All-Baltimore City: Football

Dec 11, 2008 3:00 AM

All-Baltimore City

Offensive Player

Tavon Austin, Dunbar

Austin, The Baltimore Sun's Offensive Player of the Year for a third straight season, finished with 7,947 career rushing yards, eclipsing the previous state mark of 5,920. He also had 92 career touchdowns.

Austin, 5 feet 9 and 170 pounds, also had three interceptions as a defensive back. Scores of colleges are recruiting Austin, including West Virginia, Maryland, Michigan and North Carolina, which have made his short list.

Defensive Player

Horace Miller, Dunbar

No defensive player in the metro area spent more time in opposing backfields this season than Miller, who made 133 tackles, including 29 sacks, and forced six fumbles, recovering three, to help lead the Poets to their third straight Class 1A state title.

Splitting his time between defensive end and linebacker, the 6-2, 220-pound senior used his agility and speed off the end to consistently beat pass protectors, recording 46 sacks over the past two seasons.

Coach of the Year

Eric Woodson, Northwestern

In his four years as coach, Woodson has taken Northwestern from the edge of the abyss to the top of the heap. He took over a program that was in disarray, having won just five games in three years, and built it into a disciplined unit that this fall finished 9-2, including 8-0 in Baltimore City's Division II, to earn the school's first trip to the state playoffs.

Offense

Name	School	Class	Position
Davey Emala	Gilman	Senior	Quarterback
Jerry Lovelocke	Edmondson	Junior	Quarterback
Tavon Austin	Dunbar	Senior	Running back
Terrance West	Northwestern	Senior	Running back
Adrian Coxson	City	Junior	Wide receiver
Sean Farr	Dunbar	Senior	Wide receiver
Renard Robinson	Mount St. Joseph	Senior	Wide receiver
Joe Petrides	Archbishop Curley	Senior	Tight end
Brandon Copeland	Gilman	Senior	Offensive line
Charles Johnson	Poly	Senior	Offensive line
Anthony Watters	Dunbar	Senior	Offensive line
Gabriel Neiba	W.E.B. Du Bois	Senior	Kicker

Defense

Name	School	Class	Position
Antonio Brown	Dunbar	Senior	Defensive line
Arnold Farmer	Poly	Senior	Defensive line
Horace Miller	Dunbar	Senior	Defensive line
David Mackall	Edmondson	Senior	Linebacker
Gary Onuekwusi	Dunbar	Senior	Linebacker
Jim Poggi	Gilman	Junior	Linebacker
Cedric Rollins	Reginald Lewis	Senior	Linebacker
Courtney Bridget	Dunbar	Senior	Defensive back
Eric Franklin	Archbishop Curley	Senior	Defensive back
Artis Holt	Mount St. Joseph	Senior	Defensive back
Blake Thompson	Cardinal Gibbons	Senior	Defensive back
Jacob Peery	Archbishop Curley	Senior	Punter

Note: Teams selected by Rich Scherr after consultation with The Baltimore Sun staff and area coaches.