These Whatcom football players were first-team All-2A Northwest Conference selections | Bellingham Herald

The Lynden football team was the only 2A Northwest Conference member to advance to the state playoffs this fall, and the Lions had six first-team selections to the all-league team, which was released this week.

Lynden’s Blake Whitman also was selected Assistant Coach of the Year by the league’s coaches, joining Lakewood’s Dan Teeter and Burlington-Edison’s Herb Lehman as Co-Coaches of the Year.

Sedro-Woolley senior offensive and defensive lineman Dylan Peterson was selected the 2A NWC Most Valuable Player.

Earning first-team selections for Lynden were senior offensive lineman Cole Crass, senior receiver and defensive back Aaron Weidenaar, junior defensive lineman Payton Scott and senior linebackers Gage Bates and Trey LaBounty.

Bellingham had a pair of first-team selections with senior defensive back Ethan Fields and junior receiver Spencer Lee. Blaine senior defensive lineman Cruz Rodriguez was the only other Whatcom County player to make the first team this year.

Rounding out the first team were: Anacortes offensive lineman Jacob South and defensive back Trystan Lowry; Burlington-Edison offensive lineman Taggart Cole, running back Quyntin Frazier, kicker and punter Julian Houston, defensive lineman Isaac Koopmans, linebacker Mitchell Wesen and defensive back Brett Rawlins; Lakewood offensive lineman Camden Burbee, receiver and defensive lineman Jon Cox, quarterback Austin Lane and kicker Sydney Gormley; and Sedro-Woolley offensive lineman and linebacker Issac Howell, offensive and defensive lineman Peterson, running back Bryson Bartlett, tight end Davis Mihelick and defensive back Brent Vanderveen.

Whatcom County second-team selections were: Bellingham offensive lineman Christian Butenschoen, defensive lineman Nick Oesterling and linebacker Brahm vanWoerden; Blaine offensive linemen Wyatt Cole and Gavino Rodriguez, receiver Chase Abshere, defensive lineman Porter Schmitt and linebacker Jacob Westfall; and Lynden offensive lineman LaBounty, quarterback James Marsh and defensive lineman Jacob Kettle.