Games to Watch for Week 10

Garden Grove (9-0, 4-0) vs. Santiago (8-1, 4-0)
Friday, 7 p.m. at Garden Grove High

Outlook: Two of the top five teams in the CIF Southern Division square off with the Garden Grove League title at stake.

The Argonauts, ranked No. 1 in the Southern Division, has been dominating their opponents since league play started. In their first four games, Garden Grove has outscored its opponents by a combined score of 211-20.

Quarterback Sean Young has been the key to the offense. He leads the team with 837 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns and he has completed 64 of 112 passes (57.1 percent) for 1,122 and 10 touchdowns.

Can Santiago slow him down and end Garden Grove’s nine game winning streak?

Since losing to Santa Ana Valley (Oct. 2), the Cavaliers, ranked fifth in the latest CIF polls, have won five consecutive games.

Santiago won the outright league title in 2007 and shared it with Garden Grove and Los Amigos last year.

There will be no sharing this year.

So, will it be Garden Grove or Santiago?

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No. 6 Los Alamitos vs. No. 5 Fountain Valley

No. 22 Fullerton vs. No. 8 La Habra

No. 18 Esperanza vs. No. 11 Newport Harbor

No. 4 Dana Hills vs. No. 2 Mission Viejo

St. John Bosco vs. No. 9 Mater Dei

BONUS GAME: Costa Mesa vs. Laguna Beach

A funeral mass will be held Friday at St. Columban Catholic Church in Garden Grove at 1 p.m., followed by the burial at Rose Hills Memorial Park.

The Argonauts are scheduled to play Woodbridge on Thursday night at Irvine High.

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Football video: Kevin Telles' final game

The school is still waiting to find out about funeral services for senior linebacker/fullback Kevin Telles, who collapsed during a game Friday and was pronounced dead later that night.

Students at Garden Grove High pause Monday to look at the makeshift memorial for Kevin Telles. / SAM GANGWER, THE REGISTER

A group of football players, friends, students and family members held a carwash on Sunday to raise funds for Telles' funeral. More than $4,600 was raised.

For information about making a donation to the family, call the high school at 714-663-6115.

Mourners continue to add flowers, cards, notes and other items to the makeshift memorial for Telles at Garden Grove High.

Also, more details have also been released about the treatment Telles received after he collapsed.

"You couldn’t have asked for better medical care," Garden Grove Unified School District Alan Trudell told Burris.

Paramount 5, Garden Grove 3: The Argonauts' Division III playoff opener came down to a few breaks. Unfortunately, they were on the wrong side of most of them.

An error by the Argonauts (15-11) led to two unearned runs in the first inning, and their bats fell silent through four innings.

Still, trailing by five runs entering the top of the fifth, they strung together three runs on three consecutive hits off Pirates starter Osbaldo Magallon.

"(Most of the game) we hit a lot of balls right at people, but finally got a couple to go through," Argonauts Coach Ricardo Cepeda said.

The rally was stymied, however, after a line-drive double play ended the inning. 

Paramount (19-8) moves on to play at Corona del Mar on Tuesday at 3:15 p.m.

-- ERIC PATTEN, Special to OCVarsity.com

MVP– Adrianna Wysocki (Garden Grove, Sr.)

First Team– Rebecca Pines (Garden Grove, Sr.); Susana Aguilera (Garden Grove, Sr.); Jessica Wysocki (Garden Grove, Fr.); Cynthia Hernandez (Garden Grove, Fr.); Shelia Torres (Los Amigos, So.); Karly Weeks (Rancho Alamitos, Sr.); Candace Holt (Rancho Alamitos, Jr.); Victoria Serna (Rancho Alamitos, Jr.); Gaby Rivera (Santiago, Sr.); Geneva Alvarez (Santiago, Jr.); Karen Catalan (Santiago, Fr.)

Second Team– Meguen Salazar (Bolsa Grande, Sr.); Kadie Heck (Garden Grove, Fr.); Vanessa Gonzalez (Garden Grove, Jr.); Becky Martinez (La Quinta, Sr.); Michelle Mendoza (La Quinta, So.); Jessica Sanchez (Los Amigos, Jr.); Roxana Salgado (Los Amigos, So.); Andrea Alvarado (Rancho Alamitos, Sr.); Leah Hicken (Rancho Alamitos, Jr.); Rania Hanna (Rancho Alamitos, Sr.); Marcy Cervantes (Santiago, So.); Rachel Tinoco (Santiago, Fr.)

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MVP – Hugo Trejo (Santiago, Sr.)

First Team – Bryan De La Rosa (Garden Grove, Sr.); Christian Hernandez (Garden Grove); Danae Guzman (Garden Grove, Sr.); Gilbert Castrejon (Santiago, Sr.); Lozara Santos (Santiago, Jr.); Tien Nguyen (La Quinta, Sr.); Alex Ayala (Los Amigos, Sr.); Jose Sanchez (Los Amigos, Jr.); Diego Chacon (Rancho Alamitos, Jr.); Carlos Solano (Rancho Alamitos, Sr.); Gabriel Romero (Bolsa Grande, Sr.)

Second Team – Marcos Fernandez (Garden Grove, So.); Andres Guerra (Santiago, So.); Hector Espinoza (Santiago, Jr.); Luis Castillo (Los Amigos, Jr.); Kevin Sanchez (Los Amigos, Jr.); Evan Emrich (La Quinta, Jr.); Diego Reyes (Garden Grove, So.); Alberto Gutierrez (Garden Grove, Sr.); Ryan Fragoso (Garden Grove, Jr.); Luis Dominguez (Bolsa Grande, Sr.); Javier Gonzalez (Bolsa Grande, So.); Gonzalo Ramirez (Rancho Alamitos, So.); Roger De La Rosa (Garden Grove, So.)

Though the Golden Hawks defeated Garden Grove, 15-3, in its last match before league starts next week, the spread wasn’t as wide as it suggests.

“This is a good way for us to go into league,” he said. “There was some separation in the score, but there were close sets. The kids had to come through in them.”

El Dorado had an easier time in singles than doubles. It swept all nine sets, including No. 3 Damin Borooah’s 6-0 victory over the Argonauts No. 1, and substitute Calvin Wu’s 7-5 victory in the final round.

Borooah, a freshman, won all his sets at love. Kevin Ginunas won his sets 6-1, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1, and Jack Ventura-Cruess won two sets 6-0, 6-1 before sitting out Round 3.

It was much tighter in doubles, with the Hawks losing the match up of No. 1’s 6-4. Garden Grove also won two doubles sets in Round 2, 6-4 and 6-3.

Yet El Dorado led 9-3 before sweeping the final round. Still, the doubles sets were close. The Hawks’ No. 3 team of Eric DeBoard and Jordan Allen defeated Garden Grove’s No. 1 of Tin Phan and Bryan Le, 6-4. Phan and Le had won both prior sets.

The Hawks No. 1 team of Justin Kim and Daniel Roh beat the Argonauts No. 2 of Kevin Huang and Harry Pham, 7-5. It was also Huang and Pham’s only loss.

“When we are playing our league matches, the third round is going to determine it,” Cyrus said. “We need to be ready to go for the third round. That’s why we condition the way we do.”

In a 70-6 victory against Brethren Christian, Murayama rushed for seven touchdowns - in the first three quarters.

He just missed the Orange County record for most touchdowns in the game. Former Los Amigos running back Andrew Niumata scored a county-record in 1998 against Bolsa Grande.

I saw Murayama play last season and he runs hard. The bad news for the competition is he is only a junior and is his being coached by a man who puts his players in the position to excel. Harry Welch spread the field and has the scheme to cause teams a lot of problems - like tonight.

Oh, and the Tartans have won 36 straight.

In the Century League:

No. 5 Villa Park 17, El Dorado 2: Josh Samuels scored five goals to become the Spartans’ all-time leading scorer. The U.S. junior team standout started the match tied with former county player of the year Shea Buckner for the record with 364 goals.

Samuels set the record by scoring the first goal 49 seconds into the match at Villa Park. The Spartans (18-6, 4-0) clinched at least a share of the league crown.

Los Amigos captures crown

Dario Torres scored five goals and Anthony Diaz added four as Los Amigos' boys water polo team defeated Bolsa Grande, 15-3, at Savanna on Tuesday night to claim its second consecutive Garden Grove League title.

The Lobos (15-6, 4-0) captured their first back-to-back titles under eighth-year coach Tim Brogdon and first since 1993-94.

St. Michael's takes Orange crown

Damon Chandler and Sebastian Lucar each scored five goals as the Pioneers (15-9, 5-0) captured the league crown.

1. Faith Baptist

2. Windward

3. Santa Clarita Christian

4. Avalon

5. Thacher

6. Sierra Canyon

7. Hesperia Christian

8. Calvary Chapel/MV

9. Montclair Prep

10. Excelsior Education Center

Division II

1. Big Pine

2. Desert Chapel

3. Trona

4. Rolling Hills Prep

5. North County Christian

6. Hope Centre Academy

7. Lighthouse Christian

8. Southlands Christian

9. Cuyama Valley

10. Desert Christian/BD