Sixty juniors and 30 sophomores have been selected to these elite squads. This is the first of four separate posts over the next few days honoring top California players from the 2008 season.

	Scott Kurtz
	Gardena Serra's Robert Woods is one of California's best regardless of class.

Notes: Panelists who contributed to these team selections included Mark Tennis, Ronnie Flores, Greg Biggins, Brian Stumpf.

Previously announced players of the year were QB Ryan Kasdorf for juniors and RB DeAnthony Thomas for sophomores.
There were no sophomores selected this year to be among the top juniors.

We realize that many outstanding young players, especially the sophomores, have yet to emerge.

These honors are much more based on accomplishments at the high school varsity level so far and should not be confused with a recruiting list.

This is the 30th year of the CalHiSports.com all-state football teams and we have been doing all-state underclass for most of that time as well.

First Team Offense (All Juniors)

WR – Robert Woods (Serra, Gardena) 6-1, 180
TE – Christian Thomas (Highland, Palmdale) 6-4, 240
OL – Alex Crosthwaite (Cathedral Catholic, S. D.) 6-5, 290
OL – Ben Gottschalk (Notre Dame, Sherman Oaks) 6-4, 260
OL – Hronis Gronsu (Crespi, Encino) 6-3, 250
OL – Matt Jacubiec (Servite, Anaheim) 6-6, 275
OL – Eric Kohler (Oaks Christian, Westlake Village) 6-5, 280
QB – Ryan Kasdorf (Notre Dame, Sherman Oaks) 6-2, 190
RB – Anthony Barr (Loyola, Los Angeles) 6-3, 210
RB – Devontae Butler (Grant, Sacramento) 5-11, 180
RB – Deontae Cooper (Citrus Hill, Perris) 5-11, 185
K – Alejandro Maldonado (Colton) 5-11, 185

First Team Defense (All Juniors)

DL – Cassius Marsh (Oaks Christian, Westlake Village) 6-6, 270
DL – Ronald Powell (Rancho Verde, Moreno Valley) 6-4, 230
DL – Josh Shirley (Kaiser, Fontana) 6-2, 215
LB – Dylan Davis (St. Bonaventure, Ventura) 6-2, 220
LB – Tony Jefferson (Eastlake, Chula Vista) 6-0, 195
LB – Chris Martin (Bishop O'Dowd, Oakland) 6-4, 230
LB – Hayes Pullard (Crenshaw, Los Angeles) 6-0, 210
DB – Dion Bailey (Lakewood) 6-1, 185
DB – Erick Dargan (Pittsburg) 5-11, 190
DB – Sean Parker (Narbonne, Harbor City) 6-0, 185
DB – Dietrich Riley (St. Francis, La Canada) 5-11, 190
P – Matt Darr (Frontier, Bakersfield) 6-2, 215

First Team Multi-Purpose (All Juniors)

Dillon Baxter (Mission Bay, San Diego) 6-0, 205, TE-WR-ATH
Josh Harper (St. Mary's, Stockton) 6-2, 185, WR-DB
Malcolm Jones (Oaks Christian, Westlake Village) 6-0, 215, RB-LB
D.J. Morgan (Taft, Woodland Hills) 5-10, 175, RB-DB
Greg Morgan (Rancho Cucamonga) 6-2, 180, QB-RB
Kenny Stills (La Costa Canyon, Carlsbad) 6-2, 175, WR-DB

Second Team Offense (All Juniors)

WR – De'Shawn Beck (Jordan, Los Angeles) 5-8, 175
WR – Paul Richardson (Los Alamitos) 6-2, 175
TE – Randall Telfer (Rancho Cucamonga) 6-4, 215
OL – Aaron Jeglin (San Jacinto) 6-4, 280
OL – Lefi Letuligasenoa (Elk Grove) 6-2, 270
OL – Austin Lowe (Valley Christian, San Jose) 6-3, 245
OL – Eduardo Nevarez (Compton) 6-5, 340
OL – Wade Yandall (Carson) 6-4, 285
QB – Brett Nottingham (Monte Vista, Danville) 6-3, 190
RB – Ricky Seale (Escondido) 5-11, 180
RB – Anthony Wilkerson (Tustin) 5-11, 200
K – Donald Jorrin (San Pedro) 5-10, 165

Second Team Defense (All Juniors)

DL – McKenzie Falo (Carson) 6-2, 270
DL – Shane Pennix (Valhalla, El Cajon) 6-4, 255
DL – Eddie Plantaric (Del Campo, Fair Oaks) 6-4, 235
LB – Victor Burnett (Culver City) 6-1, 200
LB – Garrett Gilliland (Lutheran, Orange) 6-0, 205
LB – Jonathan McNeal (Venice) 6-3, 225
LB – Zac Stout (Oaks Christian, Westlake Village) 6-2, 220
LB – Jordan Zumwalt (Edison, Huntington Beach) 6-4, 210
DB – Troy Hill (St. Bonaventure, Ventura) 5-10, 175
DB – Brett Thomas (Poway) 6-0, 185
DB – Brock Vereen (Valencia) 6-0, 180
P – Jeremy Stein (Carpinteria) 5-10, 215

Second Team Multi-Purpose (All Juniors)

Jemeryn Jenkins (Silverado, Victor Valley) 6-2, 190, QB-RB
James McConico (Compton) 6-0, 190, RB-WR
Deon Randall (Parker, San Diego) 5-9, 170, QB-DB
John Timu (Jordan, Long Beach) 6-2, 200, WR-QB-DB
Cecil Whiteside (Newport Harbor, Newport Beach) 6-2, 225, FB-LB
Dave Wilkerson (Monte Vista, Danville) 6-2, 235, FB-LB

All-State Sophomores

(30 players; not specific to offense, defense)

WR – Antoine Arnold (Chaparral, Temecula) 6-3, 175
WR – Victor Blackwell (Mater Dei, Santa Ana) 6-1, 170
WR – DeMario Coleman (Oceanside) 6-0, 180
WR – Wallace Gonzalez (Glendora) 6-5, 210
WR – Logan Sweet (Santa Margarita, Rancho SM) 6-0, 170
TE – Ryan Ena (El Camino, Oceanside) 6-5, 240

OL – Faatele Faafoi (Tustin) 6-5, 300
OL – Nate Falo (Inderkum, Sacramento) 6-1, 255
C – Rudy Iniguez (Bellarmine, San Jose) 5-10, 245
OL – Antwoin Woods (Taft, Woodland Hills) 6-1, 275

QB – Evan Crower (St. Augustine, San Diego) 6-3, 180

RB – Jordan Perkins (Lodi) 5-10, 175
RB – DeAnthony Thomas (Crenshaw, Los Angeles) 5-9, 170

PK – Jake Van Ginkel (Upland) 5-9, 160

DL – Mustafa Jalil (Cathedral Catholic, San Diego) 6-4, 270
DL – Cody Kurz (St. Bonaventure, Ventura) 6-2, 225
DL – Viliami Moala (Grant, Sacramento) 6-3, 305
DL – Ian Seau (La Costa Canyon, Carlsbad) 6-4, 230
DL – George Uko (Don Lugo, Chino) 6-3, 285
DL – Dylan Wynn (De La Salle, Concord) 6-1, 205

LB – Kris Bass (San Pedro) 5-10, 200
LB – Malique Micenheimer (McNair, Stockton) 5-11, 205
LB – Blake Renoud (De La Salle, Concord) 6-0, 205
LB – Micah Seau (Bishop's, La Jolla) 6-1, 205
LB – Denzale Stewart (Tustin) 6-0, 215

DB – Ifo Ekpre-Olomu (Chino Hills) 6-2, 175

TE-DE – Lavonte Barnett (Paraclete, Lancaster) 6-4, 205
RB-KR – Amir Carlisle (King's Academy, Sunnyvale) 5-10, 165
OL-DL – Courtland Drummond (Fountain Valley) 6-1, 225
WR-DB – George Farmer (Serra, Gardena) 6-2, 200

Special Mention: Freshman LB Patrick Wooten was named to All-L.A. City second team. If we chose a state freshman of the year, he was the one who probably would have gotten that honor.

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