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50 opprairie.com | December 6, 2018 | The New Lenox Patriot sports<br />

The orland park prairie | december newlenoxpatriot.com<br />

6, 2018 | 45<br />

FooTball (deFenSe)<br />

FirST Team<br />

DL: Dylan Shelton, senior, LW East<br />

89 tackles, 54 solo, 35 assists,<br />

7 sacks, 20 tackles for a loss,<br />

1 fumble recovery. All-SWSC.<br />

Helped the Griffins to a plethora of<br />

shutouts this season.<br />

LB: Jake Kramer, junior, LW East<br />

115 tackles, 59 solo, 56 assists,<br />

5 sacks, 14 tackles for a loss,<br />

1 fumble recovery. Those trying<br />

to work beyond the Griffins’ line<br />

often met Kramer.<br />

22nd Century Media chose the best football student-athletes based on coach recommendations<br />

and player statistics in its seven-town southwest suburban coverage area to place them on one<br />

super team: Team 22. The team features student-athletes from Lincoln-Way Central, LW East, LW<br />

West, Providence Catholic, Andrew, Lockport Township, Tinley Park and Sandburg high schools.<br />

This is the defensive squad.<br />

Compiled by 22nd Century Media staff<br />

DL: Jake Janeczko, senior,<br />

Lockport<br />

68 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, 1<br />

sack, 2 forced fumbles, 2 blocked<br />

kicks. The defensive tackle was a<br />

standout on a Porters squad that<br />

needed more.<br />

LB: Dan Scianna, senior, LW East<br />

109 tackles, 70 solo, 39 assists,<br />

7 sacks, 18 tackles for a loss, 1<br />

fumble recovery. All-SWSC. Those<br />

who didn’t find Kramer likely ran<br />

into Scianna.<br />

Burns phoTography<br />

DL: Elias Valdez, junior, Provi<br />

59 tackles, 2 fumble recoveries,<br />

2 sacks, 2 passes knocked<br />

down. All-CCL Blue. The Celtics’<br />

nose guard was the team’s most<br />

valuable defensive player.<br />

LB: Gus Christensen, senior, LW<br />

East<br />

78 tackles, 39 solo, 39 assists,<br />

2 sacks, 26 tackles for a loss,<br />

1 defensive touchdown. The<br />

defensive SWSC Athlete of the Year<br />

rounds out the East linebackers.<br />

DL: Mick Stewart, senior, LW East<br />

45-plus tackles, 10-plus tackles<br />

for a loss, 8 sacks, 1 interception,<br />

fumble recovery. Stewart helped<br />

to make games miserable for<br />

opponents’ offenses.<br />

LB: Alex Hirschfield, senior,<br />

Sandburg<br />

249 career tackles, 100 tackles<br />

(season), 3 sacks, 4 tackles for a<br />

loss, 1 blocked kick. All-SWSC. The<br />

Eagles’ linebacker was a beast<br />

who earned All-State honors.<br />

Second Team<br />

DL: Sean McLaughlin, junior, LW East<br />

43 tackles, 4 sacks, 9 tackles for a loss,<br />

2 forced fumbles.<br />

DL: Ben Seeber, junior, Provi<br />

41 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 8<br />

QB pressures.<br />

DL: Marco Corsetti, senior, LW West<br />

40 tackles, 7 sacks, 12.5 tackles for a<br />

loss.<br />

DL: Kaidon Lingle, senior, LW West<br />

40 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 8 tackles for a<br />

loss, 1 fumble recovery. All-SWSC.<br />

LB: Will Cichowski, senior, Lockport<br />

105 tackles, 2 interceptions. All-SWSC.<br />

LB: Brett Carberry, junior, LW West<br />

65 tackles, .5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for a<br />

loss.<br />

LB: Kevin O’Boyle, senior, Providence<br />

79 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 fumble recovery.<br />

All-CCL.<br />

LB: Anthony Tuminello, senior, Provi<br />

62 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss.<br />

All-CCL.<br />

DB: Aidan Tyk, senior, LW West<br />

43 tackles, 2 forced fumbles, 2 fumble<br />

recoveries, much more. All-SWSC.<br />

DB: Joe Gonzalez, senior, LW West<br />

41 tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss, 4 pass<br />

breakups.<br />

DB: Ryan Manikowski, junior, Provi<br />

33 tackles, 6 interceptions, 2 pass<br />

knockdowns.<br />

Honorable mentions:<br />

DB: Ken Palmer, senior, LW East<br />

73 tackles, 40 solo, 33 assists, 2<br />

tackles for a loss, 7 interceptions,<br />

1 forced fumble, 1 fumble<br />

recovery, 3 defensive touchdowns<br />

and All-SWSC.<br />

DB: Joe DeHaan, junior, Andrew<br />

55 tackles, 5 pass breakups, 1<br />

sack, 3 interceptions. The strong<br />

safety was one of the T-Bolts’<br />

biggest standouts on the season,<br />

and he’s got one more with them.<br />

DB: Andrew Sherry, senior, LW<br />

West<br />

37 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 5<br />

interceptions, 7 pass breakups.<br />

All-SWSC. The Warriors’ defensive<br />

back was a constant threat to<br />

opposing QBs looking to air it out.<br />

DL: Jeremiah Dawson, senior, LW East; Adrian Wilson, junior, LW East; Matt<br />

Nevin, junior, LW West; Jackson Kameron, senior, LW Central; Dykeil Stingley,<br />

senior, Andrew; Peyton Knepper, junior, LW West.<br />

LB: Ryan Garbrecht, senior, Andrew; Jackson Hosman, senior, LW Central;<br />

Aaron Marcotte, senior, LW Central; Griffin Ketelaar, junior, LW West; Ameer<br />

Aqel, senior, Andrew; Moe Abuzir, senior, Sandburg.<br />

DB: Ian Troester, junior, LW Central; Josh Heavrin, senior, Sandburg; Jake<br />

Tomczak, senior, LW East; Mike Manning, senior, LW East.

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