Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Being a team player at any level of sports is not always for the betterment of the player directly involved. Being a team player typically signals a selfless act by a given teammate truly living up to the old cliché “there is no I in team.” When the 2015 season began, San Juan Hills […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA A football beast was unleashed on the Nevada high school football fields in 2014 when Anthony Smith’s natural talent collided with an emerging self-confidence. The results from a third-party perspective was overwhelming seeing Smith named Nevada D1-A Defensive MVP 2014 and First-Team All-State 2014. Looking to improve upon his great junior season stats when […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Quick, shifty, great hands, and dangerous in the open field, all things that are trademarks of a play-making wide receiver, all attributes of Bishop Alemany High School’s Class of 2016 wide receiver/cornerback Jarrin Pierce. Pierce uses his skill sets well with a game speed in space that is not accurately caught on a straight […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Utah continued their hot streak on the recruiting trail picking up their third verbal commitment in five days with the additional of defensive end Semisi Lauaki. Lauaki has been an overlooked recruit out of Leuzinger High School in Lawndale, California. The Olympians had a tough season in 2014 finishing 4-6-1 and are off to […]
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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 Los Angeles Valley College sophomore defensive end LaRonzo Davis seemingly has the football world on a string. The Memphis native is enjoying the California weather, getting a good education, playing high-end competitive junior college football, and has three offers in his back pocket with a lot of other Division-I schools showing interest. The Monarchs […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Seems that every high school in America has a Kanan Ray type on the roster. Maybe not filling in at 6’4”, 260 pounds, but a guy that can lineup seemingly anywhere on the field and be a difference maker for his team. That is exactly what Ray does for Sierra Canyon High School as […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA Stallions linebacker/defensive end Tim Newman is back at it on the field in 2015 after a terrific junior season. San Juan Hills is off to a hot 4-0 start only allowing San Clemente to get within 14 points in the final score (34-20) with Newman helping lead the way on defense. Newman, 6’2”, 230 […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @HogManInLA In Santa Maria, California sits a throwback tight end with current day hands ready to make it happen at the next level. Troy Artopoeus is a 6’4”, 220 pound, extra tackle on running downs and pass threat in the offense. He even doubles at outside linebacker being a true two-way ironman player. Trouble is […]
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Written by Ryan Wright By the end of the 2014 high school football season the on the field success of Chandler High School (Chandler, Ariz.) placed the Wolves among the best in the nation. The Wolves finished the season 13-1 falling to Mountain Pointe (Phoenix) 45-42 in Game 4 but then reeled off 10 straight wins that included a third […]
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Written by Ryan Wright In a town long known as a getaway for the Hollywood elite rests one of the best players in the state of California and arguably one of the most versatile athletes in the nation, Tayler Hawkins. Recruits like Hawkins are why the categorization of athlete or “ATH” has become so widely used when talking about a […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Just two games into the 2014 season Centennial High School was a team teetering on the brink of disaster. A tough 28-24 loss to Chandler followed by a 31-21 loss to Basha put the Coyotes in a tough hole to climb out of going forward. A lot of teams would have folded up the tents and […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Taylor Tuiasosopo was an anchor on a senior laden offensive line for Paraclete High School (Lancaster, CA) in 2014. The 6’4”, 310 pound, offensive tackle helped plow a way for USC Class of 2016 running back commitment Melquise Stovall towards a 1,600 yard season and helped the Spirits to a 10-4 record. The powerful big man […]
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Written by Ryan Wright If you consider yourself a college football fan but are unaware of the name Tuiasosopo you are one of two things, either not a true football fan or suffer from a horrible case of east coast bias. West coast schools like USC, UCLA, Arizona, Utah, and Washington have had their share of the athletic Tuiasosopo bloodline, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright There are a lot of coming out parties happening this year on high school gridirons across the country and one player sure to make a lot of noise is Malik Walker. Walker got limited touches as a sophomore in 2014 but averaged 8.14 yards per carry toting the ball 34 times for 277 yards with one […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Back in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s former Kansas City Royals centerfielder and former Los Angeles Raiders running back Bo Jackson let the world know just how athletic and talented he was successfully picking up one sporting hobby after another telling us “Another Day, Another Hobby.” For Valley High School defensive end Teton Saltes, a […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Saint Anthony’s dynamic duo of defensive lineman Curtis Weaver and defensive end/wide receiver Logan Gamble put their talents on display on the UCLA campus on Saturday and the Long Beach players did not disappoint. Logan, 6’5.5”, 198 pound, and Weaver, 6’4”, 265, are both in high demand by college recruiters nationwide. Weaver has offers from Nevada, […]
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In La Mesa, California rests a really good high school football team, the Helix High School Highlanders. After completing a 10-3 season in 2014 congratulations were in order after a three-game run into the playoffs before a heartbreaking 20-13 loss to Oceanside. One of the key players for the Highlanders was Mekhi Stevenson. The 6’0”, 180 pound, playmaker was a […]
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The 2016 high school football season will be a proving ground for hundreds if not thousands of kids across the U.S. After the college camp circuit ends and offers have been handed out senior seasons leave one last chance for recruits to secure all the offers they can in hopes of extending their football career for another 3-5 years. For […]
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The growth of football into a year round sport at the high school level has taken flight in recent years. With the advent of the internet the ability to promote various aspects of football in the offseason has helped push the sport forward in numerous ways. Individualized coaches have emerged as go-to guys, various camps help instruct while pitting regional […]
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Skilled special teams work on the NFL, collegiate, and high school level has taken a page from Major League Baseball. From a correlation standpoint field goal kickers would be on par with a team’s closer, a punter would be the equivalent to a long relief specialist, and the all too often forgotten long snapper would be the set-up reliever. The […]
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St. Anthony High School’s Logan Gamble presents a dilemma of sorts for college recruiters, but it is the best kind of dilemma possible and that is where to play him. Gamble is a 6’5.5”, 198 pound, two-way star in Southern California lining up at wide receiver and defensive end presenting a world of options at the next level on both […]
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St. Anthony High School’s Logan Gamble presents a dilemma of sorts for college recruiters, but it is the best kind of dilemma possible and that is where to play him. Gamble is a 6’5.5”, 198 pound, two-way star in Southern California lining up at wide receiver and defensive end presenting a world of options at the next level on both […]
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St. Anthony High School’s Curtis Weaver has a very bright future ahead. The 6’4”, 265 pound, defensive lineman/defensive end is a force opposing California offenses have to account for play after play. Fighting off double-teams and chip shots from running backs, Curtis still came up with 52 tackles, 13 tackles for a loss, 7 quarterback hurries, 4 pass deflections, and […]
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When the 2014 season came to a close for Corona High School the thought “wait until next year” was first and foremost. The Panthers struggled through the year finishing 1-9 but not all that comes with a bad season was on the coaching staff or the players. After going through a first string and second string quarterback with everyone learning […]
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In Part One of the interview with St. Anthony’s defensive lineman Curtis Weaver we covered the 2014 season, got an idea of how the Saints may do in 2015, and talked about some of the moves the 6’4”, 265 pound, tour de force likes to use during the game against opposing offensive linemen. We closed the first part of the […]
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If you have never seen St. Anthony’s High School play a football game, after sitting down and then watching one series on defense it would not take very long to indentify No. 9 on the field. Filling in the No. 9 jersey for St. Anthony’s is defensive lineman Curtis Weaver. Weaver is a gap filling, signal-caller rushing, and quarterback sacking […]
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One can make the assumption that San Juan Hills High School standout Tim Newman can cut a rug because when he is on the field he is absolutely cutting the turf. The 6’2”, 230 pound, defensive end as an array of moves and a motor that just will not quit giving the impression of an intricate dance with every snap […]
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An era has come to an end at Saint John Bosco. The Los Angeles area powerhouse high school football program said goodbye to senior quarterback Josh Rosen at the conclusion of the 2014 season. Over the past three years Rosen had thrown for over 8,400 yards with 90 touchdowns against 19 interceptions, just four tossed during his senior campaign. During […]
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