OELWEIN, Ia. — The Roland-Story Norsemen football team returns to the field on Friday Night, as they make the long trip into northeastern Iowa to take on the Oelwein Huskies in Class 2A, District 4 action at Oelwein High School. The Norsemen enter with a record of 5-2, while the Huskies enter at 0-7. Friday’s game is the 2nd all-time meeting between the two programs, as Roland-Story won the 2025 meeting by a score of 62-6.
Oelwein enters Friday in search of their first win since 2022, as the Huskies are 0-7 on the year with non-district losses to Charles City, Waukon and Union Community, with district losses to Dike-New Hartford, Hampton-Dumont-CAL, Vinton-Shellsburg, and Denver. The Huskies offense has been directed by a handful of quarterbacks, most recently Luis Pineda, who’s thrown for 110 yards, while rushing for 169 yards and 2 scores. Pineda also leads the Huskies in receiving, catching 19 passes for 342 yards and 2 touchdowns. The rushing attack in 2026 has improved for the Huskies, with Riley Mullen leading the team with 205 yards on the ground, in addition to Pineda’s two rushing touchdowns.
The Huskies defense has been highlighted by a few standout individuals, as linebacker Riley Mullen is the teams leading tackler with 33.5 tackles and an interception, as fellow linebacker Aaron Burkhart has 22 tackles. The defensive line is led by senior Parker Kuennen, who has 11.5tacklesand a TFL, while freshman Will Ehn has 22 tackles and 2 TFL. Sophomore Preston Conry leads the secondary with 23.5 tackles, while Landen Woodson has 22.5 tackles.
Roland-Story enters looking to wrap the regular season with dominant victory, after thrashing Hampton-Dumont-CAL 44-8 on senior night in Week 7. The Norse offense will look to fine tune things before the start of the postseason, as is the case for the Roland-Story defense.
Kickoff is slated for 7 PM on Friday Night from Oelwein High School.