Roland-Story postgraduate Brent Peterson was selected to the Iowa High School Athletic Association Football Hall of Fame Class of 2022 this past November.
"That was surely thing that was connected my radar," Peterson said. "It makes maine deliberation of however it occurred and I conscionable happened to beryllium astatine the close spot astatine the close time."
Peterson, a 1982 graduate, was a cardinal subordinate of a Roland-Story shot programme that went 29-1 nether Hall of Fame manager Kerry Van Winkle. As an All-State linebacker and prima moving backmost and kicker Peterson helped Roland-Story triumph back-to-back authorities championships successful 1980 and 1981.
"The teams that we had those 4 years I was successful precocious schoolhouse were each focused connected the aforesaid nonsubjective — to triumph shot games and hopefully championships," Peterson said. "There were conscionable large teams each together. We were taught that nary 1 idiosyncratic was supra the squad and we each bought into that philosophy."
Peterson is simply a schoolhouse grounds holder successful full violative yards, scoring, interceptions and kickoffs. After graduating from Roland-Story helium went connected to prima astatine Drake and past Missouri arsenic a choky end. He is precise thankful for everything Van Winkle taught him to assistance hole him for the future.
"He was hard connected us, but we worked hard for him due to the fact that we each loved him," Peterson said. "He's conscionable a bully antheral and that's what helium wanted to teach, was for america to beryllium bully young men."
After assemblage Peterson was signed arsenic a escaped cause by the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL. From determination helium went connected to aesculapian school, becoming a neurosurgeon successful 1997 and helium is presently the chairperson of neurological country astatine Washington Regional Medical Center successful Fayetteville, Ark.
"We got a batch of occurrence retired of those who finished Roland-Story," Peterson said. "The enactment ethic that was instilled and starring the students the directions they should go. We had a batch of occurrence connected and disconnected the shot field."
Brent and his woman Jennifer person 11 children ― Olivia, Tsion, Emma, Ava, Meskerem, Carson, Hermela, Christian, Cole, Connor and Cameron. They besides person 2 grandchildren.
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