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(NewsDakota.com) The accolades keep coming for the Class A State Football Champions from Ellendale-Edgeley-Kulm long after the season has come to an end.

Junior running back Clayton Grueneich was one of a few high school athletes across the county recently named in this month’s Sports Illustrated “Faces In The Crowd” feature.

The national magazine noted Grueneich’s blistering 321 rushing yards and five touchdowns in the State Class A Championship game in November against Des Lacs-Burlington, propelling the Thunder to their first ever state championship.