Prep Impressions: Week 7

Prep Preview: Santiago at Roosevelt

I’m covering the Corona Santiago-Eastvale Roosevelt varsity football game tonight for The Press-Enterprise and HSGametime.pe.com. The best part of this assignment will be the opportunity to see Santiago QB Michael Darr for a second time this season. THE LOW DOWN: This game serves as a playoff outlier, as both teams have a shot at the … Read more

CLOSER LOOK: Santiago QB Michael Darr

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Take a closer look at Corona Santiago senior QB Michael Darr and you’ll see more than the best arm in the Inland Area… You’ll see a player with a deep desire to win. Darr is in his third varsity season at Santiago after transferring from Centennial in 2009, where he was somewhere around the fourth-string … Read more

Prep Impressions: Week 0

Los Angeles Crenshaw varsity football players line up with a sideline referee before the start of the Cougars' 43-31 victory over Corona Santiago. / Dennis Pope Photography.

I covered the Los Angeles Crenshaw-Corona Santiago varsity football game for The Press-Enterprise on Friday, August 24, 2012, and came away thinking the game was over before Santiago, or their fans, even knew it. So why, then, did the game not end until 10:12 p.m. PDT? Maybe because it didn’t start until 7:36, totally playing … Read more

Prep Preview: Crenshaw at Santiago

I’m covering the Los Angeles Crenshaw-Corona Santiago varsity football game tonight for The Press-Enterprise. The best part of this assignment is that it’s the first game of QB Michael Darr’s senior season. THE LOW DOWN: Crenshaw finished third in the Coliseum League in 2011 but lost three of its last four — including a 31-7 … Read more