Football: CdM’s Garbers is top player in Pacific Coast League
Corona del Mar High junior quarterback Chase Garbers earned the Pacific Coast League Player of the Year award after leading the Sea Kings to their fourth straight undefeated league title.
Garbers is one of 10 players making the first team from CdM (9-3, 5-0 in league), which advanced to the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Southwest Division playoffs for the second straight year. The Sea Kings’ season ended with a 35-17 loss at Buena Park.
The CdM offensive players on the first team were senior wide receiver Peter Bush, junior running back Jaydin Moses, junior center Arwin Rahmatpanah, junior right guard Bryan Samudro and senior kicker Jason Neiger. The defensive selections from CdM were senior safety Sutty Barbato, junior lineman Teddy Barber, and senior linebackers Blake Kormos and Karl Donovan.
Garbers completed 226 of 329 passes for 2,715 yards and 33 touchdowns, while only throwing three interceptions. The completions, yards and touchdowns by Garbers are all CdM single-season records.
Garbers, a two-time first-team member, also rushed 105 times for 457 yards and seven touchdowns.
Arwin Rahmatpanah and Samudro protected Garbers all season.
Bush finished with 62 catches for 915 yards and 15 touchdowns. Bush set CdM single-season records for receptions and receiving touchdowns.
Moses carried the ball 127 times for 1,008 yards and nine touchdowns. He also caught seven passes for 76 yards.
Neiger converted eight of 13 field-goal attempts and 56 of 57 extra-point kicks.
Barbato totaled 78 tackles, one sack, one interception, one fumble recovery, one forced fumble, one block field goal and nine passes defensed.
Barber finished with 44 tackles, 10 for losses, and 5.5 sacks.
Kormos made 60 tackles, sacked the quarterback once, intercepted a pass and caused a fumble.
Donovan had 72 tackles, one sack and two forced fumbles.
The Sea Kings’ second-team selections were senior safety Taylor Damron, senior lineman Michael Mishow, junior linebacker Mickey Quinn, senior lineman Joe Anderson, senior receiver Jack Blower and junior receiver Reece Perez.
— From staff reports