The Greater Catholic League South Division is pleased to announce its all-star football teams and special award winners for the 2018 season.  First- and second-team members of this prestigious team, along with winners of the categorical awards, were voted on by league coaches at a special meeting this past Sunday.  Elder senior quarterback Michael Bittner, a dual threat for the Panthers who completed 157-of-269 passes for a league-leading 2,195 yards and 15 touchdowns while also rushing 165 times for 519 yards, third best in the GCL South, and 10 TDs , is the GCL South Player of the Year. 

First-year Moeller coach Doug Rosfeld, whose team won the school's first outright league championship since 2013 with an unbeaten 3-0 record and also qualified for the Division I state playoffs after finishing the regular season with a 6-4 record against a difficult schedule, is the Coach of the Year.  Here is a look at the all-league teams, with the players listed in alphabetical order by school, position, class, height and weight.

ALL-GCL SOUTH DIVISION FOOTBALL TEAMS 

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

NAME, SCHOOL, POSITION, CLASS, HEIGHT, WEIGHT

Michael Bittner, Elder, QB, Senior, 6-2, 200

Zach Carpenter, Moeller, OL, Senior, 6-4, 300

Tim Finley, Elder, OL, Senior, 5-11, 230

Markell Harden, La Salle, OL, Junior, 6-0, 290

Paris Johnson, St. Xavier, OL, Junior, 6-7, 287

Luke Kandra, Elder, OL, Junior, 6-4, 285

RJ Khayo, Moeller, WR, Senior, 5-9, 152

Jared Kreimer, St. Xavier, WR, Senior, 6-0, 185

Matt Mohn, St. Xavier, OL, Senior, 6-2, 265

Chris Payne, St. Xavier, RB, Senior, 6-1, 216

Cameron Porter, La Salle, RB, Junior, 5-11, 207

Joe Royer, Elder, TE, Junior, 6-5, 210

Kyle Trischler, Elder, WR, Senior, 5-10, 180

Chrystopher Watkins, Moeller, RB, Senior, 6-0, 207

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

NAME, SCHOOL, POSITION, CLASS, HEIGHT, WEIGHT

Nathan Arthur, St. Xavier, LB, Senior, 5-11, 189

Eric Beck, Elder, DB, Senior, 5-9, 175

Garrett Bledsoe, La Salle, LB, Senior, 6-0, 209

Spencer Bono, Elder, DL, Senior, 6-4, 240

Jake Hofmeyer, Elder, LB, Senior, , 6-1, 200

BJ Hendrix, Moeller, DB, Senior, 5-10, 168

Tucker Hundley, St. Xavier, DB, Junior, 5-11, 173

Brody Ingle, La Salle, LB, Senior, 6-1, 210

Braedon Junker, Moeller, DB, Senior, 6-3, 198

Thomas Kiessling, St. Xavier, LB, Senior, 6-4, 225

Jack Lampert, Moeller, DB, Senior, 6-1, 161

Alex Merritt, Moeller,  DL, Senior, 6-3, 265

Ryan Mullaney, Moeller, DL, Junior, 6-2, 228

Drew Nieman, La Salle, P, Senior, 5-10, 177

Steven Seger, Elder, DB, Senior, 6-0, 170

Luke Szabados, Moeller, LB, Senior, 6-2, 233

Kevin Thibodeaux, Moeller, PK, Junior, 5-9, 188

Jarred Uran, La Salle, LB, Senior, 6-2, 194

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

NAME, SCHOOL, POSITION, CLASS, HEIGHT, WEIGHT

Stone Dixon, Moeller, OL, Senior, 6-3, 280

Jakob James, Elder, OL, Junior, 6-5, 270

Jack Kirby, St. Xavier, OL, Junior, 6-3, 290

Matthew Luebbe, Elder, ATH, Junior, 5-11, 170

Max Land, Moeller, WR, Junior, 6-2, 179

TJ Rotello, Moeller, RB, Sophomore, 5-11, 188

Tae Smith, La Salle, WR, Sophomore, 5-9, 153

Nathan Stockman, St. Xavier, ATH, Senior, 6-1, 170

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

NAME, SCHOOL, POSITION, CLASS, HEIGHT, WEIGHT

Cam Behanan, La Salle, DL, Senior, 5-9, 212

Raja Bridges, St. Xavier, LB, Senior, 6-1, 217

Joe Craft, Moeller, LB, Senior, 5-10, 192

Kalib Dailey, Elder, LB, Senior, 6-0, 185

Andrew Draginoff, La Salle, DL, Senior, 6-1, 195

BJ Ferguson, St. Xavier, DB, Senior, 5-10, 179

Cole Hildebrand, La Salle, DB, Junior, 6-3, 176

Jaylen Johnson, La Salle, DB, Senior, 6-1, 187

Kyle Klingenbeck, Elder, DL, Senior, 6-2, 240

Will MacDonald, St. Xavier, DL, Senior, 6-0, 209

Trevor Potts, St. Xavier, DB, Senior, 5-9, 181

Luke Thiemann, La Salle, LB, Junior, 6-2, 210

Joe Toepfer, Moeller, DL, Junior, 6-0, 216

Carrington Valentine, Moeller, DB, Junior, 5-11, 172

SPECIAL AWARDS

 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Michael Bittner, Elder

COACH OF THE YEAR: Doug Rosfeld, Moeller

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: RJ Khayo, Moeller

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Ryan Mullaney, Moeller

OFFENSIVE BACK OF THE YEAR: Cameron Porter, La Salle

RECEIVER OF THE YEAR: Kyle Trischler, Elder

ALL-PURPOSE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR:

RJ Khayo, Moeller

Jared Kreimer, St. Xavier

LINEMAN OF THE YEAR: Thomas Kiessling, St. Xavier

LINEBACKER OF THE YEAR: Brody Ingle, La Salle

DEFENSIVE BACK OF THE YEAR: Steven Seger, Elder

KICKER OF THE YEAR: Kevin Thibodeaux, Moeller

PUNTER OF THE YEAR: Drew Nieman, La Salle