South Dakota: 11B All-State Championship Team
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VERMILLION, SD– We check into the DakotaDome Friday afternoon at the South Dakota 11B State Championship between Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies (12-0) and Winner Warriors (11-1), and give you our player nominees for our South Dakota 11B All-State Championship Team aka the Super Team from both rosters…
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Continue ReadingVERMILLION, SD– We check into the DakotaDome Friday afternoon at the South Dakota 11B State Championship between Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies (12-0) and Winner Warriors (11-1), and give you our player nominees for our South Dakota 11B All-State Championship Team aka the Super Team from both rosters of the Huskies and the Warriors.
The Process to our South Dakota: 11B All-State Championship Team
How did we put this team together? We took several pages of notes on Friday afternoon 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 11B state final. Between the 11B state champion Elk Point-Jefferson and the 11B runner-ups from the Winner Warriors, we identified 19 players (on both sides of the ball) to make our South Dakota 11B All-State Championship 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? Let me just say, these two rosters are loaded with talent that should be playing on Saturdays.
QUARTERBACKS:
1st Team
Noah McDermott Noah McDermott QB Elk Point-Jefferson | 2023 State , Elk Point-Jefferson (2023) Tape & Twitter
2nd Team
Blake Volmer Blake Volmer QB Winner | 2023 State , Winner (2023) Twitter
RUNNING BACKS:
1st Team
Lucas Hueser Lucas Hueser RB Elk Point-Jefferson | 2023 , Elk Point-Jefferson (2023) Tape & Twitter
Stat Line: 14 carries, 121 total yards (119 rush, 2 receiving) two rushing touchdowns. Joe Robbie (MVP) winner.
Riley Orel Riley Orel RB Winner | 2023 State , Winner (2023) Tape
Stat Line: 13 carries, 124 total yards, one rushing touchdown.
Benjamin Swatek, Elk Point-Jefferson (2023) Tape
Stat Line: 15 carries, 79 rushing yards. Back of the Game award winner.
2nd Team
Aiden Barfuss Aiden Barfuss 5'11" | 195 lbs | RB Winner | 2024 State SD , Winner (2024) Tape & Twitter
WIDE RECEIVERS:
1st Team
TIGHT ENDS:
1st Team
Ethan Bartels Ethan Bartels TE Winner | 2023 State , Winner (2023) Tape
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN:
1st Team
Linemen of the Game Award Winner.
2nd Team
Noah Best, Winner (2024)
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN:
1st Team
Shawn Hammerbeck, Winner (2025) Twitter
LINEBACKERS:
1st Team
Benjamin Swatek, Elk Point-Jefferson (2023) Tape
Aiden Barfuss Aiden Barfuss 5'11" | 195 lbs | RB Winner | 2024 State SD , Winner (2024) Tape & Twitter
2nd Team
Hunter Geary, Elk Point-Jefferson (2023) Tape
Jack Peters Jack Peters LB Winner | 2023 State , Winner (2023) Tape
DEFENSIVE BACKS:
1st Team
Jacob Scarmon, Elk Point-Jefferson (2023) Tape
Blake Volmer Blake Volmer QB Winner | 2023 State , Winner (2023) Twitter