Section Championship- Special Teams Players of the Week

As the playoffs reach the Section Championship rounds, it's always fun to see what teams continue to stay strong, and what teams make surprise upsets. Last week all remaining Minnesota teams were playing for a berth at State Tournament. There were a lot of tight games and a few over time wins. One kicker in particular had a big game for his team. Louis Hartzog of Chaska (Class 5) spent a lot of time on the field. He hit  3 for 3 on PATs, but hit 2 field goals of 27 & 20 yards for a total of 9 points for his team.  Chaska is having a great season and is currently 10-0 entering the state tournament!  Good luck in your state playoff run.

Photo of Louis not available at publication.

Top Minnesota High School Specialists
Top Kicker 

• Louis Hartzog- Chaska- 3 for 3 PATs and 2 Field Goals for 27 & 20 yards- 9 points

Honorable Mention

• Aiden McConnell- Henry Sibley- 5 for 5 PATs & 1 Field Goal (27 yards)- 8 points
• Cody Lewis- Proctor- 4 for 5 PATs and 1 Field Goal- 7 points
• Alex Bornschlegl- St Croix Lutheran- 7 for 7 PATs- 7 points
• Charlie Stejskal- Maple Lake- 6 for 7 PATs and 1 punt for 40 yards- 6 points
• Sam Clark- Cretin Durham Hall- 2 Field Goals of 28 & 32 yards- 6 points
• Conor Failor- Holy Angels- 3 for 3 PATs and 1 Field Goal of 20 yards- 6 points
• Elliot Kane- Osseo- 2 for 2 PATs & 1 Field Goal of 34 yards, which was the Game Winner to advance to state.

Photo of Blake not available at time article was publish.

Top Punter

• Blake Addison- St Cloud Cathedral- 4 punts for 169 yards and 42.2 yard average

Honorable Mention  

• Jannik Frederiksen- Wayzata- 6 punts for 238 yards and 39.7 yard average.  5 of those punts were Inside the 20 yard line and furthermore, 3 of those were Inside the 10 yard line.
• Justin Freyholtz- Andover- 2 punts- 92 yards and a 46 yard average.
• Jacques Perra- Roseville- 3 punts for 199 yards and a 39.7 yard average.

Coach Husby also has helped train a number of specialists that live outside of MN.  We'd like to recognize those student's top performances.
This week we had a number of outstanding performances that we had to recognize. 

Drew Cornwell celebrating after a 45 yard FG make and breaking the All Time Iowa Scoring Kicking Record.

Top Out-Of-State Specialist of the Week

• Drew Cornwell- Iowa City High School (Iowa City, IA)- 3 for 3 PATs and 1 Field Goal of 45 yards.  The 45 yard Field Goal broke the Iowa Scoring Record for kickers.  Also had 2 touchbacks- 6 points
  

Honorable Mention  

• Colt Sirstins Andolsek- Herriman High School (Herriman, UT)- 5 for 5 PATs and 1 Field Goal of 28 yards- 8 points.

Alexi Johnson

Top Collegiate Specialist

• Alexi Johnson- St John's University- 2 for 2 PATs and 2 Field Goals of 18 & 24 yards- 8 points  Alexi is also ranked 2nd in the MIAC conference for kickers with 46 points.

Congratulations to everyone!

Chris Husby
Professional Kicking Coach and Owner
Special Teams Football Academy
Join our Facebook Fan Page!
Follow us on Twitter.
Follow us on Instagram.
Subscribe to our YouTube Videos. 
CoachHusby@gmail.com 
651-353-2660  

 

Zero Week- Special Teams Player of the Week

Zero Week is the week that is leading up to the first official week of the high school season.  It's a chance for teams who may have had trouble scheduling a game during the season, to play a game during the preseason.  There were only 11 games in MN going on during "Zero Week."  This year we have more specialists reporting and that we trained, so we will be awarding a TOP Kicker and Punter each week as well as Top Collegiate Athlete.

Our High School Prep Co-Athlete Special Teams Players of the Week are Perry Smith of Minnetonka and Louis Hartzog of Chaska. Both kicked 5 for 5 on their PATs.

Top Punter

• Jason Witherspoon- 4 punts for 142 total yards with a 35.5 yard punt average.

Ryan Weese

But the most impressive performance was done by Ryan Weese of Hutchinson Community College

Top Collegiate Specialist of the Week-
Ryan Weese- 5 for 5 on PATs and 3 for 3 on Field goals (27, 31, 28)- for a total of 14 points.

Congratulations everyone!

Coach Chris Husby

Professional Kicking Coach and Owner

Special Teams Football Academy

Join our Facebook Fan Page!

Follow us on Twitter.

Subscribe to our YouTube Videos.

CoachHusby@gmail.com

651-353-2660

Week 6- Special Teams Player of the Week

Our Week 6 Special Teams Prep Athlete of the Week hails from Chaska High School.  Their football team is doing very well this year and are currently 1 game out of first play in their conference.  Louis Hartzog had one of his best games of his seasons.  He kicked 5 for 5 on Extra Points and went 2 for 2 on Field Goals of 27 & 23 yards.  He continues to lead and help his team win games.  Congratulations!

Unfortunately we did not have an action shot of Louis at the time of Publication

Honorable Mention

1. Chad Anenson- Mayer Lutheran- 4 for 4 PATs & 2 for 2 Field Goals (25 & 30 yards)-10 points
2. Connor McNallan- Bemidji- 5 for 5 PATs & 1 for 1 Field Goals (28 yards)- 8 points
3. Patrick Lecorre- Edina- 2 for 2 PATs & 2 for 3 Field Goals (45 & 22 yards)- 8 points
4. Justin Mclain- St Michael Albertville- 4 for 4 PATs & 1 for 1 Field Goals (30 yards)- 7 points
5. Oliver Cornelius-Knudsen- Blake- 7 for 8 PATs- 7 points
6. Mitchel Grupa- Rogers- 7 for 7 PATs- 7 points

Thank you.

Chris Husby
Professional Kicking Coach and Owner
Special Teams Football Academy
Join our Facebook Fan Page!
Follow us on Twitter.
Follow us on Instagram.
Subscribe to our YouTube Videos.
CoachHusby@gmail.com
651-353-2660