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The Illinois High School Football Coaches Association released its All-State teams Wednesday, and the list of selections included several area players.
In 2A, Johnston City’s Evan Sanders and Chester’s Zain Al-Jassim were both named All-State, while their teammates Nolan Causey (Johnston City) and Kolton Jany (Chester) were both honorable mention selections, along with Carmi-White County senior Noah Pollard.
In 3A, Nashville’s Samuel Kollbaum and Benton’s Ethan McCommons were both named All-State, with McCommons’ teammate Andrew Kinsman, Du Quoin’s Johnathan Brown, and West Frankfort’s Travion Johnson all honorable mention selections.
In 4A, Murphysboro senior Tyjaire Kellum was the lone deep south representative on the All-State team, while in 5A, Centralia’s Xavier Koch and Carbondale’s Owen Lee were both named All-State, while Koch’s Orphans’ teammate Mike Brown was an honorable mention selection.
Regionally, Althoff’s Jason Dowell and Dierre Hill Jr., as well as Casey-Westfield’s Luke Karras in 1A, Breese Central teammates Preston Baker and Griffen Becker, Richland County’s Gavyn Cothern, and Cahokia’s Zion Taylor in 4A, East St. Louis teammates Charles Bass III and Keandre’ McClendon in 6A, along with Edwardsville’s Iose Epenesa, and Belleville East’s Jonathan Rulo in 8A were All-State selections as well.
Honorable mention selections include Althoff’s Charleston Coldon and Casey-Westfield’s Ryan Richards in 1A, Roxana’s Andruw Ellis and Robinson’s Reese Johnson in 3A, Cahokia’s Omar Mims, Waterloo’s Derez Sayles, and Richland County’s Casey Thomann in 4A, Triad’s Owen Lightner in 5A, East St. Louis’ Christopher Bennett Jr. in 6A and Collinsville’s Devn Habermehl.
Illinois High School Football Coaches Association
All-State
1A–Jason Dowell, Althoff DL/TE
Dierre Hill Jr, Althoff RB
Luke Karras, Casey-Westfield RB/LB
2A–Zain Al-Jassim, Chester QB
Evan Sanders, Johnston City DL/RB
3A–Samuel Kollbaum, Nashville RB
Ethan McCommons, Benton LB/OL/RB
4A–Tyjaire Kellum, Murphysboro RB
Preston Baker, Breese Central QB
Griffen Becker, Breese Central WR/DB
Gavyn Cothern, Richland Co. QB
Zion Taylor, Cahokia QB
5A–Xavier Koch, Centralia WR/DB
Owen Lee, Carbondale OL/DL
6A–Charles Bass III, East St. Louis DB
Keandre’ McClendon, East St. Louis DL
8A–Iose Epenesa, Edwardsville DL
Jonathan Rulo, Belleville East OL/DL
All-State Honorable Mention
1A–Charleston Coldon, Althoff WR/DB
Ryan Richards, Casey-Westfield WR
2A–Nolan Causey, Johnston City RB/DB
Kolton Jany, Chester RB/DL/LB
Noah Pollard, Carmi-White Co. RB
3A–Johnathan Brown, Du Quoin QB
Travion Johnson, West Frankfort RB/DB
Andrew Kinsman, Benton OL/DL
Andruw Ellis, Roxana RB/DB/P
Reese Johnson, Robinson QB/DB
4A–Omar Mims, Cahokia WR
Derez Sayles, Waterloo RB
Casey Thomann, Richland Co. OL
5A–Mike Brown, Centralia RB
Owen Lightner, Triad DL
6A–Christopher Bennett Jr., East St. Louis WR
7A–Devin Habermehl, Collinsville TE/LB
Complete All-State teams are located here.
