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Upland High School quarterback Josh Nunes, a junior who has received 15 scholarship offers, will whittle the list of potential colleges to five on May 27th, he said in an e-mail Wednesday.

Nunes will issue a verbal commitment to one of the five shortly after May 27th.

The offers for the 6-foot-4, 211-pound quarterback in chronological order: Arizona, Hawaii, Colorado, Stanford, San Diego State, Utah, Cal, Arizona State, BYU, Boise State, New Mexico, Louisville, SMU, Nebraska.

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If Chris Douglas-Roberts can make a - as in one - free throw, is Bill Self a lesser coach?
That’s how the Kansas coach would’ve been framed had CDR not tensed up at the charity stripe in Monday’s NCAA title game.
Coaches are measured by titles, Final Four’s, etc., because the profession has so little else that’s tangible.
But Mario Chalmers’ clutch-tastic 3-pointer to send the title game to overtime eventually earned Kansas the win over Memphis and Self respect… from others, that is.

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I followed Baseline League boys basketball more closely than any other league in any other winter sport, thus, I feel knowledgeable enough to comment on the selections. Take a look:

BOYS BASKETBALL
MVP
Erick Ellis Etiwanda 12 G
1st Team
J.J. O'Brien Alta Loma 10 G
Chris Confair Claremont 12 G
Rome Draper Etiwanda 11 G
Kendall Williams Los Osos 10 G
Nick Bennett Rancho 12 G
Rashad Bowie Rancho 12 G
Kevin Bradshaw Upland 12 F
Danny Redmon Upland 12 G

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Los Osos High School's Richard Brehaut and Upland's Josh Nunes were both offered scholarships by San Diego State during the past week, according to Upland assistant coach Mike Esquivel.

Both members of the class of 2009 have been starting quarterbacks at their respective schools since they were sophomores.

SDSU is Brehaut's first offer. Nunes also has offers from Stanford, Arizona, Hawaii and Colorado.

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Tuesday night I saw the best high school basketball player I’ve ever seen.
So did Etiwanda coach Dave Kleckner.
Los Angeles Fairfax center Renardo Sidney showed why he is widely considered the top junior center prospect in the country in a 66-54 win over Etiwanda in the second round of the CIF Division I state tournament.
The 6-foot-10, 235-pounder was absolutely unguardable.

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The Etiwanda boys basketball team was robbed of a CIF title Saturday night.
The officials made the wrong call when they whistled Eagles guard Erick Ellis for traveling with 16 seconds left in the CIF-SS Division I-A championship game against top-seeded Riverside King.
With his second-seeded Eagles up two points, Ellis was taken to the ground after he grabbed what should have been the game-sealing rebound. The whistle blew before he even had time to travel, all the more reason I was sure the call was on King. And the way Ellis was playing – he scored 15 of his team-high 21 points after the third quarter - I wouldn’t have bet against him making those free throws.

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As National SIgning Day approached, Diamond Ranch safety Shelton Miles was wavering between scholarship offers from The University of Idaho and The University of Texas-El Paso.

Tuesday the 5-foot-10, 180-pound safety said "it would take a lot" to sway him from UTEP. By Wednesday morning he had been swayed. Miles signed a national letter of intent with Idaho.

“I’ve never seen him as troubled as he’s been the past few days,” Diamond Ranch football coach Roddy Layton said. “I think it was one of those situations where the last coach he talked to, that’s where he was going to go.”

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Upland quarterback Josh Nunes - who, as of Wednesday, is a year from being able to sign a letter of intent - received the third scholarship offer of his young career. Now on the list with last year's offers from Hawaii and Arizona is Colorado.

The 6-foot-4, 205-pound junior was offered by Colorado head coach Dan Hawkins via phone Wednesday morning. UCLA is a school Nunes is interested in and "would love to hear an offer from," according to Upland assistant coach Mike Esquivel.

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Several high school football players from the Inland Valley are expected to sign letters of intent on Wednesday, National signing Day.
Here is the list the Daily Bulletin has compiled:

Matt Baca, QB, Ayala — Northern Colorado (DI-AA)
Christian Barker, OT, Etiwanda — Nevada
Josh Foley, QB, Norco — Portland State (DI-AA - will play WR)
Cory Harkey, TE, Chino Hills — UCLA
Michael Harris, RB, Chino Hills — Fresno State
Kyle Johnson, OT, Norco — Arizona State
Marvin Jones, WR, Etiwanda — Cal
Ryan McMahon, FS, Damien — USC (walk-on)
Shelton Miles, SS, Diamond Ranch — UTEP
Joshua Nakamoto, RB, Norco — Portland State (DI-AA)
Wade O’Neil, LB, Chino Hills — San Jose State
A.J. Pickens, RB, Don Lugo — Arizona State
Tracy Pugh, DE, Chino Hills — San Jose State
John Rabe, DE, Damien — Nevada
Tre’Shawn Robinson, LB, Upland — Idaho
Daniel Simmons, CB, Colony — Washington State
Damion Whittington, LB, Norco — Fresno State
Khalid Wooten, QB, Carter — Nevada (will play DB)

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This scenario is so perfect it probably seems contrived, but you've got to trust me... the drama is real. If Overton's Patriots pick is correct, he'll win the season-long competition. BUT... since the Super Bowl is worth four points, if Lingo's Giants pick is right he'll have come all the way from back from 10 games down to take the coveted title by a single percentage point.

Last Week
Lingo: 7-0
Clay: 4-3
Overton: 0-7

Playoff standings
Overton: 17-16 (52%)
Lingo: 11-17 (39%)
Clay: 7-19 (27%)

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