5 linemen, Beck among 9 Zebras picked first-team All-TRC

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Football

Brant Beck Callen Ferverda Declan Gard

Grant Clark Mason Hisey Jabez Yarber

Zakk Parks Clarence Garrett Matt Crossland

Nine Rochester football players, including five linemen and leading rusher Brant Beck, were selected first-team All-Three Rivers Conference in voting done by the conference’s coaches and released to the media Tuesday.

The nine included three offensive players and six on defense.

The offensive players included right guard Callen Ferverda and left tackle Declan Gard and fullback Beck. Beck finished with 1,283 rushing yards for the season and 4,692 for his career. He ran for 9.6 yards per carry on the season and 9.4 for his career.

The defensive players honored included ends Grant Clark and Mason Hisey, linebacker Jabez Yarber, defensive backs Zakk Parks and Clarence Garrett. Tackle Matt Crossland was an at-large selection.

All nine players honored were seniors.

Juniors Trenton Meadows and Ethan Bailey were named honorable mention.

Meadows had 676 yards rushing and 227 yards receiving, and he scored 16 touchdowns.

Bailey, an inside linebacker, had 60 tackles, which ranked second on the team behind Beck’s 66.

Rochester went 8-0 to win their first outright TRC title in 11 years.

All-TRC Offense

Offensive line

Braxton Miller (Manchester), Joseph Butcher (Maconaquah), Aiden Swope (Northwestern), Brody Hillis (Lewis Cass), Nolan Hiner (Southwood), CALLEN FERVERDA (ROCHESTER), DECLAN GARD (ROCHESTER)

Running back

Reiss Gaerte (Manchester), Marcell Sims (Maconaquah), Gavin Smith (Lewis Cass), BRANT BECK (ROCHESTER)

Wide receiver

Eli Metzger (Manchester), Nolan Tarrh (Maconaquah), Ryne Babbs (Peru), DaVon Osborn (Wabash), DeWayne Perrigen (Northwestern)

Quarterback

Dallas Martin (Manchester), Aiden Robinson (Maconaquah)

At-large

Jake Perney (Northfield)

All-TRC Defense

Defensive line

Sammy Jackson (Manchester), Braidan Holloway (Peru), Gavin Pyatt (Northwestern), Hunter Sellers (Lewis Cass), GRANT CLARK (ROCHESTER), MASON HISEY (ROCHESTER)

Linebacker

Landen Bean (Manchester), Carsten Hollars (Maconaquah), Michael Arrick (Northwestern), Kyland Magers (Lewis Cass), Isaiah Korba (Peru), JABEZ YARBER (ROCHESTER)

Defensive back

Samuel Jones (Northwestern), Tyler Grist (Lewis Cass), Maddox Marshall (Southwood), ZAKK PARKS (ROCHESTER), CLARENCE GARRETT (ROCHESTER)

At-large

MATT CROSSLAND (ROCHESTER)

Kicker/punter

Carson Heath (Manchester)

Honorable mention

Julian Davidson (Lewis Cass), Brecken Smith (Lewis Cass), Conner Eldridge (Maconaquah), Dakoda Dauenhauer (Maconaquah), Caden Young (Manchester), Maddux Greer (Manchester), Tyler Haupert (Northfield), Rylan Turner (Northfield), Colin Cook (Northwestern), Austin Braden (Northwestern), Aiden Sheets (Peru), Weston Marks (Peru), TRENTON MEADOWS (ROCHESTER), ETHAN BAILEY (ROCHESTER), Ivan Ranck (Southwood), Owen Enyeart (Southwood), Noah Baldwin (Wabash), Sam Harris (Wabash), Landon Smith (Whitko), Mason Hersha (Whitko)

Final TRC standings

ROCHESTER 8-0, Maconaquah 7-1, Lewis Cass 6-2, Manchester 6-2, Northwestern 4-4, Southwood 3-5, Wabash 2-6, Northfield 2-6, Peru 2-6, Whitko 0-8

Trenton Meadows Ethan Bailey