CLICK HERE for the News and Record 2022 HSXtra.com All-Area football team…Players of the Year were Ryan Stephens(Grimsley HS) on offense, and Logan Wright(Dudley HS) on defense….Content from Joe Sirera and photos from Woody Marshall…Was finally able to break through the paywall to get this one posted….
NC SPORTSWRITERS ALL-STATE TEAM
OFFENSE
QB – Jadyn Davis – Providence Day (7)
RB – Christian Perris – Princeton (6)
RB – Mason Avery – West Lincoln (5)
WR – Chris Culliver – Maiden (9)
WR – Nathan Leacock – Millbrook (7)
TE – Jack Larsen – Charlotte Catholic (5)
OL – Samuel Pendleton – Reagan (9)
OL – Sullivan Absher – South Point (8)
OL – Clinton Barlow – Charlotte Catholic (8)
OL – David Sanders, Jr. – Providence Day (5)
OL – Connor Drake – Providence (4)
OL – Luke Rector – Draughn (4)
ATH – Isaac Weaver – Andrews (6)
DEFENSE
DL – Keith Sampson, Jr – New Bern (7)
DL –Logan Wright – Dudley (6)
DL – Jamaal Jarrett – Grimsley (6)
DL – Daevin Hobbs – JM Robinson (5)
LB – Ben Cutter – East Lincoln (9)
LB – RJ Brown – East Forsyth (6)
LB – Zane Williams – Wake Forest (3)
DB – Dionte Neal – Reidsville (8)
DB – Daunte Hall – East Duplin (7)
DB –Chris Peal – Providence Day (4)
DB – Israel Powell – Hertford County (3)
DB – Jordan Young – Monroe (3)
SPECIAL TEAMS
K – Nolan Hauser – Hough (8)
P – Palmer Williams – Davie County (7)
KR – Javarius Green – Crest (4)
PR – Brody Barnhardt – Providence Day (4)
PR – DJ Hamilton – Mallard Creek (4)
LS – Mabry Bumgarner – Smoky Mountain (7)
HONORABLE MENTION:
QB – Mason Fortune (Millbrook); Jaylen Alexander-Raynor (East Forsyth);
RB – Sincere Baines (Jack Britt); Avery Gaby (East Duplin); Max Guest (AC Reynolds); Tyler Mason (Mount Airy); Anthony Quinn (Seventy-First);
WR – Terrell Anderson (Grimsley); Truitt Manual (West Henderson);; Alex Taylor (Grimsley);
TE – Jayvontae Conner (East Forsyth); Griffin Reimer (Weddington);
OL – Eagan Boyer (Hough); Bryson Esser (North Lincoln); Isaiah Eskeridge (Kings Mountain); Henry Harden (Grimsley); Reagan McCranie (Chase); Austin Pittman (Mount Tabor); Umar Rockhead (Mallard Creek); Walter Turner (Northwest Guilford); Ashton Williams (Seventy-First);
ATH – Kevin Concepcion (Chambers); Que’Shyne Flippen (Reidsville);
DL – Hector Bautista (Seventy-First); Bryce Davis (Grimsley); Zairion Jackson-Bass (Chambers); Nick Martin (East Forsyth); Elity Naire (Olympic); Isaiah Shirley (Watauga); Curtis Simpson (Kings Mountain); Kaden Thomas (Independence); Semaj Turner (East Forsyth):
LB – Dillon Earp (Hibriten); Jaybron Harvey (Southern Durham); Cahari Hayes (Burns); Demorris Jenkins (North Mecklenburg); Kade Kennedy (East Duplin); Raymond McCray (Seventy-First); James Nesta (Hough); Tyquan Rankin (Butler); Michael Short (Mallard Creek); Hunter Stalcup (Murphy); Ben Watson (Newton-Conover);
DB – Cutler Adams (Robbinsville); Brody Barnhardt (Providence Day); Channing Goodwin (Providence Day); Jaylen Jones (Butler); Samari Matthews (Hough); Adriel Miller (Central Cabarrus); DJ Parker (Dudley); Tim Patterson (Page); Will Ross (South Point); Dashawn Stone (AC Reynolds); Joshua Switzer (Ardrey Kell); Keandre Walker (East Lincoln);
K – Aiden Daugherty (Oak Grove); Alan Bahena-Soto (Bunker Hill);
P – Owen Fehr (Hough);
KR – Tylique Aldridge (Forestview); Que’Sean Brown (East Forsyth); Kendall Harris (Cox Mill);
PR – Zachariah Melton (Monroe);
LS – Liam Groulx (Providence Day);
COACH OF THE YEAR
David Lubowicz – East Lincoln (5)
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jadyn Davis – Providence Day (6)
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Keith Sampson, Jr – New Bern (3)
