14 Crestwood football players capture All-District 4 honors

CRESCO - A total of 14 Crestwood football players earned Class 2A All-District 4 honors for the 2020 football season. 

Senior Cameron Sobolik was named Offensive Lineman Most Valuable Player, sophomore Christopher Bigalk was named Kicker Most Valuable Player and Kade Munkel was named MVP as kick and punt returner.

Four Cadets grabbed First Team All-District honors on offense including: Landon Simiele, lineman, senior; Carter Henry, back, senior; Reid Wiley, end, senior; Treyton Burnikel, end, senior.

Crestwood players who earned First Team Defensive honors included: Justin Kerian, lineman, senior; Mason Peter, linebacker, senior; Gabe Grabau, back, senior.

Paul Hanni and Austin Johnson both captured Second Team honors. Jaydan Teslow and Hunter Bye both earned Honorable Mention.

A total of 20 Cadet players earned First Team Academic All-District Honors (GPA 3.5 or above) including: Cameron Scheidel, Reid Wiley, Alexander Rempher, Landen Bergen, Peyton Ihns, Hunter Bye, Treyton Burnikel, Brady Schlangen, Travis Brace, Zane Wemark, Kade Munkel, Landon Simiele, Christopher Bigalk, Gabe Grabau, Carter Henry, Jaydan Teslow, Justin Kerian, Mason Peter, Cameron Sobolik and Zachary Mehmert. Three Cadets earned Second Team (GPA 3.25-3.49) Academic honors including: Paul Hanni, Timothy Slade and Aiden Brown.

Final standings for Class 2A District 4 were as follows: Waukon 5-0; Independence 3-0; Crestwood 3-1; Oelwein 1-4; New Hampton 1-4; North Fayette Valley 1-4. Waukon won the Class 2A State Title by defeating George-Little Rock, 28-14, in the championship game on Nov. 20 at the UNI-Dome.

 

CLASS 2A DISTRICT 4 2020 ALL-DISTRICT FOOTBALL AWARDS 

• OFFENSIVE SKILLED-POSITION MVP - Creed Welch (SR), Waukon 

• OFFENSIVE LINEMAN MVP -  Cameron Sobolik (SR), Crestwood 

• DEFENSIVE BACK MVP  - Lincoln Snitker (JR), Waukon 

• DEFENSIVE LINEMAN MVP - Brennan Sweeney (SR), Waukon 

• PUNTER -  Jacob Durnan (SR), New Hampton 

• KICKER -  Christopher Bigalk (SO), Crestwood; Jonah Moore (SR), North Fayette Valley 

• RETURNER - Kade Munkel (SR), Crestwood 

• COACH OF THE YEAR  - Chad Beermann, Waukon

 

CLASS 2A DISTRICT 4

2020 ALL-DISTRICT FOOTBALL AWARDS 

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

• Linemen - Sawyer Krueger (SR) Waukon; Korver Hupke (SO) Independence; Landon Simiele (SR) Crestwood; Christian Stoler (JR) Oelwein; Jackson Blue (SR) North Fayette Valley

• Backs - Ethan O’Neill (SR) Waukon;  Marcus Beatty (JR) Independence; Carter Henry (SR) Crestwood; Gage Voshell (SR) Oelwein; Liam McIntyre (SR) North Fayette Valley; Carter Ferrie (SR) New Hampton.

• Ends - Brady Behrend (SR) Waukon; Braden Hemann (JR) Waukon; Koby Beatty (SR) Independence;  Reid Wiley (SR) Crestwood; Treyton Burnikel (SR) Crestwood; Drake Wemark (JR) New Hampton 

FIRST  TEAM

DEFENSE 

• Linemen - Walker Hermeier (SR) Waukon; Justin Kerian (SR) Crestwood; Mason Kunkle (SR) Oelwein;   Cooper Smock (SR) Oelwein; Israel Hernandez (JR) North Fayette Valley; Landon Moorman (SR) New Hampton 

• Linebackers -  Pat Hennessy (JR) Waukon; Mitch Johnson (SO) Independence; Justin Wood (SR) Independence; Mason Peter (SR) Crestwood; Johnny Buehler (SR) Oelwein; Kael Rodgers (SR) North Fayette Valley;   Avery Throndson (SR) New Hampton; Ryan Pickar (SR) New Hampton 

• Backs - Avery Rocksvold (SR) Waukon; Keegan Schmidt (JR) Independence; Gabe Grabau (SR) Crestwood; Lukas Lau (SR) North Fayette Valley; Cade Murray (SR) New Hampton

SECOND TEAM

Joe Schwartz, Waukon; Konnor Krambeer, Waukon;   Kolby Sebetka, Independence; Jake Sidles, Independence; Paul Hanni, Crestwood; Austin Johnson, Crestwood; Alex Streif, North Fayette Valley; Tanner Johnson, North Fayette Valley; Carsen Jeanes, Oelwein; Spencer Logan, Oelwein; Jacob Reicks, New Hampton; Conner Rochford, New Hampton 

HONORABLE MENTION 

Tanner Kiel, Waukon; Sean Cooper, Waukon; Brady McDonald, Independence; Sawyer Wendling, Independence; Jaydan Teslow, Crestwood; Hunter Bye, Crestwood; Zach Robrock, North Fayette Valley; Isaiah Corbin, North Fayette Valley; Storm Schmidtke, Oelwein; Duncan Tripp, Oelwein; Jacob Burgart, New Hampton; Tyler Reicks, New Hampton

ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT

  Second Team 3.25 to 3.49

  First Team >=3.5

Crestwood: First Team - Cameron Scheidel; Reid Wiley; Alexander Rempher; Landen Bergen; Peyton Ihns; Hunter Bye; Treyton Burnikel; Brady Schlangen; Travis Brace; Zane Wemark; Kade Munkel; Landon Simiele; Christopher Bigalk; Gabe Grabau; Carter Henry; Jaydan Teslow; Justin Kerian; Mason Peter; Cameron Sobolik; Zachary Mehmert

Crestwood: Second Team - Paul Hanni; Timothy Slade; Aiden Brown