Here's a look at the 2022 SVM Football All-Area Team, as well as the final stats leaderboard.

In a season full of growth for the Polo Marcos that ended with them fighting through adversity an nearly making a third straight trip the I8FA state championship game, the one constant all year was Brock Soltow, who is the 2022 Sauk Valley Media Football Player of the Year.

In one of the most agonizing, gut-wrenching playoff losses possible on Saturday, Polo scored with 42 seconds left to take the lead, only to see West Central score as time expired to win their Illinois 8-Man Football Associaiton state semifinal 50-48.