KERWIN BELL, EDISON HIGH RUNNING BACK, TOP C.I.F. DIV. I PLAYER FOR '7 9 UNANIMOUSLY THE SOUTHLAND'S MOST ELECTRIFYING PREP RUNNING BACKOVER THE PAST SEASON ... EDISON HIGH SCHOOL'S KERWIN BELL ... HAS BEEN NAMED THE C.I.P. SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION ONE (BIG FIVE CONFERENCE) MVP BY MEMBERS OF THE CITIZENS SAVINGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION'S ALL-SOUTHERN CAL­ IFORNIA BOARD OF FOOTBALL IN 43RD ANNUAL SELECTIONS RELEASED TODAY BY THE FOUNDATION. THE SELECTION, TO NO ONE'S SURPRISE, WAS UNANIMOUS I BELL, A FIRST-TEAM DIVISION 01® SELECTION LAST YEAR AS A JUNIOR, LED THE EDISON (HUNTINGTON BEACH) CHARGERS TO THE SUNSET LEAGUE TITLE AND THROUGH THE BIG FIVE CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS WHERE THEY WERE REALLY NEVER TESTED. EDISON SWAMPED NOTRE DAME (SHERMAN OAKS) 36-15 IN THE FIRST PLAYOFF ROUND AND THEN WHIPPED SERVITE 17-0, FONTANA 34-11* AND REDLANDS IN THE FINALS 55-0. THE SOUTHLAND'S LEADING PREP RUSHER IN 1979 (2,223 YARDS & 30 TOUCHDOWNS), BELL IGNITED HIGH CHARGER TEAMMATES TO THE MOST ONE-SIDED PREP CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SINCE 1915, WHEN PASADENA HIGH POUNDED WHITTIER 50-0. THE EDISON FLYER SCORED THE FIRST TIME HE TOUCHED THE BALL, ON A 73-YARD SIDELINE SPRINT, AND WOUND UP WITH 153 YARDS (A 9.0 YARD AVERAGE) AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS AGAINST THE BULLDOGS, WHO WERE THE CITRUS BELT LEAGUE'S NUMBER THREE TEAM. EDISON CONCLUDED ITS SEASON 12-2, WHILE REDLANDS FINISHED 11-3 . NOW THE CIF, SOUTHERN SECTION'S 6TH LEADING RUSHER FOR A SINGLE SEASON, BELL CARRIED 266 TIMES FOR 3223 YARDS AND 26 TOUCHDOWNS. HE ALSO CONTRIBUTED FOUR TDs ON PASS PLAYS. AS A PASS RECEIVER, BEIL WAS 16 FOR 343 YARDS AND FOUR IDs. HE THREW THE BALL JUST ONCE FROM HIS TAILBACK POSITION, RESULTING IN A 25-YARD TOUCH­ DOWN PLAY. HALF OF BELL'S TD JAUNTS WERE FROM 30-PLUS YARDS OUT. BELL AVERAGED 8.4 YARDS PER CARRY DURING THE FULL SEASON. DIVISION ONE ALL-STARS HONORED IN 4 ^ P ANNUAL CEREMONIES, SAT., JAN. 26TH All players named for Division One CIF All-Star Team honors will be guests of honor at the 43rd annual All-Southern California Board of Football Awards Program to be held at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Culver City. The an­ nual southland prep affair is scheduled for Saturday morning, Jan. 26th at 10:30 a.m. Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation framed scroll awards will be present­ ed to all honored athletes, with Kerwin Bell receiving the traditional bronze medallion award. Also honored along with the '79 all-stars will be Edison coach Bill Workman. On hand to help pay tribute to this year's delux edition of prep grid tal­ ent will be collegiate coaches, high school administrators and members of the Athletic Foundation Selection Board. Following the award ceremonies a Buffet luncheon will Be served to all guests. Thirty-two gridders from 14 high schools find themselves honored on the 1979 Division I Team. Two...running backs Kerwin Bell and Alemany High's 6-1, 190- pound junior express Donald LaBomne..,are repeaters from the 1978 all-stars. La- Bomme was a Division H I first-teamer last fall. Edison placed four players on the honor teams, three on offense and one on defense. Runner-up Redlands has three honored players as does St. Paul and Marina, Don LaBomne and St. Francis defensive back Todd Short, Both juniors, are the Ione lower classmen on the teams. The Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation's All-S0u t h e m California Board of Athletics dates back to 1937, when the Board's first Player of the Year was Glen­ dale's Frankie Albert, Frank was later to star at Stanford University and with the professional 49ers,,,and later to Become that team's head coach. The board, members of which represent some 25 southland newspapers, serves without compensation and in the interest of high school athletes. All selections made by the Board are on file in the Athletic Foundation LiBrary.,.open to the public without charge. pick up teams next page -- © LA84 Foundation. All Rights Reserved. ALL-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOARD OF FOOTBALL - DIVISION X - 1979 (BIG FIVE CONFERENCE) 0 F F E NSIVE TEAM RELEASE: Thursday, January 10th P.M. T END MARK BOYER EDISON 6 ■5" 215 SENIOR T END PHIL PRINCIPE ST. PAUL 6 ’ 2" 218 SENIOR END RICK RISSER LOS ALTOS 6 '3" 180 SENIOR END MARK HUNTLEY MARINA 6 ■1" 170 SENIOR TACKLE MATT MORAN SERVITE 6 '5" 222 SENIOR TACKLE GEOFF BLAND LOYOIA 6 ■1 " 205 SENIOR GUARD STEVE ALOS10 MARINA 6 ■2 " 200 SENIOR GUARD DOUG BEEUWSAERT MATER DEI 6 1 3« 210 SENIOR CENTER BRIAN WHEATLEY FONTANA 6 ■2" 215 SENIOR BACK + DONALD LaBOMME a l e m a n y 6 •1 " 190 JUNIOR BACK * KEHWIN BELL EDISON 5 l 180 SENIOR BACK JERRY McDERMITT FONTANA 6 ■2 " 195 SENIOR BACK FRANK SEURER EDISON 6 >2» 185 SENIOR BACK VINCE BERINGHELE LOYOIA 6 '0 " 180 SENIOR BACK PHIL SPENCER MATER DEI 5 '8" 160 SENIOR BACK SKEETER LEWIS REDIANOS 5 l gtt 160 SENIOR KICKER ADRIAN DEIA OSSA ST. PAUL 6 ’'1 " 180 SENIOR D E F E NSIVE TEAM LINE RAY CARRILLO REDLANDS 6 '0" 185 SENIOR LINE PETER OWENS REDLANDS 6 ’2 " 190 SENIOR LINE NEIL ROSS NEWPORT HARBOR 6 '■3" 220 SENIOR LINE JEFF REYES ST. PAUL 6 1r gn 220 SENIOR LINE DOUG SARGENT LOS ALTOS 6 ’'2" 216 SENIOR BACKER STEVE ABRAM BISHOP MONTGOMERY 6 ’'2" 221 SENIOR BACKER LARRY GILMORE WEST COVINA 6 '■I*. 205 SENIOR BACKER LEE KNOWLES MARINA 6 ''2 " 210 SENIOR BACKER BILL MALAVASI EDISON 6 ''1 " 217 SENIOR BACKER JIM ELIAS SERVITE 6 ''2" 185 SENIOR BACK BRIAN SANDERSON ST. FRANCIS 6 ''0” 180 SENIOR BACK LOU PATRONE FONTANA 5' 11” 180 SENIOR BACK TIM KLENA WEST COVINA 6 13” 185 SENIOR BACK TODD SHORT ST. FRANCIS 5''10" 165 JUNIOR BACK ANDY MERGENTHALER LOYOLA 5''11" 180 SENIOR * 1st Team Off. Div. I, 78' + 1st Team Off. Div. III, 78' PAST C.I.F. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PIAYERS OF THE YEAR 1937-1979 1937 FRANK ALBERT, Glendale 1960 JIM MURPHY, Santa Barbara 1938 HARRY KARNS, Pomona 1961 PAUL HORGAN, Loyola 1939 JOHN PETROVICH, Alhambra 1962 STEVE GRADY, Loyola 1940 PETER zucco, Santa Barbara 1963 DON SWARTZ, Loyola 1941 NEWELL OESTRICH, Inglewood 1964 GEORGE BUEHLER, Whittier 1942 GLENN DAVIS, Bonita 1965 MICKEY CURETON, Centennial 1943 NORMAN VEEH, Tustin PETE SANCHEZ, Mater Dei 1944 BILL MARTIN, Mark Keppel 1966 MICKEY CURETON, Centennial 1945 AL POLIARD, Loyola 1967 TOM FITZPATRICK, Anaheim 1946 AL POLLARD, Loyola 1968 DARRYL BERG, Westminster 1947 BUD WOODARD, Jordan, L.B, 1969 ja me s McAl i s t e r , Blair 1948 JOHN OLSZEWSKI, St. Anthony 1970 PAT HADEN, Bishop Amat 1949 JIM CONTRATTO, Compton JOHN McKAY, Bishop Amat 1950 CHARLES POWELL, San Diego 1971 JOHN SCIARRA, Bishop Amat 1951 MARTY KEOUGH, Pomona 1972 BOB ACOSTA, Western 1952 RONALD KNOX, Santa Monica 1973 DENNIS SPROUL, Los Altos 1953 ERNIE ZAMPESE, Santa Barbara 1974 BRIAN BETHKE, South Hills 1954 JOHN HANGARTNER, Hoover, Glendale DAN MOROVICK, St. John Bosco 1955 MICKEY FLYNN, Anaheim 1975 JON VAN VUREN, South Hills 1956 MICKEY FLYNN, Anaheim 1976 RANDY HERTEL, Los Altos RANDY MEADOWS, Downey DENNIS SMITH, Santa Monica 1957 GARY CRAIG, Riverside 1977 WILLIE GITTENS, Fountain Valley 1958 DEE ANDREWS, Poly, L.B. 1978 MIKE RICHARDSON, Compton 1959 WILLIE BROWN, Poly, L.G. 1979 KEBWIN BELL, Edison 1******** * © LA84 Foundation. All Rights Reserved. TOM TUNNICLIFFE BURROUGHS QUARTERBACK, IS NAMED C.I.F. D IV . 2 MVP FOR 1979 SEASON... TOM TUNNICLIFFE, BURROUGHS HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERBACK WHO LED THE INDIANS U t o t h e f o o t h i l l l e a g u e championship i n a n u n b e a t e n REGULAR s e a s o n , h a s BEEN NAMED C.I.F., SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN DI­ VISION 2, MADE UP OF PLAYERS FROM THE SOUTHERN, COASTAL AND NORTHWESTERN CONFER­ ENCES, TUNNICLIFFE WAS AMONG THOSE SELECTED FOR ALL-STAR TEAM HONORS IN THE 43RD ANNUAL ALL-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOARD OF FOOTBALL MEETING HELD RECENTLY IN CULVER CITY. THE 6-2, 185-POUND TUNNICLIFFE PASSED BURROUGHS TO A FINAL 11-1 SEASON, BEATING SOUTH TORRANCE 35-23 IN IHF FIRST ROUND OF THE NORTHWESTERN CONFERENCE PLAY­ OFFS, BUT LOSING IN AN UPSET TO CABRILLO, 17—14. THE STRONG-ARMED SENIOR COMPLETED 138 OF 238 AERIALS FOR 2,345 YARDS AND 22 TOUCHDOWNS. HE BOASTED A 63 % COMPLETION MARK WITH 14 INTERCEPTIONS, BURROUGHS AVERAGED 348,6 YARDS-PER-GAME AND SCORED AN AVERAGE 34 POINTS, AFTER BEATING BURROUGHS, CABRILLO IN TURN WAS DEFEATED BY LOMPOC 30-20 WHICH IN TURN WAS WHIPPED BY LA CANADA IN THE FINALS 21-7 POR THE NORTHWESTERN CON­ FERENCE TITLE,,..ITS FIRST EVER FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. LA CANADA, WITH A FINAL 12-0-2 RECORD, WAS ONE OF ONLY TWO UNDEFEATED CIF TEAMS THIS SEASON, LOMPOC COM­ PLETED ITS SEASON WITH A 9-5 RECORD. THE MILLIKAN RAMS OF LONG BEACH WON THE COASTAL CONFERENCE TITLE WITH A SPINE-TINGLING, OVERTIME WINVS. COMPTON. .22-21. MILLIKAN FINISHED THE YEAR 11-1-1 WHILE THE TARBABES, WHO SAW THEIR 21-GAME WIN STREAK HALTED, FINISHED 13-1. LOARA, THE EMPIRE LEAGUE’S NUMBER ONE TEAM, DEFEATED CANYON (ANAHEIM) IN THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FINALE, 28-23. THE WINNING SAX®S COMPLETED A 12-2 YEAR, WHILE CANY® WOUND UP 10-4. TUNNICLIFFE & OTHER ALL-STARS RECEIVE FOUNDATION AWARDS ON SAT.. JAN. 26TH The Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation’s 43rd annual All-Southern Calif­ ornia Board of Football Awards Program will Be held in Culver City's Veterans Memorial Auditorium on Saturday morning, January 26th at 10:30 am.