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Subscribe to our NewsletterWhitepine League announces football award (Kendall, Payton, Titus)
The Prairie Pirate football team may have fallen in the state semifinals, but in northern Idaho, there was no doubt who reigned supreme.
Pirate quarterback Spencer Schumacher was Whitepine League player of the year and Prairie coach Ryan Hasselstrom was coach of the year, when the Whitepine League released its honor roll on Wednesday.
Lapwai linebacker Tui Moliga was defensive player of the year and Wildcat wideout Kendall Leighton was offensive player of the year. Their squad fell in the opening round of the Idaho Class 1A Division I playoffs, as did Clearwater Valley, whose Bubba Summers was special teams player of the year for the WPL. The Rams broke a long hiatus from the postseason by returning this year.
Whitepine League coach of the year — Ryan Hasselstrom, Prairie
Whitepine League player of the year — Spencer Schumacher, Prairie
Offensive player of the year — Kendall Leighton, Lapwai
Defensive player of the year — Tui Moliga, Lapwai
Special teams player of the year — Bubba Summers, Clearwater Valley
First team offense — Spencer Schumacher, Prairie, QB, sr.; Cole Martin, Prairie, RB, soph.; Bubba Summers, Clearwater Valley, RB, jr.; Tui Moliga, Lapwai, RB, sr.; Caleb McWilliams, Prairie, RB, sr.; Kendall Leighton, Lapwai, WR, sr.; Derik Shears, Prairie, WR, jr.; Dillon Sperber, Genesee, OL, jr.; Layten Gould, Kamiah, OL, jr.; Carson Schmidt, Prairie, OL, sr.
First team defense — Payton Sobotta, Lapwai, DB, sr.; Dylan Schumacher, Prairie, DB, sr.; Michael Schwartz, Prairie, DB, sr.; Bubba Summers, CV, LB, jr.; Tui Moliga, Lapwai, LB, sr.; Owen Anderson, Prairie, LB, jr.; Caleb McWilliams, Prairie, LB, sr.; Spencer Schumacher, Prairie, DE, sr.; Peyton Whipple, Kamiah, DE, sr.; Layten Gould, Kamiah, DT, jr.; Carson Schmidt, Prairie, DT, sr.; Pox Young, Lapwai, DT, sr.
Second team offense — Payton Sobotta, Lapwai, QB, sr.; Jon Kopf, Genesee, RB, sr.; Jerrod Nicholson, RB, Potlatch, jr.; Pox Young, Lapwai, RB, sr.; Rhett Sandquist, Troy, WR, jr.; Trent Taylor, Kamiah, WR, jr.; JJ Reuben, OL, Lapwai, sr.; Ethan Graves, Genesee, OL, jr.; Justin Rabago-Johnson, OL, Lapwai, jr.
Second team defense — Jerrod Nicholson, Potlatch, jr.; Trent Taylor, Kamiah, jr., Cy Wareham, Genesee, fr.; Jon Kopf, Genesee, LB, sr.; Dominick Williamson, Lapwai, LB, jr.; Dillon Sperber, Genesee, LB, jr.; Ty Dominguez, CV, LB, sr.; Kendall Leighton, Lapwai, DL, sr.; Rhett Sandquist, Troy, DL, jr.; Dean Johnson, Prairie, DL, soph.; JJ Reuben, Lapwai, DL, sr.; Tommy Baier, Troy, DL, jr.
Honorable mention offense — Chad Simmons, Kamiah, QB, sr.; Reece Sanderson, Troy, RB, jr.; Titus Oatman, Kamiah, RB, jr.; Michael Schwartz, Prairie, RB, sr.; Jack Johnson, Genesee, WR, fr.; Damian Foresmann, Prairie, WR, jr.; Tristan Neubauer, WR, Wallace, sr.; Ty Dominguez, CV, OL, sr.; Hayden Uhlenkott, Prairie, OL, jr.; Dylan Andrews, Potlatch, OL, jr.; Truman Trenton, Genesee, OL, jr.; Tommy Baier, Troy, jr.
Honorable mention — Boden Demeerleer, Troy, DB, fr.; Darek Whitman, Lapwai, DB, sr.; Justin Nicholson, Potlatch, LB, jr.; Brody Patrick, Troy, LB, fr.; Brett Raymond, Kamiah, LB, sr.; Truman Renton, Genesee, LB, jr.; Titus Yearout, Lapwai, LB, fr.; Ethan Graves, Genesee, DL, jr.; Dylan Andrews, Potlatch, DL, jr.; Justin Rabago-Johnson, Lapwai, DT, jr.; Reece Sanderson, Troy, DT, jr.; Kole Riebold, Genese, DT, fr.
