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2024 Stillwater football roster
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OUTLOOK

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“ They lost four games by one score and we won four games after trailing in the fourth quarter ,” LaBore said . “ We could easily have been them last year and they could have been us .”
One of Stillwater ’ s most dramatic victories last season was its wild 21-17 triumph at Mounds View — scoring the game-winning touchdown with just eight seconds remaining .
The Ponies have won eight of the last nine in the series against their Week 4 opponent , but Mounds View won 11 of 13 match-ups from 2006 to 2014 and leads the all-time series 26- 21 . The rivalry has delivered countless memorable games in the past few decades .
The Mustangs should be improved with several returning starters on both sides of the ball . Quarterback Jacob Sampson and receiver Logan Johnson are back in the mix and expected to help lead the charge , although Mounds View lost top-flight receiver and three-year starter Tyler Nystrom to graduation .
The Ponies travel to Forest Lake in Week 5 to face a team that has showed dramatic improvement the past two seasons after struggling for most of the previous two decades .
Brad Beeskow enters his third season as head coach , but the Rangers graduated many multiple-year starters who helped in the program ’ s recent turnaround , including running back
Leyton Patzer .
The Rangers also graduated quarterback Cole Gerrell and bruising linebacker Mark Rendl .
The team is expected to build around junior defensive lineman Howie Johnson , a University of Minnesota recruit . The Rangers also return top receiver Ethan Lashinski .
See Outlook , Page 5

2024 Stillwater football roster

No . Player
Height
Weight
Position
Year
2
DK Gora
6-0
165
DB
12
3
Manny Smith
6-2
170
WR
12
4
Jerrian Xiong
5-7
160
WR
12
5
Henry Zollar
6-2
180
DB
12
6
Emilio Rosario-Matias
5-7
200
RB
11
7
Riley Runk
6-0
185
WR
12
8
Nick Kinsey
6-2
210
QB
11
9
Conor McGlynn
6-3
180
QB
12
10
Joe Fredkove
6-4
210
LB
12
11
Jack Mellgren
6-3
185
LB
12
12
Ryan Silbernagel
5-10
150
DB
12
13
Carter Zollar
6-3
200
WR
10
14
Jack Runk
5-9
155
QB
10
15
Owen Egge
5-10
170
WR
11
16
Enzo DeAgazio
6-0
165
WR
12
17
Bjorn Naatjes
5-10
150
WR
11
18
Braden Hatalla
5-8
150
WB
10
19
Wyatt Wells
6-0
180
WR
11
20
Luke Bentzin
5-9
150
DB
11
21
Chase Edstrom
5-10
185
RB
11
23
Isaac Hunter
5-8
200
LB
12
24
Logan Von Donop
5-7
175
LB
11
26
Eddie Galles
5-6
145
DB
11
27
Ben Fredericks
6-2
165
QB
11
28
John Karkula
6-2
195
LB
12
29
Isaac Sainsbury
5-10
165
DB
11
30
Walles Agoye
6-2
175
WR
11
31
Cody Rodriguez
5-9
160
WR
11
32
Cooper Hodgdon
5-11
170
LB
11
33
Sam Doherty
5-4
150
DB
11
34
Cal Nitti
6-1
190
LB
12
35
Gabe Gibbs
5-11
160
WR
11
36
Landon Huber
6-1
210
K / P
12
37
Walker Mroczkowski
5-9
150
WR
11
39
Jaxson Reyes
5-6
195
RB
11
40
Henry Siedschlag
5-10
180
LB
11
41
Carson Anderson
5-9
145
DB
11
42
Brandon Ornelas Warolin
5-11
145
DB
11
43
Antonio Kustritz
6-0
160
WR
11
44
Alex Woelfel
5-11
235
DL
11
No . Player
Height
Weight
Position
Year
45
Gus Gregg
6-0
190
LB
11
46
Keaton Matthews
5-11
145
WR
11
47
Joel Fahs
6-0
215
K / P
11
48
Dominick Tamburo
5-11
170
LB
11
49
Khalid Afuye
6-4
200
DL
11
51
Dominic Slaughter
6-1
220
OL
12
54
Joey Harrington , Jr .
6-1
195
DL
12
55
Will Ness
6-4
270
DL
11
58
Christian Yangwakue
5-10
255
OL
12
59
Cole Nuss
6-0
200
OL
12
60
Nolan Von Behren
6-0
240
OL
11
61
Gabe Smith
6-2
230
OL
11
62
Parker Harris
5-8
230
OL
11
65
Tyler Curnow
6-2
260
OL
11
67
Siwon Youn
6-1
270
OL
12
70
Will Mathews
6-2
240
OL
12
71
Bennet Lacska
5-11
220
OL
11
76
Wesley Hoveland
5-9
190
DL
12
77
Blessed Davis
6-1
290
OL
11
78
Jeffrey Akwuba
6-2
335
OL
12
79
Andrew Olson
6-2
265
DL
10
81
Aiden Anderson
5-10
160
WR
11
82
Noah Mueller
5-10
165
WR
11
83
Tyler Schutz
5-11
130
WR
11
84
Cash Cerar
6-2
220
DL
12
86
Ayaan Siddiqui
5-10
160
DB
11
87
Evan Uddin
6-1
210
DL
11
Team managers Maisey Nix , Nora Tweed and Kynadee Wittwer
Stillwater football coaches ( 9-12 )
Beau LaBore ( HC / RB ), Mike Puhrmann ( OC / QB ), Mark Harris ( DC / OLB ), Jason Caballero ( DL ), * Lucas Garbe ( DL ), Mike LaBore ( ILB ), Mike Weiss ( WR ), Granger Taft ( DB ), Nick Varichak ( DB ), Darrell Salmi ( OL ), * Dan O ’ Keefe ( OL ), Matt Anderson ( TE ), Paul Weiland ( 10 ), Cornelius Rish ( 10 ), Matt Hemenway ( 10 ), Bruce Brevitz ( 10 ), Ryan Bartosiewski ( 10 ), Scott Buchkowski ( 10 ), Mike Tolefsbol ( 9 ), Wade Deno ( 9 ), Tim Kiemel ( 9 ), Kevin Klancher ( 9 ) and Brady Hannigan ( technology ).
* denotes volunteer coach