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All-District football accolades announced: Gaddis is Coach of the Year

Posted at 11:01 am December 1, 2014
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Oak Ridge Wildcats Coach Joe Gaddis and Team

Oak Ridge Wildcats Coach Joe Gaddis and his football team celebrate an October win in a post-game huddle. (Photo by Julio Culiat)

 

Information from WYSH Radio

The All-District 3AAA football team for 2014 was announced last week as were individual postseason honors.

The Coach of the Year is Oak Ridge’s Joe Gaddis.

Anderson County’s Matt Fox was named Player of the Year, while Campbell County’s Ethan Jeffers was named Offensive Player of the Year and Gibbs’ Hunter Lane was named Defensive Player of the Year.

Lineman of the Year honors went to Oak Ridge’s Alex Alcorn, the D3AAA Newcomer of the Year was Oak Ridge’s Tee Higgins, and the Specialist of the Year was Oak Ridge’s Brandon Nickle.

Here are the Clinton Dragons who were voted All-District: Tyler Thackerson, Aaron Watson, Zach Jones, Blade Edwards, Shane Hooks, Isaiah Vibbert, Travist Patrick, and Michael Hammond.

The Anderson County Mavericks landed these players on the All-District squad:  Zane Smith, Garrett Johnson, Josh Edwards, Brandon Ford, Bryson Phillips, Cale Brock, Aaron Sharp, Jamie Prosise, Corey Morgan, and Tate Holmes.

The Oak Ridge Wildcats’ All-District performers were Matt Warmbrod, Jemiah Hall, Ted Mitchell, Tommy Kaczocha, Brandon Bonds, Isaac Chapman, T.J. Allison, Jordan Dunbar, Shawmain Fleming, Adam Manookian, and Darel Middleton.

Clinton’s All-Academic Team member was Daniel Ambrose, and he was joined by Anderson County’s A.J. Hawkins and Oak Ridge’s Gavin Warrington.

Congratulations to all of these players on their accomplishments during an exciting 2014 high school football season.

Information in this story brought to you through an agreement between Oak Ridge Today and WYSH. See more local news headlines on the WYSH website at http://www.wyshradio.com/local_news.html.

Oak Ridge Wildcats Alex Alcorn and Adam Manookian

Oak Ridge Wildcats Alex Alcorn (66), a junior defensive end, and Adam Manookian (35), a junior linebacker, close in on senior running back Matt Fox (43) of the Anderson County Mavericks on Oct. 30. (Photo by Julio Culiat)

Oak Ridge Wildcats Tee Higgins and Rhea County

A touchdown catch by sophomore wide receiver Tee Higgins (5) at 7:57 in the fourth quarter narrowed the Rhea County lead to 28-21 in the Class 5A quarterfinal playoff game on Nov. 21. Higgins led all receivers with 147 on six catches. (Photo by Julio Culiat)

Oak Ridge Wildcats Brandon Nickle

Junior kicker and punter Brandon Nickle (19) set the record for the most consecutive extra points made without a miss in mid-September. The record was 53. Holding is Wildcats quarterback Logan Fadnek (17). (Photo by Julio Culiat)

Filed Under: High School, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: A.J. Hawkins, Aaron Sharp, Aaron Watson, Adam Manookian, Alex Alcorn, All-District 3AAA, Anderson County, Anderson County Mavericks, Blade Edwards, Brandon Bonds, Brandon Ford, Brandon Nickle, Bryson Phillips, Cale Brock, Campbell County, Clinton, Clinton Dragons, Coach of the Year, Corey Morgan, D3AAA, Daniel Ambrose, Darel Middleton, Defensive Player of the Year, Ethan Jeffers, football, Garrett Johnson, Gavin Warrington, Gibbs, Hunter Lane, Isaac Chapman, Isaiah Vibbert, Jamie Prosise, Jemiah Hall, Joe Gaddis, Jordan Dunbar, Josh Edwards, Lineman of the Year, Matt Fox, Matt Warmbrod, Michael Hammond, Newcomer of the Year, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Wildcats, Offensive Player of the Year, Player of the Year, Shane Hooks, Shawmain Fleming, Specialist of the Year, T.J. Allison, Tate Holmes, Ted Mitchell, Tee Higgins, Tommy Kaczocha, Travist Patrick, Tyler Thackerson, Zach Jones, Zane Smith

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