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The Furious Five: Top Factoids

November 19th, 2008, 8:21 pm · · posted by

Selections made by Carlos Arias and Damian Calhoun of OCVarsity.com:

1. Barnes Bowl 2008/Survivor O.C. Football Edition: Tesoro coach Brian Barnes will try to outplay, outwit and outlast his father, Los Al coach John Barnes, when the Titans play host to the Griffins in the first round of the Pac-5 playoffs.


2. Family Feud: Kapono Asuega, a senior DT/OL for Orange Lutheran, and his younger brother, Keanuna Asuega, a junior DE/TE for Fountain Valley, will be battling each other when the Lancers take on the Barons in the first round of the Pac-5 playoffs.

3. Todd Marinovich’s career passing record will fall: Marinovich established the county’s career passing record with 9,182 yards for Mater Dei and Capo Valley from 1984-87. Monarchs QB Matt Barkley is on the verge of breaking that record. Barkley has 9,119 career passing yards. It’s going down when the Monarchs play host to Long Beach Jordan on Friday.

4. Find another stadium, Bradford Stadium is booked: Valencia High’s Bradford Stadium plays host to three playoff games this week with Huntington Beach vs. El Dorado in the Southwest on Thursday, San Clemente vs. Esperanza in the Pac-5 on Friday and Trabuco Hills vs. Valencia on Saturday.

5. Top attendance for a CIF-SS playoff game: The 1956 Major Division championship game between Anaheim and Downey drew a record crowd of 41,383 at the L.A. Coliseum.

Let us know in the comments field below if you have any interesting tidbits or factoids.

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  • Esteban says:

    I remember how Servite would always draw a gigantic crowd last year. this year it has decreased a bit, but there still is a lot of fan support

  • ENCORE says:

    My Dad went to that game in 1956 at the Colisuem. He said Mickey Flynn was incredible!!! And was hooked on H.S. Football from then on! He took me to see Pat Hadden & J.J. McKay for Bishop-Amat for my first CIF Final. Then the Temple City Tri-Fecta in the early 70′s! What Great memories of Great Team’s, Player’s and Fan’s!!! We Love this time of Year & Truly Love High School Football!!!

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