On behalf of the Illinois 8-Man Football Association I would like to welcome you to the fourth I8FA State Championship Game. 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, Ryan Doyle Assistant Director of Campus Events, and Nathan Balivia Sports Information Director for their support and for giving the I8FA Championship a great site to celebrate our fourth 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 five years we have gone from an association of six teams to over thirty 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 PRESIDENT: John Lalor AD Alden-Hebron HS jlalor@ah19.org SECRETARY: Bill Shepard billshepard23@gmail.com VICE PRESIDENT: Steve Totheroh Principal Milford High School stevet@mpsk12.org CONTACT US TO JOIN Please reach out to us with any questions, or to express interest in joining the I8FA WELCOME PLEASE THANK THE ADVERTISERS WHO MAKE THIS PROGRAM POSSIBLE Vaessen Brothers Nauman Excavating Patterson Farm Services Bergy’s Automotive Birkey’s Farm Store City Of Amboy Microtel Inn by Wyndham Ron Morris Septic Tank Service St. Patrick’s Church Sublette Collision Center Woody True Value Big JJ Fish & Chicken
8 MAN STATE REFEREES
MIKE CLARK
TOM PLASTER
DAVE EBERLE SCOTT TOLESKI JOHN KOESTER ERIC LUHRS JOHN HOBBY
CITY OF AMBOY
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. 2022 PLAYOFF BRACKET 2018: Milford (Milford- Cissna Park co-op) 66 - Alden Hebron 14 2019: Polo 50 - Milford (Milford- Cissna Park co-op) 26 2020: NO post season COVID- regular season played Spring 2021 2021: Polo 12 Orangeville 7 PREVIOUS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES
2021 All State First team POS NAME SCHOOL RB Adonai Bumba St. Thomas More RB Lleyton Miller Decatur Lutheran DB Vicente Herrera Martinsville OL Ridge Robinson Martinsville LB Brandon Blakeman Decatur Lutheran LB Gannon Harshman Decatur Lutheran WR Nick Meier Pawnee QB Sebastian Herrera Martinsville P Payton Wren Metro East RB/ DB Kaiden Droste West Central DL Chris Taylor Bushnell Prairie City OL/DL Devin Brady Decatur Lutheran OL/DL Dexter Ricketts West Central OL/DL Lucas Reznicek Pawnee WR/DL Patrick Quaranstorm St. Thomas More OL/LB Brady Mcgraw West Central TE Talen Mcelroy Pawnee WR Sam Kaeb Milford ( Milford Cissna Park co-op) POS NAME SCHOOL RB/LB Avery Grenoble Polo OL/ DL Brad Knepper South Beloit OL/DL Jared Stubbe Orangeville TE/ DL Nate Anderson Orangeville RB/LB Gunnar Lobdell Orangeville Uti/DB Evan Broge Freeport Aquin RB/LB Fernando Balderas South Beloit RB/LB Ashton Nobis Milledgeville WR/ DB Bryce Aude Milledgeville OL Ryan Guy Orangeville WR Caden Albrecht River Ridge DL Brennan Blaine Amboy LB Cole Brantley Hiawatha TE Sam Jones Flanagan Cornell Woodland LB Tyler Merdian Polo QB Conner Nye Milledgeville LB Clay Luedeking Freeport Aquin DB Brock Soltow Polo 2021 SPRING All State First team POS NAME SCHOOL QB Trey Totheroh Milford ( Milford Cissna Park co-op) G/ DT Devin Brady ( LSA) RB/DE Coby Crafton (LSA) RB Angel Salinas Milford ( Milford Cissna Park co-op) RB/DB Adonai Bumba (St. Thomas More) Wing/TE/DE Averi Hughes (St. Thomas More) WR Todd Paine Milford ( Milford Cissna Park co-op) WR Dawson Magrini (St. Thomas More) K Luke Neath (Metro East) DT Lucas Reznicek (Pawnee) DT Joey Patterson (South Fork) OLB Gannon Harshman (LSA) POS NAME SCHOOL OLB Jhadyn Walker (South Fork) OLB Seth Bennett (Schlarman) QB/DB Bryton Engle (River Ridge) QB/DB Max Carnes (West Central) RB/ILB Cole Faivre ( Polo) RB/OLB Caleb Rhodes (River Ridge) G/DT Jacob Sollars (River Ridge) G/DE Baley Markley (Cuba North Fulton) RB/DB Liam Reid (West Central) WR/DB Caden Albrecht ( River Ridge) QB/DB Matt Korb (Kirkland/Hiawatha) TE/DE Miles Beckham (South Beloit) 2019 All State First team POS NAME SCHOOL RB/LB Caleb Rhodes River Ridge QB/DL Tucker Mumford Polo RB/DL Jace Coffey Polo OL/DL Jacob Sollars River Ridge QB/LB Penn Stoller Milford ( Milford Cissna Park co-op) WR/DB Nick Allen Milford ( Milford Cissna Park co-op) WR/DB Vaughn Black Schlarman DL/K Evan Yaste Cuba North Fulton OL/K Kyle Uhl Flanagan Cornell Woodland OL Rudy King Milford ( Milford Cissna Park co-op) LB Alex Davies Polo OL Cole Farvie Polo POS NAME SCHOOL LB John Boeke Christian Life- Olsha Coop RB Liam Monohan Pawnee RB Angel Salinas Milford ( Milford Cissna Park co-op) DB Keegan Boyle Milford ( Milford Cissna Park co-op) OL Brady Clark Polo WR Tyler Harms Flanagan Cornell Woodland OL Tyler Harris Pawnee DL Jack Kratochvil Pawnee RB Tavaree Phifer Flanagan Cornell Woodland DL Dameon Hunter Sr. Flanagan Cornell Woodland At-Large Marcus Blurton Schlarman At-Large Joseph Diaz River RidgE 2018 All State First team POS NAME SCHOOL QB Brad Judson Alden Hebron RB/LB Kennedy Kunsch Milford ( Milford Cissna Park co-op) RB Josh Candler Judah Christian WR/TE Tomi Mor Alden Hebron WR/TE Nick Allen Milford ( Milford Cissna Park co-op) WR/TE Payton Grynewicz Lake Forest Academy OL John Kuhns Lake Forest Academy OL Rudy King Milford ( Milford Cissna Park co-op) POS NAME SCHOOL OL Zane Trumann Milford ( Milford Cissna Park co-op) DL Gideon Schauer Alden Hebron DL Cam Garrison Milford ( Milford Cissna Park co-op) LB Paul Bageanis Christian Life -Olsha Co-op DB Jared Schunke Milford ( Milford Cissna Park co-op) DB Penn Stoller Milford ( Milford Cissna Park co-op) K Trevor Dillman Judah Christian I8FA ALL STATE TEAMS Please use the QR Code to view the I8fa all time records 2022 All State First team POS NAME SCHOOL OLB Joey Cole Blue Ridge ILB Brody Cuppernell St. Thomas More G/ DT Beans King Milford ( Milford/ Cissna Park co-op) QB Sawyer Laffoon Milford ( Milford/ Cissna Park co-op) RB Tyler Neukomm Milford ( Milford/ Cissna Park co-op) TE/DE Matt Schumacher Blue Ridge WR Justin Tillman Milford ( Milford/ Cissna Park co-op) G/DT Luke Trumann Milford ( Milford/ Cissna Park co-op) RB Lleyton Miller Decatur Lutheran G Connor Creviston Decatur Lutheran DT Josh Coleman Martinsville RB Victor Herrera Martinsville ILB Emmanuel Roughton Decatur Lutheran Wing/DB Talan McElroy Pawnee WR/DB Rodrick Holmes Metro East WR Adam Parcel Martinsville DT Connor Henley South Fork QB/LB Connor Nye Milledgeville RB/LB Avery Grenoble Polo RB/LB Blake Folgate Orangeville G/DE Eric Ebersole Milledgeville POS NAME SCHOOL TE/DE Brennan Blaine Amboy QB/OLB Brock Soltow Polo WR/DB Kacen Johnson Milledgeville RB/LB Kolton Wilk Milledgeville RB/DB Kaiden Droste West Central G/DE Ty Anderson Ridgewood QB/DE Mason Carnes West Central DB/WR Preston Moriarity Ridgewood ILB/RB Parker Meldrum West Central RB Gavin McDonough Ridgewood K/P Jensen Lauglin WPSE WR Jaxson Finney Peoria Heights RB/ILB Cole Brantley Hiawatha RB/ILB Wyatt Armbrust Alden Hebron DB Kaden Myhres South Beloit TE Desmond Hampton South Beloit WR Dylan Vistine Christian Life DE Chris Korb Hiawatha OLB Cooper Fisher Hiawatha QB Carson Rueff AFC ILB Josh Burkett Christian Life
1 Gage Lagee 11 5’6 135 2 JT Stephenson 9 5’9 130 3 Damon Rowe 9 6’2 160 5 Carson Coffman 9 6’0 140 7 Ryelan Lindaas 12 6’5 165 9 Colton Long 9 5’2 100 10 Carter Merdian 11 6’0 160 12 Billy Lowry 10 5’8 125 14 Daniel Johnstone 9 5’7 135 17 Brock Soltow 11 6’4 180 18 Carl Vock 10 6’1 210 20 Avery Grenoble 12 5’10 160 22 Delo Fernandez 11 5’9 160 23 Cayden Webster 12 5’11 185 25 Quinton Hart 9 5’8 130 27 Brady Wolber 12 5’10 200 28 Gus Mumford 10 5’8 120 31 Noah Dewey 10 6’1 160 34 Gage Zeigler 10 5’7 125 42 Waylon Harris 12 5’11 180 44 Jeffrey Donaldson 10 5’11 210 45 Landen Brooks 11 6’2 170 48 Noah Yingling 9 5’10 130 50 Alex Albano 11 5’10 185 51 Jonathan Mummert 11 6’3 215 56 Jacob Monaco 11 6’2 185 60 Shawn Patton 10 5’7 210 64 Logan Nelson 10 6’4 270 68 Kason Allen 9 5’10 160 70 Dawson Drexler 11 5’11 240 71 Brian Lopez 12 5’9 280 73 Eric Verret 10 5’7 130 74 Cole Chesnut 9 5’11 175 76 Ben Green 11 5’10 230 77 Wyatt Plachno 9 6’2 210 80 Korbin Devora 11 6’0 145 81 Korbin Cavanaugh 9 6’0 145 82 Kailin Gulbranson 10 6’0 155 84 Josh Conway 11 6’0 170 85 Jeven Weems 9 5’6 115 88 Nathaniel Yingling 11 6’0 160 POLO ST. THOMAS MORE 4 Matt Delorenzo 2023 QB/LB 5’ 11” 180 6 Peter Samu 2026 RB/DB 5’ 7” 145 7 Peace Bumba 2024 RB/LB 6’ 2” 195 9 Marty Devaney 2026 RB/LB 5’ 10” 150 11 Phillip Christhilf 2025 QB/DB 5’ 10” 155 20 Alex Huber 2026 RB/DB 5’ 7” 130 22 Garrett Unger 2024 OL/DL 5’ 11” 180 24 Cabott Craft 2023 K/P 6’ 0” 165 25 Gavin Clapper 2024 WR/DB 5’ 10” 160 26 Reid Craddock 2025 WR/DB 5’ 9” 135 50 August Christhilf 2024 TE/DL 6’ 1” 185 52 Alex Samu 2026 TE/DL 5’ 10” 200 53 Owen Dively 2026 OL/DL 6’ 2” 240 54 Brody Cuppernell 2024 OL/LB 6’ 0” 220 55 James Schmidt 2025 OL/DL 5’ 11’ 260 57 Josh Kreps 2026 OL/LB 5’ 6” 190 74 Thomas Corapi 2024 TE/DL 6’ 1” 190 75 Toby Kreps 2025 OL/DL 6’ 2” 270 77 Robbie Vavrik 2024 OL/DL 6’ 1” 270 81 Ben Horn 2024 QB/WR/DB 6’ 3” 175 88 Michael Roesel 2026 WR/DB 5’ 11” 150
3 Bryce Bigger Sr. WR/DB 4 Alexia Hall So. TE/DB 5 Braden Tee So. TE/LB 6 Ian Dunlap Sr. TE/LB 7 Gage Stimpson So. QB/DB 8 Mason Carnes Sr. QB/DB 9 Landon Winters Sr. WR/DB 12 Kaiden Droste Sr. RB/DB 14 Daniel Reyes Jr.. RB/DB 15 Nolan Forbes Fr. WR/DB 16 Jordan Kane Fr. RB/DB 17 Alex McGraw So. TE/DB 18 Colton Fletcher Sr. TE/DB 21 Hunter Shrader Jr. TE/LB 22 Kyle Lafary So. RB/LB 23 Isiah Stephson Jr. TE/LB 24 Kayne Bayless So. RB/DB 25 Aydin Reed So. QB/DB 28 Mikey Schramm So. RB/DB 32 Keaton Kane Sr. RB/DB 35 Parker Meldrum Sr. RB/DB 43 Joshua Covert Fr. OL/DL 48 Elijah Dabbs So. OL/DL 51 Kaleb Thompson. So. OL/DL 52 Zach Smith Sr. TE/DL 54 Blake Cole Jr. OL/DL 55 Keaton Ruebush Fr. OL/DL 75 Terry Price Fr. OL/DL 77 Brody Link Sr. OL/DL 79 Harry Waugh So. OL/DL 81 Cody Wade Fr. RB/DB 84 Jimmy Stevenson Sr. TE/DB 89 Nick Woods Sr. OL/DL 98 Mikhail West Sr. OL/DL WEST CENTRAL AMBOY 2 Eddie Jones So 6’0” 165 QB/DB 3 Tucker Lindenmeyer Sr 5’10” 145 QB/DB 4 Josh McKendry So 5’7” 135 RB/DB 5 Landon Whelchel Jr 5’9” 155 RB/LB 6 Ed Fry So 5’7” 135 RB/DB 7 Troy Anderson Jr 6’0” 175 TE/DB 9 Brody Christoffersen So 5’10” 155 QB/LB 10 Rylan McNinch Fr 5’11” 160 QB/DE 12 Kabe Daniels So. 5’9” 125 WR/DB 14 Tyler Huggins So 5’5” 115 WR/DB 20 Tate Sundberg So 5’7” 145 FB/LB 21 Quinn Leffelman So 5’10” 210 FB/DE 25 Brayden Klien So 5’9” 150 RB/LB 36 Caleb Yanos So 5’11” 135 WR/DE 35 Joel Billhorn So 5’9” 135 RB/DB 42 Cody Sus J r 6’0” 125 WR/DE 44 Michael Shoemaker So 5’5” 115 WR/DB 53 Austin Heath Jr 5’10” 170 OL/DL 54 Ian Sundberg Jr 5’11” 215 OL/DL 55 Landon Montavon Jr 5’9” 215 OL/DL 57 Trey Payne Jr 6’2” 235 OL/DL 58 Vincent Zembrzuski Jr 6’0” 180 TE/DE 60 Isaiah Drew Jr 5’10” 180 OL/DL 63 Lucas Blanton Jr 5’11” 175 OL/DL 66 Geo Gatza JR 5’7” 145 OL/DL 68 Caleb Shugars So 5’8” 190 OL/DL 72 Dillon Merriman So 5’7” 175 OL/DL 75 Zach Dunne Jr 5’8” 205 OL/DL 77 Kole Beckham So 5’11” 205 OL/DL 79 Owen Loomis Fr 5’8” 195 OL/DL 85 Brennan Blaine Jr 6’2” 205 TE/DE 2 Connor Deering Fr 5’11” 135 WR/DE 3 Cody Winn Fr 5’7” 140 FB/LB 5 Chase Montavon Fr 5’4” 125 QB/DB 25 Tucker McCoy Fr 5’11” 140 TE/DE 53 Landon Donna Fr 6’1” 170 TE/DE 55 Collin O’Malley Fr 5’5” 170 OL/DL 60 Julius Arteaga Fr 5’8” 175 OL/DL 66 Gavin Eisenberg Fr 5’8” 170 OL/DL
