November 19 — It’s usually difficult to root for a team on an all-star team. This is usually about the individual.
That’s good for Mt. Juliet coach Trey Perry, who has deep interests on both sides of the 17th annual East-West All-Star Classic that will be played at 7 p.m. Dec. 14 at Austin Peay’s Fortera Stadium in Clarksville. The game is sponsored by the Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association.
Perry kicker/punter Daniel Echeverria will handle those duties for the West team where he will reunite with his former Golden Bear teammate, Lebanon running back Harrison Edwards.
The rest of the Wilson County delegation is part of the East team where Mt. Juliet quarterback Tyler Travers and defensive end Atticus Fiorita will team up with Green Hill running back Nick Owens Jr. . and defensive end Brayden Flakoll. Owens and Flakoll have already been named the region’s most valuable players at their respective positions.
Green Hill’s Josh Crouch, named Region 4-6A coach of the year after guiding the Hawks to the league championship and a 10-0 regular season, will be the East’s defensive coordinator and coach the line defense of Page head coach Charles Rathbone.
Returning West, Dan Winfree, a graduate of the former Castle Heights Military Academy who coached Mt. Juliet from 1997 to 2001 and then served a few years as Watertown’s offensive coordinator, will coach the quarterbacks of the West coach Roc Batton. Winfree is now the head coach at Summertown.
