Special Teams Football Academy Blog: Section Quarterfinals Playoffs- Special Teams Players of the Week (2015)

Our Player of the Week posts are designed to recognize the top kicking, punting and long snapping performances of the week in Minnesota at the High School Level. We will also recognize the top STFA trained collegiate specialists and our 'out of state' athlete performances too.

The Playoffs have started here in Minnesota. Last Tuesday and Wednesday were the first round games of the Section Quarterfinal playoffs. Most of Minnesota's teams played and there were a lot of high scoring games. A number of kickers had strong games, but 1 kicker in particular had a great night of kicking. Chanhassen's kicker Noah Kersten converted all 6 of his PATs and connected on a 36 yard field goal for 9 points. The top punter was Ebenezer Laryea of Columbia Heights High School who had 5 punts of 198 total yards and a 39.6 yard average.

For both of these great accomplishments, they both earned our Section Quarterfinals Special Teams Players of the Week honors. Congrats to all of you.

Top Minnesota High School Specialists

Noah Kersten

Top Kicker

Noah Kersten- Chanhassen HS- 6 for 6 PATs and 1 field goal of 36 yards- 9 points

Honorable Mention

Brandon Plash- St Agnes HS- 6 for 6 PATs and 1 field goal of 18 yards- 9 points
Travis Trettin- Hutchinson HS- 9 for 10 PATs- 9 points
Diego Meza-Palmer- Minneota HS- 8 for 8 PATs- 8 points
Henry Russert- Caledonia HS- 8 for 9 PATs- 8 points
Jonah Schill- Hastings HS- 5 for 6 PATs and 1 field goal of 27 yards- 8 points

Ebenezer Laryea

Top Punter

Ebenezer Laryea- Columbia Heights HS- 5 punts of 198 total yards and a 39.6 yard average.

Honorable Mention

Landon Anderson- Canby HS- 6 punts of 221 total yards and a 36.8 yard average.
Christian Thoen- Dawson-Boyd HS- 5 punts of 177 total yards and a 35.4 yard average.

Congratulations to you all!

Coach Chris Husby

Professional Kicking Coach and Owner

Special Teams Football Academy

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