Baseline League: February 2012 Archives

There wasn't a field goal in the last two minutes and 41 seconds of the Etiwanda High School girls basketball team's playoff game against top-seeded Long Beach Poly, but there was plenty of action.

Etiwanda committed four turnovers and gave up three offensive rebounds during the furious final stretch as Long Beach Poly grinded out a 53-48 victory over the eighth-seeded Eagles in the CIF-SS Division 1AA quarterfinals.

Junior Keyla Morgan hoisted the Jackrabbits (27-2) on her back, scoring all of her team-high 15 points in the second half, including a 3-pointer with 3:10 to play that pulled her team within one. Her steal on the ensuing Etiwanda possession led to a breaking lay-up that gave Long Beach Poly a 49-48 lead with 2:42 remaining in the game.

The degree of difficulty alone makes it hard to believe anything about Aubrielle Camacho's game-winning goal was planned.

The easy part was running the designed play to get in position, but the Los Osos High School sophomore midfielder flawlessly executed the hard part, propelling a 30-yard laser of a shot into the top corner of the goal with three minutes remaining in the second overtime to give the Grizzlies girls soccer team a 2-1 win over Westlake in the CIF-SS Division 2 quarterfinals on Friday.

After giving up an early breakaway goal, No. 2 seed Los Osos, ranked the No.1 team in the country by MaxPreps.com, trailed until Ifeoma Onumonu's penalty kick tied the game in the 58th minute. Both teams had quality scoring chances down the stretch, but it wasn't until Camacho's heroics that Los Osos advanced to a semifinal meeting with Baseline League rival Upland after never having made it past the quarterfinals in school history.

Upland High School junior defensive end Joe Mathis received scholarship offers from Oregon State and Washington State on Wednesday, according to Upland assistant coach Mike Esquivel. Also on Wednesday, rivals.com released its top 100 recruits for the class of 2013 and the 6-foot-4, 250-pound Mathis was the only player from the Inland Valley to make the list.

Mathis has seven scholarship offers, according to rivals.com: Colorado, Indiana, Oregon State, San Diego State, UCLA, Washington and Washington State. Mathis committed to Washington on Oct. 25, but de-committed in early January.

Through it's 360 days away, the Rancho Cucamonga High School football team is getting an early jump on next National Signing Day. Junior defensive backs Chris Hawkins and Tahaan Goodman have already compiled 16 scholarship offers between them.

Hawkins, an all-CIF cornerback last season, has offers from Nebraska, Stanford, UCLA, Boise State, Cal, San Diego State, Northwestern, Washington and Washington State. Goodman, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound safety, has offers from Nebraska, Boise State, South Florida, UCLA, Cal, San Diego State and Washington State.

Hawkins, a 6-0, 170-pound cornerback, had two interceptions and 32 tackles while Goodman had 45 tackles for a defense that allowed 16.3 points per game, the lowest in a Baseline League that advanced two teams to the CIF-SS Inland Division semifinals.

Upland High School four-star receiver Kenny Lawler chose Cal, albeit with a slight hesitation, when the senior announced his collegiate intentions live on Fox Sports West on national signing day. Upland teammate Christian Powell, rated the No. 3 fullback in the nation by scout.com, switched his commitment from UCLA to Colorado on Monday night and signed with the Buffaloes this morning. Upland offensive lineman Kenyatta Johnson picked up a late offer from Texas Southern and signed with the FCS school on Wednesday.

Lawler, who narrowed a list of 17 scholarship offers to finalists Cal, Oregon State and Washington State, was committed to Arizona State prior to the Sun Devils coaching change after the season. It has been a rollercoaster ride ever since.

"Some days I felt like I was with one school then I'd get a call from another coach and they can tell you some stuff that really gets in your head," Lawler said. "This whole process is crazy. It can be stressful, it can make you happy, it's just kind of all over the place."