TIFTON — Fresh off of a 12-2 campaign — the school’s best since 1997 — the Tift County Blue Devils placed 14 players on the 2006 All-Tiftarea football team.

Besides the players, also honored from Tift County is head coach Jay Walls, who is the 2006 All-Tiftarea Coach of the Year.

This year’s squad was comprised of players nominated by the eight area high school head football coaches. The selections for the All-Tiftarea team were made in the weeks following the completion of the 2006 football season.

The Blue Devil contingent was led by 2006 All-Tiftarea Offensive Player of the Year Kaream Hess. The 2006 All-Tiftarea Defensive Player of the Year was Irwin County’s Terry Ashley.

Tift was followed by Fitzgerald with 10 players and Turner with nine. Tiftarea Academy had six players chosen, while Cook, Irwin County and Berrien had four players picked apiece. Worth County had three players chosen.

In his first year as a signal-caller, Tift County senior Sean Baxley was picked as the first-team quarterback. He ended the year completing 204-of-316 passes for 1,953 yards. He also 17 touchdown passes and 13 passes intercepted.

Hess was a first-team running back after putting up 1,774 yards of total offense. He was joined in the first-team backfield by Fitzgerald’s Nick Williams, who rushed for 1,295 yards on 155 carries. Williams also scored 116 total points.

Three first-team wide receivers were picked for the squad.

In the receiving corps, Tift County’s Israel Troupe is joined by Turner County’s Demario Barber and Dontavious Smith.

Troupe, an University of Georgia commitment, caught 62 passes for 672 yards and six touchdowns. He also had eight kickoff returns for 194 yards, 14 punt returns for 108 yards and 20 rushes for 119 yards.

Barber caught 37 passes for 657 yards and 10 touchdowns, while Smith had 34 catches for 648 yards and eight scores.

The first-team offensive line was perhaps the easiest choices as all five players were picked first-team All-State.

Fitzgerald’s Travis Fleming graded out at 90 percent on the year as he helped the Purple Hurricane rack up over 300 yards rushing per contest.

Tift County’s Zach Allen also graded out at around 90 percent on the season as helped the Devils produce a 1,000 yard passer and rusher.

Turner County’s Keyshawn Odum was the Rebels’ highest graded lineman all year. Turner ended up amassing 2,220 yards rushing and 2,046 yards passing.

Berrien High’s Tanner Strickland graded out higher than any other Rebel lineman. Strickland is on his way to the University of Georgia in January to begin his college football career.

Finally, Tiftarea Academy’s Alex Moore graded out at 86 percent on the year.

The first-team athlete is Cook High’s Ty Goff, who passed for 1,314 yards and rushed for 303. He threw 13 touchdown passes and had nine passes picked off.

Fitzgerald’s Corey Taylor is the first-team kick returner. The senior had 15 kickoff returns for 374 yards, 16 punt returns for 388 yards and had one interception return for 80 yards and a touchdown.

The first-team place-kicker is Tift County’s Charlie Edwards. The senior converted 18-of-28 field goals and 32-of-34 point afters. During the year he had 27 touchbacks on his kickoffs.

On the first-team defensive line is Worth County’s Meshack Williams. “He was dominant all year,” Worth head coach Harris Rainbow said of Williams’ performance which saw him have eight quarterbacks sacks in 2006.

Fitzgerald’s Jarrell Paschal was also a first-team pick on the defensive line. The senior had 66 total tackles, 18 tackles for loss yardage, five fumble recoveries and four sacks.

Turner County’s Justin Moore had a stellar year along the defensive front. He earned first-team honors with 36 total tackles, six sacks, nine tackles for loss and two fumble recoveries. He also had four touchdown receptions as a tight end on offense.

Tift County’s Larry Bryant rounds out the first-team defensive line. Bryant had 44 total tackles, three sacks, one pass breakup, two fumble recoveries and one interception.

Ashley was picked as a first-team linebacker. He had 110 total stops on the year.

Joining him in the linebacking corps are Turner County’s Lennie Richardson and Tift County’s Josh Abbott and Jeffery Searcy.

Richardson had 92 total tackles, two fumble recoveries, three interceptions, eight sacks and 16 tackles for loss yardage.

Only a sophomore, Abbott led the Tiftarea in total tackles with 119. He also had two caused fumbles, one interception and two pass breakups.

Searcy closed out his Tift career by posting 107 total stops. He also had six sacks, three caused fumbles, one fumble recovery and one interception.

Tiftarea Academy’s Matthew Souter is joined by Tift County’s Jay Gaskins, Randy Parker and Blake Reddick in the first-team defensive backfield.

Souter had 76 total tackles, five interceptions, four pass breakups and one sack. Offensively, he was 43-for-109 passing for 754 yards with five touchdowns and eight interceptions. He also had 63 rushes for 450 yards and 11 scores, two catches for 21 yards, three kick returns for 31 yards and 1,256 yards of total offense.

Gaskins had 74 total tackles, five interceptions, one caused fumble, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup.

Parker had 55 total tackles, 11 pass breakups, four interceptions and one caused fumble. He also added 10 kickoff returns for 197 yards and 11 punt returns for 122 yards.

Reddick had 59 total tackles, seven pass breakups, two interceptions, two fumble recoveries and one caused fumble. He also had three kickoff returns for 126 yards and a touchdown.

The first-team punter is Irwin County’s Lindsey Wolfe. The senior had 24 punts for 969 yards, a 40.4 average. His longest punt on the year was for 62 yards.

All-in-all, 20 of the 27 first-team selections were either first-team or honorable-mention All-State.

The second team offense is quarterbacked by Turner County’s Jeremy Stevenson. He is joined in the backfield by Turner teammate Kevian Prather and Fitzgerald’s Dion Ross.

Stevenson passed for 1,223 yards and rushed for 471. Prather had 1,296 yards rushing and 260 yards receiving, while Ross had 701 yards rushing and 10 touchdowns.

The three wide receivers on the second-team are Berrien’s Aaron Dobbs, Tift County’s Marvin Chaney and Tiftarea Academy’s Thomas Ganas.

Dobbs caught 38 passes for 415 yards and two touchdowns, while Chaney had 25 catches for 215 yards and two scores.

Ganas had 21 catches for 443 yards and two touchdowns. Ganas also had 97 rushes for 687 yards and four touchdowns.

The second-team offensive line is Tift County’s Mark Buhler, Berrien’s Jamie New, Tiftarea Academy’s Kent Hill and a pair of Fitzgerald players, Anthony Brooks and Kaleb Heninger.

Worth’s Clayton Edwards, who had over 1,000 yards of total offense, is the second-team athlete.

Tiftarea Academy’s Daniel Griner is the second-team kick returner as he had 17 kick returns for 401 yards.

The second-team place-kicker is Fitzgerald’s Victor Avila. He made 5-of-6 field goals with a long of 46. He was also 36-for-40 on his point afters.

On defense, the second-team defensive line is Irwin County’s Matt Mobley, Tiftarea Academy’s Tripp Giddens, Cook High’s Tevin Sims and Tift County’s A.J. Brown.

Mobley had 41 total tackles and five sacks. Giddens had 61 total tackles and six sacks.

Sims had 48 total stops and six sacks and Brown had 66 total tackles and five sacks.

After missing his junior season with a knee injury, Brent Gordon of Fitzgerald is a second-team linebacker. He had 102 total stops during his senior campaign.

At second-team linebacker, Gordon is joined by Fitzgerald’s Corey Slacks, Worth’s Brandon Jackson and Cook’s Kenny Tippins.

Slacks had 56 total tackles and six tackles for loss. Jackson had 108 total tackles and Tippins had 85 total tackles and three sacks.

The second-team defensive backfield is Turner’s George Ford, Berrien’s Kenndron West, Cook’s Thad Williams and Irwin’s Nate Bryant.

Ford had 34 total tackles and four interceptions. West had 40 total stops and four interceptions and Williams had 35 total tackles and four interceptions. Bryant had 41 total tackles, one interception and one blocked kick.

Turner County’s Adam Brock, who averaged over 35 yards per kick, is the second-team punter.



FIRST TEAM

OFFENSE

QB SEAN BAXLEY TIFT

RB KAREAM HESS TIFT

RB NICK WILLIAMS FITZGERALD

WR DEMARIO BARBER TURNER

WR ISRAEL TROUPE TIFT

WR DONTAVIOUS SMITH TURNER

OL TRAVIS FLEMING FITZGERALD

OL ZACH ALLEN TIFT

OL KEYSHAWN ODUM TURNER

OL ALEX MOORE TIFTAREA

OL TANNER STRICKLAND BERRIEN

ATH TY GOFF COOK

RET COREY TAYLOR FITZGERALD

PK CHARLIE EDWARDS TIFT



DEFENSE

DL MESHACK WILLIAMS WORTH

DL JARRELL PASCHAL FITZGERALD

DL JUSTIN MOORE TURNER

DL LARRY BRYANT TIFT

LB TERRY ASHLEY IRWIN

LB LENNIE RICHARDSON TURNER

LB JOSH ABBOTT TIFT

LB JEFFERY SEARCY TIFT

DB JAY GASKINS TIFT

DB RANDY PARKER TIFT

DB MATTHEW SOUTER TIFTAREA

DB BLAKE REDDICK TIFT

P LINDSEY WOLFE IRWIN

SECOND TEAM

OFFENSE

QB JEREMY STEVENSON TURNER

RB DION ROSS FITZGERALD

RB KEVIAN PRATHER TURNER

WR THOMAS GANAS TIFTAREA

WR MARVIN CHANEY TIFT

WR AARON DOBBS BERRIEN

OL MARK BUHLER TIFT

OL JAMIE NEW BERRIEN

OL ANTHONY BROOKS FITZGERALD

OL KALEB HENINGER FITZGERALD

OL KENT HILL TIFTAREA

ATH CLAYTON EDWARDS WORTH

RET DANIEL GRINER TIFTAREA

PK VICTOR AVILA FITZGERALD



DEFENSE

DL MATT MOBLEY IRWIN

DL TRIPP GIDDENS TIFTAREA

DL TEVIN SIMS COOK

DL A.J. BROWN TIFT

LB BRENT GORDON FITZGERALD

LB COREY SLACKS FITZGERALD

LB BRANDON JACKSON WORTH

LB KENNY TIPPINS COOK

DB GEORGE FORD TURNER

DB NATE BRYANT IRWIN

DB KENDDRON WEST BERRIEN

DB THAD WILLIAMS COOK

P ADAM BROCK TURNER



HONORABLE MENTION: JAIVIOIUS PARKER (WORTH); JUSTIN WILSON, LANARIUS MCKINLEY, ZACK BROWN AND ANTHONY WOODS (TIFT); CLINT CAWLEY, DUSTIN WARD AND MICHAEL MORRISON (TURNER); DELANO PALMORE, JOSH CHESTER, C’REON ARNOLD, SAM LINDSEY, THOMAS NEWSOME AND DAVID ARNOLD (COOK); DIORSSI DAVIS, AUSTIN GARNER, REID CORNELIUS, JAMES HUGHES, O.J. MOFFETT, CAMERON JONES, KHALID LAMAR AND T.J. MILLER (BERRIEN); ANDREW KICKLIGHTER, JOSH BEATY AND KENT HILL (TIFTAREA); DAMON CLAYTON AND VINCENT BAKER (IRWIN); MARCUS WALKER (FITZGERALD)