Sacred Heart Prep senior Ben Burr-Kirven got his 2014 football season off to a slow start when he missed the first five games of the season due to injury. The final eight games, however, were quite remarkable.
Those final eight games saw the University of Washington-bound Burr-Kirven rush for 862 yards and 18 touchdowns on 106 carries as he averaged more than 100 rushing yards per game. He also caught a touchdown pass.
On defense, Burr-Kirven averaged more than 11 tackles per game while finishing with 116 stops, two sacks and two interceptions while helping the Gators wrap up a historic 13-0 season by winning the Central Coast Section Open Division championship for the first time in program history.
For those efforts, Burr-Kirven was named the state player of the year in the Small Schools Division by Cal-Hi Sports. He also was a finalist for Cal-Hi's Mr. Football State Player of the Year, which went to future Washington teammate Jake Browning of Folsom.
Burr-Kirven is the first State Small Schools Player of the Year from Sacred Heart Prep, but SHP rival Menlo School has had several -- including Jim Noriega for 1990, Jim McKinley for 1988 and John Paye three straight years for 1980 to 1982...and he was also a first team All-American on the MaxPreps Small School Division team.
This post was edited on 1/12 3:56 PM by Where Are They Now
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Those final eight games saw the University of Washington-bound Burr-Kirven rush for 862 yards and 18 touchdowns on 106 carries as he averaged more than 100 rushing yards per game. He also caught a touchdown pass.
On defense, Burr-Kirven averaged more than 11 tackles per game while finishing with 116 stops, two sacks and two interceptions while helping the Gators wrap up a historic 13-0 season by winning the Central Coast Section Open Division championship for the first time in program history.
For those efforts, Burr-Kirven was named the state player of the year in the Small Schools Division by Cal-Hi Sports. He also was a finalist for Cal-Hi's Mr. Football State Player of the Year, which went to future Washington teammate Jake Browning of Folsom.
Burr-Kirven is the first State Small Schools Player of the Year from Sacred Heart Prep, but SHP rival Menlo School has had several -- including Jim Noriega for 1990, Jim McKinley for 1988 and John Paye three straight years for 1980 to 1982...and he was also a first team All-American on the MaxPreps Small School Division team.
This post was edited on 1/12 3:56 PM by Where Are They Now
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/01/12/shps-burr-kirven-named-top-player-in-state-for-small-schools
