FOOTBALL: Newton sweeps writers’ 3A superlatives
Published 3:20 pm Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Senior running back Darwin Barlow, junior defensive lineman James Sylvester and coach W.T. Johnston, all from Newton, won the Texas Sports Writers Association’s 3A football superlative awards, the TSWA announced Wednesday.
Barlow ran for 2,348 yards and 42 touchdowns en route to offensive player of the year honors. Sylvester was voted defensive player of the year after making 100 tackles (17 for losses) and recovering four fumbles.
Johnston received the coach of the year honor after leading the Eagles to a second straight 3A Division II state championship while battling complications from graft-vs.-host disease following a 2015 double-lung transplant.
Three East Chambers players received honorable mention by the writers: offensive lineman Sam Neuman, sophomore running back Ernest Ceasar and junior placekicker Jose Chavez.
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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