Here is the all-region team for 5-A Private, as voted by the league’s coaches:
Region 5-A Private
Player of the year: OL/DL Tanner Bivins, Wesleyan, Sr.
Offensive player of the year: WR Andrew Douglas, Mount Vernon, Sr.
Defensive player of the year: LB J.D. Chipman, Wesleyan, Sr.
Special teams player of the year: PK/P Brooks Sturgeon, Wesleyan, Jr.
Coach of the year: Franklin Pridgen, Wesleyan
First-team offense
QB - Colton Gauthier, Hebron Christian, Sr.
QB - Blake Kytle, Mount Vernon, Sr.
RB - TyQuann Alexander, Holy Innocents’, Sr.
RB - Griffin Caldwell, Wesleyan, Jr.
WR - Jack Luttrell, Hebron Christian, So.
WR - Skyler Jordan, Providence Christian, Sr.
WR - Cameron Jasper, Mount Vernon, Jr.
WR - Wyatt Hodges, Wesleyan, Jr.
WR - Jaiden Stowers, Hebron Christian, Sr.
OL - Connor Swennumson, Holy Innocents’, Sr.
OL - Mac Mitchell, Holy Innocents’, Sr.
OL - Reed Riley, Providence Christian, So.
OL - Matthew Brown, Wesleyan, Jr.
OL - Jakobe Harmon, Holy Innocents’, Jr.
TE - Vance Nicklaus, Wesleyan, Jr.
LS - JT Cornett, Hebron Christian, Sr.
First-team defense
LB - Joe Shealy, Providence Christian, Sr.
LB - Austin Taylor, Mount Vernon, Jr.
LB - William Willis, Holy Innocents’, Sr.
DE - Erik Dodder, Mount Vernon, Sr.
DT - Jackson Turner, Wesleyan, Sr.
DT - Jacobi Murray, Holy Innocents’, Fr.
DE - Charlie Mallady, Holy Innocents’, Jr.
OLB - Andrew Van Wie, Wesleyan, Sr.
DB - Drew Ball, Wesleyan, Jr.
DB - Landon Kardian, Holy Innocents’, Sr.
DB - Donovan Johnson, Holy Innocents’, Jr.
P - Marshall Nichols, Holy Innocents’, Sr.
Second-team offense
QB - Ryan Rose, Wesleyan, Sr.
RB - Drew Bomar, Holy Innocents’, So.
RB - Liam O’Toole, Mount Vernon, So.
RB - Wyatt Lybrook, Holy Innocents’, Jr.
WR - Justin Peavy, Hebron Christian, Sr.
WR - Jack Mette, Mount Vernon, Jr.
WR - Matthew Miller, Providence Christian, Fr.
WR - Cooper Blauser, Wesleyan, Jr.
TE - James Gleeson, Holy Innocents’, Jr.
OL - Banks Merkl, Wesleyan, Sr.
OL - Michael Soukup, Wesleyan, Jr.
OL - Grady White, Providence Christian, Jr.
OL - George Pope, Mount Vernon, Jr.
OL - Mikey Bennett, Holy Innocents’, Jr.
ATH - Lawson Burris, Providence Christian, Jr.
Second-team defense
LB - RJ Aycox, Wesleyan, Jr.
LB - Will Palmer, Mount Vernon, Jr.
OLB - Ethan Burroughs, Hebron Christian, Jr.
OLB - Sam Landers, Mount Vernon, Jr.
OLB - Christian Padgett, Holy Innocents’, Sr.
DL - Jaydin Brown, Wesleyan, Jr.
DL - Luca Chuecos, Holy Innocents’, Jr.
DL - Michael Lotz, Mount Vernon, Jr.
DL - Ashton Villegas, Hebron Christian, Jr.
DB - Adrian Knuckles, Providence Christian, Jr.
DB - Will Tucker, Wesleyan, So.
DB - Bo Maxwell, Holy Innocents’, Sr.
DB - Bradley Ihm, Hebron Christian, Jr.
Honorable mention: Hebron Christian - Preston Brown, Jonathan Burke, Zach Gunderson, Landon Simpson. Holy Innocents’ - Joe Hingson, Hayes Reifenberger, Chris Carrillo, Chandler Ketchup. Mount Vernon - Grayson Goerdel, Coulton Musser, Syncere Harris, William Lavender. Providence Christian - Connor Jones, KJ Kemp, Darian Crandell, Colin Hendry. Wesleyan - Byrne Ahrenkiel, Jamie Tremble, Will Burns, William Bruehl
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