JOURNAL STAFF

The Shreveport-Bossier Journal’s lineup of veteran sportswriters had great fun this fall covering local high school football.

Considering who stood above the rest was extremely challenging as those writers pared down the abundant list of candidates to an elite group selected for the Journal’s first All-Metro Football Team.

The squad was presented earlier this week in three parts beginning Monday. With the area’s biggest football game every year getting a special edition of the SBJ, here’s the chance to celebrate the top performers in the local high school ranks one more time.

The All-Metro offense and special teams standouts:

SBJ All-Metro Offense, Specialists:  Tough choices, worthy winners

The All-Metro defensive roster:

SBJ All-Metro Defense: Performance easily identified standouts

The All-Metro Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Coach of the Year:

SBJ All-Metro Individual Awards: Spotlighting the best of the best

And as Teddy Allen points out, there’s more to a championship season than just the players and the coaches.

Behind every good Metro Coach of the Year …

Enjoy the read, and Merry Christmas!