North Start Football Players of the Week

The North Star Football Conference has announced the Players of the Week Award winners for the 7th week of the season’s games.

For the East Division, Beau Howard (Pine River-Backus) was selected as the Offensive Player of the Week, Shane Fenske (Blackduck) earned the Defensive Player of the Week honors and Devin Strack (Pillager) was chosen as the Special Teams Player of the Week.

West Division honorees include Cody Piper (Frazee) and Tyler Hurst (Red Lake County) as Co-Offensive Players of the Week, Jake Galbrecht (Frazee) as the Defensive Player of the Week and Dan Janu (Frazee) earned Special Teams Player of the Week.

Beau (Jr., Wide Receiver) had 7 receptions for 89 yards during a loss to Pillager. Haward has 26 receptions for 428 yards on the season.

Shane (Jr., Defensive End) contributed 10 solo tackles and 7 assists against Red Lake County. RLC defeated Blackduck by a score of 34-8.

Devin returned the second half kickoff back for a touchdown. Strack also intercepted a pass on defense and helped lead Pillager to a 16-10 victory over Pine River-Backus.

Cody Piper and Tyler Hurst shared the Offensive Player of the Week honors for the West Division.

Piper rushed for 171 yards, 2 touchdowns and a 2 point conversion as the Hornets defeated Fosston 21-19.

Hurst had 21 rushes for 141 yards and 2 touchdowns against Blackduck. He also added a 51 yard interception return for a touchdown.

Jake was involved in 11 tackles as a defensive lineman this week against Fosston. Jake also added 2 receptions on offense.

Dan punted and kicked very solid for Frazee again this past week against Fosston. He added 5 solo tackles and caught 4 passes – including 1 for a touchdown – during the Hornets victory over the Greyhounds.

Other outstanding performances for the week include: Cooper Jedlicka (Blackduck), Nick Neeland (Bagley), and Kris Skersick (Bagley).

The final week of play for the North Star Football Conference has Bagley at Blackduck, Cass Lake-Bena at Walker-Hackensack-Akeley/Laporte, Lake of the Woods at Pine River-Backus, Pillager at Lake Park-Audubon, Frazee at Fertile-Beltrami (Fargodome), Fosston at Warren-Alvarado-Oslo, and Mahnomen at Red Lake County.