Stout Commits, Huempfner Waits

Earlier this month Travis Wilson of Wissports.net reported that Menomonie linebacker Brent Stout would be attending Army at West Point to continue his football career. Stout attended off-season camps at North Dakota, BYU and Harvard as well as taking a visit to West Point, UPENN, and North Dakota State.

Stout was accepted to Army, Air Force and received two ROTC scholarships to BYU and Wisconsin, but for Stout the Armed Forces Bowl champions were “always at the top” of his list.

Stout, a 2010 Honorable Mention All-State honoree, also received interest from North Dakota, North Dakota State, Pennsylvania, Minnesota-Duluth, BYU, Air Force, Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth and Grinnell College. He plans to study mechanical engineering at West Point.

To check in on all of the college commitments from the BRC Class of 2011, be sure to take a look at our 2011 Commit List on the right side of the blog homepage.

Name: Brent Stout
Height: 6’1”
Weight: 217
High School Position(s): ILB, OLB, Special Teams
Potential College Position(s): LB
40 Time: 4.70 sec.
Max Bench Press: 285 lbs.
Max Parallel Squat: 420 lbs.
Max Power Clean: 275 lbs.
Greatest High School Football Accomplishment: 2010 Honorable Mention All-State.
Personal Motto/Favorite Quote: “By small and simple things, great things come to pass.”
One word that describes you: Disciplined

Huempfner Weighing College Options

Most Valuable Player awards are almost always given out for singular games, tournaments or seasons. But if you were to give an MVP award out for the last two seasons in the Big Rivers Conference, it most certainly would go to Chippewa Falls running back Brad Huempfner.

The 6’0 210 lb. workhorse for head coach Chuck Raykovich carried the ball 413 times for 2,219 yards and 29 touchdowns as he led the Cardinals to a 10-9 mark over the last two seasons. The leading rusher in 2009 suffered a sprained MCL in Week 8 which kept him out of the season finale against Menomonie as he finished the season third in rushing yardage behind Rice Lake quarterback Kody Novinska and River Falls running back Nick Zimmerman.

The knee injury and the exit in Level 1 of the WIAA playoffs wasn’t how Huempfner envisioned his senior season ending but one of the top backs in the best decade had a special career as the featured back in the Cardinals offensive attack.

“I would say everything was special, I really enjoyed playing high school football and I miss it like crazy,” Huempfner said.

High school football is missed by many former players but for Huempfner he already has his fair share of opportunities to continue to play at the next level.

A host of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference schools including Bemidji State, Concordia St. Paul, University of Minnesota-Duluth, University of Minnesota-Crookston, Upper Iowa University and Mankato State have all shown interest in the bruising back. Division III Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference schools UW-Eau Claire and UW-Stout have also expressed interest in Huempfner.

“I’m not really sure to be honest what schools I am most interested in, I just plan to weigh out my options,” Huempfner said.

Bemidji State and UW-Stout top Huempfner’s current list of his top schools as he has already visited UW-Stout but still plans to visit Bemidji State and Upper Iowa. Huempfner is 70 percent sure that he wants to continue playing at the college level as he has not ruled out attending a two-year technical school. He plans to make his decision around the February 3^rd National Signing Day.

Player Profile:

Name: Brad Huempfner
Nickname(s): Humpie, Bruisin’ Brad
Height: 6’0
Weight: 210 lbs.
High School Position(s): RB, KR
Potential College Position(s): RB
40 Time: 4.60 sec.
Max Bench Press: 240 lbs.
Max Parallel Squat: 330 lbs.
Max Power Clean: 185 lbs.
Greatest High School Football Accomplishment: Being one of the only Chi-Hi running backs to have back-to- back 1,000 yard seasons and have double digit touchdowns.
Best BRC player that I’ve played against: Eau Claire North LB Gregory Button
Personal Motto/Favorite Quote: “All Day” by Adrian Peterson, I wrote that on my shoes.
One word that describes you: “Beastin” also a team motto type of thing that me and some of my teammates said to each other.

Here is a link to Huempfner’s highlight film from his junior season.

http://www.wissports.net/media/videos.aspx?videoid=701

Dan Tracy

BRCFootball.com

2010 All-BRCFootball.com Team

It’s been 36 days since Menomonie fell to Marshfield 21-14 in the WIAA playoffs so why not hand out some recognition for the talented players from the Big Rivers Conference in 2010. With input from BRC players and the BRCFootball.com staff Jace Bresina, Jace Frederick and Dan Tracy here is the 2010 All-BRCFootball.com team.

Offensive Player of the Year: Kody Novinska QB Rice Lake

Defensive Player of the Year: Nick Didier LB Menomonie

Underclassman of the Year: Ben Erickson Superior

Coach of the Year: Dan Hill Rice Lake

1^st Team

QB: Kody Novinska Rice Lake

RB: Nick Zimmerman River Falls

RB: Brad Huempfner Chippewa Falls

RB: Chris Ester Rice Lake

WR: Clint Larsen Eau Claire Memorial

WR: Austin Rieder Eau Claire North

OL: Nick Didier Menomonie

OL: Ben Danovsky Menomonie

OL: Collin Couey Rice Lake

OL: Matt Krier Hudson

OL: Braeden Jensen Chippewa Falls

DL: Chuck Ayres Eau Claire Memorial

DL: Eric Elwood Rice Lake

DL: Matt Strachota Hudson

DL: Will Johnson Hudson

LB: Nick Didier Menomonie

LB: Greg Button Eau Claire North

LB: Brent Stout Menomonie

DB: Taylor West Rice Lake

DB: Tyler Kinderman Chippewa Falls

DB: Ben Erickson Superior

DB: Tyler Naatz Menomonie

K: Tyler Kinderman Chippewa Falls

P: Lex Pelke Menomonie

RET: Tyler Smrcina Hudson

 

2^nd Team

QB: Mitch Degrasse Eau Claire North

RB: Joey Neeb Menomonie

RB: Aaron White Menomonie

RB: Ricky Caldwell Eau Claire Memorial

WR: Jack Herum River Falls

WR: Tyler Hermann Eau Claire North

OL: Cole Schorr Superior

OL: Dylan Faulker Eau Claire Memorial

OL: Zack Ross Chippewa Falls

OL: Kelly Larson River Falls

OL: Zach Bowe Chippewa Falls

DL: Eli Sankey Menomonie

DL: Jamie Kozak River Falls

DL: Dom Goyette Chippewa Falls

DL: Anthony Valentine Superior

LB: Avery Sega Eau Claire Memorial

LB: Grant Schindler Chippewa Falls

LB: Josh Schueller Hudson

DB: Clint Larsen Eau Claire Memorial

DB: Matt Knapp Eau Claire Memorial

DB: Nick Parenteau Rice Lake

DB: Caden Cook Chippewa Falls

K: Jake Denison Hudson

P: Tyler Kinderman Chippewa Falls

RET: Drew Otto Menomonie

Menomonie’s Didier Leads BRC on WFCA All-State Team

Six players in the Big Rivers Conference were honored today as the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) released its All-State team and All-State honorable mentions today.

Leading those recognized was Menomonie OL/LB Nick Didier who was honored as both an offensive lineman and outside linebacker. The 5’10 178 lb. senior was the only BRC player on the actual team. Didier was an All-BRC second teamer in 2009.

Eau Claire North landed three players with honorable mention recognition as quarterback Mitch Degrasse, wide receiver Austin Rieder and linebacker Greg Button all proved themselves to be amongst the state’s best this season. Also receiving honorable mention recognition were Menomonie linebacker Brent Stout and Eau Claire Memorial defensive end Chuck Ayres.

Dan Tracy

BRCFootball.com