All-State Football Nominees (NorCal)

Junior running back Nate Jones of Tracy also was his league’s 100-meter sprint champion as a sophomore. He helped team to 10-2 season. Photo: Mark Tennis.

It’s time to begin the process to select the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams, which will be done for the 35th consecutive season. It begins with list of nominees from CIF Northern California sections. We are open to get additional nominees from parents, coaches and fans.

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The initial step toward selection of the annual Cal-Hi Sports All-State Football Teams is for us to present lists of nominees that have been put up on our virtual board.

This first one is for players from the CIF Central Coast Section, CIF North Coast Section, CIF Northern Section, CIF Oakland Section, CIF San Francisco Section and CIF Sac-Joaquin Section. The second one will combine players from the CIF Central Section, CIF L.A. City Section and CIF San Diego Section. We will then have a third post separately for the entire CIF Southern Section.

By no means are these meant to be all-inclusive lists of every possible all-state player in California. We encourage and welcome input from all users of our site and will be releasing a second, even more complete, updated list of nominees prior to when the teams are actually chosen and released.

Please send any nomination with each athlete’s height, weight, position, year in school, significant statistics. Comparing a player not on the board yet to one who already is can be very important toward eventual selection. Limit each nomination to one page please. Send to: markjtennis@gmail.com or FAX (209) 463-1219 or call (209) 463-9050.

The format we will continue to use is to honor a 30-player overall all-state first team with 30 more on second team. Each first team player is written up. There also are 30 for medium schools (Div. III traditional state rankings division) and 30 for small schools (Div. IV and Div. V traditional state rankings divisions). We often get enough information to include second teams for all divisions as well.

Don’t assume we know all there is to know about a player on the list, either. Send us info to make sure all pertinent information is turned in and placed into our files.

With special thanks Stockton office assistant Paul Muyskens, here are the current nominations from Northern California on our board for the various 2013 Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams:

Josh Holman of Woodside had three kickoff return touchdowns in one game to tie a state record. Photo: Woodside High School.

CIF Central Coast Section
Hamilton Anoa’I (Serra, San Mateo) LB/TE Sr.
Byron Baker (Valley Christian, San Jose) DL Sr.
Landon Baty (St. Francis, Mountain View) DB Sr.
Nick Bawden (Los Gatos) QB Sr.
Trevor Bearden (Live Oak, Morgan Hill) RB/LB Sr.
Brandon Boyd (Gilroy) RB Sr.
Ben Burr Kirven (Sacred Heart Prep, Atherton) RB/DE Jr.
Squally Canada (Milpitas) RB/DB Sr.
Anthony Cantrell (Pajaro Valley, Watsonville) LB/RB Sr.
K.J. Carta-Samuels (Bellarmine, San Jose) QB Sr.
Kava Cassidy (Serra, San Mateo) RB Jr.
Justin Cena (Monta Vista, Cupertino) RB Sr.
Keller Chryst (Palo Alto) QB/P Sr.
Elijah Dale (St. Ignatius, San Francisco) RB/DB Sr.
Jack Dreyer (Serra, San Mateo) OL Jr.
Sione Finefeuiaki (Wilcox, Santa Clara) LB Sr.
Brandon Finona (Monterey) LB Sr.
Patrick Fordham (St. Francis, Mountain View) PK Sr.
Andrew Frick (Palo Alto) LB/FB Sr.
Karl Frost (Independence, San Jose) LB Sr.
Daniel Garcia (Piedmont Hills, San Jose) OL/LB Jr.
Jesus Gonzalez (Milpitas) K Sr.
Anthony Gordon (Terra Nova, Pacifica) Jr. QB
Tre Hartley (Milpitas) DB Sr.
Jack Heneghan (Menlo, Atherton) QB Sr.
Josh Holman (Woodside) KR/PR Sr.
Alex Joh (Aptos) QB Sr.
Keesean Johnson (Palo Alto) WR Sr.
Kirk Johnson (Valley Christian, San Jose) RB/LB Jr.
Willie Johnston (Scotts Valley) RB/WR/DB Sr.
Jaylen Jones (Terra Nova, Pacifica) WR Sr.
William Kehoe (Carmel) WR Jr.
Jimmy Leatiota (Wilcox, Santa Clara) OL Sr.
Luke Lowell (Pacific Grove) QB Sr.
Luis Maciel (Willow Glen, San Jose) OL Sr.
Connor Marden (Carmel) QB Jr.
Hakeem Mays (Willow Glen, San Jose) RB/DB Jr.
Anthony McBride (Piedmont Hills, San Jose) QB Sr.
Daniel Mendoza (Archbishop Mitty, San Jose) OL/DL Sr.
Drew Miller (Stevenson, Pebble Beach) DB/RB Sr.
Delshawn Mitchell (Wilcox, Santa Clara) RB Sr.
Jacob Moen (Christopher, Gilroy) LB/TE Jr.
Dakari Monroe (Archbishop Mitty, San Jose) RB/DB Jr.
Drew Mount (Archbishop Mitty, San Jose) DB Sr.
Tevita Musika (Milpitas) OL Jr.
Charlie Nelson (Valley Christian, San Jose) OL Sr.
Cory Olivet (Los Gatos) DB Sr.
Nick Pierotti (Terra Nova, Pacifica) WR/LB Sr.
Chandler Ramirez (Archbishop Mitty, San Jose) LB Sr.
Jake Rehnberg (Scotts Valley) RB/LB Sr.
Ryan Rudolph (Serra, San Mateo) OL Sr.
Victor Ruiz (Los Altos) WR Sr.
Garrett Saucedo (St. Francis CCC, Watsonville) WR Sr.
Andrew Segre (Sacred Heart Prep, Atherton) RB/DB Sr.
Holden Smith (Carmel) RB Sr.
Keenan Smith (Fremont, Sunnyvale) RB Sr.
Thomas Spanos (Carmel) WR/DB Sr.
Jake Speed (Pacific Grove) WR/RB Sr.
Calvin Tipton (Sobrato, Morgan Hill) RB Sr.
Ronnie Turner (Seaside) WR Sr.
Jonathan Walters (Saratoga) QB Sr.
Dalton Weitzel (Aptos) LB Jr.
Joey Wood (Los Gatos) RB Jr.
Max Yeater (Carmel) K/Ath. Sr.

Morgan Mahalak of Marin Catholic will play next at Oregon.

CIF North Coast Section
Matt Abramao (Casa Grande, Petaluma) Jr. K/P
Larry Allen Jr. (De La Salle, Concord) OL Sr.
Dylan Alvarado (Calistoga) RB Sr.
Drew Anderson (Miramonte, Orinda) QB Sr.
Blake Bierwith (California, San Ramon) RB Sr.
D.J. Calhoun (El Cerrito) LB Sr.
Jalen Canty (St. Patrick-St. Vincent, Vallejo) DE/TE Sr.
Jax Carter (Clayton Valley, Concord) OL Sr.
Andrew Celis (Marin Catholic, Kentfield) RB/LB Sr.
Patrick Choudja (Freedom, Oakley) DE Sr.
Ray Clark (Miramonte, Orinda) RB Sr.
Mitch Daniels (Concord) QB Jr.
Steven DeSouza (Rancho Cotate, Rohnert Park) OL/DL Sr.
Mario Diaz (California, San Ramon) OL Sr.
Keaton Dunsford (Cardinal Newman, Santa Rosa) QB Sr.
Etienne Ezeff (Montgomery, Santa Rosa) WR/DB Sr.
Mose Faulaau (James Logan, Union City) LB Sr.
Loran Fonseca (Hercules) K/P Sr.
Logan Francavilla (Montgomery, Santa Rosa) RB Sr.
Will Fuller (Miramonte, Orinda) WR Sr.
Miles Gardea (Casa Grande, Petaluma) LB Sr.
Liam Godfrey (Saint Mary’s, Albany) WR Sr.
Daniel Greisen (Casa Grande, Petaluma) DE Sr.
Kevin Griffin (De La Salle, Concord) CB Sr.
Miles Harrison (Clayton Valley, Concord) RB/DB Jr.
Jalen Harvey (El Cerrito) WR Sr.
Noel Hernandez (Piner, Santa Rosa) QB/DB Sr.
Chris Hill (Marin Catholic, Kentfield) DB/WR/KR Sr.
Jason Hinton (Moreau Catholic, Hayward) RB Jr.
Sumner Houston (De La Salle, Concord) DL Sr.
Malik Hutchings (Deer Valley, Concord) LB Sr.
Eric Hynes (Northgate, Walnut Creek) RB/DB Sr.
Kerr Johnson Jr. (Analy, Sebastopol) WR Jr.
Kyle Kearns (Foothill, Pleasanton) QB Jr.
Tyler Keil (Arcata) RB/DB Sr.
Sam Killpack (Marin Catholic, Kentfield) DB Sr.
Mason Knight (Concord) WR Jr.
J.J. Koski (San Ramon Valley, Danville) Jr. WR
Isaiah Langley (Foothill, Pleasanton) WR/DB Jr.
Troy Langley (South Fork, Mirada) WR Jr.
Jajuan Lawson (Casa Grande, Petaluma) QB/RB Sr.
Michael Lazarus (Berkeley) LB Sr.
Morgan Mahalak (Marin Catholic, Kentfield) QB Sr.
Timmy Martinez (Calistoga) DB Jr.
Colin McCalvain (Windsor) QB Sr.
Kahlil McKenzie (De La Salle, Concord) DT Jr.
Joe Mixon (Freedom, Oakley) RB/LB Sr.
Ahki Muhammad (James Logan, Union City) DB Sr.
Noah Palega (Pittsburg) LB Jr.
Dominic Paoletti (Miramonte, Orinda) WR Sr.
Adarius Pickett (El Cerrito) DB/RB Sr.
John Porchivina (Casa Grande, Petaluma) RB/LB Sr.
Harris Ross (Pittsburg) RB Sr.
Sebastian Segura (St. Helena) RB/LB/K Sr.
Simba Short (De La Salle, Concord) LB Jr.
Jake Smith (Northgate, Walnut Creek) TE Sr.
Zach Smith (Fort Bragg) RB/SS Sr.
Henry Stelzner (Montgomery, Santa Rosa) LB Sr.
Fred Tidwell (Newark Memorial, Newark) WR/DB Sr.
Boss Tagaloa (De La Salle, Concord) OL/DL Soph.
Das Tautalatasi (De La Salle, Concord) RB/DB Sr.
John Velasco (De La Salle, Concord) RB Sr.
Nzuzi Webster (Deer Valley, Antioch) WR/DB Sr.
Nsimba Webster (Deer Valley, Antioch) QB Sr.
Tyler Whisenhunt (California, San Ramon) OL Jr.
Manny Wilkins (San Marin, Novato) QB/ATH/P Sr.
Chris Williams (De La Salle, Concord) QB Sr.
Joey Wittlake (South Fork, Mirada) QB/DB Sr.
Taylor Yamanoha (Rancho Cotate, Rohnert Park) WR/DB Soph.
Nikita Zamora (Monte Vista, Danville) QB Sr.
Andrew Zolintakis (Campolindo, Moraga) QB Sr.

CIF Northern Section
Cesar Buenrostro (Colusa) OT/DT Jr.
Brady Casselman (West Valley, Cottonwood) FB/LB Sr.
David Castaneda (Pierce, Arbuckle) DL/OL Sr.
Austin Clark (West Valley, Cottonwood) RB Sr.
Lewis Davalos (Williams) DL Soph.
Paolo DiSano (Chico) WR Sr.
Brandon Evers (Enterprise, Redding) OL Sr.
Arthur Flynn (Orland) DE Jr.
Tanner Gallion (Fall River, McArthur) TE/LB Jr.
Malik Hopkins (Chico) T/DT Sr.
Andrew Lopez (Live Oak) WR/DB Sr.
Jacob Lowrie (Winters) QB/DB Jr.
Bobby Luken (Enterprise, Redding) QB Sr.
Mat Machado (Paradise) RB Sr.
Izzy Matthews (Enterprise, Redding) RB Jr.
Sean McComas (West Valley, Cottonwood) P Sr.
Willie Mitchell (Foothill, Palo Cedro) DL Sr.
Ryan Pollard (Foothill, Palo Cedro) QB Sr.
Randy Post (Sutter) QB Jr.
Connor Silveria (Central Valley, Shasta Lake) LB/RB Sr.
Alex Talladino (Enterprise, Redding) TE/LB Jr.
Larry Tanner (West Valley, Cottonwood) LB Sr.
Nick Tomasin (Enterprise, Redding) RB/LB Jr.
Zane Ventimiglia (Shasta, Redding) OL Sr.
Clayton Welch (Chico) QB Jr.

CIF Oakland/San Francisco Sections
Dontell Jackson (Galileo, San Francisco) WR/DB Sr.
Tyree Marzetta (Lincoln, San Francisco) RB/DB Sr.
Kyle Nelson (Galileo, San Francisco) QB Sr.
Davion Telfor (Lincoln, San Francisco) RB/LB Sr.
Lavance Warren (McClymonds, Oakland) RB/DB Sr.
Lavon Washington (McClymonds, Oakland) WR/DB Sr.

Wadus Parker of Elk Grove helped his team reach the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section D2 final.

CIF Sac-Joaquin Section
Gaige Allen (Kimball, Tracy) RB/ATH Sr.
Tyrell Anderson (Center, Antelope) DB Sr.
Tommy Arnold (Elk Grove) QB-LB Sr.
Joey Banks (Franklin, Elk Grove) LB/RB Sr.
Reggie Bland (Central Catholic, Modesto) RB/DB Sr.
Ian Book (Oak Ridge, El Dorado Hills) QB Soph.
Cyrus Boone (Lincoln, Stockton) LB/DL Sr.
Jadon Brisendine (Vanden, Fairfield) QB Jr.
Wayne Brooks (Stagg, Stockton) QB Sr.
Ian Broom (Pleasant Grove, Elk Grove) RB Sr.
Andrew Brown (Ripon Christian, Ripon) RB Sr.
Marcel Brown (Rio Linda) RB Jr.
Jake Browning (Folsom) QB Jr.
Kyle Bryant (Colfax) WR Sr.
Trent Buenzli (Oak Ridge, El Dorado Hills) LB Sr.
Austin Caldron (Brookside Christian, Stockton) QB Sr.
Dylan Canatsy (Ceres) WR Sr.
Earl Chism (Pleasant Grove, Elk Grove) DL Sr.
Jesse Clay (Lincoln) OL/DL Sr.
Cody Creason (Folsom) OL Jr.
Josiah Deguara (Folsom) WR Jr.
Wyatt Demps (Pleasant Grove, Elk Grove) WR/DB Sr.
Jomon Dotson (American Canyon) RB Sr.
T.J. Dove (River Valley, Yuba City) RB Sr.
Braden Eggert (Napa) OT Sr.
Ja’quan Gardner (Central Valley, Ceres) RB Sr.
Darrin Gentry (Chavez, Stockton) WR Sr.
Calvin Green (Burbank, Sacramento) RB Sr.
Omar Herrera (Yuba City) RB Sr.
Mason Humes (Del Oro, Loomis) K Sr.
Junior Jenkins (Highlands, North Highlands) LB Sr.
Matt Jimison (Vista del Lago, Folsom) QB Jr.
Taron Johnson (Sheldon, Sacramento) DB Sr.
Nate Jones (Tracy) RB Jr.
Dylan Kainrath (Del Oro, Loomis) RB Sr.
Troy Knox (Folsom) WR Sr.
Brady Laolagi (Folsom) RB/LB Jr.
Alex Laurel (Manteca) RB Sr.
Nifae Lealao (Capital Christian, Sacramento) DL Sr.
Noah Letuligasenoa (Elk Grove) LB Sr.
Brandon Lewis (Pleasant Grove, Elk Grove) RB/DB Sr.
Ren Littlepage (Vanden, Travis AFB) RB/DB Sr.
Steven Machado (Orestimba, Newman) RB/LB Sr.
Thomas Mahlman (Oak Ridge, El Dorado Hills) LB Sr.
Ryan Martinez (Le Grand) RB/DB Sr.
Isaac McClain (Manteca) OL Sr.
Will McClure (Folsom) WR Sr.
Devon Mederios (Hilmar) K/DB Sr.
Nolan Merker (Sheldon, Sacramento) QB Sr.
Tyler Meteer (Del Oro, Loomis) TE/LB Sr.
Kolton Miller (Roseville) OT Sr.
Mosese Moala (Grant, Sacramento) LB Sr.
Michael Moore (Del Oro, Loomis) QB Sr.
Michael Morris (Rio Linda) OL/DL Sr.
Ben Parietti (Jesuit, Carmichael) RB/DB Sr.
Wadus Parker (Elk Grove) RB/LB Sr.
Jason Perry (Center, Antelope) OL/DL Sr.
Gerald Pliman (Burbank, Sacramento) DE/WR Sr.
Justin Priest (Oak Ridge, El Dorado Hills) WR Sr.
Jake Pruitt (Sierra, Manteca) QB Sr.
Jaelin Ratliff (St. Mary’s, Stockton) DB Sr.
Phillip Rauch (Mariposa County, Mariposa) P Sr.
Matt Ray (St. Mary’s, Stockton) OL Sr.
L.J. Reed (Cosumnes Oaks, Elk Grove) WR Jr.
Chas Reisinger (Colfax) WR Sr.
Matt Ringer (Central Catholic, Modesto) RB Sr.
Brad Rittenhouse (Vista del Lago, Folsom) WR Jr.
Sam Scheidt (Merced) LB/RB Sr.
Kameron Schroeder (Consumnes Oaks, Elk Grove) OL Sr.
Billy Sharmoug (Manteca) OL Sr.
Spencer Sheff (Elk Grove) LB Jr.
Justice Shelton-Mosely (Capital Christian, Sacramento) RB/WR/DB Jr.
Leonard Skattebo (Rio Linda) FB/LB Sr.
Kenny Smart (Central Catholic, Modesto) K Sr.
Cameron Smith (Granite Bay) LB Jr.
Spencer Stark (Central Catholic, Modesto) OL Sr.
Colin Strasser (Escalon) G/DL Sr.
Ngalu Tapa (Burbank, Sacramento) DT/OG Sr.
DeAundre Terrell (Pleasant Grove, Elk Grove) QB/DB Sr.
Jordan Thomas (Inderkum, Sacramento) S Sr.
Ben Trumm (Folsom) K Sr.
Alex Van Dyke (Cosumnes Oaks, Elk Grove) WR Sr.
Caden Voges (Sacramento) QB Soph.
Damon Wheeler (Sacramento) WR/CB Sr.
Peyton Wilfley (Casa Roble, Orangevale) QB Sr.
Elijah Williams (Vanden, Travis AFB) LB Sr.
Dion Williams (Vanden, Travis AFB) WR/DB Sr.
Lester Williams (Stagg, Stockton) RB/WR Jr.
Michael Wilson (Colfax) QB Sr.
Tanner Woods (Del Oro, Loomis) OL/DL Sr.
Michael Ysit (Ripon) RB/LB Sr.

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