End-of-year nominations: Palm Beach County

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Naji Tobias New Era Prep Staff Writer

PALM BEACH COUNTY – The time has come to recognize our area’s best players from this fall football season.

For the first time, we are going to nominate five entries in eight categories. This ensures we will have a variety of positions highlighted, leaving no position group out in the process.

With that being said, here are the categories that we will put in the spotlight:

  • Team of the Year
  • Coach of the Year
  • MVP of the Year
  • Lineman of the Year
  • Offensive Player of the Year
  • Defensive Player of the Year
  • Breakthrough Player of the Year
  • Special Teams Player of the Year

Without further ado, here are all of your nominees:

Cardinal Newman (top left), Palm Beach Central (top right), and Pahokee (bottom) are three of our five nominees for Team of the Year.

Photo credits: Christian Proscia

TEAM OF THE YEAR

Boynton Beach (9-3 final record)

Cardinal Newman (11-1 final record)

Pahokee (9-3 final record)

Palm Beach Central (12-2 final record)

Palm Beach Gardens (9-4 final record)

COACH OF THE YEAR

Hector Clavijo (Santaluces)

Jack Daniels (Cardinal Newman)

Alex Gonzalez (Somerset Academy Canyons)

Tyrone Higgins (Palm Beach Gardens)

Kevin Thompson (Palm Beach Central)

MVP OF THE YEAR

DB Justin Bostic (Palm Beach Central)

QB Brand Campbell (Palm Beach Gardens)

QB Ahmad Haston (Palm Beach Central)

DE Deejay Holmes (Pahokee)

ATH Chris Presto (Cardinal Newman)

LINEMAN OF THE YEAR

OL Chris Cirillo (Palm Beach Central)

OL Thomas Cornett (King’s Academy)

OL Tyshawn Etienne (Palm Beach Gardens)

DE Deejay Holmes (Pahokee)

OL Brady Shea (Cardinal Newman)

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

RB Jashon Benjamin (Pahokee)

RB Chauncey Bowens (Benjamin)

WR Waden Charles (Somerset Academy Canyons)

QB Will Prichard (Santaluces)

QB Luke Warnock (Cardinal Newman)

Palm Beach Central senior defensive back Justin Bostic (top) and Pam Beach Gardens senior cornerback Desean Butler (bottom) are two of the five nominees for Defensive Player of the Year.

Photo credits: Christian Proscia

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Desean Butler (Palm Beach Gardens)

Justin Bostic (Palm Beach Central)

Maverick Gracio (Cardinal Newman)

Mi’Kel Hendrix (Atlantic)

Deejay Holmes (Pahokee)

BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Luke Douglas (Jupiter)

Earl Evoy Jr. (Wellington)

Colby Hidalgo (Boca Raton)

Alex Rosario (Jupiter Christian)

Kristian Strong (Cardinal Newman)

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Derek Cole (Boynton Beach)

Ethan Dagostino (Palm Beach Central)

Anthony Hinds (Cardinal Newman)

Malcolm Tucker (Palm Beach Gardens)

Jake Weinberg (Delray Beach American Heritage)

PLEASE NOTE: The winners will be revealed by category throughout the month of December. Stay tuned for the upcoming eight victory stories.

PHOTO CREDITS: Christian Proscia

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