FOUR & MORE: Best Non-League Games
1. Temecula Chaparral at Corona Centennial, Sept. 23 — A potential Inland Division championship game preview, this non-league tilt will feature the Inland Area’s best QB (Chaparral’s Matt Morin) against the reigning champs. The hype for this game, if it hasn’t started already, starts now. 2. Upland at Norco, Sept. 28 — These two have clashed in … Read more
’10-’11 Inland Area Soccer List
I covered seven Inland Area soccer games this season for HS Gametime, and attended several more. On weeknights from December to the end of February, I saw abusive fans, coaches and even weather — it was pretty nasty out there this year. I also saw some pretty fantastic football being played in one the nation’s hotbeds … Read more
FOUR & MORE: Best Inland Area LBs
1. Scott Starr, Norco – What more needs to be said than he’s 6-foot-4, 235 pounds and committed to USC? You want more? He has a freakish wing-span, somewhere near 6-foot-8. More? He had 11 solo tackles in 2010′s season opener against Los Angeles Crenshaw. What’s next? HUGE GAMES: Sept. 9 vs. L.A. Crenshaw; Oct. 21 at Corona Centennial. 2. Nolan … Read more
Middleborn Is Like A Caterpillar
I scheduled to meet Samantha “Sam” Middleborn in the office of Cal State San Bernardino sports information director Mark Reinhiller. Mark is one of the good guys. His hometown is in North Dakota, but he stretched his wings, became a renaissance man and grasped upon a sweet gig in the education sector. And he’s a gentleman about it. Anyway, Mark provided me … Read more
FOUR & MORE: Best Inland Area WRs
1. Kenny Lawler, Upland — The physical specimen of the 2011 class, this 6-foot-3, 175-pound ball hawk is committed to Arizona State University. Maxpreps.com calls him “a natural receiver,” and that’s putting it mildly. Lawler is a big-play baller. He averaged more than 20 yards per reception in 2010, and finished with 10 total TDs … Read more
