COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Coldwater Cardinal football team celebrated another outstanding season, with their post season banquet on Sunday at Coldwater High School..
TEAM AWARDS (as selected by team members)
MOST VALUABLE DEFENSIVE BACK: Collin Torrey
MOST VALUABLE LINEBACKER: Jordan Weaver
MOST VALUABLE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN: Zach Gipple & Brady Beckhusen (tie)
MOST VALUABLE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN: Colin Klein
MOST VALUABLE OFFENSIVE BACK: Sam DeMeester
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: Cole Targgart
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Sam DeMeester
INTERSTATE 8 ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
Offense: Colin Klein (OL), Sam DeMeester (FB)
Defense: Zach Gipple (DT), Connor Covert (DE)
INTERSTATE 8 ALL-CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION
Offense: Jake Beckhusen (TE), Jordan Weaver (OL)
Defense: Collin Torrey (DB), Nathan Spray (LB), Brady Beckhusen (DE)
INTERSTATE 8 ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE
Sam DeMeester, Jake Beckhusen, Brady Beckhusen, Eric Bach, Colin Klein, Zach Miller, Cole Targgart, Oliver Winter
NEXT YEAR’S CAPTAINS (as voted on by the team): Brady Beckhusen, Nathan Spray, Cole Targgart
Sam DeMeester finished the season officially with 1,260 rushing yards, eclipsing the previous record set by Cooper Murphy in the 2012 season. He also finished his 4-year varsity career with 3,540 yds. and 40 TDs, setting the CHS career rushing record – the previous record holder, Luke Beckhusen, had 2,327 yards in 3 varsity seasons.
The MHSAA Football Finals are now set. All of the state championship games will be played at Ford Field in Detroit.
D1 Sat 1:00pm Detroit Catholic Central (13-0) vs Detroit Cass Tech (13-0)
D2 Fri 1:00pm Walled Lake Western (12-1) vs Detroit Martin Luther King (11-2)
D3 Sat 7:30pm Muskegon (12-1) vs Orchard Lake St Mary’s (9-4)
D4 Fri 7:30pm Grand Rapids Catholic Central (12-1) vs Detroit Country Day (13-0)
D5 Sat 4:30pm Menominee (12-1) vs Grand Rapids West Catholic (11-2)
D6 Fri 4:30pm Maple City Glen Lake (11-2) vs Jackson Lumen Christi (11-2)
D7 Sat 10:00am Pewamo-Westphalia (13-0) vs Detroit Loyola (11-2)
D8 Fri 10:00am Muskegon Catholic Central (13-0) vs Ottawa Lake Whiteford (13-0)
