Pac-5 O.C. teams analysis
November 15th, 2009, 5:18 pm · 16 Comments · posted by STEVE FRYER, ocvarsity.com
Pac-5 Division O.C. team analysis
Here are the Orange County teams in the Pac-5 Division:
Edison (10-0) – The Chargers are the top-seeded team in the division, and have been No. 1 in Orange County since beating then-No. 1 Servite in Week 4. The Chargers have a very-balanced offense. Quarterback Matt Viles is the No. 2 passer in the count, behind Rancho Alamitos’ Mike Frank, with 2,173 yards. Viles did not play in last week’s 48-0 victory over Marina, a precautionary move because Viles dislocated his non-throwing elbow in the Week 8 victory over Fountain Valley. Wade Houston and Davion Orphey are productive running backs, and Jeff Trojan and Michael Rivera leads the talented . The Chargers are averaging 33 points a game while allowing nine a game. Edison went 5-0 in the Sunset League to win the league championship.
Dana Hills (8-2) – Dana Hills finished second in the South Coast League with a 4-1 league record. The Dolphins’ league loss was to Mission Viejo, 49-17, which ended a six-game winning streak. Receiver/defensive back Chris Kearney is one of the top two-way players in the county. He has a team-high 51 receptions. Quarterback Josh Dean has completed 60 percent of his passes for 1,536 yards and 14 touchdowns. Dana Hills is averaging 36 points a game. The Dolphins, ranked No. 4 in Orange County have a challenging first-round assignment, a home game against No. 7 Orange Lutheran, the second-place team from the Trinity League.
Orange Lutheran (6-4) – The Lancers finished second in the Trinity League. Three of their losses are to very good teams – Pickerington Central of Ohio, which is 10-2; Redlands East Valley (10-0) and Servite (9-1). Lutheran has battled injuries to key players, like quarterback Bobby Wheatley (shoulder) and running back/linebacker Garrett Gilliland (ankle). Mike Markovsky has played well in Wheatley’s absence, and another offensive bright spot has been running back Damani Wilson (990 yards, eight rushing touchdowns).
Mater Dei (6-4) – The Monarchs beat St. John Bosco of Bellflower on Friday to finish third in the Trinity League. They play an old foe – Bishop Amat of La Puente, which was a longtime rival of Mater Dei’s in the old Angelus League and later in the Serra League. Mater Dei has lost to good teams like Orange Lutheran, Servite and Edison, and beat Centennial of Corona when Centennial was No. 6 in California. Junior quarterback Max Wittick seems to improve weekly, and Victor Blackwell might be the best receiver in the county (42 catches, 899 yards and 10 touchdowns).
Newport Harbor (6-4) – Newport Harbor finished in a three-way tie for second place in the Sunset League, with Fountain Valley and Los Alamitos. Coin flips put Newport as the league’s No. 4 representative so the Sailors needed to qualify as the division’s at-large team, and got it. The Sailors beat Los Alamitos in a league game. Receiver/linebacker Cecil Whiteside, who committed to Cal, was selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Game. Cedric Whitaker has emerged as a fine running back, with 967 yards.
Servite (9-1) – Servite went 5-0 to win the Trinity League championship, the first time a team has gone undefeated in the league since it was created in 2006. It is the fifth league championship in Coach Troy Thomas’ five years coaching the Friars. Cody Fajardo has been outstanding at quarterback. He is the team’s leading rusher, at 661 yards, and has passed for 1,647 yards and 14 touchdowns. Rudy Guerrero and Chris Nicholls have been big-play receivers, and Nicholls is a threat running the ball, too. Servite averaged 42 points a game in league.
San Clemente (6-4) – The Tritons finished third in the South Coast League, with a 3-2 league record. They lost to Dana Hills and Mission Viejo in league. San Clemente lost to La Habra in a nonleague game, but beat two good ones, too, Trabuco Hills and El Toro, in nonleague. Quarterback Chase Rettig has completed 63 percent of his passes for 1,641 yards and 18 touchdowns, but has 11 thrown interceptions, too. Receiver Dominick Ela has 49 catches for 622 yards. The Tritons have given up a lot of points, 26 a game. They have a tough first-round challenge – Servite.
Los Alamitos (8-2) – The Griffins finished in a three-way tie for second place in the Sunset League. After a coin flip knocked Newport Harbor down to No. 4, Los Alamitos’ victory over Fountain Valley last week made the Griffins the league’s No. 2 playoff representative. They play Long Beach Poly in the first round Friday at Veterans Stadium in Long Beach; it is Los Al’s home game, but Vets also is Poly’s home field. Griffins running back Nick Richardson has been spectacular. He is averaging 173 yards a game. Quarterback Dylan Lagarde, who transferred during the season from Poly, had a fine game against Fountain Valley last week, going 14 for 21 for 172 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions.
Fountain Valley (8-2) – The Barons go into the playoffs on a two-game losing streak. They lost to Edison, 24-0, in the “Battle for the Bell” game, then got beat by Los Alamitos, 31-22, last week. Kyle Middlebrooks has been terrific at running back. He is averaging 160 yards a game and has rushed for 18 touchdowns. Ryan Steadman has been a standout at receiver. He has 30 receptions for 536 yards. The Barons gave up an average of 26 points a game in league, but overall have scored 35 points a game.
Mission Viejo (10-0) – Mission Viejo went 5-0 to win the South Coast League championship. The Diablos have dominated. They averaged 52 points a game in league, while allowing only nine points a game. Their closes game all season was a 19-point nonleague victory over Loyola of Los Angeles. Dallin McEwen has been steady at quarterback, completing 61 percent of his throws for 1,559 yards and 17 touchdowns with only five interceptions. Receiver Joey Branker has 41 receptions and is averaging 24 yards a catch. The Diablos’ outstanding defense is led by linebacker Tre Madden and defensive back Jake Marshall.
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Viles didnt dislocate his elbow. He hyper extended it. He could have gone against marina but its marina.
haha Marina, ya Viles will play, Edison won't have a legitimate chance to lose until the third round.
MV is going to lose in the second round and Edison fans will say I told you so.
What's this? Los Al QB---
"Quarterback Dylan Lagarde, who transferred during the season from Poly, had a fine game against Fountain Valley last week, going 14 for 21 for 172 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions."
TRANSFERRED IN DURING THE SEASON?
What other tricks can Barnes think of???
No way MV loses in the 2nd round.....or any round for that matter .....have you seen this club keepingit real??? i watched them demolish Dana Hills....demolish them.... Edision has struggled in 3 games this year and yes found a way to win...but MV has dominated teams even there 2nd unit has dominated....cmon man wake up i commend you for your passion towward Edision....but they have flaws...MV seems not too....thats all....if your gonna wear the tag then keep it real my man dont trash talk....look at the MV team tell me top to bottom they arent better than Edision.............and keep irt real
If I read the report on MV correctly their closest game was against Loyola. I also remember Anthony Barr went out in the first 5 minutes of the game. They won by 19 points and Loyola didn't make the playoffs this year. The fact is the South Coast was weak this year. It is very hard to get a feel for how good MV is based on league play. If they are that good we will soon see, in 4 weeks you can tell all the MV "haters," to stick it. But putting down Edison is weak. They played a good pre-league schedule and the Sunset was a very solid league this year. So stop complaining about getting no respect and win it all. But get ready to get an avalanche of crap if they loose, because the other bloggers have a long memory.
Thank you green dog. Ive only stated facts. Edison's schedule is a better and tougher schedule. I don't see MV going out of their way to play 6 top ten in the oc and 5 in the top 10 in CIF. I see them playing 1 other top ten team in CIF. Lets see if Edison is so weak, why does max preps, freeman, and ESPN all have them in their top 20 in the nation? In max preps Edison is 7th and in freeman edison is 2. Explain that.... please. Id love to see your reasoning... And if i remember correctly how many points do you have to win by in order to win? ohh yeah 1. Doesn't matter if its 1 or 1000 its a W. So get over yourself. Our worst games came against top 5 teams in the division. You worst game came against a team that's star player broke his leg IN THE FIRST QUARTER and that said team didn't even make it to the playoffs. Sorry if i live in the real world and you live in fantasy land. ND finishes you guys off in the second round and you can eat it for another 365. GO CHARGERS
Greendog, it is hard to tell just how good or not MV is. They completely dominate teams but others have pointed out correctly that their schedule was not as tough as Edison and so on. There is no way to really tell if they would have not done as well, or would have beaten those teams just as Edison and others have done.
I know you pointed out Loyola, and them not making the playoffs, however to be fair to Loyola, Servite may have had the strongest pre season schedule, but Loyola has played a tougher schedule then Servite and Edison.
Strength of schedule number based on wins and losses are
Servite 58-42,
Edison 56-44,
Loyola 75 -25
No one had a tougher schedule then that.
Loyola did not play a team with a losing record. They played 4 or 5 league champions.
(Bishop Amat and Notre Dame Co -Champions = 4 leagues but 5 champions)
I also agree no one should put Edison down or any other team for that matter, but the biggest fans who get put down in here is anyone who sides with MV.
So it causes a lot of reaction and words and phrases just get blown way out of wack.
One last note about the Loyola game, MV had 2 TD called back and 2 TD passes dropped. The score could have been a lot worse as this was our first real game. The only comment worth making was the Loyola coaches remarks after the game that MV had dominated them on both sides of the ball.
Edison is obviously a good team, but just because MV has not played the same schedule, doesn't mean they are not just as good a team. Like you said, We will see in 4 weeks.
Bloggers with a long memory, they dont even need to remember yesterday for them to say something negative about MV, not all but the majority will never give MV credit even if they do win. It is just the way it goes when you have just as many idiots as you have good bloggers.
Just as a side note, because number never tell the whole story, Servite only beat 4 teams with a winning aKgimmys
36for ed, and MV or Servi schedule theylo. dominated those teams as well. tha
BHSFF,
I think what you are saying that there is no way Notre Dame can beat Mission Viejo. Reminds of when you called CDM a two touchdown winner over Laguna Hills. You really have no clue, right?
I believe that Servite is going to get an opportunity to redeem themselves against Edison, and it is not going to be pretty. They only get better throughout the playoff, Troy Niklaus is back for them, Kirifi will be back for them, this is going to be one scary Friar team. Also the fact that some seniors had a disappointing loss against Lakewood last year, I have a feeling they still have that bad taste. I believe Fajardo is leading the division with completion percentage (72.7%) on how many attempts he has, and also he only has 2 interceptions on the year.
keeping it real tells the truth and so does Greendog...MV plays a soft schedule and don't forget Bob "I paint footballs for passing league" Johnson has a history of running up the score on sub par opponents. Coach White is a class act and does not believe in running up the score. MV fans are all on these forums popping off and saying things like "Edison has no shot" and "MV is better offensively and defensively". I suggest you actually watch other teams play before you go out and crown your kids CIF champs. Edison gets more respect in the polls for a reason, they are the better team that has played the tougher schedule. Only Servite has a tougher schedule than Edison and MV is no where near either. I've watched both teams play this season and the MV defense is no where near as good as the Edison defense. You have to watch Edison to see how good that defense really is. When they played DH they were missing their star LB, so you can't just go off of what the DH fans tell you. Notre Dame will probably beat MV, but if MV some how gets by ND bet the farm that they get beat by a better Servite team. It's going to be an Edison/Servite rematch for the finals, sorry MV.
The Friars have one of the longest championship game droughts in Orange County, it would be nice to finally see them go all the way this year.
Yup! Andrew you are preaching to the choir! My Dolphins hoped to beat Mission Friday night for our first league championship in the schools 37 years.
Mission rolled us! It's nice to take second place in the South Coast League, that too was a long time coming.
just read this Mission Viejo,
not one game decides another just cause of the score and how one team beat another.
alright well here are the statistics Mission Viejo has played only 4 teams with winning record and Edison Chargers has played 7 teams with winning record. Mission Viejo hardest opponent was Dana Hills with Power schedule rating of 48.78 and won 48-17. Edison Chargers hardest opponent was Servite with Power schedule rating of 89.28 and won 23-9 (The Friars did not score one Offense touchdown) Mission Viejo's win's over those teams were by big numbers but their Power Schedule were Vista Panthers 49.80. Murrieta Valley NightHawks 43.33. Dana Hills 49.28. San Clemente 42.43. Edison Chargers Power Schedule opponents were Wilson 32.95. Dana Hills 48.78. Servite 89.28. Mater Dei 47.20. Newport 62.00. Los Al 45.81. Fountain Valley 55.89. Mission Viejo's average against their keys wins are 44.6 and Edison Chargers is 54.55. Mission Viejo can not be rank #1 no matter what just because of their weak schedule strengh. Yes their scoring big and beat Dana Hills by a large amount but I'm sorry that does not mean anything to anybody, not even the coaches at Mission.
I'm sorry Edison is a way better team than Mission. The teams in the Diablo's bracket are really going to show the weaknesses that Mission has.
Number's don't mean anything but only scare and it can go both ways with Mission killing teams and Edison's power rating but just at the rankings #1 Edison Chargers #2 Mission Viejo Diablos.
sorry bighighschoolfan everyteam show's their weakness especially against a highly top ranked team (Servite,Mater Dei, Fountain Valley, Dana Hills, Los Al) name one team that you played thats in the Pac-5 top ten(Dana Hills)? Edison has played 4teams in the Pac-5 top ten and Los Al at #11, and won every single one of them
High school sports results can't be summed up by past numbers or records. These are 15-18 year old kids who might not win their battle on every down. But, it's great entertainment for us youth sports fans as well as life lessons for the kids. All of these boys will remember their respective playoff games for a lifetime. I'm hoping we see good games with great performances by kids who will eventually play on Saturdays.
To all the OC fans I slammed last year when LB Poly squeaked/spanked (by) all the OC schools to win PAC 5 title.I apologize for all the slams on Bishop Amat ,Esperanza and Tesoro. Well I must say that LB Poly is not having a good year yet found a way to make the playoffs. Can Poly beat Los Al ? Doubtful yet they do have a chance. Poly history is something they can fall back on, to maybe steal one from Los Al. Next year Poly will be back to normal atop the SoCal mountain of high school football. How is Preston King doing?