Waukon football team will feature overall young squad, returns smallest letterwinning group in years with just eight veterans
2023 Waukon Indian football ... Left to right - Front row (all kneeling): Kooper Lier, Cody Dunham, Issac Johanningmeier, Joey Courtney, Jacob Jones, Michael Cushing, Mason McKee, Brayden Engrav, Jack O’Neill, Garrison Byrnes, Preston Dietrich, Damon Berger, Owen Grimstad; Middle row (standing): Graine Curtin, Brandon Teslow, Judah Johnson, Ethan Baker, Brody Berns, Dylan Hogan, Talon Hutchens, Conner Stilwell, Dylan Stegen, John Marti; Back row (standing): Kaden Sullivan, Reid Schulte, Jeremiah Howe, Jared Snitker, Zach Perkins, McKinley Rostvold, Carson Hager, Kole McCormick, Jacob Courtney, Pryson Rasmussen, Jaxon Brinkman, Isaac Ericson, Keagan Palmer, Ryland Egan. Not pictured: Draemon Berger.
The 2023 Waukon football team will have an overall young look to it, as the program will have to overcome the graduation of nearly two dozen seniors from last fall’s squad that played to a 6-4 season record, a fifth consecutive undefeated Class 2A District championship and a sixth consecutive qualification for the Class 2A State Play-Offs. A group of just eight players with letterwinning experience return to lead an overall collection of 52 players working to try and extend those streaks this fall.
Those eight returning veterans include the senior half-dozen of Brody Berns, Jacob Courtney, Isaac Ericson, Dylan Hogan, Kole McCormick and Jack O’Neill. The junior pair of Graine Curtin and Carson Hager also return as underclassman veterans who gained letterwinning experience last fall.
The grid Tribe is scheduled to get its 2023 campaign underway at Decorah this Friday, August 25. The Indians will then return home to finish off this season’s non-district schedule by hosting MFL/MarMac Friday, September 1 and then Independence Friday, September 8.
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