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PITTSBURG —
Several area football players were recently given All-State recognition by the Topeka Capital-Journal and the Wichita Eagle.
Southeast Kansas received four Class 4A first team selections from Topeka: Girard senior running back Anthony Scholes, Coffeyville junior receiver-return man James Newton, Fort Scott junior offensive lineman Brendan Blackburn and
Chanute senior linebacker Cody Howell.
The Capital-Journal accorded 4A honorable mention to Chanute senior receiver Seb Fairchild, Frontenac senior lineman Blake Barto, Columbus senior lineman Gavin Houser, Frontenac senior lineman Kylor McCartney, Girard senior lineman Jalen Merrell, Coffeyville senior lineman Austin Ryder, Coffeyville senior running back Wesley Collins, Fort Scott senior running back Marques Floyd, Chanute senior quarterback Brock Gilmore, Independence junior running back Courtlan Hayes, Fort Scott senior quarterback Johnathan Stark, Fort Scott junior linebacker Jacob Durossette, Coffeyville junior linebacker Elijah Jones and Chanute junior placekicker A.J. LaRocca.
Pittsburg had four 5A honorable mention picks by the Capital-Journal: sophomore lineman Drake Markley, sophomore running back Alex Barnes, senior quarterback Spencer Bernhardt and senior linebacker Zack Woods.
Colgan senior offensive lineman Tieler Commons received a 3A first team nod from the state capital's paper and area honorable mention selections include Southeast senior receiver Daniel Peak, Humboldt senior receiver Noah Thornbrugh, Caney Valley senior lineman Kenny Brown, Galena senior lineman Dusty Walton, Caney Valley sophomore lineman Levi Wyrick, Neodesha senior quarterback Justice Baird, Caney Valley senior running back Anthony Camper, Colgan senior running back Conner Dayton, Colgan junior defensive back Luke Marquardt, Riverton senior running back Greyson Spriggs, Southeast senior quarterback Josh Thompson, Humboldt senior quarterback Nathan Whitcomb, Humboldt sophomore linebacker Jacob Carpenter, Colgan senior linebacker V.J. Piccini, Galena senior linebacker Tyler VanCleave, Humboldt senior kicker Hayden Boring and Colgan junior kicker Aaron Twarog.
The Capital-Journal also recognized Humboldt senior receiver Tanner McNutt as first team.
Northeast received three 2-1A honorable mention picks from the Capital-Journal: junior quarterback J.T. Richardson, junior defensive back Nick Younge and sophomore linebacker Antonio Slingluff. Other honorable mention picks from the Three Rivers League 11-man: Oswego junior lineman Brant Yeoman, Oswego senior quarterback Ethan Spore and Jayhawk-Linn senior linebacker Levi Jackson.
On the eight-man side of the TRL in the Capital-Journal, Crest senior Kyle Hammond made first team offense and Marmaton Valley senior linebacker Cole Becker first team defense. Honorable mention picks: Crest senior receiver Brock Ellis, Chetopa junior Austen Sanders, Crest senior lineman Jesse Boone, Uniontown senior lineman Zac Hueston, St. Paul senior lineman Paul Schibi, Marmaton Valley senior lineman Nathan Smart, Chetopa sophomore running back Derrick Cassell, St. Paul senior quarterback Anthony Diskin and Marmaton Valley senior Daylen Houk.
Several area football players were recently given All-State recognition by the Topeka Capital-Journal and the Wichita Eagle.
Southeast Kansas received four Class 4A first team selections from Topeka: Girard senior running back Anthony Scholes, Coffeyville junior receiver-return man James Newton, Fort Scott junior offensive lineman Brendan Blackburn and
Chanute senior linebacker Cody Howell.
The Capital-Journal accorded 4A honorable mention to Chanute senior receiver Seb Fairchild, Frontenac senior lineman Blake Barto, Columbus senior lineman Gavin Houser, Frontenac senior lineman Kylor McCartney, Girard senior lineman Jalen Merrell, Coffeyville senior lineman Austin Ryder, Coffeyville senior running back Wesley Collins, Fort Scott senior running back Marques Floyd, Chanute senior quarterback Brock Gilmore, Independence junior running back Courtlan Hayes, Fort Scott senior quarterback Johnathan Stark, Fort Scott junior linebacker Jacob Durossette, Coffeyville junior linebacker Elijah Jones and Chanute junior placekicker A.J. LaRocca.
Pittsburg had four 5A honorable mention picks by the Capital-Journal: sophomore lineman Drake Markley, sophomore running back Alex Barnes, senior quarterback Spencer Bernhardt and senior linebacker Zack Woods.
Colgan senior offensive lineman Tieler Commons received a 3A first team nod from the state capital's paper and area honorable mention selections include Southeast senior receiver Daniel Peak, Humboldt senior receiver Noah Thornbrugh, Caney Valley senior lineman Kenny Brown, Galena senior lineman Dusty Walton, Caney Valley sophomore lineman Levi Wyrick, Neodesha senior quarterback Justice Baird, Caney Valley senior running back Anthony Camper, Colgan senior running back Conner Dayton, Colgan junior defensive back Luke Marquardt, Riverton senior running back Greyson Spriggs, Southeast senior quarterback Josh Thompson, Humboldt senior quarterback Nathan Whitcomb, Humboldt sophomore linebacker Jacob Carpenter, Colgan senior linebacker V.J. Piccini, Galena senior linebacker Tyler VanCleave, Humboldt senior kicker Hayden Boring and Colgan junior kicker Aaron Twarog.
The Capital-Journal also recognized Humboldt senior receiver Tanner McNutt as first team.
Northeast received three 2-1A honorable mention picks from the Capital-Journal: junior quarterback J.T. Richardson, junior defensive back Nick Younge and sophomore linebacker Antonio Slingluff. Other honorable mention picks from the Three Rivers League 11-man: Oswego junior lineman Brant Yeoman, Oswego senior quarterback Ethan Spore and Jayhawk-Linn senior linebacker Levi Jackson.
On the eight-man side of the TRL in the Capital-Journal, Crest senior Kyle Hammond made first team offense and Marmaton Valley senior linebacker Cole Becker first team defense. Honorable mention picks: Crest senior receiver Brock Ellis, Chetopa junior Austen Sanders, Crest senior lineman Jesse Boone, Uniontown senior lineman Zac Hueston, St. Paul senior lineman Paul Schibi, Marmaton Valley senior lineman Nathan Smart, Chetopa sophomore running back Derrick Cassell, St. Paul senior quarterback Anthony Diskin and Marmaton Valley senior Daylen Houk.
In the Wichita Eagle, Pittsburg was represented by receiver-linebacker Woods, quarterback Bernhardt and running back Barnes, all 5A honorable mention.
The Eagle picked the following players 4A honorable mention: offensive lineman Blackburn, offensive-defensive lineman Merrell, offensive lineman Ryder, receiver Fairchild, receiver-defensive back Newton, Frontenac senior receiver-defensive back Bryan Wade, quarterback Gilmore, quarterback Stark, running back Collins, running back-defensive back Scholes, kicker LaRocca, defensive lineman Barto, defensive lineman Houser, defensive lineman McCartney, linebacker Durossette, linebacker Howell, linebacker Jones and defensive back Floyd.
Humboldt receiver McNutt also made the Eagle's 3A first team and honorable mention picks include offensive lineman Brown, offensive lineman Commons, Riverton sophomore receiver Landon North, receiver Peak, quarterback Baird, Colgan senior quarterback Dyson Dechant, quarterback Thompson, Riverton senior quarterback Chandler Underhill, quarterback Whitcomb, running back Camper, running back Dayton, Neodesha junior running back Hayden Dierks, Caney Valley senior running back Brian Dixon, Wellsville senior running back-linebacker Shane Hillman, Galena senior running back Trenton Little, running back-linebacker VanCleave, kicker Boring, kicker Twarog, Caney Valley senior defensive lineman Derek Bayless, defensive lineman Thornbrugh, linebacker Carpenter, linebacker Piccini and defensive back Marquardt.
The Eagle picked receiver-defensive back Younge, receiver Yeoman, quarterback Richardson and quarterback Spore 2-1A honorable mention, giving Northeast and Oswego two selections apiece.
The Eagle's 8-man honorable mention picks include Marmaton Valley senior offensive lineman Jared Kale, receiver Sanders, quarterback Diskin, Crest senior quarterback-defensive back Jordan Morton, running back-linebacker Becker, running back Cassell, running back-linebacker Hammond, defensive lineman Schibi and Crest senior linebacker Dylan Sedlak.
KANSAS ALL-STATE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL
TOP 11
Will Geary, OL-DL, Topeka (6A)
Drew Kite, TE-LB, Scott City (3A)
Dan Morin, OL-DL, Aquinas (5A)
Zeke Palmer, QB, Bishop Carroll (5A)
Braden Smith, OL-DL, Olathe South (6A)
Cody Stanclift, OL-DL, Lawrence Free State (6A)
Brett Sterbach, RB, Shawnee Mission West (6A)
Brad Strauss, QB-DB, Shawnee Mission West (6A)
Trent Tanking, LB-FB, Holton (4A)
Tanner Wood, RB-LB, Conway Springs (3A)
Traevon Wrench, RB, Gardner-Edgerton (6A)
THE WICHITA EAGLE
TOP 11
Zach Befort, DL, Bishop Carroll (5A)
Will Geary, OL-DL, Topeka (6A)
Drew Kite, TE-LB, Scott City (3A)
Zeke Palmer, QB, Bishop Carroll (5A)
Braden Smith, OL-DL, Olathe South (6A)
Cody Stanclift, OL-DL, Lawrence Free State (6A)
Brett Sterbach, RB, Shawnee Mission West (6A)
Brad Strauss, QB-DB, Lawrence (6A)
Trent Tanking, FB-LB, Holton (4A)
Tanner Wood, RB-LB, Conway Springs (3A)
Traevon Wrench, RB, Gardner-Edgerton (6A)
