VHS Tanager Football

03/26/2026

The 2026-27 schedule has been posted! Looking forward to this fall already 👀🏈

11/24/2025

Tonight we had our banquet and celebrated all of the many achievements our football players & program have accomplished this season. We gave out our team awards for both JV and Varsity as well as program awards, all-conference, all-state, academic all-state, and gifts for our 11 seniors! Award recipients are listed below.

Thank you to our sponsors, tanager fans, parents of our players, our athletic trainer Amy, coaching staff, our players, and most importantly our seniors! So much growth was made this season and we can’t wait to continue it next year!

JV Awards:
- Team MVP: Rylan John
- Offensive MVP: Timmy Freeburg
- Defensive MVP: Rylan John
- Most Improved Player: Sam Naber
- Unsung Hero: Zach Robinson

Varsity Awards:
- Team MVP: Caleb Lara
- Offensive MVP: Bryce Voss
- Defensive MVP: Caleb Lara
- ‘Big Man’ Award: Dain Richardson & Oscar Passick
- Skills Award: Elijah Lara & Bryce Voss
- Special Teams Award: Oscar Edelen
- Most Improved Player: Devon Steckelberg
- Unsung Hero(s): Devon Steckelberg & Brock Willroth

Program Award:
- ‘Tanager’ Award: Devon Steckelberg & Nolan Nygren

DAK 12 All-Conference:
- 1st team: Dain Richardson & Caleb Lara
- Honorable Mention: Bryce Voss & Cameron Bottolfson

All-State:
- Honorable Mention DL: Dain Richardson
- Honorable Mention RB: Bryce Voss
- Honorable Mention ‘Athlete’: Caleb Lara

Academic All-State:
- Ryne Chapman
- Bryce Voss
- Devon Steckelberg

11/22/2025

Congratulations to Bryce, Dain, and Caleb for their all state honorable mention nominations! 🏈

The South Dakota Football Coaches Association has chosen its 2025 All-State high school football teams.

⏬Tap the link below to see who made the team⏬
https://www.sdpb.org/sports-rec/2025-11-21/2025-all-state-high-school-football-teams

10/24/2025

What a great group of guys that will be missed! Thank you seniors for everything you have contributed to this program over the past 4 years. We are truly lucky to have had these guys apart of the program!

Thank you to all of the tanager fans for all the support this season! Until next year 🏈❤️

10/23/2025

Happy Game Day!! ❤️🏈

Join us as we take on West Central at 7pm for our last regular season game! We will also be celebrating our amazing seniors tonight!

If you can’t make it to the game, join us on one of our live streams:
- https://www.youtube.com/live/6t5RcVpfclc?si=kcKW-hf_WCg3fLcu
- https://www.youtube.com/live/Z18WhMFCouY?si=ZUbadFNrV9Ws2Evw

10/17/2025

GAME DAY! 🏈

Join us as we travel down the road to take on another conference rival, Dakota Valley.

If you can’t make it to the game, catch the game on our live stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/lboAjMMXCVo?feature=shared

10/10/2025

Tonight at our game we will be honoring Coach Jerred who passed away unexpectedly in May. Coach Jerred was not only a great coach but he was also extremely passionate about the game. He loved all of the players and the game of football. His presence is deeply missed on our sideline and we will forever be grateful for his contribution to our program and the game of football. ❤️🏈

10/10/2025

It’s Tanager Football Game Day!! ❤️🏈

Join us in the DakotaDome tonight as we take on Tri-Valley at 7pm! Watch the game on one of our live streams if you can’t make it in person:
- https://www.youtube.com/live/THMEDQzPP2E?feature=shared
- https://www.youtube.com/live/GoVBX9xNCdY?si=imcawQv6SWhcgXEK

Tonight will be military appreciation night!

10/03/2025

Hey tanager fans, guess what day it is? It’s Vermillion Football game day!!

Join us as we travel up I-29 to take on Sioux Falls Christian! The game will be located at the USF football field.

If you can’t make it in person, catch the game on our live streams:
- https://www.youtube.com/live/uyLC65-gZds?si=6_-C4Fq2lU-l_ity
- https://www.youtube.com/live/6uarXMXtuec?feature=shared

09/26/2025

It’s Tanager Football Game Day! 🏈

Join us as we travel up north to take on Milbank at 6pm! If you can’t make it in person, join us on our live stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/SE40kcNjw4g?si=WsjQU4u7fVXBZrWv

09/26/2025

We want to recognize all of the amazing sponsors who provide us with our weekly team meals! We also want to shout out Old Lumber Company for hosting our meals every week and providing meals for our bus trips! Thank you to all our sponsors for all the support!