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Ryan McDaniel signs LOI with Washington

By
Matt Lopez
on February 1, 2012 5:19 PM | | Comments (0) |
North Torrance's Ryan McDaniel may have had his season cut short by a knee injury, but it didn't cut short his aspirations of getting a scholarship with a major college football program.

McDaniel, who played both RB and LB at North, officially signed his Letter of Intent with Washington on Wednesday morning.

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Serra's Raymond Ford chooses Cal

By
Matt Lopez
on February 1, 2012 5:07 PM | | Comments (0) |
A strange season came to a happy ending for Serra defensive back Raymond Ford, who signed Wednesday with Cal.

Ford, who had been committed to UCLA, re-opened his recruitment after Rick Neuheisel was dismissed as the Bruins' coach.

On Wednesday, Ford finally decided on Cal:


Stay tuned to http://www.dailybreeze.com/signingday for all your National Signing Day needs.

VIDEO: Darreus Rogers on why he chose USC

By
Matt Lopez
on February 1, 2012 4:56 PM | | Comments (0) |
The recruiting process was a hectic one for longtime USC commit Darreus Rogers, who officially chose USC on Wednesday after being courted heavily by Arizona State.

Earlier in the day, Rogers spoke exclusively to The Daily Breeze about why he chose to remain with the USC Trojans.

Catching up with Serra's Thomas Brown, Kache Palacio and Kris Cooper on Signing Day

By
Matt Lopez
on February 1, 2012 4:28 PM | | Comments (0) |
Three players who went a long way to bolstering a Serra defense that helped capture the Mission League title made their college choices official on Wednesday by signing their LOI's in a ceremony in the Serra High gym.

Thomas Brown decided to trade in his red and blue Serra colors for a Blackshirt, electing to sign with the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He talked to us about the decision after Serra's signing ceremony:


Meanwhile, DE/TE Kache Palacio sounds ready to get on a plane to Pullman and suit up for Mike Leach's Washington State defense tomorrow if he could:


DT/OL Kris Cooper made his decision to head to Montana State official, where he said he hopes to get on the field and play right away as a freshman.

Inglewood's Darien Barrett excited about heading to Boise State

By
Matt Lopez
on February 1, 2012 3:17 PM | | Comments (0) |
Darien Barrett played defensive end at Inglewood, but he'll have a new role on the Boise State defense and this morning after his school's signing ceremony at Inglewood High, he told us that he can't wait to get started.

In this short clip Barrett talks about playing the "stud" position in Boise State defense and how excited he is to play on the blue turf.


Check http://www.dailybreeze.com/signingday for up to the minute South Bay signing day updates.

Derrick Woods talks about signing with Oklahoma

By
Matt Lopez
on February 1, 2012 2:16 PM | | Comments (0) |
Inglewood star did a little bit of everything for Inglewood High, but he knows exactly what he wants to do at Oklahoma - catch passes.

Woods gave a verbal commitment Oklahoma in December and made it official this morning by signing his Letter of Intent at a special ceremony with his teammates at Inglewood High.

Woods talked to The Daily Breeze about his decision to become a Sooner:

Devian Shelton makes it official: He's going to USC

By
Matt Lopez
on February 1, 2012 12:21 PM | | Comments (0) |
This morning at Inglewood High's National Signing Day ceremony, Devian Shelton ripped off his jacket to reveal that he will attend USC.

Check out the fun moment: 


Afterward, the Pure Preps Blog caught up with Shelton for a short but sweet chat about his decision. Shelton says USC is getting the "greatest underrated player" in the country.


Check back later for more video of Inglewood's other signees like Derrick Woods (Inglewood), as well as video with Carson's Darreus Rogers after he makes his big decision and Serra's four football stars are making their decisions this afternoon.

Stay tuned to http://www.dailybreeze.com/signingday for Prep, USC and UCLA signing news.

Jimmy Nolan named new Carson football coach

By
Matt Lopez
on January 27, 2012 6:50 PM | | Comments (0) |
Carson's quest for a third consecutive trip to the L.A. City Section final is now in the hands of Jimmy Nolan.

Carson principal Wendy Warren confirmed to The Daily Breeze Friday night that the school has hired Nolan as its new football coach.

Nolan replaces Elijah Asante, who left for St. Paul after back-to-back L.A. City Section Final appearances.

Nolan spent the last two years at Compton Centennial, where he went 14-10 and spearheaded a number of ambitious fundraising efforts to help raise money for pads, uniforms and other football-related equipment.

"We felt he had a vision for the whole piece, a very clear and specific vision," Warren said. "We liked his game strategies, his ideas for reaching out to the students and developing a sense of family and community,"

 "We were impressed with his big picture package."

Warren also said Nolan came highly recommended by Centennial's principal.

"They were sad to lose him, but were full of compliments about him," Warren said. "One of the most important things was did he work well with the school, did the community embrace and welcome him? And the students loved him. That speaks louder to me than anything else."

Check The Daily Breeze tomorrow for a more in-depth look at Carson's new coach.

South Tourney Semi's Set

By
Dave Thorpe
on December 21, 2011 2:59 PM | | Comments (0) |

After morning and early afternoon play, three South Bay teams have emerged and advance to the semifinals tonight.

In the quarterfinals, North Torrance defeated Channel Islands 1-0; Leuzinger continues to be the surprise team of the tournament, beating Huntington Park 3-1; and Narbonne beat Coachella Valley 1-1 (4-2 in penalty kicks), while Palos Verdes lost to two-time defending tournament champion Santa Barbara 0-0 (4-3 in penalty kicks).

Leuzinger takes on Santa Barbara in one semifinal at 5 p.m. North faces Narbonne in the other semifinal at 6:30 p.m. Both games are on the stadium field at South Torrance High.

The winners face off in the championship game on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at South.

 

Elijah Asante steps down at Carson

By
Matt Lopez
on December 17, 2011 10:40 PM | | Comments (0) |
Elijah Asante confirmed to the Daily Breeze on Saturday that he has resigned as Carson head football coach.
Asante led Carson to back-to-back City championship appearances in his two seasons at Carson.
"I made the decision tonight," Asante said. "I've been going back and forth on it for a while, but I decided it was time to pursue other challenges."
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Check out the newspaper, or head over to DailyBreeze.com on Sunday morning for the full story.

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Tony Ciniglio

Tony Ciniglio has been covering sports at the Daily Breeze since 1997 and is the Prep-JC Editor. Ciniglio graduated from Malibu High (home of the mighty Sharks) in 1997 as part of the school's second graduating class before attending powerhouse Pepperdine (Class of 2001), thus shattering any reader's preconceived notion that he has any personal bias when it comes to South Bay Preps.

E-mail Tony at tony.ciniglio@dailybreeze.com.

Dave Thorpe

Dave Thorpe was a self-proclaimed, slightly above average baseball player back in the day at Torrance's West High, who went on and had an unspectacular, injury-riddled stint as a third baseman at El Camino College. Trading bat for pen, Thorpe wrote sports for the Long Beach Union newspaper at Long Beach State University, then worked as the sports editor for the Palos Verdes Peninsula News for seven years before climbing down the Hill to the Daily Breeze, where he has been a sports writer covering local sports since 2007.

E-mail Dave at dave.thorpe@dailybreeze.com.

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