As far as the eight-team districts that have been proposed, they won't be approved. Kevin from Kansas City, Kan. I did some research after seeing a kid at KC-Piper kick his career record 28th field goal and wondered what is so special about this Rheem kid. From what I can tell is that he is riding his brothers coat tails when this kid Jon Beck has been fifty yarders with ease and see that Rheem's longest is 38 yards. Obviously, Joe Rheem is going to get some attention, from everybody, because of his brother, but Bill Snyder wouldn't give him a scholarship if he wasn't talented.
Most schools ask kickers to walk on and earn a scholarship.
As for Rheem's long being 38 yards, he plays on a team that is 9-0 and usually scores touchdowns. They don't ask him to kick a lot of field goals. I saw mention of finalist mentioned in the Oct. 26 paper. We did have a list and I thought we listed the area finalists, but it has been thrown away by now. If my memory is correct, there was nobody from Manhattan or the immediate area.