2008 ALL-STARS
ANNOUNCED!!!!!!!!
RMFL COMES TOGETHER AS AA/AAA, NORTH AND SOUTH GET MIXED
TOGETHER!!!
RMFL – The 11th annual RMFL All-Star
Classic will kick-off on Saturday, July 12th at approximately 6:15
p.m… and this year’s all-star game will have… another new twist.
In 2007, the league experimented with a AA vs. AAA matchup… which was
reasonably successful. However, this
season with Bitterroot, Missoula, Davis and Bear River, the 4 best AA teams
from 2007 moving up to AAA, it was felt that the AA vs. AAA format would be
significantly one-sided.
So… the RMFL Managing Board voted to “socialize” the
game. The AA will be mixed with the AAA
and Northern teams will play with southern teams. Something that has never
happened before in the RMFL.
“I think it really provides a great opportunity,” RMFL
Commissioner, Jared Neumeier observed, “for Montana players to get to know Utah
players and guys on perennial AAA teams like Idaho Falls and Cache Valley to
play along side players from Glacier and Helena. The RMFL is truly coming together for this one.”
The teams were semi-randomly divided after the
completion of the season into a home and away squad. The squads would be comprised of various RMFL
teams based on a random formula that assigned the home team the #1 AA team, #2
AAA team, #3 AA team, #4 AAA team and so on.
The visiting team would be comprised similarly, beginning with the #1
AAA team, then the #2 AA team, etc.
The random mix of teams is expected to take the edge
of regional rivalries and/or the AAA vs. AA pressure and allow players to just
come and play and get to know and play with other star players from around the
league that they would not get to otherwise.
Players are selected to the all-star team primarily by
their own GM/coaches who submit a ranked list of both their offensive and
defensive players. Based on their respective finish in the standings, the RMFL
begins to fill the All-star roster using the teams’ ranked lists with teams
that finish higher… getting more all-stars.
Although the league attempts to get teams top most ranked players on the
team, oftentimes, positional gluts require some slightly lower ranked players
to make the team in positions where the competition was not as severe.
“Linebacker is the classic example,” Neumeier
explained, “every defensive submission had a linebacker or several linebackers
at or near the top of their list. Well,
with 11 or 12 teams chipping in players, there is just not
enough linebacker slots… or even alternate recognition spots to go
around. Many teams had
a #2 or #3 ranked player for their defense that will not even be listed. Fine linebackers will just be left off the
team because their team had other linebackers ahead of them… or their team just
did not do well enough to get them on.”
The other thing that Neumeier noted is that players shouldn’t
get “too caught up with the specific position they are named to”. A player that may have played most of the
season at offensive guard, may be listed as a tackle
and vice versa. A safety may be listed
at cornerback. “Most
of the time,” Neumeier explained, “its inadvertent. However, some of the
time, we were trying to get a guy that’s deserving
onto the team, so we just moved him into a similar position. We are trying to
capture the best players of the year.. with the best teams getting the most players. It’s not a perfect system, but its still a lot better than what we got when we had a voting
process. There will be deserving players
left off. The only answer is to improve
your team. The top teams pretty much got
all of their top ranked guys in.”
According to Neumeier, however, aside from the
position of linebacker, most positions were filled in accordance with rankings
and players who earned the spot did seem to make the team or the alternate
list.
Every team received a minimum of 2 players on the
first team.
First team all-star selected players (not alternates)
are expected to confirm with their team GM or Coach by the end of the week that
they will be in attendance at the game.
The game will be held in Northern Utah or Southeastern Idaho on July 12th
with a kickoff around 6:15 p.m. Players
will be required to report to the field for practice and to learn the coaches plays and calls no later than 3 p.m.
Coaches for the all-star game have been selected from
the #1 and #2 teams of each division.
The Utah Shock, the AAA #1 seed have been asked to coach the offense of
the away team, while the Boise Speed have been asked
to coach the defense. For the home team,
the Eastern Idaho Lionz have been asked to coach the defense, while the Utah
Wolverines coaching staff has been asked to coach the offense.
There will be the annual RMFL Skills competition
beginning at 5:00 p.m.
The RMFL will hand out its annual award hardware
during an extended halftime show for both the AAA and AA divisions of the RMFL.
NOTE: FIRST TEAM NAMES LISTED IN RANDOM ORDER. NOT NECESSARILY STARTING ORDER. PLAYER MUST SHOW UP ON TIME TO PRE-GAME PREPARATIONS FOR STARTING CONSIDERATIONS.
“AWAY”
ALL-STARS (WHITE JERSEY’S)
OFFENSE:
Quarterback: Charlie Peterson, Utah Wolverines;
Shane Jurasek, Missoula Phoenix
Running Back: Anthony Pomerlee,
Idaho Matadors; Brandon Carlisle, Logan Stampede; Kory
Fleming, Eastern Idaho Lionz
Fullback: Justin Nixon, Bitterroot Blaze;
Shaun Ellsworth, Pocatello Predators
Tight End: Nate
Pickens, Snake River Sabercats
Wide Receiver: Javon
Lincoln, Idaho Matadors; Joe Mapson, Utah Wolverines;
James Wood, Bitterroot Blaze; Nick Arnold, Missoula Phoenix
Offensive Tackle: Cody New, Missoula
Phoenix; Steve Hansen, Bear River Rockets; Mone Tuha, Strippling Warriorz ; Layne
Herbst, Uintah Basin
Offensive Guard: Keith Timberlake, Eastern
Idaho Lionz; Mike Smith Magic Valley Bulldawgs; Phil Coburn, Pocatello
Predators
Center: Nate Maw,
Eastern Idaho Lionz; Travis Hobson, Pocatello Predators
Place-kicker: Golden Whetman, Wolverines
DEFENSE:
Defensive Tackle: Siale
Hautau, Strippling
Warriorz; Jeff Hecht, Missoula Phoenix; Boe Lockwood,
Magic Valley Bulldawgs
Defensive End: Travis Barfuss,
Snake River Sabercats; Joel Gunstream, Idaho
Matadors; Andrew Augustus, Logan Stampede
Linebacker: Jamie Jones, Bitterroot Blaze;
Payton Toone, Eastern Idaho Lionz; Brady Nielsen,
Utah Wolverines; Dave Curtis, Logan Stampede; Jason Durham, Pocatello Predators
Cornerback: Nick Russell, Idaho Matadors;
Cameron Hicks, Pocatello Predators; Chris Carter, Utah Wolverines; Chris Brown,
Bitterroot Blaze
Safety: Tierre
Johnson, Magic Valley Bulldawgs; Doug Brannon, Uintah Basin Oilers;
Matt Landon, Eastern Idaho Lionz; Dallan Robinson,
Bear River Rockets; Steve Andrews, Strippling
Warriorz
Return Specialist: Lonnie Edwards, Magic
Valley Bulldawgs
ALTERNATES (listed in order they would be
asked to play in the event a first team player does not play):
Quarterback:
Jordan
Peterson - Pocatello
John Lammers - Eastern Idaho
Mike Jenkins
- Bear River
Running
Back:
Samiu Tuifua - Strippling
Jared Lujan
- Uintah Basin
Atari Callen - Pocatello
Fullback:
Braxton
Mouser - Eastern Idaho
Tight
End:
Justin McNicholl - Idaho
Wide
Receiver:
James Watts
- Bear River
Damon Greenberry - Utah Wolverines
Josh Bodrero - Magic Valley
Nick Lumpkin
- Missoula
Offensive
Tackle:
Brian Smith
- Bitterroot
Jeff
Augustus - Logan
Zach Sutton
- Snake River
Offensive
Guard:
Trip Ladeau - Bear River
Junior Tuha - Strippling
Dave Baker -
Utah Wolverines
Zane Lee -
Logan
Center
Todd
Wheelwright - Utah Wolverines
Sam Spencer
- Snake River
Place
Kicker:
Carl Ott - Magic Valley
Jeff Waetje - Pocatello
Defensive
End:
Brian Buckreus – Bitterroot
Brandon Tiatia - Srippling
Chris Winland – Pocatello
Josh
Driscoll – Idaho
Luke McCurdy
- Uintah Basin
Defensive
Tackle:
Andrew Leichtnam – Missoula
Doug Salanoa – Utah Wolverines
Mike Bender
– Snake River
Linebacker:
Roger Shulze – Utah Wolverines
Tom Filipe – Bear River
Jeremy Conetah – Uintah Basin
Josh Stucki – Eastern Idaho
Calvin Armstead – Magic Valley
Cornerback:
Bryan Hughes
– Missoula
Troy Sutton
– Pocatello
Matt Landon
– Eastern Idaho
Safety
Kurt Rausch
– Bitterroot
Jared Harward – Utah Wolverines
Adam
Whitaker – Bear River
Byrce Vicars - Logan
Kick
Return/Special Teams Specialist:
Zach Buck –
Eastern Idaho
HOME
ALL-STARS (DARK JERSEY’S)
OFFENSE:
Quarterback: Jordan Kjar, Utah Shock; Tyler
Collingwood, Boise Speed
Halfback: Mike Kuehne, Glacier Knights;
Devon Holbrook, Davis Vipers; Travis Boden, Idaho Falls Mustangs
Fullback: Derek Burch, Helena Titans
Tight End: Ben Moa, Cache Valley Bears; Jermaine Saunders, Great Falls Gladiators
Wide Receiver: Matt Thornton, Utah Shock;
Britt Hall, Boise Speed; Tom Wright, Morgan Marauders; Brian Simmons, Utah Heat
Offensive Tackle: Joe Wiseman, Davis
Vipers; Todd Rietmann, Boise Speed; Nick Vicars, Utah
Shock
Offensive Guard: Eric Christiansen, Idaho
Falls Mustangs; Tyson Poulsen, Idaho Falls Mustangs,
Chuck Hall, Utah Shock
Center: Jeremy Masiak,
Helena Titans; Adam Kennedy, Cache Valley Bears
Place-kicker: Bryce Kennington, Utah Shock
DEFENSE:
Defensive Tackle: Mike Tooa,
Utah Heat; Mike Pease, Great Falls Gladiators; Vaea Fiefia, Cache Valley Bears; David Dicenzo,
Great Falls Gladiators
Defensive End: Terry Hiatt, Helena Titans;
Roy Withers, Idaho Falls Mustangs; Steve Biggs, Glacier Knights; Josh Sides,
Davis Vipers
Linebacker: Matt Christensen, Utah Shock;
Levine Tupe, Cache Valley Bears; Zac
Jockumsen, Boise Speed; Fisi
Tuatonga, Utah Heat; Mike Rhode, Great Falls
Gladiators; Ronny Wiggill, Morgan Marauders; Jesse Shaw, Glacier Knights
Cornerback: Chris Hooper, Utah Shock;
Brandon Reed, Idaho Falls Mustangs; Nate Cone, Salt
Lake Seminoles, Koby Spencer, Idaho Falls
Safety: Harold Ragin,
Salt Lake Seminoles; Nate Tuatagaloa,
Cache Valley Bears; Dane Knichrehm, Boise Speed ;
Ryan Weaver, Boise Speed
Return Specialist: Bryan Freeman, Morgan
Marauders
ALTERNATES (listed in order they would be
asked to play in the event a first team player does not play):
Quarterback:
Ryan Harris
– Cache Valley Bears
Brad Thurber
– Great Falls Gladiators
Running
Back:
Gary Dansby – Morgan
Sheldon
McCool - Glacier
Fullback:
Chris Grice
– Great Falls
Tight
End:
Max Wilson -
Boise
Wide
Receiver:
A.J. Varela
– Helena
Chris Liddiard – Utah Shock
Aaron Dickler – Davis
Offensive
Tackle:
Wes Ameetolia – Utah Heat
Rye McAffee – Idaho Falls
Offensie Guard:
Rajiem
Seabrook – Glacier
David
Hemmers – Davis
Center
Jared Taylor
- Glacier
Place-Kicker:
Andrew Petroski – Helena
Rodney Frokjer – Cache Valley
Defensive
End:
Josh Slater
- Davis
Sione Tuitonga – Utah Heat
Jeremy Crookston
– Cache Valley
Defensive
Tackle:
Jeremiah
Robinson – Salt Lake
Kerry Sheperd – Cache Valley
Linebacker:
Brooks Engstrom – Boise Speed
Soda Smith –
Helena Titans
Kevin Slater
– Davis
Jeb Harrison – Idaho Falls
Paul Hill -
Morgan
Cornerback:
Angel Castillo
–Utah Heat
Keoni Barawis – Utah Shock
Safety
Paul Ryan – Glacer
Jay Tupe – Cache Valley
Chris Norton
- Davis
Return
Specialist:
Jeremy Mecham – Salt Lake