The 2024 Football Rams entered their third season in Class 5 due to MSHSAA’s multiplying factor based on the team’s recent success. During week five of the regular season, the team secured a 29-0 win over rival John Burroughs for a Homecoming victory. In post-season play, the Rams dominated McCluer HS, Chaminade Prep, Hazelwood East for the District Championship, and Fort Zumwalt West by a combined score of 186-31 while securing the second Class 5 District Title in MICDS history. The State Semifinal game was played against the #1 ranked team in Class 5, Platte County, in suburban Kansas City. Although the Rams scored more points than Platte County had given up all year, the Pirates managed to win 44-30. The Rams ended the regular season 11-3 and earned a top-four finish in all of Class 5. Ironically, the Rams’ three losses are to teams with the potential to win State Championships in Class 4, Class 5, and Class 6. It’s also the fourth year in the past five that the Rams’ final loss in the playoffs was to the eventual undefeated state champion. Near the end of his fifth season at MICDS, Coach Fred Bouchard became the third all-time winningest coach in MICDS Rams football history, trailing only the legendary pair of Ron Holtman and Pop Hughes. In those five seasons, the Rams have secured a record of 50 wins and 10 losses.
The 2024 team was represented by team captains Luke Allgeyer ’25, Peyton Simon ’25, Brian Gould ’25, Adrian Ritchey ’25, Miles Coleman ’26, and Graham Faust ’26. They did an amazing job of keeping the team focused and working toward continual improvement over the course of the year. The following Rams earned All-Conference: Offensive Player of the Year in the Conference for the second consecutive year was ATH Gould; First Team All-Conference Selections in addition to Gould included offensive stalwarts: OL Coleman, WR Gabe Weaver ’26, and OL Caleb Otten ’27; First Team Defensive Selections included: DB Faust, DL Allgeyer, LB Simon, LB Ritchey, and DL Ben Petersen ’26. For Special Teams, both Ret Henry Rohan ’26 and K Malik Orsan ’25 were First-Team Selections. Second-Team selections included TE Joe Walsh ’25, OL Gokhan Yilmaz ’25, OL Andrew Ford ’26, DL Sam Glasser ’26, and DB Will Frank ’25. QB Noah Menneke ’27, DB Peter O’Leary ’26, RB Rodney Freeman ’26, DB LJ Triplett ’26, and LB Lucas Starks ’25 were picked as Honorable Mention selections.
We received final stats! Congratulations to the following players:
All-District
First Team: Lucas Allgeyer ’25, Brian Gould ’25, Malik Orsan ’25, Peyton Simon ’25, Miles Coleman ’26, Graham Faust ’26, Henry Rohan ’26, and Gabe Weaver ’26
All Metro (STL)
First Team: Lucas Allgeyer ’25, Malik Orsan ’25, and Miles Coleman ’26
Second Team: Brian Gould ’25 and Peyton Simon ’25
All-State as Named by the Missouri Football Coaches Association (MFCA)
First Team: Lucas Allgeyer ’25, Brian Gould ’25, Malik Orsan ’25, and Miles Coleman ’26
Second Team: Peyton Simon ’25, Graham Faust ’26*, Henry Rohan ’26, and Gabe Weaver ’26
Academic All-State: Lucas Starks ’25, Joe Walsh ’25, Gokhan Yilmaz ’25, and Gabe Weaver ’26
*Graham Faust is the first football player (at least in the past 30 years but perhaps ever) at MICDS that achieved both offensive All-State and defensive All-State accolades in two separate seasons.
The Rams will return at least 15 starters for the 2025-26 year and look forward to continued high-level success in the years to come. Congratulations to the seniors, and best wishes as they matriculate into their collegiate careers.
