b'Damon Felder School Spotlight: Sylvania Rams (Sylvania, AL)CornerbackGulfport High S ylvania School is a K-12 public school located in Sylvania,by Brandt RebertGulfport, ms Alabama. Sylvanias athletics nickname is the Rams and their school colors are green and gold. Sylvania participates in the 3A class of the AHSAA. Coach Paul Benefield was the most notable HT: 61 coach from Sylvania, leading the team to their only semifinals be-WT: 175 fore current head coach Tyler Vann arrived. Sylvania made it to the 3A semifinals for the second time ever this past season. Class of 2024 Sylvania has had some really good teams with Coach Benefield. He was the Coach from 1992-1996 going 45-11 in his tenure here. Gridiron Football Grade:8.5 of 10 More recently, previous head coach Matt Putnam led Sylvania to a regional championship in 2016. Coach Tyler Vann took over the Sylvania program in 2021. Next year will only be Coach Vanns 4th year as a head coach. He was an assistant under Coach Don Jacobs at Scottsboro, eventually moving on to Buckhorn and Arab respec-by Connor PedersenO ur newest Diamond in the Rough is class of 2024tively. Woodville High was Coach Vanns very first head coachingCoach Vann is confident in his team for next year. The team does gig. In his first year as Head Coach, the team made school history CornerbackDamonFelderoutofGulfportHighwith their record and it was also their first time ever making the School. Damon stands at 61 175 LBS, he has a maxplayoffs. Through his success at Woodville, Coach Vann was of- a lot of things well like showing up to practice and playing their bench of 200 LBS, max squat of 335 LBS, and a max deadliftfered the Head job at Sylvania. hearts out. Coach Vann emphasizes doing the little things right and of 415 LBS. Damon can do it on the field and in the class- trying to show his team that nobody will just roll over and let you room with a 3.3 GPA. Last season he had 17 pass breakupsSylvania went 8-3 in Coach Vanns very first year. This very pastbeat them. Looking forward, Sylvania lost 4 seniors that will be re-and 1 interception. He has been named to the All-Regionyear, Sylvania went 10-4, losing to Piedmont again, this time in theplaced by 12 seniors next year. Lastly, staying healthy is key to them Team the past two seasons. semifinals. being successful after having to overcome the injury bug last year.Braxton Peters TyDrick Stewartquarterback Defensive endWest Morgan High Terrebonne HighTrinity, al Houma, laHT: 62 HT: 61WT: 190 WT: 220Class of 2024 B raxton Peters is a 62 190 lb class of 2024 Quarterback forClass of 2024 f you are in search of a dominant defensive lineman in the state of the West Morgan Rebels from Trinity, Alabama. Braxton is a whothree-year starter who has played a lot of football and led WestI Louisiana, look no further. TyDrick Stewart, a class of 2024 DE Morgan to the playoffs. He is also a very strong kid and may be the strongest on the entire team. Braxton is a very decisive Quarterbackout of Terrebonne High School in Houma, Louisiana, is the per-Gridiron Football Grade:8.0 of 10 makes quick decisions and takes what the defense gives him.fect person for you. The 61, 220 pound Stewart was a Second Team Braxton is not afraid to get dirty in the running game. A lot of hisGridiron Football Grade:7.0 of 10 All-District last season for the Tigers, and only looks to increase his tape is him running the ball hard while not afraid of contact fromstock this coming season. TyDrick is a perfect person to be selected defenders. Braxton is a very tough dual-threat quarterback who canas a diamond in the rough because of the many underlying qualities of excel in the power-running game and quick passing. If he needs to,his game. He showed his skills at out latest Elite Camp at Northshore Braxton is wiling to take a downfield shot every now and then. Brax- High School and ended up receiving an invite to play in the Gridiron ton is excited about the next season and is ready to lead his team to aFootball All-American Game. He has been spending lots of time this State Championship! summer at numerous college camps and showing them what he can 28 bring to any respective campus.'