Consequently, that is reflected by the way so many kids come out of there and into major universities. “But I haven’t sensed that in Southern California. They just sort of slide through with the program. “There are other areas of California where it isn’t like that, where the coaches aren’t accountable. “There is pressure on (coaches) to have good, successful programs. “I think the reason football is so good in California is because there is such good competition,” Darlington said. Class Notes, address changes and other alumni communications should be directed to. “I think it’s as strong as any part of the country.”ĭarlington spends 80% of his time in Southern California. Email: Phone: (719) 390-7035 Mail: 6155 Fountain Valley School Road Colorado Springs, CO 80911. “We’ve been really successful in California, particularly Southern California,” said Dave Gillespie, recruiting coordinator at Nebraska. Nebraska signed Barry Thomas of Monroe, Jon Perlstein of Calabasas, Terry Rodgers of Sweetwater, Robert Hicks of Fremont and Leon Otis of Locke. “And we’ll take a few more in the years to come.”Īfter last season, Stanford took Darren Baird from Dana Hills, Greg Gerardi from Irvine and Scott Stark from Capistrano Valley. “But they play the best high school football in the country in Southern California. “I’ve been to Cincinnati’s Moeller High, all over Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, you name it,” said Baldwin, also the Cardinal’s receivers’ coach. Is there another area as densely populated with talent? Montclair Prep’s Riche Swinton is headed for Washington State. Fontana’s Nigel Clay signed with Oklahoma. Arizona State landed Sean Grady of Newbury Park, Steve Sidler of Westlake and Ocean View’s Peter Tucker. California signed John Hardy of Muir and Arizona signed Gary Costen of Mater Dei. Flannigan of Pomona will sit out a year at Colorado because he has failed to meet NCAA academic guidelines.) Nelson of Simi Valley and Sal Aunese of Vista. Planning to play for the Buffaloes in the fall are, John Perak of Notre Dame, M.J.
It didn’t end with Southern California universities.Ĭolorado, which frequently blankets the Southern California area for prospects, did well, too. They recruited Randy Austin of Canyon, Brian Brown of Gardena, Anthony Burnett of Lynwood, Stacey Elliott of Long Beach Poly, Rocen Keeton of Serra, Brian Lockwood of Vista, Nathanial Morris of Gardena, Eric Turner of Ventura and Lance Zeno of Fountain Valley. The Bruins, who after last season enjoyed perhaps their finest recruiting year ever, concentrated on Southern California. USC also recruited Curtis Hein of Taft.Īcross town at UCLA, things were even better. The Trojans also signed Tom Debasinskas of San Pasqual, Greg Hartsuyker of Orange Glen, Peter MacLachlan of Carson, Mark Tucker of Banning, and Gary Wellman of Westlake. The two major Southern California universities seem to think so, too.Īfter last season, USC recruited and eventually signed to letters of intent Mark Carrier and Brian Tuliau, both of Long Beach Poly. And the overall programs are the best in the country.” Southern California has the finest-I think-passing leagues in the country. “Of course I’m a little prejudiced because I have recruited there for so long, but, from a general standpoint, Southern California has a number of excellent programs and a number of excellent coaches. “Orange County seems to turn out the best quarterbacks, but in the 1970s the San Fernando Valley had two great quarterbacks, Elway and Ramsey playing at the same time.” Both played for Granada Hills schools, Elway at Granada Hills High and Ramsey at Kennedy.ĭarlington, an assistant coach at Nebraska who has recruited in California for nearly 20 years, summed it up this way: “One year one area is better and the next year it is a different area. Lascola said that the Riverside-San Bernardino area turns out a few good college prospects “but you don’t hear about that area as much because of geographical distance to Los Angeles.” “Long Beach and South Bay seem to always have outstanding athletes,” Lascola said. Some years you can just say it was just a bad year for the city, and then the next year the city is better than, say, the San Fernando Valley.”ĭick Lascola, who runs the Fallbrook-based Scouting Evaluation Assn., agrees. “It’s hard to generalize because there are good years for almost every area. Other years the best players may come from the inner city. “Some years Orange County may have the better edge, or San Bernardino or Riverside. “It varies from year to year,” said George Darlington, a recruiter for Nebraska. The whole Los Angeles and Southern California area is an excellent area for high school football.” The next year another area might be strong. If this data is unavailable or inaccurate and you own or represent this business, click here for more information on how you may be able to correct it.“I think it kind of runs in cycles. VIEW ADDITIONAL DATA Select from over 115 networks below to view available data about this business.
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