G-E-T’s Seiling earns top Coulee grid honors

Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau’s Kyle Seiling was named one of the top football players in the Coulee Conference for his performance last season.

Seiling was named co-CC Player of the Year along with Westby quarterback Blake Sutton. The G-E-T juniors ran for 1,082 yards and 10 touchdowns this past season as he earned first-team All-CC honors on offense and second-team honors on defense. 

The Red Hawks went 4-3 in conference play to finish fourth behind Division Five State Champion La Crosse Aquinas (7-0), Westby (6-1) and West Salem (5-2).

Cisco Jimenez also heard first-team honors on offensive and defensive line and Domanick Knott was the first-team kicker.

Taylor Haney earned second-team honors as a linebacker as did Carter Repaal at defensive line. Repaal was honorable mention at tight end as were Omar Jimenez at linebacker and Cale Pickering on the offensive line. 

Ted Teske, defensive back, and Max Sobotta, linebacker, both earned second-team honors for Arcadia. Max Blaschko was honorable mention. 

The Raiders finished last in the conference, at 0-7 and 2-7 overall. Viroqua was 1-6, Black River Falls, 2-5 and Altoona, 3-4. 

The CC first team included: 

Quarterback: Sutton, Westby. Running backs: Seiling, G-E-T; Rhett Stenslien, Westby. Wide receivers: Andrew Fassbinder, Viroqua; Anders Stakston, Westby. Tight end: Lucas Bendel, Westby. Offensive linemen: Shane Willenbring and Max Maliszewski, Aquinas; C. Jimenez, G-E-T; Sam Stenberg, West Salem; Chase Bendel, Westby. Defensive backs: Walter Berns, Aquinas; Brett Plomedahl, West Salem; Brady Mowery, Westby. Linebackers: Brady Lehnheer, Aquinas; Trevor Arentz, West Salem; Joey Ellefson and Chase Bendel, Westby. Defensive linemen: Shane Willenbring, Aquinas; C. Jimenez, G-E-T; Miles Olson, West Salem; Ryon Berklund, Westby. Punter: Landon Michlig, West Salem. Kicker: Knott, G-E-T Special teams: Anders Stakston, Westby.

Second team members are:

Quarterback: Luke Baginski, West Salem. Running backs: Kyle White, Aquinas and Trevor Arenz, West Salem. Wide receivers: Walter Berns, Logan Becker, Aquinas. Tight end: Owen Zahm, Viroqua. Offensive linemen: Evan Steffen, Altoona; Jon Kearny, Brett Ziolkowski, Aquinas; Miles Olson, West Salem; Ryon Berklund, Westby. Defensive backs: Teske, Arcadia; Seiling, G-E-T; Jackson Berg, Altoona. Linebackers: David Malin, Aquinas; Sobotta, Arcadia; Haney, G-E-T; Oliver Pelock, Viroqua. Defensive linemen: Max Maliszewski, Aquinas; Repaal, G-E-T; Zahm, Viroqua and Stenslien, Westby.