Along with Soph POY Darnay Holmes of Newbury Park, two other somewhat obvious picks among state’s best from Class of 2017 were Antioch running back Najee Harris (left) and quarterback Tristan Gebbia of Calabasas. Photos: StudentSports.com & Twitter.com.
We are starting the release of the 36th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state football teams today with honors for the top juniors and sophomores. St. John Bosco of Bellflower lands two on the first team. Another with more than one is a school many may not have heard much from but may soon: Hawkins of Los Angeles.
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Congratulations to the following sophomore players for earning all-state recognition for the 2014 season from Cal-Hi Sports, which began these honors 36 years ago. The all-state honor teams for underclassmen (sophomores, juniors) are not intended as recruiting lists. We realize there are many talented younger players who will greatly improve in the coming months and may not have yet received the playing time needed to prove how good they are.
It didn’t take long to notice when watching St. Mary’s of Stockton that 6-foot-4, 280-pound lineman Popo Aumavae is going to be a very good player. Photo: Mark Tennis.
ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM SOPHOMORES (Offense)
WR Brian Casteel (Charter Oak, Covina) 6-2, 175
WR Darnay Holmes (Newbury Park) 5-11, 185
TE Tucker Fisk (Davis) 6-4, 230
OL Popo Aumavae (St. Mary’s, Stockton) 6-4, 280
OL Wyatt Davis (St. John Bosco, Bellflower) 6-4, 295
OL Max Moore (Westlake, Westlake Village) 6-3, 245
OL Daniel Schoene (Bakersfield) 6-6, 290
OL Orlando Umana (Grant, Sacramento) 6-5, 310
QB Tristan Gebbia (Calabasas) 6-3, 180
RB Najee Harris (Antioch) 6-2, 210
RB Tyler Nevens (Los Altos, Hacienda Heights) 5-11, 175
PK Manny Berz (Citrus Hill, Perris) 5-11, 170
West Catholic Athletic League Sophomore of the Year Sitakeli Nunn started the first four games at QB, then went to running back for Serra of San Mateo. Photo: Harold Abend.
ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM SOPHOMORES (Defense)
DL Daniel Anderson (Bishop’s, La Jolla) 6-1, 290
DL Jacob Callier (St. John Bosco, Bellflower) 6-2, 240
DL Cedric Dashiell (Buena Park) 6-1, 205
DL Hekoti Vaisima (Clayton Valley, Concord) 6-2, 255
LB Josh Brown (Long Beach Poly, Long Beach) 6-2, 220
LB Zeke Noa (Helix, La Mesa) 5-10, 200
LB Colin Schooler (Trabuco Hills, Mission Viejo) 6-0, 190
DB Jalen Cole (Mater Dei, Santa Ana) 5-9, 170
DB Thomas Graham (Roosevelt, Eastvale) 5-11, 170
DB Jamarri Jackson (Christian Brothers, Sacramento) 5-10, 165
DB Jaylon Redd (Rancho Cucamonga) 5-9, 170
P Jonathan Garibay (Rubidoux, Riverside) 6-0, 190
ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM SOPHOMORES (Multi-Purpose)
WR/DB Ladell Atkins (St. Bonaventure, Ventura) 5-8, 165
QB/RB Braxton Burmeister (La Jolla Country Day) 6-1, 200
QB/RB Kaymen Cureton (Los Angeles) 6-1, 200
RB/WR/DB Greg Johnson (Hawkins, Los Angeles) 5-11, 185
QB/RB/DB Sitaleki Nunn (Serra, San Mateo) 5-11, 165
WR/DB Zane Pope (Moorpark) 6-1, 175
Versatile QB Jordon Brookshire is one to watch from Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa. Photo: Mark Tennis.
SECOND TEAM SOPHOMORES (Offense)
QB Miles Fallin (Canyon, Canyon Country) 6-1, 170
QB Jake Haener (Monte Vista, Danville) 6-0, 175
QB Jack Harris (Tamalpais, Mill Valley) 6-2, 200
QB Armando Herrera (Redlands East Valley) 6-0, 170
WR Joseph Lewis (Hawkins, Los Angeles) 6-2, 190
OL Casey Roddick (St. Bonaventure, Ventura) 6-4, 315
PK Christian Pinzon (Bellflower) 5-9, 155
WR Osiris St. Brown (Servite, Anaheim) 6-1, 175
RB Duy Tran-Sampson (Claremont) 6-0, 180
RB Nathan Tilford (Upland) 6-2, 195
SECOND TEAM SOPHOMORES (Defense)
LB Ben Baker (Bullard, Fresno) 6-0, 190
DL Kurtis Brown (Liberty, Bakersfield) 6-2, 250
DB Tali Finefeuiaki (Wilcox, Santa Clara) 5-11, 185
LB Kyle Harmon (Freedom, Oakley) 6-1, 205
DB Tyler Hill (Crescenta Valley, La Crescenta) 6-1, 190
DE Anthony Pandy (Narbonne, Harbor City) 6-2, 220
DB Jeron Parker (Paramount) 6-0, 180
DL Syrus Tuitele (Pleasant Valley, Chico) 6-6, 275
SECOND TEAM SOPHOMORES (Multi-Purpose)
QB/RB Jordon Brookshire (Cardinal Newman, Santa Rosa) 5-11, 180
RB/LB Ryan Dominick (Harvard-Westlake, North Hollywood) 6-2, 195
RB/LB Christian Erickson (Paso Robles) 5-11, 220
WR/DB Niamey Harris (Mission, San Francisco) 6-2, 170
WR/DB Isaiah Hodgins (Berean Christian, Walnut Creek) 6-3, 185
RB/LB Joey Morones (Christian, El Cajon) 5-10, 220
WR/DB Ja’mar Moya (Ridgeview, Bakersfield) 5-10, 160
2014 Cal-Hi Sports State Sophomore of the Year: Darnay Holmes (Newbury Park)
Note: Second team sophomores are not picked with predetermined number of players at each position. We instead take the next 25 regardless of position and list them into the categories above.
Mark Tennis is the co-founder and publisher of CalHiSports.com. He can be reached at markjtennis@gmail.com. Don’t forget to follow Mark on the Cal-Hi Sports Twitter handle: @CalHiSports
8 Comments
Why are there no Long Snappers???
I have never seen any all-state team anywhere in the nation or any local team that has singled out a specific position for a long snapper. There’s no way to really quantify one other than go to a long-snapping web site and then try to figure out if any of those guys actually did well for their teams during the season. Sorry, don’t see us adding that one in the future and wouldn’t use one of the 30 spots for a long-snapper anyway.
How close was Andrew Tovar from Cathedral High School to making it? In 12 games he passed for over 3500 yards and 45 TDs.
Nationally Tovar was ranked 7th amongst all 10th grade QBs with Herrera slightly over him in yards by 46 with 5 less TDs and 3 more games. Andrew Tovar belongs on this team.
what about Clovis North sophomore ILB/OLB Erick Kroll, was he ranked?
Sorry, he did not. This was not a recruiting ranking.
Mark, I am looking for information on Freshman & Sophomores mainly. I am looking for other info such as vertical, 40 speed, other measurables one can get at combines or the like. Does any of your paid subscriptions provide this information? If so I will join. If not, I will continue to enjoy the free version but would also like to ask you where I might find that type of information I am looking for on the underclassmen
Keith,
Wish we did have 40 times, etc of top freshman & sophomores but we’d have to have our own combines probably to offer and way too expensive unless you have a big-time sponsor (like Nike). I see a handful of them at the Nike event in the Bay Area each year and I know there also are a handful that show up to the combine in SoCal. Those results are on the StudentSports.com website. Other than that, or for other events, don’t know.