5 Boerne players earn first-team honors
Following a school-record season that ended with the program’s first state title game appearance, six Boerne football players were named to the Blue BELL/TSWA Class 4A All-state team, which was announced Wednesday.
Five Greyhounds earned first-team honors: seniors Jacob Mclaughlin, Braden Baize, Caleb Hamby and Houston Hendrix and sophomore Hutson Hendrix. Sophomore quarterback Jaxon Baize was a secondteam pick.
Mclaughlin, a member of the “Great Wall of Boerne” offensive line, made the team at center after grading out at 94 percent with 19 pancake blocks. Braden Baize was the team’s leading receiver with 70 catches for 1,297 yards and 22 touchdowns.
Hamby was honored as a defensive lineman after recording 88 tackles, including 24 tackles for loss and 11 sacks. Hutson Hendrix made the team at linebacker, while brother Houston earned the nod at defensive back. Hutson recorded 172 tackles, 23 tackles for loss, six sacks, five pass breakups and two interceptions, and Houston had 116 tackles, eight pass breakups and four interceptions.
Jaxon Baize completed 252 of 369 passes (68.3 percent) for 3,575 yards and 53 touchdowns with just eight interceptions in leading the Greyhounds to Arlington and a 15-1 record. The lone blemish for Boerne was a last-second, 24-21 loss to China Spring in the Class 4A Division I title game.
All six players previously earned a spot on the Expressnews All-area Football Team.
Pleasanton senior Jayce Krauskopf was also a secondteam selection, and Davenport senior Shastin Golden and Somerset senior Ayden Guerra were named to the third team.
Krauskopf earned the honor at linebacker after he posted 155 tackles, 10 TFLS, eight forced fumbles, four interceptions and five total blocked kicks. Golden
made the team at running back after rushing for 2,128 yards and 26 TDS on 266 carries, and Guerra helped pave the way for Somerset’s offense at his guard spot, where he has not allowed a sack in 24 starts.
The San Antonio area also produced 10 honorable mentions
on the 4A all-state team, including Davenport senior tackle Carter Traynor, Somerset senior offensive linemen Phillip Gallegos (tackle) and Gerardo Cantu (center), Devine juniors Ethan Santos (running back) and Aaron Bonilla (tight end), Devine senior defensive lineman Logan Camarillo, La Vernia senior linebacker Justin Thompson, La Vernia junior receiver Colten Schmid and Navarro juniors Landon Taylor (defensive line) and Nick Schwarzlose (defensive back).
Carthage senior quarterback Connor Cuff, who led the Bulldogs to a Class 4A Division II state title and a 16-0 season, was named 4A offensive player of the year after passing for 4,033 yards with 52 touchdowns to just four interceptions. Carthage coach Scott Surratt was named the coach of the year for a record-tying ninth time, pulling him even with legendary Stamford and Brownwood coach Gordon Wood. Under Surratt, Carthage has won nine state titles in the last 15 seasons.
Cuero senior linebacker Sean Burks was named defensive player of the year after he posted 257 tackles, including 36 tackles for loss, and 16 QB pressures for the 13-2 state semifinalists.