Southern Division Breakdown
November 15th, 2009, 12:09 pm · · posted by CARLOS ARIAS
The Breakdown: Southern Division
Seeded teams: No. 1 Garden Grove (10-0) Garden Grove League champion; No. 2 La Mirada (9-1) Suburban League champion; No. 3 Laguna Hills (8-2) Pacific Coast League champion; No. 4 Norwalk (9-1) Suburban League second place
At-large: No at-large berths in the Southern Division
Darkhorse: Irvine (7-3). The Vaqueros finished second to third-seeded Laguna Hills in the Pacific Coast League and they were ranked No. 8 in the final Southern Division poll. Irvine has one of the top freshman in the county in RB DaVonte Young and they will be extremely motivated since it’s Coach Terry Hennigan’s final season.
Players to watch: Segerstrom RB Aaron Amrine (52 car., 593 yds, 13 TDs); Estancia RB/DB Alex Abalos (157 car., 1,250 yds, 8 TDs); Rancho Alamitos WR Juan Cruz (45 rec., 871 yds, 13 TDs); Costa Mesa QB Todd Davis (115 of 209, 1,538 yds, 13 TDs, 6 ints); Rancho Alamitos QB Mike Frank (187 of 337, 2,607 yds, 32 TDs, 11 ints); Mayfair SS Josh Gavert (113 tackles, 2 ints); Norwalk RB Adrian Gonzales (127 car., 1,050 yds, 15 TDs); Estancia DL Omar Gutierrez (69 tackles, 10.5 sacks); Laguna Beach RB/S Alec Jaffe (185 car., 1,418 yds, 10 TDs, 23 rec., 339 yds, 2 TDs); Santiago CB/WR Missael Lagunas (7 ints, 18 rec., 210 yds, 2 TDs); Beckman RB Keith Lawson (189 car., 1,538 yds, 18 TDs); Laguna Hills TB/OLB Matt Martindale (98 car., 760 yds, 8 TDs); Segerstrom RB Matt Navarro (72 car., 728 yds, 11 TDs); Santa Ana RB Frank Nerida (154 car., 1,128 yds, 15 TDs); Westminster RB Jose Ortiz (204 car., 1,158 yds, 12 TDs); Laguna Beach WR/DB Chris Paul (56 rec., 805 yds, 17 TDs); Laguna Beach QB Austin Paxson (118 of 219, 1,781 yds, 24 TDs, 8 ints); La Mirada QB Daniel Ponce De Leon (146 of 209, 1,945 yds, 17 TDs, 3 ints); Beckman LB Joey Smith (86 tackles); Costa Mesa WR Brian Waldron (45 rec., 702 yds, 3 TDs); Irvine RB DaVonte Young (191 car., 1,597 yds, 19 TDs); and Garden Grove QB Sean Young (70 of 123, 1,190 yds, 10 TDs, 6 ints, 109 car., 1,065 yds, 14 TDs).
Best first-round matchup: Costa Mesa vs. Santiago
Click here to see the Southern Division bracket.
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LET’S GO LIONS!!!!!!!!
Lets Go Vaqueros!!!!! lead the way DaVonte!!!
Sad that the first round is going to be a bunch of blow outs..
Actually I think the first round has some very interesting games. While the seeded teams should win going away, I like the other matchups. Westminster-Irvine (again), Mesa-Santiago (again), Laguna Beach-Beckman, etc.
i like how everyone all yearlong has underestimated garden grove and saying beckmans gonna smash and this is an all suburbann league bracket.im not talking trash but they have proven alot of people wrong this year and have a great chance of winning
I don’t think the irvine game is going to be as close as last years..Beckman is about to smash, and so is santiago..
pmak why do you say SHS will beat CMHS?
Why?? You ask..Cuz that is exactly what is going to happen, the whole OCL will be out first round..
Can Grove doubledip Norwalk in the Semis? I’ll bring the ranch. The winner will be a nice appitizer for the Hawks at the Big A. Laguna Hills were my pick last year in this new Disiion. They will soar again this year. Mariner 4 Life/ CrunchBunch 4 Ever……
woah woah woah!?!? grove and norwalk? you mean westminster and grove! stop underestimating the mighty lions. nothings change! keep hating and talking, we are just gonna play football and hit you in the mouth
oh and mighty lions? HAHA we beat u this year DONT FORGET THAT
haha wow urrr funny! GROVE! SO FAR 12-0! WE WILL TOTALLLY DOMINATE YOU NEXT WEEK! BRING IT
the SUburban league owns this division. LHHS got real lucky last year. Mayfair had it wrapped up but let up the intensity in the game. This year heres the prediction Norwalk against la mirada championship game. Plus te burb will roll every single last orange county team. I just do not think anyone except maybe the grove will do anything to change ths LGHHS lost thier top players to graduation last year. They have a good coach and play good ball but they are just not the same. LA county championship in this one. And th suburban league goes on to div 7 southeast were they belong
youre underestimating segrestrom! I dont think mayfair could stop segerstrom offense norwalk n la mirada r ok. but mayfair is no where near those teams
Wow….suburban league people are mouthy, zero class….Encore – no way they play the finals for this division at the Big A, thats just silly
Not all Suburban league people are like this!…… La Mirada players, coaches and fans all have class and have “been there before” We respect everyone we play! Bottom line you need to win 4 games!
LM…I agree La Mirada is classy, perhaps because theyve been here before.
The Argos need to represent for the GGL! No pressure, just show that we can play past the pop warner level! Bulldog 4ever!
this is how it will go…. semifinal: garden grove vs. either irvine or norwalk, and Laguna Hills Vs. La Mirada. …final: either Irvine or Norwalk Vs. La Mirada …most likely norwalk unfortunately will beat irvine but im keeping my hopes up to see the vaqs get there with Henigan one last time.
Sorry to burst your bubble but irvine;s not going anywhere!! go lions!
Sorry to burst your bubble but Norwalk gets home field second round against Irvine..
Did Norwalk win that coin flip? Anyone know the results of the La Mirada coin flip for the second round?
Yeah Norwalk won, and I don’t know about the La Mirada flip.
no no no…. they get home field advantage versus the westminster lions. but you guys all know that “there aint nothing better than a road kill”
you tell em camacho!
there is nothing better than road kill……just like segerstrom made the lions road kill 42-28
Guess what im from CDM and what you guys say about laguna hills is completely wrong. They are almost as good as they were last year but they just play a different style of football. they are still very good. also suburban league ppl need to shut their mouths. La mirada and norwalk’s schedules are very weak.
WORD !!!!
Thanks from a team that lost every league game..
lets just wait till friday..people talk and talk but what counts is those friday night lights and two teams playing head to head..Im a lion so of course i will be cheering for the mighty LIONS..people saying that they have no chance is getting the lions more pumped for friday….its a game that cant be missed.and both teams will be ready
You obviouslydont no what you are talking about,La mirada had the toughest schedule over all teams in the bracket.stop hatting la mirada is the reel deal!!! go matadoresHPT
You talk a lot on the burb league but Norwalk and La Mirada own their side of the brackets hands down..
ya cdm lost every league game this year, but we still wooped la mirada last year and cdm should have beaten mayfair too, but they got away “barely” with a win.
true of course so how about we reserve you seats to watch us this year?
Irvine Lost 20-14 to Westminster in the final seconds of the game because a Westminster lion acted like he caught the ball in the end zone from a pass that was actually was batted down to the turf and bounced off the turf then was caught, it should have been ruled an incomplete pass yet was ruled a touchdown. A video from what i have heard also confirms this. If indeed the video shows this fact it is nothing short of pathetic. If the only way a team can win is by deception they have no honor and deceived themselves,
I have no respect for a player or team that has no honor for truth. “The true loss comes from the loss of truth”.
its alright that how those lions play they think they all good and are all cocky but when it comes down to it they just like everybody else nothing special
they will get it this week..
Correction Irvine lost to Westminster 20-16.
Segerstrom Won!
good game! and super FREEZING! but totally worth it!
GO JAGUARS!
i doubt westminster can stop norwalk’s running game
westminster better be ready to play this friday norwalks running game is to powerful,I’ve seen them play and they’re foreal. so stop being cocky and bring your best game on friday or you’ll end up like the segerstrom game but a little worst!!
I haven’t seen Garden Grove or Laguna Hills play but LM is for real this year. If GG is going to beat Norwalk they better figure out how to stop the Wing T. Norwalk runs it very well. For whom ever said Suburban League played a weak schedule, you should check strength of schedule on Calpreps.com. You will find your assessment to be incorrect.
ARGOS OVERRATED? Ya, if U consider 12-0 Overrated…I’m sure that Santiago, Bellflower, Beckman don’t think so! Bring on Norwalk!
I would never say a 12-0 team is overrated. I wish them luck. Haven’t seen them play but I am assuming at 12-0 they are a well coached, very good football team. Their strength of schedule was ranked at 830th. Not overly impressive but any team that manages a 12-0 record has to be good.
Sorry to who ever signed on as LM fan earlier. I didn’t realize somone was posting under that name. I have changed my posts to LM FAN 2. Again, sorry for acquiring your identity.
IT doesn’t matter, cause after this friday la mirada will be done!!
I think you will be sorely disappointed, lil gag. But games are won and lost on the field. Forum blogs mean nothing. The buck stops on the field, in LM’s house. We will see Friday night.
I’m not a laguna hills fan, im just saying what i think is gonna happen, based on what i’ve seen in the playoffs so far. i watch LM when they play santa ana , and they seem nervous you guys were down 3-0 in the second quarter. i know you guys end it up winning the game by a large margin,”but santa ana” are you kidding me !! you guys didn’t impressed me at all. nothing personal thats just the way i feel.
Fair enough. We will see on Friday. I will admit we came out a little sluggish against Santa Ana. We can chat again Saturday. Hopefully, about the LM win.
the was a good game” i got to give you guys credit, props to la mirada they played like champions tonight,i’ll admit that.good luck next week.
Thanks lil gag. I think tomorrow’s game is going to be a great battle between La Mirada and Garden Grove. I’m calling it a toss up.
Norwalk fan til’ my brothers are out…
Used to go for Western when I attended in 04-05′
Yup yup just one year but we went to the finals… our QB choked and we lost it to Tesoro oh well, moving on… Norwalk will have a strong offense next year with Penny still in the team and a guy I don’t know named Nunu lol, I’m sure there are a bunch more guys n I hope they all return
Hope they’re more disciplined and want it more because it will be their last chance for the Seniors
Once my kid grows up, I’ll either root for La Habra or L.B.Poly >=] up to him and where he wants to live by
Norwalk put in work when it came to rushing yards
Too bad they couldn’t hold onto the ball
Where are the pass plays at tho?
L.M. Has those…
From the words of a wise man…GG, “jew-ken-doo-eat!!!”