Cal-Hi Sports today released its all-underclass football team for the 2011 season. Other all-state teams are coming.
The first-team juniors:
As the new leader of the Ladycats, Kim Cram-Torres battles the pressure of coaching a winning team at the start of Orange League play. Canyon gives Brea Olinda a scare, hitting what looked to be like the game-winning shot.
Video by Jonathan Khamis, for OCVarsity.com.
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The two highest profile transfers in Orange County girls basketball are ineligible as of right now, CIF-SS spokesman Thom Simmons confirmed on Monday.
UCLA-bound Nirra Fields, whose legal guardian is Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown, enrolled at Mater Dei and turned in a valid residential change of address transfer, which was denied by CIF-SS. The next option for Fields, a member of the Canadian national team who played for Oak Hill Academy of Mouth of Wilson, Va., last season, is to apply for a hardship transfer.
The Brea Olinda-Foothill football game Thursday was one of the most exciting games I’ve covered this season. It certainly had the most exciting finish I’ve seen this season:
Erik Henrikson made 14 saves and Nolan McConnell scored four goals as Laguna Beach’s boys water polo team defeated visiting Damien of La Verne, 10-5, in a matchup of the top-two ranked teams in Division 3.
In other action Tuesday, surging Edison knocked off No. 10 Santa Margarita, 10-7, in Rancho Santa Margarita. The Chargers led 6-2 at one point and continue to make a case that they should be ranked in the county Top 10.
Edison has lost to Dana Hills twice and once to Troy but the last two weeks, the Chargers look Top 10 worthy. They lost to Los Al, 5-3.
And Brea Olinda made the Century League race for second, third and fourth place intriguing by upsetting El Modena, 11-10.
More boys water polo news from the OCVarsity blog:
How I voted in the Southwest Division rankings today …
1. La Habra (2-3)
2. Villa Park (6-0)
3. Yorba Linda (6-0)
4. Tustin (3-3)
5. Laguna Hills (5-0)
6. El Toro (5-1)
7. Brea Olinda (5-0)
8. Cypress (5-1)
9. Aliso Niguel (4-1)
10. Foothill (4-2)
See this week’s O.C. football top 10
More football news from the OCVarsity blog:
Sportswriters are invited to vote in the CIF-Southern Section rankings of its 13 11-man football divisions. I only vote in the Pac-5, Southwest and Southern Divisions, per my choice as those are the divisions with which I have enough knowledge to make an informed vote.
Of course, I know some of you will say I should not vote on any divisions …
The Southwest Division vote …
How I voted on the CIF-Southern Southwest Division top 10 this week. Sportswriters are invited to vote upon CIF-SS football rankings.
1. La Habra (2-1)
2. Villa Park (3-0)
3. Tustin (1-2)