Results from Tuesday's 6:00pm game:

Holy Family-----05-04-08-10 = 27
Verdugo Hills---02-03-02-07 = 14

Players of the game:
Allyson Blanco-Holy Family
9 pts and 1 defensive rebound

Gisselle Mota-Verdugo Hills
7 pts, 2 steals and 1 offensive rebound

Results from Tuesday's 7:30pm game:

Vaughn---10-16-05-09 = 40
Alverno---10-02-06-08 = 18

Players of the game:
Nicole Herrera-Vaughn
12 pts, 2 steals, 1 offensive and 1 defensive rebound

Allison Joseph-Alverno
6 pts, 2 offensive rebounds and 3 defensive rebounds

Results from the Tuesday 4:30pm game:

Trinity Classical---07-06-08-04 = 25
Westlake-------------07-08-16-15 = 46

Players of the game:
Samantha Schalk-Westlake
11 pts, 1 block, 1 offensive rebound and 2 defensive rebounds

Taylor Oshiro-Trinity Classical
12 pts, 2 blocks, 1 steal, 1 offensive rebound and 6 defensive rebounds

The 9th Annual Northeast Valley tournament begins Monday, December 5 and will continue on Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday at Vaughn High School.

It will have a championship and a consolation bracket.

Here are the matchups for the first round:

Monday, Dec. 5th:
6:30pm Central City Value vs Animo Bunche

Tuesday, Dec. 6th:
4:30pm Trinity Classical Academy vs Westlake
6:00pm Verdugo Hills vs Holy Family
7:30pm Alverno vs Vaughn

Contact Vaughn head coach Israel Ortiz for more information: iortiz1@roadrunner.com

Cathedral Catholic wins CIF Title in win over Helix

By David A. Willauer-Contributing Writer-In a see saw battle Open Division CIF Open Division Final, the undefeated Dons of Cathedral Catholic at 13-0, known for their offensive trickery of running and passing came back from a 14-0 deficit as they scored 14 points in the second quarter and 21 points in the third quarter as they defeated the Highlanders of Helix High School at 10-3 by a 35-27 score.

Sean Doyle on the win: "We came out and played a heck of a football team, Helix is a good squad our defense got stops on then that they needed to along with our offense, after the first couple of series they got themselves under control moved the ball well down 14-0 we did too much on the bootleg by Tate Haynes my qb that he threw the interception then he decided to do a lot of running with his legs he saw the receiver made the catch for the win."

"Running back Sean Poma is unreal and our offensive line did a good job opening up the holes for him and my Quarterback Tate Haynes has committed to Boston College makes things happen and will help the Eagles a lot when he graduates." said Coach Doyle

For Cathedral Catholic in the win Adam Eastwood carried the ball 20 times for 124 yards scored touchdown runs of 5 and 22 yards, qb Tate Haynes who committed to Boston College carried the ball 15 times to 119 yards scored touchdown runs of 2 and 58 yards passed 5 completions out of 7 attempts for 51 yards, Shawn Poma 12 carries for 161 yards scored touchdown run of 22 and 41 yards,

For the Highlanders of Helix Scott Young 4 carries for 18 yards scored 1 touchdown run of 5. Carson Baker passed the ball 24 completions out of 38 attempts for 308 yards and threw 2 touchdown passes of Rashad Scott (5 receptions for 33 yards) for 11 yards and 1 touchdown pass of 4 yards.

These 2 schools met the previous time at Cathedral Catholic on September 19th where the Dons won 35-17. This is Coach Doyle second time that Cathedral Catholic finished undefeated and wins their 11th CIF Section Title and will host Narbonne High School in a CIF State Playoff Open Division Semi Final Game.

By David A. Willauer-Contributing Writer-Southwestern Community College-Devore Stadium-Chula Vista, CA-12-3-16: The Crusaders of Mater Dei came back after a 10-7 deficit came back on the amazing speed of University of Oregon bound CJ Verdell as he carried the ball 30 carries for 251 yards, after scoring the first touchdown to put the Crusaders up 7-0 scored 3 touchdown runs of 20, 30 and 40 yards defeated the Eagles of Olympian High School by a 35-20 score to claim the Division I CIF Football title. These 2 teams met previous on November 7th where Mater Dei prevailed to a a 28-7 win on the Crusaders home field.

CJ Verdell on his performance: I felt good on my 4 touchdowns tonight as I give credit to my offensive line they created the open holes for my runs." "We know that was part of the game but I didn't panic we had faith in our coaches and put out a game plan that is now we got the win." "I will give credit to Olympian they are a classy football squad I know a lot of the kids that go to that school." on the University of Oregon I love the ducks went there for an unofficial visit with my parents and then I committed

The Crusaders were led by Chris Jones as he had 10 completions out of 18 attempts for 223 yards and threw a 24 yarder to Kevin Caldwell 1 reception for 24 yards.

The Eagles of Olympian were led by Noah Lasani 19 carries for 112 yards scored 1 touchdown of 3 yards, qb Nico Mendoza 10 completions out of 24 attempts to 175 yards threw a 25 yard touchdown pass of 25 yards to Isaiah Williams 3 receptions for 43 yards Ralphie Gomez 2 field goals of 27 and 38 yards,

With the win the Crusaders go to 12-1 and will take on Paraclete High School in a Division I semi final game at Antelope Valley College.

Per CIF Press Release:

The 48 teams participating in the 2016 CIF State Regional Football
Championship Bowl Games, along with the two teams selected for the 2016
Open Division State Championship match-up, will be announced Sunday,
December 4.

The Vista Lady Panthers basketball squad this season under head coach Pat Moramarco will be tough but will improve each week because we are so young. I have 4 freshman and a sophomore in the top 8 players, 7 out of 12 on the team are playing their first year of varsity basketball.

This week we play at home - Tuesday vs West Hills, 7pm and Saturday night 7pm vs Ramona.

Roster
9 graders - Evelyn Terraza 5'4, Alexis Hayes 5'8, Ciana Sciacca 5'7, Katerina Sciacca 5'7
10 graders - Daeyanna Hale 5'4
11th - Linda Marin 5'3, Camille Malauulu 5'6
12th - Reyna Banks 5'1, Leihua Matila 5'3, Grecia Arreguin 5'5, Melody Ornelia 5'5, Manumuau Sautia 5'5

Wed. 11/30 v Poway - loss 52-33 - Ciana Sciacca 13 pts, Reyna Banks (2 steals) & Daeyanna Hale (6 steals)5 pts. each

Friday 12/2 at Rancho Bernardo loss 68-30 - Evelyn Terraza 8 points & 6 rebounds, Katerina Sciacca 7 pts, Ciana Sciacca & Leihua Matila 5 pts each.

Saturday 12/3 at San Pasqual loss 57-49 - Evelyn Terraza 19 pts / 8 rebounds; Reyna Banks 10 pts, Ciana Sciacca 8 pts

Vista improves to 3-0 in West Hills Boys Basketball Tournament

The Vista Panthers Panthers behind the 17 points and 3 steals performance of Taurus Samuels, 12 points by Cameron Henry and 9 points and 6 steals by Isaiah Morris as they remain undefeated at 3-0 as they defeated West Hills High School by a 67-39 score in the West Hills Tournament and improve their record to are 3-0

In a boys basketball game the Vista Panthers Boys Basketball Team improves their record at 2-0 on the season as they defeated the Kearny Komets by a 64-50 score. Isaiah Morris led the Panthers with 26 points followed by Jordan Hilstock 11 points, 10 rebounds, 7 steals and Taurus Samuels 7 points 6 assists

The Panthers will take on Mater Dai on December 9th in Chula Vista.

University of Arizona bound Braxton Burmeister known for his quarterback passing and running ability paced the Torreys of LaJolla Country Day School to their 2nd CIF title threw for 274 yards passing and rushed for 102 yards Brennan Goring 8 receptions for 86 yards scored 2 touchdown passes of 4 and 15 yards, Jaden Dir 4 receptions for 77 yards scored 2 touchdown runs of 23 and 43 as they defeated Santana High School by a 38-24 score.

For Santana Josh Oedewaldt completed his first 10 passes and was 19 of 33 overall for 194 yards and TDs of 26 yards to Aiden Rasmusson (8-75) and 13 yards to Brock Ellis (6-89). Santana all-time rushing leader Bobby Wallace gained 141 yards on 32 carries, including a 6-yard TD run to open the scoring after a fumble recovery by Cameron Kane on the fourth play of the game.

San Marcos Ladies Open Basketball Season in win over El Camino

By David A. Willauer-Contributing Writer-Excalibur Girls Basketball Classic-The Lady Knights of San Marcos opened up the 2016-17 basketball season as they defeated the Lady Wildcats of El Camino by a 63-27 score.

Dee Dee Valenzuela led the Lady Knights with 14 points and 11 by Ashley Bernales.

With the win the Lady go to 1-0 and will take on the Lady Eagles of Granite Hills on Thursday, December 1, 2016.

Special congratulations to coach Paul Tait of tournament champion Heritage Christian and the all-tournament team.

Juhwan Harris-Dyson, Heritage Christian, Most Valuable Player

Ron Artest III, Beverly Hills

Jules Bernard, Windward

Jonathan Daniels, Heritage Christian

Jalen Harris, Windward

Damion Squire, Wasatch Academy

Game 1: Monte Vista 68, St. Patrick's 58
Player of the game: Austin Fadal from Monte Vista

Game 2: Dublin 75, Las Lomas 64
Player of the game: Jack Nielsen from Dublin

Game 3: Christian Brothers 70, Berkeley 59
Player of the game: Andre Albason from Christian Brothers

Game 4: Moreau Catholic 72, Immanuel 63
Player of the game: Kyree Walker from Moreau Catholic

Game 5: Capital Christian 82, Bishop Alemany 71 (Overtime)
Player of the game: Zach Chappell from Capital Christian

Game 6: Woodcreek 80, Newark Memorial 52
Player of the game: Jordan Brown from Woodcreek

Game 7: Bishop O'Dowd 70, Bishop Montgomery 63
Player of the game: Elijah Hardy from Bishop O'Dowd

QB Tate Haynes paces Cathedral Catholic in win over Mission Hills-

By David A. Willauer-Contributing Writer-In an Open Division Semi Final Round of the CIF Sectional Football Playoff contest, the top seeded Dons of Cathedral Catholic defeated the Grizzlies at 7-5 of Mission Hills High School by a 44-21 score.

Chris Hauser Mission Hills Football Coach: "We weren't consistent enough on both sides of the ball as they scored 44 points on the board and they did much better then what we did." "We had an opportunity to get the right players in the game but we were hit with too many players on the field penalty."

"We moved the ball we fumbled on our short plays but our offensive line did well pass protecting which created a lot of problems for us when it came to open holes for the backs. " Jack Tuttle is a high level quarterback and does what he can and plays to the best of his ability." "Sam Dixon's first touchdown was the big play but in the second half Cathedral Catholic intercepted Jack Tuttle's pass but we have come a long ways started off we have 21 of our starters are new and Jack Tuttle improving a lot at qb along with an amazing 7-5 we put a magical game together vs. Oceanside the Grossmont game will be the big upset one on the ages these kids look on the season and hats off to them."

The Dons led 14-0 after the first period on Jordan Genmark Heath's 1 yard run along with Tate Hayes (7 completions out of 15 attempts for 108 yards) connected on his first of four touchdown passes of 24 yards to Antoine Lee (2 receptions for 39 yards) before Grizzly running back Sam Dixon 11 carries for 60 yards scored the first touchdown on an 8 yard run to go within 14-7. The Dons scored 2 more touchdowns to go up 27-7 on Tate Haynes' 2nd touchdown a 24 yarder to Patrick Brown (3 receptions for 64 yards) and his 3rd touchdown to Adam Eastwood on a 6 yarder before Grizzly qb Jack Tuttle 22 completions out of 39 attempts for 270 yards threw a touchdown pass to Mission Hills teammate Ian Fryday (4 receptions for 27 yards) for 13 yards to go within 27-14.

After the Dons scored 2 more touchdowns on Tate Haynes 9 yard pass to Jack Thompson along with a 27 yard field goal by Liam King, Mission Hills scored their last touchdown of the game as qb Jack Tuttle threw his second touchdown pass to Louis Flores( 3 receptions for 23 yards) for 16 yards to make the final score 44-21 in favor of Central Catholic.

Cathedral Catholic Coach Sean Doyle: "This is huge win for our squad today and after a 2 year wait of falling short in the CIF Section Semi Finals we finally achieved our goal by reaching the championship round," "Tate Haynes is a good player and his passes were outstanding along with Jordan Genmark Heath made a nice running pattern and tried to draw Mission Hills off sides they did a good job staying in the game."

"Two of Tate Haynes passes was he forced the ball too much and he took off running and made great decisions as in we have good athletes that they stepped up and were blessed ." Now we have to go to the drawing board on how we're going to prepare to play Helix for the second time." said Coach Doyle


Notes: This is the second time in the Cathedral Catholic went undefeated since 2008 Cathedral Catholic and Helix met the previous time on the Don's Field where Cathedral Catholic won 35-28.

SOUTHERN SECTION

Semifinals

DIVISION 1
Mater Dei 48, Rancho Cucamonga 21
St. John Bosco 49, Corona Centennial 47

DIVISION 2
San Clemente 41, Valencia 35
Murrieta Valley 63, La Habra 42

DIVISION 3
La Mirada 36, Los Alamitos 20
Edison 32, Rancho Verde 28

DIVISION 4
Sierra Canyon 42, Charter Oak 19
Corona del Mar 35, Lompoc 34

DIVISION 5
Calabasas 58, Eastvale Roosevelt 21
Capistrano Valley 20, King 14

DIVISION 6
Los Altos 30, Long Beach Wilson 28
Paraclete 44, Lawndale 13

DIVISION 7
Norte Vista 21, St. Paul 7
San Gorgonio 39, Golden Valley 35

DIVISION 8
Burbank 44, Don Lugo 14
Yorba Linda 28, El Modena 21

DIVISION 9
Cerritos Valley Christian 12, Riverside Notre Dame 0
Silverado 52, Antelope Valley 13

DIVISION 10
St. Anthony 56, Rubidoux 21
Aquinas 64, Leuzinger 63 (OT)

DIVISION 11
Quartz Hill 49, Twentynine Palms 25
Valley View 42, Montebello 7

DIVISION 12
Arroyo 70, Segerstrom 21
Rancho Mirage 52, St. Genevieve 14

DIVISION 13
Santa Ana 66, Laguna Beach 27
Rancho Christian 42, South El Monte 28

CITY

DIVISION I
Narbonne 54, El Camino Real 20
Dorsey 31, San Pedro 9

DIVISION II
Hawkins 63, Grant 20
Los Angeles 52, Westchester 6

DIVISION III
Franklin 25, Chavez 12
Reseda 37, Hollywood 0

Nebraska commit Tristan Gebbia threw for 5 TDs and ran for 1. Darnay Holmes 2 receiving touchdowns, Bookie Radley-Hiles 3 TDs. The Coyotes made a statement and dismantled the Mustangs.

I'd be shocked if I don't see Calabasas in 3 weeks in Sacramento.

The 10th Annual NorCal Tip Off Classic is loaded with great teams yet again and will be Saturday, November 26th at Newark Memorial High School starting at 11am. For those that can make it in person it is a must see event and great way to open up the high school boys basketball season. NorCal SportsTV will be broadcasting the games LIVE online from their YouTube Channel for those who just can't make it down. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel for alerts when Live-Streams begin.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8UTsvNHj8ZTl72Emcq1arA

Games will be broadcasted LIVE straight from the YouTube Channel home page

Schedule
Saturday November 26, 2016 at Newark Memorial High School


Game 1: 11:00 AM St. Patrick's (Vallejo) vs. Monte Vista (Danville)


Game 2: 12:30 PM Dublin vs. Las Lomas (Walnut Creek)


Game 3: 2:15 PM Berkeley vs. Christian Brothers (Sacramento)


Game 4: 3:45 PM Moreau Catholic (Hayward) vs. Immanuel (Reedley)


Game 5: 5:30 PM Capital Christian (Sacramento) vs. Bishop Alemany (Mission Hills)


Game 6: 7:00 PM Newark Memorial (Newark) vs. Woodcreek (Roseville)


Game 7: 8:30 PM Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland) vs. Bishop Montgomery (Torrance)

SOUTHERN SECTION

Quarterfinals

DIVISION 1
Mater Dei 63, Vista Murrieta 30
Rancho Cucamonga 42, Mission Viejo 26
St. John Bosco 54, Santa Margarita 14
Corona Centennial 66, Chaminade 35

DIVISION 2
San Clemente 23, Heritage 19
Valencia 52, Arroyo Grande 24
La Habra 31, Redlands East Valley 21
Murrieta Valley 65, Norco 48

DIVISION 3
La Mirada 32, La Serna 31
Los Alamitos 35, Palos Verdes 7
Rancho Verde 30, Cathedral 16
Edison 38, Buena Park 21

DIVISION 4
Sierra Canyon 41, Redondo 34 (3OT)
Charter Oak 35, Downey 21
Corona del Mar 49, Colony 48
Lompoc 46, Etiwanda 0

DIVISION 5
Calabasas 42, Santa Maria St. Joseph 19
Eastvale Roosevelt 56, Redlands 42
King 21, Salesian 14
Capistrano Valley 20, Ventura 10

DIVISION 6
Los Altos 49, Paramount 41
Long Beach Wilson 25, Saugus 23
Lawndale 38, Summit 14
Paraclete 30, Yucaipa 17

DIVISION 7
St. Paul 28, Oxnard Pacifica 21
Norte Vista 62, St. Margaret's 56
San Gorgonio 41, Tustin 18
Golden Valley 28, El Segundo 7

DIVISION 8
El Modena 35, Rio Mesa 21
Yorba Linda 20, Garden Grove 17
Don Lugo 35. Temescal Canyon 10
Burbank 30, Northview 27

DIVISION 9
Cerritos Valley Christian 37, El Rancho 12
Riverside Notre Dame 34, Agoura 20
Silverado 46, La Salle 41
Antelope Valley 45, Woodbridge 27

DIVISION 10
Rubidoux 41, Beckman 26
St. Anthony 60, Dos Pueblos 28
Leuzinger 49, Riverside North 39
Aquinas 49, Pasadena Poly 0

DIVISION 11
Twentynine Palms 26, Katella 7
Quartz Hill 22, Arcadia 21
Valley View 50, Rancho Alamitos 13

DIVISION 12
Arroyo 42, Schurr 28
Segerstrom 42, Calvary Murrieta 36
St. Genevieve 31, Pacific 21
Rancho Mirage 23, Hillcrest 0

DIVISION 13
Santa Ana 41, Azusa 0
Laguna Beach 21, Boron 14
South El Monte 61, Santa Clarita Christian 41
Rancho Christian 28, Godinez 21

CITY

Division I
Narbonne 47, Crenshaw 7
El Camino Real 41, Wilmington Banning 27
San Pedro 13, Palisades 10
Dorsey 49, Garfield 14

DIVISION II
Hawkins 65, Canoga Park 7
Grant 41, Jefferson 38
Westchester 58, Huntington Park 28
Los Angeles 40, Fairfax 0

DIVISION III
Franklin 42, Granada Hills Kennedy 13
Chavez 30, Manual Arts 0
Hollywood 27, Torres 21
Reseda 42, West Adams 12

Courtesy of staff writer Gerry Freitas:

Pacific Shores Winner's Bracket:
Roosevelt 62, Oak Park 50
Westchester 77, Long Beach Poly 72 (OT)
Narbonne 64, Redondo Union 57 (OT)
Birmingham 76, Santa Margarita 73

Pacific Shores Consolation Bracket:
Lynwood 62, Mayfair 59
Inglewood 73, Dominguez 58
Gahr 64, Harvard-Westlake 57
Rancho Christian 56, Peninsula 53

Courtesy staff writer Gerry Freitas:

Birmingham 73, Rancho Christian 54
Narbonne 66, Harvard Westlake 53
Oak Park 63, Dominguez 51
Wetschester 66, Lynwood 50
Roosevelt 65, Inglewood 53
Redondo Union 66, Gahr 59
Long Beach Poly 69, Mayfair 57
Santa Margarita 75, Peninsula 44

By David A. Willauer-Contributing Writer

-Excalibur Field-San Marcos High School

In the opening round of the 2016 high school football season on August 26, 2016, head coach David Bottom made his debut at Vista and lost to the Knights of San Marcos by a 37-13 score at Dick Haines Stadium at Vista High School.

And today it was still the same story. The Knights jumped out to a 17-0 lead on Kyle Webb's fumble recovery in the end zone, Myles Liss's 20 yard field goal and a Colin Mathiszik 57 yard fumble recovery to go up 17-0.

The Panthers of Vista came back as quarterback Josh Davies (6 completions out of 10 attempts for 110 yards) threw an 82 yard touchdown pass to Carlos Rodriguez (2 receptions for 86 yards) and Nick Stormo (6 carries for 61 yards) scored on a 40 yard touchdown run to cut the Knight lead at 17-13. The PAT failed on the second touchdown.

San Marcos scored 2 more touchdowns as Bryson Bolin ran for a 10 yard touchdown while teammate Tylee Hodson scored on a 19 yarder to make the final score 31-13. Bolin ended up passing 10 completions out of 19 attempts for 180 yards and carrying the ball 6 times for 22 yards.

Tyler Rogers led the Knights in rushing with 26 carries for 112 yards.

Jason Texler Head Football Coach at San Marcos on the win: "Vista is a young athletic team. We started out well on defense but struggled on offense. However, our guys came back and got it done when Vista came within 4 at 17-13.

"Along with playing a ten game schedule, it is hard to play Vista the second time. They gave us quite a battle; I give credit to my players. Tyler Rogers, Josh Bornes and Bryson Bolin all did well today but this was a team effort."

With the win 4th seed San Marcos improve to 7-4 and will next take on the top seed Warhawks of Madison High School at 9-2 in a semi final round contest at Madison.

10th annual Nor Cal Tip Off Classic Schedule


Saturday November 26, 2016 at Newark Memorial High School

Game 1: 11:00 AM St. Patrick's (Vallejo) vs. Monte Vista (Danville)

Game 2: 12:30 PM Dublin vs. Las Lomas (Walnut Creek)

Game 3: 2:15 PM Berkeley vs. Christian Brothers (Sacramento)

Game 4: 3:45 PM Moreau Catholic (Hayward) vs. Immanuel (Reedley)

Game 5: 5:30 PM Capital Christian (Sacramento) vs. Bishop Alemany (Mission Hills)

Game 6: 7:00 PM Newark Memorial (Newark) vs. Woodcreek (Roseville)

Game 7: 8:30 PM Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland) vs. Bishop Montgomery (Torrance)

I was disappointed, but not shocked by the result of the first round playoff game of Valley View at Culver City in Division 11. Valley View won 69-43.

Culver City has the dubious distinction of scoring the most points in an 11 man Southern Section first round game this year...and losing. To be sure, the game was entertaining, if you like offense. The Centaurs even led a couple of times, but turnovers (2 pick 6's) and at least one fumble were certainly their undoing. Had they avoided those, they might have gotten close enough to steal the win, but they were never gonna dominate Valley View.

That team was big, 3 guys over 300 lbs, plus Culver City only has one over 250. In the second half, the telltale drive was a 91 yard, 19 play drive taking over 9 minutes by Valley View in which they mostly ran it up the gut. Culver had guys leaping over the top of the pile, everyone in the box they could spare, but just could not stop that freight train. Valley View's 230 lb fullback, Rudy Lovato was too much for Culver to handle behind that big O-line. The Centaur QB threw for 456 yards, but Valley View ran for 483.

Valley View moves on to host Rancho Alamitos (7-4). Rancho should be able to handle the size a little bit better than Culver and also has an effective passer. Their receivers do not look as talented as the Culver squad and I think when all is added up that Valley View should be winning this one, particularly playing at home.

Katella managed to beat Westminster a second time this year. They host 29 Palms. I don't know enough to comment any further than the fact that 29 Palms is not rated any where near Katella, so I expect Katella to breeze to a semi-final.

Arcadia looks like they dominated Oak Park, but they must travel to Quartz Hill and I am still having trouble having much respect for Pacific league teams. I am picking Quartz Hill to win.

Montebello was picked to be one of the Division 11 favorites. They easily handled Coachella Valley 38-14 and are 8 point favorites over Covina who barely got by Victor Valley 18-17. Covina has home field, but I don't think that will be enough.

What about the rest of the Ocean League?

El Segundo survived a tight match against Canyon of Anaheim 17-10 in Division 7. Cupcake El Segundo gave up more than 19 points only once this season, 24, to high scoring Culver City. They are well coached. If they are healthy, they should feature alternating QB's, not every quarter or series but EVERY PLAY. Both guys are serviceable, I like #7 a little better but it is their fullback, #10, and #26 on defense that are most impressive. #26 is a stud.

They will prefer to run the ball but can pass effectively enough to keep you honest. #7 is willing to scramble for first downs too. Their main RB is a bit smallish, but tough & quick. The back-up is even smaller, but perhaps speedier. Golden Valley's advantage may be that they face teams this good all season. Nothing new to them. Speed and revenge are the only thing that defeated El Segundo (10-1) in their one loss this year, but they have not faced a team as highly rated as Golden Valley either. This is my planned game to attend.

The Ocean League's Lawndale also survived in Division 6 play, easily beating local foe West Torrance 48-14. Calpreps projects a high scoring 1 point edge for Summit. Summit, 42-41 winners over West Covina, does appear to have the size to counter Lawndale, and they will need it. But if you can stop the Lawndale run game, you have chance to stop them as their QB is an inconsistent passer.

Both teams look like they will feature star running backs. Lawndale's sophomore Jordan Wilmore is listed as the 7th leading rusher in the Southern Section. Their QB's numbers look better than what I saw when they played El Segundo.

Summit looks like they are all about #7 RB Stephen Carr. They don't show any stats on this young man, but the video is impressive, and the last name is the same as the leading rusher in the CIF, Kenneth Carr. Relation? Cousin? I would guess Lawndale will assign a specific player to him because he looks like a special gamebreaking college division 1 type player. Summit appears to just barely do enough with passing to keep teams from locking down too tight on Carr. I would expect that Carr & the Summit size to be enough for a Summit win.

SOUTHERN SECTION

First round

DIVISION 1
Mater Dei 69, Tesoro 0
Vista Murrieta 38, Bishop Amat 24
Rancho Cucamonga 27, Orange Lutheran 7
Mission Viejo 49, Servite 28
St. John Bosco 47, Upland 20
Santa Margarita 27, Gardena Serra 14
Chaminade 50, Long Beach Poly 14
Corona Centennial 55, JSerra 24

DIVISION 2
Heritage 42, El Toro 14
San Clemente 36, Chino Hills 13
Arroyo Grande 31, Westlake 28
Valencia 34, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 3
La Habra 35, Oaks Christian 28
Redlands East Valley 41, Great Oak 30
Norco 35, Citrus Hill 32
Murrieta Valley 63, St. Bonaventure 34

DIVISION 3
La Mirada 49, Paso Robles 6
La Serna 41, Serrano 34
Los Alamitos 19, Villa Park 14
Palos Verdes 38, St. Francis 37
Cathedral 34, Hart 17
Rancho Verde 49, Oak Hills 21
Buena Park 20, San Juan Hills 7
Edison 49, Newbury Park 24

DIVISION 4
Redondo 43, Cajon 24
Charter Oak 55, Glendora 28
Downey 55, Damien 27
Corona del Mar 41, Murrieta Mesa 20
Colony 22, Palm Springs 13
Etiwanda 24, Placentia Valencia 14
Lompoc 65, Carter 0

DIVISION 5
Calabasas 56, Harvard-Westlake 28
Santa Maria St. Joseph 41, Troy 21
Eastvale Roosevelt 50, San Jacinto 28
Redlands 24, La Quinta 10
King 45, Paloma Valley 35
Ventura 35, Moorpark 19
Capistrano Valley 26, Foothill 8

DIVISION 6
Los Altos 35, San Marino 14
Paramount 49, Mira Costa 21
Long Beach Wilson 49, Pomona 14
Saugus 38, Crescenta Valley 29
Summit 42, West Covina 41
Lawndale 48, West Torrance 14
Paraclete 62, Nipomo 14
Yucaipa 42, Palmdale 7

DIVISION 7
Oxnard Pacifica 63, Linfield Christian 41
St. Paul 54, Monrovia 42
St. Margaret's 55, North Torrance 14
Norte Vista 42, Diamond Ranch 21
San Gorgonio 49, South Hills 22
Tustin 42, Huntington Beach 27
Golden Valley 14, Ayala 10
El Segundo 17, Anaheim Canyon 10

DIVISION 8
Rio Mesa 20, San Dimas 0
Yorba Linda 45, Kaiser 12
Don Lugo 42, Moreno Valley 14
Burbank 52, Brea Olinda 32
Northview 38, Chino 6

DIVISION 9
Cerritos Valley Christian 45, La Palma Kennedy 7
El Rancho 42, Norwalk 26
Agoura 24, Santa Barbara 16
Riverside Notre Dame 42, Ridgecrest Burroughs 32
Silverado 60, Perris 18
La Salle 27, Mayfair 7
Woodbridge 35, Cypress 21
Antelope Valley 41, Muir 0

DIVISION 10
Rubidoux 62, Viewpoint 19
Beckman 38, Santa Fe 34
St. Anthony 24, Gahr 21
Dos Pueblos 29, Mission Prep 16
Leuzinger 43, Apple Valley 36
Riverside North 27, Grand Terrace 14
Pasadena Poly 23, Garden Grove Pacifica 15
Aquinas 35, South Pasadena 10

DIVISION 11
Katella 47, Westminster 39
Twentynine Palms 19, Jurupa Hills 14
Arcadia 41, Oak Park 19
Quartz Hill 27, Bishop Montgomery 13
Montebello 38, Coachella Valley 14
Covina 18, Victor Valley 17 (OT)
Rancho Alamitos 41, Heritage Christian 31
Valley View 69, Culver City 43

DIVISION 12
Arroyo 48, Verbum Dei 14
Schurr 56, Fillmore 10
Calvary Murrieta 49, Silver Valley 21
Segerstrom 17, Santa Ana Valley 7
Pacific 55, Santa Paula 28
St. Genevieve 42, Carpinteria 7
Hillcrest 35, Big Bear 28

DIVISION 13
Azusa 48, Carnegie 12
Laguna Beach 26, Duarte 21
Boron 47, El Monte 7
South El Monte 38, Rio Hondo Prep 23
Santa Clarita Christian 29, Sierra Vista 10
Godinez 34, La Puente 7
Rancho Christian 41, Anza Hamilton 0

Ocean League wrap

Everything panned out pretty much as projected in the last week of the regular season. The three league favorites were able win their final games against the bottom 3 of the Ocean league. Culver City QB Jonathan Martin was 13 of 15 for 303 yards with 6 TD passes and no picks in a 63-8 win, but, it was poor little Beverly Hills they were playing. El Segundo beat Santa Monica 45-6 and Lawndale beat Hawthorne 54-6. 4th place finisher Hawthorne (2-3, 3-7) could not qualify in Division 12 with a losing record and there were no at-large playoff spots available. No at large spots were available in D-10 through D-13.

El Segundo (9-1), in D-7, drew a home game against Canyon of Anaheim (4-6). Canyon's record may not seem that impressive but it is a fairly strong league (Crestview). All 4 teams from that league qualified for the playoffs. El Segundo projects as a 4 point favorite with a possible score of 21-17.

Lawndale (6-4) also got a home game against a much more local opponent, West Torrance (7-3) in the Division 6 playoffs. The calpreps.com computer has Lawndale as 11 point favorites. I am not sure I agree. West is well coached. I saw them beat Culver City 34-33 in the opening game of the season. I think West might find a way to minimize the vaunted Lawndale running game and eek out a win.

Culver City (7-3) was lucky enough to get placed down in Division 11, but their first round opponent, Valley View of Moreno Valley (6-4) could be problematic. They have some good size on the O-line and Culver tends to struggle against ground & pound teams as Culver is not particularly big. Valley View also seems to have some speed. Perhaps more than your average Ocean league team, Calpreps.com is projecting a high scoring 40-34 Culver victory. I would be very happy with that.

Here are all the D-11 matchups:

11 PLAYOFFS

Arcadia at Oak Park - 7:00pm [projection: Arcadia (CA) 31-21]
Valley View (Moreno Valley) at Culver City - 7:30pm [projection: Culver City 40-34]
Heritage Christian (Northridge) vs. Rancho Alamitos (Garden Grove) at Bolsa Grande (Garden Grove) - 7:00pm [projection: Heritage Christian 31-14]
Katella (Anaheim) vs. Westminster - 7:00pm at Glover Stadium (Anaheim) [projection: Katella 41-28]
Coachella Valley (Thermal) at Montebello - 7:30pm [projection: Montebello 38-21]
Quartz Hill at Bishop Montgomery (Torrance) - 7:00pm [projection: Quartz Hill 21-14]
Twentynine Palms vs. Jurupa Hills (Fontana) - 7:00pm at Twentynine Palms JHS [projection: Twentynine Palms 28-21]
Covina at Victor Valley (Victorville) - 6:00pm [projection: Victor Valley 22-14]