Hartford’s Tyler Hamilton (12) and his fellow team captains (from left) Austin Shepard, Justin Bettis and Hunter Perkins line up for the coin toss against St. Johnsbury in the Division I state championship game in Rutland, Vt., on Nov. 11, 2017. St. Johnsbury won, 33-32. (Valley News – James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
As Josh Weinreb reported and Amanda highlighted earlier, Hartford’s Tyler Hamilton has been named Gatorade’s football player of the year for Vermont — and Twitter is abuzz.
Congrats to Tyler Hamilton, the 2017-18
Gatorade Vermont Football Player of the
Year! #GatoradePOY— HHS Athletics (@hcaneswirl) December 11, 2017
@tylerjhamilton7 Congrats to Tyler Hamilton, Vermont’s 2017-18 Gatorade State Football Player of the Year. #GatoradePOY @hcaneswirl pic.twitter.com/qGk0xRNlU4
— Hudl (@Hudl) December 11, 2017
.@hcaneswirl star @tylerjhamilton7 has been named VT Football Gatorade Player of the Year, probably because of plays like this: pic.twitter.com/PJGcWf9m5l
— Jack Korte (@JackMyNBC5) December 11, 2017
Congratulations @tylerjhamilton7, Vermont Football GPOTY, no one deserves the award more than you. @hcaneswirl is lucky to have you as an athlete, but more importantly as the leader, student and community member you are. Big things to come in your future, keep working hard.
— Jordy Allard (@jordyallard6) December 11, 2017
(Jordy, a Hartford alum who will play for the Upper Valley Nighthawks next summer, was named the 2016-17 Gatorade Vermont baseball player of the year.)
2017 VT football Gatorade Player of the Year pic.twitter.com/9f0XmJQIfn
— Tyler Hamilton (@tylerjhamilton7) December 11, 2017
You can see more about all the players at playeroftheyear.gatorade.com.
The best of the best, on and off the field. Congrats to the 2017-2018 Gatorade State Football Players of the Year. #GatoradePOY https://t.co/os5gspZdEd
— Gatorade (@Gatorade) December 11, 2017