8-Man Football End of the Season Awards
My 2021 8-Man End of the Season Awards. Picking is never easy and usually takes me a while to decide on any of these awards. I physically could not make every game, so I used stats and tried to watch any film available. I will not lie, and I leaned towards teams that made the playoffs for picking First/Second team all-State.
Quick Note: If your team has not posted stats it is very hard for me to give awards to players with no stats even if your team is doing good, I cannot guess stats.
One other Note: Being a lineman in high school it also hurt me inside not giving any offensive lineman awards. Just know that everyone on this list needs a good offensive line. I am listing entire offensive line units, if you have starters you want named just shoot me a message and I will get them added.
Quick Note: Only one team per player, you cannot be on both offense or defense. If you think I missed someone message me and I will take a look. If you would like an award mailed or emailed to you let me know!
Player of the Year
Isaac Andersen Sr. Haxtun High School; 1420 yards rushing, 8.8 yards per carry, 27 rushing TDs, 1 receiving TD, 133 Tackles, 2 Sacks, 4 INTs, 1 forced fumble, and 1 Kickoff Return for a TD
Player of the Playoffs
Chase Moore Sr. Mancos High School; 445 yards rushing during the Playoff and 7 rushing TDs (Does not include State Championship as not state available)
Offensive Player of the Year
Kelton Gartrell Sr. Sanford High School; 1586 yards rushing, 9.0 yards per carry, 23 rushing TDs, 431 yards receiving, 5 receiving TDs, 1 Passing TD, 2 Kickoff Returns for TDs
Defensive Player of the Year
Clay Roweth Sr. Swink High School; 180 Tackles (120 Solo Tackles & 60 Assists, 5 TFL, 2 Sacks, 1 INT, 1 Fumble Recovery, 2 Forced Fumbles, and 1 Defensive TD
Newcomer of the Year: (Given to a first-year starter)
Coen Schmidt Fr. Merino; 1680 yards passing, 54.0 completion %, 15 passing TDs to just 5 INTs, 280 yards rushing, 5 rushing TDs, 80 Tackles, and 1 INT
Special Teams Player of the Year (Given to Kicker, Kick Returner or Punt Returner)
Dillon Buford Jr. Crowley County, 9 Kickoff Returns averaging 36.6 per return, 13 punt returns averaging 18.3 yard per return for a total of 567 Return Yards, and 2 Kickoff Returns for TDs
Surprise team of the Year
Akron Finished 7-4 this year and made it to the Quarterfinals. This was a huge turnaround for Akron, last year they went 2-5
Coach of the Year
JD Stone, Haxtun High School
Position Awards:
QB of the Year: Dakota Eaton Sr. Holly High School; 2619 yards passing, 62.2 completion %, 31 passing TDs to just 6 INTs
RB of the Year: Chase Moore Sr. Mancos High School; 1846 yards rushing, 9.8 yards per carry, 28 rushing TDs
WR of the Year: Fernando Dominguez Sr. Holly High school; 1104 yards receiving, and 13 receiving TDs
Most Tackles: Clay Roweth Sr. Swink High School; 180 Tackles (120 Solo & 60 Assists)
Most Sacks: Colby Swopes Jr. Holly High School; 18.5 Sacks
Most Tackles for Loss: Trevin Holland Sr. Swink High School; 20 TFL
Most Interceptions: Ryan Campbell Sr. Calhan High School; 9 INTs
Freshman Player of the Year: Coen Schmidt Fr. Merino High School
Sophomore Player of the Year: Ryan McCaffrey So. Akron High School
Junior Player of the Year: Aiden Jack Jr. Calhan High School
Senior Player of the Year: Isaac Andersen Sr. Haxtun High School
8-Man MileHigh Prep Report All-State Teams
1st Team Offense
QB Dakota Eaton Sr. Holly High school
QB Garrett Krehbiel Sr. Dayspring Christian High School
QB Josh Holman Sr. Sanford High School
RB Chase Moore Sr. Mancos High School
RB Kelton Gartrell Sr. Sanford High School
RB Isaac Andersen Sr. Haxtun High School
RB Brody Parker Sr. Sedgwick County High School
WR Fernando Dominguez Sr. Holly High School
Haxtun Offensive Line
Mancos Offensive Line
Sanford Offensive Line
2nd Team Offense
QB Ryan McCaffrey So. Akron High School
QB Owen Knode Sr. Haxtun High School
QB Taylor Shull Jr. Vail Christian High School
QB Coen Schmidt Fr. Merino High School
QB Chorbin Cressler Sr. Dove Creek High School
RB Michael Gerk Jr. Haxtun High School
RB Garlon Guerin Jr. Swink High School
RB Ryan Campbell Sr. Calhan High School
WR Derrick Alber Sr. Merino High School
Holly Offensive Line
Vail Christian Offensive Line
Dayspring Christian Offensive Line
Honorable Mention
Tach Brewer Sr. Crowley County, Ethan Whatmore Jr. Front Range Christian, Ayden Gomez Jr. McClave, Logan LaFollette So. Elbert, Tallen Long Sr. Plateau Valley, Gage Gottehuet So. Fowler, Hunter Bauserman So. Swink, Caston Cox Fr. Simla, Dean Kerns Sr. Byers, Qimar’Ray Smith Sr. Justice, Dario Vezzani Jr. Hoehne, Wyatt Howell Jr. West Grand, Colton Witzel Sr. Plateau Valley, Seth Marick Jr. Caliche, Donovan Pecina sr. Holly, Dillon Buford Jr. Crowley county, Brayden Dale Jr. Hayden, Caden Morlan Sr. Las Animas, Anderson Filla Fr. Akron, Brayden Glover Jr. Simla, Vincent Nowicki Sr. Vail Christian, Zane Varner Sr. Rangely, Ceasar Meza So. Byers, Zach Cary So. Byers, Nolan Potts Jr. Front Range Christian, Josef Nussbaumer Sr. Front Range Christian, Bradley Roe Sr. Fowler, Aiden Martinez Jr. McClave, Dove Creek Offensive Line, Akron Offensive Line, Calhan Offensive Line, Swink Offensive Line, Sedgwick County Offensive Line, Merino Offensive Line, Fowler Offensive Line
1st Team Defense
Aiden Jack Jr. Calhan High School
Clay Roweth Sr. Swink High School
Mccray Larsen Jr. Sanford High School
Deacon Trenkle Jr. Merino High School
Colby Swopes Jr. Holly High School
Xavier Livesay Sr. Akron High School
Ozzy Coss Sr. Haxtun High School
Ayden Mathews Jr. Mancos High School
2nd Team Defense
Cash Caldon So. Sanford High School
Grant Statz Fr. Haxtun High School
Mason Goodwin Sr. Mancos High School
Maclin Tempel Jr. Haxtun High School
Harrison Proctor So. Fowler High School
Connor Clark Sr. Dayspring Christian
Quaden Huffaker Jr. Dove Creek High School
Zach Peterson Sr. Calhan High School
Honorable Mention
Kailin Kelley So. Haxtun, Ben Miner Jr. Swink, Jack Edwards So. Front Range Christian, Logan Jack So. Calhan, Roper Nichols Sr. Las Animas, Ethen Gonzalez Sr. Simla, Tanner Gerk Jr. Caliche, Daunte Maldonado Jr. Holly, Jason Campbell Sr. Springfield, Chris Medina So. Mancos, Lincoln Reynolds So. Sanford, Wyatt Eichman Sr. Dayspring Christian, Caleb Grant Sr. Pikes Peak Christian, Kobey Chism So. Rangely, Austin Cecil Sr. Dayspring Christian, Dominique Maldonado So. Holly, Trevin Holland Sr. Swink, Timothy Scoggins So. Rangely, Tyson Beanland SO. Dove Creek, Jimmy Immordino Sr. Gilpin County, Ray Munguray So. McClave, Brent Bowker So. Simla, Wes Gioia Jr. Hayden, Zac Beijer Jr. Denver Christian, David Avery Sr. Haxtun, Evan Vogt Sr. Akron, TJ Eurich Fr. Simla, Dalton Carroll Sr. Crowley County, Brandon Geringer Sr. Crowley County
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