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PARADE ALL-AMERICA Stal Sdnd lall ftam 4 DY HASKELL COHEN rated quarterback, first two receivers, Ul the top lineman, first two linebackers and the first two defensive backs all play for Texas teams. The team was selected by college coaches, scouts and reporters from across the country. WO STARS ON AN eight-man football team representing La Jolla Country Day School in California are among 56 young men named to PARADE'S All-America High School Football Team and one of them, Eric Abrams, a 5-foot-7, The quarterback is 6-foot-3, 185 pound Chuck Clements of Huntsville, whose older brother, Steve, also was a PARADE all-Amencan. Both boys were coached by their father, Joe, who calls Chuck "an excellent quarterback with 165-pound kicker with dynamite in his toes, has been named Player of the Year. His teammate, Rashaan Salaam, made the all-America squad as a running back.

all the tools. He said his son had been contacted by 25 schools. Another quarterback who deserves special mention is Chad Davis of Mira 13 Mesa High in aan Diego, who broke the career high school passing record of Todd Man novich, another for k'. i I K.J I I 's Name School City HL Wt Quarterbacks (8) Chuck Clements Huntsville Huntsville, Tex. 6'3" 185 Corey Pullig Deer Park Deer Park, Tex.

6'3" 205 Chris Walsh Cretin-Derham Hall St Paul, Minn. 6'2 185 Tommie Frazier Manatee Bradenton, Fla. 6T 192 Steve TaneyhiU Altoona 6'5" 210 Chad Davis MlraMesa San Diego, Calif. 6'1" 185 Dan Kartell Westminster Academy Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

6'5" 205 Wally Richardson Sumter Sumter, S.C. 6'4" 200 Running Backs (10) Rashaan Salaam Country Day La Jolla, Calif. 6'2" 205 Shawn Walters Lamar Arlington, Tex. 6'0" 218 Marvin Sims Apple Valley Apple Valley, Minn. 5'1 0" 190 Omar Love Eisenhower Rialto, Calif.

6'2" 185 Kenyetta Williams Vashon St. Louis, Mo. 5'11" 178 Mike Alston Catholic Academy Joliet, III. 6'1" 205 Talib Douthard La Salle Cincinnati, Ohio 6'2" 200 T.Thomas Ford Peoria Peoria, Ariz. 6'2" 205 Dwayne Chandler Aberdeen Aberdeen, Miss.

6'2" 210 Steve Davis Spartanburg Spartanburg, S.C. 6'2 217 Receivers (11) Mercury Hayes B.T. Washington Houston, Tex. 6'0" 180 Trency Clough Marshall Marshall, Tex. 5'9" 155 Eddie Kennison Washington-Marion Lake Charles, La.

6'1" 175 Greg Jones Kennedy Denver, Colo. 6'5" 210 Jimmy Moore Garden City Garden City, Kan. 6'3" 230 David LaFleur Westlake Westlake, La. 6'6" 260 MikeMcDaniel John Marshall Oklahoma City, Okla. 6'3" 215 Ross Verba Dowling West Des Moines, Iowa 6'5" 225 Tamarick Vanover Leon Tallahassee, Fla.

6'2 190 Lovell Pinkney Anacostia Washington, D.C. 6'4" 210 Euell Wilson Bishop Dwenger Fort Wayne, Ind. 6'2" 185 Linemen (13) Dan Neil Cypress Creek Houston, Tex. 6'3" 273 Pat Thompson Ehret Marrero, La. 6'3" 285 Shannon Clavelle Walker New Orleans, La.

6'4" 270 Bryan Jurewicz Deerfield Deerfield, III. 6'6" 245 James Darby Streamwood Streamwood, III. 6'5" 310 Jerry Wunsch WausauWest 1 Wausau, Wis. 6'7" 295 Joe Wells Arroyo Grande Arroyo Grande, Calif. 6'5" 270 Anthony Jones Richards Oak Lawn, III.

6'5" 250 LaRoi Glover Point Loma San Diego, Calif. 6'3" 276 Mike McCullough Chaska Chaska, Minn. 6'3" 265 Korey Stringer Harding Warren, Ohio 6'5" 305 Peter Marczyk Holy Spirit Absecon, N.J. 6'4" 285 Roderick Spiller Hazelwood East St. Louis, Mo.

6'4" 240 Linebackers (5) Jim Brady Lamar Arlington, Tex. 6'5" 210 Jarrett Irons McCullough The Woodlands, Tex. 6'2" 215 James Gillyard Woodlawn Shreveport, La. 6'3" 215 Henri Crockett Ely Pompano Beach; Fla. 6'3" 230 Curtis Bogan Jr.

Renton Ronton, Wash. 6'5" 205 Defensive Backs (6) Bobby Taylor Longview Longview, Tex. 6'4" 200 Sherrod Wyatt Carter Dallas, Tex. 6'4" 195 Scott Hammond Lincoln Prep San Diego, Calif. 6'3" 190 Carlos Jones Archbishop Shaw Marrero, La.

5'11" 175 Lawyer Milloy Lincoln Tacoma, Wash. 6'2" 185 Ty Law Aliquippa Aliquippa, Pa. 5'11" 175 Kickers (3) Eric Abrams Country Day La Jolla, Calif. 57" 165 John Stonehouse Loyola Los Angeles, Calif. 6'0" 205 Scott Bentley Overland Aurora, Colo.

6'1" 170 During his last game Nov. 23, against Santa Fe Christian for the championship, Eric kicked three extra points and a field goal, which gave him 213 career kicking points, a state record. But Eric is more than a great athlete: For three seasons he has solicited pledges to the Make-A-Wish Foundation so that, every time he kicked an extra point, funds were contributed to the organization, which helps make the wishes of fatally ill children come true. In this way, Eric mer PARADE all-American. On Nov.

22, Davis completed eight of 20 passes for 102 yards in a 28-21 victory over Rancho Buena Vista in the opening round of the playoffs. This gave him 9188, topping Marinovich's total by six yards. "I got the record, but we won the game," said Chad. "That's all that mattered." He also scored three touchdowns himself. Player of the Yean Eric Abrams kicks off vs.

Francis Parker High in October game. raised $21,000 for the foundation. As a result, he has been been nominated for one of President Bush's Points of Light. He also is a National Merit Semifinalist. With Rashaan carrying the ball, said their coach, Rick Woods, Country Day scored so often Eric didn't get to try many field goals, but he did average 65 yards per kickoff.

None was returned. Mercury Hayes, the top-rated receiver, from Houston, is "like radar on the ball," said George Dearborne, the head coach. During the season, Dearborne said, Mercury caught 43 passes and scored 15 touchdowns. He also returned two punts and a kickoff for touchdowns. Yet surpassing all these outstanding players in the vote-getting was a defensive back, 6-foot-4, 200-pound Bobby Taylor of Longview High in Texas.

In his last two seasons, Taylor returned seven kickoffs for touchdowns, blocked eight punts and had 14 interceptions. His coach, Robert Bero, declared that Bobby was "the best football player that I have ever coached and definitely the best team player ever to play for our school." 01 Of the highly recruited Rashaan, Woods said, "In my is the best back I've 14 years, Salaam had. He had 105 career touchdowns, averaged 13 yards a carry and scored 31 touchdowns this year." Texas, with 10, and California, witn eight, dominate this year's all-America squad of 56. In fact, Texans were rated first in all but two positions. The top- PAGE 20 DECEMBER 22, 1991 PARADE MAGAZINE.