Kaiser pitcher chooses San Diego State over Washington, Hawaii, Long Island

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Clay Fowler

Kaiser’s Ryan Mota verbally committed to San Diego State on Tuesday, according to Kaiser baseball coach Mike Spinuzzi. The 6-foot-3 pitcher, who will be a senior next season, chose the Aztecs over offers from Washington, Hawaii and Long Island University.

As a junior Mota went 9-2 with a 2.05 earned-run average for the Sunkist League champions. He pitched three complete games, had 56 strikeouts and 16 walks in 58 innings. Mota, who also played first base, hit .354 with 28 RBIs and 23 runs scored in 28 games in helping Kaiser to a 25-5 overall record and the No. 2 seed in the Division 4 playoffs last season.

All-Sunkist League baseball team: Two sides to this MVP discussion

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Clay Fowler

There were two distinct sides to be taken in the debate over the Sunkist League baseball MVP. The pitching side: a 9-0 record, 0.95 ERA, six complete games, 114 strikeouts and just 12 walks in just 74 innings. And the offensive side: .455 batting average, three home runs, 41 RBIs and 29 runs scored in 28 games with a .518 on-base percentage.

Of course, both sides belonged to junior Chris Mathewson of league champion Kaiser. Needless to say, it wasn’t much of a debate.

MVP: Chris Mathewson JR Kaiser

First Team
Toby Rainwater JR Kaiser
Ryan Mota JR Kaiser
Jacob Sanchez JR Kaiser
Alex Valdivia JR Kaiser
David Osuna SR Kaiser
Jacob Barajas SR Kaiser
Anthony Ayala SR Fontana
Andres Solis SR Fontana
Armondo Zapata JR Fontana
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Summit WR recruits from past and present will be a package deal

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Clay Fowler

Summit receiver Erik Brown doesn’t yet know which college he will choose, but one thing recently became a certainty. Wherever he goes it will be with his cousin Devon Blackmon, a four-star receiver from the Summit class of 2011 who went to Oregon before transferring to Riverside City College in January.

Brown (pictured, right) has collected nine scholarship offers since the end of Summit’s season in November. Blackmon has pulled in several offers with the intention of transferring to a Division I school after his first season at Riverside City. Two offers the duo has in common are Boise State and Washington, which are high on the a short list that includes USC, a school that has expressed interest in both players but is yet to offer.

“It’s always been in the back of our minds (to go to the same school),” Blackmon said. “I would like to show (Brown) the ropes in college and steer him away from some of the mistakes I made.”

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Summit WR has three Pac-12 offers after lighting up 7-on-7 circuit

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Clay Fowler

Doors just keep opening for Summit’s Erik Brown. Perhaps that’s why the junior wide receiver resisted the temptation to commit immediately after UCLA issued him a scholarship offer last week.

It was the sixth scholarship offer for Brown since the end of football season, and the third Pac-12 offer. Brown also has offers from Washington and Oregon State. Nevada, Houston and San Diego State have also offered Brown.

“UCLA is his dream school,” Summit head coach Cesar Villalobos said. “And I expect him to keep getting offers partly because he’s doing so well with his seven-on-seven team.”

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All-Sunkist League girls basketball team: Kaiser’s Dodson MVP

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Clay Fowler

Winning the first league championship in school history doesn’t entirely encapsulate the depth of the Kaiser girls basketball team’s accomplishment. The Cats ended defending CIF champion Summit’s 63-game win streak in the Sunkist League. In fact, Summit had never lost a league game until this season.

Accordingly, it’s not surprising that Kaiser team swept the All-Sunkist League awards. It’s hard to say enough about the feats Kaiser pulled off in 2012-13, but this list is a start.

MVP – Aliyah Dodson, Kaiser
Coach of the Year – Denise Sinohui, Kaiser

FIRST TEAM
Jasmine Soto (Kaiser)
Paige Harder (Kaiser)
Jordyn Buffum (Kaiser)
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Saturday’s prep football CIF-SS championship game scores

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Clay Fowler

PAC-5 DIVISION
Long Beach Poly 35, Mater Dei 17
NORTHERN DIVISION
Palos Verdes 35, West Torrance 14
CENTRAL DIVISION
Kaiser 28, Rancho Verde 21
SOUTHEAST DIVISION
Downey 33, La Serna 25
SOUTHERN DIVISION
Corona del Mar 35, Garden Grove 10
NORTHWEST DIVISION
Nordhoff 31, North Torrance 14

Prep football playoff prediction: CIF-SS Central Division

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Clay Fowler

First round
No. 1 Summit over Paloma Valley
La Quinta over Colony
Wildomar Elsinore over Colton
No. 4 Moreno Valley Rancho Verde over Chaffey
Riverside North over No. 3 Kaiser
Palm Springs over Temescal Canyon
Riverside Arlington over Chino
No. 2 Menifee Heritage over Palm Desert

Quarterfinals
No. 1 Summit over La Quinta
Wildomar Elsinore over No. 4 Moreno Valley Rancho Verde
Riverside North over Palm Springs
No. 2 Menifee Heritage over Riverside Arlington

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Sunkist champ, CIF champ, it’s all the same

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Clay Fowler

Winning the Sunkist League is apparently equivalent to winning a CIF-Southern Section football championship.

Well, at least last year it was.

It was no coincidence that once the Summit High School football team reached the level necessary to win its first league title, its first CIF-SS Eastern Division championship followed a month later. The SkyHawks aren’t carrying 11 years worth of expectations into league play, which begins on Friday. After all, the school has only been around for seven years. But Kaiser coach Phil Zelaya, whose team won 11 consecutive Sunkist League championships prior to last season, doesn’t envy Summit’s position.

“Now everybody probably expects them to win the league again,” Zelaya said. “I know I would. Now we get to be where they were, trying to take down the defending champion.”
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Kaiser forces issue, wins battle of undefeated teams

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Clay Fowler

Perhaps total yards were actually a better indication than the score of how close Kaiser’s 14-7 win over Ayala was Friday night.

Kaiser gained 227 yards to Ayala’s 226.

The only clear difference between two undefeated teams, aside from the scoreboard, was the turnover column. Ayala committed three, two of which Kaiser converted into Marquette Washington touchdowns. Kaiser didn’t turn the ball over once.

“They’re an excellent football team,” Kaiser coach Phil Zelaya said, “and when you win a game like this, you need a little luck.”
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Marquee matchup: Kaiser (4-0) at Ayala (4-0)

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Clay Fowler

Only one team will leave this matchup undefeated after Ayala (4-0) and Kaiser (4-0) meet tonight in what is likely the toughest game of the regular season for both teams.

Only getting tougher: Ayala’s nonleague schedule has included a first-place team, a two-time defending CIF champion, a ranked team from Nevada and a potential playoff team in the Baseline League. Kaiser, however, represents its most difficult test to date.

Ayala, which won three games last season, has surpassed that total in impressive fashion. The Bulldogs are trying to graduate from just being improved to being a contender in the deep Sierra League. Winning tonight would be one more big step in that direction.

“We’re going to get hit in the mouth tonight and we’ll see how we respond,” Ayala coach Randy Reams said. “It seems to work out that our opponents get tougher every week. I don’t think I could have scheduled it any better.”
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