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Tremendous trio: Stephenson, Guesman, Dehoet top GCM Football Team

By Rob Burchianti 2 min read
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Waynesburg Central senior Jake Stephenson is one of the Greene County Messenger All-County Football Team Players of the Year.
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Jefferson-Morgan junior Deakyn Dehoet is one of the Greene County Messenger All-County Football Team Players of the Year.
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Jefferson-Morgan senior Houston Guesman is one of the Greene County Messenger All-County Football Team Players of the Year.

Throwing and passing for 1,000 yards in a high school football season is a unique feat but two Greene County players managed to reach that lofty level in 2024.

Waynesburg Central senior Jake Stephenson and Jefferson-Morgan senior Houston Guesman both threw and passed for over 1,000 yards in leading their respective squads into the WPIAL playoffs.

The Rockets had an outstanding one-two punch with Guesman and junior wide receiver Deakyn Dehoet who was the local receiving leader with 52 receptions for 1,100 yards and also returned three kickoffs and a punt for touchdowns.

Stephenson, Guesman and Dehoet are the Greene County Messenger All-County Football Team Players of the Year.

The Coach of the Year goes to Jefferson-Morgan’s Shane Ziats who guided the Rockets to their first undefeated regular season in 34 years, their first conference title since 2006 and their first outright first-place finish since 1991.

Jefferson-Morgan, the lone area team to win a conference championship, went 7-0 in the Tri-County South and 10-0 in the regular season before falling to South Side in the WPIAL playoffs to end up at 10-1.

Waynesburg, under coach Aaron Giorgi, also reached the playoffs by finishing in a tie for second place in the Century Conference.

Dehoet, Guesman and Stephenson top the GCM First Team, which also included two other Jefferson-Morgan players in Eli Hill and Jase Bedilion and two other Raiders in kicker Dalton Taylor and Caden Fowler.

Also earning First Team honors were Bradley Schoenfeldt and Parker Hewitt of Carmichaels, Colin Whyte, Lane Allison and Levi Smith of West Greene and Chase Taylor of Mapletown.

Following is the complete list of the Greene County Messenger All-County Football Team:

Players of the Year: Jake Stephenson, Waynesburg Central; Deakyn Dehoet and Houston Guesman, Jefferson-Morgan

Coach of the Year: Shane Ziats, Jefferson-Morgan

First Team

Carmichaels: Bradley Schoenfeldt, Parker Hewitt

Jefferson-Morgan: Deakyn Dehoet, Houston Guesman, Eli Hill, Jase Bedilion

Mapletown: Chase Taylor

Waynesburg Central: Jake Stephenson, Vince Maley, Dalton Taylor, Caden Fowler

West Greene: Colin Whyte, Lane Allison, Levi Smith

Second Team

Cannon Bupka and Will Murray of Carmichaels; Landon Heath, John Woodward, Ethan Crowe and Johnny Gilbert of Jefferson-Morgan; John Vanata of Mapletown; Jack Riccuiti, Teagen Crouse, Jeffrey Blair and Zachery Jiblits of Waynesburg Central; Parker Burns, Hayden Hamilton and Brennen Crawford of West Greene.

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