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Outstanding 2011 Football Player Awards

Frantz - Rider - Yohe Awards Banquet
Sponsored jointly by the Lions Clubs of Columbia, Elizabethtown, and Lititz

WHEN:  December 1, 2011, 6:30 PM

WHERE:  General Sutter Inn, Lititz, Pennsylvania

A brief history of the Outstanding Football Player Awards Program

The origin of these awards dates all the way back to before 1969 when the Lititz Lions Club and the Elizabethtown Lions Club first sought to recognize the outstanding football players from high schools in the Lancaster-Lebanon League.  The Lititz Lions Club chose to honor a former Lion and Warwick High School coach - Bernie Rider. The Elizabethtown Club named its award for a former Lion and coach at Elizabethtown High School - Bill Frantz. More recently, the Columbia Lions Club elected to recognize one of Columbia's former coaches - Jack Yohe. Over the years, there have been many changes in the schools and the way the league is organized. There have also been changes in the way the awards have been handled, but the awards have always been for the purpose of recognizing significant achievement on the playing field. Today,the tradition continues with the joint "Frantz-Rider-Yohe" awards.

We are pleased to present the 2011 recipients pictured below:

Rodney Gillin (Coach Dahms)-John Armbrust (Coach Zamperini)-John Martin (Coach Polites)

Master of Ceremonies-Lion Bill Dussinger	Guest Speaker Pat Principe WGAL TV
Wilson Coach Doug Dahms	Lititz Pres Tom Bender/Wilson-Rodney Gillin
Garden Spot Coach Matt Zamperin	Elizabethtown Pres Dick Benson/Garden Spot-John Armbrust
Donegal Coach Jeff Polites	Coach Jack Yohe/Donegal-John Martin

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!!

PAST RECIPIENTS

Eric Ackerman (Cocalico)
Alex Auston (Reading)
Mike Carver (Ephrata)
Mike Cook (Conestoga Valley)
Joe Dougherty (Manheim Central)
Jaren Hayes (Cedar Crest)
Dan Kreider (Manheim Central)
Mike Madara (Donegal)
Matt Nagy (Manheim Central)
Andy Paine (Cedar Crest)
Elly Salmamo (Reading)
Jeff Smoker, 2 (Manheim Central)
Ryan Strickler (Columbia)
Lamar Stewart (Reading)
Chris Waltman (Garden Spot)
Zack Kulp, 2 (ELCO)
Brandon Kirsch (Cedar Crest)
Bryan Risser (Elizabethtown)
Chad Henne (Wilson)
Corby Ziegler (Manheim Central)
Brett Janis (Cocalico)
James Bryant (Reading)
Jarryd Moyer (Manheim Central)
Nick Brubaker (Lampeter-Strasburg)
George Eager (ManheimTownship)
Shane Martin (Garden Spot)
David Burrell (Annville-Cleona)
Pat Bostick, 2 (Manheim Township)
Graham Zug (Manheim Central)
Vinny LaSelva (ELCO)
Nick Downey (ELCO)
Jon Resh (Warwick)
Blake Crowther (Ephrata)
Justin Smith (Lampeter-Strausburg)
Colton Weaver (Wilson)
Kyle Fisher (Cocalico)
Kyle Smith (Lanc. Catholic)
Brian Sourber (Wilson)
Kevin Kelly (Conestoga Valley)
Arron Achey (ELCO)
Derson Thompson (Warwick)
Austin Hartman (Cocalico)
Ricky Snyder (Annville-Cleona)

Merry Christmas-Happy New Year!