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What’s happening with OLu football?

February 8th, 2012, 12:12 pm by

Gregg Pinick, Orange Lutheran’s executive director, indicated today that the school is in the early stages of selecting a replacement for Jim Kunau, who has been reassigned at Orange Lutheran after 19 excellent years coaching the school’s football team.

Mr. Pinick said via email: “We are in the process of collecting information now to find the right coach for Orange Lutheran.  Obviously, we want to do that as soon as possible.  We have received many inquiries.”

I asked Mr. Pinick if there was truth to reports received here that Centennial of Corona coach Matt Logan and former Orange Lutheran assistant coach Brent Vieselmeyer, now coaching in Colorado, had made visits to Orange Lutheran in recent weeks. Mr. Pinick did not address that question.

We know that longtime assistant Mike Crawford is an applicant. As an OLu alum, too, he likely could have a good shot at the position.

Fullerton College coach Tim Byrnes said today he has expressed interest but has not formally applied. Community college coaching jobs are good ones — good pay, good benefits, good retirement package, etc.

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Basketball: Ocean View’s Clifford gaining interest from colleges

February 8th, 2012, 12:04 pm by

Ocean View 7-foot center Conor Clifford has played well these past few weeks, including 26 points and 13 rebounds Saturday when Ocean View beat Mission Viejo by 12 points in the Nike Extravaganza at Mater Dei.

He is very agile for his frame, with a great touch around the basket and a good level of aggression.

Seahawks co-coach Tim Walsh said Clifford has scholarship offers from UC Irvine, UC Riverside and UC Davis, with Fresno State, University of Denver and Northern Arizona showing growing interest, too.

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A little trouble at La Habra

February 7th, 2012, 11:35 am by

La Habra coach Frank Mazzotta confirmed today that three football players have been disciplined as part of a number of school-wide suspensions and expulsions of students there.

Mazzotta was not at liberty to discuss the situation in detail. But he understands that rumors can make something like this appear much worse than it truly is and so he was willing to answer a couple of questions.

“It’s not a football thing,” Mazzotta said. “A lot of other students are involved, with suspensions or what have you.”

Of course, the identities of the football players or other students will not be revealed.

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Welcome back, Al Hrabosky!

February 6th, 2012, 1:48 pm by

Al Hrabosky, left, was one of the top relief pitchers of the 1970s, most of which he spent with the St. Louis Cardinals. Look him up at wikipedia.

Hrabosky, known as “The Mad Hungarian” (again, look him up), is being inducted in the Savanna athletics hall of fame Tuesday at halftime of the Magnolia-Savanna boys basketball game at Savanna.

Hrabosky works on cable broadcasts of St. Louis Cardinals games. The Cardinals, World Series champs, used to have this guy named Albert Pujols on their team. Wonder where he went …

Savanna has had several excellent athletes go on to bigger and better things, like the Hoffman brothers, Glenn and Trevor, who also are in the Savanna hall (don’t forget about Greg Hoffman, who was an excellent boys basketball coach at Western in the 199s).

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Fryer’s top 10 vote

February 6th, 2012, 1:32 pm by

An interesting week for the vote … last week, Ocean View beat Mission Viejo; Orange Lutheran lost twice, yes, but to the top two teams in the state rankings (Mater Dei and Long Beach Poly) …

My vote, one of six that are used to compile the top 10, went like this today …

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Final: Windward 65, Mater Dei 62

February 3rd, 2012, 11:01 pm by

Windward of Los Angeles, the No. 1-ranked team in California, beat Mater Dei, the state’s No. 2 team, in an entertaining game in the Nike Extravaganza at Mater Dei.

Mater Dei took a 3-point shot in the corner that was blocked by Windward’s 6-foot-7 Imani Stafford. She is very good player, really moves extraordinarily well for a 6-7 girls basketball player. We don’t see many girls players of her size who move so fluidly. The rest of that Windward team is excellent, too.

Mater Dei’s Nirra Fields is a heck of a player, too. She has perfect shooting form on her jumper. MD’s Jordan Adams, well, she played tough and smart as always.

 

Football: La Habra’s Mazzotta to Orange Lutheran?

February 2nd, 2012, 1:38 pm by

La Habra football coach Frank Mazzotta said he is not among the 50 applicants for the Orange Lutheran football coaching position, and he won’t add an application to the stack.

“I’m not going to apply for it,” Mazzotta said. “Are they taking applications already?”

Yes, they are. Mazzotta has been wildly successful at La Habra, where the school has won multiple league and CIF championships during his tenure. He has a great situation at La Habra.

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Tickets still available for Nike Extravaganza

February 2nd, 2012, 1:25 pm by

Tickets, at $12 and $22 are available for the two-day event at Mater Dei. It begins Friday, highlighted by two good ones — Mater Dei boys vs. St. John Bosco at 7:30 p.m.; Windward girls, No. 1 in California, vs. No. 2 Mater Dei girls at 9 p.m.

Saturday has a bunch of good games, all boys games, including Orange Lutheran-Long Beach Poly (No. 2 in California) at 6 p.m.; Mater Dei (No. 1 in California)-La Verne Lutheran (featuring 6-foot-10 Grant Jerrett) at 7:30 p.m.; and Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas, starring national No. 1 prospect Shabazz Muhammad, vs. Whitney Young of Chicago at 9 p.m.

Parking is free on Friday, $5 on Saturday.

The full schedule:

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Joe Hay services set for Feb. 12

February 2nd, 2012, 1:12 pm by

A Celebration of Life to Honor Joe Hay

Sunday, February 12th,  4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

American Legion Post 291
215 15th Street, Newport Beach

As the invitation states, “Joe loved his resort wear. . . so in his honor, attire will be Tropical Resort Casual, or feel free to wear your football jersey.”

Coach Hay, who led Garden Grove to a CIF championship football game in 2009, passed away in his sleep last week at age 41. He played at Westminster High and at Golden West College.

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CIF-SS passes Trinity proposal

February 2nd, 2012, 9:36 am by

At today’s CIF council meeting, a proposal to eliminate “athletically motivated” from rules on transfer eligibility passed by a vote of 41-33.

The Council is made up of representatives of the Southern Section’s 86 leagues. The Trinity League created and presented the proposal.

Now, it goes to the CIF State Federated Council, where it gets presented in May and voted upon in October. If passed at the state level, “athletically motivated” would be deleted from CIF transfer eligibility rules beginning with the 2013-14 school year.

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Update on Orange Lutheran’s search for football coach

February 2nd, 2012, 8:05 am by

Nosing around the Orange Lutheran gym last night while covering the Mater Dei-OLu boys basketball game, this was the talk about the head coaching position at Lutheran following the reassignment of Jim Kunau, who had been the school’s football coach for 19 seasons …

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Laguna Beach’s Marina Paul — Georgetown

February 1st, 2012, 11:59 am by

Laguna Beach girls soccer player Marina Paul, No.2 at left, signed today with Georgetown.

Paul also has been a fine outside hitter for the Breakers girls volleyball team.

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