Class 1A Football End of the Season Awards
My 2021 Class 1A 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
Mason Claunch Sr. Centauri High School; 968 yards rushing, averaging 8.6 yards per carry, 16 rushing TDs, 112 Tackles, 23 TFL, 1.5 Sacks, 2 INTs, 2 Fumble Recoveries, 1 Forced Fumble, 2 Defensive TDs, 1 Punt Return for a TD, and 1 Kickoff Return for a TD (This was all done in just 8 games)
Offensive Player of the Year
Jeremiah Leeper Sr. Limon High School; 1790 yards rushing, averaging 9.2 yards per carry, broke the 100-yard mark in every game played, and 17 Rushing TDs
Defensive Player of the Year
Coulson Hollembeak Sr. North Fork High School; 96 Tackles, 26 Tackles for Loss, 14 Sacks, 3 Forced Fumbles, and 3 Fumble Recoveries
Player of the Playoffs
Byron Shawcroft Sr. Centauri High School; 554 yards passing, 9 Passing TDs to just 1 INT, 60 yards rushing, 2 rushing TDs, and 17 Tackles. (All in the playoffs)
Newcomer of the Year: (Given to a first-year starter)
Casey Midcap Fr. Wray High School; 1059 yards passing, 8 passing TDs to just 4 INTs, 378 yards rushing, and 3 rushing TDs
Special Teams Player of the Year (Given to Kicker, Kick Returner or Punt Returner)
Tam Flowers Jr. Buena Vista High School; 47 of 50 on PATs, 90% accuracy, 60 Kickoffs Averaging 46.4 yards per kick with 12 Touchbacks, 5 for 7 on FG attempts with a long of 47 yards, and a game Winning Field goal against Meeker.
Honorable Mention: Caleb Andersen So. Centauri, Hit game winning Field Goal to win a State Championship.
Surprise team of the Year
Gunnison went 3-3 last season and did not make the playoffs. This season Gunnison improved to 7-3 overall and made the playoffs.
Coach of the Year
Kyle Forster, Centauri High School
Position Awards:
QB of the Year: Cole Kerr Jr. Wiggins High School; 2120 yards passing, 60% completion, 27 passsing TDs to just 12 INTs, 1129 yards rushing and 15 rushing TDs
RB of the Year: Jeremiah Leeper Sr. Limon High School; 1790 yards rushing, 9.2 yards per carry, 17 rushing TDs
WR of the Year: Omar Perez Jr. Wiggins High School; 804 yards receiving and 14 receiving TDs
Most Tackles: Carter Neff Sr. North Fork High School; 139 Tackles (61 Solo & 78 Assists)
Most Sacks: Coulson Hollembeak Sr. North Fork High School; 14 Sacks
Most Tackles for Loss: Coulson Hollembeak Sr. North Fork High School; 26 TFL
Most Interceptions: Michael Riser Jr. Gunnison High School; 9 INTs
Freshman Player of the Year: Casey Midcap Fr. Wray High School
Sophomore Player of the Year: Wyatt Sprague So. Holyoke High School
Junior Player of the Year: Cole Kerr Sr. Wiggins High School
Senior Player of the Year: Mason Claunch Sr. Centauri High School
Class 1A MileHigh Prep Report All-State Teams
1st Team Offense
QB Cole Kerr Jr. Wiggins High School
QB Byron Shawcroft Sr. Centauri High School
QB Trey Hines Sr. Limon High School
QB/RB Clay Robinson Sr. Yuma High School
QB Haden Camp Jr. Buena Vista High School
RB Mason Claunch Sr. Centauri High School
RB Jeremiah Leeper Sr. Limon High School
RB Kelton Turner Sr. Meeker High School
RB Drayden Taylor Sr. North Fork High School
WR Omar Perez Jr. Wiggins High School
Centauri Offensive Line
Limon Offensive Line
Wray Offensive Line
2nd Team Offense
QB Casey Midcap Fr. Wray High School
QB Sam Hnizdil Sr. Highland High School
QB Levi Paxton Jr. Florence High School
QB Wyatt Sprague Jr. Holyoke High School
RB Zach Marrero Jr. Strasburg High School
RB Gabe Schubarth Jr. Limon High School
RB West Hart Sr. Peyton High School
RB Jian Aguilar Sr. Florence High School
QB/RB Nolan Sheppard Jr. Flatirons Academy
RB Jacob Phelps Jr. Buena Vista
WR Blaine Peebles Sr. North Fork High School
Buena Vista Offensive Line
Florence Offensive Line
Meeker Offensive Line
Honorable Mention
Collin Reetz Sr. Estes Park, Kaden Levi Sr. Banning Lewis, Steven Hicks Jr. Grand Valley, Jewel Cameron Sr. Manual, Garrett Richardson Jr. Burlington, Jaden Dodsworth Sr. Wray, Colton Mellott Sr. Monte Vista, Hunter Moreno So. North Fork, Devin Glowicki Jr. Flatirons Academy, Dylan Hurne So. Rye, Xzavier Waterman Sr. Olathe, Emilio Garcia Sr. Grand Valley, Allen Hardey Sr. Platte Canyon, Yahir Trejo Sr. Yuma, Mordecai White Sr. North Fork, Deven Brady So. Centauri, Jose Gonzalez So. Estes Park, Trey Fehseke Jr. Wiggins, Bryant Schoenthal Sr. Wray, Sam Buckhanan Sr. Gunnison, Yuma Offensive Line, North Fork Offensive Line, Holyoke Offensive Line, Strasburg Offensive Line, Highland Offensive Line, Monte Vista Offensive Line, Wiggins Offensive Line
1st Team Defense
Carter Neff Sr. North Fork High School
Zach Buhr Sr. Centauri High School
Deangelo Archuleta Jr. Monte Vista High School
Lincoln Nix Jr. Florence High School
Ky Bandy Sr. Limon High School
Pepper Rusher Jr. Wiggins High School
Coulson Hollembeak Sr. North Fork High School
Brady Collins Jr. Wray High School
Caleb Polk Sr. Highland High School
Tell Wade Jr. Wray High School
Baron Holman Sr. Centauri High School
Zachary Eskelson Sr. Meeker High School
2nd Team Defense
Mohamed Ibrahim Sr. Wiggins High School
Danny Brady Sr. Centauri High School
Alejandro Felix Jr. Monte Vista High School
Matthias Brown Sr. Strasburg High School
Seth Moss Sr. Buena Vista High School
Ryan Howard Jr. Florence High School
Zak Cobb Sr. Peyton High School
Elijah Evans Jr. Buena Vista High School
Kallen Blach Jr. Yuma High School
Miles Sprague Sr. Holyoke High School
Laith Ibrahim Jr. Wiggins High School
Brady Rockwell Sr. Limon High School
Honorable Mention
Ryce Peterson Sr. Wray High School, Jackson Tyler Sr. C.S Christian, Elijah Leblanc Jr. Meeker, Lane Allen So. North Fork, Zach Tittle Sr. Highland, Jack Noonan So. Monte Vista, Isaiah Garcia Sr. Monte Vista, Kamron Skouge So. Platte Canyon, Tristin Hetrick Sr. Highland, Keyshawn Martinez Sr. Monte Vista, Ethan Flavin Jr. Buena Vista, Yam Bumba Sr. Jefferson, Carter Simon Del Norte, Blade Absmeier Jr. Centauri, Jacob Kennedy Sr. Florence, Wilson Ames Sr. Strasburg, Diezel Balko Sr. North Fork, Bryant Schoenthal Sr. Wray, Dresden Howeth Sr. Peyton, Peyton Polzin Sr. Centauri, Ben Tailleur Sr. Centauri, Brady Rockwell Sr. Limon, Treyton Marx So. Limon, Michael Hoffman Jr. Limon, Eli Weisensee Sr. Limon, Jesiah Cornwell Jr. Florence, Kaleb Vincent Sr. Gunnison, Ben Hatz Platte Canyon, Aidyn Shafer Sr. Holyoke, Cade Killin Sr. Holyoke, Michael Riser Jr. Gunnison, Khegan Gunter Jr. Monte Vista, Gage Goodall So. Florence, Abraham Echauri Sr. Center, James Newton Jr. Bennett
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