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 …
Aliso Niguel alum Skip Schumaker of the St. Louis Cardinals is a fine player and a great guy — he recently ran a youth baseball clinic from which all proceeds went toward the medical expenses of a young local athlete’s family who needed the assistance.
(And I sat next to him at the Rose Bowl game a couple of years ago. Super nice guy.)
But he is also widely known as the guy at the plate when a squirrel crossed the batter’s box during Game 4 of the NLDS this past October.
So who is getting more space on some versions of Skip’s 2012 baseball card? The squirrel!
More baseball news from the OCVarsity blog:
Aliso Niguel athlete Kyle Paris has committed to South Dakota State as a running back, the senior confirmed in a text message.
Paris will join forces at South Dakota State with former Dana Hills standout Trent Mason.
Please send football recruiting news to Dan Albano at dalbano@ocregister.com
How I voted this week on the Orange County boys basketball top 10. There are six voters on the panel. My vote is not the final top 10.
1. Mater Dei (19-2 overall, 6-0 league … better than last year? Looks that way)
High-scoring Aliso Niguel water polo attacker Andy Santala has committed to Air Force, Wolverines coach Justin Ferdinand reports.
Santala scored 97 goals this past season for Aliso Niguel and was a first-team All-CIF Division 3 pick.
The senior is a good-get for Air Force.
Please send water polo recruiting news to Dan Albano at dalbano@ocregister.com
Results of polling of six Orange County media members (a team gets 10 points for a media member’s No. 1 vote, nine points for a No.2 vote, eight points for a No. 3 vote, etc.):
1. Mater Dei (Trinity League) 17-2 overall record, 60 points
How I voted on the Orange County boys basketball top 10 today. I am one of the six voters that participate in the Orange County boys basketball weekly poll.
My vote:
ALISO VIEJO – The first shot came with less than a minute left in Wednesday’s South Coast League game, and the second followed when there were just a precious few seconds left in stoppage time.
How I voted in this week’s Orange County media poll …
1. Mater Dei
2. Mission Viejo
3. JSerra
4. Capistrano Valley
5. Orange Lutheran (will be a No. 2 or 3 team when Gabe York returns)
6. Ocean View
7. El Toro
8. Aliso Niguel
9. Canyon (best of the wild/crazy Century League)
10. Tustin
Also considered: Cypress, Edison, Fountain Valley, Sunny Hills, Villa Park
Compare Fryer’s vote to this week’s boys basketball O.C. Top 10
More boys basketball news from the OCVarsity blog:
The Costa Mesa Winter Classic girls water polo tournament is underway and features Division 4 contenders Sunny Hills, Harvard-Westlake (defending tournament champion) and Aliso Niguel. Here are the groups:
Group A
Aliso Niguel A
Etiwanda
Newport Harbor B
That’s what somebody wrote at the occonnect message board about Steve Burt, a longtime assistant coach and overall supporter of high school football in south county. He was on the Aliso Niguel staff when the school was new and won a CIF championship.
According to his friends at occonnect, Mr. Burt passed away last week.
I sometimes tell people who are giving me grief, “Hey, I need my cage rattled once in a while” and Mr. Burt rattled this cage with the best of them. Guys like him make me work harder.
He kicked my tail, and everyone else’s, when it came to predicting winners of county football games. The man knew his stuff!!!
There still are plenty of you readers out there who are going to come after me, sure. But you won’t be the smartest one who has done so.
Mr. Burt posted here and there as “Wiley Wolverine,” a tribute to his loyalty to Aliso Niguel’s Wolverines. He loved USC football. He loved high school football and high school football players and coaches.
Steve Burt, you jousted well!
More football news from the OCVarsity blog:
No. 1 Aliso Niguel claimed the Mater Dei Premier Invitational trophy with a 3-1 victory over No. 4 San Clemente.
The county’s top-ranked team has claimed another preseason tournament, this time against its biggest South Coast League rival.
Freshman Sarah Roberts scored the match-deciding goal in the second half, as No. 1 Aliso Niguel defeated No. 4 San Clemente 3-1 in the finals of the 2011 Mater Dei Premier Invitational Monday night at Mater Dei High.
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