All South-East District Football

With Mid-Southeast squad Blooming Prairie and Southeast-White squad Caledonia playing in state title games, All-District football will be released incrementally, starting with the 9-Man All South-East team.   Houston, on the wings of its 7-4 Section Runner-Up season, gets a trio of A-D players in Alec Francis (6’0” 280 Sr. OL/DL), Mikkel Schutte (6’5” 170, Sr. QB/S), and Alex Van Gundy (6’1” 180, Sr. WR/CB).  Francis, Houston’s top lineman, moves up from being A-D HM last year.  Schutte made the most of his one full year at QB (80 of 134, 1,388 yards, 13 TDs, 4 INTs passing; 3 TDs rushing).  He added six defensive interceptions.  Van Gundy was one of the district’s top receivers (50-835, 6 TDs receiving; 44-270, 2 TDs rushing).  AVG averaged six catches and 110 yards his last seven games.  He added five interceptions.  Brothers Ben Walters (6’0” 200, Sr. RB/DB) and Wyatt Walters (6’0” 195, Sr. RB/LB) are A-D Honorable Mention.  Ben (111-848, 17 TDs rushing; 8-127, TD receiving) had team-high 18 total TDs.  Wyatt (168-1,049, 10 TDs rushing, 7-138, 3 TDs receiving) led the team with over 1,000 yards rushing.  Lanesboro also gets a trio of A-D picks, Trevor Atkinson (6’1” 240, Sr. OL/DL), Bodin Mayer (6’2” 220, Jr. RB/OL/DE), and Seth Semmen (6’1” 200, So. QB/S).  Atkinson was the Burros biggest guy in the trenches, one of just two senior two-way players.  Mayer was a blocking accomplice who also registered three sacks.  Semmen (55 for 132, 624 yards, 5 TDs, 8 INTs passing; 4 rushing TDs) accounted for 9 total TDs.  Nate Betz (5‘9“ 160, Sr. RB/DL) and Ben Snyder (6‘0“ 160, Jr. TE/DE) are A-D HM.  Betz was the other senior two-way player.  Snyder notably had four receiving TDs, four sacks, and two INTs.  Mabel-Canton gets one A-D pick, repeat selection Gavin Johnson (6’2” 190, Jr. RB/LB).  M-C’s workhorse (205-1,219 yards, 7 TDs rushing) topped 1,000 yards for a second straight season.  He had seven 100-yard games and amassed at least 15 carries each game while also leading the defense at MLB.  Randy Gerrard (5’10” 260, Jr. OL/DL) and Jack Arneson (5’9” 140, Jr. QB/DB) made A-D HM.  Kingsland gets one A-D pick in Lucas Howard (5’8” 155, Sr. RB/LB).  The senior had seven (four rush, three receiving) of Kingsland’s 18 TDs including a pair of multi-TD games.  Noah Watson (5’10” 225, Sr. RB/DT) and Ashton Kohn (5‘9“ 150, Sr. TE/LB) made A-D HM for the Knights.  MSE and Southeast-White teams will be released at a later date.