West Holmes, Dalton, Norwayne players earn first-team All-Ohio selections

The Daily Record
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Sam Williams-Dixon celebrates after an easy touchdown run for the Knights.
Sam Williams-Dixon celebrates after an easy touchdown run for the Knights.

All Ohio teams for Divisions IV-VII were released Monday and Tuesday, with six local players earning first-team distinction as the elite players in the entire state.

Unsurprisingly, four of those players were West Holmes Knights — Mason Wolfe (quarterback), Sam Williams-Dixon (running back), Kyle Maltarich (wide receiver) and Elisha Baldridge (linebacker) — earning their spots in Div. IV after going undefeated during the regular season. Norwayne's Jake Gill earned a first-team selection in Div. V at running back and Dalton's Quentin Lehman earned a first-team selection in Div. VI as an offensive lineman.

Overall, 26 players from local teams earned All-Ohio selections across Div. IV-VII.

Wolfe, Williams-Dixon and Maltarich were the driving forces behind a Knights' offense that entered the postseason as the highest-scoring offense in the entire state. Baldridge made contributions on offense but held the Knights defense together from his inside linebacker spot. Williams-Dixon and Baldridge were also first-team All-Ohioans in 2021.

Norwayne's Jake Gill was one of three repeat first-team All-Ohioans in The Daily Record's coverage area.
Norwayne's Jake Gill was one of three repeat first-team All-Ohioans in The Daily Record's coverage area.

Gill was also a first-team All-Ohio player in 2021 and scored 31 total touchdowns for the Bobcats this season. Lehman earned first-team honors for the first time after being honorable mention All-Ohio in 2021.

Second-team All-Ohioans included West Holmes' Collin Gardner and Nick Ginsburg in Div. IV and Dalton's Greyson Siders and Grant Johnson and Northwestern's Ethan Siders in Div. VI.

West Holmes' Elijah Williams-Dixon was a third-team All-Ohioan in Div. IV.

Local honorable mention All-Ohioans: Dalton's Colin Jones and Ethan Stutz; Hillsdale's Jake Hoverstock, Braylen Jarvis and Max Vesper; Loudonville's Zach Frankford and Micah Simpson; Northwestern's Nolan Hartsel and Craig Reed; Norwayne's Elijah Stanley; Orrville's Sawyer Hamsher; Smithville's Luke Raines; Triway's Luke Belcher and Waynedale's Jeremy Reber.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: Football: 26 local players earn All-Ohio selections