It's official. The long-awaited Daily Breeze All-Area football team is coming out Thursday morning. Here's a couple highlights:
Player of the Year -- Serra junior Robert Woods. The best player in the South Bay this season on BOTH sides of the ball and perhaps the most clutch (check out what he did in the playoffs).
Coach of the Year -- Well, since they couldn't decide it on the field, the Daily Breeze wasn't going to decide it either. The Coach of the Year will be shared by Narbonne's Manuel Douglas and San Pedro's Mike Walsh.
Both Douglas and Walsh had remarkable 12-1-1 seasons, both won the City Section title (albeit in a strange 21-21 tie) and both held off outstanding campaigns by Mira Costa's Don Morrow and El Segundo's Steve Shevlin.
The South Bay Athletic Club luncheon honoring the 48 All-Area players will be held Thursday at noon at the Torrance Doubletree. Tickets are $25 (includes lunch).
So check out the team in the morning paper. Did the Daily Breeze get it right? Who were the big winners? Who received the biggest snubs?
hey i think the kid at south john white should have received player of year he hade a great season but have to give woods his due he had a great year also plus they went long way in playoff but i really like that john white he is a great kid and a great son much love lol
john white? not a chance. you have to give the player of the year that actually made a run in the playoffs. i know that south got a tough pull when it came to oaks christian but come on. people said he was the best player in the south bay and he was unable to be stopped. well el segundo stopped him like it was nothing. im sure hes a really good guy and he is a good football player but theres no chance he is player of the year. he has good stats because if you gave anyone the ball 50 times a game they will have a lot of yards. lets get real. but robert woods is a good pick in a very competitive south bay.
You want to talk about snubs? The DB selections were a bit weak I would say. There was one player who had no more than 30 some tackles. Are you serious?? I can name at least three south bay players who destroy that number and have more interceptions. I don't think you can deny the El Segundo secondary defense. There were a few players that should have been selected. They had the best defense in all of the South Bay. Ask anyone who played them. Plus Ted Landers is not as good as his statistics look. Bubble screens are an effective way to make your QB look good especially with the receiving core like Serra. Robert Woods may be the real deal but Ted Landers is looking more like Ned Flanders. Lets get real. I'd rather put Robert Woods as 2nd team QB rather than Landers.
I'll tell what is really tacky....bad mouthing
kids. Look, my kid deserved to be all area last year and was not chosen ( in my opinion, at least ), and the attention he received in the recruiting process confirmed that. Many of the kids on the daily breeze all area team DO NOT go
on to play college football. Many of them were in the right place at the right time, while kids who did not make the all area team catch the eye of recruiters who are much more familiar with athletes playing in a program not suited for them. The people who pick the all area team do not take into account a running back who only plays one way in high school vs. a running back
who also played DB and was on punt return, kick off return, punt coverage and kick off coverage, as an example. That requires a much better athlete or the guy who only plays one way was on a talent rich team...also making him look better than he might be, for example..
Be happy for the kids who made the all area team, and as I did, use the snubbing if you think your kid should have made it, in a positive way to propel him further in his college playing career.
I see many kids who DID NOT make the all area team last year on college football rosters and many who DID MAKE the all area team nowhere to be found.
Coach of the year should go to coach Shevlin from El Segundo, hands down. El Segundo has usually been a mediocre team due to its size. Coach Shevlin put together one of the best seasons in El Segundo history. He led this team to the semi finals against teams that had twice the number of kids to pull from. Take away one or two plays, this team would have been in the CIF finals. Why is it that the Daily Breeze always shows no love for El Segundo?? It has always been that way and looks like it will stay that way for a long time, pretty sad..... I hope the correct decisions can be made in the future.
Breaking New: Due to severe budget cuts, the Inglewood Unified School District has annouced that they will be closing one of their high school campuses. They will combine Morningside and Inglewood High schools. The new school will be called Morningwood High school. The is no word yet as to what the new school mascot will be.
el segundo the best defense in the south bay..hahaha thats a joke.....san pedro had the best defense in the south bay not to mention the city section....and as for player of the year that should of went to the middle linebacker on the best defense in the south bay..ROBERT FRANCO...and after what BARRY HEADS did on that final drive of the final i think he desevers a spot on the all area team....
suck it bitches, this is pedro baby, fuck wilmas