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2A EvCo all-league football 2023: Tumwater QB Ethan Kastner named MVP

W.F. West's Gage Brumfield earns offensive MVP honors, Tumwater's Alex Hach named defensive MVP

Here are the 2A EvCo all-league selections for the 2023 football season, as voted on by the coaches.

MVP: Ethan Kastner, Tumwater, sr. 

Offensive MVP: Gage Brumfield, W.F. West, jr. 

Defensive MVP: Alex Hach, Tumwater, sr. 

Coaching staff: Tumwater 

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE 

OL — Jaden Nichols, Rochester, sr. 

OL — Brady Larson, Tumwater, sr. 

OL — Orion Haury, Tumwater, sr. 

OL — Andrew Penland, W.F. West, sr. 

OL — JaBron Brooks, Aberdeen, sr. 

QB — Jaxsen Beck, Black Hills, jr. 

RB — Tate Quarnstrom, Rochester, sr. 

RB — Kooper Clark, Tumwater, sr. 

RB — Aidan Watkins, Aberdeen, sr. 

TE — Jake Dillon, Tumwater, jr. 

TE — Jack Ellison, Black Hills, sr. 

WR — Brady Bryant, Tumwater, sr. 

WR — Connor Colemna, W.F. West, soph. 

WR — Maddox Hodge, Black Hills, sr. 

FIRST TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS 

K — Dylan Stevens, Tumwater, jr. 

P — Gabe Conklin, Shelton, sr. 

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE 

DL — Jerome Nichols, Shelton, sr. 

DL — Malijah Tucker, Tumwater, jr. 

DL — Andrew Penland, W.F. West, sr. 

DL — JaBron Brooks, Aberdeen, sr. 

LB — Hunter Leth, Shelton, hr. 

LB — Beckett Wall, Tumwater, jr. 

LB — Cash Short, Tumwater, jr. 

LB — Jack Ellison, Black Hills, sr. 

DB — Tyler Criss, Tumwater, sr. 

DB — David Malroy, Tumwater, jr. 

DB — Gage Brumfield, W.F. West, jr. 

DB — Aidan Watkins, Aberdeen, sr. 

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE 

OL — Asher Neff, Rochester, sr. 

OL — Colin Griffiths, Tumwater, sr. 

OL — Kade Contreras, Tumwater, jr. 

OL — Jaksen Besaw, W.F. West, sr. 

OL — Paul Baltazar, Aberdeen, sr. 

QB — Gabe Conklin, Shelton, sr. 

RB — Logan Cole, Tumwater, sr. 

RB — Declan McDonald, W.F. West, sr. 

RB — Palmer Watt, Rochester, sr. 

TE — Bennett Henry, Shelton, soph. 

TE — Grady Westlund, W.F. West, jr. 

SECOND TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS 

K — AJ Wier, Shelton, soph. 

P — Dylan Stevens, Tumwater, jr. 

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE 

DL — David Daarud, Centralia, jr. 

DL — Jaden Nichols, Rochester, sr. 

DL — Tucker LAnd, W.F. West, jr. 

DL — Nathan Boone, Tumwater, sr. 

LB — Marcus Miller, Centralia, sr. 

LB — Palmer Watt, Rochester, sr. 

LB — Declan McDonald, W.F. West, sr. 

LB — Marcus Hale, Aberdeen, jr. 

DB — Ethan Rodriguez, Rochester, soph. 

DB — Kody Brotherton, Shelton, jr. 

DB — Maddox Hodge, Black Hills, sr. 

DB — Anthony Isenhower, W.F. West, sr. 

HONORABLE MENTION 

Aberdeen: Nolan Cook, sr.; Jakob Bowers, sr.; Edmund Brown, jr.; Marcus Hale, jr.; Paul Baltazar, sr.; Patrick Walsh, sr. 

Black Hills: Bereket Lester, sr.; Gavin Gordon, sr.; Brandon Dolby, jr. 

Centralia: Landen Jenkins, sr.; Ariel Velasquez, sr. 

Rochester: Jack Dane, sr.; Carson Rotter, jr. Mason Armstrong, sr.; Wyatt Dahl, soph.; Ethan Rodriguez, soph.; Tristan Nelson, jr.; Chris Tartios, soph.; Xander Peterman, soph.; Kole Smith, jr. 

Shelton: Noa Tuitea, soph.; Masyn Gard, soph.; Colton Fisk, sr.; Ben Morford, jr.; Gabe Gouley, soph.; JJ Miller, sr.; Jayden Fuller, sr.; Brad Eveland, sr. 

Tumwater: Dylan Gilliland, jr.; Mathias Rodriguez, jr.; Jaylin Nixon, jr.; Peyton Davis, soph.; Derek Thompson, jr.; Payton LaGuerre, sr.; Dane Iversen, sr. 

W.F. West: Andrew Snyder, jr.; Carson White, jr.; Talan Meredith, jr.

(2A EvCo all-league team formatted by The News Tribune)