South Dakota: 11A All-State Championship Team
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VERMILLION, SD– After some travel on the road last week, we look back to a windy Friday evening in Vermillion at the South Dakota 11A State Championship between Dell Rapids Quarriers (12-0) and West Central Trojans (10-2), and give you our…
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Continue ReadingVERMILLION, SD– After some travel on the road last week, we look back to a windy Friday evening in Vermillion at the South Dakota 11A State Championship between Dell Rapids Quarriers (12-0) and West Central Trojans (10-2), and give you our player nominees for our South Dakota 11A All-State Championship Team aka our Super Team from both rosters of the Quarriers and the Trojans. Also, if you want more intel from this one, check out my colleague Jake Evans game recap that was just published recently.
The Process to our South Dakota: 11A All-State Championship Team
How did we put this team together? We took several pages of notes on Friday morning and utilized the stats portion as well (although as usual, we don’t just evaluate off stats at Prep Redzone Dakotas alone-the skillsets we saw on the field matter most in our eyes) Unlike how it is done at the state championship games, we do not just give the team that won all the love as for a lot of these seniors, this might be the last time they get recognition at the high school level which is why it so important to read the eyes of how BOTH teams players looked throughout the 11A state final. Between the 11A state champion Dell Rapids Quarriers, and the 11A runner-ups from the West Central Trojans, we identified 23 players (some on both sides of the ball) to make our South Dakota 11A All-Tournament Team showing off the best of the best players from both rosters. I also looked at it from the perspective of, if I could build a Super Team from both of these rosters, who would I build it around on both sides of the ball? What does this team look like? Hidden gems are how I would describe it in two words, as this 2024 class from Dell Rapids especially looks promising in the near future.
QUARTERBACKS:
1st Team
Jack Henry Jack Henry QB Dell Rapids | 2024 State SD , Dell Rapids (2024) & Twitter
2nd Team
Justin Zirpel Justin Zirpel QB West Central | 2023 State , West Central (2023) Tape & Twitter
RUNNING BACKS:
1st Team
Mason Stubbe Mason Stubbe 6'0" | 195 lbs | LB Dell Rapids | 2024 State SD , Dell Rapids (2024) Tape & Twitter
WIDE RECEIVERS:
1st Team
Brayden Pankonen, Dell Rapids (2023) Twitter
2nd Team
Braden Fersdahl, Dell Rapids (2023) Tape
Xzavian Ferris, West Central (2023) Tape
3rd Team
Layton Johnson, West Central (2024) Tape
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN:
1st Team
Carson Berens, West Central (2023) Tape
2nd Team
Kale Evans, Dell Rapids (2024)
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN:
1st Team
Owen Heath Owen Heath 6'3" | 200 lbs | DB West Central | 2023 , West Central (2023) Tape
LINEBACKERS:
1st Team
Mason Stubbe Mason Stubbe 6'0" | 195 lbs | LB Dell Rapids | 2024 State SD , Dell Rapids (2024) Tape & Twitter
Dalton Mulder, West Central (2023) Tape
Aiden Geraets Aiden Geraets 6'0" | 180 lbs | LB Dell Rapids | 2024 State SD , Dell Rapids (2023) Tape & Twitter
2nd Team
Chet Carda, West Central (2024) Tape
DEFENSIVE BACKS:
1st Team
Chase Jones Chase Jones 6'0" | 160 lbs | DB Dell Rapids | 2023 , Dell Rapids (2023) Tape
2nd Team
Braden Fersdahl, Dell Rapids (2023) Tape