27 Aug 2011 501 Football Team

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This year, 501 LIFE is honored and privileged to present the inaugural 501 Football Team.

This team represents a goal of ours that’s been three years in the making. Since our first edition of 501 Football in 2008, we’ve wanted to select a team made up of players from every county in the 501, and this year everything fell into place.

But this isn’t just any team. While it does contain some all-conference selections, this is no all-star team. It’s much deeper than that.

501 Football Team. (Click photo for more pictures)

These players represent a wealth of talent on the field – 14 of them were on playoff teams last fall, and five played on conference championship teams – but as you’ll read, it’s not just the on-the-field talent that makes these individuals stand out. It’s also their contributions in the classroom and their communities that make them special.

Players were nominated by their respective coaches and selected by the 501 Football staff.

The selections for the inaugural 501 Football Team include: Lonnie Curtis, Bigelow; Forrest Been, Morrilton; Dillion Winfrey, Bryant; Chase Roberts, Greenbrier; Austin Oberlag, Central Ark. Christian; Chase Boyles, Cabot; Park Parish, Clinton; James Sax, Vilonia; Bradley Gann, Beebe; Kevin Johnson, Fountain Lake; Dallas Martin, Lonoke; Garrett Gurkin, Bald Knob; Tyler Plezia, Mayflower; Kipley Powell, Conway; Tanner Stevenson, Conway Christian. (Not pictured – Blake Bratton, Magnet Cove; and Kevin Peterson, Quitman.)