Six Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth High School football players received post season honors from the Southwest Ridge Conference. They are (left to right) Jesse Leuthold, Cody Scholten, Pat Nelson, Tyson Metzger, Zach Wysong and Chris Reid. Leuthold, Metzger, Reid and Wysong made the All-SRC Team. Nelson and Scholten drew honorable mention.
By John Rittenhouse
Eight members of the Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth football team drew post-season honors from the Southwest Ridge Conference coaches.
H-BC-E, which won the league for the second consecutive season with a 7-0 record, had six players make the 2002 All-Southwest Ridge Conference Team. Two more Patriots drew honorable mention.
Along with the players, H-BC-E head coach Dan Ellingson and assistant coach Dan Lorang were named the league’s coaches of the year.
A total of 25 players made the all-league team, and H-BC-E's six selections led the way.
Making the team for the Patriots are seniors Chris Reid, Jesse Leuthold, Brant Deutsch and Tyson Metzger, junior Curt Schilling and sophomore Zach Wysong.
Westbrook-Walnut Grove and Southwest Star Concept placed four players each on the All-SRC roster.
SSC seniors Tyler Leopold and Andy Daberkow, who were named the league's Back of the Year and Co-Lineman of the Year respectively, topped the list for the Quasars. SSC senior Mitchell Leopold and sophomore Ryan Scheevel also made the squad.
W-WG seniors Chris Munson, Ryan Paplow, Kurt Faber and sophomore Tom LeBoutillier represent the Chargers.
Lincoln HI and Lakeview picked up three All-SRC selections each.
LH senior Mark Pederson was named the league’s Co-Lineman of the Year. Seniors Jared Boeck and Tom Pearson also made the team for the Rebels.
Lakeview seniors Tyler Laleman and Codi Shemon and junior Tyler Jeseritz graced the roster.
Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster seniors Corey Place and Robby Armstrong, Edgerton seniors Kyle Landin and Josh Eernisse and Lake Benton junior Garrett Peterson round out the roster.
Sixteen players drew honorable mention from the SRC coaches, including H-BC-E senior Pat Nelson and junior Cody Scholten.
SSC seniors Eric Joens and Steven Mathias and junior Brooke Mathias, Edgerton seniors Dominick Facile and Jayson Van't Hof and sophomore Travis Hulstein, SV-RL-B senior Zach Schmitz and juniors Anthony Johnson and Mark Riley, Lakeview seniors Zach Geistfeld and Shawn Louwagie, Lake Benton senior Matt Prosch and junior Dayton Hurd and LH junior Justin Jerzak also drew honorable mention.