Second-generation gridders

At the Minneota Football Banquet on Dec. 19 at KB's in Ghent, five of the players from this year's state championship team posed with their fathers, who were on Minneota's 1993 state runner-up team. Players from this year's team in the front row, left to right: Lane Loyson, Isaac Pohlen, Zack Fier, Alex DePestel and Grant Anderson. Fathers in the back row, left to right: Doug Loyson, Nathan Pohlen, Kevin Fier, Luke DePestel and Brian Anderson.