GAMES
RANKINGS
VYPE unveils Private School Offensive Teams powered by Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
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 Offensive Teams of the Year presented by Houston Methodist Orthopedic and Sports Medicine.
OFFENSIVE MVP
FINALISTS
Dillon Bell, Kinkaid
Brady Dever, Fort Bend Christian Academy
Jake Wright, St. Thomas
(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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QUARTERBACK
First-Team
Brady Dever, Fort Bend Christian Academy
Jake Wright, St. Thomas
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Second-Team
David Capobianco, Kinkaid
Doran Yustein, Emery/Weiner
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Honorable Mention
Turner Murdock, Second Baptist
Tyler Prazak, Legacy Prep
Vaughn McKeever, John Cooper School
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RUNNING BACKS
First-Team
Sam LeBlue, Fort Bend Christian Academy
Eli Smith, Second Baptist School
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Second-Team
Micah Bell, Kinkaid
Jaxson Pierce, John Cooper School
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Honorable Mention
Cole Allen, St. John’s
Cody Andrus, Cypress Christian
Wesley Barnes, Bay Area Christian
Burke Battenfield, St. Pius X
Bijan Bobrow, Emery/Weiner
Johann Cardenas, St. Thomas
Leo Gerst, Emery/Weiner
Roric Hawkins Jr., The Woodlands Christian Academy
Smith Nave, Bay Area Christian
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OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
First-Team
Reid Cordell, Second Baptist School
Michael Fite, St. Pius X
Beau Edwards, Episcopal
Colby Gorman, The Woodlands Christian Academy
Thomas Green, St. Thomas
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Second-Team
Ty Cappi, Bay Area Christian
John Dearing, Second Baptist School
Jacob Moran, Cypress Christian
Caden Auger, Legacy Prep
Kade Sink, Bay Area Christian
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Honorable Mention
Jackson Busch, Rosehill
Ezekiel Hogan, Cypress Christian
Samuel Kabatsky, Lutheran North
Ari Strauss, Emery Weiner
Cullen Witt, Episcopal
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WIDE RECEIVERS
First-Team
Bryan Domino, Fort Bend Christian Academy
Joel Hutchins, Lutheran South Academy
Cameron Price, St. Thomas
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Second-Team
Marcus Chretien, Fort Bend Christian Academy
Grayson Kim, Second Baptist School
Blake Wiley, TWCA
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Honorable Mention
Vincent Banks, Emery Weiner
Chase Behrens, Rosehill Christian
Willie Elliott, Houston Christian
Joe Madden, St. Thomas
Ian McCraray, Legacy Prep
Jackson Mobley, St. Pius X
Jackson Owen, Cypress Christian
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ATHLETES
First-Team
Dillon Bell, Kinkaid
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Second-Team
Zamari Bruce, Frassati Catholic
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Honorable Mention
Grayson Beckman, Cypress Christian
Cam Henry, Kinkaid
Maxwell Landrum, Cypress Christian
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KICKERS
First-Team
Hudson Yezak, Concordia Lutheran
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Second-Team
Vincent Banks, Emery/Weiner
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Honorable Mention
Adam Atwell, Bay Area Christian
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"We've Got One More": SBS seniors, coaches excited for State Title Game berth but job not done
HOUSTON - As much as getting past the TAPPS State Semifinals meant to, especially the seniors, on Saturday night the celebration was slightly tempered at times.
Not because the Eagles weren't excited about getting to the programs' first TAPPS State Championship game since 1999 - well before any of the current players were even born - but because their job is not done.
"It's cool and all but we've got one more," senior Grayson Kim, who has started in a school-record 47 games, said. "We will work hard this week. We've got to win that last game."
Senior back Eli Smith added: "If we handle our job at State we can come home with that ring."
Between 1996-1999, Second Baptist School made some deep runs just like they have the past now four seasons. They punched through the ceiling in 1999 winning the program's lone football championship.
"This means a lot, especially for this program," senior Everett Skillern said.
The past three seasons it was Regents School of Austin standing in their way in the State Semifinals. But after upending them last week, Second Baptist School downed Fort Bend Christian Academy 14-13 to advance again - this time to the State Championship game.
"It's really relieving but the jobs not finished," Smith said. "It feels good to get past semis but it's not the state championship."
For Second Baptist School coach Terry Pirtle, to be back in this spot with this group is special, considered when he arrived at SBS nine years ago some of these guys were just running around in the lower school.
"It means a lot, this is my ninth year here and some of these guys were in the second or third grade when I got here," Pirtle said. "I've known these kids forever. They were built for this, we built them, it wasn't assembled. They've been with us a long time. I'm very proud, especially for these seniors who hung in there and got a win in their senior year in the semifinals."
VYPE Postgame 🎙: Had to catch up with seniors @skillerneverett, @GraysonKim1 & @eli_smiith after the big win. #txhsfb
(@mawalker_SBAD @KPRC2RandyMc @turnermurdock5 @CoachPirtle) pic.twitter.com/BKBcaULQ2J
— VYPE Houston (@vypehouston) November 28, 2021
More State Championship Game Bound Quotes
"It means that we are truly special. I've been playing here for the last three years. We had been to the semifinals but not state yet. This is it!" - Colin Hedges ('22)
"It hasn't happened in a while. We want to be the next team to raise that banner. We're going to go do that next week." - Karsten Chambers ('23)
"Having the opportunity is just amazing. At my old school we went three years in a row, so now 10 years later you don't take it for granted. So, we're going to do the best that we can to just get prepared for this game and play our very best against a very good Dallas Christian team." - SBS Head Coach Terry Pirtle.