Four area players named to Class 2A All-state football team

Refugio's Adams selected to TSWA team for second season in a row

 

BY MIKE FORMAN - MFORMAN@VICAD.com

January 27, 2009 - 10:57 p.m.

Bo Adams was disappointed he didn't end his high school football career with a state championship, but he didn't leave Refugio without his share of honors.

Adams was selected to the first team of the Texas Sports Writers Association Class 2A All-State Team for the second consecutive season.

Adams, a 6-foot-1, 230-pound senior, was chosen on the defensive line and Refugio teammate Jourdan Ortiz, a 6-1, 165-pound junior, was named to the first team at wide receiver.

Industrial's Dillon Koop, a 5-11, 177-pound senior, was selected to the first team at punter and Rice Consolidated's Zacchaeus Foster, a 5-8, 185-pound senior, was picked to the first team at running back.

Adams had 151 tackles, including 65 solo stops, 24 tackles for losses, five sacks, 15 quarterback hurries and three caused fumbles for the Bobcats, who advanced to the Division II quarterfinals for the second consecutive season.

"Bo's a coach's dream," Refugio coach Jason Herring said. "He just has a motor. A lot of great football players out there will take a play off. Of all the players I've made a highlight tape of he's one of the very few who go 100 percent on every play."

Ortiz had 90 receptions for 1,403 yards and 15 touchdowns for the 13-1 Bobcats.

"We knew he was going to be special when he led our mile relay team to the state meet," Herring said. "He's just a tall, rangy kid who we were hoping would became our go-to-guy and we're real excited he did."

Koop averaged 43.7 yards on his 27 punts for the Cobras, who advanced to the Division II regional playoffs and finished at 12-2.

"He was a good athlete who played in our secondary and at running back," Industrial coach Doug Kuhlmann said. "When he did punt, he was our safety man back there. He was not only a good athlete, he worked at it. We were fortunate that we didn't have to punt that often, but when we did he gave us that field position that is so important."

Foster rushed 300 times for 1,875 yards and 20 touchdowns and caught nine passes for 229 yards and four touchdowns for the Raiders, who advanced to the Division I semifinals and finished at 12-1.

"I'm excited for him," Rice Consolidated coach Brad Dumont said of Foster, who along with wide receiver Marquis Toliver will play football at Blinn College next season. "He's one of the hardest working kids I've ever been around and he deserves everything he gets."

Refugio junior offensive tackle Dylan Klare and Rice Consolidated junior defensive lineman Chris Dorsey were selected to the second team.

Earning honorable mention were Refugio quarterback Kyle Hendley and kicker Eric Martinez, Industrial offensive tackle Robbie Riehs and linebacker Ryan Richter, Hallettsville defensive lineman Jeremy Gutierrez, East Bernard running back Lance Crump and defensive lineman Randy Perkins, Boling wide receiver Kalin Ray, Schulenburg linebacker Colt Fredrich, Weimar offensive tackle Coy Guentert, and Rice Consolidated's Toliver and Mario Hull at wide receiver, Myles Dumont at quarterback, and Damian Stevens at linebacker.

Muleshoe quarterback Wes Wood was selected as the offensive player of the year and Daingerfield linebacker Carl Moore and Muleshoe linebacker Lane Wood were chosen as co-defensive players of the year.

David Wood, who led Muleshoe to the Division I state championship, was named coach of the year.