By Ken Hansard

The Coffeyville-Field Kindley Tornado will be fielding a team this season that may not look readily familiar to its long-time fans. Coach Deonta Wade is expecting an entirely new generation of players to lead the Nado in the coming campaign. Carsten Voss is a junior wideout and defensive back that should become a household name in the Coffeyville community this fall.

Voss spent most of last season gaining experience with the Junior Varsity. Even so, he managed to record 15 tackles with the Varsity squad. This season, Coach Wade is expecting big things from Voss, and despite Carsen’s relative lack of experience at the varsity level, he is ready to make his mark, “I am looking forward to getting a lot more varsity time on both sides of the ball, but I’m also ready to step up and be a leader. I want to help my teammates and me get better, help us win a lot of games, and help us make a deep playoff run.”

Voss comes from a sports family and gained his love of competition through them, “My family always watched sports – whether it was baseball, football, basketball, or golf. I have always just loved watching it, but I learned to enjoy playing sports even more.”

Voss understood after last season that, with the Tornado looking at such a large roster turnover, this could be his year to shine, so his off-season regimen reflected that challenge, “I just want to continue getting better, so I worked hard on getting better at running routes. I also hit the weight room hard and worked on getting stronger and faster.”

When he is not helping to lead the Field Kindley football squad, Carsten also plays golf and basketball for The Nado. He is a member of FCA, and J.A.C., and he also shines in the classroom, wielding a healthy 3.5 G.P.A. He is still weighing career options, but he does know that he wants to continue his education after high school.