FORMER ALL-STARS ON FCS CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

North Dakota State University won the 2011 NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS, formerly Division IAA) championship on Saturday January 7 with a 17-6 defeat of previously undefeated Sam Houston State. The championship game was played in Frisco, TX before a crowd of 20,586.

 

The NDSU football roster includes 36 players from Minnesota high schools. Of those 36 Minnesota players, 21 played in the Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game:

 

Year     Total

2007    2

2008    2

2009    6 (1 MVP)

2010    4 (1 MVP)

2011    7

Total    21

 

Here are the 21 All-Star alumni players on the NDSU roster:

 

No.

Name

Pos.

Yr.

Hometown (Prev School)

Year

Team

All-Star Comments

12

Cooper Wahlo, Jr.

WR

So.

Woodbury, Minn. (Woodbury HS)

2009

Metro

starter

21

Frank Veldman

SS

Fr.

Eagan, Minn. (Eastview HS)

2011

South

starter

28

CJ Smith

CB

Fr.

Savage, Minn. (Burnsville HS)

2011

South

  

29

A.J. Van Voorhis

SS

So.

Champlin, Minn. (Champlin Park HS)

2009

Metro

starter

34

Grant Olson

LB

So.

Plymouth, Minn. (Wayzata HS)

2010

Metro

starter, captain

36

Joey Sonnenfeld

FS

Fr.

Maple Grove, Minn. (Osseo HS)

2011

North

  

38

Carlton Littlejohn

LB

RFr.

Minneapolis, Minn. (North Community HS)

2010

Metro

MVP

39

Brennan Cable

FB

Fr.

Marshall, Minn. (Marshall HS)

2011

South

  

59

Joe Haeg

OT

Fr.

Lake Shore, Minn. (Brainerd HS)

2011

North

starter

59

Alex LaVoy

LB

Fr.

Naytahwaush, Minn. (Mahnomen HS)

2011

North

  

64

Josh Colville

OL

Fr.

Deephaven, Minn. (Minnetonka HS)

2011

South

starter

68

Ty Beckius

OG

Jr.

Mahnomen, Minn. (Mahnomen HS)

2008

Outstate

  

71

Tyler Gimmestad

OG

So.

Marshall, Minn. (Marshall HS)

2009

Outstate

starter

73

Joe Lund

C

Jr.

Bloomington, Minn. (Kennedy HS)

2008

Metro

starter

77

Billy Turner

OT

So.

Shoreview, Minn. (Mounds View HS)

2010

Metro

starter

78

Paul Cornick

OT

Sr.

Orono, Minn. (Orono HS)

2007

Metro

  

82

Matt Veldman

TE

Sr.

Becker, Minn. (Becker HS)

2007

Outstate

  

85

Kevin Vaadeland

TE

So.

Park Rapids, Minn. (Park Rapids Area HS)

2009

Outstate

  

86

Taylor Nelson

TE

So.

Minnetonka, Minn. (Minnetonka HS)

2009

Metro

  

89

Zach Vraa

WR

RFr.

Inver Grove Heights, Minn. (Rosemount HS)

2010

Metro

starter

93

Cole Jirik

DE

So.

Northfield, Minn. (Northfield HS)

2009

Outstate

starter, captain, MVP

 

In the NCAA FCS championship game, 12 of the All-Star alumni played and 5 were in the offensive starting line-up:

 

NDSU Offensive starters:

 

POS  ## OFFENSE

TE 82 Veldman, Matt (1 catch, 29 yards)

LT  77 Turner, Billy

C    73 Lund, Joe

RG 71 Gimmestad, Tyler

RT  78 Cornick, Paul

 

Reserves who played:

 

12-Wahlo, Cooper

29-Van Voorhis, AJ (1 solo tackle)

34-Olson, Grant

38-Littlejohn, Carlton (1 solo tackle)

85-Vaadeland, Kevin

86-Nelson, Taylor

93-Jirik, Cole (4 solo, 2 assisted tackles, 1 tackle for 6 yard loss)

 

Congratulations to of all of the Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game alumni players who are now National Champions!

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Article from the Worthington Daily Globe

North Defeats South 17-7

Blaine's Eric Kline of the North put the boot to the South on a day when a new format and location at the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium seemed to satisfy all.

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$60 Schools

The following schools have contributed $60 to the MFCA All-Star Game by purchasing tickets to the 2011 All-Star Game.

Adrian Glencoe Silver Lake Rocori
Albany Goodridge / Grygla Rogers
Albert Lea Grand Meadow Roseau
Anoka Grand Rapids Roseville
Becker Hastings Rushford-Peterson
Benilde Henning Sartell
Benson Hibbing Sauk Rapids
Blaine Highland Park Shakopee
Bloomington Kennedy Holy Family Spring Lake Park
Blue Earth Lake of the Woods Springfield
BOLD Lakeville North St Cloud Tech
Braham Lakeville South St Peter
Brainerd Luverne St. Croix Lutheran
Breck  MacCray St. Francis
Breckenridge Mankato West St. Thomas
Buffalo Minnetonka Stillwater
Byron Monticello Totino Grace
Caledonia Moose Lake / Willow River Triton
Cannon Falls Mound Westonka Two Harbors
Centennial Mounds View United South Central
Chisago Lakes Mountain Iron / Buhl Virginia
Cloquet New London Spicer Waconia
Concordia Academy New Ulm Cathedral WashburnCentennial
Cretin Northfield Wayzata
Deer River Orono WEM
Delano Osseo White Bear Lake
Detroit Lakes Park Cottage Grove Willmar
Eagan Pelican Rapids Woodbury
East Ridge Pierz Zimmerman
Eden Valley / Watkins Pine City Zumbrota
Edina Red Lake Falls  
Farmington Richfield  
Forest Lake Rochester JM  

2011 All-Star Coaches Announced

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The 12 coaches who will participate in the 38th Annual Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game have been announced by the Minnesota Football Coaches Association. The 2011 All-Star Football Game will be held on Saturday June 25 at TCF Bank Stadium on the campus of the University of Minnesota. The kick-off will be at 7:00 PM. The All-Star Football Game will showcase outstanding senior players from the 2010 high school football season.

 

The Head Coaches for the 2011 Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game are Ron Stolski of Brainerd (North) and Dave Nelson of Minnetonka (South). Together, they have a combined career head coaching record of 546 wins, 229 losses and 5 ties. The 546 combined wins are the most of any head coaching match-up in the history of the Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game. Stolski and Nelson have coached 66 players that have played in the Minnesota All-Star Football Game.

 

Assisting Ron Stolski with the North All-Stars are:

Jeff Ferguson Totino-Grace

Shannon Gerrety Blaine

Flint Motschenbacher Detroit Lakes

Dave Nigon Totino-Grace (retired)

Leo Pohlkamp Pierz

 

Note: the coaches on the North All-Star staff have combined for 1,035 career wins.

Assisting Dave Nelson with the South All-Stars are:

Clay Anderson Albert Lea

Jon Bakken Waterville-Elysian-Morristown

Mal Scanlan Cretin-Derham Hall (retired)

Mike Scanlan Cretin-Derham Hall

Bubba Sullivan Northfield

 

Note: the coaches on the South All-Star staff have combined for 989 career wins.

2011 All-Star Game Changes Announced

The Minnesota Football Coaches Association (MFCA) is pleased to announce that the 38th Annual Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game will be played at TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday June 25 at 7:00 PM. TCF Bank Stadium will be the ninth game location in the history of the Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game.

The MFCA is also announcing a format change for the 2011 All-Star Football Game. The new format of the All-Star Football Game will be:

North (including the north Metro) vs. South (including the south Metro) Read the Full Press Release

School Team Assignment Breakdown

2002 All-Star Alum Plays In Super Bowl XLV!

The Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game congratulates:

Matt Spaeth of St. Michael-Albertville, a 2002 alum of the Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game, is a fourth-year tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Spaeth is one of ten players from the Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game to participate in the Super Bowl.

Spaeth played in his second Super Bowl when the Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the Green Bay Packers 31-25 in Super Bowl XLV. Matt became the fourth player from the Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game to play in two Super Bowl games. He became the first player from the Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game to start in two Super Bowl games.

In the 2002 All-Star Game, Matt caught a touchdown pass for the Outstate team as they defeated Metro 26-6. He played college football at the University of Minnesota.

Metro Defeats Outstate 28-0

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Game Stats

2010 Facts & Figures

2010 All-Star Week and Game Photos

The 37th Annual Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game was played on Saturday June 26 at Husky Stadium on the campus of St. Cloud State University. This was the sixth year that St. Cloud State hosted the
All-Star Football Game.

The All-Star Football Game showcased outstanding senior players from the 2009 high school football season. Players and coaches representing 76 schools and 31 conferences participated in this year's game. They were selected by members of the Minnesota Football Coaches Association.

The final score of 2010 All-Star Game: Metro All-Stars 28, Outstate All-Stars 0

Note: the game was called by the officials with 7:49 remaining in the fourth quarter (lightning in the vicinity of the stadium).

Pictures from 2010 All Star Practices

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