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Aug. 28—EAST GRAND FORKS — The East Grand Forks Senior High football team featured 2023 senior Drew Carpenter at quarterback for the previous three seasons.
The Polk County West football team, a co-op between East Grand Forks Sacred Heart and Climax-Fisher, has had an 11-year run with the Gapp family as a standout, most recently workhorse running back Mike Gapp, a 2023 senior.
The Section 8AAA Green Wave and the Section 8A Thunder will kick off new offensive eras on Thursday night. East Grand Forks hosts Crookston with a 6 p.m. kickoff, while PCW hosts West Central at 7 p.m.
For the Wave, Jakob Stassen is likely to start at quarterback as a sophomore. Junior Weston Bratrud is also competing for playing time at quarterback.
“(Stassen) commands the huddle and has the respect of his teammates and is just a playmaker,” East Grand Forks coach Ryan Kasowski said. “He’s more of a traditional quarterback. In past years, we’ve run the quarterback quite a bit. Jakob gives us that ability but he maybe can open things up as far as a dropback thrower. We believe in running, and we will be run-heavy but when we need to throw he gives us the ability to do that.”
Kasowski expects his team’s strength to be on the line, where the Wave return three starters from a year ago in Messi Kalenda, Rylan Gravos and Mavrik Martine.
For PCW, Mike Gapp ran for 1,265 yards on 203 attempts with 15 touchdowns last season.
“It’s going to be different,” PCW coach Darrin Byklum said. “We rode (the Gapp boys’) shoulders for a while, and it’s time for others to step up. We don’t have a superstar but we have a lot of guys where when we sub we don’t lose anything. It’s good competition.”
Byklum said PCW is comfortable rotating 18 guys this season.
“I don’t know where they all came from, but I’m pleasantly surprised,” he said. “We’ll have some guys play just…
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Publish date : 2024-08-29 00:31:00
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