Milan's Joe Dunn named to AP Division 3-4 All-State football team
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EAST LANSING (AP) -- Senior Joe Dunn was Mr. Everything for the Milan High School football team this football season. Dunn was the Big Reds’ leading rusher on offense and the leading tackler on defense, but it is his work as a punter that earned him a spot on the Associated Press Division 3-4 All-State first-team.
During the regular season, Dunn (6-foot, 216 pounds) punted 28 times for an average of 44.5 yards, including eight punts over 50 yards and a long of 59. He had 18 punts downed inside the 20-yard-line. The team’s leading rusher with 759 yards on 110 attempts, Dunn was especially effective in fakes, converting 4-of-5 attempts for first downs.
Dunn also had 18 receptions for 281 yards receiving and over 100 tackles on defense.
Ypsilanti High School senior linebacker Marquez Gollman and Chelsea High School senior receiver Mason Borders were both honorable mention, meaning they garnered one or no votes from the 11-member panel of sportswriters from across the state.
Gollman (5-11, 173) led the Phoenix with 97 tackles (76 solo), 11 sacks and two interceptions this season. Borders (6-4, 175) had 32 receptions for 755 yards and eight touchdowns.
East Grand Rapids High School quarterback Ryan Elble is the AP’s Division 3-4 Player of Year.
Elble threw 156 passes this season without an interception before finally being picked off in the 12th game. He has completed 111-of-162 attempts for 1,622 and 28 touchdowns.
East Grand Rapids is 27-0 with Elble as the starter, winning the Division 3 state championship in 2009. East Grand Rapids will play Orchard Lake St. Mary’s on Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit in the Division 3 state championship game.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR Ryan Elble, East Grand Rapids, 6-0, 190, Sr.
QUARTERBACKS Caleb Higbie, DeWitt, 5-11, 185, Sr. Ryan Elble, East Grand Rapids, 6-0, 190, Sr.
RUNNING BACKS Alex Horton, Mount Pleasant, 5-10, 190, Sr. Anthony Garland, Ferndale, 6-1, 212, Sr. Jodeci Mays, Carleton-Airport, 5-9, 175, Sr. Brandon Hall, Muskegon Orchard View, 5-8, 215, Jr. Brad Horling, Zeeland East, 6-1, 200, Sr.
RECEIVERS Courtney Williams, Melvindale, 6-3, 225, Sr. Ray Tillman, Auburn Hills Avondale, 6-1, 187, Sr. Matt Macksood, Lansing Catholic, 6-0, 170, Jr.
LINEMEN Jim Joski, Kingsford, 6-2, 250, Sr. Anthony Zettel, Ogemaw Heights, 6-5, 255, Sr. Tyler Lemke, Mount Pleasant, 6-4, 235, Sr. Kelby Latta, Battle Creek Harper Creek, 6-4, 290, Jr. Eric Crume, Detroit Central, 6-2, 320, Sr. David Brown, Detroit Country Day, 6-0, 245, Sr. Brad Bosman, Riverview, 6-2, 210, Sr. DaMarco Bisbee, Lansing Sexton, 6-4, 295, Sr.
LINEBACKERS Colin Wilson, St. Johns, 5-11, 195, Sr. Trent Voss, East Grand Rapids, 6-3, 215, Sr. Jacob Detamore, Marine City, 6-0, 195, Sr. Lawrence Thomas, Detroit Renaissance, 6-4, 245, Sr.
DEFENSIVE BACKS Raymon Taylor, Highland Park, 5-10, 185, Sr. Ashton Gaines, Detroit Crockett, 5-11, 180, Sr. Greg Scott, Lansing Sexton, 5-9, 170, Sr.
ALL-PURPOSE Anthony Scarcelli, Marine City, 6-0, 177, Jr.
KICKER Mike Stepanek, Hudsonville Unity Christian, 6-5, 220, Sr.
PUNTER Joe Dunn, Milan, 6-0, 216, Sr.
COACH OF THE YEAR Dave L'Huillier, Marquette
QUARTERBACK Andrew Buskirk, Paw Paw
RUNNING BACKS David Drummond, East Grand Rapids; Chris Anderson, St. Clair Shores Lake Shore
RECEIVERS Jaylen Staten, Grand Rapids Christian; Mike Weeks, Cadillac
LINEMAN Kyle Fisher, Linden
LINEBACKER James Ross, Orchard Lake St. Mary; Derek Sievers, Byron Center; Josh Blanton, Zeeland West
DEFENSIVE BACK Kevin McCarthy, Comstock Park
ALL-PURPOSE Austin Young, Escanaba
KICKER Andrew Fulan, Dearborn Divine Child
QUARTERBACKS Travis Bryant, Bay City John Glenn; Austin Young, Escanaba; Cooper Rush, Lansing Catholic; Rob White, Grosse Ile; Mitch Robinson, Auburn Hills Avondale; Sebastian Johnson, Adrian; Gary Silvers, Cadillac; Thad Kenney, Linden; Ryan Fabbri, Croswell-Lexington
RUNNING BACKS Tyler Bradshaw, Alma; Andre Davis, Grand Rapids Christian; Jamel Abrams, Marine City; Wade Wood, Goodrich; Saylor LaValli, Mason
RECEIVERS Sebastian SanMiguel, Alma; Stanley Longmire, Detroit Old Redford Academy; Allen Robinson, Orchard Lake St. Mary; Mason Borders, Chelsea; Max Powell, Linden; Jordan Johnson, DeWitt; Dylan Monette, Williamston; Devlin Bell, East Lansing
LINEMEN Connor Gould, Battle Creek Harper Creek; Aaron Fox, Battle Creek Pennfield; Alex Davis, Dearborn Divine Child; Brian Pennell, Spring Lake; Thomas Winne, Marine City; Darius Brownlee, Warren Fitzgerald; Cody Boucher, Petoskey; Ramadan Ahmeti, Lansing Waverly; Stephen Colby, Edwardsburg; Jalen Schachter, Corunna; Adam Koon, Fowlerville; Tyler Tucker, East Lansing; Ethan Wirth, Williamston
LINEBACKERS Corey Ware, Lansing Sexton; Connor Holbrook, Mason; Jackson Lewis, Madison Heights Lamphere; Trent Braggs, Detroit Douglass; Bilaal Collins, Detroit Crockett; Marquez Gollman, Ypsilanti; Keegan Denuyl, Zeeland East; Kelsey Heinrich, Petoskey
DEFENSIVE BACKS Marquis Gill, Paw Paw; Shane Dembinski, St. Clair; Jacob Higbie, DeWitt; Ryan Heeke, Mount Pleasant
ALL-PURPOSE Tanner Kain, Bay City John Glenn; Sean Wren, Mason; Mitch Kozlowski, Madison Heights Lamphere; Jalyn Massenberg, Detroit Central
KICKERS Jesse Boulnemour, Vicksburg; Brett Scanlon, Dowagiac; Bobby Aardema, East Grand Rapids; Isaac Joseph, Lapeer East
COACHES Derek Pennington, Zeeland East; Jim Ahern, Lansing Catholic; Jason McIntyre, Mount Pleasant; Tony Scarcelli, Marine City; Tom Alward, Goodrich; Scott Guthrie, Hazel Park