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Kaiser and Summit make out with the superlatives, with Kaiser RB Jimmy Awolesi nabbing offensive MVP honors while Kaiser LB Dennis Taylor and Summit DB Donte Deayon split defensive MVP honors.

Superlatives
Offensive MVP: Jimmy Awolesi, RB, Sr., Kaiser
Defensive MVP: 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
Rey Sanchez, TE, Sr., Norte Vista
Gary Dixon, OL, Sr., Summit
Jose Hernandez, OL, Jr., Norte Vista
Nick LeFay, OL, Sr., Kaiser
Ben Reyes, OL, Sr., Patriot
Devon Swan, OL, Jr., Summit
Novian Watson, OL, Sr., Kaiser
Anthony Burciaga, K, Jr., Summit

Defense
Matthew Ceja, DL, Sr., Summit
Walter Earnest, DL, Sr., Kaiser
Xavier Evans, DL, Sr., Kaiser
Chris Lavender, DL, Sr., Bloomington
Raul Ramirez, DE, Sr., Kaiser
Keenan Sykes, DE, So., Summit
Nikko Taylor, DE, Jr., Summit
Joe Canada, OLB, Sr., Norte Vista
DaVonte Manning, OLB, Sr., Kaiser
Jamaal Williams, OLB, Jr., Summit
Alex Beam, ILB, Jr., Jurupa Valley
Anthony Flores, ILB, Jr., Kaiser
Brandon Lallande, ILB, Sr., Summit
Nick Shaw, ILB, Sr., Summit
Jameel Erving, DB, Sr., Summit
Kindrick Haynes, DB, Sr., Kaiser
Joseph Henderson, DB, Sr., Summit
Sukhjit Singh, DB, Sr. Patriot

On the surface, Kaiser suffered devastating losses from its CIF-SS Eastern Division semifinalist team of a year ago, with running back/defensive back and all-Sun Player of the Year Anthony Brown heading off to USC and All-CIF linebacker Josh Shirley now at Washington. But you don't win nine straight Sunkist League titles, as the Cats have, without having the ability to reload.

"We lost two great football players, guys that really were big for us last year," Kaiser coach Phil Zelaya said. "We don't have those guys coming back, but two guys do not make a football team. We feel that we have a lot of guys coming back that can really help us, guys that were with us on the run to the semifinals last year and that have a lot to offer."

Kaiser looks equipped for another long playoff run, as they have 13 starters returning from last year's team and 29 seniors in all. There may not be the high-level recruits a la Brown and Shirley, but the Cats will have their typical hardnosed, physical, well-schooled unit ready to go.