{"id":22814,"date":"2025-11-12T13:02:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=22814"},"modified":"2025-11-12T13:02:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:02:54","slug":"nine-effingham-high-school-football-players-named-to-all-apollo-conference-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/football\/22814-nine-effingham-high-school-football-players-named-to-all-apollo-conference-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine Effingham High School Football Players Named To All-Apollo Conference Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Two Effingham High School football players were named to the All-Conference First Team Offense while three were named to the First Team Defense as the Apollo Conference choices for First and Second teams were announced.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham&#8217;s Brian Westendorf, 6-foot-4, 225 pound senior was named First Team strong tackle while Maxx Kistler, 6-foot, 160 pound junior, was named First Team wide receiver.<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the First Team Offense were Nick Scherer Mt. Zion Left Tackle * 12 6&#8217;3 245; Noah Daniels Mahomet-Seymour Left Tackle 12 6&#8217;2 235; Ace Boblitt Taylorville Right Tackle 12 6&#8217;4 320; King Young Booths Charleston Left Guard 12 6&#8217;1 280; JC Anderson Mt. Zion Wide Receiver * 12 6&#8217;7 243; Jacob Harvey Mt. Zion Wide Receiver * 12 6&#8217;2 190; Malique Pearse Taylorville Wide Receiver * 12 5&#8217;11 185; Treylin Couch Charleston Running Back * 11 5&#8217;11 165; Marco Casillas Mahomet-Seymour Running Back 10 6&#8217;0 195 and Keller Stocks Mt. Zion Quarterback * 12 6&#8217;3 202<\/p>\n<p>Named First Team Defense from Effingham were Max Flack, 6-foot-3, 225 pound senior defensive end, DJ Latham, 5-foot-9, 175 pound inside linebacker and Maxx Kistler, 6-foot-0, 160 pound, junior.<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the First Team Defense were Noah Frank Mahomet-Seymour Defensive End * 12 6&#8217;1 205; Kalvin Becker Mt. 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