Matt Barkley
The Register's Michael Lev, who now spends his fall days covering the USC football team after several years of writing about the NFL, was back on the sidelines of a high school football game on Friday night.
His assignment: check out Mater Dei's Matt Barkley, who has committed to USC, to see if the strong-armed QB has real Heisman and NFL potential, as many have speculated.
Like everyone else in the country, Lev has heard a lot about Barkley, the 2007 Gatorade National Player of the Year, over the past year or so, but Friday's playoff game was a chance to gather some important firsthand knowledge.
What did Lev see? What did he think? What was his analysis of Barkley?
We'll let you judge for yourself. Click here to see Lev's scouting report on Barkley.
And click here to see Lev's report on rumors that Barkley is backing out of his commitment to USC.
Thursday
Division II second round
Canyon (20-10) vs. La Canada (19-9) at Pasadena City College
Former NFL offensive lineman Pat Harlow has joined the varsity staff at San Clemente. Harlow played for the Raiders and Patriots and collegiately at USC. Harlow will coach the defensive lineman at San Clemente.
The Tritons now have six coaches with professional football experience. Impressive.
Of course we'd love for you to spend all your time on ocvarsity.com, but occasionally you might have interests other than high school sports in Orange County. A likely one? What's happening with the athletes who once played high school sports in Orange County.
The Register's USC blog is a good place to find out, especially since there are so many former O.C. high school stars playing for the Trojans and, more imporant, ocvarsity.com alum Adam Maya is on the colleges beat.
Take a look at what Adam wrote recently about two of last season's high school stars:
Click here to see his piece on Orange Lutheran's Blake Ayles.
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