Madison County Red Raiders

First Team Offense, Second Team Offense
First Team Defense, Second Team Defense
Honorable Mention
Story updated at 9:49 PM on Tuesday, December 27, 2005

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
Russ Callaway, Quarterback, Oconee County, Senior, 5-10, 185
---Jamey Rice, Running Back, MADISON COUNTY, Senior, 6-0, 190---
Dontrail Hutchins, Running Back, Monroe Area, Senior, 6-1,
190 Cameron Kiplinger, Fullback, Morgan County, Senior, 5-8, 180
Lionel Mapp, Offensive Line, Greene County, Senior, 6-9, 365
Matt Shirley, Offensive Line, Commerce, Senior, 6-2, 250
Casey Nickels, Offensive Line, Washington-Wilkes, Senior, 6-4, 240
Mike Green, Offensive Line, Cedar Shoals, Senior, 6-3, 283
Nic Ayoob, Offensive Line, Oconee County, Senior, 6-3, 260
Demont Gresham, Tight End, Washington-Wilkes, Junior, 5-9, 200
Emanuel Drake, Wide Receiver, Greene County, Senior, 6-1, 185
Daniel Autry, Kicker, Clarke Central, Senior, 6-1, 175
Terrance Hall, Returner, Greene County, Senior, 5-9, 160
Jake Thompson, Athlete, Cedar Shoals, Senior, 5-8, 165

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
---Jarrod Owens, Quarterback, MADISON COUNTY, Junior, 6-0, 175---
Demontae Edwards, Running Back, Cedar Shoals, Senior, 5-8, 165
Jay Small, Running Back, Washington-Wilkes, Sophomore, 5-10, 170
Jay Jacks, Fullback, Apalachee, Senior, 5-9, 180
Todd Jenkins, Offensive Line, Athens Academy, Junior, 5-11, 230
Zach Roberts, Offensive Line, Winder-Barrow, Senior, 6-2, 260 J
esse Fowler, Offensive Line, Jefferson, Senior, 5-10, 205
Bryan Edkin, Offensive Line, George Walton, Senior, 6-2, 220
 --Brent Russell, Offensive Line, MADISON COUNTY, Sophomore, 6-3, 250---
Christian Harrison, Tight End, Greene County, Junior, 5-9, 175
---Joshua Mattox, Wide Receiver, MADISON COUNTY, Senior, 5-10, 170---
Harrison Riggs, Kicker, Oconee County, Junior, 5-6, 160
Kevin Jarrells, Returner, Jackson County, Junior, 6-1, 170
Kendarius Smith, Athlete, Winder-Barrow, Sophomore, 6-0, 170

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
Markeith Wylie, Defensive Line, Washington-Wilkes, Senior, 6-0, 270
Meljin Cox, Defensive Line, Morgan County Senior, 6-2, 180
Torrey Ball, Defensive Line, Cedar Shoals, Junior, 6-3, 190
Gordon Pendleton, Defensive Line, Athens Academy, Senior, 5-10, 205
Alex Coats, Linebacker, Morgan County, Senior, 5-10, 205
Hunter Roop, Linebacker, Commerce, Senior, 6-1, 220
Orlandis Nesbitt, Linebacker, Greene County, Senior, 5-10, 195
Nick Ferrara, Safety, Athens Academy, Senior, 6-1, 180
Randy Womack, Safety, Commerce, Junior, 5-10, 200
Lajarvis Goss, Cornerback, Elbert County Senior, 6-2, 205
Dreco Bostic, Cornerback, Cedar Shoals, Sophomore, 5-10, 175
Bo Stansell, Punter, Oconee County, Senior, 6-0, 160
Brandon Goss, Athlete, Elbert County, Senior, 6-1, 175

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
Xavier Thomas, Defensive Line, Elbert County, Senior, 5-11, 300
Alonzo Huff, Defensive Line, Commerce, Junior, 5-11, 210
Jonathan Rogers, Defensive Line, Oconee County, Senior, 6-3, 210
Jerbar Moss, Defensive Line, Washington-Wilkes, Senior, 6-2, 225
Camiel Miller, Linebacker, Greene County, Senior, 5-9, 250
---Garrett Hochstetler, Linebacker, MADISON COUNTY, Senior, 6-0, 215---
Nick Stiles, Linebacker, Athens Academy, Junior, 5-11, 200
Andrew Johnson, Safety, Oconee County, Senior, 6-0, 195
---Chaz Perry, Safety, MADISON COUNTY, Senior, 5-11, 185---
Markis Callahan, Cornerback, Clarke Central, Senior, 5-10, 185
---Metric Shivers, Cornerback, MADISON COUNTY, Senior, 5-7, 160---
Ben Granger, Punter, Clarke Central, Junior, 5-9, 160
---Marcus Shivers, Athlete, MADISON COUNTY, Senior, 5-7, 160---
HONORABLE MENTION
Kickers
Alex Bish, Morgan County (Sr., 5-9, 165)
Eric Tabler, Greene County (Sr., 5-10, 165)
Dusty Black, Commerce (Jr., 6-0, 185)
--- Jack Orr, MADISON COUNTY(Soph., 5-8, 155)---
 Mark Tench, Washington-Wilkes (Jr., 5-9, 160)
Beau Evans, Cedar Shoals (Soph., 6-1, 170)

Published in the Athens Banner-Herald 12/25/2005.

Believe it: Raiders are in A day later, Madison County learns its 22-year playoff drought is over Story Photos Quarterback Jarrod Owens (12) and the Madison County Red Raiders learned Saturday that they qualified for the postseason for the first time since 1983. Monira Al-Haroun Silk/Staff Click thumbnails to enlarge By John Kaltefleiter | john.kaltefleiter@onlineathens.com | Story updated at 12:19 AM on Sunday, October 30, 2005 Madison County can officially exhale. The Red Raiders' 22-year playoff drought is over - just barely. Less than 12 hours after the Red Raiders defeated Cedar Shoals on Friday night, coach Randell Owens got the word at about 8:30 a.m. Saturday that the 27-13 victory was enough to put the Red Raiders into the postseason for the first time since 1983. Madison County, Habersham Central and Rockdale County, along with outright region champion Salem, will represent Region 8-AAAA in the playoffs. Following an impromptu playoff seeding meeting in the afternoon, Madison County was declared as the fourth seed and must travel to face eighth-ranked Rome (9-1). Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. Friday. Rockdale County garnered the No. 2 seed and Habersham Central received the third seed. The seeding was determined by drawing three numbers. There was mass confusion after Friday night's games as to which Region 8-AAAA teams had secured the final three playoff spots. With Salem as the undisputed region champion, Heritage, Madison County, Rockdale County and Habersham Central all finished region play with 6-3 records. Because the first tiebreaker - head-to-head - was not applicable because none of the four teams had a clear-cut advantage, the second tiebreaker was implemented. The No. 2 tiebreaker from the Georgia High School Association's rulebook goes by winning percentage against teams from the same classification, region or non-region. By that measure, Heritage was eliminated because it was the only team of the four that played 10 games against Class AAAA opponents. The Patriots suffered a 14-7 season-opening loss to Griffin, giving them a .600 winning percentage. The other three teams had a .666 winning percentage because the only AAAA teams they played were from 8-AAAA. "I've never been involved in anything like this," said 8-AAAA's GHSA representative Tommy Stringer on Saturday morning. "The bottom line is that the region didn't have anything set up to deal with something like this, and (the region) had to use the (rulebook)." Friday night, Stringer initially believed that a head-to-head tiebreaker could be used in a four-way tie for three playoff spots, which would've made Habersham Central the No. 2 seed, Heritage the No. 3 and Rockdale County the No. 4. Madison County would've been left out. But GHSA executive director Ralph Swearngin determined that was incorrect. Heritage coach Al Pellegrino was incensed. Conversely, Owens, Heritage's head coach just two years ago, was pleased with the final outcome, saying that his team earned and deserved a chance to keep playing. "It's huger than huge for this community," he said. "They need this." Since Owens took over the Madison County program in 2004, the Red Raiders have posted back-to-back winning seasons, which had not happened since the 1982-83 seasons. Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on 103005