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To the chagrin of the Mission Valley coaching staff, Northern Heights quarterback D.J. Bronson avoided the usual mixed bag that most players experience during the opening week action of any football season, turning a lot of heads in the process with 475 yards passing and seven touchdowns in a 56-36 triumph over the Vikings.
Then he did it again and again throughout the Wildcats' 7-3 season to earn the nod as the Kansas small school offensive MVP in 2010.
That 475-yard performance was his best of the season, but Bronson threw for 400-plus yards five times in 10 games, including three straight performances to begin the season.
Following Northern Heights' first loss of the season, by a 41-28 count to Lyndon in week 3, the 5-foot-9-inch, 130-pounder had already completed 78 of 115 passes for 1,333 yards and 18 touchdowns, to just three interceptions. For the season, Bronson threw for 300 yards or more in eight of 10 games.
Bronson's 3,679 passing yards on the season fell 205 yards short of former Wichita Collegiate signal caller Blake Jablonski's 2009 record. But he connected with Cody Britton for an 8-yard scoring strike in the fourth quarter of a 68-6 loss to eventual Class 3A champion Silver Lake in the opening round of the playoffs to give him 49 scoring tosses on the year, upending Jablonski's 2009 record by one.
Bronson was on pace to shatter the Kansas state record for passing yards in a game (491) when he threw for 435 yards and seven scores in the first half of a 52-20 win over Chase County. But the senior didn't play in the second half of that contest.
Class 3A champion Silver Lake had plenty of MVP candidates on the defensive side of the ball, making that decision rather taxing. But in the end, linebacker Jeremy Boyd edged Eagle defensive lineman Jordan Haverkamp for the honor.
Boyd led the Eagles, who registered 62 sacks on the season as a team, with 165 tackles and 13 sacks during Silver Lake's title run in 2010-11. He also broke up a pass, caused a couple of fumbles and recovered three more. Boyd registered 21 tackles in the 27-21 state championship win over previously undefeated Conway Springs.
Below is a look at the Kansas small school all-state team as well as all-state teams from Classes 3A, 2-1A and 8-Man.
