By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Twelve Rossville and Silver Lake football standouts have received All-Big East football recognition for the 2024 season, including four first-team selections.
Silver Lake junior Dayne Johnson earned All-Big East first-team honors on both offense and defense for the 7-3 Eagles. [File photo/TSN]
Rossville senior Tayson Horak, who has helped lead the Bulldawgs to the Class 1A sub-state round, earned All-Big East first-team honors as an all-purpose pick. [File photo/TSN]
Silver Lake junior Dayne Johnson received first-team honors at both wide receiver and defensive back while senior Braden Strausbaugh was a first-team pick as an offensive lineman and defensive end/outside linebacker for the 7-3 Eagles.
Rossville, which will play in a Class 1A sub-state game Friday at Centralia, is represented on the All-Big East first team by senior defensive lineman Leo Wehrli and senior all-purpose pick Tayson Horak. The Bulldawgs are 8-3 with eight straight wins entering Friday night's playoff game.
Silver Lake senior quarterback Dysen Schooler and senior defensive back Logan Cathcart were second-team all-league picks along with Rossville senior defensive end/outside linebacker Will Koch and senior linebacker Brock Bush.
Rossville juniors Jack Donovan and Conner Bush both received honorable mention as did Horak as a returner in addition to his first-team selection on offense, while Silver Lake senior Trent Rollenhagen and junior Grady Bergmann also received honorable mention.
2024 ALL-BIG EAST FOOTBALL TEAM
| Offense | |||||
| Name | School | Grade | |||
| Quarterback | Carter Hajek | Nemaha Central | Junior | 1st Team | |
| Dysen Schooler | Silver Lake | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Eli Harmison | Riley County | Senior | HM | ||
| Brady Hurla | St. Marys | Senior | HM | ||
| Bodie Dillion | Holton | Senior | HM | ||
| Running Back | Sam Allen | Riley County | Senior | 1st Team | |
| Korleone Holz | St. Marys | Junior | 1st Team | ||
| Kyler Jackson | Holton | Senior | 1st Team | ||
| Jaxson Stevens | Royal Valley | Senior | 1st Team | ||
| Tristan Gorden | Perry-Lecompton | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Landon Meyer | Sabetha | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Wide Receiver | Dayne Johnson | Silver Lake | Junior | 1st Team | |
| Eli Dean | Perry-Lecompton | Senior | 1st Team | ||
| Caleb Strathman | Nemaha Central | Junior | 2nd Team | ||
| Jace Woodard | Riley County | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Drew Beilman | Jeff West | Senior | HM | ||
| Tucker Holthaus | Jeff West | Senior | HM | ||
| Jack Donovan | Rossville | Junior | HM | ||
| Tight End | Howie Rezac | St. Marys | Senior | 1st Team | |
| Brett Hopper | Riley County | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Chance Gray | Perry-Lecompton | Junior | HM | ||
| Trent Rollenhagen | Silver Lake | Senior | HM | ||
| Offensive Line | Reese Gerety | Nemaha Cental | Senior | 1st Team | |
| Abram Keim | Nemaha Cental | Senior | 1st Team | ||
| Robert Griffith Jr | Royal Valley | Senior | 1st Team | ||
| Dalton Schlief | St. Marys | Senior | 1st Team | ||
| Braden Strausbaugh | Silver Lake | Senior | 1st Team | ||
| Caleb McCrory | Holton | Junior | 2nd Team | ||
| Cooper Trendel | Perry-Lecompton | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Martin Loeker | Riley County | Junior | 2nd Team | ||
| Luke Renyer | Sabetha | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Derek Wahwasuck | Sabetha | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Jerek Shoemaker | Hiawatha | Freshman | HM | ||
| Gavin Tanner | Jeff West | Junior | HM | ||
| Daniel Childress | Nemaha Cental | Junior | HM | ||
| Mason Pahmahmie | Royal Valley | Junior | HM | ||
| DEFENSE | |||||
| Defensive Line | Hendryx Wahl | Nemaha Cental | Junior | 1st Team | |
| Leo Wehrli | Rossville | Senior | 1st Team | ||
| Holden Edelman | Sabetha | Sophomore | 1st Team | ||
| Kodyn Moylan | St. Marys | Senior | 1st Team | ||
| Owen Clayton | Holton | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Cameron Powell | Perry-Lecompton | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Josh Rodewald | Royal Valley | Sophomore | 2nd Team | ||
| Mason Erwin | Royal Valley | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Caleb McCrory | Holton | Junior | HM | ||
| Daniel Childress | Nemaha Cental | Junior | HM | ||
| DE/OLB | Jack Macke | Nemaha Central | Junior | 1st Team | |
| Sam Allen | Riley County | Senior | 1st Team | ||
| Braden Strausbaugh | Silver Lake | Senior | 1st Team | ||
| Will Koch | Rossville | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Paxton Henery | Royal Valley | Junior | 2nd Team | ||
| Caige Starnes | Perry-Lecompton | Senior | HM | ||
| Micah Lang | Sabetha | Sophomore | HM | ||
| Linebacker | Howie Rezac | St. Marys | Senior | 1st Team | |
| Abram Keim | Nemaha Central | Senior | 1st Team | ||
| Koltyn Kaniper | Perry-Lecompton | Senior | 1st Team | ||
| Cael Frazier | Holton | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Brock Bush | Rossville | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Osiris Unruh | Jeff West | Junior | HM | ||
| Sam Nordhus | Nemaha Central | Senior | HM | ||
| Rielyn Woodward | Riley County | Junior | HM | ||
| Andre Johnson | Rossville | Junior | HM | ||
| Khye Menold | Sabetha | Senior | HM | ||
| Punter | Connor Kettler | Hiawatha | Senior | 1st Team | |
| Ronnie Baker | Perry-Lecompton | Junior | 2nd Team | ||
| Sam Allen | Riley County | Senior | HM | ||
| Kicker | Jayton Meyer | Sabetha | Sophomore | 1st Team | |
| Levi Thomas | Nemaha Central | Sophomore | 2nd Team | ||
| Corbin Mayer | Jeff West | Sophomore | HM | ||
| Defensive Back | Bodie Dillion | Holton | Senior | 1st Team | |
| Carter Hajek | Nemaha Central | Junior | 1st Team | ||
| Brody Deters | Sabetha | Senior | 1st Team | ||
| Dayne Johnson | Silver Lake | Junior | 1st Team | ||
| Eli Harmison | Riley County | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Nolan Bausch | Royal Valley | Junior | 2nd Team | ||
| Lane Smith | St. Marys | Junior | 2nd Team | ||
| Logan Cathcart | Silver Lake | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Michael Jensen | Hiawatha | Junior | HM | ||
| Kyler Jackson | Holton | Senior | HM | ||
| Tucker Holthaus | Jeff West | Senior | HM | ||
| Caleb Strathman | Nemaha Central | Junior | HM | ||
| Conner Bush | Rossville | Junior | HM | ||
| Griffin Cumpton | Royal Valley | Junior | HM | ||
| Kyler Wenger | Sabetha | Senior | HM | ||
| Killian McCann | St. Marys | Junior | HM | ||
| Grady Bergmann | Silver Lake | Junior | HM | ||
| All Purpose | Tayson Horak | Rossville | Senior | 1st Team | |
| Caleb Strathman | Nemaha Central | Junior | 2nd Team | ||
| Bronzen Rush | Perry-Lecompton | Senior | HM | ||
| Cole Menold | Sabetha | Junior | HM | ||
| Return Specialist | Ethan Morton | Hiawatha | Junior | 1st Team | |
| Eli Dean | Perry-Lecompton | Senior | 2nd Team | ||
| Tayson Horak | Rossville | Senior | HM | ||
