Gateway leads Big East all-conference honors with 8 first-team players
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Monday, November 12, 2018 | 8:21 PM
Undefeated conference champion Gateway saw eight players receive first-team all-Big East honors Monday and the Gators’ Don Holl earned coach of the year.
Bryce Washington, Amir Wahid, Tui Faumuina-Brown, Courtney Jackson, Brendan Majocha, Derrick Davis, Kelvon Nelson and Jeremiah Josephs were all named to the first team.
Penn-Trafford had seven first-team picks and McKeesport had five.
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
Name, school, position, grade
Bryce Washington, Gateway, center, senior
Andy Mellinger, McKeesport, guard, junior
Amir Wahid, Gateway, guard, senior
Dylan Vaniel, McKeesport, tackle, senior
Derek Sutherland, Penn-Trafford, tackle, junior
Tui Faumuina-Brown, Gateway, tight end, junior
Jalen Rogers, Connellsville, wide receiver, senior
Courtney Jackson, Gateway, wide receiver, senior
Brendan Majocha, Gateway, quarterback, senior
Caleb Lisbon, Penn-Trafford, running back, junior
Derrick Davis, Gateway, running back, sophomore
Zakharee Williams, Latrobe, multi-purpose back, senior
Keaton Hier, Penn-Trafford, kicker, senior
Coach of the year
Don Holl, Gateway
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
Name, school, position, grade
Trent Holler, Latrobe, defensive end, senior
Dylan Schmidt, Penn-Trafford, defensive end, junior
Josh Cheplick, Penn-Trafford, defensive tackle, junior
Kelvon Nelson, Gateway, defensive tackle, sophomore
Niko Rosso, Penn-Trafford, inside linebacker, senior
Thomas Wyatt, McKeesport, inside linebacker, senior
Adam Rudzinski, Franklin Regional, outside linebacker, senior
Devin Sims, McKeesport, outside linebacker, senior
Dimitri George, Penn-Trafford, defensive back, senior
Jeremiah Josephs, Gateway, defensive back, senior
Nick Leopold, Franklin Regional, defensive back, senior
Konota Gaskins, McKeesport, defensive back, senior
Nathan Clair, Latrobe, punter, senior
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
Name, school, position, grade
Branden Brooks, McKeesport, center, senior
Michael Ritter, Penn-Trafford, guard, junior
Caleb Domenick, Latrobe, guard, senior
Trey Sweeney, Latrobe, tackle, senior
Chris Smiley, Connellsville, tackle, senior
Reese Mueseler, Latrobe, tight end, senior
Deamontae Diggs, McKeesport, wide receiver, junior
Michael Evans, Franklin Regional, wide receiver, senior
Gabe Dunlap, Penn-Trafford, quarterback, junior
Quaran Sayles, McKeesport, running back, senior
Billy Guzzi, Plum, running back, sophomore
Devon Powell, Franklin Regional, multi-purpose back, senior
Anthony DiFalco, Franklin Regional, kicker, freshman
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
Name, school, position, grade
Zach Crossland, Franklin Regional, defensive end, senior
Marcquis Butler, McKeesport, defensive end, senior
Tyler Metzger, Connellsville, defensive tackle, senior
Paul Simonovitch, Latrobe, defensive tackle, senior
Justin Johns, Franklin Regional, inside linebacker, junior
Jordan Stancovich, Gateway, inside linebacker, junior
Jon Peduzzi, Penn-Trafford, outside linebacker, senior
Maximos Matolcsy, Plum, outside linebacker, sophomore
Blake Lancaster, Connellsville, defensive back, senior
Noah Allen, Penn-Trafford, defensive back, junior
Torry Robinson, Albert Gallatin, defensive back, junior
Reed Martin, Plum, defensive back, sophomore
Gage Gillott, Connellsville, punter, sophomore
HONORABLE MENTION OFFENSE
Name, school, position, grade
Anthony Bonacci, Franklin Regional, center, junior
Adam Garvin, Plum, guard, senior
Cameron King, Connellsville, guard, sophomore
Anthony Youngo, Penn-Trafford, guard, junior
CJ Ciecierski, Franklin Regional, tackle, junior
KeVonte Simpson, McKeesport, tackle, junior
Cooper Aubele, Plum, tackle, senior
Evan Azzara, Plum, tackle, sophomore
Andrew Snyder, Franklin Regional, tight end, senior
Ethan Frenchik, Gateway, wide receiver, senior
Jared Ozias, Connellsville, wide receiver, senior
Josh Maher, Connellsville, quarterback, senior
Hunter Linhart, Plum, quarterback, senior
Jimmy Schropp, Plum, running back, senior
Zach Gordon, Franklin Regional, running back, junior
Sam Fanelli, Penn-Trafford, running back, junior
Braeden Moody, Albert Gallatin, multi-purpose back, senior
Ethan Carr, Penn-Trafford, multi-purpose back, sophomore
Anthony Beitko, McKeesport, kicker, junior
Jayson Jenkins, Gateway, kicker, sophomore
HONORABLE MENTION DEFENSE
Name, school, position, grade
Peyton Kelly, Penn-Trafford, defensive end, junior
Jacques Taylor, Gateway, defensive end, sophomore
Jack Pedrosky, Franklin Regional, defensive end, sophomore
Jaden Nichols, Plum, defensive end, sophomore
Cameron Wormack, Connellsville, defensive end, senior
Dylan Shea, Albert Gallatin, defensive end, sophomore
Tomi Woodson, Gateway, defensive end, senior
Josh Pelusi, Franklin Regional, defensive tackle, freshman
Chandler DeWitt, Connellsville, inside linebacker, senior
Cole Dupont, Albert Gallatin, inside linebacker, senior
Jay Johnson, Gateway, inside linebacker, junior
Seth Norcutt, Plum, inside linebacker, senior
Tucker Knupp, Latrobe, inside linebacker, sophomore
Jack Poling, Franklin Regional, inside linebacker, senior
Jake Cardiff, Penn-Trafford, inside linebacker, senior
Chase Burk, Penn-Trafford, outside linebacker, junior
Nicolas Sluka, Plum, defensive back, junior
Trevor Brncic, Franklin Regional, punter, sophomore
Tags: Albert Gallatin, Connellsville, Franklin Regional, Gateway, Latrobe, McKeesport, Penn-Trafford, Plum
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