2022 PRzMN Small School All-State Defensive Team
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It’s about time PrepRedzoneMN gets in on the postseason All-State action! With the Associated Press and Minnesota Vikings doing a good job of establishing their own All-State squads in a broader, statewide capacity, I thought there was some room for…
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Continue ReadingIt’s about time PrepRedzoneMN gets in on the postseason All-State action! With the Associated Press and Minnesota Vikings doing a good job of establishing their own All-State squads in a broader, statewide capacity, I thought there was some room for us to fit in and put our own twist on things for this special new Minnesota feature naming the official Small-School and Big-School All-State teams from the 2022 season. It’s still award season here at PRzMN, and in the holiday spirit of giving I am pumped to present the selections of the 2022 PRzMN Small-School All-State Defensive Team! Consisting of the best of the best from the 9man class up to Class AAA, these standouts made their mark this fall in more ways than one, were productive and influential in every game they participated in, and were gamechangers on the defensive side of the ball in an unmatchable way in comparison to their peers. Size, talent, ferocity, experience, accolades, nothing is missing from this inaugural Small-School All-State Defensive Team. Enjoy!
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Small School Defensive Player of the Year: Kaden Vig (Kittson County Central) Senior. Defensive End
Defensive Line
First Team: Auvon Sager Auvon Sager 6'5" | 240 lbs | DL MPLS North | 2023 State MN (Minneapolis North) Senior. Committed to South Dakota – Victor Sosa Victor Sosa 6'0" | 250 lbs | DL Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton | 2023 MN (Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton) Senior. 5’11, 260 lbs. – Kaden Vig (Kittson County Central) Senior. Committed to North Dakota
Second Team: Zach Bentler Zach Bentler 6'4" | 230 lbs | DL Two Harbors | 2024 State MN (Two Harbors) Junior. 6’4, 230 lbs. – Jackson Psyck (Royalton) Senior. 6’3, 245 lbs. – Ethan Crouch (Spring Grove) Junior. 6’4, 215 lbs.
Third Team: Landon Blaufuss Landon Blaufuss 6'3" | 215 lbs | DL Breckenridge | 2023 State MN (Breckenridge) Senior. 6’3, 215 lbs. – Cody Moser (Hills-Beaver Creek) Senior. 6’6, 330 lbs. – Sawyer Tordsen Sawyer Tordsen 6'6" | 265 lbs | DL Fairmont | 2023 State MN (Fairmont) Senior. Committed to Augustana
Honorable Mention: Thomas Dineen Thomas Dineen 6'1" | 205 lbs | RB Benson | 2023 MN (Benson) Senior. Committed to South Dakota State (wrestling) – Evan Anderson (Mt. Iron-Buhl) Sophomore. 5’10, 200 lbs. – Aidan Adamski (Two Harbors) Sophomore.
Linebacker
First Team: Cullen Kratochvil Cullen Kratochvil 6'3" | 215 lbs | TE Pequot Lakes | 2023 MN (Pequot Lakes) Senior. 6’3, 215 lbs. – Anthony Sykora Anthony Sykora 5'10" | 185 lbs | ATH West Central Area | 2023 State MN (West Central Area) Senior. Committed to Minnesota State University-Moorhead – Caleb Vancura (Jackson County Central) Senior. 6’2, 230 lbs. – Ethan Boll (Crookston) Senior. Committed to North Dakota
Second Team: Isaac Rudningen (Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunberg) Senior. Committed to Sioux Falls – Jonny Robideau Jonny Robideau 6'1" | 215 lbs | LB Barnesville | 2023 MN (Barnesville) Senior. 6’1, 215 lbs. – Wes Overton Wes Overton 6'3" | 215 lbs | LB Rockford | 2023 State MN (Rockford) Senior. 6’3, 215 lbs. – Ashton Toll Ashton Toll 6'2" | 220 lbs | LB Springfield | 2024 State MN (Springfield) Junior. 6’1, 190 lbs.
Third Team: Bryant Callenius (Wheaton/Herman-Norcross) Senior. 6’1, 185 lbs. – Rory Lane Rory Lane 6'1" | 215 lbs | LB Chatfield Gophers | 2023 MN (Chatfield) Senior. 6′, 220 lbs. – Ruben Kriesel (Randolph) Senior. 6’3, 230 lbs. – Caden O’Malley (Tri-City United) Senior.
Defensive Backs
First Team: Tanner Scheevel Tanner Scheevel 5'11" | 200 lbs | RB Lester Prairie | 2023 MN (Lester Prairie) Senior. 5’11, 200 lbs. – David Maakestad (Fairmont) Senior. 6′, 170 lbs. – Kaiden Peters Kaiden Peters 6'1" | 170 lbs | WR Plainview-Elgin-Millville | 2023 MN (Plainview-Elgin-Millville) Senior. 6’1, 165 lbs. – Asher Zubich Asher Zubich 6'1" | 185 lbs | QB Mountain Iron-Buhl | 2023 State MN (Mt. Iron-Buhl) Senior. Committed to St. Olaf College
Second Team: Justin Roelfs (Hills-Beaver Creek) Junior. 5’10, 150 lbs. – Conner Martens (Nicollet) Junior. 6’1, 155 lbs. – Harrison Brun Harrison Brun 6'1" | 210 lbs | DB Rockford | 2024 State MN (Rockford) Junior. 6’1, 200 lbs. – Darby Boelter Darby Boelter 5'10" | 170 lbs | WR Pequot Lakes | 2023 MN (Pequot Lakes) Senior. 5’10, 180 lbs.
Third Team: Jameson Exley (Randolph) Sophomore. – Damarius Russell (Waseca) Sophomore. 5’11, 150 lbs. – Brayden Strum (Springfield) Sophomore. 6′, 155 lbs. – Stevie Mcmath Stevie Mcmath 6'0" | 170 lbs | WR BOLD | 2023 MN (BOLD) Senior. 6′, 175 lbs.
Specialists
First Team:
Kaiden Peters Kaiden Peters 6'1" | 170 lbs | WR Plainview-Elgin-Millville | 2023 MN (Plainview-Elgin-Millville) Senior. Returner – Wyatt Hudspith (Esko) Senior. Kicker. – Clint Determan (Wheaton/Herman-Norcross) Senior. Kicker.