Louisville Lions at
Wakefield Trojans
Thursday, October 25
4:30 p.m.

Louisville Travels to Wakefield for First Round Play (10-21-07)

Louisville High School will be taking on the Wakefield Trojans, the defending C-2 State Champions, in the first round of the 2007 playoffs.Kickoff is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.on Thursday, October 25 at the City Park, 598 W. 1st Street. Admission into the game, set by the Nebraska State Activities Association, is $7.00 for adults and $5.00 for students.

Know Your Foe:
The Trojans have a 21 game winning streak, currently the longest in the state, tacking on 8 victories in 2007 to it’s 13-0 mark of a year ago.

Wakefield is again led by quarterback Joel Nixon, last year’s Huskerland Prep's C2 Player of the Year after being named the C-2 All-State quarterback by the Omaha World-Herald and Lincoln Journal-Star. Nixon has completed 34 of 67 passes for 759 yards and 9 touchdowns with just one interception while rushing for 487 yards on 67 attempts. Nixon is not just an offensive threat having recorded 5 interceptions from his safety spot. An all-around athlete, Nixon finished fourth in last spring’s State C Track Meet in a time of :51.338, after registering a time of :50.7 at districts. This past summer, Nixon pitched and played infield for the Senior Legion baseball team which finished as state runner-up.

Nixon has completed passes for touchdowns to six different receivers led by Chad Clay, a sophomore, who has 237 yards on 7 receptions and senior Colby Henderson, whose 9 receptions have accounted for 206 yards. Each has scored 3 touchdowns.

Ian Miner, a 5’ 8”, 165 pound junior, leads the Trojans' balanced rushing attack with 649 yards, including 116 in the 14-6 victory over previously unbeaten Laurel-Concord last Friday night.

The Trojans’ Ryan Klein is the beneficiary of many Wakefield misdirection plays. The 5’ 11”, 175 pounder, is a speedster who scored from 58 yards just before half-time of the Laurel-Concord game, giving the Trojans a 7-0 lead and momentum at the break. Klein is a Wakefield trackster, with the speed and strength to qualify in both hurdle events at the 2007 state meet.

Wakefield lost two, huge, all-state linemen from last year’s team to graduation so this year’s squad has featured toughness, finesse and quickness. The Trojans’ offensive and defensive lines are led by Dusty Rhods, the largest at 6’ 4” and 205 pounds, and Zach and Jake Blessing, a pair of 5’ 10” juniors weighing 180 and 185, respectively.