MaxPreps/JJHuddle Ohio high school football small school All-Ohio: first team
By Eric Frantz
Dec 28, 2016, 10:00am
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Happy Holidays! We celebrate the close of 2016 with the release of the eighth annual JJHuddle All-Ohio Football Team. This year MaxPreps joins the fray. The MP/JJH All-Ohio team covers all-divisions and can basically be summed up by this: If you had to create an all-star team from Ohio to play in a national tournament, who would you want suiting up for the Buckeye State? This is our roster and reserves for Ohio's small schools…
FIRST TEAM OFFENSERB: Daniel Bangura, 5-10, 170, jr. Harvest Prep (Canal Winchester)
RB: Marquette Dixon, 5-10, 205, sr., Bishop Hartley (Columbus)
QB: Andrew Marty, 6-5, 215, sr., Wyoming (Cincinnati) (Northwestern)
WR: Joseph Scates, 6-3, 180, jr., Dunbar (Dayton)
WR: Neal Muhlenkamp, 6-2, 190, sr., Coldwater
TE: Charles Reeves, 6-5, 265, sr., Steubenville (Pitt)
OL: Joel Honigford, 6-6, 280, sr., Garaway (Sugarcreek) (Michigan)
OL: Nick Busher, 6-3, 300, sr., Archbishop Alter (Kettering) (Cornell)
OL: Jeff Nogaj, 6-5, 315, sr., Johnstown-Monroe (Johnstown) (Iowa State)
OL: Luke Moorman, 6-0, 230, sr., Marion Local (Maria Stein)
OL: Francisco Pedrozo, 6-7, 295, sr., Aquinas (Louisville)
K: Dan Mills, 6-1, 180, sr., Canton Central Catholic
ATH: Sam Stoll, 6-1, 190, jr., Edison (Milan)
ATH: Kaleb Romero, 5-11, 195, sr., Mechanicsburg (Ohio State wrestling)
Hartley's Marquette Dixon helped the Hawks claim back-to-back D-IV state titles.
Photo by Michael Noyes
FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL: Nick Mason, 6-3, 240, jr., Perry
DL: Isaiah Mullens, 6-6, 260, jr., Harvest Prep (Canal Winchester)
DL: Keith Leindecker, 6-3, 265, sr., Ridgewood (West Lafayette)
DL: Matt Cherry, 6-4, 295, sr., McComb
LB: Griffin Baumoel, 6-3, 219, sr., Canton Central Catholic (Navy)
LB: Jack Homan, 6-3, 205, sr., Marion Local (Maria Stein)
LB: Cody Kirkbride, 6-3, 230, sr., Bishop Hartley (Columbus)
LB: David Rueth, 6-1, 205, sr., Archbishop Alter (Kettering)
DB: Andy Foley, 6-2, 195, sr., Perry
DB: AJ Musolino, 6-3, 205, sr., Struthers (Kent State)
DB: Tee Rupp, 6-2, 175, sr., Canton Central Catholic
DB: Evan Boyd, 5-11, 185., sr., John F. Kennedy Catholic (Warren)
P: Ethan Bradds, 6-5, 250, sr., Greeneview (Jamestown) (Eastern Kentucky)
Canton Central Catholic linebacker Griffin Baumoel helped the Crusaders make three straight D-V state finals.
Photo by Michael Noyes