La Habra pitcher Vanessa Ciocatto committed to Delaware State, La Habra coach Frank Carroll announced.
Ciocatto, a senior, was 22-7 with a 2.25 ERA and 142 strikeouts last season. She also made first team All-Freeway League.
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After three consecutive years of losing to La Habra, La Mirada finally got one over on their neighborhood rival.
The Matadores scored on their first two plays of scrimmage, and tallied 28 points in the 1st quarter alone, on way to defeating the Highlanders 45-27.
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La Mirada took out three years of frustration on La Habra, piling up 525 yards of total offense in a 45-27 beatdown of La Habra. The Matadores snapped a three-game losing streak against the Highlanders.
La Habra played matadore defense against the Matadores all night. Former superstar linebacker Aaron Porter, who is now at UCLA, would not be pleased with the tackling by his former team.
La Mirada scored on its first four possessions. They needed just 11 plays to score those first four touchdowns. Highlanders coach Frank Mazzotta is going to be going over all the game film and kicking some serious butt in practice over the next week to turn this thing around.
There were some bright spots on offense for the Highlanders. QB Sean Sparling was 12 of 21 for 203 yards and one touchdown with one interception. He also scored on a rushing TD. Christian Casas had six receptions for 120 yards and a TD.
It doesn’t matter how good La Habra’s offense is if it can’t stop anybody.
The good news for OC football teams is they don’t have to worry about playing La Mirada’s high-powered offense this season. La Mirada doesn’t play any county opponents the rest of the way and there are no county teams in the Southeast Division where the Matadores are ranked No. 1.
LA MIRADA (1-0) VS. NO. 12 LA HABRA (1-0)
Where, when: La Habra High, Thursday, 7 p.m.
Outlook: La Mirada is ranked No. 1 in the CIF-SS’s Southeast Division. The Matadores last week beat St. Paul of Santa Fe Springs, 55-28, as Johnny Hills ran for 224 yards and two touchdowns on only 10 carries. He also had two receptions for 62 yards and a touchdown. Adam Carrasco ran for 113 yards and three touchdowns. Kevin Dillman opened the game with a 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and La Mirada, in control throughout the game, attempted only nine passes.
In just two weeks, football will be back on Friday nights, so it’s time to start posting preseason rankings. Here’s my O.C. preseason Top 10, including public, private rankings (I believe the private and public schools should be in separate leagues and playoff divisions, so I will now incorporate that into my rankings):
OVERALL O.C. Preseason Top 10
1. Santa Margarita: Johnny Stanton, pictured, leads a loaded offense but defense has questions to answer
2. Tesoro: Titans return 14 starters from a team that upset Servite in Pac-5 quarters
3. Servite: Friars trying to reload; new stars could be on the way
La Habra junior defensive lineman Greg Gaines (6-1, 273) has been offered by Colorado, Highlanders coach Frank Mazzotta reports in a text message.
As a sophomore, Gaines was a second-team all-league selection last season in the Freeway League.
Please send football recruiting news to Dan Albano at dalbano@ocregister.com
Here is the 2012 football schedule for La Habra.
Schedules are subject to change. All games are scheduled for 7 p.m. unless noted.
LA HABRA
(Home games on campus; *league game)
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FULLERTON – La Habra scored nine goals through its first three games in the Sunny Hills Summer League. Since then though, it has been a bit tougher for the Highlanders to get on the scoreboard as the Highlanders have finished with just one goal in each of their last three games, including Thursday, 1-1 tie with Chino Hills at Sunny Hills High.
A very early 2012 Orange County football preseason top 10 was in the Fryer column earlier this week. It was in the middle of a bunch of items.
Here is that top 10, re-published here to elicit your reaction. Are there any teams missing, that should have been included. Which teams do you think I have ranked too high? Which teams are too low? What is your top 10?
Here is mine: 1. Santa Margarita; 2. Servite; 3. Mission Viejo; 4. Mater Dei; 5. Tesoro; 6. San Clemente; 7. El Toro; 8. Edison; 9. La Habra; 10. Los Alamitos.
(For the first time in a long time, Orange Lutheran is not included.)
Reaction? Fire away!
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I covered the CIF-SS Division 4 semifinal between La Habra and Kaiser of Fontana on Tuesday at Kaiser High. The game had one of the most dramatic finishes of the season. Here’s how it all went down:
LIVE FROM KAISER HIGH OF FONTANA
I have the Mobile OCVarsity Luxury Suite set up at Kaiser High of Fontana where La Habra and Kaiser are battling for a chance to reach the CIF-SS Division 4 championship game.
Here is a quick breakdown:
LA HABRA (23-8) VS. KAISER (21-8) OF FONTANA
Site, time: Kaiser High of Fontana, 3:15 p.m.
Outlook: The Highlanders knocked off fourth-seeded Dos Pueblos of Goleta, 2-1, in the quarterfinals and they are one victory away from reaching the finals for the first time since 1982. Northern Illinois-bound Maleena Esparza (.562, 12 HRs, 35 RBIs), Michigan State-bound Shanin Thomas (.467, 26 RBIs), Racquel Manzo (.440, 34 RBIs) and Hope Moreno (.422, 20 RBIs) are La Habra’s hot hitters and the Highlanders top pitchers are Vanessa Ciocatto (22-7, 2.11 ERA) and Taylor Pierce (1-0, 3 saves, 1.56 ERA). Jesslene Contreras (.421, 32 RBIs, 20 runs) and Krystel Gabbard (..394, 5 HRs, 30 RBIs) are the Cats’ top hitters.
No time to mess around. IT’S TIME TO PLAY THE GAME!!!!!!.
Krystal Gabbard is starting in the circle for the Cats.
She gets a 1-2-3 inning to retire the Highlanders in order. She got Northern Illinois-bound Maleena Esparza to ground out to third to end the inning.
Vanessa Ciocatto gets the start in the circle for La Habra.
Ciocatto with a 1-2-3 inning to retire the Cats in order.
La Habra 0, Kaiser 0 after one inning.
La Habra High linebacker Aaron Porter was announced as O.C. Prep Football Player of the Year during the player recognition dinner Thursday night for the county all-star football game.
The media voted on the annual award, which is part of the festivities for the Brea Lions Orange County North-South Prep All-Star Football Game on July 6.
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La Habra has hired Courtney Robertson as its girls water polo coach, athletic director Frank McCarroll announced.
Robertson takes over for veteran Jim Crowther, who resigned in late March after eight strong seasons.
Robertson has served as an assistant under Crowther and been part of the La Habra program the past six years. She also played at Sonora.
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