We're a month away from working on the football tab, so time to start thinking about the best-of-the best at their position. With summer league finishing up, we'll start with the top quarterbacks.

1. Cameron Deen, South Hills
Nobody has raised their stock like this kid has. He's had a great spring and summer, has Pac-10 heavyweights after him, and in these parts, should tear it up. The 6-foot-2, 188-pound senior-to-be is ranked No. 35 nationally on Rivals.Com, with a 5.5 three-star rating. I'm starting to believe that South Hills should be No. 1 when the rankings come out this fall. The King of Cameron is Cameron.
2. Jose Garay, South El Monte
This is without a doubt one of my favorites. He's not going to be recruited like Deen because of his size, but if you're just talking high school, he rivals Deen and will probably put up better offensive numbers than Deen. And lets face it, Erick Escamilla is a great coach, he showed it in the all-star game and with a competitor like Garay, he will ride him all fall.
3. Chris Allen, Charter Oak
He's as good as Charter Oak needs him to be. What I mean by that is they have a great junior running back in Adam Muema, who will probably be option number one. But this is Allen's third year starting, so it will be interesting to see how many attempts he gets per game. But from a pure quarterback standpoint, he's as good as anyone around here. He threw for 1,575 yards last year, and had a 64 percent completion percentage. I bet with Muema he's going to rack up the RAC yards.
4. Terry Paradez, Bonita, Sr.
The 5-foot-10, 180 pound senior-to-be led the Miramonte in passing as a junior, throwing for 2,140 yards, 21 touchdowns and has a trio of talented receivers back in Derrick Price, Dewayne Gatti and Jiovanni Mier. This could get scary if Podley decides to open it and ride his senior QB. By the end of the season, Paradez and Garay could reach the 3,000 yard plateau.
5. Nick Lenhart, Bishop Amat, Sr.
Was very inconsistent as a junior, but so were the Lancers. From a talent standpoint, he's dangerous and with QB coach Chris Rix mentoring him, skies the limit. From all accounts the Lancers have looked great during the summer, and Lenhart is a big reason why.
6. Drew Kaluzny, Glendora, Sr.
Not sure what the Tartans will do with Kaluzny. He had a modest junior season throwing for over 1,400 yards, led the Tarts to a Sierra league crown and the quarterfinals of the playoffs, but there is a sophomore named Chad Jeffries that our scouting guru has been raving about. He says Jeffries is a Div. I prospect, and is rumored to be working with Rix as well. We'll see how this develops. But obviously a good problem for coach Pasky.
7. Oscar Robles, Northview, Sr.
Let's be honest, we hyped him up pretty good as a junior, but he struggled, throwing for just 972 yards and 10 touchdowns in an offense designed for a quarterback to put up big numbers. Maybe with a year under his belt, he'll be ready because he has all the tools and the Vikings have a lot of weapons to get him going, like Anthony Farmar and Kevin Jones.
8. Hunter Warren, Diamond Bar, Sr.
You can't blame Diamond Bar's miserable 2007 season on Warren, he finished with 1,649 yards and threw for over 100 yards in all ten games. He did throw 12 interceptions, but a lot of those came during desperate moments when games were already decided. Look for him to put up great numbers once again.
9. Angel Alejandre, Rosemead, Sr.
Threw for 1,867 yards and 14 touchdowns and will only get better. He had five games where he threw for over 200 yards and threw for 234 and 243 against Arroyo and Gabrielino, respectively.
10. Mick Kalmar, San Dimas, Sr.
He nearly threw for 1,000 yards in an offense designed to run, run, run behind Nico Barbone and Co. It should be more of the same his senior year, but what a luxury to have an experienced QB to bail you out should the run game run into problems. If anything, Kalmar will be the QB of the Mid Valley Division champion Saints.
Watch this video of the LA Times' Jaime Cardenas interviewing Lenhart....