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OCVarsity Offensive Star of the Week

Damian Calhoun, OCVarsity.com since 2004 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:02:56 +0000

Here is my pick for this week's OCVarsity Offensive Star of the Week.

Quezada rushed for 249 yards and three touchdowns and the two-point conversion with nine seconds remaining to lead the tenth-ranked Highlanders to a 29-28 victory over No. 8 San Clemente.

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Football: Top seniors to watch for 2009

STEVE FRYER, ocvarsity.com — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:49:15 +0000

I've put together a list of the county's top seniors to watch for the 2009 football season.

(If you want to see my list of the Top 5 overall players to watch for '09, click here.)

TOP SENIORS FOR 2009

Jesse Aguilar, K/P, Anaheim
Jordan Allen, RB, Mater Dei
Sil Ajawara, OL, Tesoro
Otto Behrle, DB, JSerra
Josh Barut, DB Los Alamitos
Joe Branker, WR, Mission Viejo
Jesse Bueno, WR, El Toro
Jaye Byun, DB, Sunny Hills
Manuel Carillo, WR, Troy
Michael Christe, OL, Mission Viejo

Thomas Cobbs, LB, Woodbridge
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Ken Davis, TE, Western
Brock Dunn, RB/DB, El Dorado
Exavier Edwards, RB, Mission Viejo
David Espino, RB, San Clemente
Nico Espinoza, OL, Servite
Cody Fajardo, QB, Servite
Stetson Fitch, DB, Missio Viejo
Parker Flynn, K/P, Orange Lutheran
Pete Foo Chong, LB, Western
Garrett Gilliland, LB, Orange Lutheran
Luis Gomez, RB, Costa Mesa
Chris Gonzalez, WR, La Habra
Dominic Greco, LB, Fullerton
Clay Guess, RB, Capistrano Valley
Sean Guite, QB, Huntington Beach
Alex Gutierrez, DL, Santa Ana Valley
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Will Hinn, RB/DB, Saddleback Valley Christian
Zach Huff, LB, Garden Grove
Andrew Husseini, Beckman, OL/DL
Drew Huusfeldt, QB, Esperanza
Matt Jakubiec, OL, Servite
Mike Jones, LB, Foothill
J.D. Krill, TE/LB, Aliso Niguel
Keith Lawson, RB, Beckman
Lukas Lopez, DL, Esperanza
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Jake Marshall, RB/DB, Mission Viejo
Matt Martindale, DB, Laguna Hills
Oscar Martinez, OL, Marina
Michael McCullough, DL, Laguna Hills
Sean McEvilly, OL, Orange Lutheran
Kyle Middlebrooks, RB, Fountain Valley
Marc Milan, DL, Mission Viejo
Justin Mills, LB, Segerstrom
Anthony Milone, Fullerton, DL
Wade Minshew, Tustin, RB/DB
Zach Mitchell, RB. Tesoro
John Murayama, RB, St. Margaret’s
Brian Murrietta, QB, Segerstrom
Darius Nacoste, RB, Santa Ana Valley
Chris Nicholls, WR, Servite
Trevor Ofisa, Magnolia, DL
Theo Okai, LB, Western
Dominic Orman, DB, Western
Ruben Ortega, RB/LB, Western
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Preston Pemasa, DL, Orange Lutheran
Robert Peralta, RB, Santa Ana
Jose Perez, WR/DB, Los Amigos
Hayden Pierce, WR, Esperanza
Joshua Quezada, RB, La Habra
Dominic Ragland, QB, Fountain Valley
Chase Rettig, QB, San Clemente
Shaquille Richardson, WR/DB, Los Alamitos
Kyle Rodriguez, DB, Canyon
Kaller Roemer, WR, Huntington Beach
Brian Roth, DL, El Toro
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Niusuamalie Sale, OL, Los Alamitos
Anthony Sandoval, La Habra, DL
Roman Sapolu, OL, Edison
Nick Schlemmer, WR, Foothill
Curtis Simonton, WR, Trabuco Hills
Jacob Slemmer, DB, Servite
Andrew Spangenberg, LB, Santa Margarita
Alex Stamos, DL, Mission Viejo
Ryan Steadman, WR/DB, Fountain Valley
Alex Swigert, RB, Corona del Mar
Tenne Tafuna, DE, Villa Park
Kirifi Taula, OL/DL, Servite
Jeff Trojan, WR, Edison
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Chris Ward, OL, Mater Dei
Pat Webster, OL, Mission Viejo
Trevor Weiss, DB, Tesoro
Bobby Wheatley, QB, Orange Lutheran
Cecil Whiteside, WR/LB, Newport Harbor
Riley Whyte, OL, Servite
Anthony Wilkerson, RB/LB, Tustin
Troy Willett, LB, Santa Margarita
Damani Wilson, RB, Orange Lutheran
Cody Wittick, WR/DB, Tesoro
Sean Young, QB, Garden Grove
Jordan Zumwalt, LB, Edison

The Calhoun Six to Watch: Trabuco Hills vs. La Habra

Damian Calhoun, OCVarsity.com since 2004 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:38:57 +0000

Trabuco Hills (8-4) vs. La Habra (10-2)

Saturday, 7 p.m., at La Habra High

Outlook: Here are two of the hottest teams in the county.

La Habra has won seven consecutive games since losing to San Clemente on Oct. 10. Trabuco Hills has won eight of its past nine games since a 0-3 start. Something has to give.

The Highlanders didn’t play a clean game against El Dorado in the quarterfinals. La Habra had two touchdowns called back because of holding penalties, had 105 totals yards in penalties and committed two turnovers in a 23-14 victory.

Once they clean all of that up, the Highlanders are dangerous especially with the "Lightning and Thunder" combination of Ronnie Hillman and Joshua Quezada carrying the ball.

Trabuco Hills has been a different team since quarterback Jason Mayer returned from a wrist injury. Mayer has completed 62.7 percent of his passes for 1,984 yards. He completed 13 of 19 passes for 201 and three touchdowns against Western last week.

The Mustangs also had a big night on the ground, but not from Shane DeCillo. Donnie Simonsen filled in and rushed for 191 yards.

Can the Mustangs protect Mayer and create running lanes for Simonsen or DeCillo? Or will the Hillman-Quezada-Randall Nygren Show be too much for Trabuco Hills to handle?

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