February 2010 Archives

Because of snow in the mountains yesterday, the Division 6-A semifinal between Calvary Baptist and Lake Arrowhead Christian was postponed until tomorrow. It will be played at 6 p.m. at the Pinecrest Conference Center in Twin Peaks.

Moving on to the games that were played. Summit made the big move, upsetting No. 1 seed Canyon Springs 72-71 in Division 1-A to make its second CIF final in three seasons. Announcements of times and sites for the title games in both the boys and girls divisions will come at noon tomorrow.

Division 1-AA
Semifinals
Long Beach Poly 59, Etiwanda 47
Corona Santiago 56, Troy 51

Division 1-A
Semifinals
Summit 72, Canyon Springs 71
Santa Monica 67, Ayala 37

Championship
No. 4 Summit vs. No. 2 Santa Monica, TBA, The Pyramid

Division 3-A
Semifinals
Santa Margarita 57, Bonita 43
Muir 57, Barstow 39

Division 6-A
Semifinals
North County Christian 54, Apple Valley Christian 26
No. 3 Calvary Baptist vs. No. 2 Lake Arrowhead Christian, 6 p.m. Monday

Championship
No. 1 North County Christian vs. Lake Arrowhead Christian-Calvary Baptist winner, TBA, Colony HS or Mater Dei HS

Still have quite a few teams trucking, as Redlands East Valley, Sultana, Granite Hills and Ontario Christian have all advanced. All will be on the road Tuesday, as will boys semifinalist Oak Hills. The CIF had to make it tough for us, didn't it?

Division 2
Quarterfinals
Harvard-Westlake 1, Laguna Hills 0
Redlands East Valley 1, Corona del Mar 0
Beckman 1, Ayala 0
Flintridge Sacred Heart 3, Saugus 2

Semifinals
Redlands East Valley at Harvard-Westlake
Flintridge Sacred Heart at Beckman

Division 3
Quarterfinals
Sunny Hills 1, Bloomington 0

Division 4
Quarterfinals
Bishop Amat 3, Santa Maria St. Joseph's 2
Sultana 2, La Serna 1
Los Altos 1, Santa Ynez 0
Granite Hills 5, Serrano 0

Semifinals
Sultana at Bishop Amat
Granite Hills at Los Altos

Division 6
Quarterfinals
Lancaster Desert Christian 9, Calvary Murrieta 1
St. Margaret's 1, Santa Paula 0 (2OT)
Malibu 6, San Jacinto 0
Ontario Christian 3, Woodcrest Christian 0

Semifinals
St. Margaret's at Desert Christian
Ontario Christian at Malibu

And then there were two. Summit and Colony saw their dreams for a CIF championship end last night, but Etiwanda and Eisenhower move on to next weekend at the Honda Center.

Division 1-AA
Semifinals
Mater Dei 94, Rancho Verde 58
Etiwanda 55, Long Beach Poly 52

Championship
No. 6 Etiwanda vs. No. 1 Mater Dei, TBA

Division 1-A
Semifinals
Santa Monica 70, Colony 53
Leuzinger 72, Loyola 59

Division 2-AA
Semifinals
Murrieta Valley 71, Summit 67
Compton 71, Burbank 48

Division 2-A
Semifinals
Eisenhower 82, Damien 74
Pasadena 63, Mark Keppel 48

Championship
No. 2 Pasadena vs. No. 1 Eisenhower, TBA

After Friday's competition, here's who's qualified for state and who is still alive.
Four semifinalists have clinched a spot in the top 6., while there are eight other wrestlers battling for the final state spots in each weight class.

County semifinalists:
Matt Welch, Sultana (112) vs. Richie Cascante, San Gorgonio
Sean Silva, Barstow (119)
Chris Mecate, REV (125)
Michael Gonzalez, Sultana (135)
Juan Alvarado, Bloomington (152)
Ryan McWatters, Sultana (152)
Cody Dixon, Colony (160)
Giordan Porter, Rialto

Alive in consolation:
Rey Delgado, Oak Hills (112)
Justin Silva, Alta Loma (119)
Alec Smith, Sultana (125)
Pedro Vasquez, REV (130)
Seth Whisner, Rim (135)
Jaime Jimenez, Ontario (140)
Hector Vargas, Bloomington (145)
Jaykob MIller, Etiwanda (145)
Andrew Hudson, REV (215)
Manuel Mazariegos, Sultana (heavyweight).

Today was a bloody day for every county team but Oak Hills. The Bulldogs, ranked No. 1 in Division 6, defeated Maranatha today and now head to O.J. Simpson's old stomping grounds Tuesday for a semifinal matchup with Brentwood. Pretty crazy that the youngest team in the playoffs is the only one left.

Quarterfinal scores
Division 3
Santa Ana Valley 2, Redlands 1

Division 5
Amino Leadership 3, Cajon 1
Garden Grove Santiago 2, Hesperia 0

Division 6
Oak Hills 3, Maranatha 0
Brentwood 2, Granite Hills 1
Mountain View 2, Arrowhead Christian 0

Semifinals
Oak Hills at Brentwood
Pasadena Poly vs. Mountain View

Results from yesterday, with quarterfinals being played tomorrow.

Division 1
Second Round
Santa Margarita 2, Los Osos 1

Division 2
Second Round
Redlands East Valley 1, Hart (REV wins PKs 3-1)
Ayala 1, Anaheim Canyon 0
Saugus 5, Yucaipa 2

Quarterfinals
Redlands East Valley at Corona del Mar
Ayala at Beckman

Division 3
Second Round
Bloomington 2, Mayfair 1 (OT)

Quarterfinals
Bloomington at Sunny Hills

Division 4
Second Round
Bishop Amat 4, Rim of the World 0
Sultana 3, Silverado 1
Serrano 0, Lakewood St. Joseph's 0 (Serrano wins PKs, 5-4)
Granite Hills 4, Cajon 2

Quarterfinals
La Serna at Sultana
Serrano at Granite Hills

Division 6
Second Round
Lancaster Desert Christian 11, Arrowhead Christian 0
Ontario Christian 1, Oxford Academy 0

Quarterfinals
Woodcrest Christian at Ontario Christian

It's come to my attention that REV senior quarterback/shortstop Tyler Shreve has been arrested for assault after physically attacking Wildcats baseball coach James Cordes during practice Wednesday. Redlands Daily Facts reporter Jesse Gill has been on this story from the jump and reported that Shreve attacked Cordes after being dismissed from the team for an undisclosed reason.

Gill's story can be read here. It's an updated version of the one that was linked earlier and includes a statement from Shreve on the incident.

One of the subplots of the story is Shreve's football scholarship to the University of Utah, which is sure to be in jeopardy after this incident. Gill contacted the university, which is in the process of reviewing the incident at this time.

Just catching up a bit from yesterday. Also, look for update site information for the boys games in that entry. Semifinals will be played Saturday.

Division 1-AA
Quarterfinals
Long Beach Poly 79, Colony 47
Etiwanda 60, Millikan 51
Troy 50, Great Oak 41
Corona Santiago 74, Jordan 61

Semifinals
No. 4 Etiwanda vs. No. 1 Long Beach Poly, Long Beach Cabrillo HS
No. 3 Troy vs. No. 2 Corona Santiago, Corona Centennial HS

Division 1-A
Quarterfinals
Canyon Springs 67, Chino Hills 46
Summit 65, Mira Costa 49
Ayala 67, Crescenta Valley 51
Santa Monica 54, Rancho Cucamonga 46

Semifinals
No. 4 Summit vs. No. 1 Canyon Springs, Rancho Verde HS
No. 2 Santa Monica vs. No. 3 Ayala, Damien HS, 5 p.m.

Division 3-A
Quarterfinals
Santa Margarita 68, Sierra Vista 45
Bonita 55, Palos Verdes 38
Muir 68, Citrus Hill 55
Barstow 49, Irvine 39

Semifinals
No. 4 Bonita vs. No. 1 Santa Margarita, Tesoro HS
No. 3 Muir vs. No. 2 Barstow, Barstow College, 6 p.m.

Division 4-A
Quarterfinals
Bell-Jeff 81, Marymount 44
Windward 63, Sierra Canyon 57
Oaks Christian 54, JSerra 47
Santa Maria St. Joseph 88, Twentynine Palms 49

Division 5-A
Quarterfinals
St. Anthony 80, Mesa Grande Academy 47
Chadwick 51, Saddleback Valley Christian 34
Pasadena Poly 55, Desert 45
Montclair Prep 59, Villanova Prep 41

Division 6-A
Quarterfinals
North County Christian 59, San Jacinto Valley Academy 20
Apple Valley Christian 46, Pasadena AGBU 33
Calvary Baptist 60, West Valley Christian 45
Lake Arrowhead Christian 55, Santa Maria Valley Christian 50

Semifinals
No. 1 North County Christian vs. No. 5 Apple Valley Christian, Hesperia Christian HS
No. 3 Calvary Baptist vs. No. 2 Lake Arrowhead Christian, TBA

Here are second-round scores from yesterday and quarterfinal matchups, which will take place Thursday.

Division 2
Second Round
Santa Barbara 1, Chino Hills 0

Division 3
Second Round
El Rancho 1, Montclair 0
Redlands 2, Ontario 0

Quarterfinals
Santa Ana Valley at Redlands, 6 p.m.

Division 5
Second Round
Salesian 4, San Gorgonio 2
Cajon 2, Ganesha 2 (Cajon wins PKs, 5-4)
Hesperia 4, Pomona 2

Quarterfinals
Cajon at Amino Leadership
Hesperia at Garden Grove Santiago

Division 6
Second Round
Oak Hills 4, El Monte 0
Granite Hills 2, Rubidoux 1
Brentwood 2, Western Christian 0
Arrowhead Christian 1, Victor Valley 0

Quarterfinals
Maranatha at Oak Hills
Brentwood at Granite Hills
Arrowhead Christian at Mountain View

Division 7
Second Round
Santa Clara 4, Victor Valley Christian 3
Serra 5, Bloomington Christian 1

Results from the quarterfinals and matchups for Friday's semifinals. Edit: Now updated with all the sites.

Division 1-AA
Quarterfinals
Mater Dei 80, Los Alamitos 60
Rancho Verde 79, Upland 74 (OT)
Etiwanda 78, Corona Centennial 72
Long Beach Poly 61, Los Osos 58

Semifinals
No. 4 Rancho Verde vs. No. 1 Mater Dei at Ocean View HS
No. 6 Etiwanda vs. No. 2 Long Beach Poly, Long Beach City College

Division 1-A
Quarterfinals
Santa Monica 40, Chino Hills 39
Colony 47, Tesoro 44
Leuzinger 68, Roosevelt 45
Loyola 74, Mission Viejo 53

Semifinals
No. 4 Colony vs. No. 8 Santa Monica, Santa Monica City College
No. 2 Loyola vs. No. 3 Leuzinger, Hawthorne HS

Division 2-AA
Quarterfinals
Summit 76, Saugus 49
Murrieta Valley 68, Alta Loma 64
Burbank 65, Canyon Country Canyon 59
Compton 62, Edison 52

Semifinals
No. 5 Murrieta Valley vs. No. 1 Summit, Miller HS
No. 11 Burbank vs. No. 7 Compton, Dominguez HS

Division 2-A
Quarterfinals
Eisenhower 78, Mayfair 59
Damien 60, University 46
Mark Keppel 77, Baldwin Park 63
Pasadena 77, Mira Costa 68

Semifinals
No. 4 Damien vs. No. 1 Eisenhower, Redlands East Valley HS
No. 3 Mark Keppel vs. No. 2 Pasadena at Muir HS

Division 6-AA
Quarterfinals
Ribet Academy 64, Rio Hondo Prep 44
Hesperia Christian 53, Desert Chapel 51
Hope Centre 67, Orangewood Academy 57
Tarbut V'Torah 67, Santa Clarita Christian 45

Semifinals
No. 4 Hesperia Christian vs. No. 1 Ribet Academy, Providence HS
No. 2 Tarbut V'Torah vs. No. 6 Hope Centre, Carson Veterans Sports Complex

Redlands kicker/punter Shaun McClain, an all-CIF and all-Sun performer, has signed with Weber State after an official visit to the Ogden, Utah campus this past weekend according to his parents and Redlands assistant coach Kevin Haugh.

McClain chose Weber State over Montana State, who he had temporarily committed to around National Signing Day. He is the fourth Terrier to sign a letter of intent with a Division I school, joining linebacker Jordan Thomas (San Diego State), offensive lineman Justin Corrales (Bryant University) and linebacker Cole Gridley (Valparaiso).

Was covering minor league hockey today, therefore I apologize for the lateness. Games to be played Wednesday.

Division 1-AA
Local 2nd round scores
Colony 70, Lynwood 68
Millikan 40, Cajon 31
Etiwanda 70, Rialto 58
Troy 47, Silverado 29

Quarterfinals
No. 1 Long Beach Poly at No. 7 Colony
No. 12 Millikan at No. 4 Etiwanda

Division 1-A
Local 2nd round scores
Chino Hills 41, El Toro 29
Summit 67, Riverside Poly 35
Ayala 68, Capistrano Valley 37
Rancho Cucamonga 60, Redlands East Valley 39

Quarterfinals
No. 1 Canyon Springs at No. 9 Chino Hills
No. 5 Mira Costa at No. 4 Summit
No. 3 Ayala at No. 6 Crescenta Valley
No. 8 Rancho Cucamonga at No. 2 Santa Monica

These games will be played Wednesday.

Division 1
Esperanza at Trabuco Hills
Murrieta Valley at Palos Verdes
Capistrano Valley at Long Beach Poly
Los Osos at Santa Margarita
Moorpark at Edison
Buena at Long Beach Wilson
Mater Dei at Los Alamitos
Royal at San Clemente

Division 2
Harvard-Westlake at El Dorado
Laguna Hills at Valencia
Hart at Redlands East Valley
Crescenta Valley at Corona del Mar
Beckman at Burbank
Anaheim Canyon at Ayala
Saugus at Yucaipa
St. Lucy's vs. Brea Olinda-Flintridge Sacred Heart winner

Rounding it all up from yesterday's 2nd-round action and setting up Tuesday's quarters.

Division I-AA
Local 2nd Round results
Upland 68, Montebello 63
Etiwanda 62, Trabuco Hills 34
Los Osos 86, Thousand Oaks 79 (OT)

Quarterfinals
No. 8 Los Alamitos at No. 1 Mater Dei
No. 10 Upland at No. 4 Rancho Verde
No. 3 Corona Centennial at No. 6 Etiwanda
No. 2 Long Beach Poly at No. 11 Los Osos

Division 1-A
Local 2nd Round results
Chino Hills 56, Walnut 38
Colony 84, Paloma Valley 68
Roosevelt 54, Cajon 50

Quarterfinals
No. 8 Santa Monica at No. 1 Chino Hills
No. 4 Colony at Tesoro
No. 11 Roosevelt at No. 3 Leuzinger
No. 2 Loyola at No. 7 Mission Viejo

To be played Tuesday.

Division 2
Santa Barbara at Chino Hills
Saddleback at La Sierra
Buena Park at Corona Santiago
Arlington at Katella
Placentia Valencia at Corona
Valley View at Dos Pueblos
Santa Ana at Bell Gardens
Glendora at Riverside Poly

Division 3
Chapparal at Savanna
Garey at Paramount
Lompoc at Great Oak
La Quinta at Canyon Country Canyon
Coachella Valley at Santa Maria
Montclair at El Rancho
Redlands at Ontario
Santa Ana Valley at Lompoc Cabrillo

Was at Colony-Yucaipa girls soccer, so I'm a bit late on this. These will be played tomorrow.

Division I-AA
Alhambra at No. 1 Long Beach Poly
No. 7 Colony at No. 9 Lynwood
No. 5 Cajon at No. 12 Millikan
No. 4 Etiwanda at No. 13 Rialto
No. 3 Fullerton Troy at No. 14 Silverado
No. 11 San Clemente at No. 6 Great Oak
No. 8 Jordan at No. 10 Warren
No. 2 Corona Santiago at No. 15 Rancho Verde

Division I-A
No. 16 Dana Hills at No. 1 Canyon Springs
No. 9 Chino Hills at No. 7 El Toro
No. 12 Chaparral at No. 5 Mira Costa
No. 4 Summit at Riverside Poly
No. 3 Ayala at Capistrano Valley
No. 6 Crescenta Valley at No. 11 Riverside King
No. 10 Redlands East Valley at No. 8 Rancho Cucamonga
No. 2 Santa Monica at No. 14 Perris

Games are set for Friday. These are the divisions with county teams remaining.

Division I-AA
No. 1 Mater Dei at No. 16 Jordan
No. 9 Oxnard Pacifica at No. 8 Los Alamitos
No. 10 Upland at No. 5 Montebello
No. 4 Rancho Verde at Lakewood
No. 3 Corona Centennial at Lynwood
No. 6 Etiwanda at Trabuco Hills
No. 7 Thousand Oaks at No. 11 Los Osos
No. 15 Knight at No. 2 Long Beach Poly

Division I-A
Walnut at No. 1 Chino Hills
No. 10 Dana Hills at No. 8 Santa Monica
No. 12 Crescenta Valley at Tesoro
Paloma Valley at No. 4 Colony
No. 3 Leuzinger at No. 15 Capistrano Valley
No. 11 Roosevelt at No. 6 Cajon
No. 7 Mission Viejo at No. 9 Valencia
No. 16 Patriot at No. 2 Loyola

Or at least, it seems that way.
Five different leagues (De Anza, Desert Sky, Mojave River, Mt. Baldy and Sunkist) with San Bernardino County schools will be sending wrestlers to Oxnard Pacifica High for the CIF-SS Northern Division individual championships on Friday and Saturday.

Four of those leagues: Desert Sky, Mojave River, Mt. Baldy and Sunkist all have wrestlers who are seeded among the top five in their weight class. The top five in each weight class advance to the CIF-SS Masters Meet next week.

Of the 70 wrestlers in the division seeded in the top five, 37 are from San Bernardino County.
Montclair leads county schools with top five seeds, (seven), followed by Bloomington and Colony (five), Sultana (four), Barstow, Victor Valley and Hesperia (three), Kaiser (two), Ontario (two), and one each for Granite Hills, Apple Valley and Rim of the World.

Six of the 14 top-seeded wrestlers in the division are also from the county: Barstow's Sean Silva (112), Hesperia's Ivan Pinto (125), Bloomington's Phillip Hendrix (130), Montclair's Joseph Martinez (135), Hesperia's Chris Sloat (160) and Sultana's Manuel Mazariegos (heavyweight).

An interesting twist in the Division 5 boys soccer playoffs presents itself today, as the Mojave River League and San Andreas League face off in three separate first-round games.

Two of the games, Pacific at D5 No. 2-seed Hesperia and San Gorgonio at Serrano, will take place in the High Desert while Apple Valley will travel down the hill to face SAL champion Cajon. Both Pacific and Apple Valley helped create this unusual triumvirate by winning their wild-card games Tuesday, as Pacific defeated visited Monrovia 2-1 while the Sun Devils went on the road to beat Salton City West Shores 3-1.

It's almost similar to college bowl season, as two of the more notable league in the area get to butt heads in postseason play - definitely providing a juicy little subplot to the boys soccer playoffs.

The search for Colton's next football coach is close to reaching its next stage according to Yellowjackets athletic director Harold Strauss. The job, which opened at the end of January, will say open until Tuesday, with interviews set to take place shortly after.

"It's going well," Strauss said. "I wasn't sure how much interest we'd get because of the economy, but we have a good list going. We have 2 or 3 out-of-staters -- one from South Carolina and a couple more from the East Coast -- which is surprising."

Along with the coaching position, Strauss indicated that senior cornerback Jonathan Mack will likely take official visits to Southern Miss and South Dakota State. Mack, who committed to UNLV, has not signed yet, as the Rebels are looking to see if scholarship room can be cleared for him. In the interim, Mack is pursuing other options.

Also, junior linebacker Rodney Hardrick is receiving heavy interest from USC, Oregon and Boise State according to Strauss, with the Trojans expected to offer a scholarship at their junior day later this month.

This sport returns a defending champion, as Mojave River League champion Sultana will try to defend its Division 4 crown. Ontario Christian, also a frequent participant deep in the playoffs, notched the No. 2 seed in Division 6. Wild card games will be played Wednesday, with the first round starting Friday.

DIVISION 2
Wild Card
A: Chino at Burbank Burroughs
B: Villa Park at Nogales
C: Canyon Country Canyon at Highland
D: Fontana at Ontario
E: Palmdale at Arcadia.

First Round
Wild Card A at Harvard-Westlake
Redlands at El Dorado
Eastside at Laguna Hills
Valencia at Walnut
Wild Card B at Redlands East Valley
Glendora at Hart
Montclair at Corona del Mar
Knight at Crescenta Valley
Wild Card C at Beckman
South Hills at Burbank
Chaminade at Ayala
Wild Card D at Anaheim Canyon
Wild Card E at Saugus
Colony at Yucaipa
St. Lucy's at Lancaster
Brea Olinda at Flintridge Sacred Heart.

Oak Hills, a freelance team without seniors in its first year, grabbed the No. 1 seed in Division 6, a pretty heady accomplishment for a young program. Hesperia notched the No. 2 seed in Division 5 as well, while Division 3 is a who's who of county teams. Wild Card games will be played Wednesday, with the first round starting Friday.

DIVISION 3
Wild Card
A: Cathedral City at Rialto
B: Santa Ynez at Saugus
C: Chaffey at Great Oak
D: Redlands East Valley at Anaheim
E: Miller at Bloomington
F: Temecula Valley at Nogales
G: Ontario at Indio
H: Lynwood at Pioneer.

First Round
Wild Card A at Chaparral
West Covina at Savanna
Wild Card B at Paramount
California at Garey
Wild Card C at Fontana
Warren at Lompoc
Kaiser at La Quinta
Wild Card D at Canyon Country Canyon
Wild Card E at Coachella Valley
Valencia at Santa Maria
Downey at El Rancho
Wild Card F at Montclair
Wild Card G at Norte Vista
Murrieta Valley at Redlands
Lompoc Cabrillo at Rowland
Wild Card H at Santa Ana Valley.

Division V is where its at in girls water polo, with Los Osos taking the No. 1 seed and Redlands East Valley grabbing the No. 3 seed. Wild card games will be played Tuesday, with the first round starting Wednesday.

DIVISION V
Wild card
Torrance at Alta Loma

First Round
Fontana at No. 1 Los Osos
La Habra at El Segundo
Beaumont at Redlands
Wild card winner at No. 4 Sunny Hills
La Sierra at No. 3 Redlands East Valley
Beverly Hills at Troy
Santa Monica at Upland
Buena Park at No. 2 Riverside Arlington

Cajon and Colony come in as two-time defending CIF champions, but at least one of them won't make it a three-peat, as both the No. 5 Cowgirls and No. 7 Titans are in Division 1-AA this year. Highest seeds in the county are Barstow in 3-A and Lake Arrowhead Christian in 6-A at No. 2.

First-round games will be played on Thursday in every division except D6-A, which has wild-card games Thursday and first-round games Saturday.

DIVISION 1-AA
Aliso Niguel at No. 1 Long Beach Poly
No. 16 Los Osos at Alhambra
Palmdale at No. 9 Lynwood
Redlands at No. 7 Colony
Vista Murrieta at No. 5 Cajon
No. 12 Milikan at Oxnard Pacifica
La Sierra at No. 13 Rialto
Quartz Hill at No. 4 Etiwanda
Downey at No. 3 Troy
No. 14 Silverado at Knight
Long Beach Cabrillo at No. 11 San Clemente
Miller at No. 6 Great Oak
Redondo Union at No. 8 Jordan
No. 10 Warren at Schurr
Long Beach Wilson at No. 15 Rancho Verde
Upland at No. 2 Corona Santiago

With three No. 1 seeds in Chino Hills (Division 1-A), Summit (D2-AA) and Eisenhower (D2-A), multiple CIF-SS champions are not out of the question on the boys side. First-round games get going Wednesday except for Division VI-A, which has a wild-card Wednesday before the first-round gets going Friday.

Division 1-AA
Corona at No. 1 Santa Ana Mater Dei
No. 16 Long Beach Jordan at Vista Murrieta
Arcadia at No. 9 Oxnard Pacifica
San Clemente at No. 8 Los Alamitos
Corona Santiago at No. 5 Montebello
Silverado at No. 10 Upland
Lakewood at No. 13 Redlands
Downey at No. 4 Moreno Valley Rancho Verde
Long Beach Cabrillo at No. 3 Corona Centennial
Lynwood at No. 14 Ventura
Trabuco Hills at No. 12 Oxnard
Palmdale at No. 6 Etiwanda
Bell Gardens at No. 7 Thousand Oaks
No. 11 Los Osos at Paramount
Riverside King at No. 15 Palmdale Knight
Temecula Greak Oak at No. 2 Long Beach Poly

The Yucaipa football job, vacated with the removal of John Hallenbeck, will be advertised next week according to athletic director Mark Anderson. The job will be open to all applicants, with applicants within the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint School District receiving first consideration.

"We'll be opening it up pretty soon and see what kind of interest is out there," Anderson said.

The athletic director also shed a bit of light on the timetable in the removal of Hallenbeck, who was an assistant at Yucaipa before taking on the head coaching job two years ago and who remains a teacher at Yucaipa High. The decision to part ways was made late last week after a postseason review process.

"The athletic department ran its end-of-the-season review and the decision was made not to renew (Hallenbeck) as football coach," Anderson said. "John is a good person and it was a tough decision to make, but we decided that we needed to part ways."

Just got a call in from the San Bernardino-San Gorgonio girls soccer game, which saw the Cardinals tie the Spartans 1-1 and clinch the first-ever girls soccer playoff berth for SBHS. The Cardinals (5-12-4 overall, 4-3-3 San Andreas League) needed to tie or win to qualify and got a goal from Patricia Aguirre with five minutes left to do so.

Yucaipa football coach John Hallenbeck is out at coach of Yucaipa after two seasons, according to Hallenbeck. The coach did not go into details when I got a hold of him a couple of minutes ago, as he confirmed his departure and denied comment after that.

"There's too much going on right now and I can't say anything at this moment," Hallenbeck said. "Maybe it's something I'll be willing to discuss later, but not now."

Hallenbeck was 11-10 in two seasons with the Thunderbirds after taking over for Scott Pearne, advancing to the playoffs in 2008 and going 5-5 this past season. Yucaipa had a chance to make a fourth straight playoff appearance this fall, but fell to Carter 28-7 in the season finale.

Although the brackets don't come out until Thursday, I believe, the seeding has been done for the Division 6 dual meet wrestling, taking place at Baldwin Park Sierra Vista High School on Saturday.

Although defending champion Morro Bay is seeded No. 1, the next three teams are all from San Bernardino County: Oak Hills, Bloomington and Kaiser in that order. That means there's a decent chance a county team will make it to the finals. Only the 9 league champions are guaranteed spots in the 16-team bracket in D6, so with Kaiser seeded fourth, the Cats will take one of those 7 at-large spots, and another will go to Santa Ynez, runner-up in the Los Padres League behind Sierra Vista and seeded fifth for Saturday.

Nothing much has changed here, with Los Osos leading the Division V pack and No. 3 Redlands East Valley leading the group of locals looking to overthrow the Grizzlies.

Not much has changed here lately, as Granite Hills is No. 2 in Division IV while Ontario Christian holds that spot in D6.

The High Desert is feeling good again, as Oak Hills jumps into first in Division VI while Hesperia and Granite Hills are ranked No. 2 in Division V and VI, respectively.

Unlike the boys, there's not a team ranked No. 1 in the girls right now - a marked departure from the past couple years. There are a lot of top 5 teams though, led by Ayala's No. 3 ranking in Division I-A.

After a week off for National Signing Day and disease, the polls are back! The county is representing at the higher levels, as Chino Hills (Division I-A) and Summit (Division II-AA) have joined D2-A No. 1 Eisenhower as top-ranked teams. Should make for some fun when the pairings get released Sunday.

Saturday's Baseline League Wrestling Finals Results
Top 3 advance to CIF-SS Inland Division individual tournament at Fountain Valley HS, 4th place is alternate.
103: 1. Derek Avalos (Alta Loma), 2. Justin Padilla (Los Osos) 3. Omar Rivera (Etiwanda) 4. Trevor Zbinden (Rancho Cucamonga), 112. Michael Rodriquez (AL), 2. Spencer Glasheen (Upland), 3. Andrew Avila (Etiwanda), 4. Alex Miller (LO), 119: Tim Maldonado (LO), 2. Justin Silva (AL), 3. Marvin Cano (U), 4. Evan Romero (E), 125: 1. Andrew Decker (U), 2. Taylor King (AL), 3. Danny Cardenas (E), 4. Anthony Banke (LO), 130: 1. Eli Mack, (AL), 2. Kyle Voce (LO), 3. Travis Chapman (U), 4. Paul Gallant (E), 135: 1. Jacob Leon, (AL), 2. Evan Coss (E), 3. Sasan Amini (LO), 4. Tim Tran (RC), 140: 1. Joseph Rodriquez, (AL), 2. Albert Hernandez (U), 3. Dylan Handlen (LO), 4. David Velasquez (E), 145. Jaykob Miller (E), 2. Javier Hernadez (AL), 3. Jonathan Ivy (Claremont), 4. Javier Aguilar, 152: 1. Larry Cutbirth (E), 2. Elijah Anderson (AL), 3. Brandon Cruz (U), 4. Brennan Biewener (Cl),160: 1. Jon Solano (LO), 2. Antonio Rivera (E), 3. Kyle Maloney (U), 4. Jordan Toki, (AL), 171: 1. Ian Poling (U), 2. Andrew Giles (AL), 3. Ramon Carlos (E), 4. Chris Hughes (RC), 189: JJ Everard (E), 2. Adrian Giles (AL), 3. Anthony Martinez (LO), 4. Nick Auzenre, (RC), 215. Ameer Mohameed (U), 2. Egypt Littlejohn (E), 3. River Harris (RC), 4. Ryan Mansfield (LO), Hvy: 1. Bret Cote (LO), 2. Javier Gonzalez (U), 3. Austin Miley (E), 4. Kevin Valle (AL).
Alta Loma and Etiwanda Qualified 11 kids for CIF. Upland had 10, Los Osos had 8, Rancho Cucamonga and Claremont had 1 each

The Rivals.com 250 to watch list for 2011 was released Tuesday with a Sunkist League flavor, as Summit QB/WR Devon Blackmon and Kaiser DB Desman Carter both made the cut.

The 6-foot, 175-pound Blackmon, who plays quarterback at Summit but projects as a wide receiver at the next level, has already started to blow up offerwise, as he sports scholarship offers from USC, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, UCLA and Arizona State among others.

Carter, a rangy 6-foot-1, 195-pounder who can play both corner and safety, doesn't have any offers yet but should get some shortly, as he has shown ability in pass coverage and run support. He follows up Jason Shirley (UCLA) and Anthony Brown (USC) as Kaiser players that will likely sign with Division I schools.

Cajon high school basketball coaches Mark Lehman (girls) and Randy Murray (boys) are accepting nominations for the 30th Annual San Bernardino-Riverside All-Star basketball games to be held April 14 at Cajon High School. The girls all-star game will begin at 6 p.m. - with a 3-point shooting contest at halftime - with the boys game to follow at 8 p.m. A dunk contest will take place at halftime of the boys game.

Nominations can be sent to Lehman for the girls game at mark.lehman@sbcusd.com and Murray for the boys game at randy.murray@sbcusd.com. Nominations must include player's name, height, position, school, uniform number and a brief writeup explaining why they should be selected.

It's late and I've been terrible in the NFL playoffs, so I'm not going to mince words.

Indianapolis (-5) over New Orleans. For those of you who want a score, let's say Indy 34, New Orleans 24.

Would have done this by yesterday, but a nasty cold threw me for a loss. I'm ready to go again though. With that, here's a complete breakdown of local Division I FBS (I-A) and FCS (I-AA) signees.

By school
1. Redlands 4; 2 tie. Colony 3, Colton 3, Los Osos 3, Rancho Cucamonga 3, Redlands East Valley 3; 7 tie. Arroyo Valley 2, Don Lugo 2, Hesperia 2, Kaiser 2, Serrano 2, Upland 2; 13 tie. Aquinas 1, Cajon 1, Chaffey 1, Granite Hills 1, Miller 1, Sultana 1.

Redlands was the surprising winner in this category, as three Terriers - OL Justin Corrales (Bryant University), LB Cole Gridley (Valparaiso) and K/P Shaun McClain (Weber State) were able to parlay strong senior seasons into FCS scholarships. LB Jordan Thomas (San Diego State) was the only FBS scholarship to Redlands, but the Terriers get props for getting their successful kids scholarships.

The teams with three scholarship players are among the usual suspects when it comes to getting kids to Division I scholarships, as REV, Colton, Colony, Rancho Cucamonga and Los Osos have seen an army of players get to the next level recently. REV, Colton and Los Osos all sent their players to FBS school, with each having at least one kid sign with a Pac-10 school. Rancho also had a Pac-10 kid in TE Randall Telfer (USC), while Colony had a Big 12 kid in DB Jered Bell (Colorado).

No real shocks in the 2 and 1 scholarship crowd except maybe Serrano, which had two FBS kids. The Diamondbacks are known for doing more with less, so its no shock that they made a CIF final with two FBS seniors on the roster.

By college:
1. San Diego State 4. 2 tie. Fresno State 3, Oregon 3, USC 3; 5 tie. Montana State 2, Sacramento State 2, San Jose State 2, UNLV 2, Utah 2, UTEP 2; 11 tie. Army 1, Bryant 1, Colorado 1, Iowa State 1, Kansas State 1, Nevada 1, Portland State 1, Prairie View A&M 1, San Diego 1, UCLA 1, Valparaiso 1, Washington 1, Washington State 1, Weber State 1.

On the non-BCS level, San Diego State and Fresno State continue to do work in the county. When Aztecs coach Brady Hoke was hired last year, he told recruits that he was going to put an emphasis on Inland Empire athletes. He's done exactly that, signing 3 SAL kids last year and four county kids this year in Thomas, Serrano DE Everett Beed, Hesperia WR Jay Waddell and Granite Hills TE Bryce Quigley. A fifth, Serrano RB Dionza Bradford, verbally committed to San Diego State before backing out and going with UNLV. So Hoke is getting things done.

Pat Hill has consistently brought local talent into the fold and this year is no different, with Los Osos WR Sean Alston, Arroyo Valley LB Ofa Fifita and Rancho Cucamonga QB Greg Watson all inking with the Bulldogs. Montana State also was a big player in the FCS ranks, getting guys with FBS interest in Don Lugo DB Steve Bethley and Miller RB David Dash.

As far as the Pac-10 goes, 2010 saw a reversal from 2009. Last year, it was UCLA and Oregon State that cleaned up, while this year saw their rivals have success. The Trojans, despite a coaching change, got Kaiser RB/DB Anthony Brown, Telfer and the county's highest-ranked recruit, Don Lugo DT George Uko, to sign. Only an 11th-hour stunner by Kaiser LB Josh Shirley kept UCLA from being swept out of the county.

As for the Oregon schools, the Ducks got two extremely productive defensive players in Los Osos DE Tony Washington and Colton DB Derrick Malone and stole Colton K Alejandro Maldonado from Washington on the last weekend. Last year, it was Oregon State that did damage, with Freshman All-American OL Michael Philipp from Arroyo Valley being the crown jewel.

As far as out-of-region teams, I guess the big winner would be the Big 12 North. Colorado (Colony DB Jered Bell), Iowa State (Hesperia/Chaffey College TE Ricky Howard) and Kansas State (Sultana/Mt. SAC OL Manase Foketi) all signed area players while Nebraska courted several local players as well.

This is what we have right now. Still up in the air about Shaun McClain and Jonathan Mack, who have verbally committed but have not signed.

Sean Alston, WR/DB, Los Osos - Fresno State
Jamil Austin, RB, Colony -- Portland State (FCS)
Everett Beed, DL/TE, Serrano -- San Diego State
Jered Bell, DB, Colony -- Colorado
Gary Berwick, OL, Rancho Cucamonga - San Diego (FCS)
Steven Bethley, DB, Don Lugo - Montana State (FCS)
Dionza Bradford, RB, Serrano -- UNLV
Anthony Brown, RB/DB, Kaiser -- USC
Justin Corrales, OL, Redlands -- Bryant (FCS)
David Dash, RB, Miller - Montana State (FCS)
Ronald Douglas, RB, Chaffey - Sacramento State (FCS)
Ofa Fifita, LB, Arroyo Valley - Fresno State
Manase Foketi, OL, Mt. SAC (Sultana) - Kansas State
Cole Gridley, LB, Redlands - Valparaiso (FCS)
Ricky Howard, TE, Chaffey College (Hesperia) -- Iowa State
Andrew Hudson, DL, Redlands East Valley -- Washington
Keith Hutchins, DB, Upland - Prairie View A&M (FCS)
Jim Jones, WR, Aquinas -- UTEP
Jonathan Mack, DB, Colton - UNLV
Alejandro Maldonado, K, Colton -- Oregon
Derrick Malone, DB, Colton -- Oregon
Nick Martin, OL, Los Osos - UTEP
Shaun McClain, K, Redlands - Weber State (FCS)
Damon Ogburn, WR, Arroyo Valley -- San Jose State
David Peterson, OL, Redlands East Valley -- San Jose State
Bryce Quigley, TE, Granite Hills -- San Diego State
Bobby Ratliff, WR, Etiwanda -- Washington State
Angel Santiago, QB, Etiwanda -- Army
Kenneth Scott, WR, Colony -- Utah
Josh Shirley, LB, Kaiser - UCLA
Tyler Shreve, QB, Redlands East Valley -- Utah
Corey Sims, DB, Upland -- Sacramento State (FCS)
Randall Telfer, TE, Rancho Cucamonga -- USC
Jordan Thomas, DL, Redlands -- San Diego State
Sebastian Tretola, OL, Cajon -- Nevada
George Uko, DL, Don Lugo -- USC
Jay Waddell, WR, Hesperia -- San Diego State
Tony Washington, DL, Los Osos -- Oregon
Greg Watson, QB, Rancho Cucamonga -- Fresno State

If football doesn't work out for Josh Shirley, poker should be his call. After rampant speculation of a final four of USC, Miami (Fla), Arizona and Washington, Shirley threw a curveball and picked UCLA - a school he didn't take an official visit to.

"There were ups and downs, I'm not going to lie, but in the end, UCLA was where I wanted to be," Shirley said. "It was between UCLA and Washington and I felt most comfortable in blue and gold."

This flies in the face of the conventional wisdom of every recruiting service, my article in the Sun this morning and my blog entry from just over an hour ago. Even Shirley was a litte bit surprised.

"Two days ago I wasn't even thinking about UCLA," Shirley said. "I probably surprised a lot of people with that decision. I was looking for reasons to not go to every school on my list and UCLA had the least amount of reasons."

While I was shocked at the announcement, a couple of things, in retrospect, should have tipped me off. When I saw Shirley in the lobby of the building where the studio was located, he had a UCLA letter of intent on top of a stack of papers. And a UCLA hat was surprisingly in the stack of caps brought into the studio, not to mention the fact that Shirley insisted on another UCLA hat after the original Bruin hat the station brought out didn't fit.

After over an hour of pacing around and being nervous, Shirley was relaxed after the annoucement, signing his letter of intent in the Prime Ticket break room with a smile on his face. And afterwards, he somewhat marveled at his decision.

"That was a surprise," Shirley said right before his contingent of family and friends left for a hearty meal at Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles.

Prior to making the death march down the 10 to LA, I was at Colton, where Colton High School put on an assembly honoring DB Derrick Malone (Oregon), K Alejandro Maldonado (Oregon), DB Jonathan Mack (UNLV), DE Michael Newton (Arizona Western Junior College) and LB Ma'alona Kiliona (University of Redlands), along with softball players April Vasquez and Jessica Lemus.

Several hundred students showed up to honor the athletes, who added to Colton's rich tradition of sending players to college.

"It's something we take a lot of pride in," Colton athletic director Harold Strauss said. "When these kids come into this program, I tell them that if they give me their all in the classroom and on the field, we'll give them our all in getting their college paid for."

Both Malone and Maldonado will be Ducks, with Malone deciding for Oregon in November and Maldonado deciding over the weekend, switching his commitment from Washington.

"It was hard to tell Washington no, but I had to go with what was in my heart," Maldonado said. "When I visited Oregon, I knew that was where I had to be. Washington was nice, but Oregon was perfect."

Malone chose the Ducks over several colleges, including most of the Pac-10 and Nebraska. While he made his decision well before Maldonado made his and was pumped about Oregon already, having his teammate with him made it that much sweeter.

"It's awesome," Malone said. "I've been going to school with (Maldonado) since middle school. Middle school, then high school, and now college together. It's going to be fun and I can't wait."

Mack might have been the happiest of the Division I signees. As of Monday, Mack was unsure if he would sign today, but he secured his ride with the Rebels Tuesday night and was all smiles when he signed his letter of intent today.

"My mom was really nervous, but I had faith that it was all going to work out," Mack said. "I'm really happy right now and it's a big relief."

Just arrived at the Los Angeles studios of Fox Sports Prime Ticket, where I, along with several of Josh Shirley's family members and the Press-Enterprise's Mirijam Swanson, are awaiting the Kaiser linebacker's college announcement.

As for Shirley, he's dressed to impress, with snazzy white dress shoes with gold laces with white dress pants and a white button-down shirt with a black t-shirt under it. He is also loaded with envelopes and National Letters of Intent.

"Anxious," said Shirley simply about his mood at this moment. Shirley also indicated that this decision was more nerve-wracking than any football game he has played to to date.

Also in attendance is Rancho Cucamonga running back Michael Boyd, a friend of Shirley who's also looking to sign a letter of intent over the next

So who will Shirley pick of USC, Miami (Fla), Washington and Arizona? He's done a great job of holding his cards tight and he seems to be still debating the decision as we hang out in the hall of Fox Sports Prime Ticket, but my hunch is either USC or Miami, more than likely USC. But I guess we'll see in less than an hour.

Got off the phone with Redlands athletic director Ken Morse a couple minutes ago and he indicated that the Terriers will hold their Signing Day ceremony at 12:30 p.m. today. Expected to sign are LB Jordan Thomas (San Diego State), LB Cole Gridley (Valparaiso), K Shaun McClain (Montana State) and OL Justin Corrales (Bryant University). Morse wasn't 100 percent on Corrales' school of choice though.

Also, Arroyo Valley will hold its signing ceremony as part of a senior assembly at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. The signees, LB Ofa Fifita (Fresno State) and WR Damon Ogburn (San Jose State), will send in their letters of intent today.

Arrived at Colton High School 20 minutes ago and discovered that cornerback Jonathan Mack verbally committed to UNLV and will sign his letter of intent in a few minutes here. Mack joins safety Derrick Malone and kicker Alejandro Maldonado, who will sign with Oregon, as Division I signees.

Sitting in the Redlands East Valley gym right now after attending the Wildcats' National Signing Day ceremony, which saw DE Andrew Hudson sign with Washington, QB Tyler Shreve ink with Utah, OL David Peterson sign with San Jose State and RB A.J. Fernandez and LB Dillon Curley sign with Northwestern College out of the NAIA.

Arroyo Valley wide receiver Damon Ogburn, who committed to Idaho State after officially visiting the campus this past weekend, has reversed field and committed to San Jose State according to AVHS head coach Marcus Soward.

Ogburn's switch was based on logisitics, as he felt that San Jose State gave him better access to his family in San Bernardino.

"San Jose is about a five-hour drive to San Bernardino and that was the biggest factor," Soward said. "He thought about it and felt that Idaho State was a little too far away from his family."

Ogburn joins DE Keenan Brown, who signed with the Spartans two years ago, as Arroyo Valley players who have gone off to San Jose State. Brown's tale was similar, as he was committed to Utah State before switching to the Spartans in the 11th hour.

Arroyo Valley will have a ceremony for Ogburn and LB Ofa Fifita, who committed to Fresno State, Thursday as part of its senior assembly. Both players will fax their letters of intent to schools tomorrow though.

After having the appeal of the CIF-Southern Section's ruling which made Miller senior girls basketball players Chloe Wells and Cassandra Mitchell ineligible denied last Thursday, the parents of Chloe Wells is trying to get the ACLU involved as part of a possible lawsuit.

The ruling on Wells - who starred for Miller's CIF championship teams as a freshman and sophomore before moving out to North Carolina for her junior season - and Mitchell was handed down by the CIF-SS offices in November, as they denied the hardship waiver for Wells and Mitchell, who moved with Chloe to Southern California over the summer. After taking it to the CIF-State appeals court, Chloe's mother Nyla is trying the ACLU route.

"It's just a shame what they are doing," Nyla Wells said. "It's not right and we are going to fight it. Cassandra left a bad home situation to come out here and get to play and hopefully, get a scholarship. How they can say she's not a hardship is beyond me."

The Wells have just started the process of getting the ACLU involved, as they have presented their case to the organization's lawyers. From there, the ACLU will decide whether they want to take on the case, a process that takes roughly a week according to Nyla Wells.

"We feel its gotten to the point where the civil rights of Chloe and Cassandra have been violated," Wells said. "Hopefully they'll take on the case and we can proceed with our next move."

While talking to Colton athletic director Harold Strauss about Alejandro Maldonado's switch from Washington to Oregon, the retired coach mentioned to me that the open football head coaching job has been opened up. Strauss indicated that the position would be open to all applicants from now though the end of next week.

"We wanted to open it up 10 days and take what we have at that point, interview, and make our decision," Strauss said. "From talking to people in the area, there's interest in this job and we are pretty confident we'll find someone during that time period."

Strauss did float the name of Scott Pearne - who resigned at Riverside North after the season and who coached at Yucaipa from 2005-07 - as someone who has expressed interest in the position. Strauss retired in November after 10 seasons with the Yellowjackets and 229 career wins.

The retired coach isn't totally ducking out of the football life. After attending Colton's National Signing Day story Wednesday morning, Strauss will be flying to New Orleans, where he'll be speaking at the Double Wing Football Coaches Association's annual convention.

Strauss will be in New Orleans until Monday, making his first-ever visit to the city a sizable one.

"I've been told that I need to go see Bourbon Street," Strauss said. "I'm looking forward to the trip. With the Saints being in the Super Bowl, I'm expecting the city to be pretty lively."

An investigation into allegations of recruiting made by the family of former player Diamond Smith in the Rialto girls basketball program and head coach Michael Anderson has found no wrongdoing according to Rialto principal Andres Luna.

Colton kicker Alejandro Maldonado, verbally committed to Washington since the summer, decommitted Sunday to Oregon after officially visiting the campus according to Colton athletic director Harold Strauss. The Seattle Times also wrote a story about it, which can be read here.

"He cancelled a trip three weeks ago and was just going to stay with Washington, but we told him that you need to see (Oregon) and make a decision from that," Strauss said. "He went up for a visit this weekend, loved it, and now he's going to Oregon."

Maldonado will be joining teammate Derrick Malone, a safety who committed to the Ducks in November, in Eugene. They'll be signing their letters of intent in Colton's auditorium during second period Wednesday at roughly 8:30 a.m., hopefully joined by cornerback Jonathan Mack.

Mack, who has been offered by Nebraska, Iowa State, UNLV and Utah State, is in limbo right now, as schools who have previously offered may have filled their available slots in Strauss' opinion.

"He went up for an official visit with Derrick to Nebraska in October and everything seemed good, but we haven't heard from (Nebraska coach Bo) Pelini in a while," Strauss said. "We told Jonathan that sometimes its better to reserve a spot because things fill up, but he wanted to concentrate on the season. Things are happening for him all at once right now and hopefully it will work out."

Been working the phones a bit this morning and got information on a few signing-day press conferences. Redlands East Valley will be holding its press conference at the crack of dawn Wednesday, with a 7 a.m. signing with DE Andrew Hudson (Washington), QB Tyler Shreve (Utah) and OL David Peterson (San Jose State) set to be in REV's football office.

Serrano will be holding its signing at 10:30 a.m. in the performing arts room on campus. Set to sign are DE Everett Beed (San Diego State) and RB Dionza Bradford (UNLV), along with a few soccer players according to athletic director Ray Maholchic.

Kaiser linebacker Josh Shirley will be at the FOX studios in Los Angeles for his announcement Wednesday. While the exact time of the announcement hasn't been set yet, Shirley was told to be at the studios at 11 a.m. according to a text he sent me. Shirley is deciding between USC, Miami (Fla), Washington and Arizona.