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  Boys Football State Final Qualifier 1997-98 

 Maple Park (Kaneland) (13-0)

 School Information
Name: Kaneland High School
City: Maple Park
City Population: 637
County: Kane
Enrollment: 619
Nickname: Knights
Colors: Black/White
Conference: Suburban Prairie (Blue)
Superintendent: Bernie Looney
Principal: Dan Bertrand
Athletic Director: Jill Holmes
Head Coach: Joe Thorgesen
Assistant Coaches: Rich Kearney, Tom Fedderly, Steve Auchstetter, Pat Sheetz, John Pavlak, Barney Callahan, Gary Baum, Greg Algrim
Captains: Ryan West, Rusty Pozen, Brian Herra, Luke Peterson, Chad Herst
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Addison (Driscoll), 24-6, in Second Round

 Roster

No.  Name                     Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
  2  Luke Peterson            E/DB   5-10 165   17  Sr.
  4  Kyle Schrader            RB/LB  5-11 185   17  Jr.
  5  Ryan West                RB/LB  6-0  190   17  Sr.
  7  Josh Miller              E/DB   6-1  175   18  Sr.
  8  Aaron Siebens            QB/DB  6-2  175   18  Sr.
  9  Eric Delaney             QB     6-2  180   16  Jr.
 10  P.J. Fleck               E/DB   5-10 160   16  Jr.
 11  Matt Gladd               K      5-11 180   17  Sr.
 12  Colin Baumgartner        E      5-11 160   16  Jr.
 13  Mike Merfeld             RB/DB  5-8  155   15  So.
 15  Tony Signorella          LB     5-9  165   15  So.
 17  Colin Nolan              QB/LB  5-10 165   15  So.
 19  Ian Thomas               RB/LB  5-9  175   17  Sr.
 20  Shaun Anderson           E      5-9  160   17  Jr.
 21  Kurt Long                RB     5-9  155   17  Jr.
 22  Ben Rogers               RB/DB  5-8  155   15  Fr.
 23  Ryan Schrader            RB/DB  5-8  160   15  Fr.
 24  Max Andrews              RB     5-7  150   17  Jr.
 25  Josh Dimitri             LB     5-7  150   16  So.
 29  Mike Behrens             E      6-0  155   15  So.
 31  John Morong              DB     5-8  155   18  Sr.
 33  Matt McGinnis            DB     5-10 160   15  So.
 34  Jason Cornell            RB/LB  5-10 180   16  Jr.
 40  Aaron Berkland           LB     5-11 180   16  So.
 44  Shaun Wenz               E/DB   5-9  175   16  Jr.
 45  Bill McKeown             E/LB   6-0  175   15  So.
 46  Mike Lemmer              RB/LB  5-9  165   17  Jr.
 49  Nick Poss                DL     5-9  160   16  So.
 50  Jason Stayner            DL     6-0  190   17  Jr.
 51  B.J. Mires               OL/DL  5-10 190   18  Sr.
 52  Adam Schultz             C      5-8  155   15  Fr.
 55  Rusty Pozen              LB     5-9  205   18  Sr.
 56  Anthony Parrilli         DL     5-9  175   18  Sr.
 58  Mike Sondelski           DL     5-10 170   15  So.
 60  Ron Easto                OL/DL  6-0  230   16  So.
 62  Jason Harley             OL/DL  5-9  170   17  Jr.
 64  Will Schmidt             OL/DL  6-0  190   16  So.
 65  Brad Thill               DL     6-5  240   17  Sr.
 66  Brian Herra              OL/DL  5-9  225   18  Sr.
 69  Chad Herst               OL/DL  6-2  200   18  Sr.
 70  Mike Varley              OL     6-0  220   16  Jr.
 72  Brian Staker             OL/DL  6-0  230   16  So.
 73  Erik Franzen             DL     5-9  160   15  So.
 74  Casey Barrett            OL/DL  6-2  180   17  Sr.
 75  Adam Wallace             C      5-10 185   18  Sr.
 76  Seth Mateas              OL     6-0  190   17  Jr.
 77  Keith Snyder             OL     5-9  220   16  Jr.
 80  Jared Lackey             E      6-0  155   16  Jr.
 86  Beau Belmont             DL     5-11 190   15  So.
 95  Mike Reynertson          DL     6-2  195   15  So.

OFFENSIVE STARTERS

Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Age Yr. LE 7 Josh Miller 6-1 175 18 Sr. LT 72 Brian Staker 6-0 230 16 So. LG 77 Keith Snyder 5-9 220 16 Jr. C 75 Adam Wallace 5-10 185 18 Sr. RG 51 B.J. Mires 5-10 190 18 Sr. RT 66 Brian Herra 5-9 225 18 Sr. RE 10 P.J. Fleck 5-10 160 16 Jr. QB 9 Eric Delaney 6-2 180 16 Jr. TB 5 Ryan West 6-0 190 17 Sr. FL 44 Shaun Wenz 5-9 175 16 Jr. FB 19 Ian Thomas 5-9 175 17 Sr.

DEFENSIVE STARTERS

Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Age Yr. LE 69 Chad Herst 6-2 200 18 Sr. LT 56 Anthony Parrilli 5-9 175 18 Sr. RT 65 Brad Thill 6-5 240 17 Sr. RE 66 Brian Herra 5-9 225 18 Sr. LB 55 Rusty Pozen 5-9 205 18 Sr. LB 4 Kyle Schrader 5-11 185 17 Jr. LB 5 Ryan West 6-0 190 17 Sr. DB 31 John Morong 5-8 155 18 Sr. DB 10 P.J. Fleck 5-10 160 16 Jr. S 8 Aaron Siebens 6-2 175 18 Sr. S 2 Luke Peterson 5-10 165 17 Sr.

SPECIALISTS

Kickoffs 11 Matt Gladd Kickoff Returns 21 Kurt Long 4 Kyle Schrader Punts 45 Bill McKeown Punt Returns 5 Ryan West 10 P.J. Fleck Placekicks 11 Matt Gladd Placekick Holds 10 P.J. Fleck
 Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS

For Against Points 493 103 First Downs 217 111 First Downs Rushing 142 64 First Downs Passing 58 38 Rushes Attempted 514 395 Yards Rushing 2,887 1,364 Yards Passing 1,616 875 Total Yards 4,,503 2,239 Passes Attempted 188 198 Passes Completed 101 85 Passes Had Intercepted 6 17 Fumbles 18 23 Fumbles Lost 8 18 Interceptions 17 6

SCORING BY QUARTERS

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total For 153 178 101 61 493 Against 28 13 47 15 103

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Scoring TD PAT1 PAT2 FG Total Ryan West 23 0 1 0 138 Kyle Schrader 17 0 1 0 104 Matt Gladd 0 64 0 2 70 P.J. Fleck 9 0 0 0 54 Rushing Att. Yds. TD Avg. Long Kyle Schrader 167 1135 13 6.8 76 Ryan West 143 769 18 5.4 32 Kurt Long 38 349 4 9.2 55 Ian Thomas 51 251 3 4.9 14 Passing Att. Comp. Int. Yds. TD Eric Delaney 178 95 6 1480 14 Aaron Siebens 7 4 0 31 0 Receiving No. Yds. TD Avg. Long P.J. Fleck 57 841 8 14.75 54 Ryan West 12 201 4 16.75 43 Bill McKeown 11 256 3 22.8 58 Punting No. Avg. Long Bill McKeown 36 35.9 65 PAT PAT FG FG Placekicking Att. Made Att. Made Long Matt Gladd 68 64 6 2 37 Tackles Solo Assist Sacks Sack Yds. Rusty Pozen 65 48 21 92 Ryan West 56 45 9 29 Kyle Schrader 40 36 10 46
 Scores
Date Opponent W/L Pts. Opp. 8/29 Fox Lake (Grant) W 41 0 9/5 Sycamore W 42 14 9/13 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South) W 34 0 9/19 Morris W 14 7 9/27 Yorkville W 45 0 10/3 Norridge (Ridgewood) W 28 26 10/10 Herscher W 42 0 10/18 Evergreen Park W 49 0 10/24 Westmont W 42 0 IHSA Playoffs *11/1 Lisle (Sr.) W 38 14 *11/8 Byron W 56 21 *11/15 Woodstock (Marian) W 21 14 *11/22 Marengo W 41 7 *11/28 Harrisburg
 Head Coach Joe Thorgesen
Year W-L 1981 1-8 1982 6-3 1983 4-5 1984 4-5 1985 4-5 1986 5-4 1987 3-6 1988 0-9 1989 4-5 1990 4-5 1991 3-6 1992 4-5 1993 1-8 1994 5-4 1995 9-2 1996 8-3 1997 13-0 School Years No. W-L At Maple Park (Kaneland) 1981-97 17 78-83 Total 17 78-83
For Maple Park (Kaneland)'s previous state tournament history, please see the Record Book.


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