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
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
CLOSER LOOK: Notre Dame’s Wesley Smith
Take a closer look at Notre Dame sophomore Wesley Smith and you’ll see the budding of immense talent. Smith knows how to get open and what to do once he’s there with the ball. He rushed for 51 yards and one TD on eight carries, and caught four passes for 69 yards in a 31-8 … Continue reading

