2025 WPIAL All-Conference Football Team: Interstate
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Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 11:34 PM
Elizabeth Forward’s Ryan Messina stiff-arms North Catholic’s Max Lindner in a WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (Mike Darnay | Mon Valley Independent)
Interstate Conference
Offense
Player, School, Pos., Ht., Wt., Year
Ryan Messina, Elizabeth Forward, QB, 6-4, 225, sr.
Max Doherty, Derry, RB, 6-0, 190, jr.
Ave Darnell, Southmoreland, RB, 5-10, 175, so.
Brendan Stroschein, Elizabeth Forward, HB, 6-3, 220, sr.
Dylan Pitzer, Derry, OT, 6-6, 280, sr.
Matt Gatto, Elizabeth Forward, OT, 6-1, 205, jr.
Daymein Rice, Elizabeth Forward, OT, 6-0, 250, sr.
Riley Mitchell, Elizabeth Forward, G, 6-6, 300, so.
Payton Schaum, Mt. Pleasant, G, 6-0, 275, sr.
Dillon Cummings, Elizabeth Forward, C, 5-9, 210, sr.
Jackson Stevey, Greensburg Salem, TE, 6-1, 185, so.
Karsen Weiers, Derry, WR, 5-8, 135, jr.
Landon Honick, Elizabeth Forward, WR, 6-0, 170, sr.
Makel Darnell, Southmoreland, WR, 5-10, 180, sr.
Luke Holdren, Elizabeth Forward, K, 5-10, 180, jr.
Landon Honick, Elizabeth Forward, KR, 6-0, 170, sr.
Defense
Player, School, Pos., Ht., Wt., Year
Dylan Pitzer, Derry, DE, 6-6, 280, sr.
Jackson Mickens, Southmoreland, DE, 6-1, 220, so.
Aiden Piper, Derry, DT, 6-4, 300, jr.
Jaydyn Clark, Elizabeth Forward, DT, 6-0, 195, so.
Max Doherty, Derry, OLB, 6-0, 190, jr.
Dawson Wolfe, Southmoreland, OLB, 6-2, 210, jr.
Brendan Stroschein, Elizabeth Forward, ILB, 6-3, 200, sr.
Stanley Chapman, Southmoreland, ILB, 6-3, 215, sr.
Aiden Hicks, Elizabeth Forward, CB, 5-7, 155, fr.
Landon Honick, Elizabeth Forward, CB, 6-0, 170, sr.
Karsen Weiers, Derry, S, 5-8, 135, jr.
Aaron Ulmer, Elizabeth Forward, S, 5-7, 170, so.
Alex Swatchick, Greensburg Salem, P, 6-1, 173, sr.
Offensive Player of the Year
Ryan Messina, Elizabeth Forward
Defensive Player of the Year
Brendan Strochein, Elizabeth Forward
Offensive Lineman of the Year
Daymein Rice, Elizabeth Forward
Defensive Lineman of the Year
Dylan Pitzer, Derry
All-Purpose Player of the Year
Jackson Mickens, Southmoreland
Coach of the Year
John DeMarco, Elizabeth Forward
See the 2025 WPIAL all-conference football teams
Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.
Tags: Derry Area, Elizabeth Forward, Greensburg Salem, Mt. Pleasant, South Allegheny, Yough
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