Co-MVPs: Krystel Gabbard, Kaiser, Jr.; Stacy Cavazos, Riverside Patriot, So.

First team
Jesslene Contreras, Kaiser, Jr
Marisa DeAnda, Kaiser, Jr
Crystal Cerpa, Kaiser, Jr
Linda Garcia, Kaiser, Fr
Destiney Henderson, Kaiser, Fr
Nicole Larsen, Bloomington, Jr
Felisha Gomez, Bloomington, Jr
Rhea Benavente, Bloomington, Sr
Alex Reyes, Bloomington, So
Diamond Turner, Patriot, Jr
Danyelle Sturm, Patriot, Jr
Ronni Pettis, Summit, Jr
Lianna Escobar, Summit, Sr
Earnysha Scroggins, Jurupa Valley, Sr
Jozleyn Salazar, Jurupa Valley, Jr
Alex McBride, Notre Vista, Sr

Following their CIF-SS Eastern Division championship game appearance, a pair of Summit football players were offered their first scholarships Tuesday, according to Summit head coach Tony Barile. Defensive back Donte Deayon was offered by Boise State and running back Jamaal Williams by San Diego State.

Deayon, a 5-foot-9, 160-pound junior who was a member of the All-Valley team, made a school record 10 interceptions last season to go along with seven pass deflections and 33 tackles. Deayon was the SkyHawks’ leading receiver with 38 receptions for 584 yards and five touchdowns, but Boise State intends for him to play in the defensive backfield.

Williams, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound junior, was offered as a running back after carrying 93 times for 717 yards and 11 TDs last season. Williams also made 42 tackles, two sacks and an interception playing a variety of positions on defense.

The several-year long courtship of Devon Blackmon came to an end Wednesday night on ESPN when the Summit High School senior receiver announced his verbal commitment to Oregon during the Under Armour All-American game. After Blackmon, a 6-foot-1, 185-pound four-star recruit, hauled in a 58-yard pass for the first touchdown of the all-star game in St. Petersburg, Fla., he pulled on a green Oregon cap during a sideline interview, choosing the Ducks over USC and UCLA.

“When I went there for my trip it felt like a family,” Blackmon told ESPN. “I knew (Oregon receivers coach) Scott Frost would take care of me.”

Blackmon, who received too many scholarship offers to count beginning with a blazing summer on the camp circuit after his sophomore year, was also considering Florida, Alabama, Cal and Miami entering his final high school season. The only official recruiting trip for Rivals.com’s No. 6 athlete in the country was a Nov. 5 visit to Eugene, Ore.

Offensive MVP: Jimmy Awolesi, RB, Sr., Kaiser
Defensive MVPs: Dennis Taylor, LB, Sr., Kaiser and Donte Deayon, DB, Jr., Summit

FIRST TEAM
Offense
Bernard Porter, QB, Jr., Summit
J.R. Vallejo, QB, Sr., Patriot
Montigo Alford, RB, Sr., Summit
Nano Martinez, RB, Jr., Patriot
Edward Randolph, RB, Sr., Bloomington
Ryan Ruiz, RB, Jr., Norte Vista
Damar Sowell, RB, Sr., Patriot
Devon Blackmon, WR, Sr., Summit
Dwayne Brown, WR, Sr., Kaiser
Alex Cruz, WR, Sr., Bloomington
Jose Vizcarra, WR, Sr., Patriot
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It took the Wildomar Elsinore High School football team 83 seasons and five trips to the title game to secure its first CIF championship. Summit will have to wait until its sixth season for another shot at its first.

Summit ran just 13 offensive plays in the second half as Elsinore’s ground game milked the clock on the way to securing a 21-7 win over the SkyHawks Saturday night in the CIF-SS Eastern Division championship game.

Summit (10-3-1) was only outgained by 49 yards but a first-half fake punt gone bad and an interception in the end zone that ended the SkyHawks final fourth-quarter drive were too much to overcome given Elsinore’s glaring advantage in time of possession.

“We needed some more offense to stay on the field,” Summit coach Tony Barile said. “You give them the opportunity to pound the ball, the opportunity to run the clock, they’re going to hurt you.”
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It’s the old versus the new as mainstay Serrano (11-1), the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Division, hosts a CIF-SS semifinal against up-and-coming Summit (9-2-1), which that finished second in the Sunkist League to No. 1 seed Kaiser.

Clash of styles: Serrano and Summit have one thing in common – they’ll both be on the football field tonight. That is practically where it ends. Serrano plays an old school brand of disciplined, physical football evidenced right down to the large group of players that hardly ever leave the field seeing as they play offense, defense and special teams.

“They’re the most disciplined team I’ve seen in a long time,” Summit head coach Tony Barile said. “They’re always in the right place. I guess that only helps me out in that I know where they’re going to be. They’re the type of team that will manufacture a few scores and get out with a 14-7 win against most teams”
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First round
Kaiser over Apple Valley
Beaumont over Granite Hills
Victor Valley over Norte Vista
Elsinore over Oak Hills
Heritage over Silverado
Summit over West Valley
Citrus Hill over Ridgecrest Burroughs
Serrano over Temescal Canyon

Quarterfinals
Kaiser over Beaumont
Elsinore over Victor Valley
Summit over Heritage
Serrano over Citrus Hill
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After he was released form his letter of intent with UCLA following a June 23 arrest on suspicion of theft, Kaiser graduate Josh Shirley decided Thursday he will begin his college career at Washington, the school’s Web site reported.

Shirley and two other incoming freshmen who were denied admission to UCLA are facing felony-theft charges that could be lessened to a misdemeanor after the three reportedly stole a purse. UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel left open a window for the three players to return to UCLA for the winter quarter but that is obviously no longer an option for Shirley, who reached a financial aid agreement with Washington.

“We are very aware of the circumstances surrounding Josh,” Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian told GoHuskies.com. “We have done our due diligence and truly feel that this is not indicative of his true character or the way that he was raised.”

Washington was one of the final schools Shirley was considering when rivals.com’s No. 9 outside linebacker in the country chose UCLA over Miami, Arizona and USC in a signing day surprise. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Shirley was selected to the U.S. Army All-American game after a senior season in which he was named the CIF co-defensive player of the year in the Eastern Division.

Devon Blackmon thought last summer was intense. Until this summer.

The Summit High School quarterback with too many scholarship offers to keep track of – his estimate was 50, but it added a little perspective when he recalled that just yesterday he discovered an offer from Harvard rifling through a box of letters – has reduced his potential destinations to six: Alabama, Florida, Cal, Oregon, UCLA and USC.

“USC is temporary,” Blackmon said. “But those other five are solid. I might add one or drop one if the right offer comes in. It was time to say ‘Thanks, but no thanks’ to some of the coaches offering me.”

Since college coaches have been allowed to visit Summit (58 different schools have dropped by so far) and call Blackmon beginning June 1, the pursuit of Rivals.com’s No. 5 player in the country has risen to a new level of intensity, one that was written all over the 6-foot-1, 180-pound senior-to-be’s face. Blackmon is the No. 41 player in the nation, according to rivals.com and rated the country’s fifth-best receiver, the position at which most are recruiting him.

“In all my years coaching I’ve never seen a player get this kind of attention,” Summit coach Tony Barile said. “I don’t think he’ll get the entire scope of this until he can look back on it 10 or 15 years later.”
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MVP: Chance Fuglistahler, Kaiser, Jr.

first team
Ernie Zaragoza, Kaiser, Sr.
Thomas Chacon, Kaiser, Sr.
Louie Ortega, Kaiser, Sr.
Antonio Duenas, Kaiser, Jr.
Jonathan Rodriguez, Kaiser, Jr.
Dakota Stokely, Jurupa Valley, Sr.
Nick Salvaggio, Jurupa Valley, Sr.
Ricky Bentacu, Jurupa Valley, Sr.
Marty Mercado, Jurupa Valley, So.
Angus Miller, Summit, Sr.
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