Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA With Week 5 of the college football season in the books, Week 6 offers 10-12 games that have conference and/or national title contention shaping outcomes. The conference that could come into sharper focus when the week is over is the Big Ten with the Pac-12 right behind. The Big Ten East Division is seemingly […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Have the AP rankings ever been this temperamental? The 61 voters spread across the nation are having love affairs with a different team every week and much like a grade school or junior high kid, off to the next shinny object when all of Saturday’s scores have been tallied. The Week 6 bull’s eye […]
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Written by Charlie Beuttel Twitter: @charlie_cds3 Parkway 20, C.E. Byrd 6 The Parkway Panthers came out with a vengeance after losing to Evangel last week 56-21. Parkway used their lockdown defense to stuff Byrd’s offense. The Byrd Yellow Jackets normally utilize their rushing attack against opponents but only managed 145 rushing yards on 41 carries against the Panthers. Byrd’s only points of the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA When Sierra Canyon junior quarterback Niko Harris drops back into the pocket he has a talented corps of four receivers he can count on to make a big play to help move the chains or put the ball into the end zone. One of his reliable wide outs is senior Christian Graves. Graves is […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Drive and determination to get to the ball jumps off the screen when watching highlight reels. Coaches, fans, and other players can instantly tell when a player has a little more heart and determination than the guy, or in Evan Weaver’s case, the guys lining up across from him. Fighting through double- and sometimes […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA The state of Arkansas is filled with Class of 2016 Division-I talent and one of the many in the group is Fort Smith Southside linebacker Si Kilinc. Kilinc is a prototypical player in many aspects including being a hustle player, quick to the ball, and sound in his assignments. The 6’1”, 195 pound, athlete […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Sierra Canyon High School is on a runaway path to start the 2015 season posting a 5-0 record with the closest margin of victory being a 53-28 win over Taft High School (Woodland Hills). The Trailblazers still have tough games remaining against Nordhoff (Ojai), Bishop (Bishop), Brentwood School (Los Angeles), and Windward (Los Angeles) […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Muscled Los Angeles Valley College freshman running back Anthony Wyche is ready to make his mark on the collegiate season. The Philadelphia native helped Prep Charter to a 10-1-1 record in 2014 and now has his sights set on being a major contributor for the Monarchs this season. The 5’9”, 189 pound, speedster with […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Los Angeles Valley College sophomore linebacker Chad Thornton Jr. might be a long way from his Haymarket, Virginia, area home but the former Battlefield High School standout is making himself at home on the Monarchs’ defense in 2015. The 6’1”, 230 pound, Virginia native has settled in nicely with LA Valley’s defense coming up […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA There is a good and bad about being one of the best players in a given class at a given position, especially on defense. Opposing offensive coordinators start game planning to avoid the defensive monster on the other side of the ball and such is life on the North Carolina high school gridiron for […]
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Written by James Gray Last Saturday wasn’t pretty but it more than got the job done as the Gamecocks defeated a winless Central Florida team 31-14 in Columbia. This was an ugly first half that was pretty much dominated by Carolina but the Gamecocks entered the locker room down 14-8 after star wide receiver Pharoh Cooper muffed the ball near the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA On Thursday the NCAA announced the approval of the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl that will be spearheaded under the control of the Arizona Sports and Entertainment Commission. The approval puts the bowl into effect at the end of the 2015 regular season for a game to be played on Dec. 29 at Arizona […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Making a switch from a school in one state to another school in a different state for all the right reasons put Class of 2016 athlete Otumos Payemanu right back at square one. The silver lining is the jump in playing classification thus the perception that the quality of opponent is better going further […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Palmdale High School had a great 2014 season going 11-2 with a run into the California High School Playoffs before falling to a talented Paso Robles squad. The Falcons were loaded with talents like do-everything athlete Dameon Baber (Nevada) and running back Treshawn Garrett (Weber State) but also had Dillon Knight helping anchor the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Los Angeles Valley College (3-1) linebacker Jonathan Charles has everything going his way on and off the collegiate gridiron. The 6’2”, 240 pound, talent is rated the No. 7 junior college linebacker in the nation and has interest from top Division-I programs from across the country. The Los Angeles native had to miss a […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA When Los Angeles Valley College (3-1) head coach/defensive coordinator Robert Tucker picked up defensive back Eric Jenkins, he got a great recruit. The 5’10”, 180 pound, athlete was an All-Conference selection as a freshman after getting five interceptions along with 27 tackles. Colleges loved what they saw in the multi-dimensional athlete. The New Orleans […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Out of Southridge High School in Miami, outside linebacker/defensive end Davaris Howard was a wanted man. Among many schools showing interest in the 6’2”, 215 pound, athlete included offers from Marshall and Temple. Howard has made his way from one sunny U.S. coast line to another now putting his pads on for Los Angeles […]
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