Prep Impressions: Sept. 2, 2016

With few exceptions, defending high school league, section, state, et al champions usually experience a dip the following season. Typically, a prep title-winning team is filled with a core of grizzled seniors who start and play the majority of the minutes. So why does Riverside Notre Dame’s football team seem as though it has gotten … Continue reading

J.J. Taylor, Corona Centennial…

… is FOMB’s Player Of The Week after creating a career calling card in a 62-52 victory over Bellflower St. John Bosco in the CIF-Southern Section PAC-5 Division Championship Game on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015 (Week 14). Taylor carried the ball 41 times for 261 yards and five TDs as the Huskies (14-0 overall) won … Continue reading

Prep Impressions: Week 14-B

I worked the Riverside Notre Dame-Temecula Linfield Christian CIF-Southern Section Championship Game on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, and came away thinking the Titans needed only to score 14 points in 16 seconds to claim their first section title in 38 years. Following a scoreless first half, Linfield punched it in on a 17-yard pass from … Continue reading