Jake Howeth, from District Champion Highland Park, took home top honors from the vote of the District 10-4A coaches being named the District MVP.

Howeth, the versatile athlete, rushed for 1265 yards on 189 attempts (28 TD's) and passed for 1424 yards with 104 completions out of 184 attempts. Howeth threw 15 TD's with only 4 interceptions. Howeth also was a stalwart for his dad, Mark Howeth, Highland Park DC, on the defensive side of the ball.

Rockwall's quarterback Alan Reed was named the District Offensive MVP. Reed passed for 2,580 yards and threw 24 touchdown passes while having only 8 passes intercepted out of 249 attempts.

The Defensive Player of the Year recognition went McKinney North's Marquel Sheppard.

Highland Park's Randy Allen was named Coach of the Year leading the Scots to the Class 4A Division II Region II Semi-final round of the playoffs before Highland Park was ousted by Mesquite Poteet by a convincing 45-21 at Cowboy Stadium. Allen started his coaching at HP in 1999 and became the program's all-time leader in victories with a 12-1 record giving him a 140-16 mark at Highland Park which surpassed the 134-43-1 record of the great Frank Bevers tenure.

Allen shows no sign of slowing down at Highland Park, maybe he'll even stay around long enough to coach his grandkids after daughter Ashley married 1996 HP team captain Pete Flowers and live near Highlander Stadium with three grandkids.

Wylie has been one of the state's 2010 playoff surprises with a semifinal run in meeting Denton Ryan at SMU's Ford Stadium. QB Nico Ramirez and receiver Jermaine Merdock have keyed an offense and the emergence of standout junior noseguard Noble Nwachukwu has helped an already tough defense. Nwachukwu (6-4, 240) isn't quite a Nikita Whitlock, who led Wylie to the '08 5A final before signing with Wake Forest, but Nwachukwu has a much better body and is climbing recruiting radars.

Highland Park will return a top junior duo with quarterback Brady Burgin, who passed for 1,982 and 16 TDs sharing time with Howeth, and receiver Dalton Stogner, who will be a major college receiver at 6-3,190-pounds and excellent speed. Watch top linebacker Guy Tom Kellog for the Class of '13 as well.

For Rockwall, watch for standout DB and return specialist Spencer Edwards to be one of the district's top players for 2011.

*Jake Howeth #10 QB / DB 12 Highland Park

Alan Reed #18 QB 12 Rockwall

Marquel Sheppard #15 DL 12 McKinney North

*Bry'len Williams #12 QB 10 McKinney North

Jay Arnold #85 DE 10 Rockwall Heath

Randy Allen Highland Park

Quarterback:

Mac Morse #10 QB 12 JJ Pearce

Running Back:

Travis Tarver II #28 RB 12 McKinney

Jovan Hernandez #5 RB 11 Rockwall Heath

Wide Receiver:

*Dalton Stogner #26 WR 11 Highland Park

*Jermaine Merdock #9 WR 12 Wylie

*Blake Turner #16 WR 12 Rockwall

Amaris Fields #3 WR 11 Rockwall Heath

Corey Coleman #1 WR 11 JJ Pearce

Tight End / H-Back:

Kyle Crawford #80 TE 12 Rockwall

Center:

Jace Hefner #70 C 12 JJ Pearce

Offensive Line:

Kyle Stouffer #70 OL 12 Highland Park

Shelton Williams #57 OL 12 Rockwall Heath

Chris Tanner #77 OL 12 Rockwall

Payden McBee #64 OL 12 Rockwall

Jess Croley #52 OL 11 Wylie

Kyle Fuller #50 OL 11 Wylie

Eric Harrison #79 OL 12 McKinney

Quarterback:

Nico Ramirez #15 QB 12 Wylie

Running Back:

Preston Miller #7 RB 11 Highland Park

Vincent Bryan #43 RB 12 Wylie

Wide Receiver:

Collin Stringer #18 WR 12 Highland Park

Blake Durant #80 WR 12 JJ Pearce

Jared Floyd #88 WR 12 JJ Pearce

Spencer Edwards #22 WR 11 Rockwall

Reed Loftis #19 WR 12 Rockwall

Tight End / H-Back:

Collin Zabasky #43 TE 12 McKinney

Tyler Wood TE 12 Rockwall Heath

Center:

Johnny Wardwell #68 C 12 Wylie

Offensive Line:

Spencer Harvey #77 OL 12 McKinney

Darius Griffin #78 OL 12 McKinney North

Robert Hinton #63 OL 12 Rockwall

Claiborne Meyer #56 OL 11 Highland Park

Ethan Lington #58 OL 12 Wylie

Austin Morris #70 OL 11 Wylie East

Kenner Roberts #59 OL 12 JJ Pearce

Defensive Tackle:

Brandon Ramsey #50 DT 12 McKinney North

Maurico Garza #40 DT 12 Highland Park

Azuka Akozar #90 DT 11 Wylie

Defensive End:

Kenyea Alexander #2 DE 12 McKinney North

Joshua Scartlett #38 DE 12 Wylie

Inside Linebacker:

Peyton Loftis #30 ILB 12 Highland Park

Reid Oden #33 ILB 12 Highland Park

Sean Watts #7 ILB 11 Wylie

Beau Cobb #11 ILB 12 Wylie

Michael Snowden #56 ILB 12 McKinney

Outside Linebacker:

Holt Perlman #27 OLB 12 Highland Park

Matt Sandgren #19 OLB 12 Wylie

Corners:

*Blake Poston #5 CB 12 Highland Park

Dickson Dickson #2 CB 12 Wylie

Safeties:

*Terrell Burt #3 S 11 Wylie

*Reed Loftis #19 S 12 Rockwall

DeAnte Moore #1 S 12 McKinney North

Defensive Tackle:

Matt Gruner #77 DT 12 Heath

Noble Nwachukwu #44 DT 11 Wylie

Josh Spengler #50 DT 12 McKinney

Defensive End:

Collin Zabasky #43 DE 12 McKinney

Jarrett Spencer #81 DE 12 Rockwall

Guy Tom Kellog #42 DE 10 Highland Park

Inside Linebacker:

Raaquan Davis #19 ILB 10 Rockwall Heath

Andrew Douphrate #46 ILB 12 Rockwall

Ed Garcia #35 ILB 11 McKinney North

Outside Linebacker:

Tyler Mathers #40 OLB 12 Wylie

Cameron O'Reilly #20 OLB 11 JJ Pearce

Marquez Husband #24 OLB 10 McKinney

Corners:

Andre Mosely #28 CB 12 Wylie

Tim Llewellyn #9 CB 12 JJ Pearce

Safeties:

Austin Laudenslager #7 S 12 McKinney North

Bryce Henderson #2 S 12 JJ Pearce

Nick Mouch #13 S 12 Highland Park

Relus Harris #8 S 12 Wylie

Andrew Hinckley #6 S 11 Rockwall

1st team Kicker

Travis Shinn #3 K 12 Rockwall

2nd team Kicker

Nick Rose #93 K 11 Highland Park

1st team Punter

Austin Laudenslager #7 P 12 McKinney North

Wesley Davis #11 P 11 Rockwall

2nd team Punter

Evan Harman #11 P 11 JJ Pearce

Logan Holster #24 P 12 Wylie

1st team Return Spec.

*Spencer Edwards #22 RET 11 Rockwall

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