The Siloam Springs football team held its annual football awards banquet on Thursday in the high school cafeteria.
Several awards were handed out by coach Brandon Craig and his staff, including the Ultimate Panther Award, which went to senior offensive lineman Jared Clark.
Clark and junior quarterback Hunter Talley earned All-State honors in Class 6A.
Clark is a three-year starter on the Panthers' offensive line, while Talley started all 11 games at quarterback and completed 113 of 210 passes for 1,752 yards, 13 touchdowns and eight interceptions. Talley also rushed for 629 yards on 163 carries and 13 touchdowns.
Clark, Talley and six other Panthers earned All-Conference honors in the 6A-West in senior running Palvinson "Jeff" Phizema, senior wide receiver Gavin Henson, senior defensive back/wide receiver Elijah Coffey, senior defensive lineman Keondre Westbrook, senior linebacker/running back Camden Collins and junior offensive lineman Jace Sutulovich.
Phizema, who also garnered the Panthers' Offensive Player of the Year Award, rushed for 919 yards on 121 carries and nine touchdowns.
Henson, despite missing nearly half the season with an injury, led the Panthers in receiving with 24 catches for 561 yards and two touchdowns.
Coffey caught 17 passes for 322 yards and three touchdowns on offense, while recording 32 total tackles and four interceptions on defense. Coffey also was named the Brandon Burlsworth Award winner for his performance against Harrison -- 5 catches for 92 yards and an interception -- on Sept. 11. The Burlsworth Award is given to the top player for each of Harrison's opponents in honor of the late Burlsworth, a former All-American offensive lineman at Arkansas.
Westbrook, who earned the team's Defensive Player of the Year award, recorded 41 total tackles and had six tackles for loss, two sacks, two fumble recoveries and one interception.
Collins, an All-State selection in 2019, was likely on his way to another selection in 2020 before an ankle injury sidelined him over the last five games.
Collins finished with 56 carries for 433 yards and five touchdowns on offense, while recording 72 total tackles, nine tackles for loss and four sacks on defense.
Sutulovich, who has a Division I scholarship offer from New Mexico, started every game on the offensive line for the Panthers and will look to anchor the line as a senior in 2021.
Sophomore kicker Ronald Mancia earned the team's Special Teams Player of the Year Award after converting on 29 of 36 extra points and one field goal. Mancia also handled the kickoff duties.
The Panthers finished 4-7 in 2020. Siloam Springs got off to a 3-1 start, including a 34-14 against Class 5A semifinalist Harrison and a 43-42 thriller victory over Van Buren in overtime, before injuries derailed the team to a 1-6 finish. The only victory in that stretch was a stirring 50-47 come-from-behind win at Russellville where Siloam Springs trailed 28-7.
