Jarod Bearinger, back judge; Aaron Kruger, line judge; Jeremy Woeppel, umpire; Steve Arehart, head linesman; Steven Hankla, referee (Crew Chief)
2024 Cheerleading Squads
2024 Banquet Speaker Bill Lafleur
The 2024 speaker for the NEN All Star Football Classic banquet is Bill Lafleur. Bill graduated from Norfolk Catholic High School where he participated in football, basketball, and track. Bill attended University of Nebraska Lincoln where he played football. He was a punter for the Big Red and lettered four years. While at Nebraska, Bill set records for performance index scores for punters as well as setting a record for season punting average. Bill led the BiG XII as a senior and was named Second Team All Conference as well as a First Team Academic All American for the Big Red. During his time at Nebraska (1994-1999), Bill was a member of three National Title teams.
After graduating from Nebraska, Bill played professional football for six years before retiring in 2008. He played for the New Orleans Saints, San Diego Chargers, and the San Francisco 49’ers as well as time in the CFL and NFL Europe.
Bill has an undergraduate degree in history from the University of Nebraska and Masters Degrees in Teaching and Administration from the University of Nebraska Omaha and Wayne State College respectively. Bill accepted a job to teach and coach at Norfolk Catholic in 2012 and transitioned to being the Elementary Principal at Norfolk Catholic in 2016.
Bill is married to Jade Lafleur who is a realtor in Norfolk and owns RELY Real Estate Company. They have three children: Knox (13), Lola (10), and Vivienne (6) who all attend NorfolK Catholic.
Bill Lafleur
2024 Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award
Rich Rethwisch graduated from Elkhorn Valley High School in Tilden, NE, where he participated in football, basketball, track, and Legion baseball, gaining all conference football and basketball honors, along with making the Class C all-state basketball team and the North team in the 3rd annual Coach’s Association All-Star Basketball team his senior year. Rich retired from a 42 year teaching and coaching career in 2018 and just this year retired from a 45 year officiating career.
His first head football coaching job was at Ainsworth, NE, where he was hired in 1978. After an initial less than average first year, Rich led Ainsworth to their first winning season in eight years culminating his second season with a 3-0 win over Chadron in the Rangeland Conference title game and followed that with three more East Rangeland titles, which included four straight wins over arch-rival Valentine and Ainsworth’s first ever state playoff berth, a 1980 Class B state appearance opposite McCook.
He was hired in 1983 as head football and track coach at O’Neill St. Mary’s where the Cardinals made their first appearances ever in state playoff history, going three straight years and winning the 1984 Class C-2 State Championship, beating Grant, 39-15.
After a brief tenure at hometown Elkhorn Valley, where they snapped a 29 game losing streak, Rich was hired at Pierce and continued their winning tradition owning a three year record of 29-5 and two straight Class B state playoff appearances, which included semi-final and final appearances, losing to Elkhorn, 31-17, in the 1989 Class B final. Rich stated he was blessed to have won as a young coach where speed and talent overcame his coaching, but adds assistant coaches John Lucero, Tom Earley, Randy Pospisil, Tom Martin, Ron Soenksen, as blessings to have on staff.
He finished his football coaching career at Neligh-Oakdale where they stopped a 26 game losing streak and Wayne High, making two straight Class C-1 playoff appearances. He finished his tenure with a 110-92 record.
Along with attending Elkhorn Valley, Rich attended Doane College and Wayne State College, receiving his Master’s Degree in Counseling from WSC. His idea jump-started the NEN All-Star Football Classic, and he was a founding Classic Board member. He was the Red Team’s first head coach, winning the initial 2013 Classic, 20-10. He also officiated the 2019 Classic. Rich also served as an assistant coach for the 1992 Nebraska Shrine Bowl and officiated that contest as well in 2007.
Rich has been married for 43 years to the former Kathi Tomjack of Ewing, calling her the outstanding backbone of our family. They have three children, Cali and husband Cody Guffey of Omaha, Gage and wife Jaci (Weidner) and three sons, Knox, Easton, and Miles of rural Norfolk, and Luke and wife Savannah (Bush) of Omaha.
Rich Rethwisch
2024 Outstanding Contributors Award
Bob Jensen established Huskerland Prep Report in 1990 and has been covering Nebraska statewide football ever since, adding basketball to the mix in 1995. For 33 years Huskerland was a weekly printed product, adding a Web presence in 1999 when he became the Rivals.com Nebraska high school publisher.
In addition to his “hobby” of publishing, Huskerland Bob and his wife Penni were weekly community newspaper publishers in both Callaway (4 years) and Central City (31 years). Bob got his start in newspaper sports writing at his hometown Arnold Sentinel, where he reported junior high and high school sports, and Little League baseball, for six years. He later served as sports editor for newspapers in Broken Bow, Alliance, Fairbury and Lexington before he and Penni became newspaper publishers.
A 1976 graduate of dear old Arnold High (you can look it up), Bob is a member of the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame (Class of 2015), Nebraska Eight-Man Hall of Fame (2019), and is undefeated in elephant racing, winning his only race at Alliance in the fall of 1982. Again, you can look it up!
Bob and Penni have been married for 38 years and have two children, son Matthew and daughter Jessie, and a Golden Retriever named Cooper.
Bob Jensen
Northeast Nebraska All-Star Football Classic Records
(many thanks to Greg Warneke, our official statistician)
Team Records
Series Record – Red 4 wins – White 6 wins
Most Yards Rushing – Red – 260 – 2014
Most Yards Passing – Red – 423 – 2018
Most Total Yards – Red – 513 – 2018
Most First Downs – White – 23 – 2016
Most Points – White – 49 – 2016
Most Total Points Combined – 75 – 2018
Most Passes Attempted – White – 43 – 2014
Most Passes Completed – White – 23 – 2018
Most Pass Interceptions – White – 3 – 2019, 2021
Most Fumbles Recovered – White – 2 – 2017
Red – 2 – 2019
Individual Records
Longest Rushing TD – Taggart Bailey – Pierce – Red – 31 – 2016
Longest Passing TD – Bryce Kerkman – West Holt – Red – 81 – 2018
Longest TD Reception – Mason Lee – Wayne – Red – 81 – 2018
Most Yards Rushing – Noah Scott – Randoph – Red – 154 – 2019
Most Yards Passing – Alex Thramer – O’Neill – White – 348 – 2018
Most Carries – Noah Scott – Randolph – Red – 34 – 2019
Most Passes Completed – Alex Thramer – O’Neill – White – 23 – 2018
Most Pass Receptions – Mason Lee – Wayne – Red – 10 – 2018
Most Yards Receiving – Mason Lee – Wayne – Red – 275 – 2018
Most Receiving Touchdowns – Mason Lee – Wayne – Red – 3 – 2018
Most Rushing Touchdowns – Karter Kerkman – Norfolk Catholic – Red – 3 – 2023
Most Passing Touchdowns – Gunner Fuelberth – Norfolk – White – 5 – 2016
Longest Kickoff Return – Grant Meyer – Logan View – White – 45 yds – 2017
Longest Punt Return – Sutton Pohlman – Stanton – White – 42 yds – 2021
Most Interceptions – Sutton Pohlman – Stanton – White -2 – 2021
Longest Interception Return – Ty Martinsen – Riverside – 51 yds – 2019
Most PAT’s –Quinton Heineman – Pender – Red – 6 – 2023
Most FG’s – Devan Roth – Pierce – Red – 2 – 2019
Connor Clayton – Norfolk – White – 2 – 2019
Longest FG – Devan Roth – Pierce – Red – 46 yds – 2019
Longest Punt – Peyton Mathews – O’Neill – White – 58 yds – 2021
Most Tackles – Jared Janssen – Crofton – Red – 13 – 2018
Awards
2013
Honorary Coin Toss – Glen Blakeman
Red Team Best Teammate: Nate Meier
White Team Best Teammate: Jake Werner
Red Team Offensive Player of the Game: Nate Rogers
Red Team Defensive Player of the Game: Riley Knake
White Team Offensive Player of the Game: Travis Wright
White Team Defensive Player of the Game: Cody Merchant
2014
Lifetime Achievement Award – Bob Schnitzler
Lifetime Contributor Award – Denny Fuehrer
Honorary Coin Toss – Clete Blakeman
Red Team Best Teammate: Caleb Lienemann
White Team Best Teammate: Cody Carlson
Red Team Offensive Player of the Game: Jackson Love
Red Team Defensive Player of the Game: Taylor Kathol
White Team Offensive Player of the Game: Tyler Hedlund
White Team Defensive Player of the Game: Landen Thieman
2015
Lifetime Achievement Award – LaMarr Gibson
Lifetime Contributor Award – Don Kraemer
Honorary Coin Toss – Jack Guggenmos
Red Team Best Teammate: Dylan Loberg
White Team Best Teammate: Louis de Jager
Red Team Offensive Player of the Game: Tayib Toussaint
Red Team Defensive Player of the Game: Wyatt Tremayne
White Team Offensive Player of the Game: Zach Bellar
White Team Defensive Player of the Game: Zac Glidden
2016
Lifetime Achievement Award – Arnie Johnson
Lifetime Contributor Award – Mark Ahmann
Honorary Coin Toss – Russ Hochstein
Red Team Best Teammate – Cade Kalkowski
White Team Best Teammate – Drew Lanman
Red Team Offensive Player of the Game – Taggart Bailey
White Team Offensive Player of the Game – Gunnar Fuelberth
Red Team Defensive Player of the Game – Lane Walton
White Team Defensive Player of the Game – Andy Kerkman
2017
Lifetime Achievement Award – Jeff Bellar
Lifetime Contributor Awards – Ray Doerr and Jim Paige
Honorary Coin Toss – Dr. Jim Tenopir
Red Team Best Teammate – Caleb Sullivan
White Team Best Teammate – Cooper Von Seggern
Red Team Offensive Player of the Game – Jason Wieseler
White Team Offensive Player of the Game – Devin Denker
Red Team Defensive Player of the Game – Sam Morrill
White Team Defensive Player of the Game – Jason Hahlbeck
2018
Lifetime Achievement Award – Chuck Ross
Lifetime Contributor Award – Mike Fuehrer
Honorary Coin Toss – Jeff Bellar
Red Team Best Teammate – Dalton Tremayne
White Team Best Teammate – Stone Craft
Red Team Offensive Player of the Game – Mason Lee
White Team Offensive Player of the Game – Alex Thramer
Red Team Defensive Player of the Game – Kelby Schaefer
White Team Defensive Player of the Game – MJ Montgomery
2019
Lifetime Achievement Award – Bill Mimick
Lifetime Contributor Award – Tim Brogan
Honorary Coin Toss – Joe Glenn
Red Team Best Teammate – Brad Tomasek
White Team Best Teammate – Connor Clayton
Red Team Offensive Player of the Game – Noah Scott
White Team Offensive Player of the Game – BenVander Griend
Red Team Defensive Player of the Game – Kyle Smith
White Team Defensive Player of the Game – Ty Martinsen
2021
Lifetime Achievement Award – Rod Brummels
Lifetime Contributor Award – Randy Hagedorn and Joe Tjaden
Honorary Coin Toss – Tom Olson
Red Team Best Teammate – Reid Korth
White Team Best Teammate – Mason Walsh
Red Team Offensive Player of the Game – Nick Arenas
White Team Offensive Player of the Game – Sutton Pohlman
Red Team Defensive Player of the Game – Garrett Boelter
White Team Defensive Player of the Game – Caden Nelson
2022
Lifetime Achievement Award – Dr. Jon Cerny
Lifetime Contributor Award – Phyllis and Don Wood
Honorary Coin Toss – Jay Bellar
Red Team Best Teammate – Jon Munoz
White Team Best Teammate – Kamden Dusatko
Red Team Offensive Player of the Game – Tanner Walling
White Team Offensive Player of the Game – Parker Krusemark
Red Team Defensive Player of the Game – Charlie Schroeder
White Team Defensive Player of the Game – Agustus Gomez
2023
Lifetime Achievement Award – Tom Olson
Lifetime Contributor Award – Jay Bellar
Honorary Coin Toss – Bill Busch
Red Team Best Teammate – Abram Scholting
White Team Best Teammate – Drew Beeson
Red Team Offensive Player of the Game – Karter Kerkman
White Team Offensive Player of the Game – Aiden Kuester
Red Team Defensive Player of the Game – Jay Steffen
White Team Defensive Player of the Game – Carson Bloom
OFFENSIVE STATS
WHITE TEAM
White Rushing Carries Yards TD
Aiden Kuester 14 78 1 18 yards
Trevor Thompson 6 28
Jackson Wemhoff 7 24
Cale Kinney 3 16
Carson Bloom 1 13
LJ McNeill 3 10
Drew Beeson 1 1
White Receiving Receptions Yards TD
Will Hamer 5 51 1 5 yards
Elliot Nottlemann 6 50
Cale Kinney 2 20
Carter Werner 1 11
Jackson Wemhoff 1 7
Jaden Kosch 1 7
White Passing Completions Attempts Yards TD INT
Aiden Kuester 16 29 146 1 1
Extra Points Attempts Made
Jake Licking 2 2
Field Goals Attempts Made
Jake Licking 1 0
Punting Punts Yards
Will Hamer 1 57
Kickoffs Kicks Yards
Jake Licking 1 60
Punt Returns Returns Yards
Kick Returns Yards
Trevor Thompson 3 73
Carson Bloom 5 67
Kendrick Schroeder 1 1
Interceptions 0
Fumble Recoveries Number Return Yards
Drew Beeson 1 0
Penalties 0 -0 yards
First Downs 17
Rushing Yards 170
Passing Yards 146
Total Yards 316
Fumbles 0
RED TEAM
Red Rushing Carries Yards TD
Karater Kerkman 12 109 3 2-29-5 yards
Kanyon Talton 9 44
Avery Overfelt 4 33 1 5 yards
Lane Heimes 4 18
Alex Phelps 2 15
Quinton Heineman 1 8
Abram Scholting 1 6
Sedjro Agoumba 1 2
Asher McCart 1 2
Red Receiving Receptions Yards TD
Sedjro Agoumba 3 99 1 46 yards
Grant Arens 2 39
Mason Timmerman 1 29
Jaxson Bernecker 1 21 1 21 yards
Carson Arens 1 11
Alex Phelps 1 9
Daniel Judd 1 8
Red Passing Completions Attempts Yards TD INT
Abram Scholting 10 12 216 2 0
Extra Points Attempts Made
Quinton Heineman 6 6
Field Goals Attempts Made
Punting Punts Yards
Jaxson Bernecker 1 20
Kickoffs Kicks Yards
Quinton Heineman 5 235
Karter Kerkman 4 197
Punt Returns Returns Yards
Kick Returns Returns Yards
Interceptions Number Return Yards
Brandon Bartos 1 0
Fumble Recoveries Number Return Yards
Penalties 2-10 yards
First Downs 20
Rushing Yards 237
Passing Yards 216
Total Yards 453
Fumbles 0
DEFENSIVE STATS
| White | Tackles | Interceptions | |
| Drew Beeson | 8 | ||
| Jestin Bayer | 7 | ||
| Carson Bloom | 7 | ||
| Jackson Bos | 5 | ||
| Jason Claussen | 5 | ||
| Alex Vinson | 5 | ||
| Kamren Lingenfelter | 4 | ||
| August Scholting | 4 | ||
| Tanner Frahm | 3 | ||
| Eli Hintz | 3 | ||
| Jacob Ottis | 3 | ||
| Kayden Kettler | 3 | ||
| Aandy Dominguez | 3 | ||
| Diego Gastelum | 3 | ||
| Payton Novak | 2 | ||
| Trevor Weitzenkamp | 2 | ||
| Klayton Kleffner | 2 | ||
| Kendrick Schroeder | 1 | ||
| Andrew Kotik | 1 | ||
| Jaden Kosch | 1 | ||
| Red | Tackles | Interceptions | |
| Carson Arens | 8 | ||
| Jaxson Claussen | 7 | ||
| Jay Steffen | 6 | ||
| Daniel Judd | 6 | ||
| Sutton Ehlers | 6 | ||
| Alex Phelps | 5 | 1 | 0 yards |
| Josh Wattier | 5 | ||
| Jaxson Bernecker | 4 | ||
| Evan Keller | 4 | ||
| Avery Overfelt | 4 | ||
| Michael Hamilton | 4 | ||
| Lane Heimes | 3 | ||
| Asher McCart | 3 | ||
| Cameron Borgmann | 3 | ||
| Ty Tramp | 3 | ||
| Mason Timmerman | 3 | ||
| Jake Rath | 3 | ||
| Mason Topp | 3 | ||
| Dawson Raabe | 2 | ||
| Braxton Volk | 2 | ||
| Evan Glaser | 2 | ||
| Grant Arens | 2 | ||
| Carter Meier | 1 | ||
| Sedjro Agoumba | 1 | ||
| Colton Sanderson | 1 | ||
| Brody Koopman | 1 | ||
| Paxton Bartles | 1 |
