A pair of Shelbyville Golden Bears were named All-Conference by the Hoosier Heritage Conference.
Senior Jacob Harker was selected as an All-HHC offensive lineman while senior Axel Conover (main photo) was honored as an All-HHC defensive back.
A total of 32 players representing eight schools were named All-Conference.
Harker (photo below), Shelbyville’s center, was joined on the offensive line selections by New Palestine’s Ian Moore, Delta’s Jay Crawford and Greenfield-Central’s Brayden Flener and Reese Hill.
The All-HHC selections at wide receiver are Mt. Vernon’s Tre Jones, New Palestine’s Kyler Kropp, Pendleton Heights’ Caden Sims, Delta’s D’Amare Hood and Greenfield-Central’s Kirk Knecht.
The All-Conference quarterbacks are Yorktown’s Mason Moulton and Greenfield-Central’s Dallas Freeman.
At the running back position, New Palestine’s Grayson Thomas, Mt. Vernon’s Joliba Brogan and Yorktown’s Ayden Ewing were honored.
Pendleton Heights’ Dominic Apo was selected as the all-conference kicker.
On the defensive side of the ball, the All-HHC defensive linemen are Delta’s Braxton Russell, Greenfield-Central’s Payton Foley, New Castle’s Brenndon Thompson and New Palestine’s Abe Walling.
At the linebacker position, Greenfield-Central’s Jake Hinton, Pendleton Heights’ Nick Trout, Yorktown’s Jayce Key, Delta’s Landon Brooks and New Palestine’s Garrett Ranes were selected All-HHC.
Conover, who led the Golden Bears with 64 tackles and three interceptions, was joined by Mt. Vernon’s D.J. Johnson, New Castle’s Tylin Thrine, New Palestine’s Mason Hiatt and Pendleton Heights’ Nolan Souders and Clint Miller as defensive backs bestowed the All-HHC designation.
The all-conference punter is New Palestine’s Jake Wells.
New Palestine’s Kyle Ralph was named HHC Coach of the Year after leading the Dragons to the conference championship with a 7-0 record. New Palestine finished its season at 11-3.
Greenfield-Central was HHC runner-up at 9-2 (6-1 HHC). Pendleton Heights (7-3, 5-2) finished third ahead of Mt. Vernon (7-5, 4-3), Delta (8-5, 3-4), Yorktown (5-6, 2-5), Shelbyville (3-7, 1-6) and New Castle (1-9, 0-7).
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