Blue Jays’ Piatz on Badlands Bowl roster

Jamestown High School’s Jordan Piatz has been named to the 2010 Knights of Columbus Badlands Bowl roster.

The annual game pits the top prep football players in North Dakota and Montana. This year’s matchup is June 19 in Dickinson.

Piatz, headed to Northern State next season to play wide receiver, finished his prep career with 114 receptions for 1,986 yards for the Blue Jays, including 22 touchdowns. This past season he had 46 catches for 703 yards and 6 scores.

He also played defensive back and linebacker during his career for the Blue Jays.

Carrington’s Devin Barton, recently named to the Class B all state boys’ basketball team, was also picked for the team. Barton is headed to UND to play football in the fall.

Also selected was Lisbon’s Adam Coykendall.

Team North Dakota

Preston Blinsky, Bruce Govig, Garrett Jacobs, Ethan Smallbeck and Jake Glass of Bismarck Century; Esley Thorton, Carson Winkels, Nick Jolliffe, Skye Miller, Jake Miller and Calvin Krueger of Bismarck; Devin Barton of Carrington; Mike Mortenson, Austin Fridrich and Aaron Grinsteinner of Dickinson Trinity; Josh Hooey, Gerad Fugleberg, Zac Johnson and Sam Callahan of Fargo South; Tyler Gefroh and Elby Pope of Grand Forks Red River; Baylee Carr of Hazen; Jordan Piatz of Jamestown; Travis Beck of Langdon-Munich; Adam Coykendall of Lisbon; Wyatt Zietz of Minot; Jared Wolf of New Salem; Nic Pfeifer of North Prairie; Grant Singer of Turtle Lake-Mercer; Ryan Smith and Kyle Iverson of Wahpeton; Derek Thompson of Watford City; and Scott Schiller and Jake Bucholz of West Fargo.

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