Bishop McDevitt sweeps the top awards in Class 5A from the Pennsylvania Football Writers. Crusaders head coach is the Coach of the Year and quarterback Stone Saunders is the Player of the Year.
McDevitt won the Class 5A state championship last month, finishing No. 205 in the High School Football America 300 national rankings, powered by NFL Play Football.
Saunders, who will playing his college ball at the University of Kentucky, leaves high school football as one of the top passers all-time in a state that has produced Hall of Famers Dan Marino, Joe Montana and Joe Namath.
In September, Saunders broke the state record for touchdown passes in a career. He passed Steelton-Highspire’s Alex Erby that night and finished his career with 204 touchdown passes, which is the third all-time nationally.
He also heads to the college game as the state’s all-time leader in passing yards with 13,719 yards. His 781 completions also puts him at that top of the record book in that category.
Saunders is also the first Pennsylvania QB to throw for at least 3,000 yards in all four seasons of high school.
In addition to this year’s state championship, Saunders won a state title as a sophmore.
Below is the entire PFW’s Class 5A All-State Team.
OFFENSE
Quarterback
Semaj Beals, Roman Catholic – 6-1, 180 junior
Stone Saunders, Bishop McDevitt – 6-2, 215 senior
Trey Wingard, DuBois – 6-2, 210 junior
Nolan DiLucia, Peters Township – 6-2, 192 junior
Eli Reider, Mechanicsburg – 6-3, 185 senior
Running Back
Ja’Vaughn Moore, Bethel Park – 5-11, 185 senior
Jayden Zandier, Exeter Township – 6-2, 185 senior
Nazir Jones-Davis, Bishop McDevitt – 6-0, 180 junior
Chase Hatten, West Chester Rustin – 5-11, 190 senior
Cameron Small, Muhlenberg – 5-9, 182 junior
Clayton Nieves, New Oxford – 5-9, 160 senior
Wide Receiver
Rayshawn Scott, Roman Catholic – 5-10, 175 senior
Josh Smith, Mechanicsburg – 6-1, 175 senior
Dominic Diaz-Ellis, Bishop McDevitt – 6-0, 175 senior
Xzavier Pusateri, East Stroudsburg South – 6-2, 185 senior
Jontai Quick, Bishop McDevitt – 5-9, 150 sophomore
Tight End
Aidan Wescott, Wissahickon – 6-2, 195 senior
Offensive Line
Nate Stohl, Upper St. Clair – 6-3, 270 senior
Logan Wegman, Exeter Township – 6-5, 275 senior
JJ Torres, Bishop McDevitt – 6-5, 297 senior
Tyler Duell, West Chester East – 6-6, 290 junior
Wyatt Maines, Hollidaysburg – 6-5, 262 senior
Athlete
Charles Capers Jr., East Stroudsburg South – 5-10, 180 senior
Scoop Smith, Woodland Hills – 5-6, 150 junior
DEFENSE
Defensive Line
Lucas Lawler, Bishop McDevitt – 6-3, 235 senior
Justin Corson, Conestoga Valley – 6-4, 215 senior
Clancy Orie, Bethel Park – 6-3, 255 senior
Mykell Ford, Roman Catholic – 6-0, 240 senior
Collin Stare, Mechanicsburg – 6-2, 225 junior
Linebacker
Mickey Vaccarello, Peters Township – 6-3, 210 senior
Maurice Barnes, Bishop McDevitt – 6-2, 215 junior
William Felder, Roman Catholic – 6-1, 205 senior
Nate Romano, Springfield-Delco – 6-2, 220 senior
Naytel Mitchell, Penn Hills – 5-10, 190 senior
Reston Lehman, Peters Township – 6-4, 230 junior
Defensive Back
Jay Timmons, Pine-Richland – 5-11, 175 junior
John Wetzel, Latrobe – 6-0, 185 senior
Christian Palmer, Roman Catholic – 6′, 180 senior
Isaiah Sensenig, Conestoga Valley – 6-1, 170 senior
Athlete
Daron Harris, Chester – 6-2, 185 junior
Specialist
Grant Argiro, Pine-Richland – 6-2, 195 senior
