EL-G’s Petrie on All-CLC first teams

Senior Jon Petrie of Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah was named to the 2009 All-Central Lakeshore Conference football first-team offense and defense as an interior lineman.

Petrie, a 6-foot-2, 245-pound tackle, is one of six players who were voted to both first teams by the CLC coaches. He was on the second-team defense last year at the interior line position. The Resorter captain was a unanimous pick on offense.

The Howards Grove Tigers have three All-CLC picks. Senior split end Mike Verfuerth and senior running back Collin Horness were selected to the offense and senior linebacker Zach Morgen earned a spot on the defense. Morgen moved up from the second team as a junior.

“For all the hard work Jon has put in, it is very well-deserved,” said Resorter head coach Barry Feldmann about Petrie’s honors.

“He was the heart and soul of our defense. On offense, he man-handled the right side of the line along with Travis Carlson [senior lineman].

“Jon’s determination and leadership played a key factor. He is a teacher-player. He helped the underclassmen a lot. Jon was always a sparkplug for us on defense,” Feldmann said.

“He took on a lot of double-teams. Even when he was double-teamed, he made a lot of tackles. “He was explosive off the ball. He beat them [opponents] to the punch,” Feldmann observed.

The coach said Petrie was one of Elkhart’s leading tacklers this year (numbers unavailable).

Horness was the CLC rushing champion with 1,138 yards for an impressive 8.1 average per carry. He ran for 15 touchdowns and ranked third in the league in scoring with 96 points.

“Knowing he was going to have to carry the load that our tailback does in our offense, he knew he had to be in great shape coming into the season. Fortunately for us, he was,” said Tiger head coach Dave Schmid.

“He was a workhorse – getting his number called a majority of the time. He had the ability to run inside between the tackles and the speed to get outside and outrun the defenses.”

Verfuerth led the conference in receptions with 30 and receiving yardage at 427 – a 14.2 average per catch. He led in TD receptions with five.

“Mike really had a fantastic off-season working out. A very pleasant surprise for the coaching staff,” Schmid noted.

“He used his strength and speed to repeatedly beat teams with our passing – both long and short passes that he would turn into long gains. The workouts this summer gave him the confidence to become a great blocker on the perimeter as well.”

Morgen led the Tiger defense in solo tackles with 61 and total tackles, 183, for the overall season. He also had a team-high four quarterback sacks.

“He has the great combination of size and speed and can cover sideline to sideline as a linebacker,” Schmid observed.

“He is also big and strong to stuff the run. Finally, he has developed a great sense of timing on his blitzes that really disrupt opposing offenses.”

The Resorters have three second-team players – senior running back Tanner Rosso, senior linebacker Deric Lightle and senior defensive back Travis Kosnicki.

The Tigers’ second-team selections are senior quarterback Eric Dickmyer, senior defensive lineman Chris Klueger and Horness at defensive back.

Elkhart’s honorable-mention players include: offense – split end Kosnicki, interior linemen Carlson and sophomore Alex Miller and running back Lightle; and defense – interior lineman Carlson, sophomore linebacker Kyle Rentmeester and back Rosso.

Howards’ honorable-mention picks include: offense – interior linemen Morgen and Klueger; and defense – senior end Aaron Wagner and junior end Matt Wleklinski. Morgen was also an honorable-mention offensive lineman last year.

The other players who earned first-team honors on offense and defense are senior tight end/punter Andy Pohl of Random Lake; senior offensive interior lineman/defensive end Wayne Paulus, Cedar Grove- Belgium; senior offensive and defensive interior lineman Aaron Bley, Cedar Grove; senior running back/defensive back Luke Menzel, Oostburg; and senior offensive interior lineman/linebacker Craig Schumacher of Oostburg.

Paulus was a first-team player on offense and defense last year as an offensive interior lineman and defensive end. The other first-team repeaters are senior quarterback Mason Anklam of Random Lake; senior linebacker Spencer Jacque, Cedar Grove and Pohl at punter.

The other unanimous first-team selections include Paulus on offense; Menzel on offense and defense; and senior running back Nic Vrubley, Cedar Grove. League champion Cedar Grove has a CLC-best seven first-team picks.

FINAL CLC STATS

Anklam led the CLC in passing yardage with 680 and tied for first in TD passes with six. Dickmyer also threw for six scores and was No. 2 in passing yardage with 567 yards.

Vrubley was first in scoring with 135 points, including 16 TDs (15 rushing).

Kosnicki intercepted three passes which shared the lead.

Sophomore Eric Hartnett of Ozaukee, the first-team place-kicker, made a league-high three field goals, including an impressive 54-yarder.

Cedar Grove led the CLC in scoring with 291 points (41.6 average per game). Howards ranked fourth with 173 (24.7 average) and Elkhart was fifth at 104 (14.9 average).

Cedar Grove had the No. 1 scoring defense with only 32 points surrendered (4.6 average per contest). The Resorters finished fourth at 146 (20.9 average). The Tigers were fifth with 179 allowed (25.6 average).

Cedar Grove paced the conference in total offense and defense. The Rockets rolled up 2,464 yards on offense (352.0 average per contest) and surrendered only 972 yards on defense (138.9 average).

Elkhart ranked third in defense (1,633 yards allowed, 233.3 per game) and Howard was sixth (2,045, 292.1 per game). On offense, the Tigers finished fourth (1,826, 260.9 per game) and the
Resorters were fifth (1,678, 239.7 per contest).
All-CLC Football
FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
E – Mike Verfuerth, How. Grove……..Sr.
E – Dustin Richter, Ozaukee.……………Jr.
TE – Andy Pohl, Random Lake….….…...Sr.
IL – Wayne Paulus, Cedar Grove……….Sr.
IL – Jon Petrie, EL-Glenbeulah….…....Sr.
IL – Craig Schumacher, Oostburg.…….Sr.
IL – Aaron Bley, Cedar Grove…..….…….Sr.
IL – Austin Jentges, Random Lake…...Sr.
QB – Mason Anklam, Random Lake…..Sr.
RB – Luke Menzel, Oostburg………..…...Sr.
RB – Nic Vrubley, Cedar Grove…….…….Sr.
RB – Collin Horness, How. Grove…....Sr.
PK – Eric Hartnett, Ozaukee……………..So.
FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE
E – Paulus, Cedar Grove…………….......Sr.
E – Jake Menzel, Oostburg…………..….Sr.
IL – Petrie, EL-Glenbeulah……....…....Sr.
IL – Bley, Cedar Grove…………….……….Sr.
IL – Sam VanTatenhove, Oostburg…...Sr.
LB – Spencer Jacque, Cedar Grove.…..Sr.
LB – Zach Morgen, How. Grove…….…Sr.
LB – Schumacher, Oostburg………….….Sr.
B – L. Menzel, Oostburg..…………….….Sr.
B – Jake Navarro, Random Lake.…....Sr.
B – Kyle Bruggink, Cedar Grove...…....Sr.
P – Pohl, Random Lake…………....…....Sr.
SECOND-TEAM OFFENSE
E – Navarro, Random Lake...…………..Sr.
E – Tyler Garcia, Cedar Grove.………....Jr.
TE – Mike Keller, Oostburg.………….…....Jr.
IL – Tyler Weavers, Cedar Grove….......Sr.
IL – Taylor Verbanac, R. Lake…………...Sr.
IL – Nate Drewry, Cedar Grove………....Sr.
IL – Steven Jacobs, Stockbridge……….Sr.
IL – VanTatenhove, Oostburg…………...Sr.
QB – Eric Dickmyer, How. Grove……..Sr.
RB – Jacque, Cedar Grove...………….....Sr.
RB – Tanner Rosso, EL-Glen. ………....Sr.
RB – J. Menzel, Oostburg…………….......Sr.
PK – Pohl, Random Lake…………………..Sr.
SECOND-TEAM DEFENSE
E – Jentges, Random Lake……………...Sr.
E – Weavers, Cedar Grove..………….....Sr.
IL – Verbanac, Random Lake……….……Sr.
IL – Chris Klueger, Howards Grove…..Sr.
IL – Brant Wilterdink, Oostburg…....…....Jr.
LB – Ian Evans, Cedar Grove…….……….Sr.

LB – Jacobs, Stockbridge….……………...Sr.
LB – Deric Lightle, EL-Glenbeulah……Sr.
B – Garcia, Cedar Grove…………………..Jr.
B – Horness, Howards Grove…..….…Sr.
B – Travis Kosnicki, EL-Glen. ………..Sr.
P – Vrubley, Cedar Grove..…..…...…….Sr.
HONORABLE-MENTION OFFENSE
E – Kosnicki, EL-Glenbeulah……...….Sr.
TE – Jesse Anderson, Cedar Grove…….Sr.
TE – Lee Veldkamp, SL/Kohler..…...…..Sr.
IL – Morgen, Howards Grove…………..Sr.
IL – Travis Carlson, EL-Glenbeulah…..Sr.
IL – Alex Miller, EL-Glenbeulah……....So.
IL – Matt Demler, Ozaukee…………..…...Jr.
IL – Klueger, Howards Grove…………..Sr.
IL – Brandon Kramer, SL./Kohler……….Jr.
IL – Nick Berlick, Ozaukee………………….Jr.
IL – Jacob Birenbaum, R. Lake………….Sr.
QB – Bruggink, Cedar Grove….…………..Sr.
QB – Marcus Buehler, Oostburg………..Sr.
RB – Alex Ecker, Stockbridge..……….....Sr.
RB – Mitch Schroeder, Stockbridge......Sr.
RB – Deric Lightle, EL-Glenbeulah…..Sr.
RB – Derek Hess, Ozaukee….……………Sr.
RB – Alan Rodriguez, SL/Kohler…………Jr.
RB – Kyle Okray, Random Lake…………Sr.
RB – Brett Weiand, Random Lake………Jr.
PK – Vrubley, Cedar Grove………………..Sr.
HONORABLE-MENTION DEFENSE
E – Aaron Wagner, How. Grove…..….Sr.
E – Matt Wleklinski, How. Grove..…..Jr.
E – Max Laumann, Random Lake…….Jr.
E – Demler, Ozaukee……………………….Jr.
IL – Jared Grosklaus, Ozaukee…….…...Sr.
IL – Carlson, EL-Glenbeulah…….….....Sr.
IL – Michael Krueger, SL/Kohler……...So.
IL – Adam Broehm, Stockbridge…....….Jr.
LB – Drewry, Cedar Grove…….….……....Sr.
LB – Jeremy Lewis, Random Lake........Sr.
LB – Veldkamp, SL/Kohler..……………...Sr.
LB – Hess, Ozaukee..………………………...Jr.
LB – Okray, Random Lake...……………...Sr.
LB – Dustin Veldboom, Oostburg..……...Jr.
LB – Kyle Rentmeester, EL-Glen. …...So.
LB – Scott Watry, Ozaukee.……………....Sr.
LB – Zach Webster, SL/Kohler…..….....Sr.
B – Richter, Ozaukee……………………….Jr.
B – Nick Peterson, Cedar Grove……...So.
B – Alex Janke, Ozaukee……………..…..Jr.
B – Rodriguez, SL/Kohler………..……....Jr.
B – Rosso, EL-Glenbeulah……………..Sr.
P – Zach Blindauer, SL/Kohler……...Sr.
FINAL CLC STATISTICS
Rushing Leaders
Yds. TDs
Collin Horness, H. Grove….....1138 15
Luke Menzel, Oostburg.………..1012 19
Nic Vrubley, C. Grove.……………..928 15
Tanner Rosso, EL-Glen. ………..718 8
Mason Anklam, R. Lake………….544 10
Alex Ecker, Stockbridge…………..544 3
Passing Leaders
Yds. TDs
Mason Anklam, R. Lake….………680 6
Eric Dickmyer, How. Grove…….567 6
Jason Richter, Ozaukee……….….488 1
Kyle Bruggink, Cedar Grove...….455 6
Marcus Buehler, Oostburg……...426 6
Receiving Leaders
No. Yds.
Mike Verfuerth, H. Grove……...30 427

Dustin Richter, Ozaukee …....….26 371
Mike Keller, Oostburg….………...19 309
Lee Veldkamp, SL/Kohler……...15 284
Jake Navarro, R. Lake……….…...15 242
Scoring Leaders
Pts.
Vrubley, Cedar Grove……………….…..…135
Menzel, Oostburg…………….………….….128
Horness, Howards Grove……….………..96
Anklam, Random Lake..……………….……60
Spencer Jacque Cedar Grove…………....54
Brett Weiand, Random Lake.…………....54
Rosso, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah.…....54
CENTRAL LAKESHORE
CONFERENCE FOOTBALL
Final Standings
W L
Cedar Grove-Belgium…………………...7 0
Oostburg…….………………………….…….6 1
Random Lake…..……………………..……5 2
Howards Grove………………….…….…4 3
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah.……………3 4
Ozaukee……………………….……………...2 5
Sheboygan Lutheran/Kohler…………..1 6
Stockbridge………………………………..…0 7