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Aug. 20—GRAND FORKS — Grand Forks Red River’s three selections led the way as the Grand Forks Herald selected 12 players to watch from the coverage area for the 2024 high school football season, which begins this weekend.
The Roughriders were represented by record-setting, three-year starting quarterback Pearce Parks, all-conference linebacker Ray Dusek and South Dakota State-bound offensive lineman JB Walters.
Red River was picked fourth at the Class AA level in the preseason poll, which was released Monday.
Grand Forks Central was represented on the watch list by Naz Fisher and Eli Thompson — two players expected to break out for a Knights team looking to replace three players on the 2023 Herald watch list: Erick Paye, Tray Kuntz and Jack Simmers. Paye and Kuntz are now with the UND football program, while Simmers is playing at Mayville State.
North Prairie, coming off a 9-man state championship, was the only other team to see multiple selections to the team. Cole Henderson and Brett Tastad made the list for the co-op of Rolette, Rolla and Wolford — a co-op that won a state title for the first time in 2023.
Cody Amble, Langdon-E-M: The 6-foot-3 senior was an all-state Class A pick last year on the second team. He caught 42 balls for 788 yards and eight touchdowns. On defense, he had five interceptions and two defensive touchdowns.
Kyler Droog, Grafton: The 6-foot-7 senior quarterback threw for 1,773 yards and 18 touchdowns last season while completing 66 percent of his passes.
Ray Dusek, GF Red River: The 5-foot-10, 200-pound all-EDC senior linebacker made 59 tackles and recorded 6.0 tackles for loss.
Naz Fisher, GF Central: The junior linebacker came on late last season and despite just playing in eight games, Fisher had 42 tackles, 4.0 sacks and 7.0 tackles for loss.
Cole Henderson, North Prairie: The 9-man…
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Author : Grand Forks Herald
Publish date : 2024-08-20 14:31:00
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