Chad Christen, Red Land's senior kicker/punter, is the first area player to earn first-team All-State this year.
Christen, who verbally committed to the University of Connecticut earlier this month, made the team as a placekicker on offense after recording 24 touchdowns. Christen hit seven field goals, tied for the most in the area with Cumberland Valley's Andrew Reiersen, and made 17 of 20 extra points.
Christen's longest field goal was a 49-yarder against Susquehanna Twp. on Sept. 5 and he accounted for all nine of Red Land's points with three field goals against Shippensburg in a 9-7 win Oct. 24.
As for the second team, Cumberland Valley placed a pair of seniors on the offense with running back Mike Frenette and lineman Brandon Morris. Running behind the 6-foot-2, 260-pounder, Frenette led the area with 1,759 rushing yards and 23 touchdowns to help the Eagles finish 12-2 and advance to the District 3-AAAA final where they lost to Wilson, 35-7.
CV won its first district game in five years and returned to the final for the first time since 2003.
Red Land, playing in Class AAAA for the first time in five years, went 6-4 in the regular season and qualified for the 3-AAAA field for the first time in program history before falling to York William Penn, 21-7.
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