Breitbard Stars of the Month, September, 2006

PROFESSIONALS

DAMON ALLEN (Football, Toronto Argonauts/Lincoln High) – The 2005 Canadian Football League MVP became Pro Football’s all-time passing leader when he surpassed Warren Moon’s CFL and NFL total of 70,553 yards. Allen completed 16 of 24 passes for 207 yards and two touchdowns to push the 43-year-old quarterback’s total in 22 CFL seasons to 70,596. Toronto beat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 40-6 on Sept. 4 in the annual CFL Labor Day Classic. Former NFL head coach Steve Mariucci, Allen’s quarterback coach at Cal State Fullerton, was on hand for the record-breaking performance. Toronto designated Sept. 9 as Damon Allen Day as Moon and Marcus Allen, Damon’s older brother, were on hand for a rematch with the Tigers-Cats. Toronto won 11-9 as Allen threw for 201 yards and led a last-minute drive that ended with a game-winning field goal by Noel Prefontaine, an alumnus of El Camino High and San Diego State.

TREVOR HOFFMAN (Baseball, Padres) – The Padres’ closer broke the Major League Baseball record for career saves with his 479th career save in the Padres’ final regular-season home game on Sept. 24 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He also earned DHL’s Delivery Man of the Month award when he finished September with 10 saves in 11 opportunities to help the Padres win the National League West title. Hoffman, 38, finished the regular season with 482 career saves and 46 saves in 2006. It was the eighth time his career he posted 40 or more saves.

PHILIP RIVERS (Football, Chargers) – The Chargers’ first-year starter at quarterback led the Bolts to a 2-0 start with wins on the road at the Oakland Raiders on Monday Night Football in the season opener and in the home opener against the Tennessee Titans at Qualcomm Stadium. The third-year pro had no turnovers and wasn’t sacked in the 2-0 start. He completed 8-of-11 passes for 108 yards and a touchdown toss to tight end Antonio Gates in the 27-0 win over the Raiders and completed 25 of 35 for 235 yards and a TD throw to Vincent Jackson in the 40-7 win over the Titans.

SCOTT SIMPSON (Golf, San Diego/Madison High) – The 1987 U.S. Open champion sank an 8-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for a one-shot victory in the Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach. Simpson, playing his first full season on the Champions Tour, started the day trailing by two strokes before firing a final-round 68. It was his first Champions Tour win after two runner-up finishes. He finished September ranked sixth on the Champions Tour money list with $1,170,009.

AMATEURS

KRISTEN CARLSON (Volleyball, University of San Diego) -- The USD senior outside hitter was named the West Coast Conference¹s Player of the Week twice in a three week period. The first time was after she helped lead USD to a 3-1 record and upset of No. 16 Ohio University in the USD Invitational. Carlson had a team-leading 58 kills (5.27 kills per game), five solo blocks and three service aces, during the USD Invitational. She was again honored after two WCC wins over USF and St. Mary’s. The Toreros are ranked No. 22 in the nation and in first place in the WCC.

TALLY HALL (Soccer, San Diego State) – The Aztecs’ senior All-American goal-tender made a season-high 11 saves to lead SDSU to a 2-0 victory over No. 16 Cal and was named the Pac-10 Men’s Soccer Player of the Week (SDSU is a member of the Pac-10 in men’s soccer). The win over Cal was his third shutout of the season. Hall’s record in goal was 5-2-1 as he averaged 3.88 saves per game and allowed only 1.08 goals a game. Hall was later named a second-team All-American and a first-team All-Pac-10 pick.

JOSH JOHNSON (Football, University of San Diego) – The Toreros’ junior quarterback earned Offensive Player of the Week honors three times, including national Offensive Player of the Week recognition, while leading USD to a 4-0 start in September. The wins allowed the Toreros to maintain their preseason No. 1 ranking among Division I-AA mid-major schools in The Sports Network poll as well as earn the school’s first national ranking among all Division I-AA schools at No. 25. Johnson was honored by the Pioneer Football League following a 41-7 win over Dixie State of Utah, a 43-17 win at Yale and 50-21 win at Davidson College. Following the Yale win, he was a national Player of the Week for I-AA mid-major schools by Don Hansen’s Football Gazette and was nominated by USA Today for national player of the week honors in a poll among all college players that was won by Michigan wide receiver Mario Manningham.

DICK ROBINSON (Triathlon, Bonita) – Robinson, competing in the 75- to 79-year-old division, won his third world triathlon title on Sept. 2 at the Triathlon Union World championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. The retired Southwestern College professor covered 1.5 kilometer swim, 40k bike and 10k run in 3 hours, 29 minutes 3 seconds.

TRACY SCOTT (Field hockey, Wake Forest/Torrey Pines High) –The senior All-American was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Field Hockey Player of the Week after helping the No. 2 Demon Deacons remain unbeaten on the road. The senior forward collected four goals and tallied 11 points as the Deacs shut out Stanford and defeated Pacific last week. Wake Forest is ranked No. 2 in the nation.

SCOTT WHITE (Football, Washington/Mission Bay High) – The senior linebacker was named a Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Week after he led Washington to a 21-10 road win at Arizona. The Huskies improved to 4-1 as White had a team-high 10 tackles, eight solo, including three tackles for loss (-29) and two quarterback sacks (-25). The Washington defense limited Arizona to minus-seven yards rushing and 308 yards total offense, allowed just 1-of-13 third-down conversions and posted six quarterback sacks for minus-54 yards.

HIGH SCHOOLS

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