Seven Luverne High School football players won event titles during the Cardinal Pride competition staged Monday. Event winners include (kneeling, from left) Tim Rust, Jake Hendricks, Ben Cornish, (back) Nick Heronimus, Mark Remme, Roth Anderson and Tyler Elbers.By John RittenhouseA Luverne High School senior blew away the field during the 2003 Cardinal Pride competition on the opening day of football practice Monday.The Cardinal Pride competition, an eight-event challenge that is staged on the first morning of practice every season, is offered to test physical abilities of each high school player prior to the season.Roth Anderson, who will be a lineman for LHS this season, passed the test with flying colors.Anderson won all four weight-lifting events and was the points champion in three of the same four events to run away with the overall championship.When his workout was done, Anderson established a new Cardinal Pride record by recording 1,889 points. The old record of 1,867 points was established by Ryan Goebel in 2001.Anderson’s wins came in the bench weight event (281 pounds), squat weight event (499 pounds), clean weight event (342 pounds) and power press weight event (388 pounds).Anderson also won the points titles in the squat, clean and power press events.Others posting event wins during the competition include seniors Tim Rust, Mark Remme, Tyler Elbers and Ben Cornish, and sophomores Jake Hendricks and Nick Heronimus.Hendricks took top honors in the 400-meter dash (56 seconds) and the 60-second jump rope event (173 jumps).Elbers and Remme shared the crown in the verticle jump with 31-7 efforts.Rust won the shuttle run with a time of 4.25 seconds, and Cornish emerged as the points champion in the bench points category.Heronimus was honored for being the overall champion in the junior high division.Here is a look at the Top-Five finishers in the overall competiton and the weight-lifting events.Overall: Anderson, Elbers, Remme, Nate Stehlik and Brad Herman.Bench weight: Anderson, Tony Willers, Lee Sells, Andy Stegemann and a tie between Elbers and Nick Van Wyhe.Squat weight: Anderson, Remme, Nate Siebenahler, Sells and Herman.Clean weight: Anderson, Willers, Elbers, Van Wyhe and Adam Kurtz.Power press: Anderson, Van Wyhe, Nate Stehlik, Nick Stehlik and Cornish.Bench points: Cornish, Elbers, Anderson, Rust and Nate Stehlik.Squat points: Anderson, Remme, Elbers, Siebenahler and Herman.Clean points: Anderson, Elbers, Cornish, Heronimus and Remme.Power press points: Anderson, Van Wyhe, Cornish, Nate Stehlik and Nick Stehlik.
