Tri-Star Punt, Pass & Kick

Tri-Star Sports - Punt, Pass, & Kick  Competitions

2026 Optimist Punt, Pass, & Kick Winners

Lincoln’s Star City Optimist Youth Foundation hosted local TriStar Football Punt, Pass, and Kick contests at Kahoa and Maxey Elementary Schools September 15 & 17.  Of the 105 contestants, the following 47 winners qualified for the state contest at the Optimist Youth Sports Complex on October 11:

Boys

Age 6:  Willem Bach, Miles Ediger, Teddy Farrens, Tyler VanKaenel

Age 7:  Collin Kruezberg, Ramon Fisher, Gus Mickells, Evan Sheets

Age 8:  Grayson Karber, Caleb Harden, Tre Daniel, Brayden Ferris

Age 9:  Jackson Mruz, Xander Valdovinos, Crew Heili, Evan Whisinnand

Age 10:  Julius Lott-Arntzen, Amarie Montoya, Lucas Young, Kannon Smith

Age 11:  Barret Luly, Noah Holland, Cru Estrada, Zachary Bennett

Age 13:  Kellen Hamilton, Craig Bennett

Girls

Age 6:  Ali Ziyadi, Brinley Flanagan, Maren Schneider

Age 7:  Olive Hernandez

Age 8:  Tayte Daniel, Gianna Rogers, Lyric Martinez, Violet Koehn

Age 9:  Bianca Tucci, Aurora Garcia, Stella VonKaenel, Rain Lott

Age 10:  Brooklyn Ferris, Emersyn Sintek, Daphne Tucci, Jessa Cross

Age 11:  Blakely Himmelberg, Hadley Hamilton, Elle Coffey

Age 12:  Bailee Sintek

Age 13:  Meelah Hasenkamp

The top 5 finishers in each age/gender category at the state contest will earn trophies.