Local football player Ben Holmes has been selected as one of the top 101 football players in the United States and Canada by Youth1 Media, coming in at number 97. He was also recently named one of the top three offensive linemen in the country by coaches at the invitation-only national Football University Top Gun camp in Virginia.
This season, six-foot-tall Holmes will be playing for the North Oxnard Black Senior team as left tackle and defensive tackle. His team will be playing the Elk Grove Herd team from Northern California in a bowl game at Westlake High School during Labor Day weekend.