Local Class 1A District 6 Football Players Listed on IPSWA 2020 All-State Football Teams

The IPSWA announced their all-state teams which feature five Cobras and one Panther.

The first team for All-State Class 1A featured seniors Sam Sieren and Brady Duwa in addition to junior Zach Smithart. The second team featured Sigourney-Keota’s Wyatt Sieren as well as Pekin’s Cael Lyle. The third team has Cobra senior Brayden Moffit listed.

According to the IPSWA website:

Coaches participating included Lonnie Moore, Waterloo West; Rick Nelson, Ankeny High; Sam Anderson, Urbandale; Adam Goodvin, Marshalltown; Scott Carlson, Waukee; Gary Swenson, Valley West Des Moines; Derek Doherty, Fort Madison; Garrison Carter, ADM; Brian White, Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Gabriel Tardive, LeMars; Duane Schulte, Cedar Rapids Xavier; Josh Roberts, Keokuk; Scott Heitland, Dallas-Center Grimes; Cory Faust, Glenwood; Gabe Bakker, Clear Creek Amana; Logan Hansen, ADM; Mike Kauzlarich, Panorama; Eric Trudo, Van Meter; Bill Shafer, Central Springs; Greg Lee, East Marshall; Larry Allen, OABCIG; Chris Reinert, Alta Aurelia; Marty Wadle, Bishop Garrigan; Phil Witman, Mount Vernon; Jerry Alden, East Buchanan; Bill Byrnes, Lake Mills; Matt Straight, Logan-Magnolia; James Perez, West Fork; Duane Matthess, Nodaway Valley; Steve Milder, West Central; Shane Rowlands, Southeast Warren; Chad Edeker, WACO; Cody Hackett, West Marshall; Lucas Stanton, Solon; Mike McDermott, Atlantic; Grant Hegstad, MOC-Floyd Valley; Dustin Coit, Camanche; Justin Huber, Albia; Lance Pedersen, Mount Vernon; and Make Langenfeld, Tipton.

Sports writers participating included Tim O’Neill, Dubuque Telegraph Herald; KJ Pilcher, The Cedar Rapids Gazette; Jim Nelson, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier; Jim Johnson, Southeast Iowa Union; Matt Coss, Quad-City Times; Justin Rust, Sioux City Journal; Troy Banning, Webster City Freeman Journal; Colin Peters, Oskaloosa Herald; Tyler Hetu, Creston News Advertiser; Mike Oeffner, Harlan Newspapers; Dale Wegner, Sac Sun; Matt Gengler, Missouri Valley Times; Daryl Schepanski, Anamosa Journal-Eureka; Corey Meints, Iowa Falls Times Citizen; Kyle Ocker, Ottumwa Courier; Troy Hyde, Newton Daily News; Ross Thede, Marshalltown Times-Republican; Ryan Stonebraker, Tipton Conservative; Pete Temple, Monticello Express; Greg Grabianowski, Algona Publishing; Scott Spurgeon, Bloomfield Democrat; and Brian Rathjen, Atlantic News Telegraph.

The Iowa Print Sports Writers Association was founded in February 2018 to carry on the tradition of newspapers selecting all-state teams for Iowa high school sports.