Kansas Pregame unveils second annual Top 8 for 8-Man
Pictured, clockwise from top left: Canton-Galva's Tyson Struber, Madison's Drew Stutesman, Attica/Argonia's Xander Newberry, South Barber's Gatlin Jewell, Victoria's Grant Schoenrock and Wheatland-Grinnell's Isaac Mendez are six of Kansas Pregame's Top 16 senior football players. (Photos by Bob Hunter, Gordon Smith, Cheri Ricke, Terri Thrun, Everett Royer and Kay Haffner)
Kansas Pregame polled 8-Man coaches earlier this month who voted for the top four seniors they coached against this season. Kansas Pregame staffers then used those votes to develop a Top 8 list of seniors for each division. Check out the Top 8 list in each division below and check back for profiles on each of the 16 players later this week.
*Editor's Note: Kansas Pregame has opted to include only seniors in our Top 8 list in an effort to reward them for their four years of effort in high school. This year, especially in Division II, there were a number of top players who were juniors. Axtell's Isaac Detweiler, Wheatland-Grinnell's Jett Vincent and Thunder Ridge's Dylan Bice are just a few of those likely among the Top 8 players in the classification. Fortunately, multiple other outlets have recognized those athletes for their contributions this season and Kansas Pregame will consider each of them for feature coverage in our 2022 Football Preview along with the many other top returning players from across the state.