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2012 NOMINEES (Rankings Post Next Week)

Top 20 Players

1.  Kaleon Harrington  (Murphy/Christian)  2.  Vincent Underwood (Mountain View/North Mountain)  3. Daniel Morales (North Mountain/Mountain View).  4. Dorean Gardner (Christian Football)  5.  Jace Fuamatuhad (Alhambra) 6. Previn Loyd, Jr (Christian Footballl) 7. Armando Munyos (Murphy/Christian) 8. Danny Rodriguez (Christian Football)  9.  Isaiah Morales (Alhambra)  10.  Jorge Lozano (Murphy 11. Tona Vega (North Mountain),  12. Max Peoples (Christian Football)  13.  Matthew Mcdermott (Murphy Christian)  14. Willie Argamota (North Mountain),  15.  DeAndre King (Murphy)  16.  Riley Miller (Christian Football)  17.  Ryan Munos (Christian Football)  18.  Rafael Cedillos (Murphy/Christian) 19. Eric Lawler (Christian Football) 20. (Tie) Maribel Martinez (Alhambra), Rudy Gonzales (North Mountain)

DREAM TEAM 2012: OUR ELITE 8

ISAIAH MORALES, QUARTERBACK/DEFENSIVE BACK (ALHAMBRA LITTLE CANYON PARK) 

Our Captain.  A coach on the field.  Statistically the best quarterback.  Did well under pressure.  Agile & mobile.  extermemely accurate, knows the game.  4 intercetions as a safety.  One of the leagues leading taklers.

KAELON HARRINGTON, RUNNING BACK/LINEBACKER (MURPHY/CHRISTIAN)

Continues our tradition of producing Blue Chip runningbacks.  From Chasda Martin (Moon Valley/Northwestern U) & Bobby Wade (Desert Vista HS/U of A, NFL) to Trae Armstrong (Deer Valley HS/ASU & Dominique King (last year's top player - Central HS) Kaelon may be the most physical.  Rushed for over 1,000 yards, caught the ball well, ran over and around opponents and was a punishing linebacker.  Player Of The Year.

VINCENT UNDERWOOD, RUNNING BACK/DEFENSIVE BACK (MOUNTAIN VIEW/NORTH MOUNTIAN)

Defensive Player Of The year.  All over the field!  One of our most explosive players ever & like Harrington, continues our tradition of training the finest backs in the nation.  Had more breakaway runs than any back in the league and led the league in interceptions.

DANIEL MORALES, LINEMAN (MOUNTAIN VIEW/LITTLE CANYON PARK) 

Offensive Player Of The Year (First ever lineman!).  Definitely the biggest.  May be the best lineman we've ever had.  And that says a lot.  Physically dominant.  And fast, had a 50 yard run vs Alhambra that setup a go ahead touchdown.  And he looked good doing it. 

DOREAN GARDNER, LINEMAN (CHRISTIAN FOOTBALL)

The league's dominant defensive player in 2012.  Led the league in sacks even though he missed two games.  Did well on both sides of the ball.  A gifted wrestler, he may be the most high school ready player in the bunch.

PREVIN LOYD, JR, LINEMAN (CHRISTIAN FOOTBALL)

The total package.  A prototype tight end.  Versitle and played where he was needed.  Size, speed and can catch.  Unblockable. Had he been moved moved to the line BEFORE the second half of the season he'd been a player of the year candidate.

DAHNAH FUAMATUHAD, LINEMAN (ALHAMBRA LITTLE CANYON PARK)

Best female player since Murphy's Christian Haney, a championship wide receiver.    Not only a beast on the offensive and defensive line, she ususally dominated her opponent and was a force at running back in the red zone.  Behind only Loyd & Gardner in sacks. 

(TIE) MATTHEW MCDERMOTT,  LB/DB (CHRISTIAN FOOTBALL), DANNY RODRIGUEZ, LINEBACKER, RB/QUARTERBACK (CHRISTIAN FOOTBALL)

Rodriguez was steady all season at linebacker and was the Lightning in Chrhstian's "Thunder & Lightning" backfield.  teams leading reciever and second in touchdowns.  A fearless defender and player quarterback in the Wildcat.  McDermott did well but excelled during rhe winter championship series.  Played wide reciever, quarterback, safety and was fierce at linebacker.

HONERABLE MENTION

DeAndre King (Murphy Christian), Ryan Munos (Christian Football), Willie Argamota (North Mountain), Tony Vega (North Mountian)

All are athletes.  As quarterback, wide reciever, linebacker & safety, King is probably the leagues best athlete.  Munos was everywhere on defense at linebacker.  Argamota had outstanding range at defensive end and Vega, well teams stayed away from him when he was in the secondary. May be the leagues fastest player.

OFFENSE 

QUARTERBACK:  Isaiah Morales (Alhambra), Riley Miller (Christian Football)

RUNNING BACKS Kaelon Harirington (Murphy/Christian Football), Vincent Underwood (North Mountain)

LINEMEN Daniel Morales (North Mountain), Armando Muyoz (Murphy/Christian), Jace Fuamatuhad (Alhambra), Andrew Romero (Murphy/Christian)

END Eddie Morales (Alhambra),

DEFENSE

LINEMEN Dorean Gardner (Christian Football)  Previn Loyd, Jr (Christian Football), Jorge Lozano (Murphy), Tona Vega (North Mountain) Dahnah Fuamatuhad (Alhambra)

LINEBACKERS Danny Rodriguez (Christian Football),  Max Peoples (Christian Football), Ryan Munos (Christian Football), Matthew McDermott (Murphy/Christian)

DEFENSIVE BACKS Nate Underwood (North Mountain), DeAndre King (Murphy), Hernan Orosco (Murphy), Rafael Cedillos (Murphy Christain) 

UNDERCLASSMEN ON THE RISE

1.  Jacob Sharpe, Christian   2.  Michael Contrerras, North Mountain   3. Cory Leary, Christian   4.  William Hood (Murphy)     5.  Benjamin Orosco, Murphy    6.  Daniel Frampton, Christian    7.  Kyle Janes, Christian   8.  Jose Hernandez (Murphy)    9.  Giavanni Altifimo (Murphy)    10.  Orlando Gillette, Christian    11. Daniel Pellish, Christian    12.  Ronnie Leyva (Murphy)    13.  Levi Bourland (Christian)  14.  Joseph Thornton  (Christian)  15.  Amadeus Coleman (Christian)    16.  Luke Johnson (Christian)

Alhambra 29, Murphy 12 

Quarterback William Carpenter ran Coach Bridgewater's offense to perfection as Alhambra's revamped program defeats first place & regular season champ Murphy 29-12.  Carpenter completed his first 7 passes, two for touchdowns.

Alhambra's offense rolled up big yardage and the defense slowed a Murphy team that obviously missed injured leader Jose Montes.  Wide reciever/defensive back Devonte McKinney had another big night.

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NORTH MOUNTAIN 34, ARROYO 12

North Mountain finishes the season on a good note and everyone gets into the act. 

4 Cougars scored on running plays. 

Shane Shirley Shane Shirley had a big day defensively

Culunga had another standout defensive effort for Arroyo.

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ALHAMBRA AND MURPHY TO PLAY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP 

BIG PLAYS SPARK MURPHY WIN

Murphy's Carlos Rodriguez totalled nearly 200 yards on offense, dominated on defense as the Chargers takes down North Mountain Click Here for details

ALHAMBRA DEFEATS ARROYO

Alhambra qualified for its 2nd Public school championship game in 4 years in a lop-sided win over Arroyo Click Here for details

   

MURPHY HOSTS COUGAR JUNIOR FOOTBALL

First place Cougar Junior Football travels to Sullivan school, the hosts, in a winner take all battle 8am Saturday.  After the usual early start, defending champion Cougar Junior Football (CJF), based out of the Phoenix Christian Unified district, has had some time off, Murphy is fresh off impressive wins over Alhambra and North Mountain.    CJF has also had wins over the same two teams plus wins over the Phoenix Tigers and Avondale Knights.  Both teams are deep on talent and last met when many of the players were 5th graders.

Fooling the Junior high game, the CJF "Minions" take on Murphy, also at Sullivan.  A win would secure a 3 winning season for the Minions.

ALHAMBRA & NORTH MOUNTAIN TANGLE FRIDAY

Both teams are looking for their first win as both have lost to North Mountain and Cougar Junior Football.  The winner can set itself up for a chance to host a bowl game, the looser will pretty much stay on the road for the duration.Both teams have good quarterbacks that can run if needed but both teams drop a lot of passes.  The offensive & lefensive lines are solid for both Alhambra and North Mountain.

Big night for Nic Sotello.  Sotello had 110 rushing including an 80 touchdown late in the second half to put the game away for Murphy and setting up a showdown with # 1 Cougar Junior Football.   Sotello also had a 65 yard pass reception, then THREW a touchdown pass to Jose Montes and topped it all off with a big interception (also returned 80 yards for a score, but called back because of a penalty.  Montes scored earlier in the game on a 50 yard run.

North Mountain quarterback Micheal Contrerras provided most of the offese for his team finiching with 80 yards rushing.  The big 6th grader also shook off several sack attemps to finish with 100 yards passing, in spit eof having several passes dropped.   Eric Mangum provided North's main highlight with a big 80 run for the lone score.  He also filled in adequately at quarterbaack.

Murphy hosts Cougar Junior Football (based out of Phoenix Christian) next Saturday morning.  North will take on Alhambra Friday night at the Field of Dreams.

Friday, 6pm at the Arthur P Hamilton Field Of Dreams #2 Murphy takes on 0-1 North Mountain. A Murphy win sets a a showdown vs #1 Cougar Junior Football (Phoenix Christian) and a rematch of the same two teams two years ago when several players from both teams were underclassmen. A North win changes everything and set North up for either a bowl game vs CJB or a host bowl of their own and the Arizona Cardinals Academy football field in north central Phoenix.

The matchup is even player for player. The lines both have skills and size. Wide reciever is pretty much even as are other skill positions to include linebacker.  The quarterbacks, Jose Montes (Murphy) and Micheal Contrerras (North Mountain) are two of the best at their positions and have a defensive presence.  The difference make coule be running back Nic Sotello of Murphy who put up big numbers on both sides of the ball vs Alhambra.

NORTH MOUNTAIN TAKES ON MURPHY (Friday, October 18th)

Fall break ends this week for most school and the action starts immediately as Murphy (1-0) and North Mountain (0-1) lock horns at The Field Of Dreams next. The looser faces an uphill climb for a November playeoff spot.  The winner will compete with Cougar Junior Football (Phoenix Christian) for a shot at the fall title. 

Murphy took down Alhambra in their season opener 25-12 As quarterback Jose Montes picked apart the secondary and running back Nic Sotello broke away for and 80 yard run and an 80 yard reception scores enroute to a 200 yard night.  The Murphy secondary slowed Alhambra QB William Carpenter but he did complete several passes for 25 plus yards.

North Mountain has size as an advantage and a quarterback that's just as saavy but with the same issue.  Too many drops.  That was the main problem in the loss last week to Cougar Junior Football.  The line was able to open holes but recievers had a hard time getting open.  Two mid-field fumbles proved costly as well.  Ball security and route running are a must if they plan to keep up with a faster Alhambra.

Keys: 

Murphy wins if they play withing Coach Hart's disciplined/unselfish system and continue to force turnovers.

North Mountain wins if they can hold on to the ball and get at least one stop per half on downs/turnovers.

MURPHY & COUGAR JUNIOR FOOTBALL POST WINS

 Murphy 20, Alhambra 6

Coach Hart and quartercack Jose Montes lead Murphy to a 20-6 win over Alhambra. Nic Sotello ran for over 100 yards and caught passes for 100 more including game-changing big plays in the form of an 80 yard TD run and an 80 yard TD reception.

Quarterback William Carpenter put up big numbers and the Alhambra backfield had 150 yards rushing but tunrovers again proved to be untimely and costly.

Cougar Junior Football 25, North Mountain 12

Congratulations to he Junior Football team on their 25-12 win over North Mountain. Cory Leary scored on an 80 yard touchdown run and again on a 70 yard touchdown pass from Kyle Janes as the Cougars celebrate their 5th win a a row this season, 10th win in a row in the the past two years. Daniel Frampton also chipped in with an 80 yard run on a reverse. Josiah Thomas also scored, on a punishing 20 yard run. Thomas and Armando Munyos contin. ued their dominant line play on both sides of the ball.

North Mountain Micheal Contrerras had a big day with over 100 yards passing and and rushing including a 70 yard. touchdown run.  All-everything lineman Daniel Morales led a mighty group that stuffed the Cougar inside running game for the most part but the secondary could not match the Cougars overall speed.

Elementary score

Cougar Junior Football Minions 20, Glendale Cardinals 0

The elementary football team posted their second shutout of the season with a 20-0 win over the Glendale Cardinals. Luke Johnson put the Minions on the board with an exciting 80 yard run. Luke finished with 110 yards rushing on 9 carries. Ky Hernandez and Jordan Gillette also helped pile up yards from the backfield. Dillon Stahler stood on on both the defensive and offensive lines. The Minions next game, they face Murphy.

FULL CONFERENCE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK

North vs South.  Coach Bridewater's South team lost a close one last week vs Cougar Junior Football.  Running backs Jason Son (85 yards on 8 carries) and Danny Pom (70 yards rushing) both ran hard and hit hard in the loss, especially in the second half.  Quarterback William Carpenter plauyed well after a rough first half, two way player Jose Hernandez  scored on a 15 yard run to close the gap and defensive lineman Devontae McKinney held his on against one of the leagues better lines. One of Coach Mo's alumni (Semi-pro quarterback), Bridgewater's offense loked great once Carpenter and the backs found their rhythm.  His deflected pass led to an intereception that led to a Son score.  North, led by longtime district head coach Robert Hart returns 3 year starter Jose Montes, probably the leagues most skilled athlete.  Coach Hart always has a talented group of players to choose from on this the west side of I-17.  He's won two league titles and a dozens of district intramural championships in his tenure.

It's Cougar vs Cougar as the Cougars from North Mountain face off against Cougar Junior Football.  CJF is 3-0 and in the Central City Conference drivers seat after a win over Murphy South.  Running back William Hood topped the 100 yard mark in 10 carries and a toughdown after backfield mate Cory Leary (70 yards on 8 carries and a touchdown) wend down with an injury.  Quarterback Kyle Janes set up the winning drive with two short completeions and a run for a first down to mid field.  Hood took over from there rolling up 50 yards and scoring the winning touchdown in a time consuming drive orchestrated by Coach Renee' Small, CJF's assistand head coach of offense.  Not to be outdone, Coach Joe Munos', the assistand head coach of defense, had his crew step up on the other side of the ball so secure the win last week.  North Mountain, led by Coach Frank Contrerras, returns a pair of blue chips in quarterback Michael Contrerras and the leagues top rated returnee lineman Daniel Morales.  Both happen to be Coach Frank's sons.   Noth also has the leagues largest group of returnees and some talented new players.  North has been playing in CJF's shadow the past 3 years and are built to step up this year.

COUGAR JUNIOR FOOTBALL 15, ALHAMBRA/COFFELT 13

 The Phoenix Christian based Junior Cougar Cougars, led by a Josiah Thomas sack and safety early in the first half, struck early and held off a Alhambra rally in Thursday Nite football action.  Running back William Hood ran for 50 yards on 5 touches and scored a touchdown in what proved to be the game winning drive putting the Junior Cougars up 15-7 with 5 minutes left.

Alhambra answered but the Cougar ground game wore down the clock for the win. 

 Key to the Junior Cougar win besides early Alhambra turnovers and miscues was the stubborn defense led by Thomas, who leads the league in sacks and turnovers.  The Cougar ground game was stellar as Cory Leary ran wild before leaving with a injury.  After that Hood and quarterback Kyle Janes took over.  Janes started the game winning drive with a series of short runs and passes to tight end Sharpe.  After moving the team to mid-field, Hood wend to work from there.

Cougar Junior football 21, Avondale Knights 12

Led by blue chip linemen Armando Munyoz & Josiah Thomas, the Phoenix Christian based Junior Cougars defeated the Avondale Knights 21-12. 

Thomas and Munyos dominated both sides of the line and paved the way for the big play backfield tandem of William Hood and Corey Leary who both scored on long TD runs. Thomas had another big day with 5 sacks, a safety and multiple tackles.

Kyle Janes added a timeley interception to cement the win as the Junior Cougars improve to 2-0 going into league play.  League play begins with a game next Thursday night vs South Central at the Arthur Hamilton Field of Dreams.

Phoenix Tigers 18, Junior Cougar Minions 0

Playing without their backfield for most of the game, the Minions loose for the first time in 2 years.  Quarterback Jeffries moved the ball well but turnovers and an ill Luke Johnson proved too much to overcome.
 

 JUNIOR HIGH (CLASS B)

 Cougar Junior Football 18, Phoenix Tigers 7

Corey Leary's 50 yard run with less than 5 minutes remaining broke open what was a close game (Cougars were up 12-7) and the smaller, quick Tigers seemed to be getting used to the 8 man format.The Cougars William Hood had 130 yards rushing behind two long runs including a 50 yard run of his own.  Leary & Hood, 8th graders, were two of the top underclass rushers last season.  Quarterback Kyle James connected with Daniel Frampton, Leary, Hood and Orlando Gillette kept the clock running with a healthy pass/run mix.  Blue chip linemen Armano Munyoz and Josiah led the way on offense.  Josiah totally dominated the defensive line.

ELEMENTARY (CLASS C)

Junior Cougar Minions 14, Westside Weasels 0

Always a tough rivary.  Tyler Johnson rand for 100 yards and played well enough on defense to lead the "Minions" to a win over the Weasels.  Defense was the key as whenever the Weasels threatened to score, the Minions rose up to force turnovers.

Designed to teach and reinforce safe practices and "Head's Up" football and to reinforce our spirit led techniques & principals, our leagues and camps are more than just a leap forward in how the game is taught, it's a whole new demision on how it will be taught AND played in the future.  Contact Coach Mo for details. 

Contact Camps and Position Clinics:  Sunday's & Mondays at Phoenix Christian & Arthur Hamilton School Field Of Dreams .  Contact Camp, with shoulder pads and helmets, are conducted weekly through 5 August.  Mandatory.

2013 PARTICIPATING PROGRAMS

South Central Jets: Players from the Coffelt'sm Alkire park and the Jorgensen school communities team-up at the Arthur Hamilton Field of Dreams. 

Butler Bulldogs:  Isaac District football.  Schedule to be announced.

MurphyFootball:  Based out of Sullivan school & coached by legendary Teacher/Coach by Mr. Hart.  Designed for Murphy elementary district students, employee students and students that live in the surrounding area.

Alhambra Football:  Team Alhambra practices on Tuesday's and Thursdays at Little Canyon Park at 5:30.  Managed by Coach Bridgewater, the teams includes students in the Alhambra school district.  Contact Coach Mo for details.

North Mountain Football:  Coach Frank Contrarras' Honey Badgers practice on Wednesday's and Sunday's at Mountain  View park on the south end of 7th ave, north of Dunlap.  Contact Coach Mo for details.

Arroyo Football:  Located at Arroyo school near 45th ave & Cholla, Arroyo's program information will be released after spring break.  Arroyo will have flag football for grades 4& 5, tackle football camp/spring football for 6th & 7th grade.

Jose Montes threw a toughdown pass to and returned two interceptions 35 yards for touchdowns as Sullivan defeats Alhambra 28-0. Montes finished the game with over 100 yards passing. Arturo Rodriguez and Jonathan Andrade' both had 30 yard receptions. Tommy Works led the ground attack and scored on a 5 yard run.

Recievers Joseph Son and Miko Lolika made big plays with 25 and 20 yard receptions, but tunrovers proved costly for Alhambra. Sullivan stopped the Alhambra run game early and gave quarterback Jace Fuamatuhad little, if any time to throw the ball at all. Dahnah Fuamatuhad was a bright spot for Alhambra on the defensive line, forcing Montes out of the pocket several times with a relentless rush.  She also held her own on the offensive line.  But as a team, Sullivan's offensive line dominated both sides of the ball.

SULLIVAN 20, CENTRAL PHOENIX 6

Sullivan School's Jose Montez threw touchdown passes to Auturo Rodriguez and Aurturo Soto as Sullivan defeated Central at Art Hamilton school at the Murphy Field Of Dreams.  Representing the Murphy School District and Coached by Robert Hart, Sullivan won it's second Spring Showcase in 3 years.  Montez and Tommy Works combined for 100 yards on the gorund, adding balance tothe Charger's attack.  Sullivan also held the highly touted Central running game to less than 100 yards, forcing 2 fumbles.

Central was led by Blue Chip running back Kaelon Harrington, who ran for 70 yards on 11 rarries.  Harrington also had a 60 yards touchdown catch for Centrals lone score.  Blue Chip lineman Daniel Morales plugged the middle defensively, slowing Sullivan's inside running game and threw key blocks to spring Harrington alone with fellow Blue Chipper Armando Muyoz.

Overall, keys to victory was Sulivans ability to slow down the run, force turnovers and throw the football effectively.

Football Fridays: After school developmental programs at selected locations (Currently at Phoenix Arroyo School)

Speed Sunday: Weekly at Phoenix Christian High School, Hamilton School & North Mountain Park


Monday Nite Football: Weekly Developmental Clinics held at Hamilton school

Winter/Spring Training combines & contact camps: Every month we will evaluate speed, agility, football skills and have refresher camps skills for our athletes. 

Spring Football:  3 Weeks of organized, structured instruction followed by a spring "3 or 4 way "Jamboree".  As to keep in step with cutting down on player injuries/concussion issues, his is not a weekly football season. Football season is in the FALL.

Passing League (Shoulder pads & helmets)
777 Camp (7 on 7 @ 7): Sundays at Phoenix Christian High School & Arthur Hamilton Elementary School in June

Summer Contact Camps: Monday Nite Football & Football Friday in july

Overnite Contact Camps Kingman 2nd weekend in July
Hamilton Elementary School 3rd weekend in July

2013 Fall/Winter Tackle Football season
Sept-Oct: City Central League (jr high & elementary - 7th/8th & 4th, 5th & 6th)

Nov-Dec: All-star & Winter Championship Series: Tackle Football

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