12-4A Pre-Season Selections

[qwerty]

Does anyone have all the 12-4A All District Pre-Season Selections if so could you please post them.

[Mavchamp]

I know who was selected from Marshall.

 

I think the team will be released this weekend by the local papers. If not...it may be the following week.

[Guest]

They were all released this past weekend.....Thanks to Mitch Lucas for compiling these lists!

 

District 12-4A

2006 Preseason All-District Team

(Chosen by members of the local newspaper media: The Longview News Journal, The Tyler Morning Telegraph, The Marshall News Messenger, The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel, and the Kilgore News Herald)

 

Offensive Most Valuable Player: Kilgore running back Jerek Sheffield

Defensive Most Valuable Player: Marshall defensive end Demetrius Wilder

 

OFFENSE

Quarterbacks: Shane Fry, Hallsville; Justin McAninch, Nacogdoches

Running backs: Jerek Sheffield, Kilgore; Carmen Boyd Anderson, Jacksonville; Luke Shivers, Whitehouse; Kendrick Survia, Hallsville

Wide receivers: Mervin Dudley, Nacogdoches; Darius Valentine, Hallsville; Jake Deville, Henderson; Deaundray Rossum, Kilgore

Tight end: Nick Page, Nacogdoches; Austin Siler, Henderson

Offensive line: Michael Huey, Kilgore; Chris Jones, Marshall; Clay Baker, Pine Tree; Joe Villavisencio, Jacksonville; Adam Brock, Marshall

Kicker: Rigo Casas, Marshall; Jeremy Barber, Hallsville.

 

DEFENSE

Defensive line: Demetrius Wilder, Marshall; Demetrius Jones, Marshall; Josh Schattel, Hallsville; Scott Tillison, Henderson.

Linebackers: Rick Thomas, Kilgore; James Ervin, Nacogdoches; Brian Inglehart, Jacksonville; Hunter Franklin, Whitehouse.

Defensive backs: Jaron Shepherd, Kilgore; Deaundray Rossum, Kilgore; James Williams, Hallsville; Tyson Young, Nacogdoches.

Punter: Shane Fry, Hallsville; Cullen Mauritzen, Pine Tree

 

PROJECTED COACH OF THE YEAR: Bill Harper, Nacogdoches

 

A few notes:

* Hallsville has six players on this year's team. Kilgore and Marshall each have five. There are four Nac players on the team. Henderson and Jacksonville each had three players on the squad, and Whitehouse and Pine Tree each had two.

* It's the second year in a row that Kilgore and Marshall players won the MVP honors, but this year it's reversed; last year, Marshall running back Jackie Robinson was the preseason offensive MVP and Kilgore DE Eddie Jones was the defensive MVP (both were unanimous).

* Kilgore running back Jerek Sheffield was the district's leading rusher last year -- 1,850 yards and 14 scores.

* Jacksonville running back Carmen Boyd Anderson had 18 scores and 852 yards in 2005.

* Whitehouse's Luke Shivers had 1,530 yards and 12 scores on 202 carries.

* Hallsville's Kendrick Survia had 139 carries for 920 yards and 7 TDs.

* Hallsville quarterback Shane Fry completed 100 of 171 passes in 2005 for 1,264 yards, 7 INT and 11 touchdowns. He has 11 career starts.

* Nac's Justin McAnich completed 80 of 162 passes for 1,197 yards, 7 INT and 10 TDs.

* Linebackers Hunter Franklin (Whitehouse) and Brian Inglehart (Jacksonville) each totaled over 100 tackles in 2005. Scott Tillison had 50 tackles as a defensive tackle for the Henderson Lions. Rick Thomas (of Kilgore) and James Erwin (Nac) shared the newcomer of the year award last year and both return this season.

* Jaron Shepherd had 57 tackles, four interceptions and eight pass-breakups for the Kilgore Bulldogs and is back for his senior season this year. Shepherd's dad is Ronald Shepherd, the former Major League Baseball player.

* Kilgore's Deaundray Rossum (at wideout and defensive back) and Hallsville's Shane Fry (at QB and punter) were double selections to this year's team.

* This is the first time a projected coach of the year has been named (Nac's Bill Harper).

 

COACHES POLL

All coaches in District 12-4A voted in this poll, how they believe the district race will finish. Teams were awarded eight points for each first-place vote, seven points for each second-place vote; six for each third-place vote; five for each fourth-place vote; four points for each fifth-place vote; three points for each sixth-place vote; two points for each seventh-place vote; and one point for each last-place vote.

Marshall 61 points - The Mavericks were picked first by six of the district's eight coaches.

Kilgore 49 points - The Bulldogs were picked to finish first by one coach, and picked second by six coaches

Hallsville 48 points - The Bobcats were picked first by one coach, and picked third by six others.

Nacogdoches 39 points - The Dragons were picked to finish second by two coaches.

Jacksonville 38 points - The Indians were picked third by two coaches, and weren't picked higher than third by any coach

Whitehouse 26 points - The Wildcats weren't picked to finish higher than fifth by any coach.

Henderson 16 points - The Lions weren't picked higher than sixth by any coach.

Pine Tree 11 points - The Pirates were picked to finish last in the district by six coaches.

Voting in the above poll were coach Meeks of Henderson; Mike Vallery of Kilgore; Rodney Southern of Marshall; Tim Russell of Pine Tree; David Plunk of Hallsville; Randy McFarlin of Whitehouse; Randy Copeland of Jacksonville; and Bill Harper of Nacogdoches.

 

MEDIA POLL

Participating in this poll of how they believe the district will finish were Gabriel Brooks and J.C. Derrick of the Longview News Journal; Shane Stark of the Tyler Morning Telegraph; Mitch Lucas of the Kilgore News Herald; Nancy Niles and Jon Dustin Brooks of the Marshall News Messenger; Hughes Ellis of the Henderson Daily News; and Brandon Ogden of the Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel. Just as in the coaches poll, teams were awarded eight points for each first-place vote, seven points for each second-place vote; six for each third-place vote; five for each fourth-place vote; four points for each fifth-place vote; three points for each sixth-place vote; two points for each seventh-place vote; and one point for each last-place vote.

Kilgore 58 points - The Bulldogs received four first-place votes and three second-place votes.

Marshall 54 points - The Mavericks were picked by three writers to finish first, and weren't picked lower than fourth by anyone.

Hallsville 48 points - The Bobcats received one first place vote.

Nacogdoches 43 points - The Dragons got two second-place votes.

Jacksonville 36 points - The Indians were picked by almost every participating writer to finsh fifth. They got one second-place vote.

Henderson 20 points - The Lions didn't earn a single vote higher than sixth.

Whitehouse 20 points - Seven starters back on offense didn't sway the writers in voting here.

Pine Tree 9 points - The Pirates are still cellar-dwellers, the writers voted.