Running down the football all-staters

Senior Zach Schlager celebrates a McCook Bison fumble recovery against Omaha Skutt during the Class B state playoffs last month. He was among several Bison who earned all-state honors this fall.

Steve Towery/McCook Gazette

A complete recap of all the Gazette-area football players who earned Nebraska All-State recognition from the Omaha World-Herald and/or Lincoln Journal-Star last weekend:

All-State First Team

The Journal-Star and World Herald

Class B McCook: Hunter Hays, offensive lineman.

Class D-1 Medicine Valley: Landon Lenz, running back.

Class D-1 Cambridge: Caden Houghtelling, defensive lineman.

Class D-1 Dundy County-Stratton: Phalen Sanford, athlete.

Journal-Star

Class B McCook: Zach Schlager, athlete; and DJ Gross, athlete.

Class D-1 Medicine Valley: Sheldon Johnsen, athlete/kicker.

All-State

Honorable

Mention

The Journal-Star

and World-Herald

Class B McCook: Kaleb Taylor, Colin Giron, Gabe Sehnert and Cameryn Berry.

Class C-2 Southern Valley: Chase Becker and AJ Weatherwax.

Class D-1 Cambridge: Taten Benson.

Class D-1 Medicine Valley: Ryan Klintworth and Chase Newcomb.

Class D-2 Arapahoe: Gentry Anderson, Jacob Pruitt, Carson Schroeder and Cooper Schutz.

Class D-2 Wauneta-Palisade: Cash Yearous and Caid Doetker.

World-Herald

Class B McCook: Zach Schlager and DJ Gross.

Class D-1 Medicine Valley: Sheldon Johnsen.