Recruiting/Player Profile: Cade Feist/North St. Paul (2020)

<strong>Cade Feist</strong> <strong>Position: </strong>Offense: Left Guard. Defense: Defensive End, Middle Linebacker <strong>High School Program:</strong> North St. Paul <strong>Class</strong>: 2020, Senior <strong>Get to Know Cade Feist</strong> Feist has played on both sides of the ball for the Polars. Left Guard is his offensive position and Defensive End is his defensive position until the playoffs start tonight. "I just got a position change to middle linebacker," Cade said going into playoffs. So if you are watching the Polars defense tonight, look for him at Middle Linebacker. Cade noted two strengths are his aggressive play on the field. "I want to hit anything in front of me," Feist said about one of his key strengths of the football field. His other strength is on the defensive line, once he gets extended it's hard to move him from his gap in the line. <strong>Best Part About Cade's Positions</strong> Cade told NFN that the positions he plays offensively and defensively "feeds into the physicality he likes to play with" when talking about his positions he's in with the Polars. <strong>College Interest</strong> Cade told Northstar Football News he has five schools from NAIA to D-3 that have an interest in him. Those schools are Presentation College (SD), St. Olaf, Bethel, Northwestern-St. Paul, and Augsburg. Cade said he's right now leaning towards Augsburg and would also be a two-sport athlete for the Auggies with Track and Field as well. <strong>Improvements from the Off-Season by Feist</strong> The biggest thing the Polars coaching staff told Feist this past offseason was to work on his size and strength. He dominated in the weight room, by going from the 600-pound club to totaling 985 pounds of weight lifting this winter. He also put on 40 pounds of muscle from 200 to 240. Feist is also an excellent shot put and discus thrower for the Polars. <strong>Cade's Mentor</strong> Cade said he could have listed his whole Polars coaching staff but in the end, it came down to one coach. <strong>Dan Helm </strong>is Cade's assistant offensive line coach. "He's helped me get through things inside and outside of football" when talking about Coach Helm. The great thing about Helm to Cade is he is just a volunteer on the Polars staff which makes him great. "You can tell he wants to be around us, the game of football, as well as the school" Helm, shows that he cares a lot about this Polars team. <strong>Team Goals for the Playoffs/Individual Goals</strong> The goal for the Polars tonight in what could be their last playoff game is to beat Mahtomedi. "It's no secret we are struggling to win," Feist told NFN but if the Polars can pull this off against the Zephyrs, it could be a great positive outcome to the Polars season. "This is a winnable game," Feist said in his closing statement to NFN. We will wait and see if the Polars can pull it off. 6 seed North St. Paul (0-8) will travel a very close distance tonight to 3 seed Mahtomedi (2-6) at 7 PM. The winner of that one will travel to Minneapolis to take on 2 seed Minneapolis Washburn (6-2) on Saturday for the section semifinals. Thanks to Cade Feist for the report!