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Listed below are the selections for the 2006 The State All-Area selections. Boys and girls pictures were taken May 30-31 in Columbia. Each team should have 11 players and one coach (some are incomplete for whatever reason):

Class 4A
Dave Clark, Spring Valley -- Class 4A Coach of the Year, Class 4A Lower State Champion
Kipp Amaker, Dutch Fork, Defender
Danny Cates, Dutch Fork, Midfielder
Nicky Cates, Dutch Fork, Defender
Paddy Flynn, Spring Valley, Midfielder
Sean Flynn, Spring Valley, Forward
Kyle Hughes, Ridge View, Forward -- Class 4A Player of the Year
David Jenkins, Spring Valley, Goalkeeper
Brett Keatley, Lexington, Midfielder
Jess Maki, Lexington, Defender
Zach Prince, Irmo, Forward
Kelvin Sampson, Spring Valley, Defender

Class 3A
Richard Rowell, Dreher -- Class 3A Coach of the Year, Class 3A Lower State Champion
Carl Anderson, Dreher, Defender
Andrew Evans, Brookland-Cayce, Forward
Drew Leatherman, Dreher, Midfielder
John McClam, Dreher, Midfielder -- Class 3A Player of the Year
Bud Morris, Camden, Forward
Robert Pope, Chapin, Midfielder
Kevin Ros, Brookland-Cayce, Defender
George Rushe, Dreher, Goalkeeper
Les Sonefeld, Brookland-Cayce, Defender
Thomas Thunell, Dreher, Defender
Chris Wall, Chapin, Forward

Class 2A
Chaz Dachenhaus, Batesburg-Leesville, Goalkeeper
Woogie Dachenhaus, Batesburg-Leesville, Defender
Zach Dukes, Gilbert, Midfielder -- Class 2A Player of the Year
Jose Esperanza, Swansea, Defender
Nathan James, Batesburg-Leesville, Midfielder
Stephen Jeffcoat, Swansea, Midfielder
Allen Larion, Batesburg-Leesville, Defender
Fidel Miranda, Batesburg-Leesville, Forward
Jose Miranda, Batesburg-Leesville, Forward
Sergio Ruiz, Gilbert, Forward
Hunter Wertz, Batesburg-Leesville, Defender

SCISA
Kevin Graves, Heathwood Hall -- SCISA Coach of the Year
Kyle Tyler, Forward
Chandler Culbertson, Forward
Bruce Greenberg, Hammond, Forward
K.C. Dunbaker, Ben Lippen, Midfielder -- SCISA Player of the Year
Matt Winstead, Cardinal Newman, Midfielder
David Allen, Cardinal Newman, Midfielder
Justin Lambert, Ben Lippen, Defender
Mark Pepin, Ben Lippen, Defender
Jonathan Zurcher, Heathwood Hall, Defender
Michael Culbertson, Cardinal Newman, Defender
Josh Settle, Ben Lippen, Goalkeeper

Congrats to all selected, but this is once again about who your coach is, how good your team is, and less about the player.

Sorry I have to say it. I understand that there are some great players out there not on the list. But your comment was "Congrats to all selected, but this is once again about who your coach is, how good your team is, and less about the player." If your team is really good and your coach is really good the chances are you are really good. So isn't that about the player. I think it would be better to say that all these kids deserve it and other probably also as well. I know one kid who should have been on the North South team. He didn't make it but you know he is playing at the next level and to me that is much better. So congratulations to all I am sure years of hard work finally paid off.

cheers,
I have to note that I was the first to post here a congrats to the players. I am talking mostly about the selection process. All those selected well deserve their respective selections.

Well enlighten me on how everything works. To my understanding I thought all coaches had a say so in it. If a coach does not submit their vote then I would say that is all on the coach. Am I missing anything? If the process is wrong then we need to fix it. I just want to make sure that none of these kids above have anything taken away from them about making it on the list. I know how it feels to be on the list and how it feels not to be on the list. Both places are not always fun. The kids worked hard to get there so you are right congrads to them. For the other you are talking about that did not make the list maybe we could do an honorable mention.

Cheers, I think you are correct. From my understanding the coaches send in their players and then The State puts the team together. If a deserving player is omitted, it's probably not the newspapers fault but the coach.