Class 5A All-State Football Team Announced

Sunday, July 29, 2012 - by special report to chattanoogan.com

The Star Physical Therapy Class 5A Preseason All-State football team has been announced.

The team was recently published in Murphy Fair's Tennessee High School Football.

Fair’s annual high school football yearbook is ready for purchase.

Known as “The Bible” of prep football publications, this year’s 25th silver anniversary edition is 240 pages full of top 10 predictions in the eight classifications, pre-season all-state teams, coaching records and of course, the always valuable and informative team-by-team breakdowns and more.

In the Chattanooga area, the football yearbooks can be purchased for $12 at:

Chattanooga: Big Ridge Cleaners - 5936 Hixson Pike - Publix Shopping Center
Mountain City Cleaners - 3554 Broad Street (foot of Lookout Mountain)
Carriage Cleaners - 715 Signal Mountain Road
Carriage Cleaners - 3835 Dayton Blvd

CLASS 5A ALL-STATE

OFFENSE

QB      Ty Ryans                               Cherokee                              6-4      185     Sr

RB       Jalen Hurd                            Beech                                     6-3      215     Jr

RB       Nolan Coulter                      Knox Catholic                      6-0      190     Sr

RB       Marquis Morton                Shelbyville Central             5-10   185     Sr

WR     Camion Patrick                   Lenoir City                            6-2      205     Sr

TE        Chad Dye                              Hendersonville                   6-3      250     Sr

OL       Matt Pyke                             Anderson Co                       6-4      295     Sr

OL       Caleb McClanahan             Beech                                     6-2      250     Sr

OL       Bobby Billingsley                Memphis East                     6-2      255     Sr

OL       Christian Morris                 Memphis East                     6-6      305     Sr

OL       Andy Bacon                         Morristown West              6-5      300     Sr

K          Alex Sigmon                         Tennessee                            5-11   195     Sr

DEFENSE

DB       Darian Banks                       Gallatin                                  5-9      180     Sr

DB       Storme Hillard                     Henry County                      5-10   157     Sr

DB       Ryan Francis                                    Knox West                            6-1      195     Sr

DB       Jonathon Strozyk               Powell                                   5-11   165     Sr

LB        Jalen Reeves-Maybin        Clarksville NE                       6-1      205     Sr

LB        Zack Stuart                           Knox West                            6-3      200     Sr

LB        Marcus Robinson               Memphis East                     6-3      215     Sr

DL       Warwick Marsh                  Clarksville NE                       6-0      305     Sr

DL       Herbert Moore                   Memphis East                     6-1      320     Sr

DL       Dennis Mongon                  South Doyle                         6-3      305     Sr

P          Hunter Cantrell                   White Co                               6-1      220     Sr

(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)


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