Niekamp’s big runs in Central’s victory over Brown County help him make case for more carries

By Steve Eighinger | September 28, 2024
Camp Point Central's Kadin Niekamp runs away from Brown County's Matt Boylen on one of his two long touchdown runs during Friday night's 30-14 victory in Mount Sterling, Ill. | Photo courtesy Mike Pritchard

MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — Kadin Niekamp is already thinking ahead to next season. Niekamp is admittedly salivating at the chance to move into the Camp Point Central football team’s offensive backfield on a full-time basis, but has no problem waiting his turn in a program that produces effective running backs in the same fashion Nabisco…

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Countdown to kickoff: Backed by culture of success, Panthers seek to defend Class 1A state championship

By Steve Eighinger | August 29, 2024
The ability to run the ball and consistently replace talented running backs is why Zack Wear and the Camp Point Central football team are expected to challenge for a Class 1A state championship once again. | Photo courtesy Mike Pritchard

Coverage of the Camp Point Central football program is brought to you by: CAMP POINT, Ill. — There is a culture that envelops the Camp Point Central football program, a powerful intangible that was not built overnight. “We never point fingers,” said Kadin Niekamp, a junior lineman mature beyond his teenage years. “Mistakes will happen,…

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Stand and deliver: Panthers put up fourth-down roadblock to fend off Warriors in WIVC clash

By Steve Eighinger | September 2, 2023
Camp Point Central sophomore defensive tackle Kadin Niekamp, center, reacts to stopping Hardin Calhoun on a fourth-down conversion in the fourth quarter of Friday night's game. | Photo courtesy Mike Pritchard

CAMP POINT, Ill. — All of the game’s scoring occurred in the first half. All of the suspense materialized during a frantic final five minutes of the fourth quarter. The Central football team escaped its home opener Friday night with a 30-22 victory over Hardin Calhoun in a Western Illinois Valley Conference crossover game. The…

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