Carson’s Xavier Allen delivers City titles in football and baseball
Xavier Allen will soon be walking around Carson High to show off the two City Section championship rings he earned while helping the football and baseball teams win titles.
Last spring, he hit a home run in the City Division I semifinals, then watched Carson rally to win the Division I title against Banning at Dodger Stadium. On Saturday, he played linebacker for a Carson football team that beat Crenshaw 36-0 in the Open Division final and allowed just nine points in three playoff victories.
“He’s a great kid,” football coach William Lowe said of Allen, who has a 4.0 grade point average and leads the team with 91 tackles.
Allen is so focused on football that he doesn’t take the time to work on his baseball hitting skills.
“I approached the baseball coach, ‘Do you want Xavier to come in and take some swings?’” Lowe said.
The coach said yes, but Allen is focused on football until Carson’s season ends. The Colts begin the 3-A state playoffs with a bowl game against Delano Kennedy Saturday at 6 p.m. in Carson.
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