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(From left) Sevastopol quarterback Reid LeClair scrambles while being rushed by Gibraltar\u2019s Jake Larson during the Aug. 14 scrimmage at Fish Creek. Photo by Kevin Boneske.<\/p>\n
After qualifying for the WIAA playoffs last season for the first time since winning the state championship in 2018, Sevastopol\u2019s eight-player football team will be looking to continue to raise the program\u2019s standard.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to be uncommon in our preparation, effort, and commitment to one another, improve every week, and see where that takes us,\u201d said head coach Dan Judas, who is in his third year leading the Pioneers.<\/p>\n
Last season, Sevastopol advanced to the third round of the playoffs, finishing 8-3 overall. The Pioneers also went 4-2 in their final year in the\u00a0 Across the Bay Conference, tying for second with Algoma in league play behind undefeated conference champion Lena\/St. Thomas Aquinas.<\/p>\n
Sevastopol will try to do it without the conference\u2019s Offensive Player of the Year, Logan Schuh, lost to graduation. They\u2019ll also be replacing Austin Pagels, a first-team offensive lineman, and Reid Kacmarynski, an honorable mention offensive end.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, the Pioneers return four players who received all-conference honors in 2025. They include: the team\u2019s leading tackler, senior linebacker\/running back Ray Johnson, who had 107 total tackles; the leading receiver, junior Cash Kuehn, who caught 26 passes for 455 yards with seven touchdowns; junior running back Bo Tanck, who rushed for 368 yards on 69 carries with five touchdowns, and senior defensive lineman Harry Schartner, who had 74 total tackles.<\/p>\n
Other returning players of note include sophomore quarterback\/linebacker Reid LeClair, junior running back\/defensive back Roman LeClair, and senior offensive\/defensive linemen Jaxon Rankin and Anthony Estevez.<\/p>\n
Judas said this year\u2019s team is strong in experience as it returns \u201cnumerous players who have been multi-year starters and have played in big games.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have some experienced players back, but we also have guys stepping into new and bigger roles,\u201d he said. \u201cHow quickly we come together, develop consistency, and learn to handle adversity will be important.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sevastopol will join the Packerland 8 Conference, which still includes Gibraltar and Algoma. Lena\/St. Thomas Aquinas, Suring and Gillett are no longer the Pioneers\u2019 conference opponents.<\/p>\n
Oneida Nation has formed its own team after splitting from the cooperative with NEW Lutheran\/Providence Academy, which is still in the league. New conference opponents include Valley Christian and Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah.<\/p>\n
Judas said he is looking forward to seeing what the Pioneers can accomplish this season in the new conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere really aren\u2019t any weeks where you can afford to overlook an opponent,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a competitive conference with a lot of good teams and good players, and we\u2019re going to have to be prepared to play every week.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Pioneers\u2019 first game, a non-conference contest, is scheduled for Aug. 21 against St. John\u2019s Northwestern Academy in Delafield. Their first conference game is Aug. 28 at Valley Christian.<\/p>\n
2026 Pioneers Football Schedule<\/p>\n
Games begin at 7 pm, unless otherwise listed<\/p>\n
Aug. 21 Away vs. St. John\u2019s Northwestern, 3:30 pm<\/p>\n
Aug. 28 Away vs. Valley Christian<\/p>\n
Sept. 3 Home vs. NEW\/Providence<\/p>\n
Sept. 11 Away vs. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah<\/p>\n
Sept. 18 Home vs. Niagara<\/p>\n
Sept. 25 Home vs. Oneida Nation<\/p>\n
Oct. 2 Away vs. Algoma<\/p>\n
Oct. 8 Home vs. Gibraltar<\/p>\n
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Gibraltar\u2019s Wyatt Bultman (front) catches a pass during the Aug. 14 scrimmage against Algoma at Fish Creek. Photo by Kevin Boneske.<\/p>\n
Vikings Again Playing Numbers Game<\/p>\n
Gibraltar\u2019s eight-player football team finds itself in a numbers game once again with a roster of around 15 players.<\/p>\n
The roster disparity was on display Aug. 14 when the Vikings hosted scrimmages against Sevastopol and Algoma, teams with double the number of available players.<\/p>\n
The Vikings bring back senior receiver\/defensive end Wyatt Bultman, who made the all-conference second team on the defensive line.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Also back is junior Jake Larson, a defensive lineman who could also see playing time at running back or quarterback, along with senior offensive lineman Xavier Gaddes and junior offensive lineman Kaleb Hummel. Junior Hobbs Emerson also returns.<\/p>\n
They will aim to replace running back Sean Neal, who ran for more than 1,000 yards, and quarterback Giovanni Mercier, who made the second team at defensive back. Other big losses include lineman Owen Dannhausen and defensive back Bairen Lhost.<\/p>\n
Leading up to the Aug. 14 scrimmage, Gibraltar head coach Mike Peck said the team had been doing some fine tuning to see where the players fit in the lineup.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had some kids that have played quarterback that I don\u2019t think normally we\u2019d put there, but they\u2019re having fun,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re figuring out if they can do it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n
Peck noted freshmen accounted for close to half of the players who came out for football this season at Gibraltar.<\/p>\n
Another round of conference realignment puts the Vikings into the Packerland 8. Peck said he doesn\u2019t think too much about the WIAA\u2019s conference changes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t do anything about it,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is nothing we can say that is going to change their mind. Put us where you\u2019re going to put us, and then we get to play.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though last year\u2019s undefeated Across the Bay champion, Lena\/St. Thomas Aquinas, is no longer in the conference, the Vikings will still have that opponent on the schedule this year as a non-league road game Sept. 11.<\/p>\n
Gibraltar is scheduled to open the season at home Aug. 20 against NEW Lutheran\/Providence Academy, which is in the Packerland 8, but will play the season opener as a non-league game as the first of two contests between the two teams this year.<\/p>\n
The Vikings will also host their first conference game Aug. 28 against Oneida Nation, which formed its own team after splitting from the cooperative with NEW Lutheran and Providence Academy.<\/p>\n
Algoma and Sevastopol are still in the same conference as Gibraltar, with Valley Christian and Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah joining the seven-team league.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2026 Vikings Football Schedule<\/p>\n
Games begin at 7 pm, unless listed otherwise<\/p>\n
Aug. 20 Home vs. NEW\/Providence<\/p>\n
Aug. 28 Home vs. Oneida Nation<\/p>\n
Sept. 3 Away vs. Algoma<\/p>\n
Sept. 11 Away vs. Lena\/St. Thomas Aquinas<\/p>\n
Sept. 18 Home vs. Valley Christian<\/p>\n
Sept. 26 Away vs. NEW\/Providence, 11 am<\/p>\n
Oct. 2 Home vs. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah<\/p>\n
Oct. 8 Away vs. Sevastopol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(From left) Sevastopol quarterback Reid LeClair scrambles while being rushed by Gibraltar\u2019s Jake Larson during the Aug. 14…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":977525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[128347,128348,128349,55252,7,128350,128351,2682,128352,128353,128354,128355,128356,128357,128358],"class_list":["post-977524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-bo-tanck","tag-cash-kuehn","tag-dan-judas","tag-eight-player-football","tag-football","tag-gibraltar","tag-harry-schartner","tag-high-school-football","tag-hobbs-emerson","tag-logan-schuh","tag-mike-peck","tag-packerland-8-conference","tag-ray-johnson","tag-sevastopol","tag-wyatt-bultman"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117122893816929092","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=977524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/977525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=977524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=977524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=977524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}