Seven area athletes named 1st-team All-District

LEE COUNTY – Seven local high school football players from the area were named 1st team in their respective districts this week.
Fort Madison had five players named 1st district in the Class 3A District 4.
Senior Nolan Lamb anchored the offensive and defensive lines for the Bloodhounds who finished the year 3-6, three games better than 2025 and 2024.
Lamb had 7.5 tackles on the year, six solo, but worked the center of the offensive line that triggered the 1,400 plus yards of new record holder Moses Thacher. Thacher, a junior,  also was named 1st team after piling up 1,402 yards, breaking the Hounds’ Alex Gully’s 1,355 set in 2017.
Joining Lamb and Thacher on the first team were senior lineman Cal Hennings, who also was a key cog on the Hounds' offensive and defensive lines. Hennings had 18.5 tackles,two for loss, on the defensive side of the ball.
Jayden Cratton, a sophomore, is also on the first team, racking up 33.5 tackles, 29 solo, and had 126 yards receiving at 11.5 yards per catch. Cratton also had 508 yards in kick returns, including two touchdowns with a long return of 95 yards.
Freshman Gunner Perry was named 1st team as the Hounds' punter, averaging over 33 yards per punt with including a 62-yard kick this season.
For Central Lee, offensive lineman and linebacker Jack Benner and Brett Cook were named 1st team in Class 2A District 6.
Benner recorded 28.5 tackles, 26 solo, and 3.5 for losses. Cook had 68.5 tackles, 59 solo, with eight for losses, and 1.5 sacks. The senior also threw  for 596 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Hawks before a late-season injury.
Wyatt Day, Odin Mullins, and Carver Hayes were all named to the 2A-6.
For the Bloodhounds, Connor Horn, Max Jones, Liam Prier, Ren Watson, Clifford Stewart, and Owen Huffman were all named 2nd team 3A-4.
Fort Madison landed six on the honorable mention with Jordan Thompson, Stefan Berlett, Marshall Heitmann, Jonah Santiago, Henry Ireland, and Ryker Peters.
Central Lee’s Evan Fogarty, Baylor Ferreira, and Lucas Clark were all named honorable mention.
Central Lee’s Carson Morrison, Brett Cook, Carver Hayes, Kellen Weber, Jax Jenkins, Avery Taft, Zach Estrada, Evan Fogarty, Liam Crank, Colten Haigh, Luke Kruse, Johnny Seyb, Jaxson Mueller, Caden Maltas, Micah Ashmore, Jeren Gerdes, Asher Ekle, Brody Ruffcorn, Jack Benner, Emmett Smith, Grant Weirather, Andrew Figge, Tristain Robbins were all named Academic All-District.