What a big year it was for Houston-area private school football as Second Baptist School reached the TAPPS DII state title game and Emery/Weiner won the TAPPS 6-Man title. Kinkaid won the Southwest Preparatory Conference 4A title and John Cooper School won their first ever SPC 3A championship.
Here are the All-VYPE Defensive Teams of the Year presented by Houston Methodist Orthopedic and Sports Medicine.
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DEFENSE
DEFENSIVE MVP
FINALISTS
Carson Hintz, St. Pius X
Alex Lassoued, Kinkaid
Everett Skillern, Second Baptist School
(The winner will be announced as part of the 2021-22 VYPE Awards presented by Houston Methodist Orthopedic and Sports Medicine)
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DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
First-Team
Charles Batterson, St. Thomas
Joseph Courtney, Second Baptist School
Gamble Reed, John Cooper
Peyton Smith, Concordia Lutheran
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Second-Team
Luke Allred, Concordia Lutheran
Hutch Coward, Episcopal
Joshua Gomez, Lutheran South
Jackson Murrill, Cypress Christian
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Honorable Mention
Aden Allen, St. Pius X
Jackson Busch, Rosehill Christian
Tyler Langin, St. Thomas
Jacob Rauch, Cypress Christian
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LINEBACKERS
First-Team
Carson Hintz, St. Pius X
Alex Lassoued, Kinkaid
Zachary Rocha, St. Thomas
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Second-Team
Chandler Bean, FBCA
Kyle Kollmorgen, Second Baptist School
Tegan Spencer, St. Thomas
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Honorable Mention
Grayson Beckman, Cypress Christian
Griffin Fisk, Cypress Christian
Sean Kane, TWCA
Blake Pitts, John Cooper
Kee Shaper, Kinkaid
Mark Shrewsbury, Concordia Lutheran
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DEFENSIVE BACKS
First-Team
Caleb Davis, St. Thomas
Tate Elder, Concordia Lutheran
Everett Skillern, Second Baptist School
Blaine Baird, FBCA
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Second-Team
Derek Felder, TWCA
Cade Goldstraw, Lutheran South
John Perdue, St. John’s
Marquis Williams, St. Thomas
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Honorable Mention
Wesley Barnes, Bay Area Christian School
Joshua Hauser, Rosehill Christian
Ethan McMinn, St. Pius X
Breylan Thompson, Episcopal
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