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Area TVL 8-Man Football Athletes Perform Well at All-Star Game

By Mike Smith

06/11/2012

Area athletes shine in the Division II 8-man All-Star game this past Saturday. As the East squad featured 10 TVL players on the roster and was coached by Baileyville-B&B coach, Justin Coup.

It would be the East team running away with the victory 56-24 over the West team in the Division II game. But early it looked like the West was in control as they took the opening kickoff 73-yards for a TD, then scored another to lead 16-0 after a pair of successful 2-point conversation with the TD’s.

After that the East team would open the flood gates and score 46 unanswered points and go on to win the game 56-24.

The B&B Falcon trio of Eric Huerter, Cody Heiman and Mitch Engelken combined for a huge portion of the offense for the East squad.

Huerter was 8-18 passing for 78 yards & 4 TD’s, also ran for 72 yards on 10 carries; while snatching up 2 interceptions on defense. His teammate Heiman ran for 73 yards and caught a 17-yard TD pass. While Mitch Engelken, ran for 233 yards on 20 carries with 3 TD’s (longest TD run of 64 yards); his 233 yards unofficial All-Star game record.

Frankfort Wildcat, Tight end, Jonathan Keating also had a good offensive day grabbing 6 passes for 14 yards and a TD. East offense finished with 529 yards of total offense; while the West team was held to 198 yards of total offense.

Many other area TVL athletes competed in the Division II All-Star game; while 2 other area TVL athletes competed in the Division I game for the East squad, which lost their game 36-0 to the West.

(stats for story courtesy of stories posted on www.northeastkansassports.com)

Area participates in Games:

Division I East Squad:

Jason Drouillard (Blue Valley-Randolph)
Brett Fahey (Clifton-Clyde)

Division II East Squad:

Coach: Justin Coup (Baileyville-B&B)

Eric Huerter (Baileyville-B&B)
Cody Heiman (Baileyville-B&B)
Mitch Engelken (Baileyville-B&B)
Darren Meyer (Bern)
Jacob Broxterman (Frankfort)
Jonathan Keating (Frankfort)
Cesar Perales (Linn)
Jacob Bott (Linn)

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