All-NLC Football Team Named

The 2000 All Northern Lakes Conference football team has been announced, and 11 local gridsters made the first team.

After winning the conference crown with a 6-0 record, Warsaw put five players on the first-team - Caleb Churchill, Jarod Leasure, Brad Seiss, Kris Hueber and Greg Scalet. NorthWood, who finished second in the conference with a 5-1 record, led the NLC with six first-team selections - Randy Lehman, Willy Will, Mike Blosser, Jeff Baumgartner, Josh Cook and Josh Snyder.

Warsaw also had four at-large selections and one honorable mention, while NorthWood had one at-large selection and two honorable mention selections. Wawasee had five names on the honorable mention list.

Warsaw's Phil Jensen was named Coach of the Year.

2000 ALL-NLC FOOTBALL TEAM

FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE

Linemen - Caleb Churchill (Warsaw), Jarod Leasure (Warsaw), Randy Lehman (NorthWood), Nick Sommers (Plymouth), Ryan Eaton (Northridge)

Tight end - Jeff Stetler (Plymouth)

Receivers - Brad Seiss (Warsaw), Micah Staley (Concord)

Quarterback - Mike Blosser (NorthWood)

At-large offense - Charley Craig (Plymouth), Jesse Fink (NorthWood), Nick Perkins (Warsaw), Tom Mikel (Goshen), Jared Scrafton (Warsaw)

FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE

Linemen - Art Lawrence (Plymouth), Jeff Baumgartner (NorthWood), Greg Scalet (Warsaw), Bryan Kelly (Concord)

Linebackers - Kris Hueber (Warsaw), Josh Cook (NorthWood), Eric Wolfe (Goshen), Josh Barton (Goshen)

Defensive backs - Josh Snyder (NorthWood), Kyle Davis (Plymouth), Jeremy Lugbill (Concord)

At-large Defense - Josh Buck (Warsaw), Morgan Young (Goshen), Anthony Olivarez (Plymouth), Ryan Brennan (Warsaw), Ian Nelson (Concord)

Honorable Mention - Chris Harrell (Northridge), Chris Clay (Warsaw), Zach Scott (Plymouth), Neil Widmer (NorthWood), David Stump (Goshen), Travis Klenke (Wawasee), Brent Doty (Wawasee), Tim Kidder (Northridge), Brian Rhodes (Northridge), Bobby Likens (Wawasee), Jimmy Meyer (Wawasee), Kevin Russell (Goshen), Clyde Stickler (Goshen), Mark Cross (Concord), Luke Speakman (Wawasee), Noah Hoopingarner (Northridge)

Coach of the Year - Phil Jensen (Warsaw)

Team NLC Record Trophy points

Warsaw 6-0 14

NorthWood 5-1 12

Goshen 4-2 10

Plymouth 3-3 8

Concord 2-4 6

Wawasee 1-5 4

Northridge 0-6 2