Hello, and welcome to a different version of Prep Rally. My identify is Eric Sondheimer. March is over on Tuesday. Welcome to April. Let’s keep in mind March Insanity.
March reminiscences
From to Corona Excessive’s baseball workforce recording 9 shutouts in 11 video games after profitable the Boras Basic South final week, March is ending with a lot of terrific highschool sports activities reminiscences.
Eleven video games into the baseball season, Corona has been even higher than anticipated, and the expectations are extraordinarily excessive. From fielding to pitching to hitting residence runs, the Panthers are delivering each sport. Right here’s a
Burries, the senior basketball standout at Eastvale Roosevelt, will probably be in New York this week to play in Tuesday’s McDonald’s All-American sport. He nonetheless hasn’t introduced a university alternative, however his McDonald’s All-American teammate, Alijah Arenas of Chatsworth, might be going to attempt to assist recruit him to USC. What Burries did within the state championship sport — rating 44 factors at Golden 1 Middle — will go down as one of many biggest performances in finals historical past.
Former Corona Centennial guard Donovan Dent, introduced he was transferring from New Mexico to UCLA. He’ll get to play his last season in entrance of household and mates.
Etiwanda’s Grace Knox and Aliyahna Morris are in New York for the McDonald’s All-American women basketball sport after main their workforce to the state Open Division championship.
Baseball
Huntington Seashore has its greatest workforce in 25 years and thinks it may be greatest in Southern California.
Corona received the Boras Basic South championship. Right here’s
Brandon Thomas of Mater Dei enters the beginning of Trinity League play this week enjoying in addition to anybody within the Southland. On the mound, he hasn’t quit any runs in 20 innings with 24 strikeouts and three walks. He’s additionally batting .371.
A minimum of 4 beginning pitchers haven’t given up a run this season — Thomas, Otto Graham of JSerra, Jackson Eisenhauer of Crespi and Seth Hernandez of Corona.
Bishop Montgomery and Redondo Union are lower than two miles aside and performed in a nonleague sport. Bishop Montgomery received 7-2 behind 14 strikeouts from Pierson Howe.
Sophomore catcher Dezi Delgado of Sierra Canyon is batting .490 with 9 doubles and 15 RBIs.
Eisenhauer has thrown 30 consecutive scoreless innings.
Birmingham freshman pitcher Carlos Acuna continues to impress. He threw eight scoreless innings in a sport towards Paloma Valley.
Yucaipa is displaying indicators of being among the finest groups within the Inland Empire with an 11-2 file and 4-0 mark within the Citrus Belt League. The Thunderbirds have high quality wins over Vista Murrieta and Foothill.
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The Thompsons endure
It didn’t should be. Brody Thompson may have stayed at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, the place he was the beginning catcher final season. Then his father, Randy, an assistant coach for the Knights, determined to simply accept the job as athletic director and coach at Bishop Alemany, the place he had been for years earlier than.
His household had no intention of transferring. It was too costly to alter residences, so if Brody determined to affix his father, probabilities had been the Southern Part would make him sit out half his junior season below switch guidelines
“He was doing effectively at Notre Dame,” Randy mentioned. “He wished to play for his father. It was his choice.”
The household appealed to the Southern Part. This wasn’t an athletically motivated switch, one thing the foundations are designed to stop. Even Notre Dame coach Tom Dill wrote a letter in help of the switch.
His enchantment was rejected. He has sat and sat and at last turns into eligible this week. He’ll make his season debut on Tuesday towards Notre Dame. Right here’s
Softball
Payton Kennedy turned 18 on Friday, an occasion each teenager cherishes, however for her it additionally occurred to be a sport day, that means any celebration needed to be placed on maintain till victory was received.
“I walked into the workforce room and there was Starbucks in my cubby, items, and so they sang me comfortable birthday,” the Santa Margarita senior mentioned. “I really like my teammates a lot.”
The very best current of all was one she gave herself by pitching 4 innings and including two hits and two RBIs in host Santa Margarita’s 5-2 overcome Mater Dei in its Trinity League softball opener.
Rated among the finest pitchers and hitters in Orange County, Kennedy has the numbers to again the hype. Via Friday she was 4-0 within the circle with 30 innings pitched to go together with 16 hits, 19 RBIs, six residence runs, a .457 batting common, a 1.000 slugging share and a 1.512 on-base-plus-slugging share.
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Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, with six freshmen making contributions, has received 9 consecutive video games and is 13-3 total. Right here’s
Sophomore Caroline Baker of San Pedro had a career-high 14 strikeouts final week.
The Michelle Carew Softball Basic begins Wednesday in Orange County. Norco is the workforce to beat. A lot of the video games will happen at Peralta Canyon Park in Anaheim.
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Observe
It was a productive journey for Servite to go to the Texas Relays, the place Benjamin Harris and Jorden Wells completed 1-2 within the 100 meters with wind-aided instances of 10.35 and 10.55.
Leo Francis of Santa Margarita turned in fairly a efficiency on the Orange County championships, profitable the 100 (10.57), 200 (21.17) and going 23-7 within the lengthy leap
Brandon Arrington, a junior at Mount Miguel in San Diego, is the defending state champion within the 100 and solely getting quicker. He ran 10.24 within the 100 meters and 20.37 within the 200 this previous week. So long as he stays wholesome, a lot of state information might be in jeopardy.
Lawrence Kensinger of Venice, the favourite to win the Metropolis Part shotput, is being affected person this season making an attempt to peak for the ultimate two weeks of the season whereas coaching below Nick Garcia, who’s had nice success producing prime shotputters for Sherman Oaks Notre Dame. Right here’s
Volleyball
The Southern Part energy rankings have been launched, and Mira Costa is No. 1.
Huntington Seashore, which knocked off Loyola final week, is No. 2.
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Former Loyola standout Sean Kelly has moved into the beginning lineup as a freshman for UCLA.
Lacrosse
Loyola, Santa Margarita and Mater Dei prime the ability rankings in boys lacrosse.
In Mira Costa, San Clemente and Foothill cleared the path.
Notes…
The McDonald’s All-American Sport will happen for girls and boys in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Tuesday. Boys gamers embrace Brayden Burries from Eastvale Roosevelt, Alijah Arenas from Chatsworth and Nikolas Khamenia from Harvard-Westlake. Ladies gamers embrace Grace Knox and Aliyahna Morris from Etiwanda and Addie Deal from Mater Dei. . . .
Douglas Langford from St. Pius X-St. Matthias has dedicated to San Jose State for basketball. He was beforehand dedicated to Harvard. . . .
High receiver Carson Clark from St. John Bosco has dedicated to San José State. . . .
Guard Nicholas Khatchikian of Mesrobian has dedicated to Cal State Fullerton. . . .
Kevin Morton is the brand new flag soccer coach at Mater Dei. . . .
Former Narbonne standout Marcus Adams Jr. has dedicated to Arizona State. He performed basketball for Cal State Northridge this previous season, then entered the switch portal. . . .
Junior defensive lineman Malik Brooks from St. Pius X-St. Matthias has dedicated to USC. . . .
Junior tight finish Colby Simpson from Oaks Christian has dedicated to Utah. . . .
Hint Johnson, a extremely touted junior quarterback from Florida, is transferring to Santa Margarita to play below new coach Carson Palmer. Right here’s the most recent from the .
From the archives: Dylan Volantis
Dylan Volantis, a 6-foot-6 left-handed pitcher from Westlake, has made fairly a primary impression in his freshman season at Texas.
He’s 2-0 with a 1.17 ERA in 23 innings.
From his first sport final season, Volantis served discover of his low season enchancment. Right here’s
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Suggestions
From , a primary have a look at the NIL cash being paid to California school sports activities athletes.
From the , a narrative on former Clippers guard Jamal Crawford teaching highschool basketball in Washington.
From a narrative on how volleyball has helped former Servite receiver Tetairoa McMillan.
From , a narrative on former Thousand Oaks infielders Max Muncy and Jack Wilson beginning for the Athletics.
