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(We’ve said it before. No second team, no third team, and we don’t make someone an MVP to move them up and then slide someone else into their position. Lot of debate. In the end we realize we’ve made a couple of people happy and a whole host of others very angry. Our choices, we stand by them.)

OFFENSE

Quarterback

Chandler Whitbord–Oak Park

(Honestly, probably one of the greatest seasons you’ll ever see in high school football. 3,000 yards pass, 1,000 yards rushing. Off the charts. Names to remember in 2014: Eli Snyder (Maranatha) and Lars Nootbar (El Segundo).

Running Back

Donovan Davis–Ganesha

Abel Gonzalez–Bishop Diego

(Davis is overlooked because of where he plays…and, at least locally, so is Gonzalez.)

Wide Receiver

Matt Byer–Oak Park

Jaime Stewart–El Segundo

Jose Ochoa–La Puente

(Ochoa had a great year, it was unanimous to put him on the team with Stewart and Byer. P.S. Check out Byer’s stats…yes, they are real.)

Offensive Line

LT: Allen Rogers–Nordhoff

LG: Brandon Myden–Oak Park

C: Gabriel Rocha–El Segundo

RG: Mario Soto–Santa Paula

RT: Angel Villanueva–Duarte

(Again these players are slotted where they played. The All CIF team had three left tackles, a guard, center, and tight end. Particularly happy with the Soto selection.)

Kicker: 

Cooper Garcia–Nordhoff

DEFENSE

Defensive Line:

DE: Nolan Tooley—Bishop Diego

DT: Matt Hall–Maranatha

DE: Jabriel Frazier–Verbum Dei

(Both the defensive ends and outside linebackers on the defense can rush either standing or with a hand in the dirt. Tooley a repeat from 2012.)

Linebackers

OLB: Justin Green–Oak Park 

ILB: Koby Welch–Nordhoff

ILB: Shan Hersh–Nordhoff

OLB: Maliek Villafranco–Centennial Compton

(The Nordhoff “Bad Dudes” had to go on, even if it looks a little odd for teammates to be side by side.)

Defensive Backs

CB: Brandon Coppel–Oak Park

CB: Dexter Myers–Maranatha

SS: Brandon Wadsworth–Nordhoff

FS: Anthony Carter–Bishop Diego

(We reached on youth at one of the corner slots, the safeties are very exceptional.)

Punter: 

Enrique Gonzalez–La Puente

Return Specialist

Denzel Fisher–Centennial Compton

Patrick Perrigue Award (Utility)

Cameron Blackburn–Azusa

(Blackburn could be plugged in anywhere during his Azusa career.)