Dwight Smith and S'Darius Blackshire were the two biggest cogs in Carthage's run to the Division II state championship. And nobody thought before 2008 that Kent Scott's Prosper team would end up as the Division I champions.
The Texas Sportswriters Association recognized all these facts. Smith, Carthage's RB, was named the Class 3A Offensive Player of the Year, while Blackshire was named first-team QB. The sportswriters, meanwhile, named Scott the top coach. Giddings DB Xavier Daniels, named the Defensive Player of the Year, rounds out the superlative awards.
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