Posted by Football Fan, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Dec 22, 2008 at 8:05 pm

Why weren't the SCVAL and El Camino names submitted? You'd think that Palo Alto online would want the players from the two schools in Palo Alto represented!

Posted by Keith Peters, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Dec 22, 2008 at 10:51 pm

Neither football coach at Paly or Gunn bothered to submit their players or their all-league teams. The De Anza Division team was requested nearly a month ago and is in possession of Palo Alto's head coach. Despite being contacted weekly since then about obtaining the team, it has not been forwarded. Gunn is in the process of looking for a new coach, thus turning in the All-El Camino Division honors evidently is not a priority. The other problem is that the SCVAL has no leadership at the commissioner level. It has never been a priority for that person to be in charge of making sure the all-league teams are published. The WCAL, PAL and WBAL have responsible people in charge who make sure their athletes are properly honored. This is an ongoing problem with the SCVAL. No all-league teams were available in cross country. A girls' water polo all-league team was available, but not one for the boys. No girls' tennis team ever surfaced. If these teams are selected, some coach/league rep has the complete teams but never makes them available for publication. It's not a matter of the Weekly not trying; we've been trying for years.

Posted by Paly Parent, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Dec 23, 2008 at 7:46 am

This is from the SJ Mercury...

Here’s the list and congrats to all the kids who played football this year.

Santa Clara Valley Athletic League All League teams

De Anza Division

MVP _ Steven Fanua, Milpitas, LB

Most valuable lineman _ Jordan Dombrowsky, Los Gatos

Most valuable offensive player _ Anthony Herrera, Wilcox, RB

Most valuable defensive player _ Will Holder, Palo Alto, DB

Most valuable offensive lineman _ Daniel Musika, Milpitas

Most valuable defensive lineman _ Jasper Loren, Saratoga

Senior of the Year _ Spencer Havens, Los Gatos, OL/DL

Junior of the Year _ Andrew Berg, Los Gatos, WR/DB

Sophomore of the Year _ Joe Walters, Saratoga, OL

Outstanding QB _ Cory Murphy, Wilcox

Outstanding RB _ Sam Tompkins-Jenkins, Palo Alto

Outstanding WR _ Chris Albright, Milpitas

Outstanding Inside Linebacker _ Kyle Baumann, Los Gatos

Outstanding Outside Linebacker _ Steven Gargiulo, Palo Alto

Outstanding DB _ Brandon Lee, Milpitas

First team

Offense

Nick Hirschman, Los Gatos, QB; Cameron Hernandez, Milpitas, QB; Will Brandin, Palo Alto, QB; Chris La Bouff, Los Gatos, RB; Ben Pomele, Milpitas, RB; Mat Spencer, Saratoga, RB; Roy Abousamra, Los Altos, WR; Christian Cusella, Los Gatos, WR; Gerome Rogers, Milpitas, WR; Joc Pederson, Palo Alto, WR; Jarrod Lucas, Wilcox, WR; Brian Comstock, Los Gatos, TE; Justin Sagote, Wilcox, TE; Erik Eastland, Los Gatos, OL; Brayton Vanni, Los Gatos, OL; Randy Kim, Milpitas, OL; Kendall Hamberry, Milpitas, OL; Troy Boyland, Palo Alto, OL; A.J. Castillo, Palo Alto, OL; Tommy Kramer, Palo Alto, OL; Scott Thoren, Saratoga, OL; Finau Likio, Wilcox, OL; Kai O’Neal, Wilcox, OL.

Defense

Hamilton Fairburn, Los Gatos, DL; Christian Finefeuiaki, Milpitas, DL; James Paquette, Milpitas, DL; Anthony Solima, Milpitas, DL; Jens Karren, Saratoga, DL; Felipe Camarena, Wilcox, DL; Mike Sporck, Los Gatos, OLB; Clayton DeSilva, Milpitas, OLB; Jason Ioane, Milpitas, OLB; Tim Yen, Saratoga, OLB; Andy Maliska, Palo Alto, DE; Alex Gletzer, Los Gatos, LB; Viet Duong, Milpitas, LB; Jarred Beeson, Palo Alto, LB; Derek Emerson, Saratoga, LB; Craig Zeiter, Los Gatos, DB; Jon Fullbright, Milpitas, DB; Kwanzaa Striplin, Milpitas, DB; Neerav Dixit, Mtn. View, DB; Paul Brown, Palo Alto, DB; Harry Woolson, Palo Alto, DB; Michael Bearn, Saratoga, DB; Casey Farmer, Saratoga, utility; Alex Tran, Milpitas, kicker.