St. Francis Staff Hosts Youth Clinic
SCV Gridiron - Jr. All American Football Conference coaches gather to learn football techniques and are treated to talk by UCLA Def Coordinator DeWayne Walker. Santa Clarita Wildcat Coaches also take part.
SCV Gridiron
Notre Dame Wins St. Francis Tourney
Glendale News Press - St. Francis bounced in semis of annual passing tourney. West Ranch and Valencia get knocked out in elimination round.
High School Football Dead Period Training
Velocity SP- High School Football Players, You have trained hard all summer for this coming season. Don't waste all youv'e gained during your dead period. Velcoity Sports Performance has set up a class specifically for high school football players.
Kasdorf ready to step in as Notre Dame QB
Daily News - With high school football practice just a few weeks away, one of the more compelling issues is the rebuilding project at Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks.
Matt Barkley of Mater Dei named national high school athlete of year
LA Times - Quarterback Matt Barkley of Santa Ana Mater Dei High, foreground, has become the first junior to win Gatorade’s national high school athlete of the year.
Football’s Best Crossover Sports
USA Football.com - What sports best fit you and your position? Football fitness and abilities can be developed in the off-season by participating in other sports.
Eight Nations Kick Off Euro Jr. Championships in Spain
USA Football.com - The ninth EFAF (European Federation of American Football) European Junior Championship kicks off in Sevilla in southern Spain on Saturday, July 12.
IFAF Announces Qualifying Format for 2009 Junior World Championship
USA Football.com - The IFAF Junior World Championship (JWC) will be played from June 27 to July 5 in Canton, Ohio in 2009.
Being a backup quarterback isn't part of plan anymore
LA Times - Many high school quarterbacks look elsewhere when they realize they won't start at their school.
Hart/Canyon @ Claremont Tourney (Photos)
Hart and Canyon HS football participated in the Claremont Wolfpack passing event this past weekend at Claremont HS.
Canyon advanced to the semi finals before falling to Muir. Hart was defeated by Palmdale earlier in the elimination round. Palmdale went on the defeat Muir for the title.
Valencia High's Zach Tartabull has hands, speed and genes
LA Times - The son of former major league outfielder Danny Tartabull is making a mark in football as one of Southland's top wide receivers. But baseball doesn't interest him.
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame finds its QB
Varsty Times Insider - Ryan Kasdorf, a junior quarterback who led the Sherman Oaks Notre Dame sophomore team to a 10-0 record last season, won the varsity starting job on Saturday when he led the Knights to the championship of the Pasadena tournament, defeating St. Bonaventure in the final.
Valencia Purple and Gold Clinic Update, The Final Chapter
John "JT" Torres - Fun, Fun, Fun…As the Beach Boys song goes, “Fun, fun, fun till daddy took the football away…”. Actually, the song did not actually say “football” but Coach Monte at Valencia sure did!
10-Year-Old Barred From Playing Football Because She's a Girl
Fox News.com - A 10-year-old was barred from playing in a Cleveland-area youth football league because she's a girl.
"Zero" minus eight weeks
LA Times - "Zero week" for the 2008 football season is just eight weeks away. But for several Southland teams, that’s just too long to wait, as eight teams will play season openers in August.
At Oaks Christian High, they've got name
Varsity Times Insider - Members of the school's football team include Nick Montana, son of NFL Hall of Famer Joe, and Trevor Gretzky, son of hockey legend Wayne. Also on the squad: box-office champ Will Smith's son, Trey.
2008 Valencia Football Camp Update #2
John "JT" Torres - Second Day In the Saddle: The Valencia High School Purple and Gold camp is like a fine wine, it gets better with age.
2008 Valencia Youth Football Camp Update
John "JT" Torres - The Valencia High Vikings Purple and Gold Youth Football Camp was a well run machine its' first night with a plethora of support from the Varsity football team and coaching staff. Coach Joe Monteleone, the puppet-master of the event, kept the coaches on their toes and the players on their game.
Saturday is big day for passing tournaments
Varsity Times Insider - Summer football passing tournaments have been going full tilt since the second weekend of June, and they reach an important peak moment on Saturday, with big-time teams and top quarterback prospects scheduled to compete in seven-on-seven duels at Huntington Beach Edison, Mission Viejo and Claremont.
Montana's son will transfer to Oaks Christian
LA Times - The competition to be the starting quarterback at Oaks Christian is about to get real interesting.