SEAN BOSTON
Hutch Post
BELOIT, Kan. ā Several Hutch Post-area student-athletes and coaches will be featured in the annual Eight-Man All-Star Football Games, set for Saturday at Trojan Football Stadium in Beloit.
The Kansas Eight-Man Football Association sponsors the event, which honors the top players from across the state in two showcase matchups. The Division II game will begin at 10 a.m., followed by the Division I contest at 1:30 p.m.
Among the local representatives, Central Christian School will be well-represented in Division II. Seniors Ry Kooiman and Keaton Miller were selected to the West squad, while Cougars head coach Matt Barnett will serve as an assistant coach.
Fairfield High School also placed two players on the West roster in Connor Fowler and Garrett Lanning. Fairfield head coach Kyle Finder was also tabbed as an assistant.
In Division I, Little Riverās Kyler Bergkamp and Logan Renken will play for the East team.
The Eight-Man All-Star Game tradition began in 1986 after a group of north central Kansas coaches came together to give recognition to athletes from the stateās smallest schools, many of whom were regularly overlooked for the Kansas Shrine Bowl. With support from similar associations in Nebraska and Oklahoma, the Kansas Eight-Man Football Association (KEMFA) was formed, and the first all-star game was played that summer.
The city of Beloit has served as the gameās permanent host site, with the annual event highlighting the excellence and legacy of eight-man football in Kansas.
Players reported to camp earlier this week to begin preparations.
Hutch Post-Area Participants
Division I East
ā¢ Kyler Bergkamp, Little River
ā¢ Logan Renken, Little River
Division II West
ā¢ Ry Kooiman, Central Christian
ā¢ Keaton Miller, Central Christian
ā¢ Connor Fowler, Fairfield
ā¢ Garrett Lanning, Fairfield
Coaches
ā¢ Matt Barnett, Central Christian (DII West assistant)
ā¢ Kyle Finder, Fairfield (DII West assistant)
Eight-Man All-Star Football Selections
Division I
East Team Kyler Bergkamp, Little River; Ruxton Birdsong, Little River; Cade Brokes, Sylvan-Lucas; Luke Budke, Chase County; Lucky Cherico, Sedan; Trent Haag, West Elk; Aiden Hekele, Central Plains; Dante Henley, Central-Burden; Eli Hurley, Central Plains; Josh Hutchinson, Oswego; Colton Isch, Madison; Creyo Koop, West Elk; Brodin Koch, Clifton-Clyde; Trextin Koch, Clifton-Clyde; Cooper McDill, Rock Hills; Rayden Myers, Oswego; Oliver Nobert, Clifton-Clyde; Logan Renken, Little River; Victor Ruiz-Torres, Ell-Saline; Jacob Tillberg, Ell-Saline.
Coaches ā Derick Budke, Chase County (head); Colby Hamel, Lincoln; JD Johnson, Central Plains.
West Team Duncan Bell, Hoxie; Dorian Culwell, Rawlins County; Graeden Dienes, WaKeeney-Trego; Zac Hendrickson, South Gray; Khris Hermosillo, Wichita County; Alex Holguin, Meade; Cordell Jordan, Oxford; Zach Kraft, Kinsley; Damien Loewen, South Gray; Easton Nickelson, Hoxie; Caleb Noble, Ellis; Camden Polifka, Quinter; JT Prusa, South Central; Jase Rutherford, South Central; Jamie Sarmiento, South Central; Ryan Sramek, Rawlins County; Dayton Stephen, Hill City; Juan Tapia, Wichita County; Sam Watkins, Hoxie; Max Witham, Wichita County.
Coaches ā Aaron Sramek, Rawlins County (head); Brett Westrup, South Central; Lance Baar, Hoxie.
Division II
East Team Eli Broxterman, Axtell; Rilyn Buessing, Axtell; Andy Cooper, Pike Valley; Dalton Garman, Osborne; Jaedon Granere, Marmaton Valley; Parker Haid, Burlingame; Trent Hardin, Frankfort; Daltyn Heinen, Axtell; Camron Jueneman, Hanover; Andrew Konrade, Lebo; Brayden Lawson, Marmaton Valley; Lane Loiseau, Frankfort; Gentry McGhee, Colony-Crest; Carter Olson, Frankfort; Zach Oswald, Lebo; Miles Rickard, Pike Valley; Gage Seifried, Osborne; Landon Sump, Blue Valley-Randolph; JD Tyson, Burlingame; Dane Winters, Burlingame.
Coaches ā Max Mickunas, Marmaton Valley (head); Jeff Slater, Burlingame; Nick McAnulty, Colony-Crest.
West Team Cale Braun, Victoria; Kolson Cook, Bucklin; Connor Fowler, Fairfield; Wyatt Griffin, Victoria; Rhett Kats, Logan-Palco; Lucas Kirk, Bucklin; Ry Kooiman, Central Christian; Travis Korbe, Wallace County; Garrett Lanning, Fairfield; Jeb Miller, Victoria; Keaton Miller, Central Christian; Kyler Murphy, Norwich; Ryland Price, Dighton; Kaden Redburn, Wheatland-Grinnell; Dawson Ruff, Hodgeman County; Hazen Rydquist, Hodgeman County; Jesse Smith, Minneola; Caleb Sparks, Logan-Palco; Carter Swingle, Attica; George von Leonrod, Dighton.
Coaches ā Aaron Dinkel, Victoria (head); Matt Barnett, Central Christian; Kyle Finder, Fairfield.