Award Time…
By Tom Behrens, tbehrcomm@gmail.com
It’s “Academy” Awards time for Katy sports athletes for the first half of the 2016-2017 school year. But the players receiving honors are not actors playing parts, but the real McCoy. Congratulations to these great young men and women on their accomplishments .
And The Winners Are …
Football
AP Class 6A All-State team
The Houston area landed seven athletes on the Texas Associated Press Sports Editors Class 6A All-State football first team. District 19-6A had five players listed:
First Team Offense; Deondrick Glass, Katy Tigers; Second Team Defense; Max Wright, Taylor Mustangs
Honorable Mention-Offense: Camron Horry and Ean Beek, Taylor Mustangs
Honorable Mention-Defense: Corey Bethley, Katy Tigers
Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston Football Team
First Team Defense
Defensive lineman: Corey Bethley, Katy Tigers…four sacks and five tackles for loss during the regular season
First Team Offense
Running back: Deondrick Glass, Katy Tigers…1,912 yards and 30 touchdowns, including two, five-touchdown games and two more with four-touchdowns.
Offensive Lineman: Hayden Howerton, Katy Tigers …. Howerton helped lead the way for an offense that averaged 402.4 yards per game.
Second-Team Offense
Running back: Ean Beak: Taylor Mustangs
Quarterback-Running Back: Brant Kuithe, Cinco Ranch Cougars
Houston Chronicle’s area top 100
The Houston player picked number one was Marvin Wilson, a defensive tackle from Episcopal High School. District 19-6A players and their ranking follow:
#12 Corey Bethey, defensive tackle, Katy Tigers, undecided on college choice as yet
# 25 Breydon Boyd, linebacker, Katy Tigers, Boise State
# 38 Camron Horry, tight end, Taylor Mustangs, Texas A&M
#46 Parker Eichenberger, tight end, Katy Tigers, Houston
#66 Hayden Howerton, offensive lineman, Katy Tigers, SMU
#72 Ryder Anderson, defensive end, Katy Tigers, Mississippi
#78 J.C. Angulo, wide receiver, Katy Tigers, undecided on college choice as yet
#89 Kenneth Pleasant, offensive lineman, Seven Lakes Spartans, undecided on college choice as yet.
District 19-6A All District Selections
Deondrick Glass, Katy Tigers, Most Valuable Player
Nic Hernandez, Morton Ranch Mavericks, Offensive Player of the Year and Quarterback of the Year
Corey Bethley, Katy Tigers, Defensive Player of the Year
Seth Small, Katy Tigers, Special Teams Player of the Year
Head Coach, Gary Joseph, Katy Tigers, Coach of the Year
Thomas Gordon, Strake Jesuit Crusaders, Newcomer of the Year
OFFENSE
First Team Offensive Line:
Hayden Howerton, Connor Galvin, and Payton Srack, Katy Tigers; Tyler Worrell, Cinco Ranch Cougars. First Team Offensive Center: Evan Greathouse, Katy Tigers
Second Team Offensive Line:
Kenneth Pleasant, Seven Lakes Spartans; Conner Hay, Taylor Mustangs; Chandler Franks, Taylor Mustangs; J.T. McComas, Cinco Ranch Cougars; and Jake Bee, Katy Tigers. Second Team Offensive Center: Reese Rusk, Tompkins Falcons.
First Team Offensive Running Backs:
Deondrick Glass, Katy Tigers; Ean Beek, Taylor Mustangs; and Brant Kuithe, Cinco Ranch Cougars. First Team Fullback: Kadarius Page, Katy Tigers; and Shane Williams, Taylor Mustangs.
Second Team Running Backs:
Kevon Copeland, Morton Ranch Mavericks; Sean McConico, Mayde Creek Rams
Second Team Quarterback: Felix Read, Strake Jesuit Crusaders
Wide Receiver, First Team: J.C. Angulo, Katy Tigers and Greg Williams, Cinco Ranch.
Tight End: Parker Eichenberger, Katy Tigers; Camron Horry, Taylor Mustangs, second team.
All Purpose Player: Brant Kuithe, Cinco Ranch Cougars; Josh Oglesby, Katy Tigers, Second Team.
DEFENSE
Defensive Line:
First Team: Blake Kuithe, Cinco Ranch Cougars; Corey Bethley and Michael Matus, Katy Tigers; Max Wright, Taylor Mustangs; and Eliel Ehimare, Cinco Ranch Cougars
Second Team: Moro Ojomo, Katy Tigers; Ben Talom and Jakobe Little-John, Morton Ranch Mustangs; Bryce Washington, Tompkins Falcons; Argenis Medina, Cinco Ranch Cougars.
Linebackers:
First Team: Raymond Randle and Breydon Boyd, Katy Tigers; Brandon Pinkerton, Tompkins Falcons
Second Team: Brody Anderson, Katy Tigers; Demarco Braud, Morton Ranch Mavericks, and Tyler Gaspard, Seven Lakes Spartans.
Secondary:
First Team: KeShon Rowe, Keegan Otte and Clayton Odom III, Katy Tigers; Darrien Young, Morton Ranch Mavericks; and Ethan Beek, Taylor Mustangs
Second Team: Felipe Alvear, Katy; Deandre Allen and Cameron Branch, Morton Ranch Mavericks; Parker Powell, Tompkins Falcons; and Dominick Gates, Mayde Creek Rams
All Purpose Player: Brody Anderson, Katy Tigers; John Rush, Strake Jesuit Crusaders
Special Teams:
Punter: Seth Small, Katy Tigers, First Team; Davis Altorfer, Seven Lakes Spartans, Second Team
Kicker: Seth Small, Katy Tigers, First Team; Davis Perkins, Taylor Mustangs Second Team
Return Specialist: Brody Anderson, Katy Tigers, First Team; Second Team, Greg Williams, Jr., Cinco Ranch Cougars
Touchdown Club Finalists
Defense
Corey Bethley, Katy Tigers
Coach of the Year
Don Clayton, Cinco Ranch Cougars
Volleyball
Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston Volleyball
Second Team: Camille Conner, Seven Lakes Spartans
District 19-6A All District Selections
Most Valuable Player: Camille Conner, Seven Lake Spartans
Defensive Most Valuable Player: Kelley Skinner, Katy Tigers
Hitter Most Valuable Player: Chloe Simon, Katy Tigers
Setter Most Valuable Player: Autumn Gentry, Katy Tigers
Coach of the Year: Farah Holder, Seven Lakes
First Team:
Baleigh Allen, Taylor Mustangs; Dani Batenhorst, Seven Lakes Spartans; Natalie Batton, Seven Lakes Spartans; Morgan Bush, Cinco Ranch Cougars; Alyssa Chuidian, Morton Ranch; Danyle Courtley, Cinco Ranch Cougars; Adna Deamdrade, Mayde Creek Rams; Jami Douglass, Tompkins Falcons; Beryl Edem, Seven Lakes Spartans; Katelyn Finch, Tompkins Falcons; Jacque Lozier, Taylor Mustangs; Amanda Meuth, Katy Tigers; Zoe Neverdowski, Taylor Mustangs; and Natalie Winter, Seven Lakes Spartans.
Second Team:
Caitlyn Thrash, Cinco Ranch Cougars; Audrey Parker, Cinco Ranch Cougars; Jayla Wicker, Katy Tigers; Tori Whillock, Katy Tigers; Mackenzie Arick, Mayde Creek Rams; Sydney Perry, Mayde Creek Rams; Marcela Livernois, Morton Ranch Mavericks; Robin Poole, Taylor Mustangs; Kailee Moon, Taylor Mustangs; Crispin Adams, Tompkins Falcons
Honorable Mention:
Blair Koepke, Cinco Ranch Cougars; Madalyn O’Brien, Cinco Ranch Cougars; Emma Demmerle, Taylor Mustangs; Julia Loomis, Taylor Mustangs; Sandra Cortez, Mayde Creek Rams; Katie Griese, Mayde Creek Rams; Jasmine Pettit, Morton Ranch Mavericks; Sarah Hunsucker, Katy Tigers; Kaelyn Lance, Katy Tigers; Morgan Janda, Seven Lakes Spartans; Cassidy Nimitz, Seven Lakes Spartans; Mollie Franklin, Tompkins Falcons; and Kailyn O’Neal, Tompkins Falcons
Once again, congratulations to all the District 19-6A athletes, those mentioned and those not, but were still integral parts of their teams. I look forward to following your athletic and academic progress next year.