2012 All Area Football Defensive Player Jayron Kea...: Jayron Kearse was selected as the 2012 News-Press All Area Football Defensive player of the year.
South Fort Myer High School safety Jayron Kearse. / Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com
Coach of the Year
Scott Jones
School: East Lee County
Highlights: In his fifth season with the Jaguars, the 58-year-old Jones led the team to the District 5A-11 title, the first in the programs history, and its first-ever state playoff victory. East Lee also won a program-record seven games. Jones was also named the District 18 Coach of the Year by the Florida Athletic Coaches Association.
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The News-Press Media Group would like to thank Crown Trophy of Cape Coral for providing the awards for each of our players of the year and for being a sponsor of the All-Area Stars banquet.
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The 6-foot-4, 210-pound Jayron Kearse made a huge impact in his only season with the Wolfpack. The senior transfer from Cypress Lake High School led a defensive unit that held seven of its 13 opponents to six or fewer points, including three shutouts.
Kearse, a defensive back, finished the season with 74 tackles, four interceptions, three sacks and a safety. He also provided an explosive dimension for South Fort Myers offense, serving as quarterback in the teams Wildcat package.
In this role, Kearse rushed for 638 yards, averaging more than 10 yards per carry, and scored 10 touchdowns.
Following the season, he participated in the 58th Annual North-South All-Star Football Classic in Sebring and had an interception to help the South beat the North 25-14.
Kearse is verbally committed to Clemson after backing off of earlier pledges to Auburn and Miami.
First team defense
Darius Copeland
School: Fort Myers
Position: Defensive line
Year: Senior
Highlights: The 6-foot-2, 255-pound Copeland had 92 tackles (35 solo), 4.5 sacks, one fumble recovery and one blocked kick for a Green Wave defense that held six opponents to 14 points or less.
Regie Meant
School: Baker
Position: Defensive line
Year: Senior
Highlights: The 6-foot-4, 267-pound Meant had 68 tackles (35 solo), two sacks and one forced fumble to help lead a Bulldogs defense that allowed 16.7 points per game.
Brady Pallante
School: Barron Collier
Position: Defensive line
Year: Junior
Highlights: The 6-foot, 255-pound Pallante had 52 tackles (eight for loss) and four sacks for the Cougars. A nationally ranked heavyweight wrestler, Pallante also started at offensive tackle for Barron Collier.
Deadrin Senat
School: Immokalee
Position: Defensive line
Year: Senior
Highlights: The 6-foot-1, 311-pound Senat had 89 tackles, three sacks, two fumble recoveries, one forced fumble and one safety while holding down the middle of the Indians defense.
Bryant Richardson
School: East Lee County
Position: Linebacker
Year: Senior
Highlights: The 5-foot-9, 185-pound Richardson led the Jaguars with 144 tackles (85 solo) while also contributing two sacks, two forced fumbles and one interception. He also rushed for 459 yards and six touchdowns.
Brian Donnelly
School: Naples
Position: Linebacker
Year: Junior
Highlights: The 5-foot-11, 210-pound Donnelly led the Golden Eagles with 133 tackles (90 solo), while adding five sacks, four forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries.
DRonzjiah Matthews
School: South Fort Myers
Position: Linebacker
Year: Junior
Highlights: The 6-foot-1, 215-pound Matthews led the Wolfpack with 88 tackles and added four sacks for a defense that allowed 10.8 points per game.
Mackenro Alexander
School: Immokalee
Position: Linebacker
Year: Senior
Highlights: The 6-foot, 195-pound Alexander led the Indians with 154 tackles (35 solo) and added five interceptions, four he returned for touchdowns, 4.5 sacks and two forced fumbles.
Mackensie Alexander
School: Immokalee
Position: Defensive back
Year: Senior
Highlights: The 5-foot-11, 175-pound Alexander recorded 51 tackles (22 solo) and four interceptions, two he returned for touchdowns. On offense, Alexander had 15 catches for 236 yards and one touchdown.
T.J. Douglas
School: Fort Myers
Position: Defensive back/utility
Year: Senior
Highlights: The 6-foot, 180-pound Douglas, had 11 tackles and one interception. At quarterback, he rushed for 1,053 yards and 15 touchdowns and passed for 632 yards and six scores. He has verbally committed to Duke.
Kendall Sawyer
School: East Lee County
Position: Defensive back
Year: Junior
Highlights: The 6-foot-1, 175-pound Sawyer had 28 tackles (21 solo) and four interceptions, returning two for scores. He led the Jaguars with 15 touchdowns, rushing for 620 yards and catching nine passes for 212 yards.
Kilton Anderson
School: Naples
Position: Punter
Year: Junior
Highlights: The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Anderson averaged 37 yards per punt, with a long of 72 and eight downed inside the 20. At quarterback, he threw for 1,288 yards and 17 touchdowns and rushed for 839 yards and 28 scores.
Second team defense
Second team defense
Tajze Battle, Dunbar
Jake Berman, Barron Collier
Fequierson Charles, Fort Myers
Will Cunningham, Baker
Jules Dornevil, Naples
Chris Dorrill, First Baptist
Patrick Goodall, Naples
Mike Heuermann, Barron Collier
T.J. Holliman, Baker
Brian Johnson, Baker
Malcolm Perry, Lely
Cordell Riggins, Dunbar
David Vasquez, Estero
Offense/defense honorable mention
Offense/defense honorable mention
Baker: Sage Attwood, Jeremy Betts, Roy Denson, Levi Walton
Barron Collier: Steven Dekevich, Ben Huber, Tony Lesende, Conner Reynolds
Bishop Verot: Josh Bevillard, Luke Labreche, D.J. Oceant-Kelly,
Cape Coral: Rashaan Gaymon, Ian McCallum, Chase Nixon, Eamon Smart
Community School of Naples: Charlie Allen, Johnathan Baker, Emerson Rowe, Drew Tomaini
Cypress Lake: Dylan Findley, Schnieder Pierre, Zyon Simmons, Dedrick White
Dunbar: Anthony Gordon, Greg Houston, Daniel Cobb, Ahmad Richards
East Lee County: Vially Desronvil, Michael Green, Skartz Pierre, Winfred Ward
Estero: Kyle Brown, Ricky Lopez, Nick Nataro, Rodolfo Sasso
Evangelical Christian: Caleb Chapman, Chris Ceaser, Riley Escalle, Jack Maymon
First Baptist: Dylon Brocious, Josh Mastrangelo, Seth Penner, Ben Ritter
Fort Myers: Steve Brosy, Abdias Corgelas, Malik Outten, George Paulk
Gateway Charter: Mitch Ferrer, Kenny Hardy, Anderson Santiago
Golden Gate: Bennett Akim, Breon Brown, Jayln Gause, Lavanda Warren
Gulf Coast: Jake Bernard, Will Gutierrez
Immokalee: Mike Campbell, Kerby Henry, Xavier Richardson, Jummy Victorin
Island Coast: Mason Boye, Tyler Carver, Christian Diaz, Vincent Green
LaBelle: Derek Bass, Luis Hernandez, Josh Rimes, Danny Robinson
Lehigh: DaVonte White, Jabari Irons, Jesse Lastra, Kareem Teophin
Lely: Ritchy Absolu, Claudel Alix, Karbiel Dirogene, L.J. Greenidge
Mariner: Wyatt Deems, Joey Lantz, Jaylen Mitchell, Eric Russaw
Naples: Tyler Byrd, Zach Diaczynsky, Jorge Friedrich, Duntae Gebrehewariat
North Fort Myers: Brian Byrd, Matt Edwards, Steven Johnson, Brandon Makar
Palmetto Ridge: Theo Curto, Ron Johnson, Javion Morgan
Riverdale: Treston Dunn, Van Edwards, Ryan Pulley
South Fort Myers: Andrew Dalidonis, Antwan Dixon, Corey Fordham, Eric Wester
SFCA: Logan Hawley, Armand Regnaert, Whit Wiggins
St. John Neumann: John Augustin, Albert Maynor, Kendrick Mouton, Ryan ORourke
