Two Trojans honored

The accolades keep coming for the 2016 Whitehall High School Football team.

Two players from the squad that finished 10-2 team and made it the Montana 5B semifinals, were recently named to the 2016 USA Today ALL-USA Montana Football Team.

Senior Andrew Simon was named to the first team as a tight end. The 6-1, 190 pound is second all time in receiving yards in Montana history with 2,323. Simon was also named first team All-State and All-Conference and will play this summer in the Montana East/West Shrine Game.

Colton Noyes was also named to the prestigious squad. He made the second team as a defensive lineman. Noyes had a monster senior season with a team high 22-sacks and was second on the Trojans in tackles.

Whitehall head coach Dan Lacey said he could not remember the last time Whitehall had a member selected to this team.

"I was thinking about how far these two have came throughout the years in our program. Andrew started at linemen as a freshman. He constantly continued to work on his abilities and gave himself an opportunity to play tight end in our offensive system (in my opinion the hardest position in our offense to grasp and understand)," Lacey said. "Andrew has put in the extra work to make him very deserving on his first team honor. His attention to detail in his route running, and his catch radius has made him one of the best tight ends to ever play in Montana history. I'm very happy for him and proud to have had the opportunity to coach these two young men throughout the years."

Noyes started his career as a defensive back and wide receiver, but changed positions for his senior year.

"He knew we lost some depth on the offensive and defensive line and he was more than willing to do whatever he could to help our team out. Those selfless acts ending up giving Colton one of the best seasons a defensive end has had in Whitehall history and I couldn't be more proud of the player and person he has become. I'm so happy for him," Lacey said.