By John Rittenhouse
Five members of the Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth football team drew honorable mention or were selected to the 2000 All-Southwest Ridge Conference Football Team that was announced Monday.
H-BC-E, which tied for third place in the league with a 4-3 record, placed three players on the 24-player All-SRC roster. Two more Patriots drew honorable mention.
Seniors Lance Crawford and Chris Willers and junior Lyle DeBoer made the all-league squad for H-BC-E.
Crawford is an end-linebacker, Willers a running back-cornerback, and DeBoer a running back-linebacker.
State and conference champion Westbrook-Walnut Grove led all league teams by having six players named to the All-SRC team.
Seniors Dan Butler, Alex Ourada, Darren Tietz and Isaiah Wahl and juniors Ryan Baker and Dustin Krick made the team for the Chargers.
Tietz also was named the SRC's Offensive Back of the Year, and W-WG co-coaches were named the league's Coaches of the Year.
Lincoln HI, which placed second in the league, and Edgerton, which tied for third with H-BC-E, received four All-SRC selections each.
Seniors Jared Moen, Jordan Moen and Josh Vierhuf and junior Jack Weber made the team for LH.
Jared Moen also was named the league's Lineman of the Year.
Seniors Eric Elgersma, Jeff Evink and Jonny Kooiman and junior Josh Bleyenburg made the team for Edgerton.
Lakeview, Lake Benton and Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster drew two All-SRC selections each.
Lakeview senior Derek Dahl and junior Taylor Kroger, LB seniors Drew Bunkers and Matt Johnson, and SV-RL-B juniors Paul Paplow and Matt Sather grace the roster.
Southwest Star Concept sophomore Tyler Leopold caps the all-league team.
Seventeen players drew honorable mention from the T-CC coaches, including two from H-BC-E.
Senior offensive and defensive linemen Stephen Swayze and junior offensive and defensive lineman Kyle Braun drew honorable mention for the Patriots.
W-WG seniors Michael Burns, Jeff Mathiason and John Schulz, LH senior Evan Eidem and junior Josh Eastman, Edgerton seniors Brooks Hendriks and Chase Schelhaas, Lakeview seniors Nick Girard and Corey Rigge and junior Braden Rosa, LB seniors Dustin Drietz and Caleb Lowery, SV-RL-B senior Jim Morrison and junior Josh Ihrke, and SSC senior Ryan Pavelko round out the honorable mention selections.
H-BC-E also had six players make the SRC's All-Academic Team.
Seniors Swayze, Willers, Crawford, juniors Justin Van Maanen and Kevin Van Batavia, and sophomore Jesse Leuthold made that honorary team.