Woeste excited to be at Northwestern

When fall training camp arrives for the Northwestern College football team, Humboldt’s Kent Woeste is excited to be a part of it.
Woeste, a 2017 Humboldt High School graduate who will be a sophomore at NWC in Orange City, looks back on the growth he made after he completed his first year on the Red Raider football team.
Woeste is a 6-foot-4, 285-pound reserve offensive lineman. Northwestern finished the 2017 season with a 10-2 overall record, 7-1 in the Great Plains Athletic Conference.
NWC qualified for the NAIA playoffs and whipped No. 7 Langston, 55-7 in the first round of the playoffs. NWC was eliminated in the next round on Nov. 25 when they fell to No. 7 St. Francis, 30-3, in a game played in Fort Wayne, IN.
NWC was ranked No. 10 in the final Coaches Poll. They finished second in the conference behind No. 3 ranked Morningside (8-0).
“I had planned on red-shirting last season but since I played in a scrimmage, that counted against me so I used up a year of eligibility and was not able to red-shirt,” Woeste said. “It was disappointing, but not much more I can do about it.
“Last year I was an offensive tackle and this year I’ll be an offensive guard on the right side,” Woeste said.

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