While one area team, Windsor, entered this week still alive in the high school football playoffs, numerous local athletes that are now playing at the next level found themselves celebrating notable accomplishments of their own on the football field.
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference released its all-conference football teams a week ago. Numerous former local prep stars made the cut.
Chadron (Nebraska) State College senior defensive tackle Tanner True earned a spot on the defensive first team. He had 37 total tackles, including 15 solo, 2.5 sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss.
True is a 2021 Eaton High School graduate. Chadron State went 8-4 this past season and qualified for the NCAA Division II Football Championships playoffs.
Tanner’s younger brother, Ryder True — a 2023 Eaton graduate — earned a spot on the defensive second team. He’s a sophomore defensive end for Chadron State.
EATON, CO - JUNE 14:Eaton’s Ryder True stands for a portrait at Eaton High School in Eaton June 14, 2022. True was the Greeley Tribune’s Boys Athlete of the Year for 2022. (Alex McIntyre/Greeley Tribune file photo)He had 53 total tackles, including 16 solo, 4.5 sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss, for the Eagles.
Chadron State junior inside linebacker Cooper Walton — who is a 2022 Roosevelt graduate — was named to the defensive second team. Walton was the Eagles’ second leading tackler with 83 tackles, including 40 solo, nine tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks.
Western State junior wide receiver Caden Measner — who is a 2021 University High School graduate — was named to the offensive second-team.
Measner leads the Mountaineers in receiving with 702 yard and eight touchdowns on 53 catches in 11 games. Western State were 10-2 heading into the Division II playoffs second round game at home against the University of Texas Permian Basin on Saturday.
A week ago, the Mountaineers defeated Central Washington 27-20 in the first round of the playoffs.
GREELEY, CO - OCTOBER 22:University's Caden Measner (5) tries to stiff-arm the Severance defense during the Severance Silver Knights game against the University Bulldogs at Tom Roche Field at University High School in Greeley Oct. 22, 2020. The Bulldogs took down the Silver Knights 26-14. (Alex McIntyre/Greeley Tribune file photo)High rollers
The winter high school sports season may be getting underway, but fall athletes haven’t completely surrendered the spotlight quite yet.
Justifiably so.
All but one fall sport — football — has concluded, and most postseason all-state honors have been dished out by the Colorado High School Activities Association.
The latest of which, unified bowling, saw multiple local athletes earn noteworthy accolades.
Fort Lupton junior Trenton Hernandez and his freshman teammate Landon Kokoszka earned spots on the all-state team after leading the Bluedevils to a fourth-place finish at the state championships Nov. 21 at Lucky Strike in Lone Tree.
Northridge, the state champion a year ago, finished seventh at state, and seniors Annabelle Cox and Ethan Wahlmeier were named to the all-state team.
Windsor junior Erik Andersen and freshman Lola Stephens also were named to the all-state team, as the Wizards placed eighth at state.
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