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Wildcats dominate All-Frontier League selections
Seven Louisburg athletes earn first-team honors; Rowan sole athlete to earn first-team offense and defense
By: Liz Beggs, lbeggs@miconews.com
After leading their team to a 13-1 record, the state championship run and the Frontier League title, several of the seniors on the Louisburg football team have been honored by league coaches and selected to the all-league team.
“We had a hard-working group who had a lot of success and the league coaches noticed it,” said coach Gary Griffin.
On the first team all-league offense, Zach Crow and Ryan Mendon represented the Wildcats on the line and Jason Spradling and Derrick Rowan garnered spots at running back.
Coaches honored Cody Vail as all-league kicker.
Duncan Robinson earned a spot on the second team for his play on the line. Coaches selected Jeff Woods to lead the second team at quarterback and Colby Kueser for running back and wide receiver.
Center Jake Darrington and tight end Matt Lemke both earned spots on the honorable mention team.
On the defensive side of the ball, coaches awarded George Bazin with a spot on first team for his defensive line play, and Rowan and Jacob Jenkins both earned spots at linebacker. Jared Drew rounded out the Wildcats first-teamers at defensive back.
Crow and Kueser garnered recognition on the second-team defense — Crow for his work on the line and Kueser for his play at defensive back.
Lemke (line), Lucas Bindi (linebacker), Spradling (defensive back) and Todd Richardson (defensive back) all made honorable-mention defense.
As the team's punter, Drew earned honorable-mention honors.
FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
Zach Crow: Louisburg, offensive line
Ryan Mendon: Louisburg, offensive line
Anthony Ciambrone: Baldwin, offensive line
Jake Enick: Baldwin, offensive line
Jason Spradling: Louisburg, running back
Derrick Rowan: Louisburg, running back
Sam Beecher: Baldwin, running back
Ross Ditch: Gardner, tight end
James Beard: Spring Hill, wide receiver
Erik Hill: De Soto, quarterback
SECOND-TEAM OFFENSE
Duncan Robinson: Louisburg, offensive line
Beau Elder: Baldwin, offensive line
Mike Sprowl: DeSoto, offensive line
Cameron McLain: Gardner, offensive line
Austin Hamm: Spring Hill, offensive line
Jeff Woods: Louisburg, quarterback
Zach Carlton: Gardner, quarterback
Tyler Chesney: Paola, running back
Jared Hall: Baldwin, running back
Jessie Green: Baldwin, tight end
Colby Kueser: Louisburg, running back
HONORABLE-MENTION OFFENSE
Jake Darrington: Louisburg, offensive line
Matt Wright: Gardner, offensive line
Isiah Porter: Paola, offensive line
Sam Blecha: Ottawa, offensive line
Blake Brookered: Spring Hill, offensive line
Jake Radell: De Soto, offensive line
David Tuley: Baldwin, offensive line
David Garrison: Baldwin, offensive line
Nick Pierson: Gardner, running back
Matt Lemke: Louisburg, tight end
Drew Berg: Baldwin, quarterback
Jamel Townsend: De Soto, wide receiver
Shane Miller: De Soto, running back
Justice Berry: Gardner, running back
Taylor Richardson: Gardner, running back
Gabe Mason: Baldwin, running back
FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE
Davey Renberg: Paola, defensive line
Ethan Hebenstriet: Baldwin, defensive line
George Bazin: Louisburg, defensive line
Nick Manszycki: Gardner, defensive line
Derrick Rowan: Louisburg, linebacker
Jacob Jenkins: Louisburg, linebacker
Luke Weaver: Baldwin, linebacker
Jared Hall: Baldwin, linebacker
Jared Drew: Louisburg, defensive back
Erik Fruits: Gardner, defensive back
Kyle Smith: Baldwin, defensive back
SECOND-TEAM DEFENSE
Austin Hamm: Spring Hill, defensive line
Clinton Smether: De Soto, defensive line
Zach Crow: Louisburg, defensive line
Jake Enick: Baldwin, defensive line
Jeremiah May: Gardner, linebacker
Dan Mawby: Paola, linebacker
Logan Clark: De Soto, linebacker
Jesse Green: Baldwin, linebacker
James Beard: Spring Hill, defensive back
Sam Beecher: Baldwin, defensive back
Colby Kueser: Louisburg, defensive back
HONORABLE-MENTION DEFENSE
Matt Lemke: Louisburg, defensive line
Kaleb Mueller: Paola, defensive line
Mike Sprowl: De Soto, defensive line
Anthony Ciambrone: Baldwin, defensive line
Beau Elder: Baldwin, defensive line
Andre Jolly: Gardner, defensive line
Jeff Baca: Gardner, defensive line
Brandon Turner: Ottawa, linebacker
Billy Erhard: Gardner, linebacker
Lucas Bindi: Louisburg, linebacker
Shane Miller: De Soto, defensive back
Josh McLennon: Gardner, defensive back
Issac Mallory: Gardner, defensive back
Jason Spradling: Louisburg, defensive back
Todd Richardson: Louisburg, defensive back
Adam Henn: defensive back
Austin Porter: Paola, defensive back
Logan Schiller: Baldwin, defensive back
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“We had a hard-working group who had a lot of success and the league coaches noticed it,” said coach Gary Griffin.
On the first team all-league offense, Zach Crow and Ryan Mendon represented the Wildcats on the line and Jason Spradling and Derrick Rowan garnered spots at running back.
Coaches honored Cody Vail as all-league kicker.
Duncan Robinson earned a spot on the second team for his play on the line. Coaches selected Jeff Woods to lead the second team at quarterback and Colby Kueser for running back and wide receiver.
Center Jake Darrington and tight end Matt Lemke both earned spots on the honorable mention team.
On the defensive side of the ball, coaches awarded George Bazin with a spot on first team for his defensive line play, and Rowan and Jacob Jenkins both earned spots at linebacker. Jared Drew rounded out the Wildcats first-teamers at defensive back.
Crow and Kueser garnered recognition on the second-team defense — Crow for his work on the line and Kueser for his play at defensive back.
Lemke (line), Lucas Bindi (linebacker), Spradling (defensive back) and Todd Richardson (defensive back) all made honorable-mention defense.
As the team's punter, Drew earned honorable-mention honors.
FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
Zach Crow: Louisburg, offensive line
Ryan Mendon: Louisburg, offensive line
Anthony Ciambrone: Baldwin, offensive line
Jake Enick: Baldwin, offensive line
Jason Spradling: Louisburg, running back
Derrick Rowan: Louisburg, running back
Sam Beecher: Baldwin, running back
Ross Ditch: Gardner, tight end
James Beard: Spring Hill, wide receiver
Erik Hill: De Soto, quarterback
SECOND-TEAM OFFENSE
Duncan Robinson: Louisburg, offensive line
Beau Elder: Baldwin, offensive line
Mike Sprowl: DeSoto, offensive line
Cameron McLain: Gardner, offensive line
Austin Hamm: Spring Hill, offensive line
Jeff Woods: Louisburg, quarterback
Zach Carlton: Gardner, quarterback
Tyler Chesney: Paola, running back
Jared Hall: Baldwin, running back
Jessie Green: Baldwin, tight end
Colby Kueser: Louisburg, running back
HONORABLE-MENTION OFFENSE
Jake Darrington: Louisburg, offensive line
Matt Wright: Gardner, offensive line
Isiah Porter: Paola, offensive line
Sam Blecha: Ottawa, offensive line
Blake Brookered: Spring Hill, offensive line
Jake Radell: De Soto, offensive line
David Tuley: Baldwin, offensive line
David Garrison: Baldwin, offensive line
Nick Pierson: Gardner, running back
Matt Lemke: Louisburg, tight end
Drew Berg: Baldwin, quarterback
Jamel Townsend: De Soto, wide receiver
Shane Miller: De Soto, running back
Justice Berry: Gardner, running back
Taylor Richardson: Gardner, running back
Gabe Mason: Baldwin, running back
FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE
Davey Renberg: Paola, defensive line
Ethan Hebenstriet: Baldwin, defensive line
George Bazin: Louisburg, defensive line
Nick Manszycki: Gardner, defensive line
Derrick Rowan: Louisburg, linebacker
Jacob Jenkins: Louisburg, linebacker
Luke Weaver: Baldwin, linebacker
Jared Hall: Baldwin, linebacker
Jared Drew: Louisburg, defensive back
Erik Fruits: Gardner, defensive back
Kyle Smith: Baldwin, defensive back
SECOND-TEAM DEFENSE
Austin Hamm: Spring Hill, defensive line
Clinton Smether: De Soto, defensive line
Zach Crow: Louisburg, defensive line
Jake Enick: Baldwin, defensive line
Jeremiah May: Gardner, linebacker
Dan Mawby: Paola, linebacker
Logan Clark: De Soto, linebacker
Jesse Green: Baldwin, linebacker
James Beard: Spring Hill, defensive back
Sam Beecher: Baldwin, defensive back
Colby Kueser: Louisburg, defensive back
HONORABLE-MENTION DEFENSE
Matt Lemke: Louisburg, defensive line
Kaleb Mueller: Paola, defensive line
Mike Sprowl: De Soto, defensive line
Anthony Ciambrone: Baldwin, defensive line
Beau Elder: Baldwin, defensive line
Andre Jolly: Gardner, defensive line
Jeff Baca: Gardner, defensive line
Brandon Turner: Ottawa, linebacker
Billy Erhard: Gardner, linebacker
Lucas Bindi: Louisburg, linebacker
Shane Miller: De Soto, defensive back
Josh McLennon: Gardner, defensive back
Issac Mallory: Gardner, defensive back
Jason Spradling: Louisburg, defensive back
Todd Richardson: Louisburg, defensive back
Adam Henn: defensive back
Austin Porter: Paola, defensive back
Logan Schiller: Baldwin, defensive back
Comments on "Wildcats dominate All-Frontier League selections"
Comments are limited to 200 words or less.Anonymous wrote on Jan 5, 2008 12:21 AM:
" These nominations didnt do some of the kids justice... 7 INT, 3 Fumble Recoveries, and 2 Defensive TD's and the kid only got honorable mention? "
annonymous wrote on Dec 5, 2007 10:05 AM:
" to the first question , how do the pro's on decent but not undeafeted teams make it to the Pro Bowl ? it's not all about one team ! it's kids that have a good year ! "
Anonymous wrote on Dec 1, 2007 8:14 PM:
" The Louisburg nominations look good but other frontier league teams that are 5-4 or less I do not understand how they can have so many players make it. Sure would like to know how the nominations are done. "