Five Boone County Seniors Selected For All-Star Football Game

Five Boone County football players have been selected for the 7th Annual Northeast Nebraska All-Star Football Classic in Norfolk this summer. 

Area selections are Weston Choat, Brenden Beierman, Will Frey and Jon Merten of Boone Central and Ty Martinsen of Riverside.

The rosters were announced Wednesday by Mike Sunderman, president of the event’s board of directors.

“We are proud of the coaching staffs we have chosen for this game and are excited about the players the coaches have selected for their teams," Sunderman said. "This is a great event for Northeast Nebraska and for the sport of football.”
 
The football game will be played on Saturday, June 8, 2019 at Veteran’s Memorial Field in Norfolk. Kickoff is scheduled for noon. 

"I am really looking forward to coaching some of the best football players, not only in Northeast Nebraska, but in the entire state," Tom Allen, head coach of the Red NEN All-Star team, said. "We have put together a tremendous roster and the coaches and I are really looking forward to putting this talent together and playing a competitive game this summer." 

Allen, head coach at Crofton, will be assisted by Mike Hassler, head coach at Wakefield, Adam James, head coach at Winnebago, Zac Kliment, head coach at Creighton, Johnnie Ostermeyer, assistant coach at Crofton, and Corey Uldrich, head coach at Hartington-Newcastle.

“We are very excited about the kids we were able to put together," Ron Beacom, head coach of the White NEN All-Star team, said. "We have a lot of very talented football players that can run and like to hit. We have a good complement of size and strength up front as well as some very athletic skill kids. It should allow us to be very diverse offensively and make us able to be very sound and quick to the ball defensively.”

Beacom, Neligh-Oakdale's head coach, will be assisted by AJ Burki, head coach at Wisner-Pilger, Brendan Dittmer, head coach at Elkhorn Valley, Scott Morrison, head coach at Osmond, Dave Ridder, head coach at Guardian Angels Central Catholic, and Blake Wockenfuss, assistant coach at Norfolk High School.

This year’s football officials, including position and hometown are Rich Rethwisch, referee (Wayne), Mark Reinke, umpire (Lincoln), Taylor Wyatt, head linesman (Lincoln), Lyle Ziems, line judge (Lincoln), and Joe Reinke, back judge (Lincoln).
 
White Team
Blake Anderson, West Point-Beemer
Brenden Beierman, Boone Central
Austin Bruzek, Norfolk High
Weston Choat, Boone Central
Connor Clayton, Norfolk High
Conner Cowling, Norfolk High
Spencer Davis, O'Neill
Braden Freudenburg, Humphrey St. Francis
Will Frey, Boone Central
Justyn Hale, Oakland-Craig
Tyson Harney, Oakland-Craig
AJ Hawthorne, Battle Creek
Anthony Heiman, Osmond
Ty Heimes, Battle Creek
Dylan Horejsi, Howells-Dodge
Brady Hull, Logan View
Jake Lingenfelter, Plainview
Jacob Long, Clearwater-Orchard
Ty Martinsen, Riverside
Austin Marx, Battle Creek
Robby Mayberry, Oakland-Craig
Josh McFarland, Elkhorn Valley
Jefferson McNeill, Oakland-Craig
Jon Merten, Boone Central
Jared Minnick, Guardian Angels Central Catholic
Tommie Peed, Clearwater-Orchard
Hunter Reestman, Elgin Public Pope John
Nick Reikofski, Osmond
Austin Rice, Neligh-Oakdale
Nick Ronnfeldt, Bancroft-Rosalie-Lyons-Decatur
Nick Sazama, Norfolk High
Jadyn Smeal, Guardian Angels Central Catholic
Clay Thiele, Clearwater-Orchard
Seth Totten, Bancroft-Rosalie-Lyons-Decatur
Ben Vander Griend, West Point-Beemer
Jarrett Weidner, Humphrey St. Francis

Red Team
Romello Porter, Walthill
Brad Tomasek, Crofton
Evan Anderson, Ponca
Grady Semin, St. Mary's
Noah Scott, Randolph
Esgar Godinez, Wakefield
Matthew Becker, Cedar Catholic
Landon Wieseler, Wynot
Devan Roth, Pierce
Izac Reifenrath, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge
Turner Korth, Hartington-Newcastle
Juan Vergara, Wayne
Gage McGill, Ponca
Marcus Fertig, Wayne
Jaydon Jump, Pender
Ryder Fuchs, Pierce
Kyle Smith, Allen
Ghatlin Hegge, Wausa
Marcus Echtenkamp, Lutheran High Northeast
Brad Hartnett, South Sioux City
John Klemmensen, South Sioux City
Connor Wilcox, Lutheran High Northeast
Luis Quezada, South Sioux City
Michael Logue, Ponca
Josh Pinkelman, Cedar Catholic
Mitchell Mackeprang, Bloomfield
Travis Tyler, Creighton
Jakob Meier, Pierce
Juan Popoca, South Sioux City
Kaleb Anderson, Pierce
Drew Buck, Wayne
Kaden Kneifl, Wayne
Cameron Tyler, Creighton
Cole Richards, Ponca
Jalen Robinson, Norfolk Catholic
Jacob Kneifl, Emerson-Hubbard