The week before the game was certainly stressful for Logan coach Casey Knoble, but he was also very curious to see how Davis reacted to the situation.

The reaction has been a 14-4 record with steady improvement through a season-and-a-half as Davis readied himself for his senior season and beyond.

The 6-foot-4, 200-pounder set his future Monday by accepting a scholarship to play for NCAA Division II Concordia University, St. Paul. He started working on his present Tuesday as the Rangers — along with the rest of Wisconsin’s high school programs — staged their first practices of the 2016 season.

“As soon as school was out, it was football season,” Davis said. “When summer hits, we have our strength and speed class, which builds camaraderie and helps us hit the ground running when practice starts.”

The Rangers did that with two practices and the first day, and they will continue with that schedule for the rest of this week and next, leading up to a scrimmage at Reedsburg, Wis., on Aug. 12.

Logan opens the regular season against Eau Claire Memorial at Carson Park on Aug. 19, and Davis will get the chance to start his 19th game.

The commitment to football was emphasized with Davis opting to end a summer tradition of playing AAU basketball with the Playground Warriors.

“I had some basketball opportunities (at college), but football was what was going to take me farther,” said Davis, who plans to study biology before becoming a pharmacist. “There was a lot more interest in football, so I stopped playing (summer) basketball to focus more on football.”

After completing 56.9 percent of his passes for 414 yards, seven touchdowns and four interceptions as a sophomore, Davis came back to complete 97 of 169 passes (57.4 percent) for 1,333 yards, 13 touchdowns and three interceptions as a junior.

“He has an ability to be a threat running and passing the ball,” Logan coach Casey Knoble said of Davis, who only rushed for 164 yards and two touchdowns last season, but was a legitimate threat to run on any down. “He’s as good of a rolling passer as I’ve ever seen, especially to his left.

“For him to put the ball on the money like he does when rolling to his left is a special thing for him. Most quarterbacks have a tough time with that.”

The multiple abilities of Davis will make new transitions for running backs like senior Andy Metcalf and juniors CJ Siegel and Christian Kapanke — among others — easier this fall. They could also make a monster out of senior tight end Jack Hinton, who had six touchdown catches a year ago and is receiving college interest with offers from Division I Valparaiso and Division II Minnesota-Crookston.

All of that — and what Knoble says could be a “special” defense — means the Rangers should be in the running for their third straight MVC championship. Logan tied Holmen at 6-1 last year and won the title outright at 7-0 in 2014.

The Rangers own an 18-2 conference record over the last three seasons with one loss to Holmen and the other to West Salem.

Davis is also a focused player after deciding where to attend college before the prep season begins. He was tempted to wait for other offers before seeing the Concordia University campus and talking to coaches extensively. Those things made the choice an easy one.

“I liked it and think it’s the right program for me,” Davis said. “It’s good that it happened now because I can just come in and concentrate on Logan football as a senior instead of worrying about where I’m going to go after this.”