Kroner’s Picks: St. Joseph-Ogden All-Decade Teams (Fall)
By FRED KRONER
We unveiled our winter-sport all-decade teams on Monday.
Today, we check in for the fall-sport all-decade teams.
Seven of the St. Joseph-Ogden athletes listed for fall-sport recognition received similar honors for the winter-sport season.
The six repeaters on the boys’ side are Andy Bensyl, Jack Cook, Austin Hedrick, Wesley Kibler, Griffin Meeker and Jake Pence.
On the girls’ side, the lone repeater is Josey Fruhling.
Keep reading, however, because there are plenty of other Spartans joining the elite squads.
ST. JOSEPH-OGDEN FOOTBALL
NAME POS. GRAD YR.
Orin Allen LB 2011
Andy Bensyl LB 2012
Jake Bock RB 2011
Ty Brown DB 2016
Orion Ciota RB 2015
Dwight Colvin RB 2019
Jack Cook P 2019
Blake Dable OL 2020
Brady Depratt DB 2014
Seth Griswell OL 2014
Evan Hawkins OL 2017
Austin Hedrick RB 2014
Connor Janes LB 2015
Wesley Kibler DL 2016
Griffin Meeker LB 2017
Eli Oltean QB 2016
Jake Pence WR 2016
Jake Rahn DL 2014
Janssen Sage OL 2015
Jake Stewart DB 2014
Brayden Weaver LB 2020
Cole Zaccarelli DL 2019
Player of the Decade – Jake Pence, who set a school record with 14 career interceptions and also led the area in receiving as a senior with 44 catches for 725 yards and 16 touchdowns.
JOSEPH-OGDEN BOYS’ CROSS-COUNTRY
NAME GRAD YR.
Austin Earp 2016
Zeke Elkins 2012
Brennan Guido 2016
Brandon Mattsey 2021
Isiah McCune 2019
Justin Phillips 2017
Nick Poff 2015
Braden Pridemore 2018
Ross Smetzer 2016
Wyatt Wolfersberger 2018
Runner of the Decade – Justin Phillips, who was a two-time All-Stater and the Spartans’ top individual finisher during the decade, ending fifth as a senior in Class 1A.
JOSEPH-OGDEN GIRLS’ CROSS-COUNTRY
NAME GRAD YR.
Hanna Atwood 2017
Cassidy Bagby 2019
Chelsea Blaase 2012
Abby Fisher 2015
Abby Gawthorp 2016
Faith Houston 2018
Samantha Mabry 2018
Jillian Plotner 2020
Alyssa Pridemore 2014
Hannah Rajlich 2020
Runner of the Decade – Chelsea Blaase, a three-time All-Stater and the school’s only individual champion in the decade.
JOSEPH-OGDEN BOYS’ GOLF
NAME GRAD YR.
Joe Acton 2020
Garrett Grimsley 2016
Payton Grimsley 2020
Adam Rose 2019
Mason Silver 2011
Player of the Decade – Garett Grimsley, who was the school’s only three-time state-qualifier during the decade.
JOSEPH-OGDEN BOYS’ SOCCER
NAME POS. GRAD YR.
Austin Baker F 2014
Jeremy Baldner D 2013
Luke Cohen M 2020
Drayke Lannert F 2017
Christian Ribbe D 2018
Kyle Roedl G 2013
Zac Seeley F 2020
Colin Seward F 2013
Chase Stiner F 2018
Matt Tankersley F 2017
Player of the Decade – Kyle Roedl, who was a four-year starter and set school records for shutouts in a season (11) and in a career (20). As a senior on a school-record 19-4-1 team, he allowed 16 goals.
JOSEPH-OGDEN VOLLEYBALL
NAME POS. GRAD YR.
Karlie Baker S 2016
Katelyn Berry OH 2020
Emily Bigger S 2020
Abbi Burnett OH 2018
Parker Francisco OH 2017
Josey Fruhling OH 2012
Marissa McElroy MH 2016
Kylie Michael OH 2017
Shelby Simmons OH 2014
Sydney Stone S 2013
Player of the Decade – Kylie Michael, who set a school record for career kills (1,229), including 397 as a senior when the Spartans were the state runner-up in Class 1A.
