Rochester’s Beck among 8 area players to receive All-State football honors

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Football

Rochester’s Brant Beck, Tippecanoe Valley’s Brock Derf and Grady Moriarty, Caston’s Parker Zimpleman, Pioneer’s Micah Rans, Liam Rouch and Eli Guffey and Winamac’s Talen Garner were among those receiving All-State recognition from the Indiana Football Coaches Association last week.

Beck, who was named the RTC4 Football Player of the Year, made the Class 2A Junior All-State Team as a running back.

Derf made the Class 3A Senior All-State Team on defense as a linebacker. Moriarty made the Class 3A Junior All-Star Team as a linebacker.

Garner was selected as a defensive lineman on the Class 1A Senior All-State team.

Rans made the Class 1A Junior All-State team on offense as a quarterback while Rouch made it as an offensive lineman. Guffey made the Class 1A Junior All-State team on defense as an at-large selection.

Zimpleman made the Class 1A Junior All-State Team on offense as a lineman. Zimpleman was the only freshman selected for the Class 1A Junior All-State team.