Jackson County Central senior Ben Dahlin will be Jackson County Central’s 13th participants in a state all-star football game since becoming a school district in 1997 on Saturday.
Dahlin is a 5-foot-11, 165-pound defensive back on the South roster for the Minnesota High School Football All-Star Game at 1 p.m. at U.S. Bank Stadium. The game is sponsored by the Minnesota Football Coaches Association and the Minnesota Vikings.
Prior to JCC’s baker’s dozen of participants, Jackson High School had 10.
Fairmont had two players named to the team, running back Elijah Johnson and center Hank Artz.
Other players from Big South Conference schools on the team are defensive back Damarius Russell of Waseca and offensive tackle Jacob Allex of Marshall. Chanhassen’s Cullen Nelson is the head coach.
The All-Star game used a North-South format from 1945-1960 and 1974-1979. A Metro-Outstate format was used from 1980-2010 before going back to North-South.
Under the current format, the South leads the series 10-3. The South also leads the overall North-South series 18-11-1 through 30 games.
The North All-Stars won 48-14 last year for the first time in seven tries at U.S. Bank Stadium.
All-star football games in Minnesota date back to 1945.
South roster
0 Dylan Hudgens LB 6-2 218 Minnetonka
1 Trillion Sorrell DB 6-1 165 Edina
2 Brock Wyandt WR 6- 180 Farmington
3 Nolan Ginskey WR 6- 180 Owatonna
4 Bo Bokman DB 5-8 185 Lakeville South
5 Michael Naber LB 6- 205 Shakopee
6 Graysen Schneider DT 6-3 255 Stewartville
7 Elijah Rumph RB 6-1 205 Eden Prairie
8 Elijah Johnson RB 5-8 190 Fairmont
9 Maxwell Coles DT 6-4 250 Shakopee
10 Damian Devine OLB 6-3 225 Academy of Holy Angels
11 Camden Hungerholt DB 6-1 190 LeRoy-Ostrander
12 Brooklyn Evans RB 6- 185 Eagan
13 Carter Kleinsasser OLB 6-2 225 Mound Westonka
14 Ben Dahlin DB 5-11 165 Jackson County Central
15 Brody Miller DB 6- 175 Shakopee
16 Parker Wangen DB 6-4 205 Stewartville
17 Luke Ryerse K 6-1 218 East Ridge
18 Blake Schiltz LB 6-3 225 Pine Island
19 Josh Wedel DE 6-5 245 Chaska
20 Ryan Meagher RB 5-10 205 Minneota
21 Riley Grossman QB 6-1 185 Lakeville North
22 Greg Kennedy WR 6-6 190 Fillmore Central
23 Ethan Stendel OLB 6-3 215 Caledonia
24 Damarius Russell DB 6- 175 Waseca
25 Ganden Gosch QB 6-4 200 Mankato East
26 Blake Davison OLB 6- 183 Owatonna
28 Isaiah Beale RB 6- 185 Rochester Mayo
42 Frank McAninch LB 6- 210 Mankato West
44 Hank Artz C 6- 230 Fairmont
56 Yahya Yusuf OT 6-2 265 Washburn
63 Kyler Burmeister OG 6- 230 Watertown
70 Peter Hiebert C 6-2 280 Chanhassen
71 Jack Bauer OG 6-4 275 Eastview
72 Nathan Dobbs OG 6-5 300 Hopkins
74 Jacob Stevens OG 6-5 270 Chatfield
77 Jacob Allex OT 6-4 290 Marshall
78 Caleb Koury OT 6-5 305 Two Rivers
79 Colin Hansen OT 6-6 240 Byron
89 Meyer Swinney WR 6-3 210 Edina
90 Beau Bakken DE 6-4 215 Hills-Beaver Creek
92 Reece Hunt DE 6-2 228 Lakeville North
97 Caleb Kurtti DE 6-2 220 Goodhue
99 Avaugn Dorvil DT 6-1 315 Saint Thomas Academy
Coaches
Head coach: Cullen Nelson, Chanhassen
Assistant: Chris Mensen, Simley
Assistant: Donny Holcomb, Rochester Mayo
Assistant: Scott Hanson, Lakeview
Butch Nash: Tom Fritze, Hastings
Butch Nash: Michael Johnson, Edina
Huskies/Bluejays
Here’s the list of all-star game participants from Jackson County Central and Jackson High School.
Jackson County Central
2024: Ben Dahlin DB
2022: Caleb Vancura LB
2021: Levi Lindley OLB
2019: Bradley Buhl OLB
2019: Rudy Voss QB
2015: Tyrone Wacker honorary coach
2014: Matt Schmit DE
2013: Tom Schuller assistant coach
2011: Jordan Phibbs LB
2010: Alex Hohenstein C
2005: Tim Ruby DL
2001: Travis Ahrens DL
1999: Andy Traetow DB
Jackson
1986: Bruce Johnson RB
1984: Steve Schultz WR
1974: Scott Bargfrede QB
1974: Wes Wistrom assistant coach
1959: Mark Aamodt Back
1957: Bill Madison Back
1956: Jim Vacura Back
1954: Jerry Benda Back
1946: Godfrey Vacura Tackle
1945: Walter Vacura Guard-Tackle