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Blaze Performance
This is our strength, speed and agility progam designed to prepare you for athletics at the high school and next level. Athletes lift 4 days a week M-Th before school (Opens at 6:30 am) or after school 3-5pm. Coach King is our strength coach for all athletics and is also a fb coach.
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Summer Camp
Summer Camp consists of 11 practices over the summer. This Camp is designed to teach the basic skills and techniques we use at the varsity level as well as teaching the base schematics of the O/D & Sp Teams. (Click the link below for more info.)
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Team Bonding
Team bonding is our off-season monthly gathering that the Leadership Council puts together. The team is fed pizza and get's the opportunity to play various games such as basketball, dodgeball, floor hockey, etc.
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Our Identity
We are FAST, PHYSICAL & FEARLESS. Our 2025 Motto is: #Strive25. It promotes our mindset of setting & working towards our goals and dreams to prepare for opportunities that present themselves in the future. We must be ready for opportunity when it arises in life. We understand you don't get your dreams by chance - IF IT IS TO BE, IT'S UP TO ME!
Core Beliefs
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The TEAM Matters
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TEAMWORK Matters
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Relationships Matter
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Accountability Matters
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Expectations Matter
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Preparation Matters
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Effort Matter
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Solutions Matter
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Player Leadership Matters
*We work to intill these beliefs in all athletes we come in contact with regardless of skill/talent level or position on the team.
Why We Coach
We Coach to promote hard work, self belief and a mindset of never giving up on our goals. We use football as a tool to help students improve themselves not only in football but in all aspects of life. We teach life lessons that our players will take with them and implement a "mindset" that will help prepare them for anything that comes their way in life. We are more than football, we are a family with futures.
Philosophy
The Burnsville Football Program is built on the belief that in order to succeed in life, you must be surrounded by "Champions". The old adage "Choose your friends wisely" applies in this context. We must choose friends that do the right things on and off the field that help you improve and never stay satisfied with where you are. Champions push themselves to their limits/goals then once achieved - re-evaluate and push even higher.
We believe that our players and coaches need to be champions in the classroom, on the field and in the community. We look for three main qualities in our champions: their integrity, their discipline and their pride. If you work with integrity, discipline and pride each day and surround yourselves with others that do the same, you have a much higher chance of succeeding in your goal. Great things in life are accomplished by working together with people you trust and respect so we can all work to build eachother up. We understand that success in football, much like life, is not accomplished on your own, it takes a TEAM and if you strategically hang out with poeple of the same mindset and work together with the same core beliefs and goals - then great things can happen!
Schematics
Offensively - we are a multiple set offense with a run first mentality that primarily runs veer/gap schemes combined with zone, RPO, play action and screens while utilizing motion and misdirection to keep defenses off guard. We can run all of our plays out of 1, 2 or 3 back sets that allow us to adjust the "look" of the offense each year based on talent level but fundamentally is the same at it's core each year. To the layman it will look different from year to year but a knowledgable football fan will see the same core plays ran each year.
Defensively we are a 3-4 movement based defense that moves on the snap to multiple even and odd fronts. We utilize a variety of pre-snap looks to confuse the offense. We believe in coverage disguise to confuse the QB and gain a tactical advantage. We will be fundamentally sound and stop the run first. We pressure the QB with a variety of stunts, blitz's and coverages.
Our Special Teams are aggressive and designed to take advantage of weaknesses in the opposing unit. We believe in using special teams to gain an advantage in the field position battle and will play the best players available in order to gain an edge.
Current News from Coach Varp
Key Upcoming Dates:
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Did you miss the spring parent meeting? Email Vvarpness@isd191.org for more info
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Check the sportsyou app daily for more details, changes and updates!
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Need to Join SportsYou? email: Vvarpness@isd191.org with your name & grade level for the code
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Sports physical at TCOmn.com/SportsPhysicals
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FALL PARENT/PLAYER KICKOFF MEETING: Sunday, Aug. 10th at 3pm in the Mraz.
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Fall practices start Monday, Aug. 11th!
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REGISTER HERE:
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https://students.arbitersports.com/organizations/burnsville-eagan-savage-school-district
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Read directions, watch the how to video, then scroll down to "Burnsville H.S. Athletic Registration 2025-26", then click "Register Now" and "Create Account" as this is a new system
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Team Bonding: Aug. 15th (Kusumoto's)
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Upcoming TD Club Meeting Dates:
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Aug. 20th at 7pm at BHS Room A24
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Clothing site closes Aug. 14 (Click below)
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Congrats to the following Seniors for their commitments to play
football in college:
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Markeese Howard - Bemidji State University
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Kenny Steffen - Concordia St. Paul
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Joseph Santos - Waldorf
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Will Heger - River Falls
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Alpha Dinos - River Falls
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Jeremy Sherlock - River Falls
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Jayden Ellis - RCTC
Game tickets are sold online at our online ticket sales by clicking this link
You can View Game Schedules; by your sport.
www.southsuburbanconference.org
Click on Burnsville at the far right top box
Click on View Schedules found below the small calendar on the far right of screen
Physicals
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Make sure you have an up to date physical in the athletic office. (Good for 3 years)
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Here is a copy of a blank sports physical document to bring to your appointment.
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Please email a copy of the completed/signed/dated/ stamped sports physical document to jriggs@isd191.org
What can I do to improve my abilities?
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Join Summer BHS FB Camp
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(This teaches plays and techniques needed for you to be ready in the fall)
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Click image to join!
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Football Contacts
Here are our Football Contacts for the 2025-2026 Season.
HEAD COACHES
Varsity - Coach Varpness - Vvarpness@isd191.org
B Team (9/10th Grade) - Coach Kinsella- jkinsella@isd191.org
2025 CAPTAINS - Caleb Kamara, Tommy Subah & Sam Liebl
2025 Leadership Council: Caleb Kamara, Tommy Subah, Liam Henke, Armando Espinol, Sam Liebl, Isaac Sczepanski, Roland Jones, Brandon Miles-Neussmeier, Caliph Paul and Dillan Kusumoto
Parent REP/Booster President
Lailoni Kusumoto bvillefootballboosters@gmail.com
Recent Players in College
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Hamza Hassan (SMSU)
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Max Cantrell (Concordia)
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Jordan Leake (Wayne St.)
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Jesse Orak (Concordia)
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Kamal Martin (Minnesota)
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Keenan Winge (Concordia)
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Tucker Shepley (Northwestern (MN) - Football/Basketball)
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Andy Samuel (UND - Track)
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Benn Olson (NIU)
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Abdi Farah (Ridgewater)
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Jake Parrent (Itasca)
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Trenton Alderson (Itasca)
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Brett Shepley (Augustana)
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Luke Simon (Ridgewater)
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Michael Schiller (Century - Baseball)
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Jake Staats (Northern State)
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Matt Gilray (South Dakota)
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Nick Burton (Wisconsin-Eau Claire)
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Jake Shepley (Concordia-St. Paul)
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Jared Lozano (Concordia Moorhead)
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Jackson Martens (ICCC)
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Stephan Olson Jr. (ICCC)
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Seyi Aguda (Track at North Dakota)
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Tre Thomas (U. of SD/U of Idaho)
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John Simon (Concordia Moorhead)
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Jackson Martins (Northern Iowa)
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Marcus Shepley (Duluth)
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Isaac Tester (Stout)
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Tommy Tester (Stout)
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Nicholas Gilman (St. John's)
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Kyle Atkinson (MN-track)
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Issac Pasko (RCTC)
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Dalton Passon (MN West)
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Darien Clayborn (Alabama)
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Adam Chudecke (NDSCS)
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Jakob Brown (Concordia Moorhead)
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Myiion Hodges (Concordia St. Paul)
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Mateo Noriega (NDSU)
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Brandon Montgomery (Conc. St. Paul)
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Izaya Atkinson (Kentucky Wesleyan)
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Marschall Harrison (Crown College)
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Dylan Fischer (Alcorn State/U of Idaho)
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Jay Homuth (Norfolk State)
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Colton Gregersen (U of MN)
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Keon Hunter (RCTC)
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Dun Fahndulleh (RCTC)
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Markeese Howard (Bemidji State Univ.)
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Kenny Steffen (Concordia St. Paul)
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Joseph Santos (Waldorf)
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Will Heger - (UW River Falls)
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Jayden Ellis (RCTC)
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Ben Watson (Bemidji State Univ.)
Volunteers Needed
We need volunteers for many days and many areas. We need the most help in our concession stand on game nights! Other volunteers are needed for Watermelon Bowl, Blitz Night, BAC Night, Homecoming Night, Teacher Appreciation Night, Senior Night, End of Season Banquet, Tackle Cancer Night, pre-game meals, and more. Without volunteers we are unable to do many of these community building activiites. All parents are expected to volunteer for at least 4 events!
For more information, contact our (Booster) TD Club President Lailoni Kusumoto at bvillefootballboosters@gmail.com
Grade Level Rep's:
Therese Peterson (12th grade) tpeterson.rd@gmail.com
Tesa Subah (11th grade) tesasubah@gmail.com
Tara Paul (10th grade) tpaul@isd191.org
Lailoni Kusumoto (9th grade) lailoni@msn.com
Want to help more? Have ideas? Contact Lailani Kusumoto with questions at bvillefootballboosters@gmail.com
