High School Football

Here’s the 2017 Lexington All-City football team

Dillon Wheatley, who finished his career among the leading scorers in KHSAA football history, has been named Lexington Player of the Year by the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Wheatley, a senior running back and linebacker at Lexington Christian Academy, scored 107 touchdowns in his four years, which would be good for sixth in the record books. He was a first-team selection to the All-City football team, voted on by Lexington’s eight head coaches.

ALL-CITY FOOTBALL TEAM

(Players of the year selected by Josh Moore; teams as voted on by the coaches)

Lexington Player of the Year: Dillon Wheatley, Lexington Christian

Offensive Player of the Year: Laron Warner, Tates Creek

Defensive Player of the Year: Tyree Clarke, Henry Clay

FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE

WR—Drayden Burton, Lexington Christian (Sr.)

WR—Micah Lowe, Frederick Douglass (Jr.)

WR—Caelan Lebryk, Lexington Christian (Sr.)

QB—Logan Nieves, Lexington Christian (Sr.)

QB—Cam Workman, Tates Creek (Sr.)

OL—Clayton Cruise, Tates Creek (Sr.)

OL—Wyatt Southall, Lexington Christian (Sr.)

OL—Charlie Henry, Henry Clay (Sr.)

OL—Tre Scott, Frederick Douglass (Jr.)

RB—Jefferson Harkless, Frederick Douglass (Sr.)

RB—Dameon Jones, Lexington Catholic (Sr.)

RB—Dillon Wheatley, Lexington Christian (Sr.)

Athlete—Laron Warner, Tates Creek (Sr.)

FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE

DB—Jaden Baird, Tates Creek (Sr.)

DB— Tyree Clarke, Henry Clay (Sr.)

DB—Kuantaze Cooper, Lafayette (Sr.)

DB—Ramond Jackson, Henry Clay (Jr.)

DL—Chris Benton, Bryan Station (Sr.)

DL—John Felty, Henry Clay (Sr.)

DL—Dayton LeBlanc, Frederick Douglass (Sr.)

DL—Obi Taylor, Frederick Douglass (Sr.)

LB—Kevin Brown, Lexington Catholic (Sr.)

LB—Tyler Browning, Paul Laurence Dunbar (Sr.)

LB— Ean Shaw, Lafayette (Sr.)

LB—Cam Stewart, Tates Creek (Sr.)

K—Graham Wald, Henry Clay (So.)

Tates Creek's Laron Warner (6) scores a touchdown past Madison Central defenders in the second quarter of their game at Tates Creek High School in Lexington, Ky., Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017.
Tates Creek's Laron Warner (6) scores a touchdown past Madison Central defenders in the second quarter of their game at Tates Creek High School in Lexington, Ky., Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Alex Slitz aslitz@herald-leader.com

SECOND-TEAM OFFENSE

WR—Terrance Clayton-Murphy, Bryan Station (Sr.)

WR—Haiden Hunt, Frederick Douglass (Jr.)

WR—Nathan Schnurr, Lexington Catholic (Jr.)

QB—Beau Allen, Lexington Catholic (So.)

QB—Montaveon Bean, Frederick Douglass (Jr.)

OL—Jacob Ballard, Lexington Catholic (Sr.)

OL— Matt Brixey, Henry Clay (Jr.)

OL—Jake O’Buck, Frederick Douglass (So.)

OL—Sammy Saraya, Tates Creek (Jr.)

RB—Cameron Morgan, Lafayette (Sr.)

RB—Chris Jones, Bryan Station (Sr.)

RB—Teonte White, Tates Creek (Sr.)

Athlete— Josh McClurg, Lexington Christian (So.)

SECOND-TEAM DEFENSE

DB—Jaylin Bybee, Frederick Douglass (So.)

DB—Kendrick Curry, Bryan Station (Jr.)

DB—Bryson Fields, Bryan Station (So.)

DB—Langston Jackson, Henry Clay (Jr.)

DL—Brandon Fields, Bryan Station (Jr.)

DL—Mark Rumpke, Lexington Catholic (Jr.)

DL— Walker Parks, Lexington Christian (So.)

DL—Tyrone Williams, Lafayette (Sr.)

LB—Romel Croley, Frederick Douglass (Sr.)

LB—Blane Hardin, Lexington Christian (Jr.)

LB— Jaylen Lawson, Lafayette (So.)

LB—Salvador Bobadilla, Paul Laurence Dunbar (Sr.)

K—Francisco Rios, Lexington Catholic (Sr.)

Henry Clay's Tyree Clark is congratulated by Noah Gann, left, following his fumble recovery against Cooper at Dr. Robert Feld Stadium in Lexington, Ky., Friday, October 27, 2017.
Henry Clay's Tyree Clark is congratulated by Noah Gann, left, following his fumble recovery against Cooper at Dr. Robert Feld Stadium in Lexington, Ky., Friday, October 27, 2017. Matt Goins

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Bryan Station: Jalen Burbage (Jr. QB); Braden Ferguson (Fr. OL); Damiyan Ramirez (Jr. OL); Shemar Ritch (Sr. WR)

Frederick Douglass: Dekel Crowdus (Fr. WR)

Henry Clay: Zac Berezowitz (Sr. WR/DB); Mike McMullen (Sr. WR/DB)

Lafayette: Austin Blake (Jr. LB); DaMarco Fishback (Jr. DB); Devontae Hayes (Sr. DL); Tyler Moore (Jr. OL); TeAndre Newcomb (Jr. QB)

Lexington Catholic: Carson Brownell (Sr. WR/DB); Gavin Cameron (Sr. Athlete); Thomas Gerhardstein, Lexington Catholic (Sr. OL/DL)

Lexington Christian: Kaleb Bolton (Jr. LB); Ben Whitman (Jr. OL/DL)

Paul Laurence Dunbar: Darren Edmond (Sr. WR/DB)

Tates Creek: Marcus Bosley (So. RB/LB); Elliot Bryant (So. DB); JD Hawkins (Jr. DB)

Josh Moore: 859-231-1307, @HLpreps

This story was originally published December 7, 2017 at 9:50 AM with the headline "Here’s the 2017 Lexington All-City football team."

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