Xavier Allen will likely be quickly strolling round Carson High exhibiting off the 2 City Section championship rings he earned serving to the football and baseball groups win titles.
Last spring, he hit a walk-off house run in the City Division I semifinals, then noticed Carson rally to win the Division I title over Banning at Dodger Stadium. On Saturday, he performed linebacker for a Carson football group that defeated Crenshaw 36-0 in the Open Division closing and allowed simply 9 factors in three playoff wins.
“He’s a great kid,” football coach William Lowe mentioned of Allen, who has a 4.0 grade-point common and leads the group with 91 tackles.
Allen is so centered on football that he doesn’t take time to work on his baseball hitting abilities.
“I approached the baseball coach, ‘Do you want Xavier to come out and get some swings in?’” Lowe mentioned.
The coach mentioned sure however Allen is concentrating on football till Carson’s season ends. The Colts start the state 3-A playoffs with a bowl recreation towards Delano Kennedy on Saturday at 6 p.m. at Carson.
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