THE TRADITION CONTINUES | Northeast Texas FCA announces all-stars for football, softball and baseball June games
This summer, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ All-Star Games will return for another run here in East Texas, as the all-stars were announced on Sunday by the Northeast Texas Chapter of the FCA.
The Heart of A Champion Football Game, of course, was first, and this will be the 15th playing. It’ll be Saturday, June 7 at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium in Tyler, a 6:30 p.m. start that night. There will be reminders here on ETBlitz.com as it gets closer.
Tickets will be $10 each, except kids under 10, which are $5 each.
The all-star camp will be on the Tyler Junior College campus Thursday, June 5, Friday, June 6, and Saturday, June 7, and the all-star baseball game will be that Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Tyler Legacy High. Tickets are $5 each for the baseball all-star game. The softball all-stars will also play that night, also at Tyler Legacy.
Football
For the football all-stars, Edgewood’s Alex Guerra will be the head coach of the Blue All-Stars, and joining Guerra on the Blue coaching staff will be both of his coordinators, offensive coordinator Jason Seal and defensive coordinator Flint Bingham, as well as Jeff Riordan, head coach of Chapel Hill, and Craig McFarlin and A.J. Johnson, also of CHHS; Colton Traylor of Gilmer; and Bruce Silman and Daven Murphee of Mineola.
Coaching the Red All-Stars is Garrison’s Brandon Alvarez, and both of his coordinators – defensive coordinator Ritchie Pinkard and offensive coordinator Dane Stanage – will join him on the staff, as well as Matt Perkins of Bullard, Bill Cowley of Hawkins, Big Sandy’s Brian Pullum, Longview’s J.R. Tatum and Marshall’s Hunter Ashley.
ETBlitz.com-area players on the Red All-Star team: Arp’s Bryce Everett, AB Martin, and Demarcus Wade; Henderson’s Johnathan Bateman; Overton’s Vance Fletcher; Troup’s Bryce Wallum; and White Oak’s Dillon Sanchez.
Also on the Red All-Stars: Big Sandy’s Lurbryson Ross; Brook Hill’s Samuel Williams; Bullard’s Keyshawn Jeffery; Canton’s Dane Dial and Reed Vannorsdel; Garrison’s Christian Clark, Jabrahlyn Jones, Landon Peddy and Gavin Pollard; Grand Saline’s Colt Boyd; Harleton’s Tyler Crossley; Harmony’s Konner Ellison and Ashton Sherwood; Hawkins’ Trou Conley and Coby Latta; Jacksonville’s Elijah Whitaker; Legacy’s Rashad Warren and Dwayne Williams II; Lindale’s Jack Kirk and Hayden Nations; Longview’s JaMorion George; Marshall’s Terry Taylor; New Diana’s Ayden Hamilton, Jay Sanders and Canon Willeford; Pine Tree’s Treavon Rougely and Brandon Smith; Van’s Easton Hinch, Kade Richardson and Foster Rust; and Wills Point’s Dakota Ryder and Jake Samples.
The Blue All-Stars have a few from the ETBlitz.com coverage area, namely Henderson’s Trevor Kind and Zeshaun Reed; Arp’s Casch Cameron; Overton’s Bryce Still and Jayden Edwards; White Oak’s Lucas Frazier; and West Rusk’s Adam Jaimes.
Also on the Blue All-Stars roster: Beckville’s Trace Chamness; Big Sandy’s Kayden Smith; Canton’s Croix Hesskew; Chapel Hill’s Braylen Allen, Trevor Brooks, Tyrell Gause, Jonah Riordan, Derek Tovar and Deshawn Waddleton; Commerce’s Rey Maldonado; Edgewood’s Dylan Jones and Brayden Trlica; Frankston’s Zaylyn Donnell, Brayden Dotson, Reese Hicks and Tyler Rogers; Garrison’s Antonio Yarbrough; Grand Saline’s Trenton Green and Trevor Green; Harmony’s Casen Cox; Jacksonville’s Brendan Richards; Legacy’s Micah Pierson; Lindale’s Jayrn Eagans; Marshall’s Dameon Smith Jr.; Mineola’s Colton McMahon and Noah Turner; Nacogdoches’ Victor Martinez; New Diana’s Roberto Aguilar and Dayvon Mapps; North Lamar’s Brayden Reynolds; Rains’ Tylin Oakes; San Augustine’s Treyvonte Holman; T.K. Gorman’s Manuel Lozano; Van’s Cade Christensen; and Whitehouse’s Daylon Hester.
Cheerleaders
Cheerleaders are also chosen for the game, including some from the ETBlitz.com coverage area: Troup’s Emory Cover, Briar Kirkland, Reese Lovelady and Payton Wells, and Sabine’s Camryn Tatum.
Also cheering that weekend: Big Sandy’s Ryleigh Allen, Jordyn Beckwith, Kiley Dobbs, Kenzie McCartney, Journie Plunkett and Emily Thibodeaux; Beckville’s Jac Shrontz; Carlisle’s Madi Bathke and Marisol Hernandez; Como-Pickton’s Valeria Gonzalez and Danica Wiggins; Edgewood’s Miacheala Cook and Zoey Pippin; Frankston’s Avery Albritton and Nyla Muhammed; Garrison’s Brianna Downs, Morgan Land, and Jayden Rodrigues; Harmony’s Lillian Camp, Katie Henson and Rylee Murphy; Hawkins’ Kylie Adams and Katie Barber; and Van’s Sophie Johnson, Hailey Lamond, Hollynne Moseley, Shelby Parker and Kaylee West.
Cheer sponsors are Harmony’s Cheryl Trimble and Big Sandy’s Summer McCartney.
Softball
For softball, for the Blue All-Stars, Canton’s Russell Smith will be the head coach, and joining him on the staff will be John White of Henderson and Joanna Johnson of Eustace.
Blue All-Stars from the ETB area: Henderson’s Addy Davis, Chloe Ellis and Addison Standley, and Overton’s Halle Mayfield.
Also on the Blue All-Stars in softball: Alto’s Ashley Black, Big Sandy’s Kiley Dobbs; Bullard’s Kamyn Honzell, Dakota Payne and Baylie Walker; Canton’s Kai Hudson and Kara Pride; Eustace’s Madilyn Andrews; Frankston’s Addi Loebig; Harmony’s Maecy Toland; Legacy’s Ruby Byers; Lindale’s Izzy Koonce; Lufkin’s Addley Dean; Mineola’s Emily Hodges; Spring Hill’s Khloe Saxon; and Sulphur Springs’ Emerson Thompson.
Red All-Stars in softball from the ETBlitz area are White Oak’s Jaidyn Marshall and multi-time Whataburger / ETBlitz.com Player of the Week award-winner Addison McClanahan.
Others on softball’s Red All-Star team this year are Beckville’s Gracey Struwe; Brook Hill’s Karmen Miller; Brownsboro’s Cheyenne Cowart; Bullard’s Zaylee Zahirniak; Carthage’s Jiyia Williams; Chapel Hill’s Aaliyah Shabaan; Commerce’s Cayelin Crow; Como-Pickton’s Bella Romero; Edgewood’s Addison Key; Elkhart’s Londyn Holland; Grace’s Alissa Fugate and Aubree Kindale; Hallsville’s Lindsey Dubberly; Harleton’s Madilyn King; Hawkins’ Kalyn Eillison; Legacy’s Aubrie Kirk; and Lindale’s Merrick Gary.
Coaching the Red All-Stars: Ronny Grandgeorge of Beckville, as well as Beckville’s Sean Struwe, Commerce’s Tyler Foster, and Nineveh Blankenship of White Oak.
Baseball
Blue All-Stars from the ETBlitz.com coverage area: Overton’s Braxton Harper.
Joining Harper on the Blue All-Stars will be Beckville’s Aiden Brantley; Carthage’s Sam Watson; Edgewood’s Alejandro Martinez; Frankston’s Carson Allen; Garrison’s Dallas McFadden; Grand Saline’s Carson Brown and Landon Mayne; Harleton’s Mason Clark, Gage Shirts, and Carson Wallace; Lindale’s Ty McCoy; Longview’s Andrew Flores; New Diana’s Keaton Bogue; Spring Hill’s Landon Bartell; Van’s Grady Baetz and Landon Smith; and Whitehouse’s Winn Harriss and J.J. Idrogo.
Coaching the Blue will be Frankston’s Wes King and Brody Cunningham, and Harleton’s D.J. Beck.
White Oak’s Brady Greenwood and Collin Wheat; Tatum’s Cayden Tatum and Jaxen Prince; and Gilmer’s Brayden Pate are the Red All-Stars’ players from the ETB area. Also on the Red All-Stars in baseball will be Canton’s Nathan Parker; Chapel Hill’s Riley Underwood; Hallsville’s Kaden Akin and Kade Chappell; Hawkins’ Paxton Metcalf and Landen Mrdak; Lindale’s Hudson Legrow; Longview’s Cole Ramey; Pine Tree’s Trevion Nafrady; Palestine’s Tagertt Dillard; Rains’ David Springer; Union Grove’s Jacob Griffin; and Van’s Asher Hawkins.
For more on the Northeast Texas chapter of the FCA, visit NETX Northeast Texas FCA.