Well, these are the five questions for which I seek answers ...

1. Can anybody block Anthony Laurenzi? The North defensive end from El Dorado, the 2007 county defensive player of the year, is going to be a challenge. Tustin coach Myron Miller said Laurenzi might have been the most-difficult-to-block defensive lineman he has ever seen in Orange County.

The other four questions ...

2. How will the South's Brendan Chambers of Saddleback Valley Christian do? Chambers is the one small-schools guy in the game. He played quarterback at SVC, is listed on the South roster as a defensive back, but South coach Jason Negro said Chambers will play receiver, too. Small-schools football parents sometimes refuse to acknowledge it, but there is quite a difference between small-schools and large-schools football. Chambers is a good athlete -- a fine basketball and baseball player, too -- so he might meet the challenge.

3. Can anybody run the ball? The running game often is difficult to establish in the county all-star game, and Negro and South coach Brent McKee acknowledge that run-blocking might not the a strong suit of their offensive lines. We might see both teams pass to set up the run, which could produce some long, game-breaking runs.

4. Who has the most stickers? It is an all-star game tradition that players trade helmet stickers. So you might see a Tesoro helmet with stickers from a bunch of other South schools, or a Los Alamitos helmet with stickers from a lot of other North schools.

5. Will special teams have it together? The snap-hold-kick sequence for a field goal or extra point is more difficult to master than it looks, especially in high school football and especially so in a high school all-star game. The three guys -- long snapper, holder and kicker -- have not worked together for a long-enough period to develop that second-nature relationship. But we do have two outstanding kicker/punters in this game, and both were All-County -- the North has Logan Sewell of Brea Olinda, the South has Luis Feinstein of University.

-- Steve Fryer

Related:
• O.C. All-Star Game Insider
• O.C. All-Star game has makings of memorable battle
• How to avoid OC Fair traffic on the way to the game
• Q&A with South coach Jason Negro, part 2
• Gameday predictions from North's Sean Kurtz

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