News Journal football awards: Lexington QB area's offensive standout
By CURT CONRAD ? News Journal ? November 10, 2008
ONTARIO -- Courtney Avery would rather discuss Lexington's historic season than divulge his college plans.
This much is certain: Lexington's record-setting junior quarterback and the News Journal/Brown Derby Roadhouse Offensive Player of the Year soon will have to make a decision regarding his future.
Will he play football in college? Or will he decide to play basketball?
Avery isn't saying.
"Am I a football player or a basketball player? I'm an athlete who plays football and basketball," Avery said when pressed on the subject Sunday night at the annual News Journal football awards banquet at the Brown Derby Roadhouse in Ontario. "I haven't made any decisions yet."
Avery guided the Minutemen to the most successful season in school history. Lexington won its first ever Ohio Cardinal Conference championship and had the first unbeaten regular season in school history.
With Avery at the controls of north central Ohio's most prolific offense, Lexington won its first playoff game since 2001 before being knocked from the postseason by Sylvania Southview on Friday. Along the way, Avery rewrote Lexington's passing records.
He completed 122 of 166 passes for 2,095 yards during the regular season with a remarkable 21-to-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio. He was selected the OCC Offensive Player of the Year.'
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