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Individual Defensive

Solo/Unassisted tackles 
Game 15 min.

No.

Player 

School 

Year 

Opponent

22

Brian Sauer

White Bear Lake

1996

Coon Rapids

21

Andy Dimmel

Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton

1995

Waterville-Elysian-Morristown

20 McKord Krause Lake of the Wodds 2016 Bigfork
19 Kalvin Krause Lake of the Woods 2014 Nevis

19

Nathan Snider

Minnewaska

2012

Paynesville

18

Jeff Adams

Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton

1996

Martin County West

18

Matt Jarland

Harmony 

1984

Glyndon-Felton

18

Ben Passeri

Deer River

1978

Pine River

17 Gabe Amore DeLaSalle 2018 Simley
17 Marc Sonnen Tartan High School 2008 Mahtomedi

17

Rich Gauthier

Blaine 

1988

Park Center

17 Dana Melius Winthrop 1974 Fairfax

16

Bill Barnett

Stillwater 

1973

Park

16

Mark Kosek

Delano 

1987

??

16

Jeremiah Kalland

Spring Lake Park

1992

Centennial

16

Bryan Kuempel

Spring Lake Park

1994

Columbia Heights

16

Tyler Decker

Maple Lake

1999

St. Croix Lutheran

15

Charles Webb

Minnetonka

2011

Eden Prairie

15

Kyle Risinger

Minnetonka

2007

Eden Prairie

15

John Shevlin

Eastview

2002

Eden Prairie

15

Scott Anderson

Le Sueur

1987

Sibley East

 

Season 125 min.

No.

Player

School

Year

Games

181

Mike Weiske

Westbrook

1982

14

140

Todd Simonette

Mankato Loyola

1992

14

133

Mike Schull

Motley

1977

9

130

Bill Kehoe

Chokio-Alberta

1993

14

128

Happy Chakolis

Minnepolis North

1991

9

 

Career 240 min.

No.

Player

School

Years

344

Jake Meixl

Mankato Loyola

1997-01

275

Nathan Snider

Minnewaska

2009-12

272

Ted Greely

Kimball

1984-87

271

Reed Olander

Crosby-Ironton

2007-10

260

Jamie Steffensmeier

Mankato East

1998-01

247 Adam Rasley Deer River 1990-93

244

Brandon Novak

Becker

1993-95

243

Eric Stenzel

Mankato West

1996-99

 

Assisted Tackles

Game 21 min.

No.

Player

School

Year

Opponent

24

Dave Oswald

Southland

1974

Goodhue

24

Brian Sauer

White Bear Lake

1996

Coon Rapids

22

Josh Grover

Le Sueur-Henderson

1999

LeCenter

21

Billy Peterson

Spring Lake Park

1987

Coon Rapids

21

Joel Staats

Winona

1987

Moorhead

 

Season 145 min.

No.

Player

School

Year

Gm.s

195

Scott Nyegaard

Hallock

1988

14

153

Brett Natthajer

Morris

1988

14

150

Tom Gaughan

Sartell

1977

 

147

Dale Messer

Sartell

1971

9

146

Dan Nelson

Redwood Falls

1991

 

 

Career

No.

Player

School

Years

364

Jamie Steffensmeier

Mankato East

1998-01

332

Eric Stenzel

Mankato West

1996-99

321

Tom Gaughan

Sartell

1976-78

311

Jake Meixl

Mankato Loyola

1997-01

307

Dan Seymour

New Prague

1987-89

 

Total Tackles: Assisted and Unassisted

Game

No.

Player

School 

Year 

Opp

39

Chuck Woolhouse

Big Lake

1973

Isle

35

Chuck Woolhouse

Big Lake

1973

St. Michael

33

Eric Brust

Montevideo

1978

Litchfield

32

Brian Hennen

Burnsville

1985

Bloomington Jefferson

32

Matt Gwash

Cook County

2000

Deer River

 

Season

No.

Player

School

Year

Gm.s

258

Mike Weiske

Westbrook

1982

14

257

Jamie Steffensmeier

Mankato East

2001

13

232

Brett Lindamen

Westbrook

1985

14

225

Luke DePestel

Minneota

1993

14

222

Jeremiah Kalland

Spring Lake Park

1992

 

 

Career

No.

Player

School

Years

655

Jake Meixl

Mankato Loyola

1997-01

624

Jamie Steffensmeier

Mankato East

1998-01

587

Eric Stenzel

Mankato West

1996-99

579

Tim DeVlaeminck

Minneota

1986-89

553

Ted Greely

Kimball

1984-87

 

Tackles for a Loss/Sack 
Note: Many schools do not differentiate between sacks and tackles for lost yardage.

Game(4 min.),,,

No.

Player

School

Year

Opp

10

Adam Brown

Pillager

2000

New York Mills

9

John Nash

Orono

1990

Brooklyn Center

6 Tanner Neilson Lake of the Woods 2017 Bigfork

6

Scott Hesse

Stillwater

1976

North St. Paul

6

Butch Goergen

Southland

1981

Byron

6 John Shevlin Eastview 2002 Eden Prairie

 

Season

No.

Name

School

Year

33 John Nething New London-Spicer 2009

32

Regis Eller

Breck

1996

32

Mike Spindler

Park Center

1997

31

Joe Peterson

Anoka

1985

31

Ken Larkin

Rosemount

1993

30

Tony Cudo

Rosemount

1994

 

Career

No.

Name

School

Year

65

Jeff Amundson

Waterville-Elysian-Morristown

2009-11

51

Nate Dwyer

Stillwater

1993-96

49

Steve Stauff

Cleveland

1995-97

47 Andrew Muer Perham 2007-09

45

Grant Pope

Waterville-Elysian-Morristown

2009-11

39

Mike Hara

Totino Grace

2001-02

35 Stephan Olson, Jr. Burnsville

2014-16

34

Jerid Schoeck

Hancock

1990-91

34 Matt Garin Eastview 2005-08

33

Todd Ratzlaff

Rosemount

1988-89

33

Ryan Hartwig

LeCenter

1991-93

33

Brad O’Keefe

LeCenter

1993-95

 

Interceptions 
Game

Int

Player

School

Year

Opponent

5 Jamie Fields Minneapolis Washburn 2009 Blue Earth
5 Josh Stougard International Falls 2006 Virginia
5 Jay Loven Swanville-Grey Eagle 1987 Upsala

5

Harold Stevens

New Prague

1973

Farmington

5

Harold Stevens

New Prague

1973

Kenyon

5 Dana Melius Winthrop 1974 Sleepy Eye
4 Seth Allen Chatfield 2018 St. Charles

4

Joe Kneip

New Prague

2011

Chaska

4 Terrance Alm Lakeview 2005 Cedar Mountain-Morgan

4

Tyler Isaackson

Lakeview

2003

Westbrook WG

4

Steve Esselink

Hills/Beaver Creek/Ellsworth

1998

Edgerton

4

John Treptau

Becker

1997

Big Lake

4

Andrew Hale

Anoka

1996

White Bear Lake

4

Tom Schoenfeld

Lester Prairie

1994

??

4

Robby Ott

Deer River

1989

Blackduck

4

Eric Norskog

Adrian

1987

??

4 Jim Bell Simley 1987 Hastings

4

Blaine Schnaible

Adrian

1984

??

4

Ed Bahr

Int. Falls

1983

Greenway

4 Harry Johnson Big Lake 1971 Ogilvie

4

Curt Billehus

Starbuck

1959

Long Prairie

4

Ray Bratsch

Le Sueur

1950

Belle Plaine

 

Season

Int

Player

School

Year

17

Harold Stevens

New Prague

1973

15

Adam Carlson

St. Clair

1989

15

Mark Mokoff

Northfield

1996

15 Adam Platt Lakeville 1992
14 Luke Ryan BOLD 2018
14 Matt Zellmer Blooming Prairie 2008
14 Tony Kley Lester Prairie 2002

14

Todd DeBates

Stewartville

1981

13

Steve Myren

Cambridge

1983

13

Robby Ott

Deer River

1989

12 Kyle Mages Osakis 2022
12 Josh Strougard International Falls 2006
12 Dana Melius Winthrop 1974
12 Harold Stevens New Prague 1974

 

Career

Int

Player

School

Years

37

Eric Vollbrecht

STMA

1991-94

34

Harold Stevens

New Prague

1972-74

27 Matt Zellmer Blooming Prairie 2006-08

27

Tony Kley

Lester Prairie

2000-02

27 Dana Melius Winthrop 1970-74

25

Austin Pfisthner

Cromwell

2011-14

25

Barry Wohler

Bird Island-LL

1977-79

24 Cody Hendrickson Cromwell 2004-07
23 Kyle Mages Osakis 2021-23

22

Scott Anderson

Verndale

1985-88

20

Mark Hustad

Battle Lake

1973-75

20

Dave Wrightman

Trimont

1979-81

20

Robby Ott

Deer River

1988-89

20

Kirk Midthun

Triton

1992-93