Several area football teams and players have been named to the Minnesota State High School Football Coaches Association Academic All-State team. They are listed below –
TEAM AWARDS
CLASS 9-Man –
Gold Awards – Kittson County Central (3.7 – top team), Hillcrest Academy (3.36), Fertile-Beltrami (3.33),
Silver Awards – Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal (3.10), Nevis (3.03)
CLASS A –
Gold – Red Lake County (3.30), Ada-Borup-West (3.28)
CLASS AA –
Gold – Frazee (3.46)
Silver – West Central Area (3.25), Hawley (3.15)
CLASS AAA –
Gold – East Grand Forks (3.52 – top team)
Silver – Perham (3.02)
CLASS AAAA –
Gold – Detroit Lakes (3.29)
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
CLASS 9-Man –
TrayVaughn Lee – Cass Lake Bena
Ryan Van Den Einde – Fertile-Beltrami
Evan Lindgren – Hillcrest Lutheran Academy
Ethan Klimek – Nevis
Ryker Ellingworth – Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal
CLASS A –
Trenton Sip – Ada-Borup-West
Dallen Ernst – Breckenridge
Damon Ferguson – Red Lake County
CLASS AAA –
Caleb Zejdlik – East Grand Forks
CLASS AAAA –
Brock Okeson – Detroit Lakes
CLASS AAAAA –
Ethan Biehn – Bemidji