We’re nearly halfway through the high school football regular season and we saw a few standout performances as players get into the swing of things.
Below is every Iowa State commit for the 2023 recruiting class and how things panned out for them on Friday night:
Cyclone commit performance of the week
QB J.J. KOHL & DB JAMISON PATTON, ANKENY
Ankeny (3-1) 31, SE Polk (3-1) 14
J.J. Kohl played his best game as an Ankeny Hawk to date on Friday night, finishing the game with just two incompletions. Kohl threw for 261 yards, four touchdowns, and never saw an interception while leading the Hawks’ offense. He, of course, had plenty of help from fellow Iowa State commit Jamison Patton. The two-way star found 87 receiving yards, 28 yards on the ground in just a pair of attempts and added an interception that he ran from his own end zone to midfield.
Southeast Polk defensive back and Iowa State commit Abu Sama did not play in the game, due to an injury.
Hear what they had to say about the game here.
Inside the state of Iowa:
ATH KOOPER EBEL, HARTLEY-MELVIN-SANBORN
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn (3-1) 66, MMRCU (1-3) 34
Kooper Ebel lined up at quarterback for HMS High this week and led his team to a 66-point performance against MMRCU. Ebel through for 179 yards and rushed for an additional 175 yards on the ground. He finished with four touchdowns, combined, and also went 4-7 on PAT attempts at Kicker.
WR KAI BLACK, URBANDALE
Urbandale (3-1) 37, Des Moines Roosevelt (2-2) 13
Kai Black led the Urbandale Jayhawks in receiving, going home with 119 yards on eight receptions during the win over Des Moines Roosevelt.
TE CARSON RHODES, NEVADA
Nevada (3-1) 24, Hampton-Dumont-Cal (3-1) 23
Carson Rhodes, Iowa State’s first commitment in the 2023 class, did not register any stats in Nevada’s third win of the season.
Around the Midwest
Position, name (high school, home state)
ATH Cam Smith (Austintown-Fitch, Ohio)
Austintown-Fitch 42, LJBOMECE (Lewis J. Bennett/Olmsted/Middle Early College/East) (Buffalo, New York) 20
Fitch has not yet posted stats for this game, but Iowa State commit Cam Smith can be seen in this highlight earning his way to a touchdown to help his team improve to a perfect 5-0 on the season.
ATH Carson Hansen, Lakeville South (MN)
Eden Prairie 21, Lakeville South 6
Carson Hansen did not have any listed stats in Lakeville South’s first loss of the season.
LB Jack Sadowsky (Batavia, Illinois)
Batavia 42, Lake Park 0
Jack Sadowsky finished with seven tackles in his team’s shutout victory.
DL Anthony Cunningham (Belleville East, Illinois)
OL Brandon Henderson (East St. Louis, Missouri)
East St. Louis 57, Belleville East 0
The Flyers from East St. Louis proved they were one of the top teams in the region once again on Friday, shutting out Anthony Cunningham’s squad.
DL Trevor Buhr (Washington, Missouri)
Fort Zumwalt-North 35, Washington 32
Trevor Buhr’s high school suffered a tough loss on Friday night, but Buhr did post his highlights from the first four weeks of the year on his Twitter account:
EDGE Samuel Same (Derby, Kansas)
Derby 45, Bishop Carroll 38
Samuel Same did not have any listed stats for Derby’s Friday night win, but his team improved to 2-1 on the season.
WR Beni Ngoyi (Lincoln High, Nebraska)
Grand Island 27, Lincoln High 14
Beni Ngoyi did not have any listed stats in his team’s loss to Grand Island.
Florida & elsewhere
Iowa State boasts four commits from Florida and another non-Midwest commit from Oklahoma, each of which will kick off the season this Friday:
S Tashawn James (Carl Albert, Oklahoma)
Carl Albert 45, Elk City 2
Tashawn James has established himself as a two-way star at Carl Albert. James had a kickoff returned for a touchdown, according to MaxPreps, and collected 163 all-purpose yards on the night. He added a fumble recovery and two tackles.
He is pictured below as No. 5:
DL Jason Hammond (St. Thomas Aquinas, Florida)
St. Thomas Aquinas 38, Western 0
Jason Hammond’s team earned a shutout victory this week to improve to 4-0 on the season in Florida.
S Norris Davis (Tampa Bay Tech, Florida)
Tampa Bay Tech 38, Bloomingdale 0
Norris Davis recorded one tackle in the shutout victory in route to a 4-0 start for Tampa Bay Tech.
WR Michael Parkes (Bayside, Florida)
Bayside 20, Central 0
Bayside High School did not list offensive statistics for its win over Landstown.
OL Brendan Black (The Bolles School, Florida)
TCA 27, The Bolles School 14
Brendan Black and The Bolles School dropped to 2-2 on the season Friday night.
