NETFCA ALL-STARS ANNOUNCED | Seniors will play, cheer in games in Tyler this spring
The Northeast Texas Fellowship of Christian Athletes announced the participants in its annual all-star games for seniors in East Texas on Monday, at First Baptist Church in Tyler.
The athletes will play in baseball, softball and football games on May 31 and June 1 in Tyler, and there are also cheer all-stars – all seniors from across the region, several from the ETBlitz.com coverage area.
And both head coaches of the Northeast Texas FCA’s Heart of A Champion Bowl – the football all-star game – are from the ETBlitz.com area: Sabine’s Cody Gilbert and Overton’s Scotty Laymance.
Of course, the goal of the FCA is to see the world transformed by Jesus Christ, through the influence of coaches and athletes. And you can read more about the FCA, and the Northeast Texas chapter, here: NETX Northeast Texas FCA (netxfca.org).
The baseball and softball all-star games will be played Friday, May 31 at Tyler Legacy High School. Tickets are $5 each, and the games will both begin at 6:30 p.m.; gates will open at 5:30 p.m.
The 14th annual football all-star game will be the next day, Saturday, June 1, at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6:30, gates to open at 5:30. Admission is $10.
Parents can sign up for reminders about the all-star games by sending texts to 81010. There are codes for each sport. For baseball: @allstar-b. For softball, @allstar-sb. For cheer, @allstar-ch. For football, @allstar-fb.
Medical information and emergency contact forms are also available at the Northeast Texas FCA website link above, and businesses can also find out how to become a sponsor for any of the all-star games.
Now, here are this year’s all-stars. All-stars and coaches from the ETBlitz.com coverage area, and their schools, are listed in BOLD.
Softball
It’ll be the 10th annual softball all-star game, and this year’s coaches are Canton’s Russell Smith, for the Blue All-Stars, and Ronny Grandgeorge of Beckville for the Red All-Stars.
This year’s Northeast Texas FCA Softball Blue All-Stars, in alphabetical order, are Hannah Aaron, Grand Saline; Shanna Berryhill, Alto; Payton Bray, Canton; Jaycee Bullard, Canton; Gracie Cates, Edgewood; Amrie Clower, Canton; Larkin Daniels, White Oak; Ashley Davis, Quitman; Kaylee Davis, Frankston; Jasmine Gallegos, Jacksonville; Olivia Gary, Lindale; Trinity Hale, Edgewood; Katelynn Jones, Whitehouse; Mallory Kniffen, Tyler Legacy; Grace Ann McDonald, Whitehouse; Aubry O’Bryant, Whitehouse; Shaylee Stanley, New Diana.
Coach Smith’s assistant coaches for the game are Katina Cooper of Edgewood; New Diana’s Hailee Hollan; and Justin Kniffen of Tyler Legacy.
This year’s Northeast Texas FCA Softball Red All-Stars, also listed in alphabetical order, are Lexi Barr, Beckville; Bailey Blanton, Troup; Sydnie Dickey, Troup; Anistyn Foster, Bullard; Bethany Grandgeorge, Beckville; Presley Green, Mabank; Mia Harper, Lufkin; Chloe Holland, Mabank; Havannah Holmes, Kaufman; Ava Hopson, Van; Sara Houston, Hallsville; Reese Neely, Tyler Legacy; Matti Nix, Bullard; Kennzie Norton, Rusk; Reese Ragan, Sulphur Springs; Ja’Kayla Roquemore, Carthage; Reagan Smith, Brownsboro; Ryli Williams, Hawkins.
Assisting Coach Grandgeorge will be Van’s Baleigh Briggs; Spring Hill’s Donald Gray; and Rebecca McGough of Brownsboro.
Baseball
The baseball all-star game is in its ninth year.
Van’s Clay Haltom will coach the Red All-Stars, and his assistants will be Frankston’s Wes King and Van’s Justin Stanfield.
This year’s Northeast Texas FCA Baseball Red All-Stars, in alphabetical order, are Nick Bowman, Emory Rains; Ben Coke, Bullard; Blake Cox, Hallsville; Sawyer Dunagan, Hallsville; Michael Dudolski, Whitehouse; Diego Estrada, Palestine; Kaden Fleming, Lindale; Colten Grier, Van; Camden Howard, Tyler Legacy; Austin Johnson, Van; Cooper Knight, Lufkin; Josiah Mackey, Spring Hill; Walker McCann, Frankston; Keegan McCord, Whitehouse; Dawsun Pruitt, Hawkins; Rylan Roberts, Union Grove; Cooper Schock, Brook Hill; Carter Seay, Edgewood; Tyson Tapley, Big Sandy; and Carson Wright, All Saints.
Baseball’s Northeast Texas FCA Blue All-Stars this year, also in alphabetical order, are Ryan Betts, Lindale; Jackson Cavazos, Arp; Jaxon Cummings, Chapel Hill; Carson Gonzalez, Tatum; Connor Griffin, Chapel Hill; Andrew Grooters, Spring Hill; Grant Guidry, Emory Rains; Garrett Hayes, Whitehouse; Cam Johnson, Harleton; Austin Kerns, New Diana; Wyatt McFadin, Spring Hill; Dean McMillen, Pine Tree; Jace Mercer, Grand Saline; Landon Miller, Tyler Legacy; Hayden Thompson, Jacksonville; and David Wilson, Bullard.
Chapel Hill’s Brian Schnieder will be the Blue All-Stars’ head coach, and he’ll be assisted by Shane McQueen, also of Chapel Hill, and by Tatum’s Dustin Russell.
Football
And now football, where Gilbert will coach the Blue All-Star team.
His assistant coaches will be his own offensive coordinator Phillip Anderson and defensive coordinator Josiah Bone, as well as Tyrin Evans of Hallsville; Alex Guerra of Edgewood; Tyler’s Keith Guthrie; former Sabine quarterback Conner Sharp, now the coach at Carlisle; and Gladewater’s Zach Spears.
The Northeast Texas Blue All-Stars for football this June are (in alphabetical order) Jailyn Attaway, Pine Tree; Ryan Baird, Bullard; Brady Bannister, Edgewood; Dawson Brooks, Sabine; Calan Castles, Beckville; Israel Cerda, Gladewater; Garrett Christie, New Diana; Kaymon Davis, Frankston; David De Leon, Carlisle; Darrius Dean, Chapel Hill; Juju Dews, Tyler; Fernando Espinoza Jr., Carlisle; Tony Fisher, Emory Rains; Weston Frick, Shelbyville; Wyatt Frick, Shelbyville; Clayton Hart, Carlisle; Julius Hawkins, Spring Hill; Aidan Keyes, Tyler; Ty Lovelady, Troup; Cade Matthews, Edgewood; Caleb McKinney, Sabine; Ja’Tyrian Moore, Tenaha; Peyton Murray, Harleton; Kason Parker, Shelbyville; Mason Pickens, Edgewood; Carson Plunkett, Lindale; Jordan Reese, Tenaha; Pablo Rodarte, Elkhart; Joseph Royce, Sabine; DaQuevion Sellers, Tyler; Javen Shearin, Wills Point; Cade Silvertooth, Sabine; Logan Smith, Bullard; Justin Taylor, Emory Rains; Carson Tidwell, Spring Hill; Zachary Tyeskie-Kincaid, West Rusk; Jayron Williams, Whitehouse; Nehemiah Woodard, Arp; Colten Zincke, Wills Point.
Overton’s Laymance will coach the Red All-Stars, and joining him on the coaching staff will be his own offensive coordinator, Josh Furlow and defensive coordinator Roderick McKnight, as well as Brandon Alvarez, Garrison; Rafe Mata, West Rusk; Jaron Rainey, Van; and Longview’s Josh Rankin.
This year’s Northeast Texas Red-All-Stars for football (in alphabetical order) are Kenneth Alexander, Commerce; Javien Black, Garrison; Pablo Cerda, Chapel Hill; Austin Chaney, Sulphur Springs; Dejaylon Cooks, Tenaha; Braxton Corley, Bullard; Jake Curbow, Lindale; Logan Fattig, Van; Kash Fletcher, Overton; Raimone Flournoy, Pine Tree; Cabron Hampton, Winona; Isaiah Hawkins, Overton; Grayson Hearon, Troup; Dashawn Jackson, Henderson; Cameron Jefferson, Sulphur Springs; Brock Johnson, Henderson; Sir Christian Johnson, Tyler Legacy; Jacob Johnston, New Diana; Jonathon Marshall, Wills Point; Matthew McPherson, Overton; Jose Moreno Jr., Chapel Hill; Tay Morgan, Longview; Bryson Myers, Mineola; Jesus Nuñez, Jacksonville; Dylan Parker, Shelbyville; Adrian Petty-Johnson, Big Sandy; Landon Pinckard, Garrison; Cannon Rainey, Van; Jorien Ray, Athens; Devin Robertson, Quitman; Ja’christopher Shepherd, Garrison; Jobey Shico, Gladewater; Ethan Simpson, Tyler Legacy; Kaleb Tate, Henderson; Tyreke Tennison, Longview; Jesse Traxler, Garrison; and Luke Wolf, Tyler Legacy.
Of note: Robert Bardin, executive director of the Northeast Texas FCA, will be the game director, and Bullard’s Scott Callaway and Mineola’s Luke Blackwell are listed as consultants.
Cheer
Coaches this year for Northeast Texas FCA cheer all-stars are Harmony’s Cheryl Trimble and Big Sandy’s Summer McCartney.
Cheerleader All-Stars, in alphabetical order, are Dilly Adams, Lindale; Burkelyn Allen, Lindale; Lexi Barr, Beckville; Annie Blankenship, Garrison; Daphnie Blavier, Big Sandy; Baylee Brown, Hawkins; Presley Bryan, Van; Emerson Cowart, Bullard; Ashley Davis, Quitman; KK Deupree, Frankston; Rylee Dunn, Hawkins; Brooklynn Ellis, Bullard; Presley Estes, Elkhart; Layla Ford, Marshall; Maci Glover, Como-Pickton; Kloe Golladay, Elysian Fields; Julianna Gould, Frankston; Madi Hill, Big Sandy; Ashley Hudgens, Van; Emily Kornegay, Elkhart; Landri Laing, Lindale; Mersaydez Lewis, Chapel Hill; Jessica Lowery, White Oak; Jaylan Mackinnon, Canton; Addison Marcee, Quitman; Tatiyana McDaniel, Garrison; Laila Medina, Harmony; Skylar Morris, Harmony; Cora Moseley, Van; Ella Roberts, Sabine; Emily Guadalupe-Rocha, Carlisle; Kadence Smith, Bullard; Marigny Teagarden, All Saints; Avery Thomas, Bullard; Emilee Thomas, Elkhart; Haylie Warrick, Hawkins; Alyssa White, Troup; Abigail Wood, Bullard; and Addison Young, Harmony.