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All-Star Football Game Alumnus Selected in
the 2014 NFL Draft
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Name |
NFL Team |
College |
Draft Round |
Position |
High School |
All-Star Year |
All-Star Team |
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Billy Turner |
Miami |
North Dakota State |
3 (68th overall) |
OT |
Mounds View |
2010 |
Metro |
Billy Turner was a 2009 Associated Press First Team
All-State selection. In the 2010 All-Star Football Game, he
was a starting offensive tackle for the Metro All-Stars in a
28-0 victory over the Outstate All-Stars at Husky Stadium.
In college, Billy Turner started 56 games in four seasons
for the North Dakota State Bison and played on three
consecutive NCAA FCS National Championship teams (2011,
2012, 2013). Turner finished his college career by playing
in the 2014 Senior Bowl All-Star Game.
Congratulations to Billy Turner!
PLAYERS ANNOUNCED FOR 41st ANNUAL
MFCA TACKLE CANCER ALL-STAR FOOTBALL GAME
Full
Release
North Roster
South Roster
The 88 players who will
participate in the 41st Annual MFCA Tackle Cancer All-Star
Football Game have been announced by the Minnesota Football
Coaches Association. The 2014 All-Star Football Game will be
held on Saturday June 28 at Husky Stadium on the campus of
the St. Cloud State University. The kick-off will be at 1:00
PM.
The All-Star
Football Game will showcase outstanding senior players from
the 2013 high school football season. Players and coaches
representing 85 schools and 30 conferences will participate
in this year’s game. They were selected by members of the
Minnesota Football Coaches Association.
COACHES ANNOUNCED FOR 41st ANNUAL MFCA
TACKLE CANCER ALL-STAR GAME
Full
Release
The 16
coaches who will participate in the 41st Annual MFCA Tackle
Cancer All-Star Football Game have been announced by the
Minnesota Football Coaches Association (MFCA). The 2014
All-Star Football Game will be held on Saturday June 28 at
Husky Stadium on the campus of the St. Cloud State
University. The kick-off will be at 1:00 PM. The All-Star
Football Game will showcase outstanding senior players from
the 2013 Minnesota high school football season.
The 2014 All-Star Game will be the 41st in the current
annual series and the 52nd overall. For the fourth
consecutive year, the game will feature the North All-Stars
versus the South All-Stars. In the 2013 game, the South
All-Stars defeated the North All-Stars 24-14 at Husky
Stadium.The South All-Stars lead the current
North-South series 2-1. The South also leads the overall
North-South series 10-9-1 after 20 games.
The head coaches for the 2014 MFCA Tackle Cancer
All-Star Football Game are Bill Weiss of Chisago Lakes Area
(North) and Mike Grant of Eden Prairie (South). Together,
they have a combined 58 years of head coaching experience
and a combined career head coaching record of 381 wins and
141 losses.
NAME CHANGE FOR
ALL-STAR FOOTBALL GAME
Full Press Release
A
name change for the 41st Annual Minnesota High School
All-Star Football Game has been announced by the Minnesota
Football Coaches Association (MFCA).
Beginning with the 2014 game, the Minnesota High School
All-Star Football Game will be officially known as the “MFCA
Tackle Cancer All-Star Football Game”.
With the name change, the All-Star Football Game will now be
the kick-off game for MFCA’s Tackle Cancer program each
season.
2014 All-Star Coaches Named
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South |
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Mike Grant |
Eden
Prairie |
Head South
Coach |
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Mark
Ritter |
Eden
Prairie |
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Paul Ruud |
Glencoe
Silver Lake |
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Steve
Solom |
BOLD |
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Jeff
Johnson |
Chatfield |
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Ray Betton |
Holy
Angels |
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James
Semmen |
Lanesboro |
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George
Thole |
Stillwater |
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South |
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Bill Weiss |
Chisago
Lakes |
Head North
Coach |
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Mark Elmer |
Stillwater |
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John Young |
Coon
Rapids |
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Derek
Parendo |
Proctor |
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Matt
Townsend |
Columbia
Heights |
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Jay Loven |
Upsalla/Swanville
Area |
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John
McEahran |
Perham |
|
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To Be
Named |
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ALL-STAR ALUMNI IN THE NFL
The 32 NFL teams made their final cuts this past weekend.
The following alumni players from the Minnesota High School
All-Star Football Game are included on NFL 53-man rosters as
the 2013-14 NFL season begins:
|
Name |
NFL Team |
Pos |
Years |
All-Star |
All-Star Team |
High School |
College |
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Matt Spaeth |
Pittsburgh |
TE |
7 |
2002 |
Outstate |
STMA |
Minnesota |
|
Craig Dahl |
San Francisco |
DB |
6 |
2003 |
Outstate |
Mankato East |
NDSU |
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Ramon Humber |
New Orleans |
LB |
6 |
2005 |
Metro |
Champlin Park |
NDSU |
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James Laurinaitis |
St. Louis |
LB |
5 |
2005 |
Metro |
Wayzata |
Ohio State |
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Eric Decker |
Denver |
WR |
4 |
2005 |
Outstate |
Rocori |
Minnesota |
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Karl Klug |
Tennessee |
DL |
3 |
2006 |
Outstate |
Caledonia |
Iowa |
The
following alumni players from the Minnesota High School
All-Star Football Game are included on NFL practice squads:
|
Name |
NFL Team |
Pos |
Years |
All-Star |
All-Star Team |
High School |
College |
|
Paul Cornick |
Denver |
OT |
Rookie |
2007 |
Metro |
Orono |
NDSU |
|
Brian Arnfelt |
Pittsburgh |
DE |
Rookie |
2008 |
Metro |
Stillwater |
Northwestern |
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Adam Thielen |
Minnesota |
WR |
Rookie |
2008 |
Outstate |
Detroit Lakes |
Minnesota State-Mankato |
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