South Dakota: 9B All-State Championship Team
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VERMILLION, SD– We look back to Thursday afternoon at the South Dakota 9B State Championship between Hitchcock-Tulare (12-0) and Herreid-Selby (11-1), and give you our player picks for our South Dakota 9B All-State Championship Team aka the Super Team from…
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Continue ReadingVERMILLION, SD– We look back to Thursday afternoon at the South Dakota 9B State Championship between Hitchcock-Tulare (12-0) and Herreid-Selby (11-1), and give you our player picks for our South Dakota 9B All-State Championship Team aka the Super Team from both rosters of Patriots and Wolverines.
The Process to our South Dakota: 9B All-State Championship Team
How did we put this team together? We took several pages of notes on Thursday 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 9B state final. Between the 9B state champion Hitchcock-Tulare Patriots and the 9B runner-ups from the Herreid-Selby Wolverines, we identified 16 players (some on both sides of the ball) to make our South Dakota 9B All-Tournament Team showing off the best of the best players from both rosters from North Central South Dakota. 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? These rosters are loaded with next-level talents in my eyes, especially small-school talent.
Quarterbacks:
1st Team
Carter Binger, Hitchcock-Tulare (2023) Tape
Stat Line: 12/15, 351 total yards (238 pass, 123 rush) 5 total touchdowns (4 pass, 1 rush)
2nd Team
Tray Hettick Tray Hettick 6'2" | 190 lbs | QB Herreid/Selby | 2023 State , Herreid-Selby (2023) Tape & Twitter
Stat Line: 12/21, 307 total yards (269 pass, 37 run) 1 touchdown (rush)
Running Backs:
1st Team
Brenden Begeman Brenden Begeman 6'2" | 195 lbs | RB Herreid/Selby | 2023 State , Herreid-Selby (2023) Tape & Twitter
Stat Line: 23 carries, 191 total yards (189 rush, 2 receiving) 3 rushing touchdowns.
2nd Team
Riley Fliehe Riley Fliehe LB Hitchcock-Tulare | 2023 State , Hitchcock-Tulare (2023) Tape
Stat Line: 81 total yards, 2 total touchdowns (1 rush, 1 receiving)
Fullbacks:
First Team
Mason Vetter, Herreid-Selby (2024) Twitter
Wide Receivers:
1st Team
Landon Puffer Landon Puffer 6'1" | 185 lbs | WR Hitchcock-Tulare | 2023 State , Hitchcock-Tulare (2023) Tape
Stat Line: 4 receptions, 163 total yards (147 receiving 16 rush), 2 touchdowns
2nd Team
Cole Zabel Cole Zabel 5'9" | 145 lbs | WR Herreid-Selby | 2023 , Herreid-Selby (2024) Tape & Twitter
Stat Line: 5 receptions, 94 receiving yards (18.8 yards per catch)
Tight Ends:
1st Team
Trevor Gill Trevor Gill WR Herreid-Selby | 2024 State SD , Herreid-Selby (2024) Tape
Stat Line: 5 receptions, 161 receiving yards (32.2 yards per catch) long of 55.
2nd Team:
Cole Schroeder Cole Schroeder TE Hitchcock-Tulare | 2023 State , Hitchcock-Tulare (2023) Tape
Stat Line: 2 receptions, 22 receiving yards, one touchdown.
Offensive Linemen:
1st Team
Jacob Michlitsch Jacob Michlitsch DL Hitchcock-Tulare | 2023 State , Hitchcock-Tulare (2023) Tape & Twitter
-Jacob was named the 9B Linemen of the Game by the SDHSAA.
2nd Team
Hunter Friend Hunter Friend OL Herreid-Selby | 2023 State , Herreid-Selby (2023) Tape
Defensive Linemen:
1st Team
Jacob Michlitsch Jacob Michlitsch DL Hitchcock-Tulare | 2023 State , Hitchcock-Tulare (2023) Tape & Twitter
TJ Salmen TJ Salmen 6'7" | 200 lbs | TE Hitchcock-Tulare | 2023 State , Hitchcock-Tulare (2023) Tape & Twitter
2nd Team
Collin Tisdall Collin Tisdall 6'0" | 200 lbs | LB Herreid-Selby | 2024 State SD , Herreid-Selby (2024) Tape & Twitter
Linebackers:
1st Team
Erik Salmen Erik Salmen 6'0" | 200 lbs | RB Hitchcock-Tulare | 2024 State SD , Hitchcock-Tulare (2024) Tape & Twitter
2nd Team
Defensive Backs:
1st Team
Brendan Nowell, Hitchcock-Tulare (2024) Tape