Area players honored by PFN

Gettysburg continues to haunt Red Land.

Two months after the Warriors’ 40-7 win over Red Land in a crucial Mid-Penn Keystone Division game, Gettysburg quarterback Evan Lewis beat out Red Land signal-caller Skyler Hunt as the first team quarterback for the All-Pennsylvania Football News Class AAA team.
Lewis was also named Class AAA Player of the Year.

Hunt, a four-year starter, threw for 1,985 yards and 19 touchdowns last year, both an area-best.

A bit of good news for Red Land was the selection of Chad Christen as first-team placekicker. Lewis also handled kicking duties for the Warriors, so Red Land can at least claim something over Gettysburg from the 2007 season.

The Patriots, who advanced to the District 3 quarterfinals before losing to Hershey, placed defensive end Aubrey Moore — The Sentinel’s 2006 and 07 Defensive Player of the Year — on the second team and Dan Klein was named to the third team as a defensive back.

Northern running back Michael Davies, who rushed for 1,578 yards as a senior, joined Hunt on the second team. Shippensburg’s Shayne Clark, a Sentinel first-team offensive lineman, was tabbed as a third-teamer.

Trinity offensive linemen Nick Kindler and R.J. Dill, headed to the University of Maryland, garnered Class AA first- and third-team honors, respectively.

The Shamrocks’ defense, which averaged 6.4 points against and blanked six opponents, had Ryan Skotnicki dubbed as a first-team defensive lineman and athletic safety Christian Kuntz honored as a third-team defensive back.

The Shamrocks were 12-1 and made an appearance in the 3-AA final where they lost to Delone Catholic.

Steelton-Highspire junior running back Jeremiah Young was announced as the Class A Player of the Year.

For complete teams, including this year's Mr. Football, check out the PFN's Web site.