Prep Impressions: Week 0

I covered the Salt Lake City (Utah) East-Corona Centennial varsity football game on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, and came away thinking the Huskies were just priming the engine. Centennial (1-0 overall) got going on its first two drives of the game, both punctuated by long (45 yards) and short (1) runs from senior RB J.J. … Continue reading

Prep Preview: Big VIII League

PREP FOOTBALL 2015 BIG VIII LEAGUE PREVIEW (Records in parenthesis) Have you seen Victor Viramontes’ workout Vines?!? Viramontes has made himself the talk of the Big VIII League with several 6-second videos. The vids show him running the option with a parachute, or deadlifting a huge amount of weight (300lbs? 500lbs??) in a morning session. … Continue reading

FOUR & MORE: Big Off-Season Stories

PREP FOOTBALL 2015 BIG OFF-SEASON STORIES 1. Dennis Brown’s departure from Riverside Poly — Rumors swirled after the Bears’ loss in the CIF-Southern Section Inland Division title game, then the hammer dropped. Brown was retiring, or resigning. Why? Now we know. He’s Riverside King’s new athletic director. 2. Legend of Javon McKinley continues to grow … Continue reading