Lightning trio first-team All-Academy League

Sage Hill High seniors Zach Friedrichs, Scott Cho and Cliff

Swanson have been named first-team All-Academy League by the league’s

football coaches.

Friedrichs, a quarterback, Cho, a tight end, and Swanson, a

fullback, are members of the first-team offense after spearheading

the Lightning in its first varsity season.

Friedrichs completed 33 of 90 passes for 467 yards and one

touchdown in three league games.

Cho caught eight passes for 52 yards in league, while Swanson

rushed 23 times for 57 yards and caught four passes for 22 yards in

league play.

Senior Erik Williams tops four Sage Hill players who have earned

second-team recognition. He rushed for 58 yards on 21 carries and

caught 13 passes for 219 yards and one TD in three league contests,

spending time at running back and receiver. He also completed one

pass for 33 yards.

Sage Hill is represented on the second-team defense by junior

cornerback-linebacker Eddie Huang, as well as junior linemen Marcel

Sohl and Peter Haderlein.

Denny Warden (Brethren Christian) is the Offensive Player of the

Year and Eric Schlegel (Capistrano Valley Christian) is the Defensive

Player of the Year.