2012 Preseason All-Tri-State High School Football Team

After weeks of narrowing down nominations from members our staff and area coaches and 14 days of tallying votes from the visitors of our website, the 2012 Preseason All-Tri-State High School Football team has been determined.

There were a total of 36,370 votes cast and the online vote accounted for 40 percent of the final tally. The remainder 60 percent of the vote was determined from the results of senior members of our staff casting their ballots.

Here is a complete summary of the final results and the list of members of the 2012 Preseason All- TriStateFootball.com Team:

FIRST TEAM
QB - Jalin Marshall (Middletown)
RB – Keith Watkins (Moeller)
RB – CJ Hilliard (St. Xavier)
OL – Alex Gall (Moeller)
OL – Evan Lisle (Centerville)
OL – Sean Welsh (Springboro)
OL – Andrew Paulik (Anderson)
OL – Dylan Wiesman (Colerain)
WR – Trey Kilgore (St. Xavier)
WR – Austin Wolf (Lebanon)
TE – Greg Hart (Alter)

DL – Truman Gutapfel (Harrison)
DL – Brady Vanover (Kings)
DL – Daniel Cage (Winton Woods)
LB – Shane Jones (Moeller)
LB – Victor Cave (Glen Este)
LB – Tinashe Bere (Sycamore)
LB – Sam Burchell (CovCath)
DB – Justin Crull (Kings)
DB – Cameron Burrows (Trotwood-Madison)
DB – Jaleel Hytche (LaSalle)
DB – Mike Edwards (Winton Woods)

ATH – Chris Davis (Colerain)
PK – Patrick DiSalvio (McNicholas)
P – Danny Kurtz (Oak Hills)
RET – Frank Catrine (Fenwick)

SECOND TEAM
QB - Drew Barker (Conner)
RB – Demarco Ruffin (Oak Hills)
RB – Jackson Sorn (Colerain)
OL – Kyle Meadows (Lakota West)
OL – Dave Baumer (LaSalle)
OL – Kennedy Cook (Kings)
OL – Chad Heineman (Edgewood)
OL – Eric Haas (Walnut Hills)
WR – Desean Peterson (Holmes)
WR – Max Mazza (Elder)
TE – Evan Jansen (Moeller)

DL – Andrew McDulin (Madeira)
DL – Dae’shaun Durham (Colerain)
DL – Brant Gressel (Centerville)
LB – Mark Jacob (St. Xavier)
LB – Rasheen Jones (Northwest)
LB – Payton Stonefield (East Central)
LB – Darrien Howard (Chaminade-Julienne)
DB – Dejuan Lang (Colerain)
DB – Corey Quallen (Mason)
DB – Robbie Riles (St. Xavier)
DB – Rickey Ford (Beavercreek)

ATH – Jalen Beal (Holy Cross)
PK – Adam Brown (Walnut Hills)
P – Tyler Budick (Glen Este)
RET – Ryan Millikin (Turpin)

THIRD TEAM
QB - Ricky Davis (Fenwick)
RB – Israel Green (Trotwood-Madison)
RB – Darryl Johnson (Mason)
OL – Ben Flick (Hamilton)
OL – Lex Sowards (Ryle)
OL – Cody Collins (Alter)
OL – Mac Bossel (Princeton)
OL – Elijah Nkansah (Mason)
WR – Trevon Hudson (Colerain)
WR – Jared Cook (Anderson)
TE – Mason Morgan (Sycamore)

DL – Jake Repogle (Centerville)
DL – AJ Burdine (Elder)
DL – Trey Williams-Brown (Trotwood-Madison)
LB – Mike McCray (Trotwood-Madison)
LB – Brad Carr (Middletown)
LB – Austin Copeland (Kings)
LB – Nolan Miller (Northwest)
DB – Reon Dawson (Trotwood-Madison)
DB – DeQuan Render (Northwest)
DB – Jelani Parrish (Princeton)
DB – Clay Johnson (Turpin)

ATH – Cameron Fogle (Conner)
PK – Nick Fields (Milton-Union)
P – Dillon Smith (Lloyd)
RET – Nick Weaver (CHCA)

HONORABLE MENTIONS
OFFENSE: QB - Blake Bir (CovCath), Javon Harrison (Wayne), Spencer Iacovone (Moeller), Malik Zaire (Alter); RB – Chad Branscbach (Lawrenceburg), Tevin Brown (North College Hill), Dylan Hayes (NewCath), Graham Peters (Loveland), Demarco Thomas (Princeton); OL – Carson Baker (Fairborn), Robert Behanan (Fairfield), Danny Burns (Fairfield), Cole Newsome (Wayne), Ben Pendery (Lakota West), Lovell Peterson (Wayne); WR – Markus Johnson (Deer Park), Jake Johnson (Springboro), Derek Kief (LaSalle), Kendric Mallory (Trotwood-Madison), Kevin Milligan (St. Xavier), Thaddeus Snodgrass (Springfield); TE - Jordan Rigg (Springboro), Troy Mangen (Northmont).

DEFENSE: DL - Colt Briggs (Wilmington), Jared Clements (Trotwood-Madison), Spencer Hemmer (CovCath), Ryan, Reese (Trotwood-Madison), Jon Schneider (Harrison), Chris Sutherland (Lebanon), Verondtae Wilkinson (Trotwood-Madison); LB – Marcus Oliver (Hamilton), Michael Barwick (Summit Country Day), Nick Isaacs (Withrow), Dorian Hendrix (Wayne), Jared Bowling (Simon Kenton); DB – Shawn Harris (Middletown), Ramir Hollis (North College Hill), Brandon Mize (Madison), Robert Nsenga (Fairmont), Blake Schutte (Highlands), Zach Sizemore (Franklin County).

OTHER: ATH – Max Nussbaum (Beechwood), Frank Catrine (Fenwick), Ty Black (Waynesville); PK – Evan Berg (Kings), Nick Grasser (Lakota East); P – Cameron Fogle (Conner), Anthony Wene (Lebanon); RET – AJ Pieratt (Edgewood), Colin Seidl (Highlands).

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