PREP FOOTBALL: NIC All-Conference team announced

Austin Hough, Goshen News, Ind.
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Nov. 21—The Northern Indiana Conference released its 2022 all-conference football teams Monday, splitting the teams by their respective divisions.

Each division had an MVP and Coach of the Year selected as well. In the East-West Division, New Prairie senior Noah Mungia was selected as MVP, while Penn's Cory Yeoman was Coach of the Year.

In the North-South, there were co-MVP honors handed out, as Jimtown senior Sam Garner and South Bend Riley senior Caleb Francis were both selected for the award. Jimtown coach Cory Stoner was named the division's Coach of the Year.

Below are the full all-conference teams for each division.

2022 NIC FOOTBALL EAST-WEST DIVISION ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

1ST TEAM

Quarterback: Nolan McCullough, Penn

Running backs: Noah Mungia, New Prairie; Jake Balis, Penn

Wide receivers: Rodney Gates, Elkhart; DJ White, Penn

Tight end: Gage Goralski, Penn

Offensive linemen: Jacob Morzinski, New Prairie; Brayden Jellison, Elkhart; Kyle Dennison, Mishawaka Marian; Brendan Huffman, Penn.

Center: Auden Jones, Penn

Defensive linemen: Dylan Wilson, New Prairie; Moses Fortoso, Elkhart; Mike Fuller, Marian; Wallace Kennach, Penn; Jack Aranowski, South Bend St. Joseph

Linebackers: Tayvion Ortman, New Prairie; Maurice Harris, Elkhart; Ryan Treber, Penn

Safety: Tommy Powlus, Penn

Defensive back: Gavin Houser, Elkhart; Taylor Bauer, Penn; Deah McCullough, St. Joseph

Kicker: Josh Nziza, South Bend Adams

Punter: Sam Sparks, St. Joseph

At-large: Marshall Kmiecik and Brice VanBruaene, New Prairie

2ND TEAM

Offense: Luke Davis, Raekwan Lemons and Aalias Leonard, Elkhart; Elijah Coker, Doug Searles and Josiah Williams, Penn; Dallas Ryans and Connor Pflughaupt, New Prairie; Giovanni Garcia and Braxton Brooks, Marian; Gavin Sparke, St. Joseph; Solomon Parker, Adams.

Defense: Braden Cook, Darreon Newson and Nathan Munson, Elkhart; Sam Sullivan, Jaackson Griffith and Dominic Bonner, Penn; Aiden Ziegler and Nathan Andrysiak, New Prairie; Kaleb Johnson and Brian Bultink, Marian; Quinn Boyer and Austin Futa, St. Joseph; Adreon Petty, Adams.

2022 NIC FOOTBALL NORTH-SOUTH DIVISION ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

1ST TEAM

Quarterback: Austin Riley, South Bend Riley

Running backs: Sam Garner, Jimtown; Lance Moser, Bremen

Wide receivers: Caleb Francis, Riley; Jason Dockery, South Bend Washington

Tight end: Taysire Williams, Jimtown

Offensive linemen: Zach Schmucker, Bremen; Dominic Mitchell, South Bend Clay; Marcus Henderson, Riley; Will Brinkhoff, John Glenn

Center: Connor McPhee, Jimtown

Defensive linemen: Conner Watts, Jimtown; Easton Reed, Bremen; Marques Young, Riley; TyShaun Grundy, Washington

Linebackers: Kaden Rogers, Jimtown; Austin McKenzie, Bremen; Jaime Gierlowski, Glenn

Safety: Seth Libey, Bremen

Defensive backs: Jackson Clopton, Jimtown; Robert Nabieu, Riley; Ty'Ron Larkin, Glenn

Kicker: Zach Pflugner, Riley

Punter: AJ Ton, Bremen

At-large: Austin White and Quatez Foster, Riley; Chase Miller, Glenn

2ND TEAM

Offense: Marques Washington, Stacio Williams, Anthony Schmok, Shamar Jackson and Dominic Jolley, Riley; Cole Dutton and Brodric Kaler, Jimtown; Devin Devries and Alex Vaughn, Washington; Marcus Rankin and Michael Huffman, Clay; Anakin Coffman, Bremen.

Defense: Tavares Townsend, Ethan Witz, Eric Williams and Justin Smith, Riley; Cody Czarnecki and Brendon Richardson, Bremen; Diamond Curry and Ethan Dendit, Clay; Eli Beeney and Julian McMahan, Glenn; Hakim Smith, Washington; Ty Zartman, Jimtown.

Austin Hough can be reached at austin.hough@goshennews.com or at 574-538-2360. Follow him on Twitter at @AustinHoughTGN.