(10-13-26) The Northern Indiana Conference has released its 2026-2027 All-Conference Girls Flag Football teams, with unbeaten Penn (7-0) leading the way.
Kingsmen senior quarterback Quinn Driscoll was named the NIC Most Valuable Player, and Elkhart’s Stephanie Elam earned Coach of the Year after guiding the Lions to a 6-1 second-place finish.
First-team All-MIC Defense includes Driscoll, Elkhart’s Brendayah Dale and Isis Robbins, New Prairie’s Addilynn Luther and Bailey Futa, Penn’s Makenzie Juszczak, and SB St. Joseph’s Myla Blazejewski and Arianna Rowell. First-team defense is headlined by Marian freshman Sammie O’Hara, New Prairie’s Emma Deutscher and Lola Hilberg, and Penn’s Amani Reed and Alivia Dawson.
First Team All-NIC Defense: Sammie O’Hara (9, QB, Marian), Emma Deutscher (12, DB/LB, New Prairie), Lola Hilberg (10, R/DB, New Prairie), Amani Reed (12, DB, Penn), Alivia Dawson (12, WR/S, Penn), Nyla Sutterland (12, WR/RB, SB Adams), Evolette Williams (12, WR/DB, SB St. Joseph), Ahvianna Vela (10, DB/LB, SB St. Joseph).
The final standings —
Penn 7-0, Elkhart 6-1, New Prairie 5-2, SB St. Joseph 4-3, SB Adams 3-4, Marian 2-5, SB Riley 1-6, SB Washington 0-7.
