Kansas 8-Man Football All-Star Rosters Set with 12 Area Athletes
05/01/2012

 

Full Division I Rosters (click here)
Full Division II Rosters (click here)

Twelve area 8-man football players made the official rosters for the 27th Annual 8-man football All-Star games which will be held this year on June 9th at Trojan field in Beloit. Division I All-Star game will be at 10:00am, while the Division II game will start approximately at 1:30pm.

Only two area athletes will be competing in the 8-man Division I All-Star game both on the East squad as Jason Drouillard of Blue Valley and Brett Fahey of Clifton-Clyde both made the roster. Drouilliard this season was selected second team All Twin Valley League at the quarterback position, as Blue Valley went 4-5 on the year. Fahey earned first team All TVL honors on the defensive side of the ball as he played the linebacker for Clifton-Clyde won 7-2 on the season. He also garnered honorable mention All-State honors at the linebacker position did Fahey.

The other 10 area athletes participating in the 8-man All-Star games will be competing in the Division II game and all on the East squad. Baileyville-B&B Falcons who finished runner-up's in the 8-man Division II state tournament, finishing the year with an 11-1 record have the most players participating in the game with three. The Falcons have their quarterback, Eric Huerter and runningback, Mitch Engelken on the offensive side and Cody Heiman on the defensive side of the ball playing linebacker/defensive back. Huerter at the quarterback position made first team All TVL, while Engelken took home second team honors for playing runningback. Heiman earned first team All TVL honors for his defensive prowess but he also notch first team honors in the League as a kicker and runningback. Heiman did also make the All-State defensive team in 8-man football; while Huerter and Engelken each earned All-State honorable mention.

Hanover, Linn and Frankfort each have two players playing in the All-Star game. For Hanover it will be runningback, Brent Bruna and linebacker, Ethan Diederich. Diederich earned first team All TVL on both sides of the ball this past season at runningback and linebacker, while notch All-State honorable mention honors at runningback. For the Bulldogs of Linn its also one player on offensive and one on defensive in the All-Star game, as Jacob Bott is listed at linebacker and Cesar Perales at offensive line. Bott made offensive first team All TVL, while Perales made second team All TVL on both sides of the ball. Frankfort, like Hanover and Linn has two players in the All-Star one on each side of the ball. Jonathan Keating slated at tight end and Jacob Broxterman at defensive line. Keating was picked on both the defensive and offensive All TVL teams, first team offense and second team defensive, while Broxterman took home first team All TVL honors on both sides of the ball. Both also earned honorable mention All-State, Keating at tight end and Broxterman at offensive line.

The lone other player from an area school that made the 8-man All-Star game rosters is Darren Meyer from Bern. Meyer is listed at linebacker/defensive back on the roster; he was picked second team All TVL at the linebacker position this past season.

The 27th annual Kansas 8-man All-star game will played on Saturday June 9th, in Beloit at Trojan Field with the Division I game first at 10:00am and the Division II game at approximately 1:30pm.


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