Quarterback Josh Rosen of St. John Bosco won QB MVP honors today at the L.A. Nike Football Training Camp combine at Redondo Beach. Ricky Town (USC) and Blake Barnett (Notre Dame) also attended the camp.
Rosen is expected to commit to UCLA on March 20. Wide receiver Cordell Broadus, son of Snoop Dogg, took most reps with Rosen. Here’s a link with the unofficial results.
Next year’s freshmen class members Adoree Jackson, Jalen Greene, Damien Mama and Viane Talamaivao are among those watching today’s high school combine at Redondo Beach.
A sellout crowd is on hand today for the USC-UCLA baseball game and some have even been turned away. This game used to be played at Dodger Stadium but that tradition appears to have withered with yet another remodeling job at the stadium. The teams are currently scoreless in the fourth inning.
UPDATED: USC leads 2-0 in the 6th inning. But the Bruins come back and now lead 4-2 in the seventh inning. USC scores 2 runs to make up 5-3 deficit and it is tied in the 9th inning.
The Bruins score in top of the ninth to take a 6-5 lead.
Mercer defeated Florida Gulf Coast int the title game of the Atlantic Sun Tournament today. So I guess that means the new FGCU coach won’t get a new job by winning two games in the NCAA Tournament.
USC defensive line coach Chris Wilson and UCLA running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu are in Redondo Beach today for a high school combine. They are allowed to attend because Wilson’s son, Caleb, and Polamalu’s son, Tre, are quarterebacks at Serra and Loyola, respectively.
USC commit Ricky Town from St. Bonaventure is also participating.
USC faces Oregon State on Sunday night at 6 in the championship game of the Pacific-12 Conference championship game on ESPN.
OK, let’s start over since UCLA made a mess of things against Washington State. USC is the 12th seed and plays Colorado on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the first round. The winner plays Cal. And Andy Enfield officially finished last in the Pac-12.
One of the biggest victories in recent memory by the Trojans and easily Cynthia Cooper’s biggest victory as USC upset the Cardinal, 71-68, to advance to the Pac-12 championship game.
USC trailed 60-57 but forward Cassie Harberts scored 10 straight points to give Trojans a 67-60 lead. Alexyz Vaioletama scored 19 points and guard Ariya Crook added 15 for the 21-12 Trojans.
USC assistant coach Jason Hart attended today’s Southern Section 4-A basketball title game between Village Christian and Windward. Hart was watching junior forward Bennie Boatwright of Village Christian. Steve Sarkisian probably was happy to have Hart there to watch Windward two-sport starts Roy Hemsley and Breland Brandt, who both were offered football scholarships.
The Trojans (8-5) dropped their third straight game and it doesn’t get any easier tomorrow as USC hosts UCLA tomorrow at 1 p.m.