Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Class A All-State

For having a mere 22 players on its varsity football roster, Camp Hill sure made a dent on the Associated Press Class A All-State team.

Quarterback Tyler Shover, who passed for 2,368 yards, rushed for 986 more and accounted for 44 total touchdowns, is the first-team quarterback. Shover's numbers were good for 83 percent of the Lions' offense, up from his junior year when he put up 71.3 percent of the team's offense in his first year under center.

Shover is also The Sentinel's Player of the Year on offense for the second straight season. Complete All-Sentinel teams will be released in the coming weeks.

Joining Shover on the first team is wide receiver Jordan Weber. The senior led the area with 898 receiving yards and scored 11 touchdowns. Weber added 543 rushing yards and six scores.

Making an appearance on the second team is receiver Trevor Polly, who caught 49 passes for 804 yards and eight touchdowns.

Camp Hill finished the regular season 7-3 and earned the No. 3 seed in the District 3 Class A tournament. The Lions, who fell to eventual state champion Steelton-Highspire in the district final, rallied from a 21-7 deficit in the semifinals on the road against Reading Holy Name and stole a 42-41 win after the hosts missed an extra point in the third quarter to go up, 41-35.

In the days following that victory, veteran Camp Hill coach Frank Kindler called it one of the more satisfying wins of his 14-year career.

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