Cascades All-Conference Football Teams Announced

Grass Lake High School quarterback Brayden Lape was named as the Cascades Conference Offensive Player of the Year for 2024. 

 

By Jeff Steers

JTV Sports

It has been kind of a crazy season in Cascades Conference football.

The offensive and defensive players of the year come from a team that didn’t win its division and just barely missed the playoffs.

Leslie came out of the pack to be the Beast of the East division this season.

And Hanover-Horton proved they could run the ball – and not rely on a strong-armed quarterback for offensive – in winning the western division.

Here are the Cascades all-conference football players for 2024.

Offensive Player of the Year – Brayden Lape, Grass Lake

First-team quarterbacks

Brayden Lape, Grass Lake, senior

Joel Cranmore, Leslie, sophomore

Tre’var Collins, Michigan Center, sophomore

Honorable-mention quarterbacks

Amarre Padgett, East Jackson, senior

Chris Jiminez, Vandercook Lake, senior

First-team running backs

Mikey Trumble, Addison, senior

Austyn Hocter, Hanover-Horton, freshman

Lukas NaDell, Hanover-Horton, junior

John Milks, Jonesville, sophomore

Jayden Johnson, Manchester, sophomore

Braylon Brown, Michigan Center, junior

Honorable-mention running backs

Caleb Potts, Addison, senior

Carson Playford, Jonesville, senior

Zavior Skog, Napoleon, sophomore

First-team receivers

Trent Troyer, Columbia Central, sophomore

Bryant Cook, Grass Lake, senior

Jacob Collins, Grass Lake, senior

Jayden Colby, Leslie, senior

Leland Barton, Vandercook Lake, junior

Honorable-mention receivers

Caidan Kissinger, Homer senior

K.J. Oliver, East Jackson, junior

Bodee Adkins, Michigan Center, senior

First-team tight ends

Gunnar Demeuse, Addison, senior

Drake Neff, Manchester, senior

Dallas Smith, Napoleon, senior

First-team offensive tackles

Nate Ratliff, East Jackson, senior

Zach Myers, Grass Lake, senior

Adam Ley, Hanover-Horton, junior

Scott Aube, Jonesville, senior

Tanner Craft, Leslie, senior

Honorable-mention offensive tackles

Manny Schafran, Grass Lake, junior

Reed Matthews, Hanover-Horton, junior

Cooper Stevens, Jonesville, senior

Kody Burke, Napoleon, senior

First-team offensive guard

Dylan Boone, Columbia Central, junior

Weston Dick, Hanover-Horton, junior

Ben Colbert, Jonesville, senior

Brett Brothers, Manchester, junior

Honorable-mention offensive guard

Quinn Odegard, Napoleon, senior

First-team offensive centers

Dillon Stemaly, Homer, senior

Dylan Gauss, Manchester, senior

First-team kicker

Layne Saari, Hanover-Horton, senior

Honorable-mention kicker

Spencer Berkeypile, Michigan Center, senior

Defensive Player of the Year – Bryant Cook, Grass Lake

Bryant Cook, Grass Lake

First-team defensive linemen

Heath Burton, Addison, senior

Quint Leland, Grass Lake, senior

Reed Matthews, Hanover-Horton, junior

Dillon Stemaly, Homer, senior

Cooper Stevens, Jonesville, senior

Parker Franklin, Leslie, senior

Tanner Craft, Leslie, senior

Nathan Fletcher, Manchester, senior

Honorable-mention defensive linemen

Dylan Boone, Columbia Central, junior

Zak Smith, Homer, senior

Scott Aube, Jonesville, senior,

Landon Hurd, Michigan Center, junior

Carson Warner, Napoleon, junior

Leshawn Sullivan, Vandercook Lake, junior

First-team linebackers

Joe Clark, Addison, senior

Shane Taylor, Columbia Central, senior

Adam Ley, Hanover-Horton, junior

Carson Playford, Jonesville, junior

Harper Griffith, Jonesville, sophomore

Bubba Duffing, Manchester, senior

Braylen Villarreal, Michigan Center, sophomore

Ashton Warner, Napoleon, sophomore

Justin Barnes, Vandercook Lake, sophomore

Honorable-mention linebackers

Caleb Potts, Addison, senior

Blake Hoskins, Columbia Central, senior

Bryce Sajdak, East Jackson, senior

Gavin Berkeypile, Hanover-Horton, senior

Evan Dexter, Leslie, junior

Zack Bamm, Napoleon, senior

First-team defensive backs

Josh Ray, Addison, senior

Amarre Padgett, East Jackson, senior

Bryant Cook, Grass Lake, senior

Luke Soper, Hanover-Horton, senior

Jacob Phillips, Leslie, senior

Jayden Colby, Leslie, senior

Phoenix Hulswitt, Manchester, senior

Brennan Forward, Michigan Center, junior

Brenton Owen, Napoleon, junior

Honorable-mention defensive backs

Nic Richardson, Columbia Central, senior

Braeden Romero, Leslie, junior

First-team punter

Brady Reed, Manchester, senior