By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 7, 2023.
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Rangeland Football Conference named its top players and awarded its top honours Sunday afternoon. The four teams in the high school football league, Medicine Hat High Hawks, Crescent Heights Vikings, McCoy Colts and Brooks Buffalos, gathered at the Medicine Hat Lodge. Sunday’s banquet involved the naming of league all-stars, naming of the six major league award winners (MVP, defensive player of the year, rookie of the year, lineman of the year, commissioners award and coach of the year) and the Hat High Hawks collecting their 2023 RFC league championship trophy. Here are the six major league awards winners and nominees. Rookie of the year HH Keene Shigahiro #14 RB – winner Brooks Athian Madut #3 QB CHHS Brady Kostrub #17 WR/DB McCoy Levi Dreger #14 WR/DB Lineman of the year Brooks Kyler Stein #57 C/DE – winner HH William Kozakewich #68 DE/G CHHS Lucas Dickson #53 DE/T McCoy Reid Vossler #70 OL/DL Defensive Player of the year HH Clark Campbell #25 LB/DB – winner Brooks Bol Bol #52 LT/DE CHHS Dawson Gartry #10 SB/S McCoy Carlin Messmer #44 SB/LB RFC MVP CHHS Carter McLean #44 RB/LB – winner Brooks Levi Gibbon #1 SB/Safety HH Ryder Parker #10 SB McCoy Carson Macdonald #32 FB/RB/LB Commissioners Award HH Kaeden Buckler #11 QB/S – winner Brooks Steven Armstrong #55 RT/DL CHHS Ben Meier #58 Centre/DT McCoy Riley Lamb #50 OL/DL/K Coach of the Year Brooks- Lucas Nowosiad DC HH- Anthony Anderson HC CH- winner CHHS- Dylan Hartley BCHS McCoy- Darrin Fregin (co-defensive coordinator) Allstar selections Here are the 27 RFC all-stars selected Sunday afternoon. The number of all-stars per team is decided by regular season league standings. Hat High Hawks #0Â Cooper Buckler, #10 Ryder Parker, #11 Kaedan Buckler, #14 Keene Shigehiro, #18 Kash Kukurudza, #25 Clark Campbell, #30 Chayse Lefler, #34 Ryder Cooke, #50 Kohen McClain and #68 William Kozakewich. Brooks Buffaloes #1 Levi Gibbon, #3 Athian Madut, #11 Hael Maxwell-Lyster, #36 Coen Waldie, #51 Ethan Short, #52 Bol Bol, #55 Steven Armstrong and #57 Kyler Stein. Crescent Heights Vikings #8 Dawson Gartry, #21 Tyrel Page, #23 Benoit Nicimpaye, #44 Carter McLean and #53 Lucas Dickson. McCoy Colts #3 Mason Scory, #33 Keagan Surrovy, #50 Riley lamb and #61 Hudson Mastel. 46