WEST BEND – The Homestead High School football team finished in first place in the North Shore Conference with a record of 7-0 and the Highlanders had 19 players selected all-conference.
Several athletes received recognition at a number of positions include Cory Steinmetz of Port Washington, Taylor Witty Milwaukee Lutheran, Will Hagerup Whitefish Bay, and Matt Stern from Homestead
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
Quarterback - Colin Smith Milwaukee Lutheran
Running Backs - Logan Lauters Cedarburg, Bryan Bronaugh Homestead, Brian Kroll Whitefish Bay
Wide Receivers - Garrett Wenzelburger Milwaukee Lutheran, Mike Collins Homestead
Tight End - Cory Steinmetz Port Washington
Offensive Linemen - Justin Barber Homestead, Bryan Keys Germantown, Jake Durham Cedarburg, Brodie Brown Homestead, Taylor Witty Milwaukee Lutheran
Kicker - Eric Kindler Germantown
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
Defensive Ends – John Laihinen Homestead, Cory Steinmetz Port Washington,
Defensive Linemen – Taylor Witty Milwaukee Lutheran, Tim Lux Port Washington, Eric Brown Germantown
Inside Linebackers – Lucas Speaker Homestead, Shane Kennedy Port Washington
Outside Linebackers – Jason Willms Homestead, Andrew Debbink Homestead
Defensive Back – Brian Kroll Whitefish Bay, Eric Poggenburg Cedarburg, Brad Pelisek Homestead
Punter – Will Hagerup Whitefish Bay
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
Quarterback – Chip Rank Cedarburg
Running Backer – Brandon Schweitzer Grafton, Faraji Starks Cedarburg, Mike Fischer Germantown
Wide Receiver – Coy Smith Homestead, Eric Poggenburg Cedarburg
Tight End – Jacob Richmond Germantown
Offensive Linemen – Taylor Hoff Whitefish Bay, Tim Lux Port Washington, Alex Neufuss Germantown, Kyle Hafemeister Cedarburg, Ethan Peck Nicolet
Kicker – Nick Boehnlein Cedarburg
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
Defensive Ends – Elric Erving Whitefish Bay, Adam Prom Port Washington
Defensive Linemen – Garrett Demuth Whitefish Bay, Ryan Greve Homestead, Jack Beck Whitefish Bay
Inside Linebackers – Faraji Starks Cedarburg, Victor Gottlieb Whitefish Bay
Outside Linebackers – Tyler Thicke Germantown, Rickard Belsky Milwaukee Lutheran
Defensive Backs – Cody Johnson Milwaukee Lutheran, Spenser Levine Homestead, Shane Wilson Nicolet
Punter – Eric Kindler Germantown
HONORABLE MENTION
Quarterback – Carl Erhke Whitefish Bay, Matt Stern Homestead
Running back – Shawn Brown Homestead
Wide receiver – Paul Davis Whitefish Bay, Matt Malkewski Grafton
Tight Ends – Clem Robinson Nicolet, Will Hagerup Whitefish Bay
Offensive Linemen – Andrew Gleason Milwaukee Lutheran, Mike Meer Homestead, Jake Borgardt Cedarburg, Joe Grams Grafton
Kicker – Will Hagerup Whitefish Bay, Matt Stern Homestead
Defensive Ends – David Galginaitis Germantown, Bryan Keys Germantown, Colt Leitner-Thompson Homestead
Defensive Linement – Donte’ Phillips Homestead, Kyle Hafemeister Cedarburg, Dan Tutino Whitefish Bay
Inside Linebackers – Mitch Kannenberg Germantown, Andrew Gleason Milwaukee Lutheran, Nick Scherzer Grafton
Outside Linebackers – Ryan Miller Nicolet, Ryan Hartwig Grafton, Joey Lucey Whitefish Bay, Tim Lux Port Washington, Olaf Jurenko Cedarburg, Jeff Cebe Whitefish Bay, Ryan Wischer Port Washington, Cody Furey Cedarburg
Defensive Backs – Ben Holcomb Germantown, Nick Boehnlein Cedarburg, Joey Schreiner Grafton, Joe Mcllree Port Washington, Jay Davel Port Washington
Punters – Brandon Schweitzer Grafton, Mike Collins Homestead