All-Region D Teams (football)

Offensive Player of the Year: Austin Kelly, Clintwood
Defensive Player of the Year: Austin Dotson, Clintwood
Division I Coach of the Year: Rick Mullins, Clintwood
Division II Coach of the Year: Steve Wright, John Battle

FIRST TEAM
Offense
OL- Dustin Young, Honaker; Chance Moore, Twin Valley, Daniel McMurray, Gate City; Isaac Hammonds, Rye Cove; Evan Orr, Union; Austin Kelly, Clintwood
WR- Dakota Stanley, Haysi; Riley Maggard, J.I. Burton; Nathan Baker, Union
TE- Jeremiah Dye, Honaker
RB- Jerod Honaker, Honaker; Tyler Graham, Lee; Gavan Meade, Clintwood
QB- Tanner Crowder, J.I. Burton
FB- Austin Dotson, Clintwood
Utility- Cody Rogers, John Battle; Jared Brewer, Thomas Walker

Defense
LB- Payton Sivert, Gate City; Brandon Moore, Thomas Walker; Malik Miles, J.I. Burton; Austin Dotson, Clintwood
DB- Dustin Waynick, Hurley; Josh Jordan, Virginia High; Aaron Kennedy, Castlewood; Riley Maggard, J.I. Burton
DE- Jeremiah Dye, Honaker; Robbie Mullins, Clintwood
DL- Dustin Young, Honaker; Casey Vass, Thomas Walker; Andrew Sargent, J.I. Burton; Jeremy Mullins, Clintwood

Special Teams
K- Wayne Mutter, Grundy; Nick Bowen, Gate City
P- Wayne Mutter, Grundy
KR- Riley Maggard, J.I. Burton


SECOND TEAM
Offense
OL- Jesse Daniels, Lee; Chad Blevins, Eastside; McKallen Leonard, J.I. Burton; Zac Bailey, Honaker; Heath Mullins, Haysi; Kris Hawkins, Grundy; Alan Duncan, John Battle; Cody Vaughn, Gate City; Christian Robbins, Lee; Drew Young, Castlewood; Sammy Ervin, Rye Cove; Casey Vass, Thomas Walker; Jake Osborne, J.I. Burton; Drew Collins, Central
WR- Dustin Waynick, Hurley; Dillon O'Quinn, Grundy, Montana Morris, Gate City; Josh Jordan, Virginia High; Bryan Salyer, Lebanon; Aaron Kennedy, Castlewood; Jared Finch, Twin Springs; Tyler Scott, Thomas Walker; Justin Stanley, Central
TE- Morgan Stiltner, Lebanon; Chandler Cole, Eastside; Nathaniel Mullins, Clintwood
RB- Tyler Berglowe, Hurley; Tyler McClanahan, Grundy; Chris Belcher, Lebanon; Tyler Bird, Gate City; Cody Cain, Thomas Walker; Austin Hazlett, Twin Springs; Reid Edmonds, Castlewood; Malik Miles, J.I. Burton; Tyler Barker, Union
QB- Austin Cooper, Hurley; Josh Blackburn, John Battle; Trevor Hileman, Castlewood
FB- Tyler Bailey, Honaker; Derick Miller, Gate City; Silas Bush, Rye Cove
Utility- Shannon Adams, Twin Valley; Colby Dean, J.I. Burton

Defense
LB- Tyler Bailey, Honaker; Greg Stacy, Hurley; Derick Blair, Haysi; Dillon Q'Quinn, Grundy; Robert Luchini, John Battle; Seaver Elliot, Gate City; Ryan Hubbard, Lebanon; Addison Rasnick, Castlewood, Nick Sturgill, Eastside; Blake Sloce, Castlewood; Jessee Coffey, J.I. Burton; Dre Collins, Central
DB- Shannon Adams, Twin Valley; Dakota Stanley, Haysi; Cody Church, Grundy; Chris Belcher, Lebanon; Nick Bowen, Gate City; Montana Morris, Gate City; Cody Cain, Thomas Walker; Tyler Hazlett, Twin Springs; Reid Edmonds, Castlewood; Morgan Stanley, J.I. Burton; Dylan Dahley, Clintwood; Preston Chadwell, Union
DE- Heath Mullins, Haysi; Andrew Laney, Virginia High; Derick Miller, Gate City; Isaac Hammonds, Rye Cove; Chad Blevins, Eastside; Nick Sturgill, Central
DL- DeAndre Williams, Honaker; Jake McCowan, Grundy; Christian Robbins, Lee; Josh Heckford, Lebanon; Jay Howington, Gate City; Sammy Ervin, Rye Cove; Todd Salyer, Twin Springs; Brandon Bentley, Union

Special Teams
K- Nathan Minor, Eastside; Kyle Cantrell, Central
P- Derrick Miller, Gate City; Aaron Kennedy, Castlewood; Nathan Baker, Union
KR- Tanner Charles, Hurley; Zack Parsons, Lee; Aaron Kennedy, Castlewood

While Lee was not successful, Tyler Graham not getting Region D POY is a joke.

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Originally Posted by Biggin

While Lee was not successful, Tyler Graham not getting Region D POY is a joke.

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I was surprised to see that too. Didn't see the kid play, but from the looks of things on paper, it sounded like he absolutely tore it up.

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Originally Posted by Biggin

While Lee was not successful, Tyler Graham not getting Region D POY is a joke.

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I was surprised as well. That said though, I dont have a huge problem with it. Too many times OL get overlooked for these types of awards.

Twlve linebackers on second team??????????????

If you didn't make first team, you automatically got put on 2nd team apparently and they done away with honorable mention. I have not real beef with that since they actually got the 1st teams list to acceptable numbers.

I agree that Graham should have gotten POY
The other thing I see is that Kennedy should have been first team WR.

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Originally Posted by TheBeast

Twlve linebackers on second team??????????????

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Yeah, no kidding! Way too many people on the second team. In my opinion the all district, region and state teams should have 11 offense 11 defense and K, P, KR, PR, and one Util. player at the most. Putting 30-40 kids on the second team O and D really takes the accomplishment out of it for those who deserve that second team. Put all those who deserve some credit honorable mention. I am not disputing any body that is on any team be it 1st or 2nd. All those kids that I have seen play that are on this team are good football players.

If you don't deserve first team, does second team really matter? It sure didn't mean junk to me when I made it.

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Originally Posted by 1inStripes

I was surprised as well. That said though, I dont have a huge problem with it. Too many times OL get overlooked for these types of awards.

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Theres no doubt Austin Kelly was one of the best players in the region, but did you see Graham's stats? The kid averaged over 250 yards per game! That is insane.
Graham has consistently put up mind blowing numbers yet has never been rewarded with CMD or Region D POY.

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Originally Posted by Biggin

Theres no doubt Austin Kelly was one of the best players in the region, but did you see Graham's stats? The kid averaged over 250 yards per game! That is insane.
Graham has consistently put up mind blowing numbers yet has never been rewarded with CMD or Region D POY.

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Both were men among boys. Grahams stats were ridiculous no doubt. He was awarded CMD POY this year.

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Originally Posted by fballfan

Yeah, no kidding! Way too many people on the second team. In my opinion the all district, region and state teams should have 11 offense 11 defense and K, P, KR, PR, and one Util. player at the most. Putting 30-40 kids on the second team O and D really takes the accomplishment out of it for those who deserve that second team. Put all those who deserve some credit honorable mention. I am not disputing any body that is on any team be it 1st or 2nd. All those kids that I have seen play that are on this team are good football players.

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It's the syndrome called "No losers", everybody gets a trophy!

If they don't have the balls to say kid A is better than kid B and kid B doesn't get any recognition at all then they should just do away with it all together and not bother even making any choices. That's the problem with society today when they started all this everybody gets a trophy horse chit so Jimmy don't get his feelings hurt. Well Jimmy you need to nut up and go out and practice and get better and earn the trophy and if you work and someone is still better and gets the trophy instead guess what.........


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Originally Posted by 1inStripes

Both were men among boys. Grahams stats were ridiculous no doubt. He was awarded CMD POY this year.

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Ahh okay I did not know that. Good for Graham, he deserves it.

damn i got to looking and my name isnt on there. they listed everyone and their grandma in swva but me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and btw should of went to Graham. when Kelly even touches the ball then we can say POY.

When a back has a good game, it's because he ran well. If a back has a bad game, it's because the line didn't block. Austin Kelly very deserving of this honor!

Graham did it without a whole lot of help and with each opposing team knowing he was Lee High's offense. Opposing team's game plans were setup to stop Graham yet he still put up phenomenal numbers. While Kelly is an amazing kid not every opposing team was game planning against him solely. Tyler should have been Reg. D POY.

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Originally Posted by baracuda

Graham did it without a whole lot of help and with each opposing team knowing he was Lee High's offense. Opposing team's game plans were setup to stop Graham yet he still put up phenomenal numbers. While Kelly is an amazing kid not every opposing team was game planning against him solely. Tyler should have been Reg. D POY.

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Agreed.
Lee had very little help (but Graham's backup was pretty darn good too tho) while Kelly played on a state championship team.

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Originally Posted by Biggin

Agreed.
Lee had very little help (but Graham's backup was pretty darn good too tho) while Kelly played on a state championship team.

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He's also one of the primary reasons they were a state championship team. Without him they have another loss or two at least. When they needed a tough yard that wasn't Dotson straight up the middle for something short, guess where they went and 9 x's out of 10 got it?

Of course I am biased being related to A.K. but can you really go wrong with either one?? Or even Gavin Meade for that matter..played with a broken leg and bad knee..Im sure the kids from Norton and Central would argue that..haha but seriously I do not think you could go wrong picking either.

Im proud to see that a lineman got POY! To me that is awesome! Like mentioned earlier, the line usually gets overlooked. They are the true work horses of the game. No credit given but all credit deserved. On the other hand, Graham did break records left and right including Thomas Jones' single game rushing record (I know it was broken earlier by a few kids out on the coast but Graham is the first in SWVA to break it). If Graham had a better line in front of him then maybe he would have won this award. If there is any consolation awards then IMO Graham deserves them. All in all, i dont think they made the wrong choice giving this award to Kelly, this kid is a manchild monster among boys

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Originally Posted by UnIoNfAn

If Graham had a better line in front of him then maybe he would have won this award. If there is any consolation awards then IMO Graham deserves them.

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What? A kid runs for 2300 yards and you say that he needed a better line in front of him to win the award? What more could he have realistically done? Every team that played Lee knew that Graham was going to get the ball 90% of the time and he still managed to have the most yardage and (I believe) most touchdowns in SWVA/"Region D" through NINE games. IMO even though the linemen are very important to an offense how can you single only one lineman out and give him player of the year for the entire region over the other lineman on the team. That is why I don't believe linemen should win awards like this. One lineman couldn't open up all the holes for a back just like a running back couldn't gain yards without ALL of his linemen. While the kid from Clintwood is a very good lineman and like you say a man among boys, I still feel the award should have went to Graham.

I'm already on record as saying I thought Graham should have won POY. But really he did have some decent blocking. Christian Robbins is very good and Davis was solid too. It's not like he was running behind small untalented blockers. He actually did get decent blocking.

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Originally Posted by red66

What? A kid runs for 2300 yards and you say that he needed a better line in front of him to win the award? What more could he have realistically done? Every team that played Lee knew that Graham was going to get the ball 90% of the time and he still managed to have the most yardage and (I believe) most touchdowns in SWVA/"Region D" through NINE games. IMO even though the linemen are very important to an offense how can you single only one lineman out and give him player of the year for the entire region over the other lineman on the team. That is why I don't believe linemen should win awards like this. One lineman couldn't open up all the holes for a back just like a running back couldn't gain yards without ALL of his linemen. While the kid from Clintwood is a very good lineman and like you say a man among boys, I still feel the award should have went to Graham.

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I agree 100% with the fact that everyone knew that 90% of the time Graham was getting the ball and he still put up huge numbers that no other back could have done. 2300 yards is one amazing accomplishment. Imagine what Graham could have done behind Clintwood's line! I would feel safe in saying that he would have reached 4000 yards. So many time Graham got caught up in the backfeild and still broke a big run, so if Lee's line were better he would have put up even higher numbers! Im a former lineman and thats why im proud that a lineman finally got this award. Kelly was the workhorse that Clintwood ran behind to beat 3 undefeated teams and win the state championship. IMO thats the reason Kelly won instead of Graham. Arguments can be made for both kids getting this award but the deciding factor for me is Clintwood's sucsess mainly behind Austin Kelly's lead blocks. Clintwood's back put up huge numbers too (not as much as graham) and he done it with the majority of his runs coming right off Kelly's butt cheek. To me thats why Kelly got this award and not Graham. Had Lee High won more games than they did due to Graham's running then he would have won POY. Clintwood's sucsess rested on their O line punishing defenses all across the state and Kelly was the leader of those punishers. I hate the fact that Lee wasnt as sucsessful as they could have been. IMO Graham is the best back in SWVA and one of the best players but due to lack of supporting cast Lee High wasnt sucsessful even with the best back in the area and that is what hurt Graham's odds of winning POY

But the job done by Graham and Lee's offense in most cases would have certainly been good enough to make for a very successful season. The performances on the offensive side were plenty good enough, Lee's issues were on the defensive side.

That is a very true statement beamer_ball. Lee's O did perform very well and it was the D's fault more times than not for Lee's loosing efforts. With that being said though, Clintwood's sucess laid more times than not on key blocks made by Kelly which is why Kelly won the honor of POY. I have to agree that in cases like this its a tough call to make but looking at it from a point of view on game winning plays Kelly led the way for Clintwood's backs more times than not. I can honestly say that in the Union/Clintwood game we all know that Union was up 20 to 7 at the half and in the second half Clintwood came out and ran right off Kelly's hip play after play and ended up winning that game due to his blocking ability. Another factor in the decision making IMO was the fact that Clintwood's offense went up against three undefeated teams in the post season and won, a big part due to Kelly's blocking ability and leadership of the O line. Not trying to beat a dead horse or nothing but Kelly is probably in the top linemen of all time in SWVA. Granted that Graham is also one of the best backs of all time in SWVA and probably numbers wise one of the tops in the state. If the shoe were on the other foot and Graham did win POY would anyone try to make a case for Austin Kelly or would he be another unknown lineman?

Like Clintwood's a good deal of Lee's success in rushing came off the left side right behind Robbins also.

A.K. also was starting defensive tackle and made all-district...not a bad double duty player but for the life of me..since everyone else got a "cookie," wonder why A.K did not get at least 2nd team region? Oh well.

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Originally Posted by Gotch

I agree that Graham should have gotten POY
The other thing I see is that Kennedy should have been first team WR.

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It's crazy that he didn't get 1st team WR. He was a beast this year.

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Originally Posted by beamer_ball

Like Clintwood's a good deal of Lee's success in rushing came off the left side right behind Robbins also.

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Very true. Robbins was a big ole youngin that made alot of holes for Graham.