Loara wrestling coach David Martini confirmed that he is leaving Loara to attend law school in Florida. Martini has spent seven seasons with the Saxon program (five years as an assistant and the previous two as coach).  

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Orange Lutheran wide receiver Scotty Williams has committed to the U.S. Military Academy (Army). Williams will be a senior in the fall. Williams had 18 receptions for 182 yards last year. He will also serve as punt returner.

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La Habra High senior-to-be all-purpose player Ronnie Hillman has committed to San Diego State.

Hillman, a second-team all-county all-purpose player last year, said that he also had offers from Fresno State and Wyoming, before picking the Aztecs.

“It is a good school and I liked what I saw when I visited,” Hillman said. “I think that it will be a good fit.”

Hillman had 1,615 total yards and 20 touchdowns last year for the Highlanders. He also earned Southeast Division offensive player of the year honors.

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Tickets for Friday night’s 49th Annual O.C. All-Star Game at LeBard Stadium at Orange Coast College are $9 if purchased before Friday.

Tickets can be purchashed at either team’s practice Monday-Thursday. The North is practicing at El Modena HS starting at 5 p.m. The South is at Trabuco Hills HS, Monday-Wednesday at 6 p.m.

More information on the game can be found here

Tickets can also be purchased at the gates before kickoff at LeBard Stadium, but the price will be $10.

The North and South All-Star teams started practice last week for the July 11 county all-star game.

Everybody expects the North will win.

I had that belief even before I visited practice Wednesday. This team is loaded on both sides of the ball.  (Check for the Q&A’s that I did with coach Brent McKee and linebacker Sean Kurtz).

However, one area of concern for the North might be in the defensive backfield. Savanna’s Stephen Jones tweaked a hamstring Monday. He didn’t practice Tuesday or Wednesday.

Here’s what coach McKee had to say:

We’ll see how that plays out. That kind of puts us in a bind because one of the areas that we were thin on were DB’s (defensive backs). We only took six defensive backs, so now we’re down to four DB’s right now with Stephen out. So, we have Ray Holley and Christian Daniel are both rotating over there and could end up playing both ways.

Check back later for my report from the South practice.

After two days and 50 rounds, here is the complete list of county players drafted.

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Wall-t0-wall draft updates continue.

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Santa Margarita left-hander John Lally was picked by the Boston Red Sox in the 15th round (472nd overall).  

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The second day of draft has already started, in fact it began at 8:30 a.m. It will go until it is finished. Sounds like a long day.

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