Week 5- Special Teams Player of the Week

At the midway point in the high school football season, we are starting to see a few kicker's names surface with repeat big kicking performances.  Jake Elliott of Lyons Township HS in IL and Reid Taubenheim of Farmington HS in MN, both had big games for their teams.  For the first time this year, we have a Co-Prep Athlete Special Teams Player of the Week.

Jake Elliott was a big contributor in their game, but unfortunately they ended up in a 1 point loss to Oak Park HS.  Jake kicked 4 field goals from 46, 46, 24, 31 yards and also going 2 for 2 on pats.  To top that off he kicked 5 of his 7 kickoffs for touchbacks.

Here in Minnesota Reid Taubenheim of Farmington High School, had a big kicking game as well contributing 9 points to his team's 27 points. Farmington was 4-0 and playing rival Chaska 3-1.  He went 3 for 3 on PATs and 2 for 2 on Field Goal of 26 and 41 yards!  This win brought their team to 5-0 and a #4 State Rank in Class 5A.

Nice work to both of you!

Honorable Mention Specialists 

1. Augustine Ajaluwa- DeLaSalle- 6 for 7 on PATs and 1 for 1 on Field Goals (40 yards)- 9 points
2. Bobby Rukavina- Holy Angels- 8 for 9 on PATs- 8 points
3. Noah Wiggins- Fridley- 2 for 3 on PATS and 2 for 2 on Field Goals (38 & 22 yards)- 8 points
4. Zach Wright- Blaine- 8 for 8 on PATs- 8 points
5. Wyatt Schmidt- St Thomas Academy- 1 for 1 PATs and 2 for 2 on Field Goals (35 & 38 yards)- 7 points

Congrats to everyone who had a great kicking performance.

-Coach Chris Husby
Website: Special Teams Football Academy

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