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Woodland all-stater Aydan Radke suiting up for MIT

Recent Woodland graduate and Times All-Area Football first-teamer Aydan Radke has selected to continue his education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his football career at the NCAA Division III level with the Engineers. Pictured at his signing ceremony are (from left) Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland defensive coordinator Aaron Jackson, family members John Roemer, Deborah Roemer, Aydan Radke, Zander Radke and FCW head coach Todd Reed.

Recent Woodland graduate and Times All-Area Football first-teamer Aydan Radke has selected to continue his education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his football career at the NCAA Division III level with the Engineers. Pictured at his signing ceremony are (from left) Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland defensive coordinator Aaron Jackson, family members John Roemer, Deborah Roemer, Aydan Radke, Zander Radke and FCW head coach Todd Reed. (Provided by Woodland School)

By J.T. Pedelty

Woodland graduate and two-time Ottawa Times All-Area Football first-teamer Aydan Radke has selected to continue his education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his football career at the NCAA Division III level with the Engineers. Pictured at his signing ceremony are (from left) Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland defensive coordinator Aaron Jackson, family members John Roemer, Deborah Roemer, Aydan Radke, Zander Radke and FCW head coach Todd Reed.

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J.T. Pedelty

J.T. Pedelty

J.T. is a graduate of Streator High School, Illinois Valley Community College and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale who is some 26 years into an award-winning sports journalism career and serves as a regional sports editor for Shaw Local Media and Friday Night Drive.