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Coming off a 9-4 season and a run to the Class 4A substate playoff game, the Paola High School football team had 11 players earn a total of 17 selections on the Frontier League all-league football team.
Senior lineman Cale Karigan was a first-team selection on both sides of the football for the Panthers. 
Skylar Hawkins, a junior, was a first-team offensive selection at running back and kick return.
Paola had three second-team selections and 10 honorable mention selections on the all-league team.
“Our successes were made possible through the leadership and work ethic of our players,” Paola coach Michael Dumpert said. “Cale, Luke, Dan and Skylar represent and reflect those traits as well as being talented football players.
“To be recognized as an all Frontier League player is a fantastic honor,” Dumpert said. “Our league’s post season accomplishments year after year speak for itself.”
Karigan was a force on the offensive line for the Panthers, plowing holes for all-league backs Hawkins, Tyler Henness and Seth Kern.
Defensively, Karigan was a wall against the run and a tough pass rusher. He had 43 tackles on the season.
Hawkins led the Paola offense in attempts, yards and touchdowns. He carried the ball 275 times for 1,819 yards and 22 touchdowns. Hawkins was also a dangerous return man with the ability to return a kick or a punt every time.
Henness, a sophomore, had 176 carries for 981 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Kern, the Paola quarterback, ran the ball 142 times for 746 yards.
Luke Wilson was a second-team selection on the offensive line.
Linebacker Daniel Mawby and Hawkins, defensive back, earned second-team defensive selections.
Mawby had 64 tackles and caused one fumble. Hawkins made 43 tackles and recovered two fumbles.
Jesse Smail was an honorable mention all-league selection on the offensive and defensive lines. Smail had 31 tackles, including one for a loss.
Other offensive honorable mention selections for the Panthers were Spencer Trumbly, line; Kern, quarterback; Henness, running back; Mawby, running back; and kicker Nick Wilson.
Additional honorable mention defensive selections were Wilson, line; Brandon Goodman, linebacker; and Isaac Cotton, linebacker.
Goodman made 68 tackles on the season, including one for a loss of yardage. He caused two fumbles and had an interception.
Cotton had 54 tackles, with four for a loss of yardage. He had two quarterback sacks and one interception.
The Spring Hill Broncos had four all-league selections.
Jordan Miller was a second-team defensive selection at defensive back.
Miller had 38 tackles on the season. He had four interceptions, forced a fumble and had one defensive touchdown.
“He was a great athletic player who made a difference defensively when we put him in during week three of the season,” Spring Hill coach Anthony Orrick said.
Miller, a defensive back, was the Broncos’ fourth-leading tackler of the season.
Stewart Merritt was an honorable mention selection at defensive line.
Taylor Kettler earned honorable mention honors on the offensive line. Charlie Briggs was an honorable mention selection at running back.
All-Frontier League Football
OFFENSE
First team
Quarterbacks: Bubba Starling, Gardner; Evan Cleveland, Eudora
Running backs: Skylar Hawkins, Paola; Brett Jensen, Gardner
Wide receiver: Justice Berry, Gardner
Tight end: Alex Knorr, Gardner
Offensive line: Tyler Ewy, Louisburg; Ashton Dover, Louisburg; Jeremiah Reece, Gardner; Cameron McLain, Gardner; Cale Karrigan, Paola
Kicker: Chris Cook, Louisburg
Returners : Skylar Hawkins, Paola; Dylan Burford, De Soto
Second team
Quarterback: Drew Harding, Louisburg
Running backs: Gene Dydell, Ottawa; Garrett Griffin, Louisburg; Dylan Burford, De Soto
Wide receiver: Dustin Burnett, Ottawa
Tight end: Hawley Montgomery, Eudora
Offensive line: Ross Dvorak, Louisburg; Lucas Powell, Gardner; Luke Wilson, Paola; Colton Lynch, Eudora; Spencer Hawkins, Ottawa
Kicker: Matthew Jump, Eudora
Honorable mention
Quarterbacks: Corbin Goedert, Ottawa; Seth Kern, Paola
Running backs: Ryan Roberts, Louisburg; Charlie Briggs, Spring Hill; Tyler Henness, Paola; Dan Mawby, Paola; Boomer Mays, Eudora; Ryan Weber, Gardner
Wide receivers: Tyler Stubler, Gardner; Brian Katzfey, Eudora
Tight end : Zach Hildreth, Louisburg
Offensive line: Matt Schultz, Eudora; Jesse Smail, Paola; Spencer Trumbly, Paola; Caleb Molby, Eudora; Robert Retzer, Ottawa; Lyle Logan, De Soto; Daniel Davis, De Soto, Taylor Kettler, Spring Hill; Kody Darrington, Louisburg; Alex Unruh, Louisburg.
DEFENSE
First team
Defensive line: Tyler Ewy, Louisburg; Kyle Pacheco, Gardner; Daniel Mauszycki, Gardner; Cale Karrigan, Paola
Linebackers: Trevor Haeberle, Louisburg; Garrett Griffin, Louisburg; Boomer Mays, Eudora; Jeremy McLennan, Gardner
Defensive backs: Clayton Houchen, Louisburg; Corbin Goedert, Ottawa; Blake Firestone, Ottawa; Christian Richardson, Eudora, Kyle Wait, Gardner
Specialists: Cole Davis, Louisburg; Allen Pheiffer, Gardner
Punter: Connor Goedert, Ottawa
Second team
Defensive line: Allen Pheiffer, Gardner; Ashton Dover, Louisburg; Spencer Hawkins, Ottawa, Daniel Davis, De Soto
Linebackers: Dan Mawby, Paola; Logan Clark, De Soto; Alex Gentges, Louisburg, Brent Bovitz, Gardner
Defensive backs: Skylar Hawkins, Paola; Dylan Burford, De Soto; Drew Harding, Louisburg; Brian Katzfey, Eudora; Jordan Miller, Spring Hill
Honorable mention
Defensive line: Hawley Montgomery, Eudora; Alex Whitten, Eudora; Jesse Smail, Paola; Devon Barry, Gardner; Nathan Phillips, Louisburg; Michael Powers, Louisburg; Luke Wilson, Paola; James Peoples, Ottawa; Stewart Merritt, Spring Hill; Lyle Logan, De Soto; Joseph Seidl, De Soto
Linebackers: Caleb Molby, Eudora; Levi Daniels, Ottawa; Jordan Osladil, Ottawa; Brandon Goodman, Paola; Isaac Cotton, Paola; Jon Hastings, De Soto; Gabe Hamilton, De Soto
Defensive backs: Chris Cook, Louisburg; Jason Sattler, Louisburg, Ryan Newhouse, Gardner; Dustin Burnett, Ottawa; Jeff Bowen, De Soto; Evan Cleveland, Eudora; Zach Watrous, Gardner
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