12 Owls Dot All-Central League List
Glendora, CA -- The Southern California Football Association (SCFCA) announced it's post-season awards recently. Citrus College had 12 players named an All-Central League honoree. Leading the way was sophomore Justin Martin, who was Citrus' lone 1st-teamer, as a returner.
Martin wound up on the All-Central League list twice, being listed as a 1st team selection as a returner, and a 2nd team selection as a wide receiver. As a returner Martin took two kick-offs and one punt to the house in 2014. Martin averaged 28 yards per kick-off return, the 9th highest mark in the entire California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA), and totaled 813 return yards which led the CCCAA, and obliterated the previous school record. As a wideout, Martin hauled in 44 passes for 538 yards and four touchdowns.
Joining Martin on the 2nd team as a wide receiver was freshman Patrick Smith. Smith caught a team high 54 passes for a team high 757 yards a game. Smith also caught a team high seven touchdowns, and averaged 14 yards a reception. Throwing the ball to Martin and Smith was sophomore quarterback Larry Cutbirth who was also a 2nd team All-Conference honoree. Cutbirth threw for 2,513, breaking the previous Citrus school record for passing yards that he set himself last season. Cutbirth also threw for 18 touchdowns on the year and ran for six more.
On the defensive side of the ball sophomores Dane Cruikshank and Marquice O'Leary both grabbed 2nd team All-Conference nods. O'Leary led the Owls in total tackles in 2014, with 84 on the season. He averaged 8.4 tackles per game which was tied for 22nd in the entire CCCAA. O'Leary also recorded 7.5 tackles for a loss, a team leading six interceptions, and a team best nine pass break-ups. Cruikshank meanwhile served as one of the top corner backs in the SCFA. Cruikshank had 45 total tackles, a tackle for a loss, one pick, and four pass break-ups.
Rounding out the honors was a slew of All-SCFA Central League Honorable Mention honorees. On the offensive side of the ball were freshman offensive lineman Dominic Johnson and sophomore wide receiver Errol Romney. Johnson started every snap at left tackle as a true freshman. Romney meanwhile caught 47 passes for 623 yards and five touchdowns.
Defensively, it was four sophomores in Willard "Trent" Williams, Benjamin Kane, Dorrin Turner, and Terrance Manderville. Williams had 42 tackles, including three and a half for a loss. Kane was fourth on the team with 57 tackles including four for a loss. Turner was third on the team in total tackles with 64, including a team leading 13 tackles for a loss, while Manderville was second on the team in total tackles with 75, posting 10 tackles for a loss.