8 Man Football

WELCOME

On behalf of the Illinois 8-Man Football Association I would like to welcome you to the third I8FA State Championship Game. We are very excited to be able to offer our student athletes the chance to participate in a championship game after being off in 2020 due to the Covid Pandemic. We are honored to be playing at April Zorn Memorial Stadium on the beautiful campus of Monmouth College.

We want to thank Head Football Coach Chad Braun and the Monmouth College Athletic Administration Roger Haynes Director of Athletics and Ryan Doyle Assistant Director of Campus Events for their support and for giving the I8FA Championship a great site to celebrate our third state championship.

I also want to thank all the I8FA member schools for their support in getting the association started and having the vision to save their football programs by going to 8-man football. Playing 8-man football has allowed all of us to keep our programs alive and gives our kids a chance to play in a more competitive situation. It also affords us the opportunity to develop our younger players in a safer environment. It has been a great move for our schools and I believe it will be a great move for many more small schools in the state that want to continue to provide football and “Friday Night Lights” for their communities.

In the past four years we have gone from an association of six teams to over twenty-four and continue to grow. I am proud to say that 8-Man Football in the State of Illinois is here to stay!!!

Thank you for coming out tonight and being part of Illinois Football History.

Enjoy the Game!!

Coach John Lalor President I8FA

CONTACT US TO JOIN Please reach out to us with any questions, or to express interest in joining the I8FA

PRESIDENT: John Lalor HC Alden-Hebron HS jlalor@ah19.org

SECRETARY: Bill Shepard billshepard23@gmail.com

VICE PRESIDENT: Steve Totheroh Principal Milford High School stevet@mpsk12.org

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8 MAN STATE REFEREES

MIKE CLARK

TOM PLASTER

DAVE EBERLE

SCOTT TOLESKI

JOHN KOESTER

8 MAN RULES DIFFERENCES For the most part, the 8-Man game follows the same rules as 11-Man football. Here are the few exceptions: 1. You play with 2 less lineman and 1 less skill player 2. Only 5 men are required to be on the line of scrimmage to start an offensive play 3. All jersey numbers are eligible and can play any position. That’s right! Your QB may be #57 and your center may go out for a pass if he is the last man on the line of scrimmage 4. You must have 4 players on the front line of a kickoff return 5. You may have no more than 4 players to one side of the kicker on a kickoff 6. While the field is still the same length, it is just 40 yards wide.

2021 PLAYOFF BRACKET

previous championship scores 2018 - Milford (Milford- Cissna Park co-op) 66 - Alden Hebron 14 2019 - Polo 50 - Milford (Milford- Cissna Park co-op) 26 NAUMAN EXCAVATING TOM NAUMAN GOOD LUCK!

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2021 ALL STATE SELECTIONS FIRST TEAM ALL STATE NORTH

Avery Grenoble Brad Knepper Jared Stubbe Nate Anderson Gunar Lobdell Evan Broge Freeport

Polo South Beloit Orangeville Orangeville Orangeville Aquin

Fernando Balderas Ashton Nobis Bryce Aude Ryan Guy Caden Albrecht Brennan Blaine

South Beloit Milledgeville Milledgeville Orangeville River Ridge Amboy

Cole Brantley Sam Jones Flanagan Tyler Merdian Conner Nye Clay Luedeking Brock Soltow

Hiawatha Cornell Woodland Polo Milledgeville Freeport Aquin Polo

honorable mention ALL STATE NORTH Breyton Fry Tucker Linden

River Ridge meyer Amboy

Carson Rote Connor Barnes

Orangeville Peoria Heights

Tucker Lindenmeyer

Amboy

FIRST TEAM ALL STATE SOUTH

Adonai Bumba Lleyton Miller Vicente Herrera Ridge Robison Brandon Blakeman Gannon Harshman

St. Thomas More Decatur Lutheran Martinsville Martinsville Decatur Lutheran Decatur Lutheran

Nick Meier Sebastian Herrera Payton Wren Kaiden Droste Chris Taylor Devin Brady

Pawnee Martinsville Metro East West Central Bushnell Prairie City Decatur Lutheran

Dexter Ricketts Lucas Reznicek Patrick Quarnstrom Brady McGraw Talan McElroy Sam Kaeb Milford

West Central Pawnee St. Thomas More West Central Pawnee Cissna Park

honorable mention ALL STATE SOUTH

Brice Kaiser Justen Green

Pawnee St. Thomas More

Pablo Gonzalez Mason Blanck Milford

St. Thomas More Cissna Park

Angel Salinas Milford Emmanuel Roughton

Cissna Park Decatur Lutheran

2019 ALL STATE SELECTIONS

POS # NAME RB/LB 43 Caleb Rhodes QB/DL 17 Tucker Mumford RB/DL 31 Jace Coffey OL/DL 50 Jacob Sollars QB/LB 13 Penn Stoller WR/DB 4 Nick Allen WR/DB 11 Vaughn Black DL/K 23 Evan Yaste

YR SCHOOL Jr. River Ridge Sr. Polo Sr. Polo Jr. River Ridge Sr. MCP Sr. MCP Sr. Schlarman Jr. CNF

POS # NAME YR DB 13 Parker Wolber Jr. DB 9 Kameron Tower Sr.

SCHOOL Polo FCW

FIRST TEAM ALL STATE POS OL/K OL LB OL LB RB RB DB

# NAME 40 Kyle Uhl 71 Rudy King 22 Alex Davies 24 Cole Farvie 32 John Boeke 44 Liam Monohan 33 Angel Salinas 22 Keegan Boyle

YR Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Sr.

SCHOOL FCW MCP Polo Polo CL Pawnee MCP MCP

POS # NAME OL 52 Brady Clark WR 88 Tyler Harms OL 54 Tyler Harris DL 19 Jack Kratochvil RB 3 Tavaree Phifer DL 55 Dameon Hunter At-Large 5 Marcus Blurton At-Large 21 Joseph Diaz

YR SCHOOL Jr. Polo Sr. FCW Sr. Pawnee Sr. Pawnee Sr. FCW Sr. FCW Sr. Schlarman Sr. River Ridge

POS # NAME YR WR 83 Mitchel McGrath Sr. DL 56 Jacob Nash Jr.

SCHOOL WC MCP

POS # NAME LB 45 Seth Bennett At-Large 55 Wyatt Sims

YR SCHOOL Jr. Schlarman Sr. Pawnee

HONORABLE MENTION

2018 ALL STATE SELECTIONS POS # NAME QB #10 Brad Judson RB #3 Kennedy Kunsch RB #21 Josh Candler wr/te #9 Tomi Mor wr/te #4 Nick Allen wr/te #34 Payton Grynewicz OL #90 John Kuhns

YR SCHOOL Sr. AH SR MCP SR JCS Sr. AH JR MCP Sr LFA SR LFA

POS # NAME QB #2 Jared Schunke, RB #37 Paul Bageanis OL #4 Nathan Barnes

YR SR SR SR

POS School QB MCP QB CL OL LFA

FIRST TEAM ALL STATE POS # NAME OL #71 Rudy King OL #65 Zane Trumann DL #84 Gideon Schauer DL #1 Cam Garrison DL #90 John Kuhns LB #37 Paul Bageanis LB #3 Kennedy Kunsch

YR SCHOOL JR MCP SR MCP Sr. AH SR MCP SR LFA SR CL SR MCP

HONORABLE MENTION POS # NAME DL #84 Gideon Schauer DL #4 Nathan Barnes DB #9 Tomi Mor Sr.

YR POS School Sr. AH SR DE LFA DB AH

POS # NAME LB #21 Josh Candler LB #34 Payton Grynewicz DB #2 Jared Schunke DB #13 Penn Stoller K #32 Trevor Dillman

YR SCHOOL SR JCS Sr LFA SR MCP JR MCP SR JCS

POS # NAME K #32 John Boeke

YR POS School JR K CL

POLO

# NAME 1 Gage Lagee 3 Korbin Devora 7 Ryelan Lindaas 8 Tyler Merdian 10 Carter Merdian 11 Wyatt Queckboerner 12 Billy Lowry 14 Brian Lopez 17 Brock Soltow 18 Wyatt Angier 20 Avery Grenoble 22 Delo Fernandez

YR 10 10 11 12 10 12 9 11 10 9 11 10

HT 5’6 5’6 6’3 6’0 6’0 6’0 5’6 5’8 6’3 6’2 5’10 5’7

WT 120 115 170 175 150 195 115 260 170 120 150 145

POS RB/LB RB/DB TE/DB QB/DE QB/DB TE/LB RB/DB OL/DL RB/DB RB/DE RB/LB RB/LB

# NAME 23 Cayden Webster 27 Brady Wolber 28 Gus Mumford 31 Noah Dewey 34 Gage Zeigler 35 Kahlil Sankey 36 Wayde Reimer 42 Waylon Harris 44 Jeff Donaldson 45 Landen Brooks 50 Alex Albano 51 Johnathan Mummert

YR 11 11 9 9 9 12 12 11 9 10 10 10

HT 5’11 5’9 5’2 5’11 5’3 6’4 5’11 5’10 5’10 6’0 5’10 6’3

WT 145 175 100 145 100 195 200 210 190 160 190 210

POS QB/DE RB/LB QB/DB RB/DB QB/DB TE/DB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL

# NAME 56 Jacob Monaco 58 Devin Rucker 60 Shawn Patton 61 Blake Diehl 64 Logan Nelson 67 Daniel Engel 79 Cooper Blake 82 Kailin Gulbranson 84 “osh Conway 88 Nathaniel Yingling

YR 10 12 9 12 9 12 12 9 10 10

HT 6’1 5’7 5’7 6’0 6’2 6’2 6’1 5’9 6’0 5’11

WT 165 195 210 210 230 250 240 155 165 160

POS OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL RB/LB

orangeville

NAME # Brayden Cahoon 3 Carson Rote 22 Nate Anderson 10 Jared Stubbe 79 Ryan Guy 73 Bryce Burns 67 Joey Thomm 27 Gavin Kint 17 Jake George 25 Michael MacKenzie 2

YR HT 12 5’9” 12 5’10” 12 6’3” 12 5’9” 12 6’0” 12 5’11” 12 5’9” 12 6’0” 12 5’8” 12 6’ 1”

WT 150 180 180 250 200 275 165 170 180 175

POS WO/DB QB/DB TE/DE OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL RB/DB TE/LB RB/LB WR/DB

NAME # Karsen Henneman 68 Gunar Lobdell 20 Kyle Kloepping 12 Ben Briggs 58 Adam Setterstrom 62 Blake Folgate 14 Gavin Roth 70 Brock Tyrrell 23 Aydan Myers 53 Boden Gustafson 72

YR HT 11 5’10” 11 6’0” 11 5’ 11” 10 6’4” 10 5’10” 10 5’11” 10 6’1” 10 5’ 8” 9 5’11” 9 6’2”

WT 250 180 150 210 185 165 240 135 205 150

POS OL/DL RB/LB WR/DB OL/DL OL/DL RB/LB OL/DE C/RB/WR OL/DL OL/DL

AMBOY

# NAME HT 1 Kye Koch 5’9” 2 Dylan Daniels 5’7” 3 Tucker Lindenmeyer 5’10” 4 Jordan Gulley 5’8” 5 Landon Whelchel 5’5” 7 Troy Anderson 5’11” 10 Caden Wittenauer 6’0” 21 Quinn Leffelman 5’9” 26 Kaylee Scanland 5’3” 35 Joe Quest 6’0” 52 Levi McKinley 5’9” 53 Austin Heath 5’10”

WT 155 135 140 165 140 155 160 190 135 215 150 170

YR POS So. RB/LB Sr RB/LB Jr QB/DB Sr RB/LB So RB/LB So WR/DE Sr WR/DB Fr RB/LB So OL/DL Sr RB/DL So RB/LB So OL/DL

# NAME 57 Trey Payne 58 Vincent Zembrzuski 63 Lucas Blanton 65 Jairon Hochstatter 75 Landon Montavon 79 Ian Sundberg 83 Valentin Vazquez 85 Brennan Blaine 10 Cage Daniels 12 Ed Fry 21 Tate Sundberg 22 Joel Billhorn

HT 6’2” 6’0” 5’8” 6’0” 5’8” 5’10” 5’8” 6’1” 5’8” 5’6” 5’1” 5’9”

WT 225 175 165 190 250 250 165 195 150 125 125 125

YR POS So OL/DL So OL/DL So OL/DL Sr OL/DL So OL/DL So OL/DL Jr WR/LB So TE/DL Fr WR/DB Fr RB/DB Fr RB/LB Fr WR/DB

# NAME HT 23 Braden Klien 5’6” 24 Josh McKendree 5’6” 25 Tyler Huggins 4’11” 26 Caleb Yanos 5’8” 32 Brody Christoffersen 5’10” 1 44 Eddie Jones 6’1” 52 Dillon Merriman 5’6” 60 Caleb Sugars 5’6” 60 Geo Gatza 5’6” 77 Cole Beckham 5’8” 78 Bristol Bulfer 6’2”

WT 130 125 90 145 35 160 155 210 170 245 155

YR POS Fr RB/DB Fr RB/DB FR WR/DB Fr WR/DL Fr QB/LB Fr QB/DB Fr OL/DL Fr OL/DL Fr OL/DL Fr OL/DL Fr OL/DL

west central

# NAME 3 Daniel Reyes 4 Andy Lumbeck 5 Dayne Gittings 7 Walker Conchas 8 Mason Carnes 9 Braden Tee 12 Kaiden Droste

YR So. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. Jr.

POS RB/DB TE/DB TE/LB TE/LB QB/DB TE/LB RB/DB

# NAME 14 Charlie Eddleman 17 Alex McGraw 18 Colton Fletcher 21 Hunter Shrader 23 Kolton Bell 25 Gage Stimpson 28 Mikey Schramm

YR Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. Fr.

POS TE/LB TE/DB TE/DB TE/LB RB/DB QB/DB RB/DB

# NAME 34 Devin Shaw 35 Parker Meldrum 43 Jeremiah Gerdes 51 Kaleb Thompson 52 Zach Smith 54 Blake Cole 55 Dexter Ricketts

YR Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. So. Sr.

POS RB/DB RB/DB RB/DB OL/DL TE/DL OL/DL OL/DL

# NAME YR 58 Matthew Dunn Jr. 66 Jonathan Westfall Sr. 68 Shawn Kapsch Jr. 77 Brady McGraw Sr. 79 Harry Waugh Fr. 81 Carson Long Sr. 84 Thomas Simpson Jr. 89 Nick Woods Jr.

POS OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL TE/LB RB/LB OL/DL

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