2016 INA All State Football Teams - LEAVE FEEDBACK HERE!

[LukeFeddersen]

Below is the INA All State Football teams. Leave feedback on players who should have made it/been on a higher team here!

Also See: Class 4A 2017 Preseason Rankings

Class 4A

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

QB Rocky Lombardi, W.D.M. Valley 6-3 215 Sr.

B Jacob Zachary, Dowling 6-1 220 Sr.

B Alphonso Soko, Muscatine 5-9 185 Sr.

B Joseph Meyer, C.R. Prairie 5-10 170 Sr.

Rec Oliver Martin, I.C. West 6-1 195 Sr.

Rec Drew Hill, Ankeny 5-8 160 Jr.

Rec Carlton Todd, Waterloo West 5-11 170 Sr.

OL Mark Kallenberger, Bettendorf 6-6 265 Sr.

OL Zach Ross, Dowling 6-3 295 Jr.

OL John Yount, Ank. Centennial 6-4 260 Sr.

OL Wyatt Wriedt, North Scott 6-1 245 Sr.

OL Peter Nank, Dowling 6-6 300 Sr.

UT Devon Moore, Waterloo West 6-4 215 Sr.

K Cole Hahn, W.D.M. Valley 5-10 180 Sr.

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

DL John Waggoner, Dowling 6-4 240 Jr.

DL Bedale Naba, W.D.M. Valley 6-0 260 Sr.

DL Ryan Mells, Dowling 6-2 275 Sr.

DL Calvonte Stollings, D.M. North 6-5 285 Sr.

LB Jacob Hummel, Dowling 6-2 220 Sr.

LB O'Rien Vance, C.R. Washington 6-3 235 Sr.

LB Keegan Claus, Bettendorf 5-11 210 Sr.

LB Rory Walling, D.M. East 6-1 195 Sr.

DB Garrett Nichols, Ank. Centennial 5-10 170 Sr.

DB John Mahoney, W.D.M. Valley 6-0 200 Sr.

DB Jack Koerner, Dowling 6-1 190 Sr.

UT Drew Dostal, C.R. Washington 6-1 195 Sr.

P Nick Duehr, C.R. Kennedy 6-1 180 Sr.

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

QB Johnny Sullivan, Clinton 6-1 175 Sr.

B Jensen Gates, Ank. Centennial 5-10 165 Jr.

B Javon Mason, W.D.M. Valley 5-10 200 Jr.

B Cole Deskin, Dowling Catholic 5-9 210 Sr.

Rec Drew Greenhaw, Muscatine 5-11 165 Sr.

Rec Austin Hinkle, W.D.M. Valley 5-11 160 Sr.

Rec Taylon Flemister, S.C. East 5-8 165 Sr.

OL Josh Van Roekel, I.C. West 6-5 230 Sr.

OL Jackson Coker, C.R. Kennedy 6-3 270 Sr.

OL Andrew Todd, C.R. Washington 6-3 270 Jr.

OL Brock Wageman, Ankeny 6-2 262 Sr.

OL Colin Newell, Ames 6-5 270 Sr.

K Tristan Connell, Clinton 6-4 185 Sr.

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

DL Atlias Bell, Dowling 6-3 260 Sr.

DL Cameron Maxfield, Bettendorf 6-1 275 Sr.

DL Rane Weiland, C.R. Washington 6-4 210 Sr.

DL Jacob Wiggins, Waukee 6-3 240 Sr.

LB Johnson Mator, C.R. Kennedy 5-10 185 Sr.

LB Tavian Rashad, C.R. Jefferson 5-8 187 Sr.

LB Kendell Jackson, D.M. Roosevelt 6-2 215 Jr.

LB Colby Baugher, Ankeny 5-11 183 Jr.

DB Jeran Proctor, Johnston 5-10 185 Sr.

DB Devontae Lane, I.C. West 6-2 205 Sr.

DB Cameron Baker, C.B. Thomas Jefferson 6-2 220 Sr.

P Adam Rademacher, Ames 6-1 160 Sr.

THIRD TEAM OFFENSE

QB Blaine Hawkins, Ankeny 5-10 185 Sr.

B Gage Harris, Clinton 6-2 210 Sr.

B Tavien Gardner, Urbandale 5-9 175 Sr.

B Kameron Kramer, W. Dubuque 5-9 180 Sr.

Rec Suni Lane, Bettendorf 6-4 195 Sr.

Rec Tayshaun Cooper, Waterloo West 6-1 170 Sr.

Rec Cole Rollinger, North Scott 5-11 190 Sr.

OL Gerry Alt, C.R. Washington 6-3 280 Sr.

OL Jake Roussel, Dub. Hempstead 6-2 280 Sr.

OL Erik Sorensen, Waukee 6-6 305 Sr.

OL Derek Mowrey, Urbandale 6-5 270 Sr.

OL Anthony Arroyo, D.M. East 6-2 285 Sr.

K Skyler Crew, Waukee 6-1 165 Sr.

THIRD TEAM DEFENSE

DL Kennen Stewart, C.R. Jefferson 6-3 235 Jr.

DL Dillon Shepard, I.C. West 6-2 190 Jr.

DL Brady Bormann, Pleasant Valley 6-0 245 Sr.

DL Johny Massman, Dub. Senior 6-1 245 Sr.

LB Sam Gerst, Waterloo West 6-1 225 Sr.

LB Brady Smith, Newton 6-0 200 Sr.

LB Turner Ellis, Urbandale 6-1 210 Sr.

LB Mac Southard, Lewis Central 5-8 180 Sr.

DB David Summers, Muscatine 6-1 185 Sr.

DB Eric Milewsky, Urbandale 5-11 180 Jr.

DB Naeem Smith, I.C. High 5-11 176 Sr.

P Tyler Hefflefinger, C.R. Jefferson 6-2 177 Sr.

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Class 4A

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Class 1A

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8-Man

 

[dubco reviews]

My calculations must not be adding up correctly, how in the world are Drew Greenshaw (muscatine) and Johnny Sullivan (Clinton) not on first team, this blows my mind, greenshaw is second in the state in recieving yards and Johnny Sullivan leads 4A passing yards by 300 complete snubs in my eyes, also don't get me wrong soko from muscatine is a good player but there is no reason he should have gotten first team over guys like kameron kramer, Jensen gates and Cole deskin. For Christ sake 3 of the top 5 rushers in the state are not even first team.

 

[iowaqb]

Curious as to what criteria the writers who vote on this important honor use. Seems like the 1st team is off a bit at some positions.
Congratulations to all of the athletes who made the lists though... hard work does pay off

 

[HawkeyeDog]

Congrats to all these kids! But yes , big question, Who is on the selection committee? I don't want to take away from any kids accomplishments but isn't that what the honor is for? Accomplishments for this year? That Combs kid, RB for Davenport West finished 2nd in rushing after regular season, and accomplished this with no blocking, and he didn't even make 3rd team? Did they even watch any of these kids in action? And How can a QB who wasn't even in the top 15 4A, in passing yards, completion percentage, QB rating , and even ranked much lower in total yards when you add rushing in to it, make first team? There were several kids who had a far superior performances at the QB position this year without the luxury of all that talent around them. Moore finished ahead of him and Sullivan led 4a all year including after playoffs, and all classes in passing after the regular season and he had close to 300 yards average per game in a very tough District. Again I'm sure all great kids but definitely some glaring snubs.

 

[westside rules]

The entire process needs explained, I follow both 3A and 4A and 100% from the Westside so all I can speak about with any knowledge is West Players

The 4A appears to be all about Des Moines Schools. I think DSM Sports Fan did a great job evaluating without prejudice throughout the season, I would love his take on this. Maybe next year we could use him to visit the east side as well and get rid of sports writers who lack the knowledge to pick! DSM Sportsfan you up to the challenge?

.How do you leave a kid off the list that's was at the top of the state in passing (Duggan) and QB rating or how does Flemister from East not make 1st team? They pick Baker (TJ) on 2nd team defense vs offense... really sports writers?

What about Theobald who was Iowa's sack leader and I think state leader in TFL ( according to Sportsfan)..like Duggan both were left off any teams? How can that be, what are they using to pick these guys?

These are a few from the Westside that DSM Sportsfan called out, sure there are more

Is this really about who goes the deepest in the playoffs? What are they using to pick the teams, obviously stats are not used?

I have less problems in 3A, when thinking about it it's probably because few if any Des Moines Teams play 3A. I am sure the east side feels the same way.

the entire process needs explained and evaluated. Get people voting that understand the game, we owe it to the players.

 

[oldtimefootball]

Here are the selection committee and coaches/staff that apparently provide "statistical information".



2016 INA ALL-STATE FOOTBALL TEAMS ANNOUNCED

DES MOINES, IA – The Iowa Newspaper Association announced its 2016 All-State Football selections Tuesday, naming honorary captains in classes A, 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A and 8-Man.

Sports writers serving on the INA selection committee which made the team selections were: Corey Meints, Ackley World Journal; Greg Grabianowski, Algona Upper Des Moines; Daryl Schepanski, Anamosa Journal-Eureka; K.J. Pilcher, Cedar Rapids Gazette; Kyle Ocker, Centerville Daily Iowegian; Kelly DeVore, Central City Linn News-Letter; Kaleb Carter, Creston News Advertiser; Ryan Kronberg, Creston News Advertiser; Matt Coss, Davenport Quad-City Times; Todd Danner, Denison Bulletin; Ross Eberhart, DeWitt Observer; Dan Voigt, Emmetsburg Publishing; Bruce Thein, Guttenberg Press; Kristi Nixon, Hampton Chronicle; Mike Oeffner, Harlan Newspapers; Bruce Odson, Hawarden Independent (via phone); Mike Helle, Knoxville Journal-Express; Stephen Koenigsfeld, Marshalltown Times-Republican; Adam Ring, Marshalltown Times-Republican; Ross Thede, Marshalltown Times-Republican; Blake Schultz, Mason City Globe Gazette; Jake Ryder, Mid-America Publishing; Matt Gengler, Missouri Valley Times-News; Pete Temple, Monticello Express; Troy Hyde, Newton Daily News; Lori Wiser, Ocheyedan Press-Melvin News; Jake Jenkins, Oskaloosa Herald; John Jensen, Parkersburg Eclipse-News-Review; Perry Bell, Pella Chronicle; Dale Wegner, Sac City Sun; Jeff Budlong, Sioux City Journal and Troy Banning, Webster City Daily Freeman-Journal.

The following coaches and representatives of the Iowa Football Coaches Association assisted with statistical information: Jerry Staton, Albia; Rick Nelson, Ankeny; Andy Umthum, ELC; Aaron Shipley, Grinnell; Brian Webb, Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Duane Schulte; Cedar Rapids Xavier; Bill Shafer, Central Springs; P.J. Hedrington, Des Moines Roosevelt; Tom Wilson, Dowling Catholic; Chris Visser, Glenwood; Kreg Lensch, Glidden-Ralston; Gabe Tardive, LeMars; Mike Parkinson, Lynnville-Sully; David Kuhl, Maple Valley; Brian Wilken, Newell-Fonda; Steve Shantz, Nodaway Valley; Lyle Alumbaugh, Panorama; Aaron Stensland, Roland-Story; Aaron Allspach, Twin Cedars; Cameron Parker, Twin Cedars; Sam Anderson, Urbandale; Gary Swenson, Valley West Des Moines; Steve Milder, West Central; Cody Hackett, West Marshall and George Ashman, Woodward-Granger.

 

[HawkeyeDog]

The entire process needs explained, I follow both 3A and 4A and 100% from the Westside so all I can speak about with any knowledge is West Players

The 4A appears to be all about Des Moines Schools. I think DSM Sports Fan did a great job evaluating without prejudice throughout the season, I would love his take on this. Maybe next year we could use him to visit the east side as well and get rid of sports writers who lack the knowledge to pick! DSM Sportsfan you up to the challenge?

.How do you leave a kid off the list that's was at the top of the state in passing (Duggan) and QB rating or how does Flemister from East not make 1st team? They pick Baker (TJ) on 2nd team defense vs offense... really sports writers?

What about Theobald who was Iowa's sack leader and I think state leader in TFL ( according to Sportsfan)..like Duggan both were left off any teams? How can that be, what are they using to pick these guys?

These are a few from the Westside that DSM Sportsfan called out, sure there are more

Is this really about who goes the deepest in the playoffs? What are they using to pick the teams, obviously stats are not used?

I have less problems in 3A, when thinking about it it's probably because few if any Des Moines Teams play 3A. I am sure the east side feels the same way.

the entire process needs explained and evaluated. Get people voting that understand the game, we owe it to the players.

Agree, or at least watch the players. Complete stats are also a good measurement of performance but it seems they threw those out in some cases.

 

[ush]

Rec - Hinkle, Flemister and Rollinger over Levi Usher from CR Prairie are bogus choices.

 

[westside rules]

Agree, or at least watch the players. Complete stats are also a good measurement of performance but it seems they threw those out in some cases.

from the looks of the picks I am not sure they even bothered to look at stats, after all it's just a high school kid, if they mess up who cares terrible job sports writers! Not sure how certain players could have been completely overlooked if they took the time to look at stats before voting. Can anyone get a list of the voters, it will most likely explain who and why players got picked. I won't call out any players who got picked but look and compare the stats and you'll ask WTF?
Also for those who say stats don't matter, why the hell does the state make the teams enter them into quik stats then, lets do away with them? matters to someone obviously! Also the voting should take place at the end of the regular season to be fair to those players who teams don't qualify ( Flemister and Baker both come to mind from the east, lets compare apples to apples).

 

[dubco reviews]

I did not see many games outside of Dubuque county until the playoffs but the biggest snub from the east side in my opinion is greenshaw from muscatine! The kid lead the state in recieving yards after the regular season... Yes more than Oliver Martin from icw, from watching his tape and seeing how his numbers stack with others there is absolutely no reason for him to not be first team

 

[dubco reviews]

Also love seeing kameron Kramer from western Dubuque on this list I got to watch him play twice this year and all I can say is that the kid is relentless, everyone should watch tape on this kid I would even venture to have him on second team, I also agree with combs making third team at least, very impressive season by him