The offseason workouts, two-a-days and crisp fall evenings under the bright
lights are nothing but a memory. The 2010 Minnesota high school football season
is over, but those memories are good ones for many, including the six state
champions crowned over Thanksgiving weekend at the 2010 Prep Bowl.
MaxPreps' Minnesota football playoff brackets
Claiming state championships in 2010 were:
Wayzata (Plymouth) - AAAAA
Totino-Grace (Fridley) - AAAA
Lourdes (Rochester) - AAA
Caledonia - AA
New Ulm Cathedral - A
Cromwell (Cromwell) – 9-Man
Here is a look back at some key players, statistics and results from the 2010
Prep Bowl:
• Cromwell quarterback Jordan Suhonen rushed for a Prep Bowl record 374 yards
and five touchdowns (also a Prep Bowl record) to lead Cromwell to a 49-42 win over
Lanesboro in the 9-Man championship game. Suhonen also set records for longest rushing
touchdown (86 yards) and most yards per carry (13.4).
• New Ulm Cathedral captured its first Prep Bowl title with a 19-13 win over
Barnesville in the Class A title game. Eric Hauser rushed 14 times for 120
yards and two touchdowns in the win.
• Caledonia won its third title in the last four years (2007, 2008) with a 28-7
win over Triton of Dodge Center. Connor McCormick rushed 17 times for 153 yards
and two touchdowns in the victory.
•
Adam Lentz rushed 24 times for 220 yards and three touchdowns to lead
Rochester Lourdes to a 41-13 win over Holy Family Catholic in the AAA title
game. Lourdes completed a perfect season (14-0) and won its first state title
since 1979.
• Totino Grace won its second consecutive state title with a 34-14 win over Rogers
in the AAAA championship game. Tom Laventure rushed 15 times for 140 yards and
two touchdowns and Ashford Kromah rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown in the
win.
•
Mitchell Underhill was a one-man highlight reel in Wayzata's 31-14 win over
Rosemount in the AAAA championship game. Underhill, only a sophomore, rushed 12
times for 247 yards and four touchdowns. Underhill rushed for touchdowns of 45,
66, 58 and 58 yards in the win. It was the third state title for Wayzata since
2005.
While there were some outstanding performances by the winning teams, there were
some pretty stellar efforts by members of losing teams at the 2010 Prep Bowl,
including:
• Lanesboro quarterback
Lucas Johnson rushed for 169 yards and three
touchdowns.
• Holy family quarterback
Jeff Soule rushed 26 times for 126 yards.
•
Bjorn Bloom of Rogers completed 22 of 41 passes for 250 yards.
PREP BOWL ATTENDANCE
Attendance for the 2010 Prep Bowl was 26,903 for the two-day event held at Mall
of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Attendance was 17,164 for
Friday and 9,739 for Saturday.
ERIC KLINE WINS GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Blaine quarterback
Eric Kline was named Minnesota's Gatorade Football Player of
the Year. Kline, also named the Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year, passed
for 2,002 yards and rushed for 1,086 to help Blaine finish 13-1 and advance to
the big school state quarterfinals.
ERDMANN IS COACH OF THE YEAR
Rosemount head coach Jeff Erdmann was named the Minnesota Football Coaches
Association Coach of the Year. Erdmann led the Irish to the South Suburban
Conference title and a trip to the Prep Bowl, where the Irish lost to Wayzata,
31-14 in the state championship game. Rosemount finished the 2010 season 13-1.
Erdmann was named honorary captain at Sunday's Minnesota Vikings game against
the Buffalo Bills and also participated in the opening coin toss.
COACHING NOTE
Simley High School has announced that head coach Claud Allaire will not be the head coach in the 2011-12 football season. Rex King has been named interim head
coach for the 2011-12 football season. King has been on the Simley coaching
staff for a number of years and is a Simley High graduate.
