PFC Defensive All-Star Team Named

Thursday October 22, 2015

The Prairie Football Conference is pleased to announce their Defensive All Stars for the 2015 regular season.

The Conference’s best defence all season was the Saskatoon Hilltops and the All-Star voting reflected that with five players named.  The Regina Thunder have four players named to the list

*Led Conference

Defensive All-Stars

Defensive Line:
Blake Adams – Saskatoon Hilltops (second consecutive year)  – 10 tackles, 12 assists, 2 sacks
Ryan Warner – Regina Thunder – 10 tackles, 8 assists
Blake Hermann – Saskatoon Hilltops – 15 tackles, 5 assists, 5 sacks*, 2 knockdowns
Matt Kozun – Saskatoon Hilltops (third consecutive year) – 9 tackles, 5 assists, 2.5 sacks, 2 knockdowns, 1 forced fumble

Linebackers:
Jakub Jakoubek – Calgary Colts (second consecutive year) – 31 tackles, 23 assists*, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble
Cole Benkic – Saskatoon Hilltops – 19 tackles, 13 assists, 0.5 sacks, 3 knockdowns, 2 fumble recoveries, three interceptions, one for a touchdown
Paul Toth – Regina Thunder – 18 tackles, 9 assists, 1 knockdown, 2 interceptions

Defensive Backs:
Taylor Mayer – Regina Thunder – 15 tackles, 3 assists, 5 knockdowns, 2 interceptions
Menedum Menegho – Regina Thunder –  11 tackles, 3 assists, 4 knockdowns and 2 interceptions
Dylan Neidermaier – Calgary Colts – 17 tackles, 7 assists, 1 forced fumble, 2 interceptions
Tony Savchuck – Edmonton Wildcats – 29 tackles, 4 assists, 1 sack, 2 knockdowns, 1 forced fumble, 5 interceptions
Derek Sadownick – Saskatoon Hilltops (second consecutive year) – 14 tackles, 7 assists, 3 knockdowns, 2 interceptions

Punter:
Brad Mikoluff – Winnipeg Rifles (second consecutive year) – 68 punts*, 2,473 net yards, 36.37 net average

The PFC will continue with the major announcements as the Most Outstanding Players will be announced tomorrow (Friday) at10:00am MST beginning on the CJFL Twitter feed @CJFLNews.  A new player will be named every 10 minutes until noon MST when the full list will be released.  The PFC Final will kick-off at 1:00pm on Sunday afternoon in Saskatoon when the Hilltops host the Calgary Colts.  The winner will host the 2015 Canadian Bowl National Championship game.

Courtesy of the Canadian Junior Football League