Cardinals place three on Class AA all-state team

The Carrington High School football team certainly had its standouts.

Seniors Cordell Schroeder, Tysen Rosenau and Casey Murphy made their mark on the Cardinals’ program, helping them to the playoffs the last two years. All three were named to the Class AA all-state team, which was announced Wednesday night and is voted on by coaches.

Schroeder made it as a defensive lineman on the first team, while Rosenau was also on the first team as a linebacker. Murphy made the second-team offense, though no positions were designated.

All three are repeat selections.

Valley City also had three all-state picks in senior tight end Tayler Lentz and junior defensive lineman Spencer Meyer, both first team. Junior Jesse Hass made the second team defense.

Griggs-Barnes County had two including repeat selection Trevor Anderson, a senior on the first-team defensive line. Senior Pete Fehr was a second-team defensive selection.

Lisbon had two as well, led by first-team junior defensive back Dylan Urbach. Senior Nathan Mangin picked up second-team offensive honors.

Blue Jays shut out of all-state

The Jamestown High School football team didn’t place a player on the Class AAA all-state team.

The Blue Jays joined Grand Forks Central and Williston as the only three teams without an all-state selection.

Bismarck High, Bismarck Century and Fargo South had the most picks with seven apiece. Minot, Dickinson and West Fargo had five each.

Grand Forks Red River had four, while Mandan, Devils Lake and Fargo Davies each had three. Fargo North had two selections.

Class AA all-state

First-team offense

QB — Chase Montplaisir, jr., Fargo Shanley; RB — Trevor Wettlaufer, sr., Bottineau; Danny Stasch, soph., Fargo Shanley; WR — Dan Arnold, sr., Fargo Shanley; Cody Nelson, sr., Beulah; TE — Tayler Lentz, sr., Valley City; OL — Josh Berg, sr., Fargo Shanley; Joel Green, sr., Wahpeton; Mason Kramer, jr., MInot Ryan; Jesse Kubik, sr., Dickinson Trinity; Wyatt Johnson, sr., Bottineau

First-team defense

DL — Zach Peterson, sr., Grafton; Trevor Anderson, sr., Griggs-Barnes County; Cordell Schroeder, sr., Carrington; Mitch Mattheis, sr., Beulah; LB — Kris Leier, sr., Rugby; Brett Hettenbaugh, sr., Fargo Shanley; Tysen Rosenau, sr., Carrington; Spencer Meyer, jr., Valley City; DB — Tyler Gripentrog, sr., Wahpeton; Karson Hintz, sr., Beulah; Dylan Urbach, jr., Lisbon

First-team at-large

Christian Lunde, sr., Grafton; Kyle Lovcik, sr., Rugby; Trevor Zacher, sr., Beulah

Second-team offense

No positions designated

Grafton — Jaime Villarreal, sr.; Carrington — Casey Murphy, sr.; Central Cass — Martin Ausk, sr., and Ross Radermacher, sr.; Rugby — Chris Hamilton, jr.; Wahpeton — Tyler Ringdahl, sr., and Brock Lingen, jr.; Lisbon — Nathan Mangin, sr.; Beulah — Zach Kessler, sr.; Minot Ryan — Austin Eggl, jr., and Chase Fugere, sr.; Bismarck St. Mary’s — Robert Richter, sr.; Dickinson Trinity — Ben Gordon, sr.

Second-team defense

No positions designated

Grafton — Austin Contreras, jr.; Griggs-Barnes County — Pete Fehr, sr.; Fargo Shanley — Grady Meyer, sr.; Central Cass — Connor Rieniets, jr.; Kindred — Michael Waltz, sr., and Riley Rustad, sr.; Rugby — Josh Michaels, sr.; Valley City — Jesse Hass, jr.; Dickinson Trinity — Isiah Binstock, sr., Alex Nielsen, sr., and Jacob Good, sr.; Minot Ryan — Isaac Tafelmeyer, sr., and Brady Bosch, jr.

Class AAA all-state

First-team offense

QB — Alex Yanosko, jr., Minot; RB — Zach Reich, sr., and James Johannesson, soph., Fargo South; Preston Lehmann, sr., West Fargo; Layne Johs, sr., Bismarck; WR — Loren Bothun, sr., GF Red River; Drew Wiseman, sr., Bismarck Century; TE — Jordan Krieg, sr., Dickinson; OL — Bryan Bjerk, sr., GF Red River; Drew Fahrman, jr., and Christian May, sr., Fargo South; Jaden Friedt, jr., and Jamie Thorson, sr., Bismarck

First-team defense

DL — Brody Mertz, sr., West Fargo; Thomas Sease, jr., Bismarck; Dillon Pierce, sr., Bismarck Century; Tanner Gust, sr., Minot; LB — Jon Lizotte, sr., GF Red River; Eric Peterson, sr., Fargo Davies; Tyler Sadowsky, sr., Mandan; Riley Plant, sr., Bismarck; DB — Nathan Mertens, sr., Devils Lake; Shelby Schulz, sr., West Fargo; Josh Seibel, sr., Bismarck; Brady Zittleman, sr., Mandan

Second-team offense

No positions designated

GF Red River — Chad Bartosh, jr.; Devils Lake — Austin Schall, jr.; Fargo South — Joe Mehrer, jr.; Fargo North — Olaf Hanson, jr.; West Fargo — Caleb Mattila, sr.; Fargo Davies — Gunnar Kollman, soph.; Dickinson — Mitchell Mehrer, jr., and Michael Cherwinski, jr.; Bismarck Century — Jared Fischer, sr., and Brennan Doan, sr.; Minot — Brady Lampert, jr., and Ben Love, jr.; Mandan — Nathan Schmidt, sr.

Second-team defense

No positions designated

Devils Lake — Chase Johnson, sr.; Fargo North — Hunter Slemmons, jr.; Fargo South — Austin Wicklund, sr., and Zack Ellis, sr.; West Fargo — Drew Johnson, sr.; Fargo Davies — Chris Ennen, jr.; Bismarck — Lee Braunagel, sr.; Bismarck Century — Jacob Laraas, sr., Grant Gall, jr., and Dylan Leutz, sr.; Dickinson — Dylan Skabo, jr., and Levi Jordheim, jr.; Minot — Zach Danielson, soph.

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