FIELDER’S CHOICES: Awards week starts with my All-Name Team
Bishop Gorman’s win over Del Sol in the state championship game Saturday brought another high school football season to a close.
How’s that for breaking news? Bet you didn’t already know that.
It means two things, though. One, I might actually have time to do homework now. (Won’t actually do it; just have time for it.) Two, it’s time for me to give out my end of season awards.
These awards are big-time. Forget the ESPYs or the VMAs. They’re nothing compared to what I give out.
All through this week, I’ll be handing out honors, starting with my All-Name Team today. I’ll reveal the more serious awards later in the week.
Check back Monday night for my coach of the year, Tuesday night for my special teams MVP, Wednesday night for defensive MVP and Thursday night for offensive MVP. Sadly, I can’t give out a cheerleader of the year award because I’d give it to all of them.
The winners get an autographed picture of me. The losers ... well, they get two autographed pictures of me.
Drumroll, please.
Fielder’s 2009 All-Name Team
(And please don’t e-mail me to tell me some of these guys didn’t finish the season or that I don’t have any wide receivers. Don’t be blocking my glory.)
I’m not making fun of anyone here. These are names I just really like.
The all-name team has to start with a holdover from last year, Legacy lineman Mr Griggs.
My only hope for him is there’s some really nice, attractive girl out there named Ms, and they get married.
Durango gets two spots on this team — one for lineman Bing Lin if for no other reason than I can’t think of anyone else named Bing, and one for running back Safari Summit, which sounds like a really cool adventure.
Speaking of running backs, could there be a better name for a fullback/linebacker than Agassi Prep’s Tank Carter?
From a family full of great names (Triton, Zeus, Ulysses, Theophilus) comes Cimarron-Memorial linebacker/tight end Ares Manumaleuna. I just wonder how Brandon got away with a plain name — and he’s the one in the NFL.
Desert Pines’ Atimalala brothers get some props, but more for center Tala Atimalala, which is really tough to say five times fast.
Liberty has a handful of good names, but none as good as defensive end Young Devoux, which sounds like a band name.
You know you’re going to get an honest effort every time from Silverado defensive end Sincere Hill.
Las Vegas High’s Hasaan Henderson has to be my quarterback. If not, Hasaan chop.
The runner-up for favorite name of the year goes to Mojave’s Lemar Ho-King. Fielder wants to be adopted by that family.
And the landslide winner is Green Valley lineman Babatunde Adesanwo. If he were a kicker, the name wouldn’t be as cool, but you’ve gotta feel for the guy who lines up against a 6-foot-4-inch guy named Babatunde.
Every team, even an All-Name Team, needs a coach. I’m going with Canyon Springs’ Hunkie Cooper because he’s good and because if he got adopted by Lemar’s family, he’d be Hunkie Ho-King.
And that would rule.
See you tomorrow with my coach of the year.
