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T) lcr C1rlson, senior, Gi\ ing a hand, senior
looks for running Colby Schutt helps An-
room .1g.1inst \\',ucr- dre\\ Brunsting, senior,
loo-Concordi.l. T) kr's on the sidelines. Colb)
88+ rushing yards often helped and some-
ranks him 9th in times cnteruined injured
-.chool records for pbyers throughout the
rushing ~ ,1rds in one se,\sOn.
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~WEAT, HARP WORK ANP UNITY

"\1\'e are Mead! We are Raiders! We are motivated, we are dedicated, and
HoNOR~ we will give our all!" These are some of the words that were chanted
before every game. Throughout the whole chant, the main focus was on
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Tvlet- Bergman the team, rather than individualism.
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r) ler Carlson Dedication to the team started with the senior leadership. "I wanted to
RBILB improve as much as I could to make the team better," senior Tyler
Jordan Larsen Bergman said.
TE
l\1ark Treptow
The players weren't the only ones to notice the team-first attitude. "A
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part of it was a change in leadership, a different senior class changes
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things," Coach Polk said.
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Andrew Brunsting-HM
G ol only did this eason bring a change in leadership, it also brought a
Brian Cooper-H 1 stronger sen e of team unity and determination. \Vatching from the
·1P sidelines his senior year due to chronic concussions, Colby Schutt could
often see the team working together. "When they got down in games, they
didn't give up," Colby said. "They kept trying to come back."
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Jordan Larsen-]" team
TE Team unity presented opportunities for relation hips that will most likely
~lark Treptow-]" team last far beyond the football season. For example, relationships such as this
f) I. appeared when senior Colby Schult entertained other injured players in
Tyler Carlson-]" team
what the coaches called "the lizard lounge." Bonds between players also
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became apparent. "The first week of practice Tyler Carlson and I called
Tyler Bergman-2"d team
each other brothers," junior Brian Cooper said. "And we still do it to this
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day."

Football (honr Rm\ L toR) : Brian Murrar,
Eric Scheer, Colb) Schutt, Tyler Bergman,
Tyler C.1rlson, Andrew Brunsting, .) ord.1n
Llr'>en. (Middle): Richard \\'inkelman, Adam
\\'imer, Jeff Ch\atal, Brian \\'olfe, Patrick
Coad), Tim Armbrust,jw.tinJohnson,Jared
Lw;on. (Back): Mark Treptow, Brian oo-
per, Ad.1m Ra-.mu-.-.cn,ju-.tin Tweed) ,Jeremy
Larsen, Logan Luetkenhaus, Adam Taylor,
Matt Heanuc, Robert Hangra\·e, Josh Charles,
Dustin Barris, Dallas Vogt.

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