DARKE COUNTY — The Daily Advocate is honoring individuals who excelled on the football field this year with an all-Darke County football team.
Below are The Daily Advocate’s choices for the all-Darke County football team for the 2015 season with 11 first team offensive players, 11 first team defensive players, two first team special teams players and 12 honorable mention selections.
First team all-Darke County
QB: Clay Guillozet, Greenville
The senior threw for 1,100 yards and 12 touchdowns and ran for 847 yards and six touchdowns.
RB: Mason Justice, Bradford
The junior was named Bradford’s co-offensive player of the year.
RB: Brandon Kinney, Arcanum
The junior ran for 1,204 yards and 21 touchdowns and caught four passes and two touchdowns.
RB: Collin Peters, Versailles
The senior ran for 1,184 yards and 15 touchdowns.
WR: Tyler Gunter, Bradford
The senior was named Bradford’s co-offensive player of the year.
OL: Kyle Gigandet, Versailles
The senior blocked for an offense that gained more than 1,300 rushing yards and more than 1,300 passing yards.
OL: Cambell Gostomsky, Arcanum
The junior helped lead the way for an offense that gained more than 3,000 yards on the ground.
OL: Eric Knapke, Versailles
The junior blocked for an offense that gained more than 1,300 rushing yards and more than 1,300 passing yards.
OL: Lukas Lowry, Greenville
The senior blocked for an offense that gained more than 1,600 rushing yards and more than 1,000 passing yards.
OL: Bailey Powell, Bradford
The senior was the player of the year for the Railroaders.
OL: Ross Shook, Ansonia
The freshman blocked for an offense that gained more than 2,200 rushing yards and almost 500 passing yards.
DL: Nick Buckingham, Ansonia
The senior made 39 tackles, had four sacks and forced a fumble.
DL: Dalton Geesy, MV
The senior made 56 tackles including 15 tackles for loss, had three sacks and recovered a fumble.
LB: Austin Baker, Arcanum
The senior made 52 tackles including 12 tackles for loss, forced a fumble and defended three passes.
LB: Logan Eldridge, Greenville
The junior made 91 tackles, had 1.5 sacks, intercepted two passes and scored one defensive touchdown.
LB: Jonny Moorman, Versailles
The junior made 90 tackles including three tackles for loss, had four sacks, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble.
LB: William Nibert Jr., Greenville
The senior made a GWOC-leading 116 tackles, recovered three fumbles and had two sacks.
LB: Nathan Rammel, MV
The senior had 39 tackles one tackle for loss and a sack.
LB: Hunter Saunders, Arcanum
The senior made 89 tackles including 12 tackles for loss, forced two fumbles and recovered a fumble.
DB: Corey Dieringer, Versailles
The senior made 52 tackles including a tackle for loss, had a sack, forced a fumble, recovered a fumble and intercepted two passes.
DB: Kyle Phillips, Greenville
The junior made 53 tackles and intercepted one pass.
DB: Dane Wentworth, Ansonia
The senior made 53 tackles and defended a pair of passes.
K: Christian Sanchez, Arcanum
The senior made three field goals and eight PATs.
P: Daniel O’Donnell, Arcanum
The senior was a playmaker on offense, defense and special teams and averaged 35.8 yards per punt.
Honorable mention
Ansonia: Cody Burnfield, Max Wardrip
Arcanum: Maverick Hildebrand, Logan Wilson
Bradford: TJ Jones, Josh Phillips
Greenville: Justin Brown, Erick Madison
Mississinawa Valley: JJ Howard, Tyler Jenkinson
Versailles: Gavin Mills, Alex Wendel
