Great Bend High School’s football team, which finished in a three-way tie for the Western Athletic Conference championship with Hays and Garden City with 3-1 records, placed several Panthers on the All-WAC team.
Selections were made in a vote by league coaches.
The Panthers landed five players on the first team, including senior offensive linemen Tyler Uselton and Jacob Graham. Other first-team picks include senior linebacker Jeremy Sigler, sophomore defensive back Chris Burley and defensive lineman John Verbeck.
Seven Panthers were honorable mention selections, including three seniors: defensive back Connor Sell, wide receiver Mauricio Uribe and quarterback Mitch Kottas. Four Great Bend juniors were also selected, including defensive back Brock Ibarra, defensive end Chad Touslee, linebacker Matt Marshall and running back Josh Lopez.
The Panthers finished the season with a 4-4 record.
Uselton and Graham were pillars on an offensive line that featured a grind-it-out running game and big plays in the Panthers’ passing game.
Sigler was the WAC’s second-leading tackler with 84 tackles, two less than Dodge City’s Todd Middleton (86). Burley finished in a two-way tie for 10th place in the conference with 61 tackles, and Verbeck helped spearhead the Panthers’ defensive front.
Kottas had a WAC-leading 12 touchdown passes while throwing for nearly 1,000 yards, ending up with 956, third in the conference.
Lopez had a team-best 709 rushing yards, fourth in the conference, and totaled nine rushing touchdowns, also fourth in the WAC.
Uribe ranked second in the conference with five touchdown receptions and finished with a team-leading 313 receiving yards.
2011 WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
ALL CONFERENCE FOOTBALL
FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
NAME Position YR High School
Tyler Uselton OL 12 Great Bend
Marcos Gutierres OL 12 Dodge City
Brandon Weigel OL 12 Hays
Zack Stout OL 12 Liberal
Jacob Graham OL 12 Great Bend
Trey Hallman WR 12 Dodge City
Gerardo Holgein WR 12 Garden City
Mark Mathis RB 12 Hays
Parker Davis RB 11 Dodge City
David Cardinal RB 11 Hays
Jake Curran QB 12 Garden City
Damian Salem P/K 12 Dodge City
DEFENSE
Gabe Luna DL 12 Garden City
Cade Sharp DL 11 Hays
John Verbeck DL 12 Great Bend
Zach Binder DL 12 Hays
Jeremy Sigler LB 12 Great Bend
Kyler Myers LB 11 Hays
Todd Middleton LB 12 Dodge City
Brady Bean DB 11 Garden City
Chris Burley DB 11 Great Bend
Asa Gottsponer DB 12 Garden City
Steven Fowler DB 12 Garden City
Michael Sena DB 12 Liberal
Player of the Year
David Cardinal RB 11 Hays
Coach of the Year
Brian Hill Garden City
HONORABLE MENTION
NAME Year High School
Bram Abbott 12 Liberal
Jesus Esparza 12 Liberal
Zach Berenz 12 Liberal
Gabe Beltman 12 Liberal
Brad Denton 12 Liberal
Jesse Quintaro 12 Liberal
Britton Abbott 10 Liberal
Michael Begley 11 Liberal
Trent Hammond 10 Liberal
Josh Rounkles 12 Hays
Luke Madden 12 Hays
Chandler Rule 11 Hays
Adam Deterding 11 Hays
Jake Sedbrook 11 Hays
Austin Unrein 12 Hays
Dylan Scoby 12 Hays
Isaiah Bradshaw 12 Dodge City
Taylor Murphy 11 Dodge City
Matt Schneweis 12 Dodge City
Dakota Duckett 11 Dodge City
Jordan Doan 11 Dodge City
Rodney Rojas 12 Dodge City
Tim Spencer 12 Dodge City
Connor Sell 12 Great Bend
Brock Ibarra 11 Great Bend
Chad Touslee 11 Great Bend
Matt Marshall 11 Great Bend
Mauricio Uribe 12 Great Bend
Mitch Kottas 12 Great Bend
Josh Lopez 11 Great Bend
Taylor Foley 11 Garden City
John Heiman 12 Garden City
Antonio Rubio 12 Garden City
Zach Lamb 12 Garden City
Andres Rivas 11 Garden City
Jayden Delarosa 12 Garden City
Miguel Andrade 12 Garden City
Selections were made in a vote by WAC coaches
