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After another exciting year of high school football around the Rockford area, we gave you, the reader, the past two weeks to vote on who you believe deserved the honor of being named the Rockford Register Star’s Football Player of the Year.
And after all the votes were counted, the winner was Lutheran running back Gavin Sanders. Sanders was a Lutheran senior who missed some time late in the year, but still rushed for 952 yards and 10 TDs, second in the Big Northern Conference. Sanders was one of the conference’s most electrifying runners, and now he is the Rockford Register Star Football Player of the Year.
See the poll at the bottom of the page for the complete results.
More Rockford-area football: Find out who is our MVP, and who makes up Rockford’s All-Area Offensive Football Team
Lutheran’s Gavin Sanders (5) attempts to keep going while being tackled by a Stillman Valley defender on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Rockford.
Sanders also earned the Preseason Football Player of the Year in our poll in August.
Here are the rest of the nominees:
Ben Bucher, Belvidere North DB, RB
Bucher, only a junior, is a two-year starting defensive back who also led Class 6A quarterfinalist Belvidere North in rushing with 972 yards, averaging a league-record 18.4 yards per carry.
Mark Detwiler, Stockton RB, LB
Detwiler was one-third of Stockton’s three-headed running back monster, but he led the way with 1,114 yards on the ground with 21 TDs. He was also a beast on the defensive side of the ball, and Stockton went 7-4, winning a playoff game for the first time since 2019.
LaShawn Gathright, Jefferson DL, RB
Gathright is a two-time first-team all-conference defensive lineman and also tied for the NIC-10 rushing lead with 1,454 yards on a 2-7 team.
Cooper Hoffman, Durand/Pecatonica QB
For his senior year, Hoffman threw for 1,945 yards and 27…
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Author : Rockford Register Star
Publish date : 2024-12-23 09:07:00
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