Three members of Hills?boro?s 0-9 football team received all-league honorable mention from the coaches of the Central Kan?sas League for the East Divi?sion.
Juniors Braden Vogt and Carson Herbel were selected as receivers while freshman Joe Knoll was recognized as a defensive back.
Vogt caught 33 passes for 344 yards and two touchdowns, while Herbel grabbed 31 passes for 441 yards and three scores. Knoll was the team?s leading tackler with 38 solo tackles and 41 assists.
This was the CKL?s second season as a 12-school league.
Central Kansas League
East Division
Quarterback: *Eli McKee, sr., Hal?stead. (HM: Zach Esau, sr., Hesston; Thane Unruh,, so., Haven; Kenan Com?ley, so., Sterling).
Running back: Blake Beckett, sr. Hal?stead; Joel White, jr., Sterling; Parker Roth, fr., Hesston. (HM: Layke Heimer?man, jr. Halstead.)
Receiver: Tate Kaufman, sr., Halstead; Scott Duerksen, sr., Hesston; Zach Vogt, jr. Hesston. (HM: Carson Herbel, jr., Hills?boro; Braden Vogt, jr. Hillsboro.)
Offensive line: Zach Wright, sr., Hal?stead; Austin Cheatham, sr., Hess?ton; Garrett Roth, sr., Hesston; Brandon Frederick, jr., Sterling; Taylor Armstrong, sr., Halstead. (HM: Skyler Demott, jr., Smoky Valley; Caden Byers, sr., Smoky Valley; Garrett Dubois, sr., Halstead.)
Kicker: Garrett Roth, sr., Hesston.
Kick return: Chase Vansteenburgm jr., Halstead. (HM: Mark Carney, jr., Haven.)
Defensive line: Tate Kaufman, sr., Hal?stead; Garrett Roth, sr., Hesston; Zach Wright, sr., Halstead; Zane Nichols, sr., Sterling. (HM: Patrick Hartung, jr., Haven; Jonathan Weber, sr., Hesston.)
Linebackers: Blake Beckett, sr., Hal?stead; Zach Anderson, jr., Hesston; Bran?don Fred?erick, jr., Sterling; Layke Heimer?man, jr., Halstead. (HM: Riley O?Dell, so., Smoky Valley.).
Defensive backs: Eli McKee, sr., Hal?stead; Zach Vogt, jr., Hesston; Zach Esau, sr., Hesston; Mark Carney, jr., Haven. (HM: Chase Van?steen??burg, jr., Halstead; Joe Knoll, fr., Hillsboro.)
Punter: Garrett Roth, sr., Hesston; Blake Richter, so., Sterling.
West Division
Quarterback: Evan Skelton, sr., Lar?ned.
Running back: Hunter Hanzlick, jr., Hoising?ton; Peyton Pickering, jr., King?man; Austin O?Toole, jr., Nickerson (HM: Travis Theis, fr., Pratt; Landon Erway, sr., Larned).
Receiver: Isaiah Perez, sr., Larned.; Tanner Galliart, sr., Larned; Hunter Kauf?man, jr., Pratt. (HM: Logan Adel?hardt, sr., Kingman; Cameron Davis, sr., Hoising?ton; Braden Stewart, jr., Nicker?son; Blain Shea, sr., Lyons).
Offensive line: Lan?den Urban, jr., Hoi?sington; Adam Leroux, sr., Kingman; Deshawn Clark, jr., Larned; Jordan Cole?man, sr., Nickerson; Jerod Theis, sr., Pratt. (HM: Chris Wright, jr., Hoisington; Dyon Newill, jr., Lyons; Marcus Allen, sr., Larned; Seth Simmons, sr., Pratt; Justin Umphrey, sr., Hoisington.)
Kicker: Jordan Cedeno, jr., Lyons. (Luis Franco, fr., Kingman.)
Returner: Hunter Kaufman, jr., Pratt. (HM: Drake Link, sr., Lyons).
Defensive line: Chris Wright, jr., Hoi?sington; Chance Shull, sr., Nickerson; Jerod Theis, sr., Pratt; Hunter Doyle, sr., Pratt. (HM: Adam Leroux, sr., Kingman; Dyon Newill, jr., Lyons; Traik Peltier, jr., Pratt; Cole Walters, sr., Kingman.)
Linebacker: Landen Urban, jr., Hoi?sing?ton; Justin Bradley, sr., Hoisington; Nate Williams, jr., Larned; Cody Curl, sr., Nickerson. (HM: Zade Sanders, jr., Hoi?sington; Hunter Hanzlick, sr., Hoisington; Nick Giefer, sr., Kingman.)
Defensive back: Kolby Keith, jr., Lar?ned; Steffan Dolechek, jr., Hoisington; Hunter Kaufman, jr., Pratt; Peyton Pick?er??ing, jr., Kingman. (HM: Cameron Davis, sr., Hoisington; Tal Hartley, jr., Kingman; Austin O?Toole, jr., Nickerson; Cody Casey, sr., Nickerson.)
Punter: Jordan Cedeno, jr., Lyons.
