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Danny Sullivan didn't see much playing time as a junior quarterback at Los Gatos High School. He was playing behind the veteran senior Erik Rollin, and saw most of his action in a mop-up role late in the game.
But Sullivan more than made up for that in the 2005 season. He threw for nearly 2,500 yards, led the Wildcats to championships in the De Anza Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League and the Central Coast Section and walked off with the division's Most Valuable Player award.
Sullivan, who at times during the season was compared to Los Gatos great Trent Edwards, now the starting quarterback at Stanford, completed 131 of 220 passes for 2,435 yards and 24 touchdowns to lead the powerful Gatos offense this fall.
The talented senior topped a list 18 players who shared 16 special awards on the all-league team in the De Anza Division of the SCVAL, and five of them were Wildcats.
Along with Sullivan, Gatos players winning special honors were A.J. Comeau, Outstanding Defensive Back; Bret Hampton, Outstanding Tight End; Dave Martini, co-Outstanding Wide Receiver; and Carlos Alonso, Outstanding Linebacker.
Rounding out the special honors list were Saratoga junior Alex Lagemann, co-Outstanding Wide Receiver; Homestead's Jay Atkins, Outstanding Offensive Back; Milpitas' Mike Almond, Senior of the Year, and Havelock Pomele, Sophomore of the Year; Palo Alto's Fred Koloto, Outstanding Lineman, and John Hall, Outstanding Defensive Lineman; Mountain View's Leshawn James, co-Outstanding Safety, and Brandon Hamilton, Junior of the Year; five players from Wilcox: Derome Fowler, Outstanding Offensive Player; Isaac Leatiota, Outstanding Defensive Player; James Strickland, Outstanding Offensive Lineman; Chris Wong, co-Outstanding Safety; and Matt Fultcher, Outstanding Quarterback.
Three Wildcats were among the 10 offensive linemen selected to the all-league first team in the division. Tackle Mike Tona, guard Vikram Shivaji and center Matt Nelson were Los Gatos players picked to the first line along with Augie Lagemann of Saratoga, Stephan Boles and Abdullah Qureshi of Wilcox, Tim Currie and Will Elmore of Palo Alto and Nick De Young and Jess Newman of Milpitas.
Sophomore Nick Kalpin of Los Gatos was named a first-team running back along with Brian Backo of Homestead, Will Frazier of Palo Alto and Alex Nelson of Mountain View.
Palo Alto's Nick Goodspeed drew the first-team nod at quarterback with Mike Gault of Los Gatos, Jose Rodriguez of Wilcox, Cooper Miller of Paly and Trevor Campbell of Mountain View the wide receivers. Brian Wilson of Mountain View was the first team tight end.
Eric Rowell and Rene Stephan Los Gatos topped the list on the all-league first team defensive line. The two Wildcats were joined by Tommy Slater of Wilcox, Nick Rosas and Tim Currie of Palo Alto, Matt Warmbrodt of Mountain View and Loren Wutzke of Milpitas.
Will Kapp and Robbie Comeau of Los Gatos were named first team defensive backs along with Scott Newberry of Saratoga, John Cimino and Antione Briggs of Wilcox, Dennis Pruzan of Palo Alto and Kevin Metzers and Shane Buenos of Mountain View.
Outside linebacker Karl Winkelman of Los Gatos earned an all-league first team berth. He was joined at the position by Kellen Brown of Wilcox, Teddy Jones of Paly and Colin Campbell of Mountain View.
Inside 'backers winning first-team spots were David Martinez and David Bridges of Wilcox, Roger Prince of Paly, Joape Pela of Mountain View, Anthony Garcia of Milpitas and Tom Andrews of Homestead.
Santa Teresa Division
Westmont ended up winning a share of the football championship in the Santa Teresa Division of the Blossom Valley Athletic League, and the Warriors were well represented on the all-league squad.
Seniors Chantz Staden, Stefan Fowler and Kevin Pham topped the list of Warriors selected to the Santa Teresa dream team. Staden was named the division's Most Valuable Offensive Player, Fowler was picked the Most Valuable Defensive Player and Pham was tabbed the Senior of the Year.
Senior wide receiver Ryan Kanzaki earned a place on the all-league first team offense and senior linebacker Arthur Esterkin, senior defensive back Kelly Peterson and senior lineman Will Evans were picked to the first defense.
Claiming all-league second team spots were senior tight end Matt Medeiros, senior offensive lineman Jeff Andrews, junior offensive lineman Sean Hutchison, senior linebacker D.J. Jackman, senior defensive linemen Ben Prevedelli and Dan Parkhurst and junior kicker Kevin Blakely.
West Valley Division
Prospect finished second to Del Mar in the West Valley Division, but the Panthers fared well when coaches selected their all-league team.
Running back Wesley Nichols was named the division's Senior of the Year after a sensational 2005 season.
Three Prospect seniors were picked to the all-league first team offense--quarterback Zach Stevenson, wide receiver Matt Lamb and utility player Elvy Harris Jr. Earning all-league first team honors for defense were senior end John Eseroma, junior lineman John Snyder and senior lineman Nate Dissinger.
Earning second team all-league spots were senior offensive lineman Mike Mierzejewski, sophomore offensive lineman Edric Egberuare, senior defensive lineman Wilson Miller, junior defensive back Kendall Hendon and senior linebacker Daniel Huskin-Jones.
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