Lake Preston High School - Prestonian Yearbook (Lake Preston, SD)

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DIVER FOOTBALL French Makes All-Conference Jadd Odegaard and Jay Hojer Honorable Mention The 1987 Lake Preston Diver football team had a 1-7 record and that win was the first in two years. The win was against the Elkton Elks at Elkton and the Diver football squad spoiled their Homecoming. Head Coach Brian Heupel and assistant Dave Schmidt saw the improvement made by the Divers as the season progressed. With five seniors on the team, the leadership and inspiration was with the team through every minute of practice and during the games. Every player worked their hardest and always kept going no matter how tough the situation was. As a team the Divers averaged 71 yards rushing and 80 yards passing per game. Leading rush- ers for the Divers were Brian Easland and Scott Carlson. Eas- land compiled 201 yards on 59 carries while Carlson had 197 yard on 73 attempts on the sea- son. Todd French threw 158 times completing 58 for 534 yards. He also had 8 touchdown passes. Leading receiver was Kirk Zeeck, who caught the foot- ball 20 times for 276 yards. Tim Scheidt had 20 receptions for 223 yards. The Diver defense was led by senior linebacker Todd French who had 116 tackles, one fumble recovery, and one interception. French averaged 15 tackles per game. Senior lineman Jay Hojer and Jadd Odegaard had 80 tackles a piece. Todd French was named All- Conference in the Eastern Dako- ta Conference. Jay Hojer and Jadd Odegaard were given hon- orable mention honors. The team chose Todd French as Most-Valueable, Brian Easland as Most Promis- ing and Most Improved, and Jay Hojer as Most Inspirational. Top right - Coach Heupel and Schmidt watch from the sideline at Elkton. Middle right - Todd punts against Elkton. Above - Statisticians Lisa Bratland and Brad Easland hard at work. Back row - Coach Schmidt, Shaun Ode- gaard, David Dement, Tim Scheidt, Jadd Odegaard, Jay Hojer, Todd French, Tony 20 Football Neu and Coach Brian Heupel. Middle row - Scott Carlson, Kevin Carlson, Darrin Suess, Blaine Nelson, Jayme Trygstad, Ron Smith, Kirk Zeeck, and David Hovde. Front row - Corey Tvinnereim, Troy Scheidt, Mike Gunderson, David Carlson, Wade Mobley, Matt Thompson, Chad Ol- son, and Brian Easland.

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Scoreboard Opponent LPHS OPP Waver ly-SS 8 22 Grant-Deuel 6 40 Elkton 12 6 Arlington 6 32 Castlewood 8 ,34 WL-Iroquois 14 36 Estelline 6 21 Deubrook 32 40 Top left - Leading rusher, Brian Easland, tries to get to the out- side against Arlington. Left - QB Todd French drops back tp pass against Arlington. Top - Diver linemen try to open a hole up the middle. Above - David Hovde tries to evade the Grant- Dueul defense.