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2008 All-State Football Team

There should have been more Gunnison players on the 2A first team.

Levi Te'o not on the First team all-State????
Are you kidding me. Timpview would not have won the championship without him. Wasn't he named the MVP of the State Championship game?
Who picks these teams anyway???

Why?

Losing programs don't get players on the 1'st team unless that player is so good he's college bound.
Look at the list, in you head of course, of the schools that did not get anyone on the team. It's a long one. Try harder next year. It pays off.

The coaches not only vote once, they vote twice now. So these players are the ones who made it through two rounds of voting by the coaches throughout the state.

Too many Dixie and Pine View players on these teams.

Amazing that Delta didn't have more players represented on 1st, 2nd or honorable mention teams.

Anthony Miles was Provo's top player by far, should have been second team. Colton Ramon should have been second team and Springville QB Isaac Allred at least honorable mention. The Red Devils beat Orem, gave Dixie all it could handle, and those two teams have way more players recognized. I think coaches need to put more effort into lobbying for their quality players for these honors so they get the votes they deserve.

I agree with you all the way TBird. I'm a diehard Cottonwood fan, but I was so impressed with Levi and his awesome play. He did it all year long, too. Hopefully, the other paper put him where he should be. To be honest, a team like Timpview with a 36-game winning streak should have more first teamers than what is presented. Sadly, Te'o was stuck on the 2nd team with a couple of Granger players that won I think only one game this year.

No 2nd team All-State players for the 5A State Champions Alta Hawks !!! Was this a mistake?

The 4A MVP did not make the first team? Is this a typo, X was the most dominating player in 4A if not in the state. What's up D News? Common Editor!!!!

is a good HS back who benefited significantly from a dominant O-line. Watch Isi and Levi in the championship game and there is no question who is better. I haven't seen Timo play but i would imagine that if he was in TV's backfield he would have 2000+ yards.

Levi has great heart and is a good talent but not nearly as good as Isi or Timo.

Are you really that brain dead? Mr. Football and MVPs are above the first team, it's an added honor. Of course they're first team, so quit your whining Mr. X's dad.

He does the best placing his kids on here and getting his players recruited.

In the political world that is the all-state selection process it is a shame that Uintah, which beat 4 teams that made it to state (even though Uintah did not) is not represented at any level in the selections.

If you look carefully, you will see a 2nd team LB from Uintah named Skylar Powell. The problem is that Skylar Powell did not dress for a single varsity game. Tyler Larsen on the other hand was a great RB and DB and also handled all kicking duties. Uintah's defense was better that decent this year (with a couple of exceptions) but no one was good enough to even be mentioned in the all state honorable mention.

What a joke! Maybe the DN thinks that we are part of Colorado or something. The Front sure is willling to take the mineral lease money from here but not willing to aclnowledge our existence in high school sports. We beat Salem Hills, Ogden, Emery, and Union, all of which are repesented on the list, but no one from Uintah.

in Vernal? Mineral lease money? Who was this politics guy? Exactly! No one knows and no one cares. About the fine young men in Vernal, they deserve more attention, but life is not fair.

I know for a fact your coach didn't send in an all-state ballot. I've seen the list of the coaches who didn't vote, and your coach was one of them. Maybe you should blame him.

Bradley Holmes is only a junior

ya uintah deserves more credit, i mean they did beat four teams... haha there is no one from uintah that should be all state. I'm sorry your son didn't make it but c'mon the kids on this list deserve it

is tough, especially when coaches won't send in their data. I would almost like this to be left in the hands of the writers who actually get to see about every player instead of coaches who might only see a handful. Only a few dedicated coaches send out their faxes to politic for their players etc. while others don't take the time and their boys get shortchanged.

One player that I thought was a major oversight for the first team was Anthony Miles of Provo HS. His team struggled but he had a terrific year with 11 TD's, three kick-off returns for TD's, four interceptions on defense. He had over 1000 yards in receiving and returning and averaged 43 yards punting. In one game he collected 352 all-purpose yards and about every coach that saw him down in Utah County would confirm that he's a special talent. He made Honorable Mention but he was really a first team talent but perhaps he wasn't promoted effectively and certainly playing on a poor team gave him limited exposure. But somebody like a Jim Rayburn, your Utah County prep guy could confirm his talent in relation to his peers.