Calamus-Wheatland’s Dain Sprague wins Spotlight Athlete of the Week

CALAMUS, Iowa (KWQC) - Calamus-Wheatland quarterback Dain Sprague was voted Spotlight Athlete of the Week after throwing for 494 yards and 8 touchdowns in a 70-68 win against Central City He also rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns.

“He’s a confident young man and at the same time he’s poised and he’s a senior too so you put all those things together, he’s a hard worker, he’s a smart kid he’s diligent about is preparation and that’s allowed him to make this much progress” said Calamus-Wheatland head coach Brian Higgins.

“It means everything to me I mean all the people that you know took the time out of their day granted it wasn’t too bad but like took the time out of their day to go and vote for me it was honestly like it means everything to me like there was hundreds of people sharing it and it was like it just means everything to me. I praise like the linemen and you know all the wide receivers they’re all running great routes and just you know doing their thing and it honestly is a team effort like we go out there every week and it just can’t be one person the whole team has to you know do their best and get their blocks and you know everything else” said Sprague.