PREP FOOTBALL: Fernstrom, Kachel prepare to get their kicks during 7A state championship game

December 2, 2023 at 2:13 a.m.

by Henry Apple

Fayetteville junior kicker Nathan Kachel (40) kicks off after a score Sept. 22 against Bentonville West at Wolverine Stadium in Centerton. Kachel and Ryan Fernstrom, Bentonville’s kicker, hope to make a difference when their schools face off for the Class 7A state championship at noon today. (Special to NWA Democrat-Gazette/Brent Soule)
Fayetteville junior kicker Nathan Kachel (40) kicks off after a score Sept. 22 against Bentonville West at Wolverine Stadium in Centerton. Kachel and Ryan Fernstrom, Bentonville’s kicker, hope to make a difference when their schools face off for the Class 7A state championship at noon today. (Special to NWA Democrat-Gazette/Brent Soule)


There was a time when kickers had to make the biggest adjustments during state championship football games, simply because they had to put the ball through the more narrow uprights used in college games.

That

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