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All-EBAL football team
By Ben Enos
Monday, November 29th, 2010 at 5:08 pm in East Bay Football.
A matter of hot debate, here’s the long-awaited all-EBAL football team. These are voted on by the league coaches.
MVP
RB Lucas Dunne, De La Salle
FIRST TEAM
Offense
QB: Jeff Lockie, Monte Vista
RB: Kyle Alvarez, California; George Atkinson III, Granada
WR: Cameron Rowland, Foothill; Lucas Shapiro, De La Salle; Bryce McGovern, Monte Vista
TE: Trevor Taft, California
OL: Jacob Welter, Monte Vista; Scott Walsh, De La Salle; Luke Simeona, De La Salle; Rich Garwood, California; Joe Pearson, California
Specialist: Colin Kacinski, Foothill
Kicker: Alex Osterholt, Amador Valley
Defense
DL: Ben Teichman, San Ramon Valley; Dylan Wynn, De La Salle; Kyle Miller, De La Salle; Rich Garwood, California
LB: Kyle Egan, San Ramon Valley; Kevin Phiengsai, Foothill; Blake Renaud, De La Salle; Marcus Prenot, California
DB: Kaulin Blair, San Ramon Valley; Bryce McGovern, Monte Vista; Devin Williams, De La Salle; Trevor Taft, California
SECOND TEAM
Offense
QB: Bart Houston, De La Salle
RB: Michael Sullas, Monte Vista; Armani Washington, California
WR: Dane Turner, Monte Vista; John Sarmenta, California; Tyler Amick, Granada
TE: Stephen Ferrel, Foothill
OL: Dawson Graham, Foothill; Tim Mustion, Monte Vista; Josh Cabral, De La Salle; Grant Hall, California; Codey Heidebrecht, Amador Valley
Specialist: Carson Ewanich, Amador Valley
Kicker: Guillermo Rivas, California
Defense
DL: Zach Dreyer, Monte Vista; Griffith Gates, Foothill; Justin Walker, De La Salle; Tanner Clark, Granada
LB: Adam Wenig, Monte Vista; Kelly Fielder, California; Cameron Seams, Amador Valley, Eddie Horn, Granada
DB: Antoine Pickett, De La Salle; Damariay Drew, Livermore; Carson Ewanich, Amador Valley; George Atkinson III, Granada; Josh Atkinson, Granada
HONORABLE MENTION
Offense
QB: David Camarena, Foothill; Zach Kline, San Ramon Valley; Drew Reil, California
RB: Damariay Drew, Livermore; Eddie Horn, Granada
WR: Jake Isabel, Amador Valley
TE: Zach Faber, San Ramon Valley; Connor Peters, De La Salle
OL: RJ Anderson, Foothill; Justin Taylor, Foothill; Zach Pursch, Livermore; Rajan Kumar, Livermore; Brandon Sellbach, Monte Vista
Specialist: Trent Peterson, San Ramon Valley
Kicker: Jack McFarland, Monte Vista
Defense
DL: Andrew Baine, Monte Vista; Bobby Killian, Foothill; Devin Windell, Amador Valley; Codey Heidebrecht, Amador Valley; Hunter Capilla, Amador Valley
LB: Nick Eckel, San Ramon Valley; Zach Pursch, Livermore; Jacob Kearney, Granada; Jorge Andrade, Livermore; Robert Lewis, Amador Valley; Michael Barton, De La Salle
DB: Michael Tagliaferri, San Ramon Valley; Michael Summers, San Ramon Valley; Adam Klooster, Monte Vista; Scott Herting, De La Salle; Matt Deans, California; John Lozano, Livermore
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November 29th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Congrats to all those selected!
November 29th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Zach Dreyer (2nd team DL) is on Monte Vista, not Cal. It is true that Reil was relegated to honorable mention and that Lockie got 1st team QB. I saw MV play twice this season, in the 45-3 loss to Cal and Saturday night when he was fairly ineffective against SRV and I just don’t see how he got the votes needed for 1st team QB. I know the votes took place prior to the playoffs, but he must have had some really nice games against other teams. Lots of attempts to be sure.
It looks like the vast majority of all leaguers were seniors, with Lockie the only junior on 1st team, and Houston, Washington, D. Drew & Walker on 2nd team.
I could easily see Rivas and Sarmenta as 1st team selections. I could make a case for Cal center Cole Pricco, as well as LB DJ Spalleiro and OL/DL Harry Maaluof, but Cal was pretty well represented overall.
November 29th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Fixed that typo. Thanks!
November 29th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
It’s been a great football season, and all these guys are to be congratulated on their hard work and successes. Being named All EBAL is quite an accomplishment with the quality of teams in the league and the fact there are 8 teams to pick from. Great job fellas!
November 29th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Congrats to everybody. I’ll admit I was surprised to see Shapiro selected to first WR over Sarmenta. I also thought that Michael Barton was better than just HM at the LB spot this year but he only played in four league games and seven overall due to injury so that didn’t help him. Other people who have legit cases to be higher would be:
Drew (RB Liv)- Best player on worst team in the league and nearly had 1,000 yards rushing, don’t know how he was put on HM.
Peters (DE DLS)- 7 sacks in regular season was T2nd with Dreyer in the league behind Wynn and he wasn’t named to any list for DL just TE.
Reil (QB Cal)- Most TD throws, best completion rate, 2nd most yards.
But again congrats to all the players who made it.
November 29th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
This list has great depth, lots of great and deserving players. Ren10 makes some good points, hard to have to choose in those cases and others. Wonder if being an underclassman makes difference as a factor in some cases. In any event, the list is to be congratulated, that is a ton of good ones.
November 29th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Gades,
I certainly see Williams, Houston and Barton being first teamers next year…it’s great to see these three athletes as 3 yr starters at DLS, besides Renaud and Wynn, it’s not too often you see kids at DLS start 3 years in varsity. Also, congrats, to the other student athletes from the other EBAL schools, well deserved!
November 29th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Congrats to all well desreved. Looks like the accal all leauge is what were waiting on. Good job to all players….
November 29th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Look, I’m just a casual observer. Been to a couple games last year and a couple this year ( at DLS). I notice that both Dunne and Ward are MVPs the last two years. What I saw in games were that both ran right up Wynn’s butt for the majority of their yards. Not sure whats up with # 67 not being recognized at all on offense. He was clearly the best OL on that team. He got it last year, what do you think renegades? I can bet they run his side at ncs and stae. Personally, i think he had a better year offensively than defensively. Explanation why he gets first team both years and not this year?
November 29th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Looks like Reil got screwed over here, he was by far the first team quarterback. Along with the kicker Rivas should have been first team.
Also Drew, should at least have been second team over Washington
November 29th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
No Wynn for 1st team OL? BIG omission.
November 29th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Kyle Alvarez= Overrated. With a line averaging 240 who wouldn’t rack up some yards.
November 29th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
not sure I understand that one either…maybe another
“life lesson” lad and the cult coaching staff want to send…ala Dino last year
November 29th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
I know this came up last year, and it seems like Lad is content with just getting as many of his guys on one team or the other and not doubling up, which allows more spots for his other players. Last year there were a couple that went both ways (maybe Wynn?), but I think if Lad had pushed for Wynn on offense this year, he would have gotten first team. I know some leagues or sports allow a certain number of all league spots based on the team’s finish in league. So if DLS is allowed 14 all league spots, either by predetermined allocation or simply by fairness, he seems to want to share the wealth among the DLS brotherhood. Plus, someone like Wynn has enough accolades and whoever took his spot is more likely to appreciate it.
As for D. Drew, at least he got 2nd team on defense, and that may have been some sort of similar trade off. These all league selections can’t be an easy task. You are looking at all the other coaches in the face and do not want to be seen as unreasonable or worse a jerk. They all want to support their players and each saw the opposition on different nights when they played them and have different impressions.
November 29th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
get your reasoning, so All – EBAL isn’t really the best of EBAL, right? Seems simple..
November 29th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
@12
So he should be punished for running behind a good line? What about Dunne then?
November 29th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
I’m not into disparaging certain players who get all league in favor of others. Just offering up some players who maybe deserved a higher spot. Dylan didn’t have the eye popping numbers defensively that he normally does, but he impacts the game every time as he is game planned against by everybody. When you are getting double and sometimes triple teamed on the line, it’s going to be hard to put up great stats. But by drawing that much attention it leaves room for guys like Will Marre last year and Connor Peters this year a chance to shine and make plays.
The two linemen that made first team are the starting tackles for DLS. Cabral on 2nd team is the center. Hamilton, the JR guard, didn’t make any team probably because he wasn’t starting at the beginning of the season. Why Wynn did not make first team is beyond me and the only explanation is that Lad was a little upset with something he did. Obviously I am a little biased, but yes I think overall he was the best O-lineman in the league this year. Whether he was at guard or FB he was an absolute bruiser and more often than not Dunne is following him through the hole. Still between the group of Welter, Pearson, and Garwood those players are all very solid.
November 30th, 2010 at 6:27 am
Yes, Wynn was 1st team on both offense and defense last year. I was told that Coach Lad explained to Wynn and the team that even though the staff felt Wynn was deserving this year they did not nominate him or anyone both ways as they wanted to give more team members a chance for honors. Lad’s fairness is just another reason boys want to play for DLS. BTW my source said this was just fine with Dylan, he supported the decision and was very happy for his teammates.
R10′s “The only explanation is that Lad was a little upset with something he did” is way off base but more about the type of player Wynn is, one who always supports and cheers his brothers rather than wanting honors for himself.
November 30th, 2010 at 7:26 am
Holding!
November 30th, 2010 at 8:18 am
Antoine Pickett is a 2nd team DB? Wow? Must have been in the dog house the entire season. That started the week before Serra week?
November 30th, 2010 at 8:34 am
@12 Overrated? I don’t agree if he anything because of the number of backs Cal can feature he wasn’t highlighted as often as the others listed. The kid can play and has gotten tougher every year just ask the BHS kid he hit Friday. His style throws people off because he can be patient and he’s very fluid.
November 30th, 2010 at 10:10 am
Tyler Amick from Granada was also a Junior on 2nd team offense
November 30th, 2010 at 10:33 am
I just want to congratulate all the boys who made their respective teams and I think that the coaches got it mostly right. My son was lucky enough to make one of those teams and I am extremely proud of him and all the boys for all the hard work they put in over the last 8-10 years.
November 30th, 2010 at 11:12 am
I think the coaches did a good job Sullas could have been 1st team my understanding was he didn’t get votes from Cal or Livermore the 2 games he missed with the Knee infection. Alveraz is a very good back and because of the offense he doesn’t get as many touches but he is fast and has very good skills. I think Sarmenta could have been 1st team great hands, Adam Wenig did a very good job at TE also, I think Drew from Livrrmore is a good back but the backs in front of him were better he will get his next year. I also just want to give a quick shout to Sullas he plays the last 4 games with a torn MCL extremely tough kid who will play at the next level. Congratulations to all the boys who made these teams in a very competative league.
November 30th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
In response to comment #2 above, Tyler Amick from Granada is also a Junior
November 30th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
One other quick comment Dalis Bruce didn’t make any of these teams and he was a very good cover corner another under clansman that could be on one of these teams.
November 30th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
One other quick comment Dalis Bruce didn’t make any of these teams and he was a very good cover corner another under classman that could be on one of these teams.
November 30th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Griffith Gates (Foothill) 2nd Team DE is a Sophomore.
November 30th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
boysoffall…thanks for the clarification about dylan. I was only going on what Lad has done before with players, and there have been times during his playing career where Lad has had to discipline him a little bit. I know Dylan is a big team guy so it’s a great reflection on his character.
November 30th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
This is not a knock on any athlete, but a suspicious view of the politics of coaches when it comes to all-league lobbying. To protect the truly innocent, the names of no real living persons were used in the making of this diatribe, and any similarities are a coincidence.
As previously posted/predicted, yet another M QB gets the nod for All-ELeague 1st team. The M and D coaches probably bargained an QB1 slot, for a QB2 slot offset by an OL slot and a DL slot, and pushed the C QB to honorable mention, even though each of their QBs get another shot in 2011. The M QB had a very poor showing against C, the game that decided 2nd place in the ELeague standings, yet All-League QB1 is awarded. The analogy would be if a certain small stature SF pitcher had won the Cy Young (not a living person) Award this year even with the very poor August: and his team even won it all! I guess if C can win it all, All-ELeague won’t matter at all, and 2010 becomes the year of orange and black. Good luck to C, D, G & S this weekend.
November 30th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
One of the schools you are accusing of colluding with another school did not vote for said qb as remember said qb did not play well against school D as well. Said qb played well against other 5 schools who all voted for said qb. School D’s linemen speak for themselves every year and don’t need collusion to earn themselves spots on the all-league teams. Plus remember schools M and D have very big disdain for each other and coaches of schools D and C have lots of respect for each other. Please stop trying to make something out of nothing.
November 30th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Hey R10,
Last time I checked, deal making is not colluding, it is just compromising. Stop trying to make colluding out of deal making.
Also, are you suggesting that F and S voted for the M QB? Highly unlikely. I am not “in the know” (and don’t want to be), but highly unlikely.
Others on this blog have suggested that other deal making was done: deserving 2-way players not getting full recognition so others could join the “club” and 1st team vs. 2nd team tradeoffs, wink-wink, nod-nod.
The process is political, period, end of story. I did not say that I disagree with it, I am just suggesting how various scenarios may have played out, because that is how this type of system works.
November 30th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Paydirt, take both QB’s C and M and put them on the same team, say F, who really needed a QB. Who would start??? I agree, the QB from M. Cal is a great team with tons of talent and great coaching. MV is a good team with great coaching as well. The Cal offense is designed for the QBto manage and to not lose games. Most of the time their passes consist of max protection play action sending one, maybe 2 guys out.(one of which being one of the best around Sarmenta). Then you have MV, who has the best around WR McGovern, but relies on their QB way more to make plays and win games. If you switch the two QB’s and put them on each other’s teams…well…I’ll let you decide who would have had the better year. I’m not trying to take anything away from Riel. He surprised everyone this year and did really well. I’m just saying when it comes down to it, Lockie is the better QB.
Just one man’s opinion…
November 30th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
There is clearly politics involed in the decision making process. But I don’t think to the extent that Paydirt is advocating. The coaches are going to lobby for the kids on their team they like the most. They are going to vote for kids on other teams that they liked the most in the one game they saw them play. If Lad goes in and says dont vote for Wynn for first team o then people are going to listen becuase it opens up spots for their guys. Everyone is going to act in the way that serves their self intrests the best. If that involes “politicing” then coaches are going to do it.
November 30th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Why would F and S not vote for M’s qb when he had big games against them? And what 1st team vs 2nd team tradeoff are you referring to? M’s qb did not have good games against D and C, but had great games against the rest.
November 30th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
The way it looks to me, there are enough spots for the best players to get in somewhere. It then comes down to where they are placed, first, second, or mention which is done by the coaches who are going to push for their players. I think it is great that so many deserving players can be selected. In my mind the placing is irrelevant as there obviously has to be some compromise as to where they are placed.
November 30th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Thanks for the dialog B, O, P and R. M Alum on the other hand…never mind.
It is amazing to stand back from the list and just look at the number of quality athletes top to bottom.
Year-in and year-out, I enjoy following A,C,D,F,G,L,M&S. The C QB still has an opportunity to show his stuff while others sit. I couldn’t resist…
Friday night football rules, even on Saturday nights.
December 1st, 2010 at 10:51 am
Collusion & Deal Making aside watch the film and you will see more parity between 2 certain schools (who are still playing) upfront than there was last year. Strength and conditioning pays off…
December 1st, 2010 at 11:59 am
It’s my understanding that for a player to be considered for all league, he must first be nominated (presumably by his coach but evidently the Berkeley coach didn’t show up for their meeting and some other coaches nominated some of the Jacket players). I also understand that once a player is nominated, they will be put on HM even if no other coach votes for them. Thus, since Wynn was not on any of the 3 eam for offense, it appears that Lad did not nominate him to be considered for offense. And no other coach stepped in and said “Wait a minute, Wynn deserves to be in ahead of my guy…, let’s get him in there.” There is a lot of politics going on, no doubt.
In the end, hopefully all of the deserving players go some mention in the process on one of the teams. Again, some fantastic players in the EBAL and certainly no shame on being put on 2nd team or HM. I’m sure there are a lot of players that were left off completely that would make 1st or 2nd team in some other leagues.
December 1st, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Panther, re post #33: Of course Lockie or Kline would be ahead of Reil if they were at the same school. Both of those QBs came in highly touted and have had decent seasons, and Reil had never been a starting QB at any level.
The point is that Reil had a better EBAL season actually playing the game than both of them (especially head to head), and all league should be more about what the player actually did on the field rather than how much advance publicity they had or how they look in shorts at a combine. It was not just Reil’s stats that were impressive (and they were), but also the leadership he showed and the ability to turn that into wins. That being said, I think Lockie had a great year outside of a couple of key games and look forward to seeing him play again next season.
December 1st, 2010 at 5:12 pm
I’ll agree the best QB should be the one with best stats bar none. I may not like Dave Kravitz being his coach, but the Cal QB was the best in the league record wise behind the DLS QB and the best in all statisitics. If he were Joe Southwick I would be just as confused as to why he was not first team over a MV QB who had nowhere near the stats or season as Mr. Drew Reil. well at least he has the stats to show for it, who cares what it says on the letterman jacket, he’s still a winner in our eyes.
Go Wolves another SRVUSD rematch in NCS. this is probably the best postseason since 07 for the Wolves, because their season isn’t ending against the Pittsburg Pirates
December 1st, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Lockie was the season yards leader if you are talking about stats. It was the other stats Reil was top in.
December 1st, 2010 at 7:22 pm
C’mon Renegades I thought you were smarter than that. There are MANY ways to look at stats; completion rate, TD to interception ratio, yards per attempt, Quarterback rating (like the college and pros, and by the way is available on Maxpreps for these kids), and Winning! In many ways total yards is one of the poorer yardsticks. It just meant you probably threw more. The all league qb is a travesty on a couple of counts. The solice is the superior QB’s will be playing in the Coliseum next week, not sitting in the stands.
December 1st, 2010 at 7:29 pm
I think Renegades was just clarifying that Lockie did lead the league in 1 statistic. He was already on record being a Reil supporter, after all things DLS of course.
December 1st, 2010 at 7:35 pm
Yep I was just pointing out that Reil was not the leader in all statistics. I have been on the Reil for 1st team qb campaign since this convo first came up before the awards were posted. Hell I even lobbied for him to be above Houston. I don’t know how he ended up below him.
December 1st, 2010 at 8:16 pm
@ Ben why is it that all the other leauge’s all leauge teams are in and not the accal?
December 1st, 2010 at 10:41 pm
#43 it is definitely debatable that the best qbs will be playing at the coliseum. I am assuming you are refering to Reil and Houston. They both have one more win to get before those two are guaranteed to play so dont get ahead of your self. Secondly if you judge teh best qb by there stats then Houston is not in the top two. If you judge it by College potential then Reil is not in. If you judge it by who does the most with the least then i dont think you can count Lockie, Houston, Kline or Reil. But if you judge it by who won the most then sure Reil and Houston are the best. I must warn you though the last example is not every single persons criteria. Your opinion is completly valid but it may not be shared by everyone else.
December 1st, 2010 at 11:11 pm
What say you all if Reil wins the D1 championship? Not college material? Let him finish his season, and if he wins, believe me, quality college programs will take notice. In fact, a quality showing in the final would go a long way. He needs to play 96 more quality minutes this season, then dish out the crow…
It will be interesting to see how Lockie does next season without McGovern (THE best receiver in NorCal), and would be quite amusing/ironic if Kline trumps him and Houston in 2011…hmmm
December 2nd, 2010 at 7:30 am
All of the stats that Reil led the league in are skewed in my opinion as well. You say that Lockie’s total yards aren’t a good stat because that just means he threw more passes but that is my point. Reil didn’t have to pass nearly as much as these other guys we are talking about because his run game is so effective. And when he did pass it was mostly play action, with max protection and 1 or 2 man routs. Most of the time you get teams gearing up to stop the run and leaving Sarmenta 1 0n 1 on the outside. This is why i posed the question about switching the kids teams and thinking about that. Put Reil on MV and Lockie on Cal. Again, I am not trying to take anything away from this kid, he had a hell of a year and deserves praise. I am just stating my opinion that I feel like Lockie was a good choice for first team. When a team played Monte Vista this year they had to take the quarterback into consideration when designing a game plan. When teams play Cal they try to stop the run and hope for the best in stopping the passing game. I don’t think they threw a pass on their first 2 scoring drives against Berkeley. Good luck to the remaining 4 EBAL team still left. I think one of the games might be closer than people think.
December 2nd, 2010 at 7:34 am
Panther4 , Are you Babcock?
December 2nd, 2010 at 12:10 pm
I may be wrong, but I think the second scoring drive vs. Berkeley was the flea flicker double reverse where Sarmenta threw long to Preuss for th TD.
The amount of passes thrown on a series or in a game has more to do with what a coach is calling or his game plan rather than how a QB is executing or carrying out the game plan. When called upon to pass, Reil executed superbly this season. He also did a good job of avoiding the rush and sacks. That was not the case with Lockie when they played Cal earlier this season.
As far as the SRV-Cal game being close, I don’t think anyone from Cal is trumpeting that they will run away with it. In their first meeting, Cal led only 17-13 at halftime before running away with it in the 2nd half scoring on their first 3 drives to go up 38-13. There is a healthy respect for SRV from the Cal side, with 2 members of the Grizzly coaching staff former Wolves coaches, and they will not be taken lightly. If SRV can bring the defense they had in the first half against DLS and Cal in their league meetings, they should be able to stay close and possibly defeat Cal. If not and their second half defense shows up, then Cal will win. It should be a good game.
December 2nd, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Btw, here is a fun little fact, I guess more so if you are a DLS fan. According to the stats compiled after breaking down all the game film and making sure the right people are getting credit for right plays, and making sure that some passes aren’t backwards passes it has been determined that entering the playoffs, Lucas Dunne was only 491 yards from breaking Terron’s single season rushing record set last year. Will update once the Heritage film is broken down. Would be quite an accomplishment if he is able to break it.
December 2nd, 2010 at 2:47 pm
R10 (#52),
I dub thee R10D10 because you are 5 times more factoidal than R2D2. Enjoyed the impressive Dunne stats fact, but your ‘Mack deserves state consideration’ on the live chat was downright advanced calculus. Well done.
One can only hope that the NCS contingent on the selection committee makes right for the OAL.
December 2nd, 2010 at 4:16 pm
This is to Jimmy or Ben? Why hasn’t the accal all leauge been released?
December 2nd, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Thedude,
As we’ve said a million times, the league has not sent us the team. We don’t release the all-league teams, the commissioner does. When he sends it to us, we’ll release it. But we don’t have any control of him sending it to us.
December 3rd, 2010 at 3:07 pm
I have a serious question how in the hell is mcgovern who is the most overrated player in the bay area period 1st deam all DB over Josh Atkins amatter of fact how are the atkin boys who are headed to notre dame and two of the best athletes in all of the bay area let alone EBAL not be the 1st team All DB’s period. I smell something there. the vote was a travesty!!!! I see why these awards mean nothing there scholarship to NOTRE DAME SPEAKS LOUD ENOUGH TO THE ESTABLISHMENT!!!!
December 3rd, 2010 at 3:41 pm
allstar coach- I have a few words to say about some overrated football players, and most of the people on this board know who I am talking about. But I am going to hold my tongue this time. The coaches vote on the awards. The Atkinsons did not have such a great impact defensively this year. A scholarship to any school be it Auburn or Eastern Michigan does not automatically earn you first team honors. Being the best athlete does not earn you first team honors. And getting 2nd team in the EBAL is not a bad award to receive.
December 3rd, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Dunne Rushing Update: He has been credited for 95 yards rushing against Heritage after the film from the game was broken down. This brings his total to 1,642 yards. This leaves him 396 yards away from Terron’s single season rushing record.
December 3rd, 2010 at 3:55 pm
All Star Coach, anyone who has seen those 2 on defense knows it comes down to one thing they are fast but they don’t like to hit (or be hit)they need to toughen up.
December 3rd, 2010 at 4:45 pm
I can think of 2 “overrated” players that like to play possum when they play DLS…McGovern is tough kid that deserved to make all league…nuff said!
December 3rd, 2010 at 5:22 pm
who do u think will play the d3 winner at state ?
December 3rd, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Right now the SoCal favorite to play in the DIII game is Valley Center. Don’t know much about them, but they did beat a solid Los Alamitos squad in non-league. Los Al lost in the first round of the Pac-5 playoffs. So that is a quality win for a DIII program. They are out of the San Diego Section and play in the championship game of their bracket on Monday the 6th.
December 3rd, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Allstar Coach,
You will not convince any of the EBAL fans that the Atkinson brothers are any better football players than their performance on the football field showed.
December 4th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
This message is mainly addressed to the person or persons that decided to call out an individual and his performance on the football turf. The statement regarding Bryce McGovern and him being overrated is complete blasphemy and is way out of line. Can you please tell me what part about having the most receiving yards in the Nation is overrated? I would be delighted to receive a response to that question, solely due to the fact that there is no plausible answer. The young man demonstrated skills and heart on the football field that is extremely rare in 5’10″ high school students. Congratulations to those brothers, and yes they are great athletes. But this isn’t just Track and field, it’s football. A game of contact and pain. And this season proved that this boys are not as capable of McGovern in delivering the hard hits and strong defensive plays. McGovern played both ways almost the whole game, every game. He never once shied away from a hit. This kid threw his body in harms way for the better good of his team. And that is exactly what coaches love to see, and that’s exactly why he was among the top DB’s in EBAL.
December 6th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Bryce Mc Govern is more than deserving! If you break down the stats and film. you’ll realize MV led the EBAl in pass defense most of this regular season. Meaning the side with Dalis Bruce CB and Dane Turner S. Gave up less than 1 reception per game on their side of the ball. Bryce Mc Govern was put in a position where he had to make plays with teams forced to throw and run to his side. And make play’s is what that kid did from every package and position the coaches placed him in.
December 7th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
How is Mcgovern overated you people are crazy and really been drinking this cool aide way too long!!!! Just because the rest of the secondary has been good doest mean he has.First of all he is not even the best player on his team I’ll take dane turner all day long. As a receiver and a Db. Name one average WR let alone good or great Wr he ever shut down a corners main job? In passing leagues when MV are playing very good wr’s he dont even play corner he plays backer and moves to corner against the slow none Athletic Wr in the ebal and you tell me he is good. Please !!! mcgovern couldn’t hold the atkin’s boy’s jock straps when it’s comes to db play. Husle, a tackle here or there has nothing to do with coverage skils a db main job.So #64 you beleive because he hit someone hard makes him a gd corner. Enough said we know you dn’t know a thing about what makes a gd db.
December 7th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
and #64 to answer your question. How many of them catches or yards were in name league games against good cb. Not many!!! Nation yardage letter he catches two yards passes against bad corners and plays in a system that throws the ball 50 times a game and had one of the best QB this area has seen in awhile sounds like a system player to me. Put him against athletes we wont produce shit. I witnessed at a passing league how the carter kid repeatedly challenged him wanted to line up against and the great mcgovern never caught a pass or got open it got so bad the coaches tried to hide him so carter coouldn’t line up on him and this is greatness please.the coaches were even saying we need dane turner to get here who hadn’t arrived yet SaMETHING HAPPEN AT STANFORD CAMP GD DB’S LOCKED HIM UP AND HE LOOKED HORRIBLE. stop drinking the cool aide
December 7th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Those great DB’s from Granada just had four TD’s tossed on them. And the reason the MV coaches wanted Turner there is because that way McGovern isn’t the primary focus of the defense and they have to worry about someone else catching the ball. Of course when everybody knows where the ball is likely to be thrown it’s easy to defend someone. But that has nothing to do with being a first team DB.
December 7th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
re #65: “MV led the EBAL in pass defense most of this regular season”.
It was also very easy to run on MV this year, so the better teams just pounded the ball on them and didn’t need to risk throwing the ball. DLS, Cal and SRV in the playoff game all ran at will. And what does most of the regular season mean? McGovern is a great HS player, but MV did not have much in the way of defense this year.
December 7th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
I’ll have to agree with Gades10 on a lot of his points; however, the 2 DB’s from Granada didn’t impress me when they were playing against DLS. McGovern though did. I’ve watched him closely and the kid is one of the best athletes to come up and play in the league and in all of California. As a receiver, he is tops. As a DB, he hits like sludgehammer and without regard for his body! He’s got great instincts and would make a great receiver or DB on any D-1 team next year. Does anyone know where he’s going yet? I agree with Prep Fan when he says that MV didn’t have that much in the way of a defense. They have mostly been a solid offensive team relying almost totally on the pass game and who could blame them with Lockie, McGovern, and Turner in the mix. At least against DLS, MV didn’t shine on Defense.
December 7th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Prep Fan, I knew you would be the one to post that. The other night I almost made the comment, “the only reason MV led in pass defense stats is because their run defense was atrocious.” But I decided to hold my tongue.
Porque, although Lockie ended up leading the league in pass yards, MV became more of a running team this year, at least for most of it. Lockie started playing well at the end so he was passing more, but I would not put this MV offense in the usual pass first category of years past. Sullas had a pretty good year, especially for being on a bum knee. Last I knew McGovern only had an offer from Wazzu that he received last spring, but when I checked his rivals and scout profile it’s not there anymore even though the articles about it are, so I don’t know.
December 7th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
All blogging aside, take time today to remember what happened 69 years ago at Pearl Harbor. Freedom is not Free. Those men and women gave the ultimate sacrifice. What kind of a world would we live in today if the AXIS had succeeded? We’d be talking about soccer, not football. Sincere thanks to all US military personal around the globe.
December 7th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
My understanding is McGovern is speaking with Princeton. Aside from that All Star your an idiot McGovern is one of the better players in the Ebal and no the coaches didn’t hide him he was put down to the Sam position because he does hit like a truck and can tackle to help with the run it had nothing to do with not being able to cover he did fine. The first team D actually did well against the run after he moved to Sam and Sullas to the Whip, against SR in the playoffs they just came out flat and SR played really well.
December 7th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Renegades- when did you or some parent decide they were official statisticians for HS Football?
December 7th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Ebal Fan #2- What? I have been relaying the stats for DLS’ rb Dunne. There are people involved with the team who break down the film and record the individual stats which is much more accurate than just doing it by the eye test. I have just been keeping the blog updated as far as Dunne’s progress toward a single season rushing record. But I have never claimed to be the official statistician for high school football.
December 7th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
I thought McGovern and Sullas were both far the 2 best players for MV this season. I hope they both go on to play college ball at some level, as both were fearless competitors and fun to watch.
December 7th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Allstar Coach, what are you the Twin’s PR Rep? Geez those kids run fast but head for the sidelines all day long! In addition, stop talking about passing league, it’s playoff time baby and your boys are home watching. All of us who were at passing league heard and saw what happened vs. Cal and what J said to a Coach (really?!)…
December 7th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
You’re right about today, Big Joe.
When I was growing up, my across-the-street neighbor was a gentleman named Harry Brown. On December 7th, 1941, he was a Navy pilot stationed at Pearl Harbor.
Harry told me that the night before the attack, there was some sort of officer’s party, and he was still up and wearing his dress pants when the attack happened. He quickly put on a shirt and a pair of shoes,and tried to make it to his plane. But the main airfield, along with all of the planes. was in the process of being completely destroyed.
He knew of a remote airfield that the Japanese may have missed, so Harry and a fellow Navy pilot hopped into Harry’s car. A Japanese pilot saw them driving along the coast and tried several times to strafe them. The pilot could have gotten them easily from behind, but fortunately for Harry, he only shot at them from the side.
They made it unscathed to the surprisingly untouched airfield, and they both took off in separate planes. Harry shot down 2 Japanese planes during the attack, and he became an Ace pilot during the war by recording 8 kills.
Harry Brown was my neighbor, and he was a great man.
December 8th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Josh a better hs player than George. Josh a hitter and in it every play. George afraid of contact….great athlete and hope that he can get bigger and absorb practice at ND let alone full contact. Shocked Joshed tagged along in a package deal.
December 9th, 2010 at 9:05 am
OK all i keep hearing is how MCGOVERN hits but db’s first job is to COVER PEOPLE AND HE HAS NO COVER SKILSS WHAT SO EVER!Name one WR he covered well.
As far as receiver he isnt eventhe best wr on his own team dane turner makes that offense go. And in the bay area please it isn’t even close the carter kid hands down is a better athlete and player than mcgovern. way more explosive and if there offense coordinator wasn’t an idiot he would’ve had 40tds this year instead of 30td 2yd completions are great but the name of the game is putting points on the board and carter can score from anywhere on the field
December 9th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Allstar Coach,
You remind me of that teacher in Charlie Brown cartoons: “Wah wah wah wah wah.” Lots of words and nothing meaningful said. But of course, you’re right and the EBAL coaches are dead wrong.
Allstar coach? Yeah, right. No legitimate “allstar coach” would write what you have written about a stellar athlete.
Change your handle or try to add value to the board next time.
Let me predict your response: “WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH!”
December 9th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Once again there are a couple buffoons on here. How dare you washed up nobodies come on here and claim absurd and rude statements. There are so many wrong things posted on here, and I wish I could see all you guy’s sitting behind your screen talking trash about a high school student. If your points are accurate then get off your lazy butt and publically state it. The coaches have a better perspective than any of you, so don’t you even think about continuing this non sense stating that some players are overrated. Yes Dane Turner was a very good WR, but you have to be dumb in the head to say that he shines more tha McGovern. Bryce McGovern did not allow WR’s to have big games, and as a WR every game was a big game or him. Whoever said that Bryce can only handle the 2 yard receptions please never post on this site again. The kid broke more tackles and made something out of nothing more than any other receiver in EBAL. Yeah you’re right those two brothers (what’s their name’s again) are faster than McGovern. But quit babying them, there afraid of contact. Those coaches at ND have so much work to do, if they want those boys to be even on the scout team! You could throw McGovern in front of a train and he would get up and catch a 60 yard pass for a TD. That’s what he did, he was a playmaker and every single coach saw it. I hope some of you realize that you are on here trying to take a hard working athlete’s award and pride away from them.
December 18th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Rumor is spreading on changes in EBAL. Does anyone know what teams will be in EBAL next year?
December 21st, 2010 at 3:20 pm
For those saying Reil should have gotten first team clearly didn’t watch the games. He had the stats but he also had Taft and Sarmenta to catch his rather poorly thrown passes. Nonetheless he stood up to the plate and filled in pretty nicely for a person who’s never started a high school game before but I’d say 1st team would definitely be pushing it
December 21st, 2010 at 4:09 pm
And having first team receivers McGovern or Shapiro is somehow a much tougher target for a QB to throw to than Taft or Sarmenta? Poor analogy. The only bad stretch for Reil all year was the NCS finals last week at the Coliseum where he had two poor plays in the 2nd quarter leading to 2 DLS scores, and the all EBAL teams are chosen prior to the playoffs. Obviously he didn’t get selected for 1st team all EBAL, but that doesn’t mean he wouldn’t have been deserving of it had he been selected. Just because no one outside of San Ramon (and some inside) had never heard of Reil prior to this season and Houston and Lockie came in highly touted should not be a factor in the selection process, but it appears it may have been.