The football season ended several weeks ago, but the accomplishments of the Youngsville High School football team will be discussed for years and years to come.
Not even a loss in the opening round of the District 10 Class A playoffs could take away from a perfect 10-0 regular season - the school's first undefeated season since 1966. The 10 wins also eclipsed the previous school record for wins in a season and gave the Eagles their first Region 2 championship.
Needless to say, the Eagles - as well as the 4-6 Eisenhower Knights and 2-8 Warren Dragons - were well represented when District 10 and Region 2 and 6 all-star selections were announced on Wednesday.
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All-star accolades
After a 10-1 Region 2 championship season, a number of Youngsville Eagles were named to the region first- and second-team all-star teams, by a vote of the region’s coaches. That list included Region Player of the Year, and All-District 10 all-star, Cory Craig. Craig was a first-team all-star at quarterback and D-10 all-star at defensive back.
While the Eagles certainly displayed a "team-first attitude" all season, it was senior quarterback and defensive back Cory Craig that pulled down the most hardware on Wednesday.
Craig, a senior, came back with a vengeance after missing his entire junior season with a collarbone injury. At quarterback, he completed 54 passes for 1,090 yards with 15 touchdowns and just five interceptions. In addition, Craig rushed for 670 yards and another eight scores.
Those accomplishments - and his five interceptions on defense - earned him a nod as a District 10 all-star as well as a first team Region 2 selection on offense and a second team selection on defense. Craig's biggest honor came when he was named Region 2 player of the year for the region champion Eagles.
Craig's Youngsville teammates were all over the Region 2 first team with eight other Youngsville players making the first team on at least offense, defense or special teams.
Offensively, senior receiver Dalton Maze (22 catches, 546 yards, 7 TD) was a first team selection as were senior offensive linemen Sawyer Dininny and Stephen Beattie.
Defensively, senior linebackers Sam Lucas and Sage Sivak, junior linebacker Jordan Gurdak and junior defensive back Rocco Gatta were also first-teamers. Dininny and Beattie were also selected to the first team for their work on the defensive line. Junior kicker T.J. Hardy was selected on special teams.
Eisenhower finished with one player on the Region 2 first-team as junior defensive back Nathan O'Brien was selected.
Three more Knights and two more Eagles wound up on the Region 2 second team. For Eisenhower, sophomore Jared Flaisman was selected on the offensive line, O'Brien was selected at kicker and Jordan Hefferman was named a second-teamer on both the offensive and defensive line.
For Youngsville, Ryan Rickerson was a second team offensive line pick and Maze was a second-teamer at defensive back.
While Warren was shut out from the Region 6 first team, but the Dragons did have four selections for second team status. Nathan Zigler, the leading receiver in all of District 10, was selected to the second team on both offense and defense at wide receiver and defensive back, respectively. Junior Austin Jerman was a second team punter and senior Mack Engstrom was a second team defensive lineman. Jerman led District 10 in passing, but was not voted as a region all-star at quarterback as a junior.
Out of District 9, five Sheffield Wolverines are 2011 Allegheny Mountain League North Division All-Stars, by a vote of the division's coaches.
On defense, George Fitch was voted to the all-star team at defensive end, Nate Charlton at defensive tackle, and Ike Nearing at linebacker.
On offense, Jeb Greto was voted an all-star for Sheffield, which qualified for the District 9 playoffs for the first time.
Nick Bonavita, who had nearly 900 total yards and nine offensive touchdowns, was voted an AML North all-star at running back.
The complete AML North all-star team was not provided to the Times Observer.
Here are the District 10, Region 2 and Region 6 all-star selections for the recently completed season:
ALL-DISTRICT 10 TEAM
OFFENSE
Brian McNally, Girard, 10, TE
Nico Zahniser, Greenville, 12, WR
Nathan McLaurin, Cathedral Prep, 12
Damion Terry, Cathedral Prep, 11, QB
DeShawn Coleman, Hickory, 11, RB
Kyle Mariacher, Mercer, 12, RB
Alex Svetz, North East, 12, FB
Anthony Jordan, East, 12, AP
Matt Bell, Hickory, 12, OL
Michael Weber, Mercyhurst Prep, 12, OL
Bryn Kaufman, Wilmington, 12, OL
Jordan Patterson, Grove City, 12, OL
Brady Lynn, North East, 12, OL
SPECIAL TEAMS
John Chereson, Cathedral Prep, 11, K
Mongera, Seneca, 12, P
DEFENSE
Alex Gilmore, Grove City, 12, DL
Mike Moon, Oil City, 12, DL
Dylan Hogue, Sharpsville, 12, DL
Tony Turner, Grove City, 12, DL
Wes Phipps, Grove City, 12, LB
Kimani Smith, Cathedral Prep, 12, LB
Levonte Ford, East, 12, LB
Chad Kulka, General McLane, 12, LB
Denzel Jones, Strong Vincent, 12, DB
Delton Williams, Cathedral Prep, 11, DB
Cory Craig, Youngsville, 12, DB
Terence Goodrum, Meadville, 12, DB
REGION 2 ALL-STARS
FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
Shane Rigby, Saegertown, 11, TE
Dalton Maze, Youngsville, 12, WR
Ben Tarcson, Mercyhurst Prep, 12, WR
Cory Craig, Youngsville, 12, QB
Cornelius Barclay, Mercyhurst Prep, 11, RB
Parrish Brown, Iroquois, 12, RB
Dwayne Canady, Mercyhurst Prep, 12, AP
Sawyer Dininny, Youngsville, 12, OL
Kyle Drabic, Mercyhurst Prep, 11, OL
Mike Weber, Mercyhurst Prep, 12, OL
Alex Petruso, Saegertown, 12, OL
Stephen Beattie, Youngsville, 12, OL
SPECIAL TEAMS
T.J. Hardy, Youngsville, 11, K
Shawn Reynolds, Cambridge Springs, 12, P
DEFENSE
Justin East, Cambridge Springs, 12, DL
Stephen Beattie, Youngsville, 12, DL
Eric Eisenhooth, Cochranton, 12, DL
Shane Rigby, Saegertown, 11, DL
Sawyer Dininny, Youngsville, 12, DL
Jordan Gurdak, Youngsville, 11, LB
Sam Lucas, Youngsville, 12, LB
Logan Pratt, Saegertown, 12, LB
Sage Sivak, Youngsville, 12, LB
Alex Petruso, Saegertown, 12, LB
Alex Spahn, Cochranton, 12, LB
D.J. Mahoney, Mercyhurst Prep, 12, DB
Parrish Brown, Iroquois, 12, DB
Nathan O'Brien, Eisenhower, 11, DB
Rocco Gatta, Youngsville, 11, DB
SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
Josh Agresti, Mercyhurst Prep, 12, TE
A.J. Nageotte, Cochranton, 11, WR
Josh Reinke, Union City, 11, WR
Noah Marvin, Saegertown, 12, QB
Brock Lojek, Saegertown, 12, RB
Austin Andrews, Cochranton, 11, RB
Wes Stafford, Cambridge Springs, 12, AP
Eric Eisenhooth, Cochranton, 12, OL
Cole Lewis, Union City, 12, OL
Jared Flaisman, Eisenhower, 10, OL
Jordan Hefferman, Eisenhower, 12, OL
Ryan Rickerson, Youngsville, 12, OL
Jarod Young, Saegertown, 12, OL
SPECIAL TEAMS
Justyn Roda, Iroquois, 11, K
Nathan O'Brien, Eisenhower, 11, P
DEFENSE
Jordan Hefferman, Eisenhower, 12, DL
Mike Weber, Mercyhurst Prep, 12, DL
John Drozdowski, Iroquois, 12, DL
Darrin Donikowski, Mercyhurst Prep, 12, DL
Josh Dennis, Cochranton, 11, LB
Justin Bengel, Union City, 12, LB
Dalton Maze, Youngsville, 12, DB
Cory Craig, Youngsville, 12, DB
Josh Reinke, Union City, 11, DB
Ryan Connor, Mercyhurst Prep, 12, DB
Adam Bernosky, Cambridge Springs, 12, DB
Region champion - Youngsville
Region Player of the Year - Cory Craig, Youngsville
REGION 6 ALL-STARS
FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
Levonte Ford, East, 12, TE
Kimani Smith, Cathedral Prep, 12, WR
DeAndrye Henderson, Strong Vincent, 12, WR
Damion Terry, Cathedral Prep, 11, QB
Anthony Jordan, East, 12, RB
Corey Henry, Strong Vincent, 11, RB
Delton Williams, Cathedral Prep, 11, AP
Anthony Ernst, Cathedral Prep, 12, OL
David Reinhardt, Bradford, 12, OL
Chris Bleggi, Cathedral Prep, 12, OL
Michael Amendola, Cathedral Prep, 12, OL
Blake Quirk, Strong Vincent, 12, OL
SPECIAL TEAMS
John Chereson, Cathedral Prep, 11, K
Pat Asinger, Bradford, 11, P
DEFENSE
Anthony Ernst, Cathedral Prep, 12, DL
Dan Kline, Bradford, 12, DL
Paul Moyak, Cathedral Prep, 12, DL
Erik Swanson, Cathedral Prep, 11, DL
Levonte Ford, East, 12, LB
Kimani Smith, Cathedral Prep, 12, LB
David Reinhardt, Bradford, 12, LB
Hassom Farooq, Strong Vincent, 11, LB
Corey Henry, Strong Vincent, 11, LB
Delton Williams, Cathedral Prep, 11, DB
Denzel Jones, Strong Vincent, 12, DB
Eugene Husband, Central Tech, 11, DB
Anthony Jordan, East, 12, DB
Shikeal Page, Strong Vincent, 12, DB
SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
Donnie Tatum, Strong Vincent, 11, TE
Nathan McLaurin, Cathedral Prep, 12, WR
Nathan Zigler, Warren, 12, WR
Denzel Jones, Strong Vincent, 12, QB
Chris Kirkland, Strong Vincent, 11, RB
Nick Dubowski, Cathedral Prep, 11, RB
Eugene Husband, Central Tech, 11, AP
Tywonn Taylor, East, 12, OL
Tashan Mitchell, Strong Vincent, 11, OL
Erik Swanson, Cathedral Prep, 11, OL
Mack Bean, East, 12, OL
Bobby Atkins, Warren, 12, OL
Evan Daley, Fort LeBoeuf, 11, OL
Dan Kline, Bradford, 12, OL
SPECIAL TEAMS
Ty Riley, Bradford, 11, K
Austin Jerman, Warren, 11, P
DEFENSE
Ross Barnett, Fort LeBoeuf, 11, DL
Robert Jones, Strong Vincent, 12, DL
Antino DeBerry, Strong Vincent, 11, DL
Mack Engstrom, Warren, 12, DL
Patrick Williamson, Cathedral Prep, 11, DL
Nick Dubowski, Cathedral Prep, 11, LB
Evan Daley, Fort LeBoeuf, 11, LB
Jake Plonski, Cathedral Prep, 11, LB
Willie Horne, East, 11, LB
Chris Kirkland, Strong Vincent, 11, DB
Martell Crockett, Central Tech, 12, DB
Darion Qualls, East, 12, DB
Nathan Zigler, Warren, 12, DB
Region champion - Cathedral Prep
Region Player of the Year - Denzel Jones, Strong Vincent
All-region teams based on voting by coaches.