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Dapper Dan Awards on WCBC Sunday

February 18th, 2017 by WCBC Radio

University of Maryland running back Ty Johnson  Sunday at the Ali Ghan Shrine Club will be honored by his hometown,  this time by the Dapper Dan Club of Allegany County, which will present the Maryland running back with its highest honor, the George W. Stevenson/Nicholas A. Perlozzo Memorial Award, at its 69th annual awards banquet. The sophomore running back from Fort Hill High School concluded the 2016 season with a bang and placed his name near the top of the charts in the Maryland football record book by rushing for 1,004 yards and six touchdowns on 110 carries (9.1 average), and catching 16 passes for 206 yards and a touchdown, his longest being 66 yards, for a 12.9 average.

The Rev. Dan Taylor will be honored with the 2016 Farmer Northcraft Memorial Award for the Unsung Hero. The late Marsha Thomas who served as coordinator of the annual Cumberland Halloween Parade and was a huge advocate for Cumberland, especially South Cumberland will be honored with the 2016 Henrietta Schwarzenbach Memorial Award for Civic Service. 

WCBC once again will broadcast the event live beginning at 5PM Sunday

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