Beaver Falls’ Josh Hough, Laurel’s Mitch Miles earn top conference honors in MAC

By: Chris Harlan
Friday, December 4, 2020 | 2:03 AM

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WPIAL champion Beaver Falls earned seven first-team spots on the Midwestern all-conference team led by senior Josh Hough, who was named offensive player of the year.

Hough, Beaver Falls’ Shileak Livingston and Laurel teammates Mitch Miles and Luke McCoy were named first-team all-conference for both offense and defense.

Beaver Falls went 7-0 in the conference.

Miles was named the conference’s defensive player of the year, and Laurel’s Brian Cooper was named the MAC’s top coach.

FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE

Name, School, Pos., Ht., Wt., Yr.

Cole Beck, Freedom, QB, 6-1, 195, sr.

J.C. Voss, Mohawk, QB, 5-11, 200, jr.

Josh Hough, Beaver Falls, RB, 6-3, 230, sr

Shileak Livingston, Beaver Falls, RB, 5-11, 220, sr.

Luke McCoy, Laurel, RB, 5-8, 175, jr.

Reiker Welling, Freedom, WR, 6-4, 205, sr.

Xavier Reynolds, New Brighton, WR, 5-9, 160, sr.

Spencer Perry, Neshannock, TE, 6-5, 225, sr.

Mitch Miles, Laurel, OL, 6-4, 285, sr.

Rylan Collier, Laurel, OL, 5-10, 300, sr.

Joey Antuono, Neshannock, OL, 6-0, 270, sr.

Avery Wolf, Riverside, OL, 6-1, 255, jr.

Garrett Paxton, Freedom, K, 6-2, 175, sr.

Cam’ron Owens, Neshannock, KR, 6-2, 185, jr.

FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE

Name, School, Pos., Ht., Wt., Yr.

Josh Hough, Beaver Falls, DL, 6-3, 230, sr.

Mitch Miles, Laurel, DL, 6-4, 285, sr.

Kei’Ondre Abercrombie, New Brighton, DL, 6-1, 220, sr.

Spencer Perry, Neshannock, DL, 6-5, 225, sr.

Tyler Jones, Beaver Falls, LB, 5-9, 185, sr.

Shileak Livingston, Beaver Falls, LB, 5-11, 220, sr.

Luke McCoy, Laurel, LB, 5-8, 175, jr.

Austin McBride, Mohawk, LB, 6-2, 195, sr.

Mekhi Clark, Beaver Falls, DB, 6-0, 165, jr.

Quadir Thomas, Beaver Falls, DB, 6-2, 180, jr.

Cole Beck, Freedom, DB, 6-1 195, sr.

Keandre Williams, New Brighton, DB, 5-11, 160, jr.

Ryan Gibbons, Ellwood City, P, 6-2, 200, sr.

Offensive Player of the Year: Josh Hough, Beaver Falls

Defensive Player of the Year: Mitch Miles, Laurel

Coach of the Year: Brian Cooper, Laurel

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2020 WPIAL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

Class 6A Conference

Allegheny Six Conference

Big East Conference

Northeast Conference

Big Eight Conference

Greater Allegheny Conference

Parkway Conference

Allegheny Seven Conference

Interstate Conference

Northwestern Six Conference

Allegheny Conference

Century Conference

Midwestern Conference

Three Rivers Conference

Big Seven Conference

Eastern Conference

Tri-County South Conference

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.

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