Dos Pueblos senior Nicolai Bornand, pictured here catching a 45-yard pass for a touchdown against Santa Barbara, was named the Channel League’s defensive player of the year for his work at linebacker. (James Crosby Photo)
Here are this year’s All-Channel League selections for football.
Co-League Champion Dos Pueblos swept the main two individual awards as running back Anthony Spiritosanto is the Offensive MVP and linebacker Nico Bornand is the Defensive MVP.
Spiritosanto scored six touchdowns in four league games and averaged 103 yards rushing in each contest. Against San Marcos, the senior totaled 186 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries.
Bornand, also an impact receiver and the best place kicker in the league, was a force at linebacker. His third-quarter interception and game-saving fourth-and-goal stop against Ventura helped the Chargers earn a co-league championship.
The coaching staffs at Dos Pueblos and Santa Barbara were named Co-Coaching Staffs of the Year.
The rest of the First Team selections, along with a Second Team and Honorable Mentions, are listed below.
Individual Channel League game reports from the 2012 season can be found HERE
FIRST TEAM
Name Grade Position Team OFFENSIVE MVP Anthony Spiritosanto 12 RB Dos Pueblos DEFENSIVE MVP Nicolai Bornand 12 LB Dos Pueblos CO VARSITY STAFF OF THE YEAR Santa Barbara, Dos Pueblos 1st TEAM OFFENSE OFFENSIVE BACKS Esteban Alfaro 11 RB San Marcos Chris Beeson 12 RB Buena Leo Camacho 12 RB Ventura David Corral 12 QB Buena Jason Jimenez 12 RB Santa Barbara RECEIVERS/TIGHT ENDS Dylan Colman 12 WR Buena Jon Kroll 12 WR Ventura James Stevens 12 WR Santa Barbara OFFENSIVE LINEMEN Jesse Alcantar 12 OL Santa Barbara Matt Escobar 12 OL Santa Barbara Alec Marmo 12 OL Dos Pueblos Harrison Smith 12 OL Dos Pueblos Harry Wynands 12 OL Ventura DEFENSE LINEBACKERS Rudy Corrales 12 LB Santa Barbara Steven Ito 12 LB Ventura Niko Lopez 12 LB Ventura Sam Melgoza 12 LB Buena Jordan Pena 12 LB Santa Barbara DEFENSIVE BACKS? Jordan Degraffenreid 12 DB Dos Pueblos Marcus Dunlap 11 DB Buena Efren Sanchez 12 DB Santa Barbara Leopoldo Torres 12 DB Santa Barbara Brice Winans 11 DB Ventura DEFENSIVE LINEMEN Mitchell Barrett 12 DL Santa Barbara Brad Burnett 12 DL Buena Tevan Krall 11 DL Ventura Jason Schwartz 12 DL Dos Pueblos Kicker? Jake Lanski 12 K Ventura
SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE OFFENSIVE BACKS Leshon Bell 12 QB Dos Pueblos Tyler Harbert 11 RB Buena Steven Ledesma 11 QB Ventura Shawn Ramos 12 QB Santa Barbara Dylan Rohde 12 RB Dos Pueblos RECEIVERS/TIGHT ENDS Jordan Garcia 12 WR Ventura Emilio Gonzalez 12 TE Santa Barbara Noah Martinez 10 WR Buena OFFENSIVE LINEMEN Jonathon Arias 12 OL Dos Pueblos Gerardo Banuelos 12 OL Santa Barbara Jake Colman 10 OL Buena Mike Orosco 12 OL San Marcos Jordan Williamson 12 OL Ventura DEFENSE LINEBACKERS Daniel Gonzalez 12 LB Santa Barbara Skylar Lyons 12 LB Ventura Daniel Martinez 11 LB Buena John O’Brien 11 LB Buena Nolan Soto 12 LB Dos Pueblos DEFENSIVE BACKS Blayne Bennett 11 DB Buena Malcom Cellard-Farrel 12 DB Dos Pueblos Jonah Iwanaga 11 DB Santa Barbara Cameron Whitney 11 DB San Marcos Joe Russell 12 DB Ventura DEFENSIVE LINEMEN Carlos Orozco 12 DL Santa Barbara Jeremiah Penaloza 11 DL Ventura Tristan Poynter 11 DL Ventura Jarred Starr 12 DL Dos Pueblos Kicker? Matt Medina 12 K Santa Barbara
HONORABLE MENTION
Brandon Barajas 12 Buena Ken Griffin 12 Richard Gutierrez 12 Sam Lawrence 12 Nick Laughlin 11 Joselle Lucas 12 Ben Salazar 12 Jake Andrach 12 Dos Pueblos Curtis Darga 12 Tyler Harris 12 Jake Uyesaka 12 Tyler Welch 11 Eduardo Aguilar 12 San Marcos Juan Baretto 12 Jack Haley 11 Julio Martinez 12 Jonathon Wilson 11 Salvado Arrango 12 Santa Barbara Nicolas Demarest 12 Zach Feld 12 James Hale 11 Alberto Hernandez 12 Alex Mendez 12 Colin Austin 12 Ventura Trevor Bourbeau 12 Tanner Michalec 11 Evan Roth 12 Josh Valdez 11 Kyle Weinell 12 Nolan Woodruff 12
The dons held Spiritosanto to 38 yards rushing on 16 carries.
Nico Bordnand wasn’t a very effective linebacker that game either…
SBHSDons805 – Those guys were easily the best, most consistent players in the Channel League this season.
Rudy corrales is easily more consistent than nico bordnand at inside backer, also Jordan Peña is easily better…look at the stats. As for offensive MVP Shawn Ramos and James Stevens were both better than Anthony Spiritosanto. They never were shut down by any defense in the channel league like Anthony Spiritosanto. And if you are arguing that consistency is an important factor Nolan soto only played one game in the league. So how is he ranked over all of the honorable mention outside backers that played the whole season? Hating on Santa Barbara.