Matt Beste

Matt Beste likes hard rock music.
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Beste likes tattoos.
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Despite these differences in tastes, Beste and Krinn have been best friends since they were little kids growing up about two miles from each other in Uniondale.
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They went on to play three years of varsity football at Norwell, where Beste was a tight end and linebacker and Krinn was an offensive and defensive tackle.
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Nearly five years after their final high school game, Beste and Krinn, both fifth-year seniors, will play on a football field together for the first time since high school when Indiana State and Saint Francis play at 1 p.m. Saturday in Terre Haute.
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"I haven't really talked to him this week," said Beste, a 6-foot-5, 265-pound tight end for the Sycamores (0-1).
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Beste and Krinn, a 6-3, 278-pound offensive tackle for the 0-0 Cougars, talk at least once a month.
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With the Knights leading 14-10, Beste was tackled before a deep pass reached him on Norwell's first drive of the fourth quarter.

"The turning point in the game was the pass that Matt didn't catch," Krinn said.
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"We'd double-team a lot of people and rough them up a little bit," Beste said."I remember seeing him wherever I went.He was a hard-nosed, big, nasty dude."

In 2000, Beste received first-team all-state honors, while Krinn was named to the Indiana Football Coaches Association North-South All-Star team.
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Miller recalled Beste making big catches during the tournament run, while Krinn was always intense.
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Beste and Krinn went different routes after high school, with Beste ending up at Division I-AA Indiana State and Krinn heading to NAIA Saint Francis.
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Beste received scholarship offers from Central Michigan and Purdue, but they asked him to be a preferred walk-on after he blew out his knee.Beste said he considered Saint Francis before Indiana State showed him interest.

"They offered me some money here and I decided to come here because it's a bigger school," Beste said.
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Beste caught a game-tying, 34-yard touchdown pass before halftime of the Sycamores' 24-13 season-opening loss to Eastern Illinois on Sept. 1.He played in seven games last year before a season-ending knee injury and earned all-conference honors as a sophomore.New Indiana State coach Lou West said Beste will play a "real big role" as a playmaker in the Sycamores' wide-open attack.

After playing their last high school football game for the Norwell Knights, Matt Beste and Nick Krinn packed their suitcases and headed off to college to continue their gridiron careers.
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Beste made his way south to Terre Haute to play for Indiana State and Krinn made the short jaunt to Fort Wayne to suit up for the University of Saint Francis Cougars.
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Beste (6-4, 260) is a starting tight end for the Sycamores, while Krinn (6-2, 278) is the starting right offensive tackle for the Cougars.
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Krinn is the son of Mike and Jennifer Krinn of Ossian, while Beste is the son of Bud and Cindy Beste of Uniondale.

Left tackle Zach Odle (high ankle sprain) will be replaced in the starting lineup by Matt Beste, normally a starting tight end, and backup left tackle Matt Winger suffered a concussion last week.