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All-State Football Honors Three Polar Bears
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FAIRMONT — When you have the type of team success Fairmont Senior football enjoyed in 2009 — a 10-2 season, conference title and deep run into the playoffs — the individual awards are often soon to follow.
That was certainly the case last week when the all-North Central Athletic Conference squads were released; eight Polar Bears made first team, with numerous others also finding a place somewhere down the list.
Now more accolades are on the way, as three Fairmont Senior players earned first-team honors on the Class AAA All-State team released today by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association.
Senior Logan Moore is the first team quarterback, senior Aaron Fetty is a first-team end and another standout senior, Remington Skarzinski, is one of five linebackers named to the first team.
“This is one of the best senior classes that’s come through here and those three led the way,” Fairmont Senior coach J.L. Abbott said. “They were leaders and no one outworked them. They’re very deserving.”
Moore broke numerous school single- season and career records in a stellar final campaign. In all, he hit on 162 of 291 passes for 2,568 yards, 31 touchdowns and just 8 interceptions this past season. He was almost as dangerous with his legs, running 107 times for 576 yards and 11 scores.
The 6-0 signal caller also had one of the year’s best single-game performances against Wheeling Park, amassing nearly 500 total yards and seven touchdowns in a wild 58-35 victory.
receiving in every game, and had at four or more catches in 10 games and seven-plus in five. For the season, Fetty pulled in 66 catches for 1,003 yards and 13 TD.
As with his all-state teammates, Skarzinski delivered on a weekly basis. He made his share of big plays — forcing a fumble on a last-second goal line stand against University and picking off a pass against rival East Fairmont to name a few — and added plenty of tackles along the way. He finished with a team-high 164 stops (109 solo, 55 assists); 11 tackles for loss; four sacks; and two interceptions.
Fresh off leading the Black Eagles to their second consecutive Class AAA title, South Charleston’s Tyler Harris has been named captain of the first-team offense as a utility player.
Harris, just a junior, emerged as one of the state’s top dual threat quarterbacks in 2009. He threw for 2,330 yards and 28 touchdown passes with only six interceptions and also ran for 958 yards and scored 14 TDs on the ground. Helping to pave the way for Harris and the explosive Black Eagles offense was lineman Blake Brooks, who is a repeat selection on the first-team offense.
“It was a great year for us and those two are a big part of that,” South Charleston coach John Messinger said. “Tyler really matured as a student and an athlete this year. He showed tremendous leadership and really began to get a grasp for what we want to do on offense. He saw the field so much better and he really spread things around to some talented weapons.
Brooke, which lost to South Charleston in the title game, is represented on the first-team offense with four players — Cotey Wallace as a utility player, Ryan Lazear at running back, Joey DiNardo at end and Jake Lilly at offensinve line.
Wallace ran for 1,045 yards and 15 touchdowns and threw for 2,026 yards and 25 scores while only being intercepted seven times. Lazear finished with 1,150 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns despite missing four games with an ankle injury. DiNardo caught 44 passes for 889 yards and nine touchdowns.
Joining Lazear at running back are George Washington’s Felix Mollett and Parkersburg’s Allan Wasonga. Mollett ran for 1,330 yards and 19 touchdowns, while Wasonga finished with 2,302 yards and 28 touchdowns.
Lewis County’s C.J. Rahming was picked as a firstteam utility player after rushing for 1,261 yards and 11 touchdowns as well as scoring five more TDs on special teams.
Rounding out the first-team offensive line are Spring Valley’s John Fry, Princeton’s Colt Karnes and Parkersburg South’s Ryan Small.
Spring Valley’s George Brody, who led the state with nine field goals, was picked as the first-team kicker.
Bridgeport, which lost to the Black Eagles in the semifinals, highlights the first-team defense with four players, including the unit’s captain, middle linebacker Alex Sutton.
Sutton was the leading tackler with 73 for an Indians defense that surrendered just 10.3 points per game. He’s joined by teammates Justin Carey at defensive line, Wes Tonkery at defensive back and Jake Stafford at a utility spot.
Carey had 44 tackles, including 11 for a loss and 4.5 sacks. Stafford had 60 tackles and three sacks and Tonkery, a hard-hitting safety who has already signed with WVU, finished with 36 tackles.
“This year’s defense was as good a defense as I’ve had,” said former Bridgeport coach Bruce Carey, who announced his retirement because of health reasons following the South Charleston game.
“All four of those guys did a great job all season long. Our defense was successful because we had guys out there that played their assignments and those four definitely led the way.”
Also making first-team as defensive linemen are George Washington’s Todd Battle, Cabell Midland’s Bodie Grass and Ripley’s David Heis.
Grass had 72 tackles, 10 for a loss, and forced seven fumbles. Heis, a nose tackle for the Vikings, finished with 75 tackles, six sacks and 14.5 tackles for loss.
Joining Sutton and Skarzinski as first-team linebackers are University’s Steven Bohon, Wheeling Park’s Richard Hall and Spring Valley’s Zach Wellman. Bohon had 103 tackles for the Hawks, while Skarzinksi, Hall and Wellman were all the leading tacklers on their teams.
Other first-team selections at defensive back are University’s Demetreus Cunningham and Parkersburg’s Stephen Roush. Both intercepted nine passes, with Cunningham returning three for touchdowns.
Parkersburg South’s Hunter Ferguson joins Stafford as a first-team defensive utility selection. Martinsburg’s Kam Puller rounds out the first team as the punter.
Brooks, Brody, Tonkery, Grass, Hall and Ferguson are all repeat first-teamers.
Capital running back Keion Wright, who ran for 1,030 yards and nine touchdowns is the second-team offensive captain, while Brooke linebacker Kyle Sims is the second- team defensive captain.
Joining Wright as secondteam running backs are Princeton’s Tevin Allen and Bridgeport’s Corey Wagner. The second-team quarterback is George Washington’s Nick Britton. Nicholas County’s Jordan Hogan, George Washington’s Cody
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