Football honors

Last night, we had our meeting for beginning the process of The Times All-City and The Times All-Area football teams. It was actually the quickest meeting I can remember for that purpose. Now, we'll consult with coaches and other resources to come up with the final list, which we are thinking will run on Christmas Eve, though that could change. We'll run both teams, along with every all-district team, that day.
The Class 1A all-state team came out in today's paper, and Evangel's CerDerrick Tyson was the offensive MVP. After we voted on Friday, I was wondering what the other writers were thinking as Tyson had a poor first half on Saturday against St. John. His play in last year's state title game went a long way toward earning him this year's award. He stood out in the minds of the voters from that game, and the Evangel name always carries plenty of clout.