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Ranked 13th in the NJCAA preseason poll, the Central Lakes College Raiders open the 2017 season at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 2 at Worthington against Minnesota West.
Head coach Greg Medeck enters his 11th season with an 89-23 overall record. Last season the Raiders finished 11-1 overall, 5-0 in the Eastern Division of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference. They won the MCAC state championship with a 36-28 victory over North Dakota State College of Science.
In December, the Raiders were invited to play in the Red Grange Bowl at Glen Ellyn, Ill., where they lost to the College of DuPage 25-22 in overtime.
Key returning and/or incoming players include:
Mike Tveitbakk, QB, Anoka; Daryl Waindim, WR, St. Michael; Yannick Dinga, TE, St. Paul; Brendon Loch, DL, Belgrade; Aaron Walker, DL, Blaine; Adrian Jackson, LB Minneapolis; and Antoine Akundu, K, St. Michael.
2016 Raiders who are competing for 4-year colleges this year include:
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Kyree McLean, McNeese State; Vince Magana, University of Minnesota; Teddy Sherva, University of North Dakota; Greg Lewis, St. Cloud State University; Maurice Willis, Bemidji State; Cody Rau, Limestone College; Tyler Koch, Limestone College; Travis Brown, St. Scholastica; Andrew Walock, Bemidji State; Jorgen Erickson, Winona State; Vamougne Kanneh, Bemidji State; Will Pendergraph, University of Virginia-Wise; Emmanuel Henry, Angelo State; and Seth Zins, Bemidji State.
To follow MCAC football scores, stats, standings and more, visit
www.mcacsports.org
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