Nov 28, 2025
Picture by Samantha Davis: Carter Therkilsen coasts into the tip zone for the game-winning landing throughout the Part 2 9-player soccer championship sport in opposition to Wabasso at Lakeview Excessive College in Cottonwood on Oct. 31.
LAMBERTON — To say that Carter Therkilsen has had an important soccer profession with the Purple Rock Central Falcons could be an enormous understatement.
With two state event journeys in 4 seasons and an abundance of yards and touchdowns alongside the best way, the 5-foot-9, 195-pound senior operating again hasn’t let anybody cease him from jotting his title down atop the report books.
Every week throughout his prep soccer profession, opposing coaches knew their sport plan would at all times be centered round slowing down the elusive operating again, however by no means stopping him.
“My motivation might be simply the love of the sport,” Therkilsen mentioned. “Soccer’s been my go-to factor ever since I used to be actually little and I’m simply actually aggressive. If I can discover a solution to get higher, I’m gonna try this and attempt to make myself and the group higher each day.”
Therkilsen did make himself higher every year, one thing that helped him rack up a faculty report variety of yards and touchdowns on the bottom. For his profession, Therkilsen completed with the RRC data in yards dashing (7,286), landing rushes (73) and carries (984).
His senior season of soccer was additionally his finest one but as he set the college’s single-season report in yards dashing (2,721), dashing touchdowns (31) and carries (288).
“It’s fairly superb,” Therkilsen mentioned when reflecting on his record-setting profession. “Simply from all of the exhausting work from not solely me, however our complete group has put in over the past variety of years and the blokes I’ve performed with and the system I’m in. It’s simply an incredible accomplishment and one thing that I’ll take with me the remainder of my life.”
The Falcons ended this season with a 44-14 loss to the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots on Nov. 6 within the first spherical of the 9-Participant State Soccer Event.
The Patriots went on to win the state championship 46-22 over Hillcrest Lutheran Academy, however like numerous groups earlier than, they had been nonetheless unable to maintain Therkilsen from making his mark as he completed that first-round sport with 193 yards and a rating on 34 carries.
Therkilsen additionally made it to state with the Falcons as a freshman in 2022. RRC misplaced its first-round matchup to Wheaton Herman Norcross, however Therkilsen’s improvement right into a feared title on the gridiron didn’t occur instantly and it didn’t come with out the assistance of his teammates.
“They had been each unimaginable runs with some unimaginable teammates,” Therkilsen mentioned. “That freshman 12 months, I used to be form of coming into a brand new group of fellows that I hadn’t actually performed a complete lot with. They put the work in and I received to reap the advantages of that, whereas the final one, I performed with this group of fellows and have been enjoying for lots of years, and we put the work in collectively and all of us received to see the advantages. I assumed that was actually cool. That freshman run, I received to be taught rather a lot from the older guys.”
Whereas he missed a few video games throughout his sophomore season with an ankle harm, Therkilsen’s profession filled with success has come as a consequence of his sturdiness and consciousness.
“Ensuring that we’re in good condition, lifting weights, staying sturdy, staying versatile,” he mentioned. “I strive to not get into too many positions that might be up dangerous, if you happen to’ve received to exit of bounds and play one other play. Simply ensuring we’re making the good choices on and off the sphere.”
As his soccer profession at RRC got here to an finish by the hands of the eventual state champs, Therkilsen knew an enormous chapter of his life had been accomplished, however he nonetheless needed extra.
“When that clock expired, it was … a pair issues run by my head,” Therkilsen mentioned. “That was the final time I used to be going to have the ability to ever play a sport of soccer with that group of fellows and I’ve been enjoying with them since fourth grade, in order that was exhausting. After which yearly after the soccer season, that’s my factor, so I’m form of at all times trying to the following one, and now with that being the final, I form of need extra. However I’m pleased with the best way we performed all 12 months and I couldn’t ask for a gaggle of higher guys.”
As for wanting extra, Therkilsen mentioned he’s at present preserving his faculty choices open however has expressed curiosity in persevering with his soccer profession on the subsequent degree.
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