4 days Ago By Tom Miller
GRAND FORKS — Three area teams landed a pair of players on the North Dakota all-state 9-man football team, which was released Monday by the North Dakota High School Coaches Association. North Border, Cavalier and Four Winds all saw two players named to the all-state team, leading area squads. ADVERTISEMENT North Border's picks included quarterback Grant Cosley on the first-team offense and second-team pick Brody Berg.
Cosley, a senior, threw for more than 1,000 yards and rushed for more than 1,000 yards during the regular season. Berg finished the regular season with 50 carries for 499 yards and five touchdowns. Cavalier's selections included Kayden Rose on the first-team defense and second-team choice Logan Werner.
Werner, a 5-foot-8 and 160-pound senior, ran for more than 1,500 yards and 20 rushing touchdowns. He also had 15 catches for 132 yards, while passing for 507 yards and eight touchdowns. Defensively, he had 51 tackles and two interceptions as a third-year starter.
Rose, a 6-foot-1 and 215-pound senior, was the offensive guard for a team that averaged more than 250 yards per game. Defensively, he had 56 tackles, 19.0 tackles for loss and 8.
0 sacks. He was named the Region 4 Defensive Player of the Year. Four Winds landed second-team picks Francis Belille and Kashton Keja Jr.
ADVERTISEMENT Keja, a 5-foot-9 and 190-pound senior, ran for 895 yards and threw for 755. He had 24 combined touchdowns. Defensively, he had 70 tackles and 9.
0 tackles for loss. Belille, a 6-foot-3 and 290-pound junior, led the line of scrimmage for Four Winds, which hosted a playoff game for the first time in school history. North Prairie's Brett Tastad, a North Dakota State commit, was also a first-team offensive choice.
Tastad, a 6-foot-5, 270-pound senior, was a three-year starting guard and blocked for an offense that gained more than 2,800 yards rushing. Tastad, who was a second-team pick last year, had 8.0 tackles for loss this year.
Griggs-Midkota's Levi Kautzman was a first-team defensive pick. Kautzman, a 6-foot-1, 220-pound senior, had 54 tackles, 13.0 tackles for loss and 8.
0 sacks. The three-time all-region player was the Region 2 Defensive Player of the Year. May-Port-C-G's Bohdi Peterson and Nelson County's Axel Anderson rounded out the area selections as second-team choices.
ADVERTISEMENT Peterson, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound defensive end, had 30 tackles, 13.0 tackles for loss and 10.0 sacks.
He holds the school records for sacks in a season and career. Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn's Walker Braaten, a North Dakota State commitment, was named the division's Senior Athlete of the Year, while New Rockford-Sheyenne-Maddock's Elliott Belquist, the dad of UND All-American wide receiver Bo Belquist, was named Coach of the Year..
