September 15, 2022; Phoenix, Arizona; USA; Brophy Prep wide out Layton Duncan prepares for a game against St. Marys at Central High School.
Several players and coaches with Arizona ties will compete on USA Football’s U20 national team later this month.
Wide receivers Layton Duncan and Kamron Jackson, linebacker Chris Pemberton and coaches Michael Patterson and Myron Blueford will be part of the team that will compete over the last 10 days in June in Canada with a shot at a gold medal. They leave for Edmonton, Alberta, Canada this weekend to prepare for the International Federation of American Football World Junior Championship from June 20-30.
Countries represented are the United States, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Japan and Panama.
Blueford built Chandler Arizona College’s football program from scratch starting in 2017 and into a strong 4A team and stepped down after last season. He is now American Leadership Academy Ironwood Junior High athletic director and the defensive coordinator on the ALA Ironwood varsity football team. He will be the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach of the U20 national team.
Patterson, who helped Blueford become part of USA Football, is linebacker coach and assistant defensive coordinator at Phoenix Brophy Prep. He will be the defensive backs coach of the U20 team.
Duncan graduated from Brophy in 2023, after playing football there. Jackson, who is 6-foot-4, graduated in May from Tempe High, where he played. Pemberton, played his senior season in 2023 at Arizona College Prep. Blueford said he invited him to play for Team USA.
Arizona College Prep. Head Coach Myron Blueford speaks during Chandler Unified School District’s Media Day with players from Arizona College Prep., Chandler, Hamilton, Basha, Casteel and Perry High Schools at Valle Luna Mexican Restaurant on Wednesday,…
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Publish date : 2024-06-14 22:47:42
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