Brignac, Losman Voted Co-Players of the Year

Running back Marquis Brignac of Woodland Hills Taft and quarterback J.P. Losman of Venice were selected City Section co-players of the year Wednesday by the Los Angeles City Football Coaches Assn.

Brignac gained 1,855 yards and scored 18 touchdowns for Taft, which defeated Banning for the City Championship last Friday.

Losman passed for 3,514 yards and 48 touchdowns and also rushed for nine touchdowns for the Gondoliers, who lost to Taft in the quarterfinals.

Thirty-eight players were selected to the first team.

The offense includes: running backs Chris Howard of Banning, Charles Drake (Westchester), Bayon Harris (Jefferson), Corey Neal (Sylmar) and Terence O’Neal (Palisades); quarterbacks Michael Garrison (Banning) and Matt Cassel (Chatsworth); receivers Jerrold Wilkerson (Venice), Lawrence Wallace (Taft), Paul Turner (Franklin), Mike Cockrell (Banning) and Peter Gunny (Granada Hills); linemen Albert Quinonez (Franklin), Daniel Waldrop (Banning), Mario Ramos (Roosevelt), Dominic Furio (San Pedro), Eddie Casillas (Manual Arts) and Steve Nevarez (San Fernando) and kicker John Wall (Birmingham).

The defense includes: linemen Chris Garlington (Taft), Asa Taylor (Dorsey) Michael Adams (Taft), Darrell Stepter (Van Nuys), Gregory Johnson (Jordan) and Ariel Cadenas (Belmont); linebackers Dionte Hall (Taft), Jamarr Isom (Dorsey), Carlos Plascencia (Sylmar), Daniel Lockhart (Carson), Erdolo Eromo (Crenshaw), DeAngelo Nedd (El Camino Real) and Joseph Looney (Reseda); defensive backs Nnamdi Asomugna (Narbonne), Ramon Ochoa (Bell), David Burney (Kennedy), Gerald Jones (Granada Hills) and Medford Moore (Locke) and punter Jose Arroyo (Van Nuys).

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The Palisades girls’ basketball team advanced last season to the City final where the Dolphins lost to Harbor City Narbonne. But with Narbonne ineligible for the playoffs this season, Palisades appears to be the early front-runner for the championship.

Palisades played well in last week’s tournament at Brea Olinda. The Dolphins advanced to the semifinals before losing to Southern Section power Palos Verdes Peninsula, 47-45. Brea Olinda defeated Peninsula, 50-47, in the final.

Palisades will participate in the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions this weekend.