Colome Cowboys have lofty goals this year as they open the 2018 season at home on Aug. 17 against Centerville.
The returning lettermen for the Cowboys are Alan McKenzie, Jacob Beckers, Chase Dufek, Wyatt Cahoy, Jaikob Week, Casey Assman, Rhet Bertram, Nathaniel Hansen, Evan Cole, Layton Thieman, Beau Bertram, Calvin Ringing Sheild, Dawson Varilek, Jackson Kinzer, Adam Cole, Michael Supik.
Others on the team are Cailob Week, Riley Shippy, Brayden Seegers, A. J. Davis, Dusty Sell, Aaron Debus and Drew Musilek.
8th graders are Sully Shippy and Aiden Muller.
Lost from last year are Kolton Salonen, Nash Atteberry, Jamin Dougherty, Zane Rohde and Cody Assman.
Last year’s record was 9-2 with only losses to Corsica/Stickney and Sully Buttes in playoff semifinals.
The Cowboys have seven returning starters on offense and defense. The returning starters are: Jackson Kinzer, Layton Thieman, Chase Dufek, Beau Bertram, Wyatt Cahoy, Even Cole and Dawson Varilek.
Dufek will return as one of the running backs and last year he rushed for over 1,000 yards.
Thieman was an all state free safety with Beau Bertram as the all state defensive end and Jackson Kinzer as an all state running back.
Ben Connot is in his second year as the head coach of the Cowboys. He says there is a lot of good positive energy in practice. The team has been practicing from 6-9 a.m.
“We have a lot of experience coming back,” said Connot.
“As far as expectations, we would like to be playing in November. The pressure is not there as it was last year. We are just going to play football and have fun.”
In 2016 the Cowboys were the Class 9B champions and had that target on their back last year.
Connot says the schedule is similar to last year.
When asked who he sees as the top teams in Class 9B, Connot says Sully Buttes is again the favorite. He added Colman-Egan and Castlewood will be tough.
The coach says the team goals are to win the Great Plains Conference, to stay healthy and win a state championship.
The assistant coaches are Gene Bertram, Terrance Kinzer and Chase Hrabanek.
The 2018 Colome football schedule includes:
Aug. 17—Centerville, home
Aug. 24—at TDA/ACDC
Aug. 31—at Burke
Sept. 7—bye week
Sept. 14—Gayville-Volin (homecoming)
Sept. 21—Alcester-Hudson, home
Sept. 28—at Scotland
Oct. 5—at Corsica/Stickney
Oct. 12—Avon, home
Oct. 18—first round of playoffs
Oct. 25—quarterfinals of playoffs
Nov. 2—Semifinals of playoffs
Nov. 9—Championship in the DakotaDome in Vermillion
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