Eureka's Lytle, Lambertsen garner All-State honors

Nov. 26—The Eureka Lions, who came dangerously close to beating eventual champion Manhattan, had two players named All-State for Class B football this week.

Quarterback Rogan Lytle and running back Josh Lambertsen landed the honors as part of the Western B All-Conference team: Lytle was a first-team selection on offense as an athlete and Lambertsen was first-team at both running back and defensive back.

The first team was dominated by the league champion Florence Falcons, who landed 14 of 27 spots. Four Falcons were selected All-State, including quarterback Brody Duchien.

It was the Lions (8-3) who advanced the furthest in the postseason, falling to Manhattan 14-12 in the semifinals when a late 47-yard field goal stayed left.

Manhattan beat Three Forks 28-7 for the state championship Saturday.

Lytle finished the season 73 of 129 passing for 1,000 yards and 13 touchdowns; he also rushed for 1,317 yards and 17 scores from his quarterback spot.

Lambertsen ran 103 times for 626 yards and 11 touchdowns and caught 20 passes for 244 yards and two scores. On defense he had 42 tackles and two interceptions.

Three more Lions were first-team all-Western B: Declan Peterson and Joe Banks on the offensive line and Emmet McKim at linebacker. McKim led Eureka with 107 tackles, 9.5 for losses. Banks was also first team on the defensive line, where he had 46 tackles and six TFLs.

All-Western B

First Team Offense

QB: Brody Duchien, sr. Florence*

RB: Josh Lambertsen, sr. Eureka*

WR: Levi Winters, sr. Florence*

WR: Brody Galle, sr. Anaconda*

WR: Chase Wagner, sr. Florence

TE: Bridger Alexander, sr. Florence*

Athlete: Rogan Lytle, sr. Eureka*

OL: Christian Englund, jr. Florence*

OL: Joe Grunow, sr. Loyola*

OL: Lee Blair, jr. Florence

OL: Declan Peterson, jr. Eureka

OL: Joe Banks, jr. Eureka

First Team Defense

DB: Levi Winters, sr. Florence

DB: Brody Duchien, sr. Florence

DB: Josh Lambertsen, sr. Eureka

DB: Chase Wagner, sr. Florence

LB: Christian Englund, jr. Florence

LB: Emmet McKim, sr. Eureka

LB: Joe Grunow, sr. Loyola

LB: Tash Murray, jr. Florence

DE: Bridger Alexander, sr. Florence

DE: Travis Dye, sr. Anaconda

DL: Joe Banks, jr. Eureka

DL: Lee Blair, jr. Florence

First Special Teams

K: Wakati Makona, sr. Loyola

P: Levi Winters, sr. Florence

RET: Shawn Lombardi, sr. Deer Lodge

*-Denotes All-State selection.

Second Team Offense

QB: Travis Dye, Anaconda.

RB: Mattix Chase, Florence.

WR: Owen Felton, Loyola; Tash Murray, Florence; Timmy Schmidt, Eureka.

TE: Gillie Everett, Anaconda.

ATH: Shawn Lombardi, Deer Lodge.

OL: Reid Maes, Anaconda; Johnny Williams, Florence; Grant Brown, Eureka; Kavika Bates, Loyola; Remington Bussard, Anaconda.

Second Team Defense

DB: Carson Lacey, Anaconda; Ethan Lamb, Loyola; Tyce Van Orden, Eureka; Jason Meyers, Thompson Falls.

LB: Soren Keeland, Anaconda; Rogan Lytle, Eureka; Ayden Helgert, Eureka; Brody Galle, Anaconda.

DE: Mattix Chase, Florence; Nick Karvandi, Loyola.

DL: Owen Felton, Loyola; Nolan Lippy, Florence.

Second Special Teams

K: Grant Brown, Eureka.

P: Rogan Lytle, Eureka.

RET: Ethan Lamb, Loyola.

All-State Southern B: Brady Toner, Manhattan; Brayden Zikmund, Manhattan; Tyson Pavlik, Manhattan; Matthew Fenno, Manhattan; Kanon Reichman, Three Forks; Marcus Pestel, Three Forks; Gavin Etchison, Three Forks; Wyt Oliver, Three Forks; Kyle Gravelle, Columbus; Ethan Hulsey, Columbus; Cain Hanson, Columbus; Tavyn Anderson,Townsend; Marek Easter, Townsend; Tyzer Zody, Boulder.

All-State Eastern B: Kougar Kappel, Red Ldoge; Pierce Caton, Red Lodge; Mason Swanson, Red Lodge; Harper Kruckenburg, Red Lodge; Jake Cook, Joliet; Kooper Beard, Huntley Project.

All-State Northern B: Khye Gamas, Glasgow; William Kirkland, Glasgow; Grady Nielsen, Glasgow; Wyatt Sugg, Glasgow; Dawson Hammond, Malta; Straud Sims, Malta; Trapper Kinemon, Conrad; Carsen Sullivan, Conrad; Conor Barrett, Fairfield.