Mission Viejo quarterback Allan Bridgford has named his top-four, according to our main man, Damian Calhoun, who talked to the rising junior on Saturday. Bridgford’s top four are: (more…)

Two-time All-Orange County defensive back Alex Mascarenas of Mission Viejo has committed to UCLA, Diablos coach Bob Johnson said.

Mascarenas (5-11, 180) picked the Bruins over Arizona State, Arizona, Boise State, Cal and Colorado among others, Johnson said.

Johnson believes Mascarenas could play either cornerback or safety for the Bruins.

He’s got such good sense for the ball,” Johnson said of Mascarenas, a two-time second-team All-County selection.
Mascarenas also plays wide receiver for Mission Viejo.

UCLA also is interested in Mission Viejo quarterback Allan Bridgford, Johnson said. Bridgford (6-4, 185) has received scholarship offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Stanford and Texas Tech among others, Johnson said.

He hasn’t played a down of his senior season, but apparently game organizers consider Matt Barkley a safe pick.

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Mater Dei All-County wide receiver Robbie Boyer (6-0, 175) today accepted an invitation to be a preferred walk-on at USC, he confirmed moments ago.

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Mustangs coach Jason Negro confirmed the following signings: OL Jonathan Chanda to Northern Arizona, OL Michael Zupancic to Eastern Michigan, DL Cody Eyres and LB Chris Mandas to Sacred Heart (Conn.), and DL Connor Lee to Minnesota State.

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Here’s our current list of football signings:

(Send your signing information to preps@ocregister.com if you’re missing)

Blake Ayles (Orange Lutheran, TE) USC

Jeff Baca (Mission Viejo, C) UCLA

Derrick Coleman (Troy, RB) UCLA

Kyle Cook (Mater Dei, OL) Dartmouth

Nick Crissman (Edison, QB) UCLA

Christian Daniel (Canyon, WR) Columbia

Andrew Douglass (San Clemente, LB) Montana

Patrick Duffy (Mater Dei, K) Harvard

Wes Fletcher (Valencia, RB) Idaho St.

Doug Gebhardt (Orange Lutheran, DB) Amherst

Anthony Hannon (Servite, LB) Wesleyan

Logan Harrell (Santa Margarita, DT) Fresno State

Khaled Holmes (USC, OL) USC

Tim Hodgdon (Tesoro, OL) Washington St.

Evan Huahulu (Servite, DL) SMU

Blake Hyepock (Orange Lutheran, QB) Wesleyan

Matt Kalil (Servite, OL) USC

Darren Koontz (Los Alamitos, DT) Boise St.

Kameron Krebs (Mission Viejo, S) Oregon State

Anthony Laurenzi (El Dorado, DL) Washington St.

Brady Lukas (Esperanza, LB) Air Force

Cameron Meredith (Mater Dei, DL) Nebraska

Kevin Murphy (San Clemente, OL) Harvard

Austin Niklas (Servite, LB) Air Force

Nick O’Niell (Mater Dei, DL) Colorado (preferred walk-on)

Ricky Pemasa (Orange Lutheran, LB) Fresno St.

Warren Reuland (Mission Viejo, WR) Stanford

Ryan Saumur (Cypress, LB/DB) Northern Arizona

Nolan Sheldon (El Dorado, TE) UC Davis

D.J. Shoemate (Servite, ATH) USC

Cody Smith (Orange Lutheran, WR) Washington and Lee

Josh Swaney (Troy, WR) Cal Poly SLO

Ben Tauanuu (Mater Dei, OL) Montana St.

Toa Tuitea (Westminster, TE) Arizona St.

Don Williams (Orange Lutheran, OL) Minnesota St.

Ross Williams (Mission Viejo, LB) San Diego St.

RENO, Nev. (AP) – A Fernley High School football player who had claimed he was duped into believing he was recruited to play at a Pac-10 school admitted today he made up the story.

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And yet another turn in the wild story about the player from Reno who committed to Cal, which never recruited him.

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Here’s a look at the scout.com rankings as of a few minutes ago:

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The rankings keep changing as the classes are finalized. Here’s how the rivals.com rankings stand as of a few minutes ago:

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