Dylan Kainrath Loomis – Football

The running back has taken over the rushing load after TeVon Rhyne went down with a season-ending knee injury in the team’s second game. Kainrath’s latest effort saw him carry the ball 50 times for 226 yards and score three TDs in the Golden Eagles’ win over…

   The running back has taken over the rushing load after TeVon Rhyne went down with a season-ending knee injury in the team’s second game. Kainrath’s latest effort saw him carry the ball 50 times for 226 yards and score three TDs in the Golden Eagles’ win over Sierra Foothill League rival Granite Bay. He has been dominant in his last four games, rushing for 671 yards and 13 TD while eclipsing the century mark in each game. For the season, Kainrath surpassed the 1,000-yard mark in the Granite Bay and has rushed for 1032 yards on 196 carries (5.26 yard per carry) and scored 16 TDs.

   IN HIS OWN WORDS: “I realized that I would have to take most of the running workload on,” Kainrath said of assuming the primary RB duties. “I knew that I would have to pick it up both on and off the field, and do the best that I could.”

   WHAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW: The hard-charging runner spends plenty of time in the training room, where he was given the nickname “Princess” by one of the team’s trainers. “Whenever I was in there, I would complain about how delicate I am, and the trainer started calling me ‘princess.’ I kind of liked it at first and thought it was kind of funny, but it has stuck and it’s not just the trainers that call me ‘princess.’”

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