Buffalo Gap followed its Shenandoah District football championship by sweeping the district’s top individual honors.
Senior Cooper Reed was named offensive player of the year, senior Caleb Deaver was selected as defensive player of the year and Brad Wygant was named coach of the year.
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Reed also earned first-team all-purpose honors on offense and defense. Deaver was a first-team linebacker and a second-team offensive lineman.
Buffalo Gap also had senior Carson Townsend selected to the first-team offensive line and junior Garrett Seldomridge named the first-team center. Senior Ace Long was a first-team defensive lineman.
Stuarts Draft sophomore Jake Yow was the first-team quarterback and also earned first-team honors at defensive back.
Caleb Deaver helped lead a defense that saw Buffalo Gap shutout Riverheads 7-0 Sept. 18 in high school football.
Alleghany junior Buddy Leisure-White, Fort Defiance senior Jimmy Pruiksma and Riverheads senior Jackson Fitzgerald were the first-team running backs. Pruiksma also was the first-team kick returner, while Fitzgerald earned first-team honors at defensive back.
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Stuarts Draft junior Zakarre Hymes-Williams, Staunton junior Luc Geffrard and Wilson Memorial junior Nolan Deaver were the first-team wide receivers. Riverheads senior Trevor Lima earned first-team honors at tight end and linebacker.
Fort Defiance senior Diego Gutierrez Torres, Stuarts Draft senior Stephen Mikell and Riverheads senior Mekhi Meadows joined Townsend on the first-team offensive line. Alleghany senior Mason Hale was the first-team place-kicker.
On defense, Mikell, Alleghany junior Parker Osborne and Staunton junior Sirius Salisbury joined Long on the first-team defensive line.
Stuarts Draft junior Levi Bartels, Fort Defiance senior Landon Fridley, Wilson Memorial senior Andrew Haley joined Lima and Deaver as first-team linebackers.
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Fort Defiance senior Lance Fridley, Fitzgerald, Wilson Memorial senior Clinton Coffey and Yow were the first-team defensive backs. Staunton junior Gabryel Johnson was the first-team punt returner, and Wilson Memorial senior Maddox Woods was the first-team punter.
Riverheads senior Kendal Edwards was the second-team quarterback. Coffey, Buffalo Gap senior Jaden Humphrey and Riverheads senior Skyler Shiflett were the second-team running backs.
Alleghany senior Austin Greene, Rockbridge junior Harvey Presnell and Waynesboro junior Jeremih Jones were the second-team wide receivers. Fort Defiance junior Drake Fink was the second-team tight end.
Jimmy Pruiksma leads the Fort Defiance rushing attack heading into the playoffs.
Wilson Memorial senior Ben Baker, Deaver, Alleghany junior Zane George and Osborne were second-team offensive linemen. Riverheads senior Cobin Campbell was the second-team center, and Stuarts Draft senior Brandon Pritchett was the second-team offensive all-purpose selection.
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Woods was the second-team place-kicker, and Nolan Deaver was the second-team kick returner.
Fink, Wilson Memorial seniors Camden Cline and Carter Breeden, and Townsend earned second-team honors on the defensive line.
Rockbridge sophomore Reilley Culton, Alleghany senior Jayvon Myers, Hymes-Williams, Buffalo Gap senior Bradley Shiplett and Fort Defiance sophomore Corbyn Jack were the second-team linebackers.
Geffrard, Buffalo Gap senior Jude Louk, Buffalo Gap junior Zane Emurian and Shiflett were the second-team defensive backs. Stuarts Draft senior Devin Colvin was the second-team defensive all-purpose selection.
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Waynesboro senior Nashawn Mickens was the second-team punt returner, while Geffrard was the second-team punter.
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