All-State Football: Medium Schools

Senior Aaron Maher was MVP of the Sonoma County League from Analy of Sebastopol and led team to 12-1 record as a dominating receiver and defensive back. Photo by Harold Abend.

Note: Congratulations to all 60 players who have been selected to one of the two 2012 Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams for medium schools. We consider those schools to be medium if they were Division III for our traditional five-division state rankings. Some schools also that were Division II for the CIF state football bowl games and Division II for the traditional state rankings also are medium schools for all-state consideration. Those would be schools that have been medium schools for years (examples: Oakdale of CIF Sac-Joaquin Section and Garces of the CIF Central Section). This is the 34th year of Cal-Hi Sports all-state teams in football and all first-team honorees get listed in the state record book.

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
WR Kyle Dozier (Saratoga) 5-11, 185, Sr.
WR Devante Jenkins (North, Torrance) 6-2, 180, Sr.
TE Kevin Palma (Mission Oak, Tulare) 6-2, 240, Sr.
OL Kammy Delp (Diamond Ranch, Pomona) 6-4, 304, Jr.
OL Darren Echeveria (Antelope) 6-4, 270, Sr.
OL Benji Palu (Burlingame) 6-1, 300, Sr.
OL David Patterson (Woodbridge, Irvine) 6-5, 295, Sr.
OL Keoni Taylor (Garces, Bakersfield) 6-3, 295, Sr.
QB Marcus McMaryon (Dinuba) 6-2, 170, Jr.
RB Pierre Cormier (Madison, San Diego) 5-10, 185, Sr.
RB Royce Freeman (Imperial) 6-1, 218, Jr.
PK Grif Amies (Corona del Mar, Newport Beach) 5-11, 180, Sr.

We didn’t have a tight end on the all-state small schools team, but couldn’t resist with Stanford-bound Kevin Palma, who had another outstanding season at Mission Oak of Tulare.

FIRST TEAM MULTI-PURPOSE
QB/RB Kamari Cotton-Moya (Ridgeview, Bakersfield) 6-2, 185, Sr.
RB/LB/P Fabiano Hale (Soquel) 6-1, 215, Sr.
QB/RB Brandon Martinez (El Monte) 5-9, 165, Sr.
WR/DB Aaron Maher (Analy, Sebastopol) 6-3, 190, Sr.
QB/WR/DB Tyree Robinson (Lincoln, San Diego) 6-4, 210, Sr.
WR/DB Lee Walker (Madison, San Diego) 6-0, 160, Sr.

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
WR Jalen Harvey (El Cerrito) 6-1, 185, Jr.
TE Austin Jones (Oakdale) 6-2, 215, Sr.
OL Julian Bertero (Sequoia, Redwood City) 6-6, 280, Sr.
OL Jonathan Guel (Centennial, Compton) 6-2, 260, Sr.
OL Joey Kuperman (Cathedral Catholic, San Diego) 6-1, 280, Sr.
OL Isaac McClain (Manteca) 6-3, 290, Jr.
OL Isaiah Osorio (La Serna, Whittier) 6-0, 240, Sr.
QB Jonathan Walters (Saratoga) 5-11, 175, Jr.
RB Anthony Cota (Sierra, Manteca) 6-0, 185, Sr.
RB Tayler Livingston (Nordhoff, Ojai) 5-10, 165, Jr.
RB Gerardo Saldivar (Los Amigos, Fountain Valley) 5-6, 160, Sr.
PK Brandt Davis (Bonita, La Verne) 6-0, 180, Sr.

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
DL Ben Howard (Orland) 6-4, 200, Sr.
DL Tim Reinhardt (Corona del Mar, Newport Beach) 6-3, 235, Sr.
DL Weston Tolbert (Alameda) 6-3, 245, Sr.
LB Sergio Gonzalez (Ganesha, Pomona) 6-1, 200, Sr.
LB Keoni Kanoa (Madison, San Diego) 5-8, 190, Sr.
LB Kevin Kiff (Soquel) 6-3, 200, Sr.
LB Phillip Robledo (Sutter) 6-2, 200, Sr.
LB Elijah Williams (Vanden, Travis AFB) 6-1, 210, Jr.
DB Austin Clark (West Valley, Cottonwood) 5-11, 180, Sr.
DB Natu Hezchias (Piner, Santa Rosa) 6-4, 175, Sr.
DB Adarius Pickett (El Cerrito) 6-0, 175, Jr.
P Aldrick Rosas (Orland) 6-3, 210, Sr.

SECOND TEAM MULTI-PURPOSE
WR/LB Abel Barajas (El Monte) 5-11, 180, Sr.
QB/RB/DB Anthony Carter (Bishop Diego, Santa Barbara) 5-10, 170, Jr.
WR/DB Dominic Gomes (Bishop O’Dowd, Oakland) 5-11, 165, Sr.
QB/RB Jorge Hernandez (North, Torrance) 5-11, 180, Sr.
QB/DB Josiah Johnson (Sacramento) 6-0, 185, Sr.
FB/DL Nikk Ryan (Oakdale) 6-0, 210, Sr.

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