One of the most inspiring stories in sports came to a culmination just three weeks ago in Miami, and one of Fort Atkinson's own played a big role.
My story for @wmtv15news on Indiana offensive lineman Drew Evans' rise to a national champion:
National champs with Wisconsin roots! 🏆🔥
Congrats to five former WIAA three-sport athletes on winning the National Championship with Indiana last night! Extra kudos to Riley Nowakowski (2020 Marquette University HS grad) for scoring the first touchdown of the game! 🎉
🔴 Anthony Chung – Homestead 🏈🏀⚾️
🔴 Drew Evans – Fort Atkinson 🏈🏀🏃♂️
🔴 Austin Leibfried – Mount Horeb 🏈🏀🏃♂️
🔴 Riley Nowakowski – Marquette 🏈🏀🏃♂️
🔴 Blake Thiry – Prairie du Chien 🏈🤼♂️🏃♂️
Best of luck to former Fort Football Capt, 21 Conference Champion Drew Evans!
Proud of everything Drew & the Indiana Hoosiers have accomplished this season. Drew set the standard every day at FAHS.
Cheering you on tomorrow in the National Championship! 🏆🔥
#Droosiers#GoHoosiers
Congratulations to these 4 stellar seniors. They’ve worked very hard in first weeks of practices! Go blackhawks and see you all on Friday @ home! #blackhawks#football#fortblackhawks
We had a fantastic (and MUCH cooler) afternoon of youth camp today! Our high schoolers were fantastic leaders and kids of the Fort Youth Tackle Football program were even better learners. We cannot wait for next years camp and all the exciting things that will be done!
Received some unfortunate news about a former athlete recently.
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IU football-adjacent:
Drew Evans was just honored at halftime as a scholar award recipient.
No boot on Evans' foot from when he tore his achilles, which was about three months ago. Good to see as he attempts to come back in time for the 2025 season. #iufb