Carson grid quartet headed to college

Four Carson High football players " David Laumea, Jake Madden, Steven Fowzer and Jeff Butler " are going to step up the next level.

Laumea, a defensive tackle, and Butler, a linebacker, are headed to Feather River Community College. Fowzer, a defensive back and wide receiver, and Madden, a defensive back, are headed to Jamestown College, an NAIA liberal arts school in North Dakota.

Both Fowzer and Madden are going to Jamestown because Daniel Faiella, a former Carson High football player who is now at Jamestown, told his coaches about his foemer teammates.

Both Fowzer and Madden are receiving scholarships worth approximately $11,000 a year.

Fowzer, a two-way starter, will go to Jamestown as a cornerback. Fowzer, who also played basketball at Carson, is running track in an effort to improve his speed.

"I'm going there because they gave me the most money," Fowzer said. "Money is a problem for me.

"I haven't been to the school. I've just looked at it on line. They contacted me and I sent them a video."

Accoding to Carson coach Blair Roman, Fowzer improved quite a bit defensively for the Senators.

"I know they are looking at him as a cornerback," Roman said. "I think wide receiver might be a possibility."

Fowzer finished with 24 receptions for 282 yards and four scores last season.

Madden has signed a letter of intent, but admitted that he has to clear up some financial things with the school before he decides to go there in the fall.

"I'm going to keep playing football for sure," Madden said. "They are bringing me in as a cornerback. The coach told me that my best opportunity to start as a freshman would be at cornerback."

Laumea was interested in FRC and LaVerne, a small school in Southern California. His grades, however, weren't quite good enough to get into LaVerne.

"Anything defensive line," Laumea said when asked where he would play next year. "I don't know what they will do."

Roman thinks that Feather River is a good fit.

"He has a lot of physical tools," Roman said. "Defensive linemen at junior colleges in particular are like gold. He has a good chance to compete right away."

Butler, who also plays baseball at Carson, eschewed a Millenium Scholarship to continue his football career. He was an all-Sierra selection at linebacker.

Butler was accepted at Lewis & Clark academically, but said the financial package just wasn't enough.

"Jeff needs to get bigger, and he's working on that," Roman said. "he also needs to work on his lateral movement. He's a 4.0 student, but he really wanted to give football a shot. It's a good opportunity for him."

Butler plans on playing two years at Feather River and then hopefully walking on at Nevada.

"I need to put 45 or 50 pounds on," Butler said. "That will take the full two years to do it the right way."

Butler said that a move to outside linebacker is a possibility, too.