7 Penn Hills players earn first-team all-conference in Class 5A Northern
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Monday, November 12, 2018 | 8:03 PM
Northern Conference champion Penn Hills placed seven players on the all-conference first team Monday and the Indians’ Jon LeDonne earned coach of the year.
Penn Hills’ George Freeman III, Hollis Mathis, Terry “Tank” Smith, Dante Cephas, Corey Thomas Jr., Jordy Boswell and Deaquan Hardy all earned first-team honors.
North Hills had six first-team selections. Kiski Area and Mars had four each.
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
Name, school, position, grade
George Freeman III, Penn Hills, center, senior
Lirion Murtezi, North Hills, guard, senior
Hunter Boyd, Mars, guard, senior
Jeff Bonnette, Shaler, tackle, senior
Michael Carmody, Mars, tackle, junior
Troy Kuhn, Kiski Area, tight end, senior
Dante Cephas, Penn Hills, wide receiver, senior
Jack Colecchi, Kiski Area, wide receiver, senior
Hollis Mathis, Penn Hills, quarterback, senior
Garrett Reinke, Mars, running back, senior
Terry “Tank” Smith, Penn Hills, running back, senior
Tyler Brennan, North Hills, Multi-Purpose Back, senior
Dan Wagner, North Hills, Kicker, senior
Coach of the year
Jon LeDonne, Penn Hills
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
Name, school, position, grade
Damon Thompson, North Hills, defensive end, junior
Bailey Barton, Armstrong, defensive end, senior
Zachary Aretz, Armstrong, defensive tackle, senior
Chase Lambert, Mars, defensive tackle, senior
Jacob Miller, Armstrong, inside linebacker, senior
Drew Dinunzio-Biss, Kiski Area, inside linebacker, senior
Jordy Boswell, Penn Hills, outside linebacker, senior
Brandon Manning, North Hills, outside linebacker, senior
Daequan Hardy, Penn Hills, defensive back, senior
Brennan “BB” Fugh, Shaler, defensive back, senior
Corey Thomas Jr., Penn Hills, defensive back, senior
Keygen Bryant, North Hills, defensive back, senior
Jared Custer, Kiski Area, punter, senior
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
Name, school, position, grade
David Lukac, North Hills, center, junior
Michael Cornman, Armstrong, guard, senior
Roland Phillips, Penn Hills, guard, senior
Ronald Novosedliak, North Hills, tackle, junior
Brandon Lawhorn Moore, Kiski Area, tackle, freshman
Mitchell Wright, Mars, tight end, junior
Andrew Recchia, Mars, wide receiver, senior
Anthony Grimes, Penn Hills, wide receiver, junior
Darin Mizgorski, Shaler, quarterback, junior
Joey Kremer, Shaler, running back, senior
Isaac Ridinger, Armstrong, running back, junior
Sam Brown, Fox Chapel, multi-purpose back, junior
Nick Smith, Kiski Area, kicker, senior
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
NAME, SCHOOL, POSITION, GRADE
Armand Gustave, Penn Hills, defensive end, senior
Jason Biswick, North Hills, defensive end, senior
Jamie Tigner, Penn Hills, defensive tackle, junior
Dawson Dietz, Hampton, defensive tackle, sophomore
Jake Miller, Shaler, inside linebacker, junior
Seamus Connolly, North Hills, inside linebacker, senior
Devyn Best, Penn Hills, outside linebacker, senior
Isaiah Price, Armstrong, outside linebacker, junior
Tracey Morris, Kiski Area, defensive back, senior
Korey Simmons, Fox Chapel, defensive back, senior
Ian Andersson, Hampton, defensive back, junior
Tyler Kowalkowski, Mars, defensive back, junior
Drew Schlegel, Mars, punter, junior
HONORABLE MENTION OFFENSE
Name, school, position, grade
Jack Dykes, Kiski Area, center, junior
Ryan Billings, Fox Chapel, guard, junior
Harrison Bash, Penn Hills, guard, senior
Austin McKaveny, Shaler, guard, junior
Trevor Hartman, North Hills, tackle, senior
Dalton Becker, Mars, tackle, junior
Jayden Terry, Penn Hills, tackle, senior
Nevin Summerfield, Shaler, tackle, senior
Ric Martin, Penn Hills, tight end, senior
Max Obenrader, Hampton, quarterback, senior
Jalen Price, Armstrong, quarterback, senior
Ryne Wallace, Kiski Area, quarterback, senior
Shane Susnak, Fox Chapel, quarterback, junior
Brandon Stephany, Hampton, wide receiver, senior
Joe Impavido, Shaler, wide receiver, junior
Teddy Ruffner, Mars, running back, sophomore
Tyler Tomasic, North Hills, running back, sophomore
Vince Schmitt, Hampton, running back, senior
Jacob Aretz, Armstrong, multi-purpose back, senior
Peyton McCann, Kiski Area, multi-purpose, junior
Blake Edwards, Mars, kicker, junior
HONORABLE MENTION DEFENSE
Name, school, position, grade
Luke Lindgren, Hampton, defensive end, junior
Jack Dilts, Kiski Area, defensive end, sophomore
Darin Lyle, Mars, defensive end, senior
Matt Bendel, Shaler, defensive end, senior
Justin Hessman, Kiski Area, defensive tackle, junior
Andy Plowden Jr. , Penn Hills, inside linebacker, senior
Ben Chizmar, Mars, inside linebacker, sophomore
Josh Andersson, Hampton, outside linebacker, junior
Ian Scarberry, Shaler, outside linebacker, senior
Joe Ryan, North Hills, outside linebacker, senior
Alex Wecht, Fox Chapel, defensive back, junior
Thomas Sheehy, Mars, defensive back, senior
Dylan Bennett, Penn Hills, defensive back, junior
Shayne Skelley, Shaler, defensive back, junior
Akeem Snell, Penn Hills, defensive back, junior
Tags: Armstrong, Fox Chapel, Hampton, Kiski School, Mars, North Hills, Penn Hills, Shaler
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