For Apalachee High School fans who watched Chaun Gresham compete during his high school career, there was little doubt what type of impact player he was.
Now the rest of the state knows about Greshman’s ability as well. Gresham played a key role in the Apalachee High School football team making the state playoffs during the past three seasons. His high school career was capped this fall with another trip to the postseason.
The South Carolina verbal commit has now been named to two All-State football teams for his on-the-field performance during the 2008 campaign.
Both the Georgia Sports Writers Association and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently selected Greshman to their first team All-State squads for Class AAAA. Greshman, a linebacker, was among several local players who were recently honored for their football performances this fall but was the only first-team All-State player.
Wildcat head coach Shane Davis was proud of the honors his players received.
“I am very proud of them,” Davis said Sunday. “It is a good thing for them and a good thing for our team. It is also good for our program as a whole and good for Apalachee High School. It is good to open the newspaper and see Apalachee High School mentioned with some of the best football programs in the state.”
Seven Wildcats were named to the All-Northeast Georgia team, published by the Athens Banner-Herald. In addition, six AHS players were recently named to the All-Region 8-AAAA team.
Gresham was named to the All-Northeast Georgia team on defense along with Corey Love.
Winder-Barrow High School’s Jonah Huggins was named All-Northeast Georgia first-team defense. Huggins had 74 tackles and four sacks in 2008.
Making the second-team All-Northeast Georgia squad were John Ansley, Christian Hoard, Jeff Haney and Joey Gebo.
Winder-Barrow’s Chris Wragg was named honorable mention receiver.
Wragg had 400 yards receiving with three scores this past season for the Bulldoggs and head coach Ben Corley.
Gresham (first team defense) was named All-Region along with John Livesay (Special Teams Player of the Year) and John Lee (running back). Haney, Hoard and Deonte Will were named second team All-Region.
“We had a special group of seniors this year,” Davis said. “This group believed in me when they didn’t have to. I had never been a head coach when I arrived at Apalachee four years ago. They believed in me and the coaches even after we went 1-9 our first season. We then made the playoffs three years in a row.”
