All-County guard Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis of Mater Dei committed to UConn, and her teammate Alex Thomas committed to Cal State Fullerton, Mater Dei girls basketball assistant coach Christine Collins-Kiernan confirmed Monday.
All-County guard Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis of Mater Dei committed to UConn, and her teammate Alex Thomas committed to Cal State Fullerton, Mater Dei girls basketball assistant coach Christine Collins-Kiernan confirmed Monday.
Edison water polo player Danielle Warde, who appears headed toward a huge senior season, has picked her college destination.
Mater Dei junior Victor Blackwell (6-1, 190) played one of the best games I have seen a receiver have in Orange County in the past 15 or so years.
Here are his stats from the an instant-classic battle between Mater Dei and Orange Lutheran:
Orange Lutheran All-County standout linebacker/running back Garret Gilliland (ankle) will be a game-time decision Friday when the Lancers play host to Mater Dei at Orange Coast College, Orange Lutheran coach Jim Kunau said in an e-mail Wednesday.
As for quarterback Bobby Wheatley (pneumonia),
Mater Dei offensive lineman Chris Ward, the county's top uncommitted football recruit, has decided between UCLA and Cal.
Mater Dei 6-foot-4 senior guard Gary Franklin committed today to Cal, Mater Dei coach Gary McKnight announced.
Franklin had committed last year to USC, by withdrew from that commitment after a Trojans coaching change.
Franklin averaged 14 points and 5 assists a game last year, and led Mater Dei with 63 3-pointers.
Mater Dei teammate Tyler Lamb committed to UCLA two years ago, and the Monarchs' Keala King, who transferred to Mater Dei from Dominguez of Compton, committed to Arizona State.
Mater Dei senior shortstop Derek Campbell has committed to Oklahoma State, Monarchs coach Burt Call confirmed today.
Esperanza baseball player Jonathan Maciel, a senior infielder, has committed to Long Beach State, and his sister, Stephanie, a sophomore utility player on the softball team, has committed to Loyola Marymount.
Jonathan Maciel was the Sunset League's Rookie of the Year last season.
Edison quarterback Matt Viles helped his recruiting stock rise with another strong outing Friday against Servite.
Coming off a school-record 457 yards last week, the senior completed 20 of 33 passes for 227 yards and one touchdown. He could have been probably 24 of 33 but Edison dropped some passes. V
iles also ran for a touchdown.
Mater Dei's All-County senior guard, Gary Franklin, recently had visits from UConn coach Jim Calhoun and UCLA coach Ben Howland and he will make a recruiting visit to Baylor this weekend.
Franklin had committed to USC but backed off during the coaching change at the school.
The early signing period for basketball and a bunch of other sports is in November.
He returned two long kickoffs for touchdowns against Mater Dei last week.
He also racked up 313 all-purpose yards against the Monarchs.
How many players can say they did that in one game against Mater Dei? Not many.
Yes, Cypress running back Akeelie Muhammad (5-11, 175) showed he is a special player that county football fans best remember.
So while the surprising Centurions don't have a game this week because of a bye, Coach Ray Fenton does have some recruiting news on Muhammad.
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