AP All-State Team

[CoachT]

Link is on the home page now.

[ELA]

Link is on the home page now.

 

Congratulations to BERT BANDSTRA of East Ridge High School for making the ASSOCIATED PRESS: ALL-STATE FOOTBALL TEAM !

 

Congratulations to East Ridge players who made honorable mention:

 

Anthony Anderson - TB

Doug Edgar - DB

Edited December 16, 2003 by ELA

[BigH_Outlaw]

Congratulations to all Huntingdon class 2a State Champ players who were left off this list........once again the politics hit back home in the small town. I know of several of you who weren't on the list who could walk the dog with the first teamers.

[ELA]

Congratulations to all Huntingdon class 2a State Champ players who were left off this list........once again the politics hit back home in the small town. I know of several of you who weren't on the list who could walk the dog with the first teamers.

If I'm not mistaken, this list was created by the Associated Press and the football coaches had nothing to do with this one!

[CoachT]

Congratulations to all Huntingdon class 2a State Champ players who were left off this list........once again the politics hit back home in the small town. I know of several of you who weren't on the list who could walk the dog with the first teamers.

BigH: there are at least 5 Huntingdon players on that list.

[FHSrebel27]

Yay! The AP didn't snub us this year. Congratulations to Ryan Nichols, Second Team All-State WR. Also, congratulations to all of our Honorable Mentions:

 

Matt Solima

Tony Hammond

Joe Bell

Brad Christiansen

 

Hope I didn't leave anyone out. Once again, great job by the Rebels this year!

[Indian]

I would like to see Huntingdon play the first team offense and defense, after a couple of weeks of practicing together. I think the dog would be walked to a score of 100-0, at least.

[WesVLT]

Congrats to all who made it!

 

Still, I HATE the honorable mention section because of its sheer hugeness. I can understand having a section to honor those who didn't quite make 1st- or 2nd-team, but does it have to list a hundred or so players? It waters down the "All-state" title a bit.

 

If I were a player I'd probably feel differently, though. Congrats to all on the list!

[Indian]

If you look at it by Class or by section of the state it narrows things down. I only paid attention to the honorable mentions from around here.

[krichunaka]

Congratulationss to Byrd - first team - Christman and EHS' Brandon Blevins second team.

 

Honorable Mention:

 

Benfield and Lunsford Cloudland

 

Harrison, Whaley, Davis, Dover Happy Valley

 

Justin Waycaster and Adam Potter Hampton

 

Guinn Unaka

 

Bailey, Nave, Turley Elizabethton

 

Way to go guys. Could've been more, but there are a lot of other counties that probably feel the same way. Hope I didn't leave anyone from Carter County/ Elizabethton out.

 

Oh, and John, I saw Cody Parks on the Honorable Mention list.... Tell him congratulations.

[krichunaka]

I HATE the honorable mention section because of its sheer hugeness.  I can understand having a section to honor those who didn't quite make 1st- or 2nd-team, but does it have to list a hundred or so players?  It waters down the "All-state" title a bit.

 

If I were a player I'd probably feel differently, though.  Congrats to all on the list!

Good Point, Wes; and stated in good taste...

 

But I've seen so many of these guys play; and truth is several of them would match up well with the first and second team players.

 

But there are lots of them, huh? :justwrestle:

Edited December 16, 2003 by krichunaka

[WesVLT]

There most definitely are...but your point is valid -- most of them would indeed match up well with the first and second tier players on the list...it's hard to narrow it down on a high school level, but looking at a massive hunk of names just seems a little silly. :justwrestle: