Five Grinnell Tigers receive first team football honors

      The Grinnell Tigers wrapped up the 2022 football season with a 5-5 record and a first round playoff game loss to ADM, 56-0.
       Five Tigers received first team honors in Class 3A, District 5 while three players earned second team and three players earned honorable mention honors. In addition, Grinnell’s Gene Blalock was named the Defensive Line Most Valuable Player (MVP) for District 5.
       Following are the first, MVP, second and honorable mention players:
First Team – (Each team gets to pick one player for each district win)
Solon  – Blake Timmons, Sean Stahle, Brett White, Aiden Doyle, Ben Kampman, Oaken Foster
Grinnell – Gene Blalock, Tryston Stark, Oliver Louden, Carson Penyich, Brady Coffman 
Washington – Brayden Hartman, Ethan Patterson, James Strabala, DaShaun Westhpal 
Fairfield – Max Weaton, Tate Allen, Myles McEntee
Keokuk – Liam O’Donnell
WBND – Hayden Vandenberg, Caden Schwenker

​Most Valuable Players – District 5
MVP – Blake Timmons, Senior, Solon
Offensive MVP – Max Weaton, Senior, Fairfield
Offensive Line – Brayden Hartman, Senior, Washington
Defensive MVP – Brett White, Junior, Solon
Defensive Line – Gene Blalock, Senior, Grinnell
Special Teams – Grant Knipper, Junior, Solon
 
Second Team
Solon – Adam Smith, Mac McCarty, Brayden Moore
Grinnell – Kinnick Johnson, Dom Clayton, Ethan Walker
Washington – Zander Laws, Evan Van Der Molen, Kasen Evans
Fairfield – Bode Hoskins, Tallon Bates, Cason Miller
Keokuk – Diego Garcia, Brenton Hoard, Aiden Derr
WBND – Brady Heuvelmann, Jordan Nupp, Quincy Collins
 
Honorable Mention
Solon – Mason Scott, Grant Wilson, Marcus Richard
Grinnell – Jared Andrews, Broc Heishman, Jack Hoopes
Washington – Kaisen Rude, Nick Dittrich, Clayton Streeter
Fairfield – Carter Moore, Sam Weaton, Luke Konczal
Keokuk – Emerson Glasgow, Malachi Douglas, Chase Eckland
WBND – Emry Watson, Carsen Jones, Dylan Kipp
 
Coaching Staff of the Year - Solon