Now is the time that Damian Calhoun has been saying all season long that he will take the lead in the staff picks contest - the the start of league play.
But the truth is, my only real competition is Danny Albano and Stevie Fryer (got that from your brother at the Tustin-Foothill football game a year ago).
Here's how I'm going to maintain my lead:
By BRENT SHAVER
Special to OCVarsity.com
The University girls tennis team took a break from Pacific Coast League play but not from tough competition.
The Trojans, ranked third in Orange County, took part in the National All-American Tournament last weekend. It took on No. 9 Laguna Beach on Wednesday afternoon at home.
When you have Mater Dei-Servite and Mission Viejo-Tesoro. The only tougher league opener was Texas and Oklahoma last week.
We're moving into Week 6 in our staff football predictions contest at OCVarsity.com. Now, we're going to separate the winners from the losers, the champs from the chumps.
Art Casas still has a one-game lead in the standings. Jason Eichelberger went J.T. O'Sullivan last week and went 3-5. Jon Kay is still hanging in there. Albano is on a roll; no word if he's going Rambo on us this week.
Now the picks....
This was the heavyweight matchup of the season that everyone in Orange County was waiting for.
No. 1 Dana Hills and No. 2 Corona del Mar are the crème of the crop when it comes to girls tennis.
On Wednesday the Sea Kings most likely knocked the Dolphins from the No. 1 spot in the county with an 11-7 win in front of their home crowd.
Success has become contagious on the Valencia girls tennis team.
The Tigers are coming off back-to-back CIF Division IV titles, and they only lost one player from last year's championship team.
Now Valencia has moved up a division, but its talent and hunger to go for a different kind of three-peat remains the same.
Beckman's Trista Thomas can enjoy her senior year now that she knows where she will be going to school and playing softball after high school.
The Patriots pitcher/outfielder has verbally committed to play for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the fall of 2009.
Dana Hills remained in a class of its own as the No. 1 team in the county after capturing the All-American Tournament title hosted by Corona del Mar this weekend.
The tourney is considered by many as the mythical state championship because all the top teams in CIF are represented.
Friday night was a tough one here at OCVarsity.com and we have the scars to prove it. The same can be said for half of the competitors in our staff pick contest.
Girls tennis league games are on the way and the biggest tournament of the year is finally here.
Some teams have been inconsistent and others have simply been dominant.
Seems like everyone is waiting until the league games start to take a risk and challenge the leader of the pack -- me -- in the OCVarsity.com staff picks contest.
After Corona del Mar’s 15-3 Pacific Coast League win over University on Wednesday it was clear that there is a big gap between the top two girls tennis teams in the county and the rest of the pack.
Congratulations go out to Dan Albano for being the only one to pick Edison over Mater Dei last week. He wanted 10 bonus victories for that, but I wasn't buying what he was trying to sell.
We are now heading into Week 5 of our staff contest here at OCVarsity.com.
The Humble One, Artie Casas is still in the lead and apparently has a rap album coming out (I've heard he's out trying to get street cred), Jason Eichelberger is prediciting a perfect week, our "so-called" defending champ Carlos Arias is apparently getting ready to step his game up and Albano is channeling his inner Rambo.
This is going to be a fun week.
Now, the picks....
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