Danville drew loads of attention when it upset Selinsgrove in the opening week of the season.

Although the Ironmen were not able to duplicate that high, their quarterback, Andrew Shoop, never lost his touch.

The junior led the state in passing yards all season and also broke several school records.

The 6-foot-2, 195-pound Shoop is one of several standouts named to the first team by The Daily Item as part of its annual all-star team, selected by the newspaper's sports department.

Shoop was one of several fine quarterbacks, including Line Mountain senior Clark Morris. The latter was named as the team's Athlete.

Rounding out this glitter squad, on offense, are running backs Aaron Scheibelhut, Line Mountain; Quaid Richart, Warrior Run; and Wade Truitt, East Juniata; wide receivers Mike Ritter, Selinsgrove and Colby Snyder, Southern Columbia; tight end Michael Smith, Danville; linemen Jon Fausey and Blake Riehl, Line Mountain; Chase Fraley, Southern Columbia; and Kurt Zimmerman, Mifflinburg; kicker Tim Walls, Selinsgrove; and utility player Steve Roth, Southern Columbia.

That offense, as potent as it would be, could face a major challenge from The Daily Item's first-team defense, led by Line Mountain's Mason Hoover and Southern Columbia's Joe Picarelli, a pair of hard-hitting ends.

The other first-team linemen are Russell Frederick, Selinsgrove, and Ken Schetroma, Southern Columbia. The rest of the defensive first team consists of linebackers Fausey and Richart; Bryce Auker, Selinsgrove; and Tony Drain, Southern Columbia; backs Jachin Spotts, Line Mountain; Ritter; and Southern Columbia's Zeke Conrad and Snyder; punter Tyler Mitch, East Juniata; and return man Ritter.

Ritter was named the Player of the Year and Line Mountain's Todd Rothermel was chosen as Coach of the Year for the second year in a row.

OFFENSE

Shoop set school records for completions (179), touchdown passes (28) and passing yards (2,584). He completed 61 percent of his passes and also rushed for five TDs. Shoop was the Central Susquehanna Conference-Division I Offensive Back of the Year. For his career, he has passed for more than 3,300 yards and 36 TDs in just 16 games.

Richart, a 5-11, 190 senior, rushed for 945 yards on 163 carries and 12 TDs. He averaged 94.5 yards per game.

Scheibelhut, in his first and only season at Line Mountain after transferring from Williams Valley, led the Eagles with 975 yards on 131 carries, an 8.04 average, and also caught 16 passes for 195 yards and 3 TDs. The 5-10, 195 senior had 113 yards in the Eagles' victory over Southern Columbia in the District 4 Class A semifinals and another 118 against Bloomsburg in the final, even though he missed more than a quarter of the game with an injury.

Truitt, a 5-11, 195 sophomore, rushed 185 times for 1,125 yards and 11 TDs. He also caught 8 passes for 80 yards.

Ritter, a 5-11, 187 senior, caught 39 passes for 534 yards and seven TDs and rushed nine times for 86 yards and a TD.