Hartington-Newcastle Wildcats pick up post-season honors
HARTINGTON — The Hartington- Newcastle Wildcats are getting some post-season love for their gridiron efforts this season.
Four of Coach Corey Uldrich’s Wildcats were named to the D2-3 All District First Team. Shaye Morten, Jake Peitz and Kobe Heitman made the First Team honor squad on offense, while Dylan Dendinger earned the honors for his play in the defensive line.
Four other Wildcat players picked up All District Honorable Mention status. They are: Carson Sudbeck, Matthew Meisenheimer, Sam Harms and Teagan Scoggan.
Three Wynot Blue Devils — Anthony Haberman, Garrett Lange and Peyton Wieseler — were also named to the First Team. Cody Osbahr and Hunter Heimes earned Honorable Mention honors for Wynot.
The Wildcats were led this season by Shaye Morten who accomplished a rare feat. He rushed for over 1,000 yards, churning out 1001 on 147 carries and threw for 1,388 more, connecting on 91- 183 passes.
He also threw for 28 touchdowns this year and ran the ball in himself for 14 more.
Peitz led the team in receiving, hauling in 33 passes for 550 yards. Harms was second on the team in receiving, hauling in 27 for 413 yards.
Dendinger recorded 78 stops, including a team-high 16.5 tackles for loss this season.
D2-3 All District First Team
Offense
Daniel Bruegman 12 Bloomfield
Josh Olesen 10 Allen
Anthony Haberman 12 Wynot
Jake Peitz 10 Hartington-New
Braden Eisenhauer 12 Bloomfield
Shaye Morten 12 Hartington-New
Justin Haselhorst 11 Randolph
Ethan Baue 12 Wausa
Kobe Heitman 11 Hartington-New
Honorable Mention
Steven Sullivan 11 Allen
Steven Sullivan 12 Allen
Noah Carr 12 Allen
Logan Johnson 12 Bloomfield
Dalton Gieselman10 Bloomfield
Cody Bruegman 10 Bloomfield
Ian Kuchar 9 Bloomfield
Ethan Olson 12 Randolph
Carson Sudbeck 10 Hartington-Newcastle
M Meisenheimer 12 Hartington-Newcastle
Sam Harms 12 Hartington-Newcastle
Teagan Scoggan 10 Hartington-Newcastle
Steel Claussen 11 Wausa
Cody Osbahr 12 Wynot
Hunter Heimes 12 Wynot
Defense
Gabe Lauck 11 Bloomfield
Dylan Dendinger 12 Hartington-New
Garrett Lange 11 Wynot
Payton Wieseler 11 Wynot
Brogan Jones 12 Allen
Anthony Isom 11 Allen
Tyson Sauser 11 Bloomfield
Carson Barney 11 Wausa
Carter Schnoor 12 Randolph
Dade Davis 12 Bloomfield
Koby Kumm 11 Allen