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Bakken, Adamczak
Lead Four Pointers on All-Region Football Squad
Senior defensive lineman Clint Bakken and senior
tight end Ross Adamczak both earned first-team honors to lead four
UW-Stevens Point selections to the Football Gazette All-West Region squad.
Earning second-team honors was senior offensive
lineman Cliff Ruland, while senior wide receiver Tony Romano was a
third-team selection. UW-Stevens Point finished 6-4 overall and 4-3 in the
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, rallying with four straight
conference wins after an 0-2 start before falling to UW-River Falls in the
season finale.
Bakken, a Boulder
Junction native who attended Lakeland High School, racked up 49 tackles,
including five tackles for loss. Bakken, who will play in the Aztec Bowl
Division III all-star game on Saturday, was a dominating presence on the
defensive line, especially late in the season when he totaled 12 tackles
against UW-River Falls and nine against UW-Stout.
Adamczak, a Stevens
Point native, was the region�s top pass-catching tight end with 39 catches
for 644 yards and five touchdowns. Adamczak had 20 of his catches in third
down situations and ranked fourth in the WIAC in receiving yards per game.
Ruland, a Wonewoc
native, helped lead the way for an offense that averaged 440.2 yards per
game. He was also a second-team All-Region selection last season and started
all 10 games at right tackle for the second straight year.
Romano, a Waunakee native, became the first Pointer receiver since Barry
Rose in 1991 to lead the WIAC in receiving yards with 58 catches for 965
yards and nine touchdowns. He ranked 32nd in Division III in receiving at
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