Each year the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association (IHSFCA) announces its list of All-State football players. And each year, at least a few Journal-area athletes are selected.
This list includes 166 players from the Journal-area over the last 28 years who were first-team All-State selections, including 12 athletes who were two-time selections.
Here’s a look at IHSFCA first-team All-State selections from the Journal-area since 1994:
Buffalo Grove:
Brendon Doyle (1994), QB
Kevin Holm (1995), TE
Dan Czarnecki (1997), LB
Carl Erickson (1998), OL/DL
Eric Andino (2002 & 2003), LB
Tom Zbikowski (2002), QB/DB
Matt Klein (2006), LB
Marc Damisch (2007), OL
Ayden Anderson (2020), WR/LB
Trystan Anderson (2021), DL/OL
Note: Scott Murray (RB) was an honorable mention in 2021.
Conant:
Paul Berge (1996), DL
Robert Pendergast (1996), RB/LB
Russ Michna (1998), QB
Dave Francioni (2001), LB
Joe Rizzo (2001), WR/DB
Kevin Koski (2002), DB
Leon Wiggins (2003), FB
Tyler Rice (2004), RB/DB
Tim Manczko (2012), WR/DB
Danny Modelski (2013), QB
Elk Grove:
Tim Podulka (2004), QB
Jeff Moore (2004), DL
Nick Meyer (2010), QB/DB
Greg Johnsen (2011), DL
Mike Maize (2012), LB
Ian Ridge (2019 & 2020), RB
Fremd:
Lou Sponsel (1995), FB/LB
Andre Duncan (1997), WR/DB
Patrick Brown (1998), QB/DB
Ken Kemeny (1999), LB
Paul Daou (2001), OL/DL
Jamil Walker (2003), RB
Scott Tolzien (2005), QB
Jake Smith (2006), RB
Mark Tolzien (2007), QB
Jonathan Diegel (2008), LB
Christian Lombard (2009), OL/DL
Jack Walsh (2020), OL/DL
Glenbrook South:
Andy Lee (1995), DL
Kevin Taylor (1995 & 1996), RB/DB
Dave Splithoff (1999), QB/DB
Devin Henderson (2007), TE/DL
Sean Cascarano (2008), OL
Michael Hirsch (2009), RB
John Strickland (2010), RB/DB
Mike Demos (2011), OL
Brett Laurie (2013), RB/DB
Note: Tommy Corbett (DL) was an honorable mention in 2021.
Hersey:
Brendon Reilly (1998), RB
Owen Goldsberry (2017), QB/DB
Ryan Justice (2018), QB
Jordan Hansen (2019), QB/DB
Ryan Gudaitis (2020), OL/DL
Jimmy Makuh (2021), QB
Leyden:
Jon Kowalyshen (1998), DE
Jeff Cascella (2009), DL
Loyola Academy:
Pat Naughton (1995), LB
Bill Pragalz (1998), RB
James Bradley (2000), RB
Jim Suehr (2001), LB
Tom Bufalino (2003), LB
Brian Mulroe (2007), OL
Chance Carter (2008), DL
Patrick Dougherty (2009), LB
Mark Sullivan (2010), DL
Eric Hauser (2011), LB
Malcolm Weaver (2011), QB
Peter Pujals (2012), QB
Mark Nichol (2014), LB
Emmett Clifford (2015), QB
Ben Leroy (2015), DL
Jake Marwede (2016), QB/WR
Quinn Boyle (2017), QB
Marty Geary (2017), DL
Jake Gonzalez (2018), DB
Brandon Svets (2020), DL
James Kreutz (2021), LB/RB
Note: Jake Stearney was an honorable mention in 2021.
Maine East:
N/A
Maine South:
Jason Loerzel (1994), RB
Brim Schmitz (1995), P/K
Rick Tosch (1996), WR
Dino Gardiakos (1997), RB
Phil Lamonica (1997), LB
Steve Natali (1999), OL/DL
Jim Magiera (2000), OL
Mark Ori (2001), WR/DB
Mike Zande (2001), OL
Neil Sherlock (2002), RB/DB
Sean Price (2003), QB
Tony Colletti (2004), OL/DL
Tyler Knight (2005), QB/K
Jimmy Coy (2006), QB
Danny Benson (2007), WR
Zach Timm (2008), OL/DL
Charlie Goro (2008), QB
Matt Perez (2009), RB/LB
Tyler Fahey (2010), LB
Matt Alviti (2012), QB
Luke Durbin (2013), DL
Justin Fahey (2014), RB/DB
Kevin Jarvis (2015), OL
Fotis Kokosioulis (2017), RB
Peter Skoronski (2019), OL/DL
Mike Sajenko (2020 & 2021), RB
Note: Teddy Gianaris was an honorable mention in 2021.
Maine West:
Andy Lightfoot (1997), OL
Victor Gomez (2002), RB
Tyler Ladendorf (2004), WR/DB
Jake Bellizzi (2018), RB
Jaden Dolphin (2019), TE/DB
Niles Notre Dame:
Peter Jenkinson (1995), LB
Brian Brosnan (2000), RB/DB
Paul Szczesny (2001), LB
Connor Flahive (2005), LB
Rick Szukala (2007), DL
Jeremy Burgos (2010), LB
Nick Pieruccini (2011), QB
Chris James (2012), RB
Ty Gavin (2018), RB/DB
Niles West:
Eric Eastman (1995), FB/LB
Alex Filin (2001), RB/DB
Rashard Mendenhall (2004), RB
Palatine:
Mike Burden (1994 & 1995), FB/LB
Bubba Mariani (1996), RB
Ken Stopka (1996), QB
Sergio Lund (1997), QB/DB
Matt Rossi (2008), QB
Cody Bobbit (2010), QB
Jesse Bobbit (2011), DB
Lucas Rago (2012), LB
Zach Oles (2015 & 2016), QB
Prospect:
Jared Dali (2002), QB
Ric Redcliffe (2003), QB
Evan Daniel (2005), RB
Markus Zusevics (2006), OL/DL
Miles Osei (2008 & 2009), QB
Peter Bonahoom (2010), RB/DB
Devin O’Hara (2012), QB
Luke Zardzin (2020), RB/LB
Ben Sahakian (2021), DL/K
Rolling Meadows:
Abe Jones (1999 & 2000), RB
Mike Garoppolo (2006), LB
Joe Okon (2007), LB
Colin Buscarini (2010), LB
Nate Pedraza (2018 & 2019), DL
Note: Ethan Groark was an honorable mention in 2021.
St. Viator:
Mike Cortese (2004), WR
Jared Funk (2005), QB
Dante Warren (2006), QB
Hugh Masterson (2012), OL/DL
Ben Dickey (2014), WR/DB
Cole Kmet (2016), TE
Jeremiah Pittman (2020), DL/OL
Carson Eggebraten (2021), LB
Stevenson:
Jeff Skibitsky (1995 & 1996), LB
Josh Kilker (1997), OL
Chris Rucks (1998), OL
Drew Mormino (2001), OL
Bob Giannini (2002), QB/DB
Alex Rucks (2003), OL
Mike Morrissey (2005), LB
Marc Weisman (2009), RB
Brion Wood (2010), LB
Matt Morrissey (2012 & 2013), WR/DB
Cameron Green (2013 & 2014), WR/DB
Jason Vravick (2014), LB
Jack Sorenson (2015), QB
Aidan O’Connell (2016), QB
Maema Njongmeta (2018), LB
Wheeling:
Scott Preusker (1994), TE
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