The following athletes have been named to The St. Ignace News All-area football team for 2009, selected by sportswriter David Latva:

St. Ignace

Offense: Gerrit Mortensen, Grant Simmons. Defense: Austin St. Louis, Dan St. Onge, John Evashevski. Special Mention: Caleb Litzner, Mike Barthelemy, Cole Christiansen.

Rudyard Offense: Davin Salo, Arik Hesselink, Ben Harter, Jared Clark. Defense: Ben Gable, Ron Coffey, Scott Coffey, Brett VanSloten. Special Mention: Tyler Wilson, Zac Dempsey.

Cedarville

Offense: Zach McFarlane, Michael Kenny, Harry Reinfelder, Charlie Nelson. Defense: Tyler Anderson, Patrick Duman, Jake Strait, Jeremy Sherlund. Special Mention: Brandon Melcer, Matt Schlosser, Ian Burton, Sam Peterson.

Pickford

Offense: Ben Eckola, Jon Kelly, Jordan Lavigne. Defense: Dylan Rye, Charlie Helsey, Tyler Kauffman. Special Mention: Jacob Eddy, Matt Beard, Ryan McBryde.

Engadine

Offense: Phillip Hood, Michael Klobucher, Kenny Oven. Defense: Kyle Franklin, Michael Sawyer. Special Mention: Ben Maison.