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As selected by 441 fans, the Southridge Raiders headlined AlmanacSports.com's seventh annual Southwestern Indiana Fans Choice All-Area Football Team with six selections, including player and coach of the year.
Player of the Year: Reid Schroeder (Southridge)
Schroeder, who has already received several accolades, including being named All-State, selected as MVP on the All-PAC Small School team and included on the Courier & Press's All-Southwestern Indiana team, can add Player of the Year, too. He finished with 1,402 career rushing yards and 30 touchdowns. And while his days on the gridiron may be over, he'll be wrestling for Army at the college level. It was a tighter race than usual, but the running back received over 30% of the vote and becomes the first Raider in the seven-year history of the Fans Choice team to receive the honor.
Coach of the Year: Scott Buening (Southridge)
Buening was voted coach of the year for a record-setting third time in the past six years. The Raiders head coach received 37% of the vote after leading his team to the Regional Championship.
Offensive Team
- Quarterback: Mason Wunderlich (Mater Dei)
- Running backs: Chase Jones (Tecumseh)
- Running backs: Reid Schroeder (Southridge)
- Wide receivers: Weston Aigner (Castle)
- Wide receivers: Sean DeLong (Gibson Southern)
- Tight end: Carter Harris (Southridge)
- Offensive linemen: Jacob Bales (Gibson Southern)
- Offensive linemen: Timothy Dixon (North)
- Offensive linemen: Luke Meyer (Southridge)
- Offensive linemen: Harlen Summers (Reitz)
- Center: Cody Wells (Mater Dei)
- Kicker: Seth Deom (Heritage Hills)
Defensive Team
- Defensive linemen: Yamil Arroyo (Southridge)
- Defensive linemen: Brody Klem (Gibson Southern)
- Defensive linemen: Stihl Scott (Boonville)
- Defensive linemen: Tye Whitledge (Gibson Southern)
- Linebackers: Braydon Durham (Heritage Hills)
- Linebackers: Caleb Kramer (Southridge)
- Linebackers: John Purdy (Castle)
- Linebackers: Carter Wolfe (Boonville)
- Defensive backs: Clay Conner (Boonville)
- Defensive backs: Drew Dupont (Tecumseh)
- Defensive backs: Roland Vera Jr. (Reitz)
- Punter: Cade Bayer (Forest Park)
Number of players by team:
Here is the breakdown on the voting:
Player of the Year
134 - Reid Schroeder (Southridge)
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68 - Mason Wunderlich (Mater Dei)
64 - John Purdy (Castle)
52 - Clay Conner (Boonville)
50 - Chase Jones (Tecumseh)
49 - Roland Vera Jr. (Reitz)
24 - OTHERS
Coach of the Year
164 - Scott Buening (Southridge)
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135 - Mike Goebel (Mater Dei)
66 - Bret Szabo (Tecumseh)
61 - Cory Brunson (Reitz)
15 - OTHERS
Quarterback (1)
150 - Mason Wunderlich (Mater Dei)
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134 - Tanner Boyd (Gibson Southern)
60 - Liam Stone (North Posey)
35 - Matthew Fisher (Memorial)
32 - Xander Hunt (Vincennes Lincoln)
16 - OTHERS
14 - Hudson Allen (Southridge)
Running back (2)
168 - Reid Schroeder (Southridge)
113 - Chase Jones (Tecumseh)
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79 - Reece Wilder (Boonville)
73 - Devan Roberts (Gibson Southern)
61 - Jonas Burnett (Reitz)
57 - Joey Pierre (Mater Dei)
52 - Antonio Harris (Castle)
51 - Angelo St. Louis (North)
36 - Jed Galvin (North Posey)
36 - Sawyer Guillaume (Perry Central)
13 - OTHERS
Wide receivers (3)
169 - Carter Harris (Southridge)
160 - Sean DeLong (Gibson Southern)
135 - Weston Aigner (Castle)
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133 - Marques Ballard (Boonville)
128 - Hayden Summers (Reitz)
98 - Xavier Thomas (Reitz)
77 - Jackson Graff (North Posey)
70 - Leo Collins (Memorial)
61 - Caleb Ellspermann (Memorial)
13 - OTHERS
Offensive linemen (5)
239 - Luke Meyer (Southridge)
203 - Jacob Bales (Gibson Southern)
172 - Cody Wells (Mater Dei)
165 - Timothy Dixon (North)
164 - Harlen Summers (Reitz)
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160 - Reid Jochem (Forest Park)
143 - Edward Hartig (Memorial)
127 - Austin Vanover (Mater Dei)
106 - Jack Cassidy (Memorial)
104 - Daniel Nash (Vincennes Lincoln)
24 - OTHERS
Kicker (1)
154 - Seth Deom (Heritage Hills)
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132 - Reece Wolf (Forest Park)
128 - Tyler Sitzman (Mater Dei)
17 - OTHERS
10 - Keifer Sanderson (Reitz)
Defensive linemen (4)
212 - Yamil Arroyo (Southridge)
191 - Brody Klem (Gibson Southern)
170 - Stihl Scott (Boonville)
156 - Tye Whitledge (Gibson Southern)
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140 - Kelton Farmer (Memorial)
135 - Levi Oxley (Reitz)
130 - Calab Utley (Reitz)
90 - Kaleb Harris (North)
86 - Cale Johnson (North)
77 - Jayden Hazelwood (North)
16 - OTHERS
Linebackers (4)
226 - Caleb Kramer (Southridge)
225 - John Purdy (Castle)
183 - Braydon Durham (Heritage Hills)
166 - Carter Wolfe (Boonville)
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146 - Luke Foster (Gibson Southern)
141 - Mitch Adler (Mater Dei)
117 - Spencer Turner (Mater Dei)
88 - Alex Broshears (Memorial)
88 - Carac Johnson (Memorial)
15 - OTHERS
Defensive backs (3)
185 - Clay Conner (Boonville)
163 - Roland Vera Jr. (Reitz)
161 - Drew Dupont (Tecumseh)
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150 - Brenden Chew (Heritage Hills)
142 - Cooper Aigner (Boonville)
107 - Bralen Bair (Jasper)
89 - Wyatt Stratman (Mater Dei)
84 - J'Khari Phifer (Reitz)
83 - Ayden Salpietra (Castle)
56 - Jackson Draper (Memorial)
49 - Austin Webster (North Daviess)
46 - Asher Horn (Harrison)
43 - Caleb Bottum (North Knox)
33 - DeJuan Gillis (Vincennes Lincoln)
21 - OTHERS
Punter (1)
141 - Cade Bayer (Forest Park)
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118 - Charlie Kabrick (Jasper)
102 - Brayden Bishop (Castle)
65 - Hayden Gilmore (Princeton)
15 - OTHERS
Tidbits:
- North's Timothy Dixon and Castle's John Purdy repeated as members of the team. Dixon was an offensive lineman and Purdy was a linebacker in 2021 and 2022.
- Forst Park earned a spot on the all-area team for the first time since voting started in 2016.
- Fans have yet to include players on nine teams in Southwestern Indiana (North Daviess, North Knox, Perry Central, Pike Central, Princeton, South Spencer, Tell City, Vincennes Lincoln & Washington).
- This is the third time that the player and coach of the year were from the same school. The prior two were Memorial in 2019 (coach John Hurley and defensive lineman Brock Combs) and in 2021 for Gibson Southern (coach Nick Hart & quarterback Brady Allen).
Historical info since fans choice team started in 2016
Players & coaches who have qualified multiple years:
3 - Brady Allen (Gibson Southern), 2019-21
3 - Scott Buening (Southridge), 2017, 2020 & 2022
3 - Branson Combs (Memorial), 2015-17
2 - Jacob Boberg (Central), 2018 & 2020
2 - Will Brackett (Memorial), 2018-19
2 - Kenny Butler (Castle), 2019-20
2 - Cole Calvert (Southridge), 2017 & 2019
2 - Brock Combs (Memorial), 2018-19
2 - Joey Diekman (Reitz), 2016-17
2 - Isaiah Dunham (Reitz), 2016-17
2 - Teorien (Tory) Evans (Central), 2019-20
2 - Tre'jon Evans (Central), 2016 & 2019
2 - Max Goodwin (Memorial), 2017-18
2 - Drew Hart (Memorial), 2016-17
2 - Aidan Jochem (Southridge), 2020-21
2 - Austin Jones (Memorial), 2018-19
2 - Michael Lindauer (Memorial), 2017-18
2 - Eli McDurmon (Mater Dei), 2020-21
2 - Keioni McGuire (Memorial), 2017-18
2 - Jarrett Naas (Reitz), 2016 & 2018
2 - Steven Pritchett (Central), 2020-21
2 - Evan Reff (Castle), 2020-21
2 - Isaac Sellers (Gibson Southern), 2016-17
2 - Niles Sutton (Castle), 2019-20
2 - Miguel Turnbaugh (Memorial), 2017-18
2 - Drew Weinzapfel (Memorial), 2020-21
All-time number of players & coaches by team (2016-present):
- 32 - Memorial
- 26 - Southridge
- 24 - Gibson Southern
- 21 - Central
- 15 - Castle
- 15 - Mater Dei
- 15 - Reitz
- 7 - Heritage Hills
- 6 - Boonville
- 6 - North
- 2 - Harrison
- 1 - Bosse
- 1 - Forest Park
- 1 - Jasper
- 1 - Mount Vernon
- 1 - North Posey
To be eligible, a player must have been named to one of the local all-star teams and play for a team in Southwestern Indiana (Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh & Warrick counties). Generally, a player must have been named on more than one all-star team to be a finalist, but write-in votes were also accepted.
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Dan Engler
