Villa Park junior defensive end/tight end Louis Vecchio (6-4, 240) has been offered by Colorado, he said in a text message Wednesday.
Vecchio has 25 receptions for almost 300 yards last season for the CIF Southwest Division runner-ups.
He also 60 total tackles and three sacks.
Vecchio is definitely a recruit to keep an eye on. In February, Colorado signed Orange Lutheran offensive lineman Colin Sutton.
Please send football recruiting news to Dan Albano at dalbano@ocregister.com
Stanley Johnson, left, of Mater Dei was named California Division 1 boys basketball player of the year by calhisports.com, which has been selecting all-state teams in many sports for many years, including in pre-Internet days as CalHiSports.
Brethren Christian senior Mamadou Ndiaye was named state Division 5 player of the year.
Johnson, a junior, was also named to the California overall first team and to the all-juniors team.
Mater Dei senior Elijah Brown was named to the all-state second team, and Mission Viejo senior Evan Zeller was all-state third team.
Other Orange County players selected to the various all-state teams …
Thursday’s Century League boys duel between the Villa Park at host Brea highlights the swimming leaderboard.
Brea’s Clay Simons blasted some freestyle times but the Spartans remained undefeated.
Foothill freshman Courtney Mykkanen and Brooke Maxson paced the county’s No. 2 team
BOYS SWIMMING
Century League
VILLA PARK 90, BREA OLINDA 80
FOOTHILL 138, EL DORADO 31
CANYON 116, EL MODENA 54
Freeway League
(late Wednesday)
LA HABRA 97, SUNNY HILLS 82
Sunset League
HUNTINGTON BEACH 90.5; MARINA 79.5
Nonleague
TRABUCO HILLS 107, LAGUNA HILLS 62
Mater Dei was placed into the Open Division as expected in the CIF Southern California Regionals. The Monarchs will have a first-round home game.
El Toro and Mission Viejo also have first-round home games, in Division 1. Villa Park has a first-round home game in Division 2, and Tustin is at home in the first round in Division 3.
This is the first season of the Open division in the CIF State Championships. Teams have to meet standards, like having qualified for the Regionals in three of the past four years, to be selected to the Open Division. There seven teams in the Open Division in the CIF Northern California Regiaonsl and seven in the Open Division in the CIF Southern California Regionals.
Regionals champions in six divisions meet in the CIF State Championships in Sacramento, March 22 and 23.
Many teams that lost in CIF-Southern Section semifinals were selected to the Regionals, including Mission Viejo, Dana Hills, Ocean View and Tesoro.
A first-round game featuring two Orange County teams playing each other is rare, but it is happening inn Division 3 on Wednesday when Ocean View plays at Tustin.
First round games are Wednesday in all divisons expect for the Open Division, in which first-round games are Friday.
Regionals brackets for boys and girls basketball are here.
For CIF-SS basketball finals at Anaheim Convention Center, tickets are $7 for students and for children 13 and younger, and $13 for adults.
Mater Dei, El Toro and Villa Park might still be selling tickets in advance. Contact those schools for that information. It would be cash only for ticket purchases at the schools. Tickets are also at the ACC ticket office and at ticketmaster.com; both accept debit and credit cards for ticket purchases.
Parking is $12. Spectators are instructed to park in Car Park 1, the entrance for which is on Katella Ave. right across the street from the Disneyland parking lot — wait, that’s California Adventure now! — just east of the big Anaheim Convention Center sign. A parking map for the ACC is here.
Schedule for Orange County teams — Tustin vs. Royal today at 6:30 p.m., Santa Margarita vs. Damien today at 8:15 p.m.. Villa Park vs. JW North on Saturday at 4 p.m., El Toro vs. Santa Monica at 6 p.m., Mater Dei vs. Etiwanda at 8:30 p.m.
More boys basketball news from the OCVarsity blog:
The CIF-Southern Section today released dates and times for championship games.
Games involving Orange County teams, all at Anaheim Convention Center …
3AAA –Tustin vs. Royal of Simi Valley, Thursday, 6:30 p.m.
3AA — Santa Margarita vs. Damien of La Verne, Thursday, 8:15 p.m.
Games potentially involving Orange County teams, all at Anaheim Convention Center …
2A — Westlake-Tesoro winner vs. Arroyo Grande-Redondo Union winner, Saturday, 2 p.m.
2AA — JW North of Riversde-Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach winner vs. Villa Park-Thousand Oaks winner, 4 p.m.
1A — El Toro-Crescenta Valley winner vs. Dana Hills-Santa Monica winner, Saturday, 6 p.m.
1Aa — Mater Dei-Inglewood winner vs. Etiwanda-Long Beach Poly winner, Saturday, 8:30 p.m.
Tickets, $7-$13, will be available at participating schools Tuesday or Wednesday, and are available now at ticketmaster.com.
More boys basketball news from the OCVarsity blog:
The Orange County media polls conclude at the end of the regular season. If the polling continued through the playoffs, this is how I would have voted today on the Orange County boys basketball top 10 …
1. Mater Dei (Division 1AA) 27-1
2. Mission Viejo (1AA) 25-3
3. JSerra (4AA) 17-8
4. Tustin (3AAA) 27-2
5. El Toro (1A) 24-5
6. Orange Lutheran (1AA) 18-9
7. Villa Park (2AA) 21-6
8. Servite (3AAA) 17-12
9. Sonora (3AAA) 24-4
10. Canyon (2A) 18-7
More boys basketball news from the OCVarsity blog:
How I voted today on the final Orange County boys basketball poll of the 2012-13 season.
Note: Mater Dei has been No. 1 in the final rankings every season since 1988-89, when Saddleback finished at No. 1.
My ballot …
1. Mater Dei (26-1, Trinity champ)
2. Mission Viejo (24-3, South Coast co-champ)
3. JSerra (15-8, Triniity 3rd)
4. El Toro (23-5, South Coast co-champ)
5. Tustin (25-2, Empire champ)
6. Orange Lutheran (17-9, Trinity 4th)
7. Sonora (23-3, Freeway champ)
8. Villa Park (20-6, Century champ)
9. Canyon (18-9, Century co-2nd … beat VP and Foothill last week)
10. Foothill (21-5, Century co-2nd)
Others I considered … Fountain Valley (20-6, Sunset champ), Tesoro (18-9, South Coast 4th), Sunny Hills (23-3, Freeway 2nd), Ocean View (20-6, Golden West champ).
How I voted on the Orange County top 10 today. I am part of the five-person media panel. This is not the top 10, just my vote in the polling.
1. Mater Dei
2. Mission Viejo
3. Orange Lutheran
4. JSerra
5. Foothill
6. El Toro
7. Tustin
8. Villa Park
9. Aliso Niguel
10. Sunny Hills
More boys basketball news from the OCVarsity blog:
Here’s some girls water polo highlights from Tuesday:
In the Golden West League:
Ocean View 8, Segerstrom 4: Freshman Elena Isogawa scored four goals and senior Brynne McNabb added two to help the visiting Seahawks (17-7, 7-0) take control of the Division 7 league.
I could not figure out what to do with Servite. The Friars have beaten El Toro and Orange Lutheran. But how much of that was The Asylum — the greatest rooting section in the county — and how much was that the team?
I moved Servite in and out of my top 10, then finally decided this is how I would vote today …
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