Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The 2015 football season has ended for most high schools across the nation and the college football season is drawing to a close. Recruiting efforts across the nation will pick up seeing offers start pouring in for seniors but also for Class of 2017 players already making an impact. Despite an abbreviated season due […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA America lost sports icon Yogi Berra on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The all-time New York Yankees great was an 18-time All-Star, appeared in 14 World Series winning 10, and cemented a place in sports and pop culture history with his famous quotes. While Berra’s quotes are greatly amusing and funny many of his “isms” have […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Quick, shifty, great hands, and dangerous in the open field, all things that are trademarks of a play-making wide receiver, all attributes of Bishop Alemany High School’s Class of 2016 wide receiver/cornerback Jarrin Pierce. Pierce uses his skill sets well with a game speed in space that is not accurately caught on a straight […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The fertile college football recruiting grounds in northern California are finally starting to get recognized on a national scale with more and more area talents extending their careers to the collegiate ranks. On Sunday, Oregon secured a commitment from a rising Class of 2016 star, Bryson Young. Young, listed at 6’5”, 220 pounds, started […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA There is no other way to accurately describe Los Angeles Valley College linebacker Jonathan Charles other than to call him a linebacker’s linebacker. The 6’2”, 240 pound, sophomore is one of the highest rated junior college linebackers in the nation with several top college programs showing interest in his services at the next level. […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Los Angeles Valley College (3-1) linebacker Jonathan Charles has everything going his way on and off the collegiate gridiron. The 6’2”, 240 pound, talent is rated the No. 7 junior college linebacker in the nation and has interest from top Division-I programs from across the country. The Los Angeles native had to miss a […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA When Los Angeles Valley College (3-1) head coach/defensive coordinator Robert Tucker picked up defensive back Eric Jenkins, he got a great recruit. The 5’10”, 180 pound, athlete was an All-Conference selection as a freshman after getting five interceptions along with 27 tackles. Colleges loved what they saw in the multi-dimensional athlete. The New Orleans […]
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Written by Ryan Wright The Utes dipped back into the Lone Star state on Monday pulling out Houston area talent Lorenzo Ward. Ward is a true defensive tackle listed at 6’2”, 300 pounds. During his junior campaign he helped St. Thomas High School to an 11-2 record picking up nine offers along the way. Boise State, Louisiana Lafayette, Fresno State, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright If you consider yourself a college football fan but are unaware of the name Tuiasosopo you are one of two things, either not a true football fan or suffer from a horrible case of east coast bias. West coast schools like USC, UCLA, Arizona, Utah, and Washington have had their share of the athletic Tuiasosopo bloodline, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright While it takes 11 guys on offense to execute a play, at least in theory, for Brophy College Preparatory three players stood out at the end of a 10-4 campaign last season, wide receiver Isaiah Oliver, running back Ryan Velez, and quarterback Cade Knox. Unfortunately for the Broncos Oliver is off taking his skill set to […]
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In La Mesa, California rests a really good high school football team, the Helix High School Highlanders. After completing a 10-3 season in 2014 congratulations were in order after a three-game run into the playoffs before a heartbreaking 20-13 loss to Oceanside. One of the key players for the Highlanders was Mekhi Stevenson. The 6’0”, 180 pound, playmaker was a […]
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Skilled special teams work on the NFL, collegiate, and high school level has taken a page from Major League Baseball. From a correlation standpoint field goal kickers would be on par with a team’s closer, a punter would be the equivalent to a long relief specialist, and the all too often forgotten long snapper would be the set-up reliever. The […]
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St. Anthony High School’s Logan Gamble presents a dilemma of sorts for college recruiters, but it is the best kind of dilemma possible and that is where to play him. Gamble is a 6’5.5”, 198 pound, two-way star in Southern California lining up at wide receiver and defensive end presenting a world of options at the next level on both […]
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St. Anthony High School’s Logan Gamble presents a dilemma of sorts for college recruiters, but it is the best kind of dilemma possible and that is where to play him. Gamble is a 6’5.5”, 198 pound, two-way star in Southern California lining up at wide receiver and defensive end presenting a world of options at the next level on both […]
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Every sport has their role players and every sport has their individual jokes about those role players. On NBA hardwood courts some big guys are just bodies sent out to pickup fouls and lean heavily on an opposing big man for 4-5 minutes a game. In MLB most starting pitchers love to give relievers a hard time about not being […]
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Los Angeles area Class of 2016 recruit Marcel Myers is on the move, both on and off the gridiron. Heading into spring Myers transferred from Redondo Union High School in the south bay to Alemany High School in Mission Hills, north San Fernando Valley. As the crow flies the distance covers one end of LA County to the other but […]
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Exclusive Interview with La Salle’s Evan Rambo Times are changing at Cal-Berkeley and for the better. The football program is on an upswing thanks to head coach Sonny Dykes and staff. The changes on the field are noticeable not only in execution of plays, determination, and skill level but most notably in the win-loss column. Dykes took over a […]
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Exclusive interview with Highland High School’s Jalen Logan Every football coach wants their players to take the field with intensity, fire, and passion. For Highland High School’s Jalen Logan that passion was a chip on his shoulder looking to prove the football world wrong, and he did just that. Tight coverage, pass breakups, and interceptions testified the 5’7”, 180 […]
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Long Beach, California’s Millikan High School has seen some rough times over the last few years on the gridiron. From 2010 to 2012 the Rams were 2-28 but a turnaround seems to be on the horizon thanks in-part to junior to-be quarterback Jordan Lawton. After Lawton won MVP honors at the Elite Football Network Exposure Camp in Los Angeles on […]
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Exclusive interview with running back Treshawn Garrett Coming off a 6-4 season, Highland High School running back Treshawn Garrett is hungry for another crack at opponents in California’s Golden League. The 5’11”, 175 pound, all purpose back had a breakout junior season rushing for 1,078 yards with 14 touchdowns posting an impressive 10.4 yard per carry average on the […]
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