Cortland offensive lineman Quinn Woodard was named Sixth-Team All-State in Class B and Moravia quarterback Thomas Palmer and wide receivers Joe Baylor and Riley Jones made the 8-Man All-State football team. There were six other local players to be listed in the honorable mention sections.
Woodard, a SUNY Cortland commit, made and impact on both the offensive and defensive lines. He was selected as an offensive lineman as a reliable blocker on Cortland’s standout line that had to protect for quarterback Connor Browngardt and a plethora of running backs.
Palmer led Moravia to the 8-Man regional championship game after throwing for 2,807 yards and 40 touchdowns. He headed one of the few air raid offenses in 8-man football that had two wide receivers make the all-state team and another make the honorable mention list.
Baylor and Jones made the 8-Man All-State team as receivers, with Baylor going for 1,007 yards and 17 touchdowns on 50 catches and Jones catching 60 passes and running the ball 42 times for 1,104 total yards and 14 scores. Baylor was Moravia’s primary deep threat and jump-ball winner, while Jones made his hay in the slot running drags and checkdown routes.
Dryden running back Jay Miles and Southern Hills linebacker Harper Shaw were both listed as honorable mentions at Class C. Miles had another 1,000-yard rushing season for the Lions and was explosive out of the backfield. Shaw was a solid tackler with good instincts for sniffing out fakes and finding the ball.
Groton running back Lane Darling, Moravia running back Hunter Boynton, Moravia wide receiver Eli Landis and Moravia offensive lineman Ethan DeHart all made the 8-Man honorable mention list. Darling was Groton’s primary running back before he made the switch to quarterback to get the ball in his hands faster. Boynton was Moravia’s change-of-pace back to keep teams respecting the running game, which led to a lot of big plays on the ground. Landis was the third of Moravia’s three elite wideouts and was just another target for Palmer. DeHart anchored the offensive line and did all he could to keep Palmer clean.
