
Francis, which advanced to the CIF-SS Division 5 final last season. Mira Costa will be taking on a tough nonleague schedule beginning with its opener Aug.Running back Sean “Deuce” Weston was an All-Area selection last season and the team expects another big season from him.Īn intriguing player for the Cardinals is senior lineman Trajon Townsend, who has committed to Colorado State. Lawndale is again the favorite to win the Pioneer League.Returning All-Area linebacker Jacob Reis, wide receiver Luke Gayton and lineman Carson Moore are good foundations for this year’s team. The Sea Kings should have another strong senior class. The road to the Bay League title again head up the hill to Palos Verdes.Wrighster had 452 yards passing with seven touchdowns and four interceptions last season. Replacing him at Inglewood will be Damon Wrighster, a transfer from Sierra Canyon. Quarterback Husan Longstreet, last season’s Daily Breeze Player of the Year, has transferred from Inglewood to Corona Centennial.It’s a rivalry game every week when it comes to league.” “Everybody looks pretty good,” Banning coach Raymond Grajeda said. 10 seed, advanced to the Division I semifinals. 2 seed in Division I and Narbonne, as the No. 1 seed in last year’s City Section Open Division. San Pedro, in its second year under coach Corey Walsh, was the No. The race for the Marine League title figures to be typically close.He rushed for more than 150 yards in a game six times, went over 170 yards four times and had a season-high 275-yard performance.

As a junior, he rushed for 1,666 yards and 15 touchdowns. Serra senior running back Cincere Rhaney is definitely one of the area’s top returning players this season.Here is a first look around the South Bay: “I’m excited that we have a chance to be good, but we have to stay healthy,” Altenberg said. Then there are home games against Long Beach Poly (Sept. 18 with a game against Orange Lutheran, followed by two more road games, against Warren (Aug. Serra again faces a tough nonleague schedule. I’m really excited about his (Butler’s) development.” Early on as a sophomore, he was very gunslinger-y, but he became very measured and made the plays. “(Former Serra quarterback) Maalik (Murphy) was like that too. So in a lot of ways it’s going to be good for him because he really understood how small the margins are of victory at our level. Balls that could have been intercepted to balls that were intercepted were like 90 percent with him. “Last year, every time that he made a mistake, he paid for it 100 percent.

“Last year, he turned 15 in week 6, he was 14 … and then this year, he’s still young, but he knows the offense and in offense there’s a lot that you have to do and being the quarterback at Serra High there’s also a lot of pressure. “I think he’s much more confident,” Altenberg said. In 12 games last season, Butler completed 58.3 percent of his passes with 11 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.


The SC (USC) tournament same thing, he’s been fantastic.” John) Bosco tournament he scored on every drive except for one. Jones and Ortega each had three hits for Norco, while Kim added two hits for the Cougars.Īnthony Murphy, Josh Springer, Burgess and White all collected two hits for Corona.“He’s been amazing (this summer),” Altenberg said. Corona tied the game in the bottom of the fourth inning, with both of the runs scoring on errors by Norco. The Cougars doubled their advantage in the third inning, when Steven Jones hit a leadoff double and later scored with one out on a single by Kim. Norco took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a two-out single by Cody Windham. It was another heartbreaking defeat for Norco, which has lost five games by one run this season, including three in league play. “I was looking for a fastball away but got a slider in,” said Burgess, who scattered nine hits and struck out four batters Tuesday. Burgess turned on a slider on the inner half and drove it over the fence in right field. He jumped on the second pitch thrown by Norco reliever Ethan Barela. He fanned two batters, both in the bottom of the 10th.īurgess was removed after the seventh inning, but he re-entered to lead off the 10th inning. Carlson tossed three scoreless innings of relief to pick up the win.
