MSU-N's Alexander-Jones honored

For the first time in three seasons, the Montana State University-Northern Lights have a Frontier All-Conference performer, as the league announced its All-Conference teams and postseason honors Monday afternoon.

Northern senior Darius Alexander-Jones II was named First-Team All-Conference on the offensive line. Alexander-Jones has been the Lights' starting center the past two seasons, after transferring to MSU-N from Minot State.

MSU-N sophomore tight end Jared Eisenbarth also received the NAIA Champions of Character Award.

As far as awards go, College of Idaho senior quarterback Darius-James Peterson was named Frontier Conference Offensive Player of the Year, while Montana Western linebacker Jason Ferris was named Defensive Player of the Year. C of I head coach Mike Moroski was named Frontier Coach of the Year after leading the Yotes to a perfect 11-0 season and their first Frontier Conference championship.

Frontier All-Conference Football

Offense

First Team

QB - Darius-James Peterson, C of I, 5-11, 18-5, Sr.; RB - Matthew Burgess, Carroll, 5-11, 195, Fr.; Nick Calzaretta, C of I, 6-0, 215, Jr.,; TE - Tyler Reay, C of I, 6-3, 240, Sr.; WR - Shane Sipes, Carroll, 6-2, 195, Jr., Trevor Hoffman, Tech, 6-4, 205, So., Jordan Suell, SOU, 6-6, 200, Sr.; OL - Alex Hoffman, Carroll, 6-6, 295, Jr., J.D. Lyle, Carroll, 6-3, 285, Sr., Josh Brown, C of I, 6-7l, 300, Sr., Grant Bentz, Tech, 6-4, 300, Sr., Darius Alexander-Jones II, MSU-N, 6-3, 280, Sr..

Second Team

QB - Jon Jund, Westerm 5-11, 200, So. RB - Justin Hellyer, C of I, 5-9m 185, Sr., Blake Counts, Tech, 5-11, 225, Fr.; TE - Tony Collins, Carroll, 6-4, 225, So.; WR - Hunter Juarez C of I, 6-1, 190, So., Nate Simkins, Western, 5-10, 165, Jr., Lucas Overton, RMC, 6-1, 200, Jr.; OL - Tanner Steele, Carroll, 6-4, 290, Jr., Ricky Bowman C of I, 6-0, 280, Sr., Gabe Zurita-Haber, C of I, 6-3, 300, Noah Danielson, Western, 6-4, 295, So., Jed Heffernan, Western, 5-11, 275. Sr.

Defense

First Team

DL - Cole Greff, Carroll, 6-4, 270, Sr., Sage DeLong, EOU, 6-5, 255, Jr., Chase Van Wyck EOU, 6-2, 245, Jr., Art Flynn Tech, 6-3, 260, Sr.; LB - Forrest Rivers, C of I, 5-11, 220, Sr., Carter Myers, Tech, 6-1, 225, Sr., Joe Caicedo, Western, 6-1, 220, Jr., Jason Ferris, Western, 6-3, 220, Sr.; DB - Tristen Alesi, C of I, 6-0, 185, Sr., Justin May, Tech, 6-2, 200, Jr., Deamree Morris, Tech, 6-1, 195, Sr., Devonte Woods, RMC, 5-9, 190, Sr.

Second Team

DL - Garrett Kocab, Carroll, 6-3, 275, So., Landon Clark Gammell, C of I, 6-2, 230, Sr., Zach White, C of I, 6-3, 300, Sr., Mason Price, RMC, 6-3, 210, So., Tre HOlmes, SOU, 6-0, 265, Jr.; LB - Dylan Kresge, Carrooll, 6-1, 230, Sr., Isaiah Cranford, EOU, 6-4, 225, Jacob Clarke, Tech, 6-1, 225, Sr. Kyle Schulte, Western, 6-1, 225, Jr.; DB - Brian FauntLeRoy, Carroll, 6-1, 200, Jr., Tason Hardin, C of I, 6-0, 180, So,, Zack Jacobs, EOU, 6-0, 195, Jr., Tucker Rauthe, Tech,. 6-1, 195.

Special Teams

First Team

K - Kyle Mitchell, C of I, 6-2, 175, Sr., P - Joseph Lima, Western, 5-8, 170, Jr., KR/PR - Trey Mounts, Western, 5-8, 170, So.

Second Team

K - Jaiden Machuca, EOU, 6-1, 180, Jr.; P - Spencer Lambert, C of I, 5-10, 160, Sr., Zachery Cahill, EOU, 6-0, 180, Jr.; KR - Shane Sipes, Carroll; PR - Tony Huebner, C of I, 5-9, 175, Sr.