Football: Jordan’s Boyd is City player of the year
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James Boyd, L.A. Jordan’s quarterback-defensive end, has been selected the City Section player of the year by a panel of sportswriters.
The 6-foot-4 Boyd passed for 4,266 yards and 44 touchdowns. He also had 106 tackles and eight sacks.
Bound for USC, Boyd helped Jordan reach the quarterfinals of the City Championship Division playoffs and did some of his best work against such quality teams as Mater Dei, St. Bonaventure and Esperanza.
Here’s the complete All-City team:
First team Offense
QB_James Boyd, Jordan, Sr. QB_Josh Moten, Narbonne, Sr. QB_Barry Heads, San Pedro, Sr. QB_Jesse Diaz, Roosevelt, Sr.
RB_D.J. Morgan, Taft, Jr. RB_DeAnthony Thomas, Crenshaw, So. RB_Trajuan Briggs, Birmingham, Jr. RB_J.R. McConico, Venice, Sr.; TE_Morrell Presley, Carson, Sr.; R_DeShawn Beck, Jordan, Jr. R_Anthony Denham, Wilson, Sr. R_De’Von Flournoy, Birmingham, Sr.; OL_Nicholas Alexander, Crenshaw, Sr. OL_Jorge DeLeon, Reseda, Sr. OL_Eddie Williams, Arleta, Sr. OL_Nelson Ramirez, Taft, Sr. OL_Justin Jackson, Narbonne, Sr.; K_Donald Jarrin, San Pedro, Jr.
First team Defense
DL_Alonzo Lefridge, San Pedro, Sr. DL_Michael Metcalf, San Pedro, Sr. DL_Gabe Vallejo, Arleta, Sr.; LB_Hayes Pullard, Crenshaw, Jr. LB_Tim Tucker, Narbonne, Sr. LB_Robert Franco, San Pedro, Sr. LB_Jonathan McNeal, Venice, Jr. LB_Nick Bruce, Taft, Sr. LB_Rafael Ortega, Roosevelt, Sr. LB_Anthony Uribe, San Fernando, Jr.; DB_Lanny Delgado, Garfield, Sr. DB_Rashaad Reynolds, San Fernando, Sr. DB_Byron Moore Jr., Narbonne, Sr. DB_Sean Parker, Narbonne, Jr. DB_Corey Hughes, San Pedro, Sr. DB_Delvon Purvis, Jordan, Sr. DB_William Hernandez, Franklin, Sr.; P_Malcolm Chapman, Dorsey, Sr.
Second team offense
QB_Jonathan Rojas, Wilson, Sr. QB_Adrian Diaz, Franklin, Sr. QB_Bryan Choto, Arleta, Jr. ; RB_Tim Wilson, Canoga Park, So. RB_Rashon Harper, El Camino Real, Jr. RB_Preston Oliver, Marshall, Jr. RB_Davion McGee, Locke, Sr. RB_Melvin Davis, Narbonne, Jr. RB_Omar Sanchez, Arleta, Jr. RB_Joseph Deguchi, San Pedro, Sr. RB_Daniel Lopez, San Fernando, Sr. RB_Trevion Johnson, North Hollywood, Sr.; OL_Raul Quintero, Franklin, Sr. OL_Timote Tonga, Birmingham, Sr. OL_Trevize Strickland, Dorsey, Sr. OL_Vincent Barbosa, Fairfax, Jr.; TE_Benjamin Weischedel, San Pedro, Sr.; WR_A.J. Little, Chatsworth, Sr. WR_Noel Grigsby, Crenshaw, Sr. WR_Albert Sandobal, Arleta, Jr.
Second team defense
DL_James Brock, Crenshaw, So. DL_Josh Harmon, Chatsworth, Sr. DL_John Fifita, Birmingham, Sr.; LB_Dominique Echols, Fremont, Sr. LB_Gabriel Soto, Garfield, Sr. LB_Kris Bass, San Pedro, So. LB_Patrick Wooten, Jordan, Fr. LB_Dawan Marzett, Westchester, Sr. LB_Eric Velazquez, Huntington Park, Sr.; DB_Eric Hunter, Jordan, Sr. DB_Chris Hill, Carson, Sr. DB_Cole Martinez, Wilson, Jr. DB_Drayron Ballard, San Pedro, Sr. DB_Jarrett Tryon, Taft, Sr. DB_Oliver Johnson, Taft, Sr. DB_Marcus Andrews, Crenshaw, Sr.; P_Sergio Macedo, Garfield, Sr.
Player of the year_James Boyd, Jordan
-- Eric Sondheimer