 5-8 yds.  Passing:  Cole Manolovits 3-8-0 for 29 yds. and Sam Huether 1-8-0 for (-1) yd.  Receiving: Nathan Kaufman 2-17 yds. and Logan Lutz 2-11 yds.

            The defense was led by Sam Huether with 5 tackles, 2 assists, 1 interception and caused 1 fumble.  Cole Manolovits had 5 tackles, 1 assist and 1 knocked down pass.  Matt Huether had 4 tackles, 1 assist and 2 knocked down passes.  Nathan Kaufman had 5 tackles.  Stetson Urlacher had 2 tackles and 1 QB Sack.  Matthew Bock had 1 QB Sack.

            Mott/Regent-New England defeated Hettinger/Scranton 30 to 26.  Nathan Kaufman scored early on a 49 yd. fumble recovery.  Nathan Kaufman added another score on a 19 yd. run.  Sam Huether also had 2 TDs on runs of 33 and 7 yds.  Nathan Kaufman added 2 PATs on runs.  Cole Manolovits scored a PAT on a pass from Sam Huether.  Rushing:  Sam Huether 15-125 yds., Nathan Kaufman 24-123 yds., Zack Jalbert 6-24 yds. and Cole Manolovits 2-1 yd.  Passing: Cole Manolovits 1-4-0 for 11 yds. and Sam Huether 1-5-1 10 yds.  Receiving: Logan Lutz 1-11 yds. and Cole Manolovits 1-10 yds. Wildfire rushed for 273 yds. on 47 carries.

            The defense was led by Sam Huether with 11 tackles, 8 assists and caused 1 fumble.  Nathan Kaufman had 7 tackles, 3 assists, 1 fumble recovery, caused 1 fumble and knocked down 1 pass.  Cole Manolovits had 7 tackles, 6 assists and 1 interception (20 yd. return).  Matt Huether had 5 tackles, 4 assists, 1 fumble recovery and 1 knocked down pass.  Zack Jalbert had 4 tackles, 5 assists and 1 knocked down pass.

            Grant County/Flasher defeated Mott/Regent-New England 58 to 26.  GCF led 32 to 14 at the half.  Nathan Kaufman opened scoring with a 6 yd. run.  Cole Manolovits scored twice on runs of 5 and 8 yds.  Zack Jalbert scored on a 55 yd. pass from Cole Manolovits.  Nathan Kaufman added a PAT on a pass from Cole Manolovits.  Rushing: Nathan Kaufman 16-101 yds., Cole Manolovits 14-77 yds., Sam Huether 5-16 yds., Zack Jalbert 3-0 yds., Rhett Miller 1-(-3) yds. and Tallen Binstock 1-(-3) yds.  Passing: Cole Manolovits 7-11-2 for 141 yds. and Sam Huether 2-5-1 for 19 yds.  Receiving: Zack Jalbert 2-87 yds., Logan Lutz 4-56 yds., Cole Manolovits 1-16 yds. and Matt Huether 2-1 yd. 

            Sam Huether led the defense with 6 tackles, 4 assists, 1 fumble recovery and caused 1 fumble.  Cole Manolovits had 4 tackles, 3 assists and 2 interceptions (22 yd. return and 1 on a PAT).  Justin Kathrein had 5 tackles and 4 assists.  Nathan Kaufman had 6 tackles and 2 assists.  Matt Huether had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Stetson Urlacher caused a fumble.

            Mott/Regent-New England defeated South Border 34 to 12.  Wildfire led 20 to 6 at the half.  Nathan Kaufman scored 4 TDs on runs of 4, 52, 1 and 10 yds.  Sam Huether scored on a 6 yd. run.  Cole Manolovits and Nathan Kaufman scored PATs on passes from Sam Huether.  Rushing: Nathan Kaufman 33-279 yds., Sam Huether 7-59 yds., Zack Jalbert 4-41 yds., Cole Manolovits 7-21 yds., Tallen Binstock 1-(-1) yd. and Justin Kathrein 1-(-2) yds.  Passing: Cole Manolovits 3-5-1 for 8 yds.  Receiving: Nathan Kaufman 1-4 yds., Matt Huether 1-4 yds. and Zack Jalbert 1-0 yds.  Wildfire rushed for 397 yds. on 56 carries.

            Jaren Rafferty led the defense with 11 tackles, 12 assists and 1 QB Sack.  Sam Huether had 8 tackles and 10 assists.  Nathan Kaufman had 5 tackles, 1 assist and 1 knocked down pass.  Stetson Urlacher had 3 tackles, 3 assists and caused 1 fumble.  Joe Geerts had 2 tackles, 1 assist and 2 QB Sacks. 

            Kidder County defeated Mott/Regent-New England 70 to 12.  Cole Manolovits scored on an 8 yd. run and Nathan Kaufman scored on a 1 yd. run.  Rushing: Nathan Kaufman 17-113 yds., Zack Jalbert 4-26 yds., Cole Manolovits 6-14 yds. and Sam Huether 2-1 yd.  Passing: Cole Manolovits 6-19-2 for 57 yds. and Sam Huether 0-1-0.  Receiving: Sam Huether 1-35 yds., Logan Lutz 2-22 yds., Mike Bollschweiler 1-6 yds., Zack Jalbert 1-4 yds. and Nathan Kaufman 1-(-10) yds.

            Sam Huether led the defense with 10 tackles, 4 assists and caused 1 fumble.  Jaren Rafferty had 9 tackles and 4 assists.  Matt Huether had 7 tackles, 4 assists and 1 fumble recovery.  Cole Manolovits had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Nathan Kaufman had 3 tackles and 2 assists.  Kidder County lost in the semi-finals to Cavalier.

            Linton/HMB defeated Mott/Regent-New England 28 to 6.  The Lion led 6-0 at the half.  Logan Lutz scored on a 30 yd. pass from Sam Huether.  Rushing: Nathan Kaufman 15-70 yds., Sam Huether 12-21 yds., Matt Huether 2-17 yds., Cole Manolovits 1-3 yds. and Zack Jalbert 2-0 yds.  Passing: Cole Manolovits 3-5-0 for 46 yds. and Sam Huether 1-6-0 for 30 yds.  Receiving: Logan Lutz 2-42 yds., Nathan Kaufman 1-26 yds. and Matthew Bock 1-8 yds.

            Sam Huether led the defense with 7 tackles and 13 assists.  Jaren Rafferty had 7 tackles and 8 assists.  Cole Manolovits had 4 tackles, 6 assists, 1 interception and caused 1 fumble.  Zack Jalbert had 8 tackles.  Nathan Kaufman had 6 tackles and 4 assists.  Matt Huether had 4 tackles and 7 assists.  Stetson Urlacher had 4 tackles, 1 assist and 1 QB Sack.  Mike Bollschweiler had 2 tackles, 5 assists and 1 QB Sack.  Logan Lutz had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  LHMB went on to win the state title over Cavalier!

            Napoleon/GS defeated Mott/Regent-New England 66 to 64 in double over-time.   Wildfire led 28 to 26 at the half.  Nathan Kaufman scored 6 TDs on runs of 22, 6, 1, 1 and 3 yd. runs and on a 15 yd. pass from Cole Manolovits.  Cole Manolovits scored on a 25 yd. run.  Logan Lutz scored on a 20 yd. pass from Cole Manolovits and Mike Bollschweiler scored on a 10 yd. pass from Cole Manolovits.  PATs were scored by Logan Lutz, Mike Bollschweiler, Matt Huether and Zack Jalbert on passes from Cole Manolovits.  Cole Manolovits scored on a PAT on a pass from Sam Huether.  Rushing: Nathan Kaufman 43-294 yds., Sam Huether 16-84 yds., Cole Manolovits 4-25 yds. and Zack Jalbert 4-4 yds.  Passing: Cole Manolovits 7-11-0 for 160 yds. and Sam Huether 3-4-0 for 50 yds.  Receiving: Logan Lutz 3-57 yds., Nathan Kaufman 2-48 yds., Zack Jalbert 1-45 yds., Cole Manolovits 2-42 yds., Mike Bollschweiler 1-10 yds. and Matt Huether 1-8 yds.  Wildfire rushed for 407 yds. on 66 carries and ended up with 607 total yds.

            Sam Huether led the defense with 11 tackles, 6 assists and 1 QB Sack.  Mike Bollschweiler had 3 tackles, 7 assists, caused 1 fumble and recovered a fumble.  Logan Lutz had 7 tackles, 1 assist and 1 knocked down pass.  Jaren Rafferty had 5 tackles, 3 assists and 1 knocked down pass.  Cole Manolovits had3 tackles, 1 assist and 4 knocked down passes.  Nathan Kaufman had 3 tackles, 3 assists, 1 knocked down pass and a 60 yd. interception.  Stetson Urlacher caused and recovered a fumble.  Zack Jalbert and Matthew Bock caused fumbles.

            Beach defeated Mott/Regent-New England 14 to 8.  Wildfire led 8 to 0 at the half.  Nathan Kaufman scored on a 90 yd. run.  The PAT was scored by Zack Jalbert on a pass from Cole Manolovits.  Rushing:  Nathan Kaufman 15-123 yds., Zack Jalbert 3-11 yds., Sam Huether 3-8 yds. and Cole Manolovits 5-1 yd.  Passing: Cole Manolovits 4-8-0 for 50 yds. and Sam Huether 0-1-0.  Receiving: Zack Jalbert 2-29 yds., Nathan Kaufman 1-14 yds. and Layne Kovar 1-7 yds.

            Sam Huether led the defense with 10 tackles and 10 assists.  Nathan Kaufman had 7 tackles, 9 assists and 1 knocked down pass.  Cole Manolovits had 8 tackles, 2 assists and 1 knocked down pass.  Jaren Rafferty had 4 tackles and 6 assists.  Tallen Binstock had 5 tackles and 4 assists.  Zack Jalbert had 2 tackles, 4 assists and 1 QB Sack.  Beach lost to Cavalier in the state semi-finals.
            Named to the All-Region 4 Team were Sam Huether and Nathan Kaufman.  Region 4 Honorable Mention players were Logan Lutz, Stetson Urlacher and Cole Manolovits.

            Sam Huether was named to the All-State 2nd Team!

Wildfire Awards were the following: MVP Offense-Nathan Kaufman; MVP Offensive Line-Sam Huether and Stetson Urlacher; MVP Receiver-Zack Jalbert; MVP Running Back-Nathan Kaufman; MVP QB-Cole Manolovits; MVP Tight End-Logan Lutz; MVP Defense-Sam Huether; MVP Defensive Line-Stetson Urlacher and Logan Lutz, MVP Linebackers-Sam Huether and Jaren Rafferty, MVP Defensive Backs-Cole Manolovits and Matt Huether; Most Improved-Jack Manolovits; MVP Scout-Offense-Tallen Binstock and Brock Ehlis. MVP Scout-Defense-Justin Kathrein and Layne Kovar; WILDFIRE AWARD-Mike Bollschweiler and Matthew Bock; Toughness Awards-Sam Huether and Nathan Kaufman; Most Promising Underclassmen-Jaren Rafferty and Matt Huether.

            Senior members of the 2020 team were Sam Huether, Logan Lutz and Stetson Urlacher.  Juniors: Nathan Kaufman, Joe Geerts, Michael Bollschweiler and Zach Jalbert.  Sophomores: Cole Manolovits, Justin Kathrein, Matthew Bock, Kaine Martin, Layne Kovar and Jack Manolovits.  Freshmen: Noah Madler, Tallen Binstock, Matt Huether, Brock Ehlis, Adam Kathrein, Jaren Rafferty and Josh Ernst.  Senior Kaden Auch did not play due to a torn ACL.

            Assistant Coaches Matt Dobitz, Brian Manolovits, Hunter Koepplin and Ron Benson

2022    5-5       Coach Zachmann

            The football team opened the 2022 season with a new team name and mascot.  The football team is now known as the Hettinger County Huskies.  The Huskies still play in region 6 which include Hettinger/Scranton, Beach, Richardton/Taylor/Hebron, Grant County/Flasher and Hettinger County.  The Huskies will open the season without QB Cole Manolovits who is recovering from Mono.

            The Huskies traveled to Napoleon for the first game of the year.  Napoleon led 22-14 at the half and went on to win 36-28.  Rhett Miller scored three times on 9, 24, and 1 yd. runs.  Jaren Rafferty scored on a 1 yd. run.  Rhett Miller scored a PAT on a run and Jaren Rafferty added a PAT on a pass from Matt Huether.  Rushing:  Rhett Miller 30-202 yds. and 3 TDs, Matt Huether 12-43 yds., Jaren Rafferty 4-11 yds. 1 TD.  Passing:  Matt Huether 5-9-0 for 94 yds.  Receiving:  Rhett Miller 2-41 yds., Jaren Rafferty 2-27 yds. and Matthew Bock 1-26 yds.
            The Huskies ran for 248 yds. on 47 carries compared to Napoleon’s 30-154 yds.  Napoleon led in total yds. 377 to 342 yds.  The Huskies lost two onside kicks and that was probably the difference even though the Huskies picked off two passes.

            The defense was led by Jaren Rafferty with 6 tackles, 6 assists and 1 interception.  Matt Huether had 4 tackles, 5 assists, 1 interception and knocked down 1 pass.  Layne Kovar had 6 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down 1 pass.  Teddy Kirschemann had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Other notables included:  Rhett Miller caused a fumble and Matthew Bock and Will Swindler each having 1 QB sack.
            The Huskies lost sophomore Teddy Kirschemann with a broken bone in his hand.

            The Huskies were on the road again to play a tough South Border team.  The Huskies were behind 22-0 at the half and ended up losing 38-8.  The Huskies played better than what the scoreboard showed-5 turnovers and not able to punch it in early doomed the Huskies.

            Matt Huether scored the only TD on a 27 yd. pass from Cole Manolovits.  The PAT was scored on a run by Rhett Miller.  Rushing:  Cole Manolovits 12-70 yds., Rhett Miller 13-61 yds. and Jaren Rafferty 3-22 yds.  Passing: Cole Manolovits 7-14-2 for 139 yds. and 1 TD.  Receiving: Brock Ehlis 3-49 yds., Layne Kovar 1-28 yds., Matt Huether 1-27 yds. 1 TD, Rhett Miller 1-24 yds., and Matthew Bock 1-11 yds.
            The Huskies had 292 total yds. of offense compared to 352 yds. by South Border.  The glaring difference was the -4 on turnovers by the Huskies.  Tough to overcome the turnovers playing anyone and especially a quality team like South Border.
            Top defensive was led by Cole Manolovits with 11 tackles, 2 assists and 1 interception.  Jaren Rafferty had 6 tackles and 4 assists.  Will Swindler had 5 tackles and 2 assists.  Rhett Miller had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Matthew Bock had 3 tackles, 3 assists and 1 QB sack.
            The Huskies lost Will Swindler for the rest of the season because of a severe concussion.

            Huskies took on Richardton/Taylor/Hebron at New England in their first home game of the year.  The Huskies led 42-6 at the half and went on to victory 54-14.

            Cole Manolovits scored 3 times on runs of 3 and 8 yds. and on a 93 yd. interception return.  Matt Huether also scored 3 times on 2 passes of 42 and 10 yds. from Cole Manolovits and on an 80 yd. KOR.  Also scoring on runs were Rhett Miller (5 yds.) and Jaren Rafferty (17 yds.).  Jaren Rafferty scored 2 PATs on a run and a pass from Cole Manolovits.  Cole Manolovits also ran in a PAT.  Rushing:  Cole Manolovits 11-154 yds. 2 TDs, Rhett Miller 12-103 yds. 1 TD, Jaren Rafferty 7-66 yds. 1 TD, Brandon Bowman 11-35 yds., and Aiden Rafferty 1-4 yds.  Passing: Cole Manolovits 4-6-1 for 115 yds. and 2 TDs., Mark Fitterer 1-3-0 for 3 yds.  Receiving:  Matt Huether 3-80 yds. 2 TDs, Matthew Bock 1-35 yds. and Aiden Rafferty 1-3 yds.

            The Huskies were 56 for 464 total yds. compared to RTH’s 48 for 146 total yds.  The Huskies were a +3 on turnovers.

            The defense was led by Rhett Miller with 8 tackles, 1 assist and 1 fumble recovery.  Matt Huether had 6 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down 1 pass.  Jaren Raffety had 4 tackles, 3 assists, 2 QB sacks and caused 1 fumble.  Mark Fitterer had 3 tackles, 1 interception and caused 1 fumble.  Other notable defensive players include Brock Ehlis who had 1 interception, Grady Bock who caused 1 fumble and had a QB sack, Jack Manolovits and Matthew Bock each had a QB sack, Cole Manolovits had a 93 yd. interception and Tucker Bock recovered 1 fumble.

            The Huskies were on the road again to Steele to play Kidder County.  The Huskies led 8-0 at the half and went on to win 16-12.  Matt Huether opened the scoring with a 5 yd. pass from Cole Manolovits.  Layne Kovar added the PAT on a pass from Cole Manolovits.  Jaren Rafferty scored on a 7 yd. run and Matt Huether added the PAT on a pass from Cole Manolovits.   Rushing: Cole Manolovits 14-90 yds., Jaren Rafferty 13-59 yds. 1 TD and Rhett Miller 9-45 yds.  Passing:  Cole Manolovits 7-14-1 for 133 yds. and 1 TD.  Receiving: Matt Huether 4-92 yds. 1 TD, Brock Ehlis 1-22 yds. and Layne Kovar 2-19 yds.
            The Huskies ran 50 plays for 327 yds. while Kidder County ran 62 plays for 230 yds.  The Huskies lost the turnover battle 4-2 but still hung on for the win.

            The defense was led by Jaren Rafferty with 8 tackles, 4 assists, 2 QB sacks and blocked a punt.  Cole Manolovits had 9 tackles, 1 assist and 1 interception with a 40 yd. return.  Matt Huether had 8 tackles and 4 assists.  Rhett Miller had 5 tackles, 5 assists, 1 fumble recovery and knocked down 1 pass.  Layne Kovar had 5 tackles, 2 assists and 1 QB sack.  Alex Doe had 3 tackles, 3 assists and 1 fumble caused.  Matthew Bock had 3 tackles, 3 assists and 1 QB sack.  Aiden Rafferty had 3 tackles, 2 assists and 1 fumble caused.  Brock Ehlis added an interception of 26 yds. and knocked down 1 pass.
            Alex Doe has been lost for the rest of the season because of a broken ulna and radius.  Alex was one of the top linemen in our region and state.

            In a game played at Mott, the Hettinger County Huskies battled Beach in a low scoring game.  The Huskies came out on top 12 to 6. 

            Cole Manolovits scored on a 17 yd. run in the first quarter.  In the fourth, Rhett Miller scored on a 54 yd. run.  Rushing: Rhett Miller 18-140 yds. 1 TD, Cole Manolovits 11-59 yds. 1 TD, Jaren Rafferty 1-6 yds.  Passing: Cole Manolovits 2-11-2 for 33 yds.  Receiving: Matt Huether 1-25 yds., Matthew Bock 1-8 yds.
            The Huskies controlled the ball on the ground with 31-203 yds. compared to 34-87 yds. for the Beach Bucs.  Each team had 2 turnovers.
            Jaren Rafferty led the defense with 12 tackles, 2 assists and 3 QB sacks.  Matt Huether had 10 tackles, 5 assists and 1 interception.  Rhett Miller had 5 tackles and 8 assists.  Layne Kovar had 6 tackles and 6 assists.  Cole Manolovits had 6 tackles, 3 assists and 1 interception with a 14 yd. return.  Brock Ehlis had 3 tackles and 5 assists.  Teddy Kirschemann had 2 tackles, 3 assists, 1 QB sack and knocked down 1 pass.  Matthew Bock had 6 assists and 1 QB sack.

            New England played host for the battle between two undefeated teams in Region 6, the Hettinger County Huskies and the Grant County/Flasher Storm.  The Storm proved to be too much for the Huskies.  Grant County/Flasher led 32-0 at the half and went on to win 40 to 6. 

Jaren Rafferty scored the lone touchdown for the Huskies on a 5 yd. run.  Rushing: Jaren Rafferty 5-21 yds. 1 TD, Rhett Miller 6-10 yds. and Cole Manolovits 7-6 yds.  Passing: Cole Manolovits 12-18-2 for 140 yds. and Mark Fitterer 1-1-0 for 19 yds.  Receiving: Teddy Kirschemann 5-72yds., Layne Kovar 2-37yds., Jaren Rafferty 3-25 yds., Matt Huether 1-21 yds. and Brock Ehlis 1-13 yds.
            GCF dominated the Huskies on the ground.  GCF had 143 yds. rushing compared to 35 yds for the Huskies.  Huskies had 159 yds. passing compared to 116 yds. for the Storm.  Huskies lost the turnover battle 2-0.  A blocked punt, an interception return for a TD and a late 2nd quarter pass play where a Storm receiver broke numerous tackles for a TD doomed the Huskies.
            Jaren Rafferty led the defense with 8 tackles.  Rhett Miller had 6 tackles and 2 assists.  Layne Kovar had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Brock Ehlis had 2 tackles, 5 assists and
caused 1 fumble.
            The Huskies traveled to Hettinger to take on Hettinger/Scranton Nighthawks (Homecoming) to see who would be the 2nd seed team in Region 6.  The number 2 team in the region gets to host a home playoff game.  The first half ended 8 to 8.  The Huskies prevailed in the 2nd half and won the game 22 to 8.
            In the 2nd quarter, Matt Huether scored on a 28 yd. pass from Cole Manolovits.  Matt Huether also scored the PAT on a pass from Cole Manolovits.  In the 3rd quarter, Matt Huether scored on a 17 yd. pass from Cole Manolovits.  In the 4th quarter, Cole Manolovits scored on a 1 yd. run.  The PAT was scored by Rhett Miller on a pass from Cole Manolovits.  Rushing: Rhett Miller 20-69 yds., Cole Manolovits 12-56 yds. 1 TD and Jaren Rafferty 4-7 yds.  Passing: Cole Manolovits 5-16-0 for 78 yds. and 2 TDs.  Receiving: Matt Huether 3-47 yds. 2 TDs, Rhett Miller 1-24 yds. and Matthew Bock 1-7 yds.

            Huskies led on total offense with 208 yds. compared to 167 yds. for the Nighthawks.  The big difference was in the turnovers.  The Huskies led in this category 4-0.  It was also a game filled with penalties.  The Huskies had 13 penalties for 73 yds. and the Nighthawks had 18 penalties for 134 yds.

            Jaren Rafferty led the defense with 9 tackles, 1 QB sack and blocked a punt.  Cole Manolovits had 7 tackles, 3 assists and 2 interceptions (18yd. and 11 yd. returns).  Matt Huether had 3 tackles, 6 assists, interception and 1 fumble recovery.  Rhett Miller had 3 tackles and 6 assists.  Brock Ehlis had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Teddy Kirschemann had 1 tackle, 5 assists and 1 QB sack.

            The number 2 ranked team in the state, New Salem/Almont, traveled to Mott to take on the Hettinger County Huskies on Homecoming/Parents’ Night in their last scheduled (non-region) game of the year.  The Holsteins led 42 to 12 at the half and went on to win 72 to 20.
            In the 2nd quarter, Matt Huether scored on a 35 yd. pass from Cole Manolovits.  Later in the quarter, Jaren Rafferty scored on a 7 yd. pass from Cole Manolovits.  In the 4th quarter, Jaren Rafferty scored on a 7 yd. run.  The PAT was scored on a Cole Manolovits run.  Rushing: Rhett Miller 10-91 yds., Jaren Rafferty 8-75 yds. 1 TD, Matt Huether 1-18 yds., Brandon Bowman 4-10 yds. and Cole Manolovits 5-6 yds.  Passing: Cole Manolovits 12-24-3 171 yds. and 1 TD, Mark Fitterer 1-1-0 for 2 yds.  Receiving: Matt Huether 3-42 yds. 1 TD, Matthew Bock 2-40 yds., Brock Ehlis 2-39 yds., Grady Bock 1-22 yds., Rhett Miller 2-15 yds., Jaren Rafferty 1-7 yds., Layne Kovar 1-6 yds. and Aiden Rafferty 1-2 yds.

            Surprisingly, the team totals were fairly close.  The Huskies had 361 total yds. compared to 392 yds. for the Holsteins.  The big difference was in turnovers.  The Holsteins won this battle 5-0.

            Cole Manolovits led the defense with 8 tackles and knocked down 1 pass.  Matt Huether had 5 tackles and 5 assists.
            Region 6 teams finish in this order: #1 Grant County/Flasher #2 Hettinger County #3 Hettinger/Scranton #4 Beach #5 Richardton/Taylor/Hebron.  1st Round playoffs: Grant County/Flasher gets a bye, Hettinger County hosts Kidder County and Hettinger/Scranton travels to South Border

            Hettinger County welcomes Kidder County to Mott for the opening round of ND 9 Man Football Playoffs.  Fairly decent weather for October-a little rain at noon but not too bad.  The Huskies led 12 to 0 at the half and went on to win 34 to 0.
            In the 1st quarter, Cole Manolovits scored on a 1 yd. run.  Matt Huether added another score in the 2nd quarter on a 75 yd. pass from Cole Manolovits.  In the 3rd quarter, Cole Manolovits scored on a 65 yd. run.  Cole Manolovits scored the PAT on a run.  In the 4th quarter, Matt Huether scored on a 12 yd. pass from Cole Manolovits and on a 6 yd. run.  The PAT was run in by Cole Manolovits.  Rushing: Cole Manolovits 9-104 yds. 2 TDs, Matt Huether 12-67 yds. 1 TD, Rhett Miller 10-32 yds. and Jaren Rafferty 3-2 yds.
Passing: Cole Manolovits 6-11-2 for 158 yds. and 2 TDs.  Receiving: Matt Huether 3-124 yds. 2 TDs, Matthew Bock 1-19 yds., Rhett Miller 1-9 yds. and Jaren Rafferty 1-6 yds.

            The Huskies dominated in total yds.  The Huskies had 363 yds. and Kidder County 151 yds.  Both teams had 4 turnovers.  The Huskies’ defense was very tough in the red zone.

            Jaren Rafferty led the defense with 15 tackles, 4 assists and 1 fumble recovery.  Layne Kovar had 5 tackles, 3 assists and knocked down 1 pass.  Matt Huether had 3 tackles, 3 assists, 1 interception (19 yd. return), blocked a punt and knocked down 1 pass.  Cole Manolovits had 4 tackles, 5 assists and caused 1 fumble.  Brock Ehlis had 6 tackles and 2 assists.  Aiden Rafferty had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Rhett Miller had 4 tackles, 3 assists and 1 fumble recovery.  Teddy Kirschemann had 1 tackle, 2 assists, caused 1 fumble, 1 QB sack and knocked down 1 pass.  Matthew Bock had 1 tackle, 6 assists and 1 fumble recovery.

            Rhett Miller is lost for the season with a leg injury. 

            The Hettinger County Huskies traveled to New Salem to take on the 2nd ranked team in the state in the 2nd Round of the playoffs.  New Salem/Almont led 14-0 at the half.  A touchdown in the 2nd quarter by the Huskies was called back because of a holding penalty which would of made the game a little closer.  The Holsteins went on to win the game 42 to 6.  The Huskies played hard throughout this contest.  By the way, welcome back Alex Doe.  Alex broke both bones in his arm playing against Kidder County in week 3.

            The Huskies only score came on 20 yd. pass from Cole Manolovits to Matt Huether.  Rushing:  Matt Huether 14-76 yds. and Cole Manolovits 17-53 yds.  Passing:  Cole Manolovits 13-19-1 for 99 yds. and 1 TD.  Receiving: Matt Huether 3-37 yds. 1 TD,  Jaren Rafferty 3-23 yds., Grady Bock 1-13 yds., Brock Ehlis 2-12 yds., Layne Kovar 2-10 yds., Teddy Kirschemann 1-4 yds. and Matthew Bock 1-0 yds.
            The Huskies had 221 total yards compared to 287 total yards for the Holsteins.  The Huskies had 2 turnovers and the Holsteins 1.
            The defense was led by Jaren Rafferty with 10 tackles and 5 assists.  Cole Manolovits had 5 tackles, 8 assists and 1 interception.  Matt Huether had 6 tackles and 6 assists.  Matthew Bock had 3 tackles, 6 assists and 1 QB sack.  Layne Kovar had 6 tackles and 1 assist.  Brock Ehlis had 5 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down 1 pass.  Teddy Kirschemann had 2 tackles, 1 assist, 1 QB sack and knocked down 1 pass.

Named to the All-Region 6 1st Team were Cole Manolovits, Layne Kovar, Matthew Bock, Jaren Rafferty and Matt Huether.  Region 6 Honorable Mention players included Jack Manolovits, Alex Doe and Rhett Miller.

Cole Manolovits was named to the All-State 2nd Team and played in the ND Shrine Bowl.

The Huskies finished 3-1 in Region 6 play and 5-5 overall.  Rhett Miller rushed for 753 yds. on 128 carries, Cole Manolovits had 598 yds. on 98 carries, Jaren Rafferty rushed for 267 yds. on 50 carries and Matt Huether rushed for 197 yds. on 47 carries.  Passing, Cole Manolovits was 68-133-14 for 1066 yds. and 11 TDs.  Matt Huether led the team in receptions with 22 catches for 495 yds. and 10 TDs.   Others included Matthew Bock 9-146 yds., Brock Ehlis 9-135 yds., Rhett Miller 8-104 yds., Layne Kovar 8-100 yds., Jaren Rafferty 10-88 yds. and Teddy Kirschemann 6-76 yds.

The defense was led by Jaren Rafferty with 215 total points.  The next top defenders included Matt Huether 161, Cole Manolovits 149, Rhett Miller 123 and Layne Kovar 110.  Jaren Rafferty had the most tackles with 80.  Matt Huether had the most assists with 43.  Cole Manolovits had the most interceptions with 7.  Jaren Rafferty had the most QB sacks with 8.  Rhett Miller recovered the most fumbles with 3.  Matt Huether, Teddy Kirschemann and Layne Kovar all had 3 knockdown passes.  Jaren Rafferty blocked 2 punts and 9 players tied with 1 caused fumble.

2022 award winners were as follows:  MVP Offensive Players-Cole Manolovits and Rhett Miller, MVP Offensive Linemen-Alex Doe and Jack Manolovits, MVP Wide Receiver-Matt Huether, MVP Running Back-Rhett Miller, MVP Quarterback-Cole Manolovits, MVP Tight Ends-Layne Kovar and Matthew Bock, MVP Defensive Players-Jaren Rafferty and Matt Huether, MVP Defensive Linemen-Jaren Rafferty and Teddy Kirchemann, MVP Linebackers-Jaren Rafferty and Layne Kovar, MVP Defensive Backs-Cole Manolovits and Brock Ehlis, Most Improved-Grady Bock, MVP Offensive Scout Players-Brandon Bowman and Mark Fitterer, MVP Defensive Scout Players-Kaine Martin and Brandon Bowman, HUSKIE AWARD WINNERS-Kaine Martin and Matthew Bock, Toughness Award-Cole Manolovits and Jaren Rafferty, Most Promising Underclassmen-Mark Fitterer and Aiden Rafferty.
            The seniors on the team included Cole Manolovits, Alex Doe, Kaine Martin, Matthew Bock, Jack Manolovits and Layne Kovar.  Juniors on the team included Jaren Rafferty, Matt Huether, Josh Ernst, Brock Ehlis and Tristen Oyen.  Sophomores on the team included Teddy Kirschemann, Will Swindler, Jonathin Friedt, Grady Bock, Rhett Miller, Jacob Pedigo and Andrew Glover.  Freshmen on the team included Aiden Rafferty, James Hedstrom, Tucker Bock, Mark Fitterer, McKoy Stecher and Brandon Bowman. 

          The assistant coaches were Brian Manolovits, Andrew Burch, Colton Damjanovich and Nathan Swindler. 

2023    7-4       Coach Zachmann

            The Hettinger County Huskies traveled to Mandan to play Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter at the Starion Sports Complex.  The Huskies are one of 10 teams in Region 4 this season.  All teams will have 4 home and 4 away games.  All Region 4 teams met at athe Mandan neutral site to begin the season. 

Napoleon led 8-6 at the half and went on to defeat the Huskies 14-12.  The Huskies scored on a 44 yd. pass from Tallen Binstock to Jaren Rafferty and on a 25 yd. pass from Matt Huether to Mark Fitterer.  Rushing: Jaren Rafferty led the team in rushing 26-150 yds.  Matt Huether was 10-40 yds. and Tallen Binstock 9-22 yds.  Passing: Tallen Binstock was 3-8-0 passing for 70 yds. and Matt Huether was 2-3-0 for 49 yds.  Receiving:  Mark Fitterer 2-44 yds. 1 TD, Jaren Rafferty 1-44 yds. 1 TD, Aiden Rafferty 1-24 yds. and Matt Huether 1-7 yds.
            The defense was led by Mark Fitterer with 8 tackles, 1 assist, 1 fumble recovery, caused 1 fumble and had ½ QB sack.  Aiden Rafferty had 5 tackles, 3 assists, 1 fumble recovery and ½ QB sack.  Tallen Binstock had 5 tackles and 3 assists, Brock Ehlis had 5 tackles and 3 assists, Matt Huether had 5 tackles and 2 assists, Jaren Rafferty had 4 tackles and 3 assists.  Grady Bock caused a fumble and Will Swindler and Evan Doe each had 1/2 QB sack.

            The Huskies had more total yds. than Napoleon (331 yds. to 268 yds.) and were a plus 1 on turnovers but turned the ball over on downs too many times in the red zone. 

            The Huskies traveled to Elgin to take on the Grant County/Flasher Storm.  GCF led 38-22 at the half and went on to 52-30 victory over the Huskies.  GCF quarterback Javin Friesz, rushed for 5 TDs against the Huskies.  Tallen Binstock scored on a 30 yd. run, Matt Huether scored on a 1 yd. run, Jaren Rafferty scored on a 20 yd. pass from Tallen Binstock and Brock Ehlis scored on a 45 yd. pass from Matt Huether.  Tallen Binstock and Matt Huether each scored a PAT on runs and Tallen Binstock added a PAT on a pass from Matt Huether.  Rushing:  Tallen Binstock led the team in rushing 13-77 yds. 1 TD and Matt Huether went 14-57 yds.  Passing:  Matt Huether was 2-8-0 56 yds. 1 TD and Tallen Binstock was 3-5-0 43 yds. 1 TD.  Receiving:  Brock Ehlis was 1-45 yds. and 1 TD, Teddy Kirschemann (back from basketball injury) was 2-27 yds., Jaren Rafferty was 1-20 yds. 1 TD and Mark Fitterer 1-7 yds.

            The defense was led by Jaren Rafferty with 9 tackles and 3assists.  Matt Huether had 7 tackles and 1 assist.  Mark Fitterer had 5 tackles and 1 QB sack.  Tallen Binstock had 4 tackles and 2 assists.   

            Grant County/Flasher had a 410 yd. to 254 yd. edge on total offense.  GCF was a +2 on take-aways.

            Huskies get a home game at Mott against Richardton/Taylor Hebron.  The Huskies led 40 to 0 at the half and ended up with a 40-14 victory.  Matt Huether led the Huskies with 2 TD runs of 75 yd. and 17 yds.  Mark Fitterer scored twice.  Once on a 54 yd. punt return and on a 8 yd. pass from Matt Huether.  Jaren Rafferty scored on a 20 yd. run.  Tallen Binstock scored on a 30 yd. pass from Matt Huether.  PATs were scored by Jaren Rafferty and Matt Huether on runs.  Rushing:  Matt Huether led the team in rushing 8-144 yds. 2 TDs, Jaren Rafferty was 4-42 yds. and 1 TD and Tallen Binstock was 6-36 yds.   Passing:  Matt Huether went 4-6-0 for 68 yds. and 2 TDs, Tallen Binstock was 3-6-0 for 60 yds. and new comer, Jordan Jung was 0-2-1.  Receiving: Tallen Binstock 2-52 yds. 1 TD, Brock Ehlis 1-39 yds., Teddy Kirchemann 3-29 yds. and Mark Fitterer 1-8 yds. 1 TD.                   
            The defense was led by Jaren Rafferty with 6 tackles, 4 assists and 1 knockdown pass.  Matt Huether had 6 tackles and 2 assists.  Aiden Rafferty had 3 tackles, 3 assists and 1 QB sack.  Will Swindler caused a fumble, Evan Doe caused a fumble and 1 QB sack, Tallen Binstock had 1 knockdown pass and 1 interception (12 yd. return), Teddy Kirchemann had 1 fumble recovery and ½ QB sack, Zack Messmer had 1 knockdown pass and Oscar Webersink had ½ QB sack.

            The Huskies had 369 total yards compared to 212 for RTH.  Both teams had 2 turnovers.

            One of the top teams in Region 4, South Border, traveled to New England to take on the Huskies.  South Border got out to a hot start and did not look back.  South Border led 40-12 at the half and went on to defeat the Huskies 55 to 26.

            Matt Huether scored twice on a 43 yd. pass from Tallen Binstock and on a 2 yd. run.  Mark Fitterer scored on a 17 yd. pass from Tallen Binstock.  Jaren Rafferty scored on a 20 yd. run.  Only PAT was by a run by Jaren Rafferty.  Rushing:  Jaren Rafferty 9-122 yds. 1 TD and Matt Huether 19-62 yds. 1 TD.  Passing:  Matt Huether 7-18-5 for 117 yds. and Tallen Binstock 3-3-0 for 74 yds. and 2 TDs.  Receiving:  Jaren Rafferty 2-72 yds., Matt Huether 1-43 yds. 1 TD, Teddy Kirschemann 2-29 yds., Tallen Binstock 2-24 yds., Mark Fitterer 2-18 yds. 1 TD and Brock Ehlis 1-5 yds.

            The defense was led by Jaren Rafferty with 7 tackles and 7 assists.  Matt Huether had 6 tackles and 3 assists.  Brock Ehlis had 5 tackles, 2 assists and 1 interception.  Mark Fitterer had 3 tackles, 3 assists, 1 interception and 1 knockdown pass.  Will Swindler had 4 tackles, 1 assist and caused 1 fumble.  Tallen Binstock and Teddy Kirschemann both had 4 tackles and 2 assists.

South Border had 470 yds. of total offense compared to 360 yds. for the Huskies.   The Huskies were a -4 on turnovers.
            Hettinger County traveled to Linton to take on the Linton/HMB/SZ on their Homecoming Night.  The Huskies led 20 to 16 at the half and went on to a 34 to 28 victory.  This was a huge win for the Huskies.  The Huskies are now back on track for a chance to win a playoff spot.  Rhett Miller returns after suffering a knee injury last fall.

            Tallen Binstock opened the Huskie scoring on a 4 yd. run.  Matt Huether scored 3 more times on a 6 yd. pass from Tallen Binstock and on runs of 2 yds. and 4 yds.  Tallen Binstock added the last score on a 1 yd. run.   PATs were scored by a Tallen Binstock run and a Matt Huether run.  In the closing seconds, Rhett Miller sacked the QB and caused a fumble to seal the deal.  Rushing:  Matt Huether 23-127 yds. 2 TDs, Jaren Rafferty 14-89 yds., Tallen Binstock 8-11 yds. 2 TDs.  Passing:  Tallen Binstock 6-12-0 for 137 yds. 1 TD.  Receiving:  Jaren Rafferty 3-73 yds., Aiden Rafferty 1-52 yds. and Matt Huether 2-12 yds. 1 TD.

            The defense was led by Jaren Rafferty with 14 tackles and 7 assists.  Matt Huether had 8 tackles, 4 assists and 3 knockdown passes.  Aiden Rafferty had 6 tackles and 5 assists.  Mark Fitterer had 6 tackles and 2 assists.  Grady Bock had 5 tackles and 4 assists.  Brock Ehlis had 5 tackles, 1 assist and 1 knockdown pass.  Oscar Webersink had a QB sack, Tallen Binstock had a 36 yd. interception and Rhett Miller had 1 QB sack and caused a fumble.

            The Huskies were 58-346 in total yds. compared to 59-308 yds. for Linton.  Each team had 1 turnover.

            The number 1 ranked team in the state, New Salem/Almont, traveled to Mott to take on the Hettinger County Huskies in the local Homecoming Game.  This was a defensive battle by both squads.  Both teams scored 8 points in the 4th quarter.  Matt Huether scored on a 25 yd. run and the PAT was good when Will Swindler caught the pass from Tallen Binstock.  The Huskies went on offense first in overtime.  The Huskies were backed up due to a holding call.  From 16 yds. out, a halfback pass to QB Tallen Binstock (pitched the ball and rolled out left) from tailback Matt Huether (faking run right) made the score 14-6.  The PAT failed.  New Salem/Almont was then stopped on fourth down when Brock Ehlis intercepted a pass in the endzone.  Huskies win the game 14-6.  Rushing:  Matt Huether 16-93 yds. 1 TD, Tallen Binstock 7-68 yds., Rhett Miller 7-15 yds. and Jaren Rafferty 2-1 yd. (Jaren played sparingly due to an injury).  Passing: Tallen Binstock 0-10-0 and Matt Huether 1-1-0 16 yds. 1 TD.  (The weather was brutal-rained throughout the game.  Many balls too slippery to catch.)  Receiving:  Tallen Binstock 1-16 yds. 1 TD.

            The top defender for the Huskies was Jaren Rafferty.  Jaren had to play defense even though he was not healthy.  He played a courageous game.  Jaren had 12 tackles, 4 assists a 1 QB sack.  Will Swindler has 7 tackles, 2 assists, caused 1 fumble and recovered 1 fumble.  Matt Huether had 5 tackles and 7 assists.  Brock Ehlis had 5 tackles, 3 assists, 1 knockdown pass and 1 very important interception.  Tallen Binstock had 4 tackles, 4 assists and 1 knockdown pass.  Mark Fitterer had 3 tackles and 5 assists.  Aiden Rafferty had 1 tackle, 4 assists and 1 fumble recovery.

            New Salem/Almont had 53-253 yds. of total offense compared to 43-193 yds. for the Huskies.  A huge difference was in the turnover battle.  Huskies win this with a +3 on turnovers.  Huskies bent but did not break.  What a defensive battle.  Also, Huskies had too many penalties compared to New Salem/Almont. Huskies had 9 penalties for 80 yds.  while New Salem/Almont had only 2 penalties for 20 yds.  Huskies had many nice plays called back.

            Congratulations to King Matt Huether and Queen Anna Nasset.

On the road again.  The Hettinger County Huskies traveled to Steele to take on Kidder County.  The Huskies led 22-6 at the half and went on to win 34 to 6.  Tallen Binstock scored twice on big runs of 55 yds. and 44 yds.  Matt Huether scored on a 2 yd. run and on a 17 yd. pass from Tallen Binstock.  Mark Fitterer scored on a 11 yd. pass from Tallen Binstock.  PATs were scored by Evan Doe and Will Swindler on passes from Tallen Binstock.  Rushing:  Tallen Binstock 12-154 yds. 2 TDs, Jaren Rafferty 5-92 yds. and Matt Huether 16-67 yds.  Passing:  Tallen Binstock 5-7-0 for 41 yds. and 2 TDs.  Receiving:  Matt Huether 2-21 yds. 1 TD, Mark Fitterer 1-11 yds. 1 TD and Jaren Rafferty 2-9 yds.

The defense was led by Matt Huether with 8 tackles, 1 assist and 1 fumble recovery.  Aiden Rafferty had 5 tackles, 4 assists, 1 QB sack and caused 1 fumble.  Brock Ehlis had 8 tackles and 1 assist.  Tallen Binstock had 4 tackles, 1 assist and 2 knockdown passes.  Jaren Rafferty had 4 tackles and 6 assists.  Grady Bock had 4 tackles, 3 assists and ½ QB sack.  Mark Fitterer had 3 tackles, 1 knockdown pass and 1 interception.  Will Swindler caused a fumble, Oscar Webersink had 1 QB sack, Evan Doe had ½ QB sack and Rhett Miller had 1 QB sack.

The Huskies had 42-351 in total yards compared to 53-191 yds. for KC.  The Huskies were a +2 in turnovers.

  The Hettinger County Huskies took on Hettinger-Scranton Nighthawks at New England’s Homecoming Game.  The Huskies led 6 to 0 at the half and went on to win 16 to 10.  Matt Huether scored first for the Huskies on a 5 yd. run.  In the 2nd half, the Huskies scored a safety when holding was called on Hettinger-Scranton in the endzone.  Mark Fitterer then took the ensuing kickoff 65 yds. for another Huskie touchdown.  The PAT was good when Matt Huether caught a pass from Tallen Binstock.

            Matt Huether led the Huskies in rushing with 69 yds. on 16 carries and 1 TD.  Jaren Rafferty was 10-28 yds. and Tallen Binstock 11-7 yds.  Passing:  Tallen Binstock was 3-7-0 for 33 yds.  Receiving:  Jaren Rafferty 1-31 yds.

            Jaren Rafferty led the defense with 6 tackles, 3 assists, 1 QB sack and caused a fumble.  Will Swindler had 6 tackles, 3 assists, 1 QB sack and had 1 fumble recovery.  Matt Huether had 5 tackles, 2 assists and knocked down 1 pass.  Mark Fitterer had 4 tackle and 3 assists.  Brock Ehlis had 4 tackles, 1 assist and knocked down 1 pass.  Aiden Rafferty had 3 tackles, 3 assists and 1 QB sack.  Grady Bock had 3 tackles and 4 assists.  Tallen Binstock had an interception and a knocked down pass and Evan Doe had 2 QB sacks.

            Hettinger-Scranton was 53-185 yds. compared to the Huskies 46-140 yds. of total offense.  The Huskies led in turnovers with a +1.  Huskies win the first ever “Range Wars.”  A traveling trophy will be presented to the Huskies.

            Congratulations to King Jaren Rafferty and Queen Sophie Olsonawski.

            Hettinger County traveled to Beach for their regular season final game.  The Huskies led 32 to 6 at the half and went on to win 44 to 6.  Tallen Binstock scored the first 2 TDs on runs of 44 yds. and 1 yd.  Matt Huether scored 4 touchdowns on a 52 yd. run, 1 yd. run, and 2 TDs on passes from Tallen Binstock of 24 and 26 yd.  Rhett Miller added a TD on an 8 yd. run.  The only PAT scored was from Evan Doe on a pass from Tallen Binstock.

Tallen Binstock led the team in rushing 9-93 yds. and 2 TDs.  Matt Huether was 10-88 yds. and 2 TDs.  Rhett Miller was 7-43 yds. and 1 TD.  Brandon Bowman was 8-40 yds. and Jaren Rafferty was 3-18 yds.  Tallen Binstock was 5-9-0 for 103 yds. and 2 TDs passing.  Matt Huether led the team in receptions with 2 for 50 yds. and 2 TDs.  Evan Doe had 1 catch for 33 yds. and Jaren Rafferty had 2 catches for 20 yds.

The defense was led by Will Swindler with 6 tackles and 3 assists.  Jaren Rafferty had 6 tackles and 1 assist.  Grady Bock had 2 tackles and 8 assists.  Matt Huether had 3 tackles, 3 assists and 1 knockdown pass.  Mark Fitterer had 4 tackles and 2 assists.  Oscar Webersink had 3 tackles and 2 QB sacks.   Jonathin Friedt had 2 QB sacks, Evan Doe and Aiden Rafferty each had a QB sack and Brock Ehlis and Brandon Bowman each had a fumble recovery.  

            The Huskies had 281 yds. rushing compared to just 35 yds. for the Bucs.  The Huskies led in turnovers with a +2.
            The Huskies finish 3rd with a 6-3 record in Region 4 and will head to Alexander for the 1st round of playoffs.

            Hettinger County traveled to Alexander for the 1st round of the playoffs.  The Huskies led 8 to 6 at the half and went on to win 22 to 20 in overtime.  Alexander scored late in the fourth to send it to overtime.  Matt Huether scored 1st for the Huskies on a 10 yds. run.  Jaren Rafferty added the PAT on a pass from Tallen Binstock.  Later, Jaren Rafferty scored on a 38 yd. pass from Tallen Binstock (Nice job by Jaren on a catch and hurdle over the defender).  In overtime, Rhett Miller scored on a 10 yd. run.  The PAT was scored by Brock Ehlis on a pass from Tallen Binstock.  Alexander scored a TD in the overtime period but came up short on the PAT by an outstanding effort by the defense.

            Rhett Miller led the Huskies in rushing 14-72 yds. and 1 TD, Tallen Binstock 16-65 yds., Matt Huether 8-38 yds. and 1 TD, and Jaren Rafferty 4-25 yds.  Tallen Binstock led the Huskies in passing 5-11-0 for 101 yds. and 1 TD.   Jaren Rafferty led the receivers 2-45 yds. and 1 TD, Rhett Miller 1-25 yds., Brock Ehlis 1-16 yds. and Aiden Rafferty 1-15 yds.
            The defense was led by Jaren Rafferty with 11 tackles, 5 assists and 1 QB sacks.  Brock Ehlis had 7 tackles, 2 assists and 1 interception.  Mark Fitterer had 6 tackles and 1 assist.  Grady Bock had 2 tackles, 7 assists and 1 QB sack.  Matt Huether had 5 tackles and 1 assist.  Aiden Rafferty had 1 tackle and 3 QB sacks and caused 1 fumble.  Tallen Binstock had 2 tackles, 1 assist, 1 fumble recovery and 1 interception.  Rhett Miller added 1 QB sack.  A big play on defense came with about 9 seconds left in the game.  Alexander was trying a short field goal for the win.  Will Swindler and Teddy Kirchemann get the credit for blocking it.

            The Huskies won the turnover battle with +2.  The Huskies had 301 yds. of total offense compared to 196 yds. for Alexander.  Great win over a very good Alexander team.

            Off to the final eight!!  What a game in Wishek!  Hettinger County was on the road again to take on South Border.  South Border led 16-12 at the half.  The Huskies came up just short 28-24 against a very good team.  (It was cold out there!!)  South Border will end up in the title game against North Prairie.  The TDs for the game were even.  South Border scored 2 more PATs than the Huskies.  Jaren Rafferty scored on a 2 yd. run, Rhett Miller scored on a 1 yd. run and Tallen Binstock scored twice on runs of 47 and 9 yds.

            Tallen Binstock had a big day.  Tallen was 21-117 yds. rushing with 2 TDs, Matt Huether was 13-48 yds., Jaren Rafferty 3-9 yds. and 1 TD and Rhett Miller 5-7 yds. and 1 TD.  Tallen Binstock was 8-11-1 for 137 yds. passing.   Matt Huether caught 3 passes for 57 yds., Brock Ehlis caught 3 passes for 37 yds., Mark Fitterer caught 1 pass for 33 yds. and Evan Doe caught 1 pass for 10 yds.

            The defense was led by Jaren Rafferty with 12 tackles, 6 assists, caused 1 fumble and recovered 1 fumble.  Tallen Binstock had 5 tackles and 7 assists.  Matt Huether had 4 tackles, 4 assists and 1 fumble recovery.  Mark Fitterer had 5 tackles and 3 assists.  Rhett Miller had 5 tackles and 1 assist.  Will Swindler had 2 tackles, 4 assists and 1 QB sack.  Brock Ehlis had 3 tackles, 2 assists and 1 knockdown pass.  Aiden Rafferty had 3 tackles and 1 assist.

            This was a close one. The turnovers were even and total yds. were slightly in the Huskies favor 318-316 yds.

Huskies finish 3rd in Region 4, made the Quarterfinals and ended with a 7-4 record!!

Matt Huether led the team in rushing with 833 yds. on 153 carries and rushed for 12 TDs.  Tallen Binstock rushed for 644 yds. on 115 carries and rushed for 9 TDs.  Jaren Rafferty rushed for 589 yds. on 85 carries and rushed for 3 TDs.  Rhett Miller rushed for 134 yds. on 35 carries and rushed for 3 TDs.  Tallen Binstock led the team in passing with 44-89-1 for 807 yds. and passed for 10 TDs.  Matt Huether was 16-37-5 for 305 yds. and passed for 5 TDs.  Jaren Rafferty led the team in receptions.  Jaren caught 14 passes for 314 yds. and 3 TDs.  Matt Huether caught 12 passes for 189 yds. and 5 TDs.  Brock Ehlis caught 7 passes for 142 yds. and 1 TD.  Mark Fitterer caught 9 passes for 125 yds. and 4 TDs.  Tallen Binstock caught 4 passes for 92 yds. and 2 TDs.  Aiden Rafferty caught 3 passes for 91 yds.  Teddy Kirschemann caught 7 passes for 85 yds.  Evan Doe caught 2 passes for 43 yds.  Rhett Miller caught 1 pass for 25 yds.

Matt Huether led the team in scoring with 110 points.  Tallen Binstock scored 72 points, Jaren Rafferty 42 points, Mark Fitterer 36 points, Rhett Miller 18 points. Brock Ehlis 8 points, Will Swindler and Evan Doe 4 points each.

Jaren Rafferty led the team on defense.  Jaren Rafferty had 247 defensive points followed by Matt Huether with 168, Mark Fitterer 136, Brock Ehlis 131, Tallen Binstock 117, Aiden Rafferty 115 and Will Swindler 106.  Jaren Rafferty had the most tackles with 91 followed by Matt Huether with 62.  Jaren Rafferty had the most assists with 49 followed by Grady Bock with 42.  Will Swindler caused the most fumbles with 4.  Will Swindler, Matt Huether and Aiden Rafferty each had 2 fumble recoveries to lead that category.  Tallen Binstock had the most interceptions with 4 followed by Brock Ehlis with 3.  Tallen Binstock led the team in knockdown passes with 6 and Matt Huether had 5 knockdowns.  Aiden Rafferty led the team in QB sacks with 7 ½ .  Evan Doe followed with 5, Oscar Webersink had 4 ½, Jaren Rafferty 4 and Rhett Miller 3.
            Named to the All-Region 4 1st team were Tallen Binstock, Matt Huether and Jaren Rafferty.  Honorable Mention members included Will Swindler and Brock Ehlis.  Coach Nate Zachmann was named Region 4 Coach of the Year.
            Jaren Rafferty was named to the All-State 1st Team at Linebacker.  Matt Huether and Tallen Binstock made the All-State 2nd Team.   

2023 award winners were as follows:  MVP Offensive Players-Matt Huether and Tallen Binstock, MVP Offensive Linemen-Grady Bock and Will Swindler, MVP Wide Receivers-Mark Fitterer and Brock Ehlis, MVP Running Backs-Rhett Miller and Matt Huether, MVP Quarterback-Tallen Binstock, MVP Tight Ends-Evan Doe and Aiden Rafferty, MVP Defensive Players-Jaren Rafferty and Matt Huether, MVP Defensive Linemen-Aiden Rafferty and Grady Bock, MVP Linebackers-Jaren Rafferty and Will Swindler, MVP Defensive Backs-Mark Fitterer and Brock Ehlis, Most Improved-Josh Ernst, MVP Offensive Scout Players-Brandon Bowman and McKoy Stecher, MVP Defensive Scout Players-Jonathin Friedt and Rowan Prescott, HUSKIE AWARD WINNERS-Teddy Kirschemann and Rhett Miller, Toughness Award-Matt Huether and Jaren Rafferty, Most Promising Underclassman-Rowan Prescott

The final roster for the 2023 season included seniors Matt Huether, Tallen Binstock, Jaren Rafferty, Josh Ernst and Brock Ehlis.  Juniors included Will Swindler, Rhett Miller, Grady Bock, Evan Doe, Teddy Kirchemann and Jonathin Friedt.  Sophomores Aiden Rafferty, Mark Fitterer, McKoy Stecher, Tucker Bock, Jordan Jung and Brandon Bowman.  Freshmen included Rowan Prescott, Michael Greff, Sampson Swindler, Zack Messmer, Ty Wolf and Dylan DeWall.

The assistant coaches were Colton Damjanovich, Jaden Schoch, Ty Norby and Nathan Swindler.