All LPD Football for 2005 !!!!

Gate City sophomore running back Tyler Parks, who rushed for more than 2,000 yards this past season, was named Monday as the Offensive Back of the Year in the Lonesome Pine District.

The All-LPD team was released following J.I. Burton's 18-0 loss in the state finals on Saturday.

Gate City coach Nick Colobro and his staff were also honored as Coaches of the Year for Division II in the conference, by Burton's Jimbo Adams and his staff won the honor for Division I teams.

Jason Neely of Powell Valley won the Offensive Lineman of the Year honor as well as the Offensive Player of the Year honor.

Powell Valley's Chad Lane was named Defensive Back of the Year and the Defensive Player of the Year, while Rickie Harris of Burton was the Defensive Lineman of the Year.

In addition to Parks, regular-season champion Gate City also placed Jon Pope on first team offense and linebacker Jake Spivey and defensive back Jamie Hackney on the first team defense.

Gate City also placed Josh Castle on second team as a running back, Corey Shepherd on second team as a tight end, Josh Jones on second team as an offensive lineman and Ked Byrd on second team as a kicker.

Defensive second team members for Gate City were DL Josh Powers, LB Travis Sanlin and DE Jake Carter.

Here is the Coaches' All-LPD Football team for 2005

Coaches All-LPD Football for 2005

First Team Offense
RB -- Sammy Jessee, Appalachia, 5-11, 165 Jr.
RB -- Jordan Thacker, Burton, 5-10, 165 Sr.
RB -- Kenny Dotson, Clintwood, 5-10, 165 So.
RB -- Tyler Parks, Gate City, 5-7, 165 So.
RB -- Adam Mullins, Pound, 6-0, 160 Sr.
TE -- Brian Baber, Appalachia, 5-11, 221 Sr.
OL -- David Sullivan, Appalachia, 6-10, 210 Sr.
OL -- Cody McElroy, Burton, 6-0, 208 Jr.
OL -- Jacob Cumbo, Clintwood, 6-1, 225 Sr.
OL -- Jon Pope, Gate City, 6-3, 260 Jr.
C -- Jason Neeley, Powell Valley, 6-0, 270 Jr.
QB -- Cedric Mitchell, Powell Valley, 6-1, 170 So.
WR -- Lorenzo Miles, Burton, 5-10, 160 Sr.
WR -- Matt Hall, Coeburn, 6-1, 175 Sr.
WR -- Delmas Lawson, Powell Valley, 6-0, 188 So.
Kicker -- Derek Robbins, Clintwood, 6-2, 225 Fr.
Specialist -- Lorenzo Miles, Burton, 5-10, 160 Sr.

Offensive Back of the Year: Tyler Park, Gate City
Offensive Lineman of the Year: Jason Neely, Powell Valley
Offensive Player of the Year: Jason Neely, Powell Valley

Coach of the Year, Division I: Jimbo Adams & Staff
Coach of the Year, Division II: Nick Colobro & Staff

Second Team Offense
RB -- Josh Scott, Appalchia
RB -- Brett Leedy, Appalachia
RB -- Josh Castle, Gate City
RB -- Brian Murphy, Powell Valley
QB -- Ethan Stewart, Burton
WR -- Lee Robinson, Burton
WR -- Brad Mullins, Pound
WR -- Stephen Mumpower, Powell Valley
TE -- Corey Shephard, Gate City
TE -- Luke Logan, Pound
OL -- Jarod Mabe, Appalachia
OL -- Josh Jones, Gate City
OL -- Kevin Thompson, Kelly
OL -- Cory Balthis, Pound
C -- Josh Meade, Clintwood
Kicker -- Ked Byrd, Gate City
Specialist -- Delmas Lawson, Powell Valley


First Team Defense
DL -- David Sullivan, Appalachia, 6-1, 210 Sr.
DL -- Rickie Harris, Burton, 5-11, 199 So.
DL -- C.J. Phillips, Clintwood, 6-1, 240 Jr.
DL -- Wes Isom, Powell Valley, 6-1, 252 Jr.
DE -- Ryan Vanover, Pound, 6-2, 175 Sr.
DE -- Joshua Spurlock, Powell Valley, 6-4, 190 Jr.
LB -- Brian Baber, Appalachia, 5-11, 221 Sr.
LB -- Jacob Cumbo, Clintwood, 6-1, 225 Sr.
LB -- Jake Spivey, Gate City, 5-11, 235 Sr.
LB -- Chad Lane, Powell Valley, 6-1, 182 Sr.
DB -- Jordan Thacker, Burton, 5-10, 165 Sr.
DB -- Kenny Dotson, Clintwood, 5-10, 165 So.
DB -- Jamie Hackney, Gate City, 6-1, 180 So.
DB -- Stephen Mumpower, Powell Valley, 6-1, 165 Jr.
Punter -- Zac Clifton, Kelly, 5-11, 175 Jr.

Defensive Back of the Year: Chad Lane, Powell Valley
Defensive Lineman of the Year: Rickie Harris, Burton
Defensive Player of the Year: Chad Lane, Powell Valley

Second Team Defense
DL -- Jared Mabe, Appalachia
DL -- Cody McElroy, Burton
DL -- Josh Miles, Burton
DL -- Josh Powers, Gate City
DE -- Josh Meade, Clintwood
DE -- Jake Carter, Gate City
LB -- Brett Leedy, Appalachia
LB -- Travis Sanlin, Gate City
LB -- Ethan Lopez, Powell Valley
LB -- Brian Murphy, Powell Valley
DB -- Lee Robinson, Burton
DB -- Lorenzo Miles, Burton
DB -- Daniel Vanover, Clintwood
DB -- Eric Mullins, Pound
Punter -- Jarod Scalf, Burton

Honorable Mention
RB -- Jaymil Sensabaugh, Burton; Anthony Nixon, Coeburn; Chris Mullins, Kelly; Christ Strouth, Pound; Chris Hughes, Pound.

TE -- Adam Kiser, Appalachia; Derek Kendrick, Clintwood; Damien Withen, Kelly.

Lineman -- Jacob Rose, Burton; Chris Mullins, Clintwood; C.J. Phillips, Clintwood; Shane Bright, Coeburn; Jeromy Sartin Coeburn; Jeff Edds, Gate City; Aaron Crabtree, Kelly; Jacob Thomas, Powell Valley.

Center -- Zach Dotson, Pound; Seth Musick, Gate City.

WR -- Jon David Reed, Burton; Marshall McMurray, Gate City.

QB -- Kelly Fleming, Clintwood; Brian Pate, Coeburn; Adam Price, Gate City; Dustin Fleming, Pound.

Kicker -- Caleb Stanley, Pound.

DL -- Jardo Scalf, Burton; D.J. Mullins, Clintwood; Josh Hughes, Coeburn, Jake Jones, Gate City; Caleb Phillips, Powell Valley.

LB -- Josh Scott, Appalachia; Cody Collier, Burton; Will Godsey, Burton; Jarrod Key, Burton; Derek Kendrick, Clintwood; Mile Osborne, Clintwood; Devan Sproles, Kelly; Drew Williams, Pound; Chrius Strouth, Pound.

DE -- Chris Bush, Appalachia; Tyler Lawson, Coeburn; Justin Faulkner, Gate City; Zack Clifton, Kelly; Colby Mullins, Powell Valley.

DB -- Travis Skaggs, Appalachia; Chad Leedy, Appalachia; Jay Coleman, Burton; Jaycob Coleman, Burton; Chris Robinson, Clintwood; Dustin Cooke, Coeburn; Tihlee Anderson, Gate City; Delmas Lawson, Powell Valley. Justin Qualls, Powell Valley.

that a way Jason

Cedric Mitchell definitely deserved the QB award... he was pretty good, and next year he'll be even better.

And the year after that... who knows what will happen.

Congrats to Tyler Parks, though. To be a sophomore, that guy could/can run the ball like a beast. When he's a senior, he's probably going to be just about unstoppable.

Congrats Neeley.. I know you worked hard man. Well deserved

Its going to be exciting to watch Mitchell, Parks and Stewart for the next 2 years.

Rickie Harris, defensive lineman of the year, not bad for a sophomore fellas, Im glad somebody saw what I saw and voted for him.

IMO, Ethan Lopez got robbed!! He should have made first team defense. Just proves what I have always said about the all district voting from P.V. for the most part is not how well you play, but how much money you have. Just look at his stats for this year. He easily had better stats than Spurlock or Lane.

Congratulations to all that were choosen and especially to Jason and Chad. The future looks bright at PV as well with several players coming back who earned all LPD honors.

Chad Lane was by far the best defensive player in the LPD this year. And your entire statement about the all district voting at PV makes entirely no sense.

Well, you are entitled to your opinion as well as I am entitled to mine. Like I said, just look at Ethan's stats.

I agree, Chad Lane deserved the award.

Congrats to everyone, esp. Chad and Neely.

Major hoorahs for all who made it.

Big grats to Parks and Harris, the LPD is going to be a lot of fun for the next two years. Knowing both of these kids, I gotta say that they are some of the finest kids I've met. Neither one of them has a big head, both are very humble and very bright. Nothing but good things ahead for these two.

Mega, you know how many tackles Rickey ended up with? I want to say he had over 100 going into the GC game, but I may be off on that stat.

I have no idea bud, I just noticed that he was in the backfield on about every play this season.

thanks, but does anyone know when Region will come out?

I believe it should be within the next couple of days. I thik they meet the Sunday after the regional game, but they may wait to vote until the last game of the season. Either way it should be out before too long.

I can't believe Zo made 2nd team Defence. While I have nothing against GC, you would think by reading the article that had won state and everyplayer on the team made district.

Those QB selections don't make sense to me. A guy leads his team, the ONLY LPD team, to a State title appearance and he gets selected for 2nd team honors? Don't get me wrong, PV's QB had a good year, but where was he when Burton's QB was playing for state? Yeah, Burton lost, but he was there while the other guy was at home or in the stands. And then the Richardson kid from Appy can't even get an honorable mention? I heard he finished with over 1,000 yards and was only the 2nd sophomore from Appy ever to do that. But if he did indeed get 1,000 yards on such a run dominated team like Appy, he deserves a mention.

Shoe, I can understand you feeling that way, but this article was written for the Gate City section of tricitiessports.com. That is the website it came from & like every other school covered on that site, GC has a reporter(s)/writer(s) that writes articles for said schools & fans of that school with the flavor of a hometown newspaper. I am sure if Burton or another school in our area had a column within tricitiessports.com, they would follow suit of the other dozen or so schools covered by the site.
I think the reason this article was posted first is because they were the first to put it out on the net.

I feel as if some norton people got cheated out of some all district votes... And i do not go to burton, yes i am a burton graduate.. Lee Robinson not first team, the kid had 9 int's, and a lot of tackles..

congrats man.

Ah it's all good man. I could care less really, you know. I mean it just came at me in a way to where I was like damn. But thanks for clearifing that up though.

But congrads to all who made it.

How do they figure Zo is a wr. Isn't he a slot back?

There is too much talking and bargining at these all-district meetings. Ballots should go out and votes taken, no wheeling and dealing among coaches.That is how RB's like Zo get to be WR's. There almost like car salesman trying to get their boy on the team. And I know you can guess who is the best at it. I know Neely is a good center and congrats to him for an awesome year....but, Offensive player of the year? He was a pass blocker most of the year.

So any lineman is not worthy of the player of the year award?? I'm not being a smartass but im just wandering if thats what your post is really meaning.

Generally when I think offensive player of the year, I think someone scored a lot, or gained a lot of yards.

Being an old trencher, or hawg, I kinda like this, but I think it's more of a gimmick...sorta like Woodson winning the Heisman.

about the PV quarterback being first team and somepeople saying ethan stewart should haev been first team. THe best quarterback isnt always on the best team. Like Peyton Manning when Tom Brady was winning superbowls. PVs quarterback deserves it and congradualtions to all that made it.

Agreed.

I'll be totally honest with you, too. Comparing throwing ability and running ability overall, I would pick Cedric Mitchell as the better quarterback, simply because I've watched both Burton and Powell Valley several times and he was the most impressive one that I saw.

Ethan should had been first team hands down, he lead his team all the way to the state game. Im curious, who had more numbers ethan or cedric??

I'd say Zo led his team to state.

Offensive linemen of the year award is good. But Offensive player of the year? Just never heard of it before. I guess I'm used to a QB or RB getting this award.

maybe its just a straight rumor, but did ethan stewart drive to school as a freshman? [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

What the hell does that have to do with the subject at hand?

Yea I reckon he did

but that has nothing to do with POY

Congrats to all!