Eddies land six, Chieftains five on first team

Published 4:27 pm Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Wolverine Conference champion Edwardsburg landed six players on the first team of the All-Wolverine Conference football team.

The Eddies’ Kevin Bartz was named Coach of the Year.

On offense, Nick Bradley, Joe Hess and Chris Griffin were first team selections on offense, while on defense, Austin Cline, Terek Curtis and Chris Tarwacki were named to the first team.

Dowagiac had a trio of first team offensive players with Erik Walker, Caleb Murphy and Hector Vasquez being honored.

On defense, Collin Dussel and Collin Hassle were first team selections.

 

ALL-WOLVERINE CONFERENCE

First team offense
Nick Bradley – RB, Edwardsburg
Joe Hess – RB, Edwardsburg
Chris Griffin – OL, Edwardsburg
Erik Walker – RB, Dowagiac
Caleb Murphy – WR, Dowagiac
Hector Vazquez – OL, Dowagiac
Nate Chambers – TE, Otsego
Carson Charvat – WR, Three Rivers
Blake Rankin – WR, Vicksburg
Deondre Lovell – WR, Vicksburg
Abiel Taylor-Silva – OL, Vicksburg

Brenden Lovell – QB, Vicksburg
Tirrell Hausmanis – OL, Three Rivers
Luke Morrell – K, Plainwell
Hayden Sardina – OL, South Haven

 

Second team offense
Cameron Ekanayake – QB, Edwardsburg
Joe Raab – TE, Edwardsburg
Quinlan Callicott – OL, Edwardsburg
Alex Young – RB, Sturgis
Jeff Caldarona – OL, Allegan
Daymond Wedge – WR, Allegan
Trey Szymnanowski – OL, Plainwell
Alex Brown – RB, Plainwell
Mitch Morlan – OL, Three Rivers

Tyson New – K, RB, Three Rivers
Cameron McLoughlin – TE, Paw Paw
Karsen Barnhart – OL, Paw Paw
Honorable mention offense
Brecken Stewart – TE, Sturgis
Nick Evers – OL, Plainwell

 

First team defense
Collin Dussel – DL, Dowagiac
Collin Hassle – LB, Dowagiac
Austin Cline – LB, Edwardsburg
Terek Curtis – DL, Edwardsburg
Chris Tarwacki – DB, Edwardsburg
Nate Chambers – DL, Otsego
Traven Van Oss – LB, Three Rivers
Sam Hawkins – DB, Three Rivers
Alex Minger – P, Three Rivers

Tyler Carson – DL, Three Rivers
Caleb Kropp – LB, Vicksburg
Trey Brennan – DB, Paw Paw
Anthony Reo – DL, Paw Paw

Blake Rankin – DB, Vicksburg

 

Second team defense
Spencer Plummer – DL, Edwardsburg
Kyle Shrider – LB, Edwardsburg
Juchan Fox – DB, Edwardsburg
Kyle Thies – DB, Dowagiac
Brenden Dudley – P, Dowagiac
Jacob Carpenter – DL, Sturgis
Brecken Stewart – LB, Sturgis
Tyler Good – LB, Sturgis
Austin Povlock – DL, Vicksburg
DJ Bullock – DL, Vicksburg
Nico Lesher – DL, Plainwell
Aaron Rothenberg – LB, Plainwell
Joe Wilkens – DB, South Haven
Jalen Smith – LB, South Haven
Deion Deans – DB, Three Rivers

 

Honorable mention defense
Hudson Smith – DL, Allegan
Tanner Mendham – DB, Vicksburg
Chase Bilton – DL, Paw Paw
Luke Morrell – P, Plainwell

 

Coach of the Year
Kevin Bartz (Edwardsburg)

 

Final standings
Edwardsburg 9-0
Three Rivers 7-2
Vicksburg 7-2
Dowagiac 6-3
Paw Paw 4-5
Plainwell 4-5
South Haven 3-6
Sturgis 3-6
Allegan 1-8
Otsego 1-8