Before the football season began most picked the Allderdice Dragons to win it all in City League play because of the wealth of talent they had coming back from the previous season. But once the season started, most moved to Brashear, after their impressive 22-13 win over USO. But after it was all said and done, it was USO that emerged as the best team in the city, going 6-0 while shutting out all their opponents in league play after the loss to Brashear.
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Jaylen Coleman, USO
Offensive MVP |
Allderdice dropped back in the pack with loses to Perry, Brashear, and USO. In the playoffs it was all USO as they defeated all comers including Brashear in the championship game. During the regular season they compiled 198 points while only allowing the 22 points in the first game against Brashear. Brashear finished second with 47 points allowed. Allderdice came closest to them on offense with 187 points. This gave fans hope that at last the City League would have a victory in PIAA play, but that was not to occur.
Thus the 2011 New Pittsburgh Courier All-City Football team is a reflection of the regular season, with USO (20) dominating the team. The other winning teams Brashear (10), Allderdice (11) and Perry (9), pretty much rounded out the team. The rest of the league Oliver, Carrick, Westinghouse and Langley as expected placed only a few players on the team. Langley only had one and Oliver, Westinghouse and Carrick had 3 each.
USO composed of University Prep, Sci-Tech, and Obama, dominated on both sides of the ball, offense and defense, which the All-City team reflects with 10 on offense and 10 on defense.
Jaylen Coleman was easily the Offensive Most Valuable Player, and came in a very close second to Jay Barlow of Allderdice as the Defensive Most Valuable Player.
Lou Berry was easily the Coach of The Year with no other coach receiving two or more votes. He did an outstanding job with not only a new team, but three schools being combined for the first time. Other coaches who did outstanding jobs this season were Rick Murphy from Brashear, and Bill Gallagher from Perry. Everyone pretty much overlooked Perry at the start of the season but as usual Coach Gallagher had them playing very solid football on both sides of the ball as they finished ahead of Allderdice with a 5-2 league record. As a result they had 9 players on the team, 4 offense and 5 defense.
Brashear, having won the regular season, had 6 on offense and 10 on defense.
Despite a somewhat disappointing year, Allderdice still did well placing 5 players on offense and 6 on defense.
On the Special Teams, kicker Jesse Irwin of Allderdice and kick returner Manny Reed of Brashear were selected. This was Reed’s third consecutive year.
2011 All-City Team
OFFENSIVE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Jaylen Coleman, USO
DEFENSIVE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Jay Barlow, Allderdice
COACH OF THE YEAR
Lou Berry, USO
FIRST TEAM ALL-CITY OFFENSE
QB Adam Lynch Brashear
RB Jaylen Coleman USO
RB Pat Ferguson Allderdice
R Will Graham Allderdice
R Manny Reed Brashear
R Kevin Wilson Westinghouse
OL Nick Eritz Perry
OL Malcolm Moore USO
OL John Jackson USO
OL Matt Moss Allderdice
OL Scott Evans Brashear
SECOND TEAM ALL-CITY OFFENSE
QB Donte Forte USO
RB Kevaun Frenzley USO
RB Joel Nesbit Brashear
R Jay Barlow Allderdice
R Myles Caitlin USO
R Rick Gay Brashear
OL Jermaine Herring Perry
OL Tyrique Jarrett Allderdice
OL Josh Walker Carrick
OL Deandre Caviness USO
OL Jordan Maben Brashear
HONORABLE ÂMENTION OFFENSE
QB Darrelle Carson Perry
QB Joquan Green Langley
R Orlando Harvard Carrick
R Marcus Johnson USO
OL Jordan Clayton Perry
OL Jermaine Brown USO
OL Neal Bell USO
OL Josh Walker Carrick
FIRST TEAM ALL-CITY DEFENSE
DL Jay Barlow Allderdice
DL Kevaun Frenzley USO
DL Tyrique Jarrett Allderdice
LB Jaylen Coleman USO
LB Tre Gaines Brashear
LB Lamar Blackwell Perry
LB Myles Caitlin USO
DB Donte Forte USO
DB Will Graham Allderdice
DB Jamil Smith Brashear
DB Brendan Duckett USO
SECOND TEAM ALL-CITY DEFENSE
DL Ryan Daniels USO
DL Aaron Gross Perry
DL Marlin Jackson Brashear
LB Duke Mulvihill Allderdice
LB Joel Nesbit Brashear
LB Daron Clarke Perry
LB Dontae Jones Westinghouse
DB Shannon Binnion USO
DB Mallory Claybourne Perry
DB Joquet Foster Oliver
DB Aaron Lyons Westinghouse
HONORABLE ÂMENTIONS DEFENSE
DL Jordan Clayton Perry
LB Bishop Gethers Allderdice
DL Harold Green USO
DL Neondre Harbour USO
DL Shakeem Cox Oliver
DB Aaron Myrick USO
DB Jasean Murphy USO
DB Cornelius Raye Allderdice
SPECIAL TEAMS
K Jesse Irwin Allderdice
R Manny Reed Brashear
FINAL CITY LEAGUE STANDINGS
Brashear 7-0 7-3
USO 6-1 11-2
Perry 5-2 6-5
Allderdice 4-3 5-7
Oliver 3-4 3-8
Westinghouse 2-5 3-7
Carrick 1-6 1-9
Langley 0-7 2-8
(USO is composed of U-Prep, Sci-Tech, and Obama high schools. For football they are called U-Prep, and basketball Obama. In other sports it depends on where they practice.)
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