O.C. FOOTBALL TOP 25
2. Orange Lutheran
(9-3 overall, 4-1 and tie for first place in Trinity League in 2008)

Lutheran has one of Southern California’s top returning quarterbacks,  Bobby Wheatley, who was all-league in 2008 and is poised for a huge year in ’09. But in the Lancers’ 28-14 loss to Pickerington Central of Ohio on Sunday, Wheatley was blitzed early and often and had a shaky outing. Pickerington Central was the quicker team in that game. Garrett Gilliland, ’08 league co-MVP, is an outstanding linebacker but also very good at running back, too. Lutheran does have to find replacements for what was a tremendous defensive backfield in ’08, but this has matured into a program that just reloads year after year. Lutheran, by the way, was No. 2 even before Sunday’s game since voting on the preseason rankings was finalized more than a week ago.

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