CLOSER LOOK: Santiago QB Michael Darr

Take a closer look at Corona Santiago senior QB Michael Darr and you’ll see more than the best arm in the Inland Area… You’ll see a player with a deep desire to win. Darr is in his third varsity season at Santiago after transferring from Centennial in 2009, where he was somewhere around the fourth-string … Continue reading

Prep Impressions: Week 0

I covered the Los Angeles Crenshaw-Corona Santiago varsity football game for The Press-Enterprise on Friday, August 24, 2012, and came away thinking the game was over before Santiago, or their fans, even knew it. So why, then, did the game not end until 10:12 p.m. PDT? Maybe because it didn’t start until 7:36, totally playing … Continue reading

Prep Preview: Crenshaw at Santiago

I’m covering the Los Angeles Crenshaw-Corona Santiago varsity football game tonight for The Press-Enterprise. The best part of this assignment is that it’s the first game of QB Michael Darr’s senior season. THE LOW DOWN: Crenshaw finished third in the Coliseum League in 2011 but lost three of its last four — including a 31-7 … Continue reading