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Jordan Adamczyk & Chris Rivas (Canyon, Canyon Country): Adamczyk broke Nate Longshore's single game school record of 397 yards passing during a 35-21 win over Chaminade of West Hills. He completed 18 of 27 passes for 402 yards and tossed five touchdown passes for the victorious Cowboys. Rivas was his favorite target, as he caught 13 passes for Adamczyk for 301 yards and four touchdowns. Rivas' catch total and touchdown reception total was a school record and his yardage total puts him permanently in our state record book. The single game receiving mark is held by Ramon Nevarez from Bolsa Grande of Garden Grove, who hauled in eight catches for 377 yards during a 53-23 victory over La Quinta of Westminster in 1996.
Usua Amanam (Bellarmine, San Jose): Suffering from mononucleosis and only cleared to play Friday morning, Amanam went out that night at St. Ignatius (San Francisco) and showed no signs of suffering from the malady. With temporary lights installed for the first on-campus night game in San Francisco prep history, the juice was certainly flowing, but it was all coming from the Bells' Amanam. The 5-foot-9, 175-pound Stanford-bound running back figuratively turned out the lights, rushing for 237 yards and four touchdowns in a 50-14 blasting of the Wildcats. He scored on runs of 26, 36, 4 and 47 yards.
Ash Anaya (Vista del Lago, Folsom): The fairly new school is only in its second year of fielding a varsity football team but this 5-11, 180-pound linebacker has learned how to tackle pretty quickly. His team lost a close one 14-13 to Galt, but Anaya had 16 tackles.
Cedric Anderson (Edison, Stockton): Promising sophomore came up with two picks on defense while on offense he passed for 280 yards and three touchdowns as the Vikings topped Beyer of Modesto, 34-17.
Eric Beverly (Lincoln, San Francisco): Following in the footsteps of Lincoln's last great runner and sprinter David Henderson (now at City College of San Francisco), this junior running back rushed for 308 yards and four touchdowns on 44 carries and told the San Francisco Chronicle "it felt like practice" after the game. His heroics helped the Mustangs erase a 12-point deficit en route to a 56-41 victory over cross town Mission High in a game at Kezar Stadium.
Matt Bocci, Matt Walter & Alek Konopnicki (Sacred Heart Prep, Atherton): All three went over the century mark rushing in a 42-19 victory over Capuchino of San Bruno. Bocci had 131 yards and three touchdowns on nine carries, while Walter and Konopnicki ran for 129 and 114 yards respectively.
Matt Botello (Pioneer, Norwalk): In a non-league victory over Bolsa Grande of Garden Grove, Botello bolted for 256 yards rushing on 25 carries and scored two touchdowns to lead his team to a 27-0 victory.
Travis Buick (University Prep, Redding): The past two weeks Buick has been running more like a Caddie and his team is riding the rumble seat to a 4-1 record. Two weeks ago in a 31-6 victory over Hayfork, he cruised to 222 yards on 20 carries with two touchdowns. This past week in a 31-19 win against Mercy of Red Bluff, Buick fired on all cylinders, finishing with 264 yards on 36 carries.
Brandon Buteyn (Paraclete, Lancaster): During a 34-12 win against Grace Brethren of Simi Valley, the senior rushed for 266 yards and scored two touchdowns on 15 carries. Buteyn led the Spirits in total offense (266), scoring (12) and all-purpose yards (308).
Kylan Butler, Blake Wayne, Tyler Anderson & James Cannon (De La Salle, Concord): Very rarely, even in a blowout, do four runners go over 100 yards rushing. That is unless you're De La Salle. Arizona-bound Kylan Butler led the way in a 56-10 trouncing of Granada of Livermore. He finished with 146 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries. Quarterback Blake Wayne (seven carries, 143 yards, one touchdown), backup Tyler Anderson (five carries, 109 yards, three touchdowns) and James Cannon (eight carries, 110 yards, two touchdowns) also eclipsed the century mark.
Jordan Canada (Duarte): Rumbled for 238 yards on 15 carries and scored four touchdowns in Duarte's 55-39 victory over Sierra Vista of Baldwin Park. He scored on runs of 5, 21, 40 and 55 yards.
Cody Cardenaz (Burbank): In a 35-14 victory over Pasadena, Cardenaz led the way offensively with six receptions for 209 yards. Three of his receptions went for scores, including a school record 98-yarder. The previous school mark was a 92-yard reception by Juni Williams in a game versus Hart of Newhall back in 1997.
John Cardona & Josh Harmon (Chatsworth): Kennedy of Granada Hills had trouble generating any offense against Chatsworth and Cardona and Harmon were a big reason why. Both intercepted two passes on defense while Cardona completed 13 of 17 passes for 230 yards and three scores. His favorite target was, you guessed it, Harmon, as he caught five passes for 155 yards and a touchdown.
Amir Carlisle (King's Academy, Sunnyvale): Sophomore transfer from Valley Christian of San Jose had long scoring runs of 76 and 75 yards and finished with 271 yards rushing in all as King's Academy downed Burlingame, 41-14. The team improved to 5-0 and should be in the mix in the NorCal CIF small schools bowl division rankings for the rest of the season.
Omari Carr (Oak Grove, San Jose): Before this year it was Omari's twin brother, defensive back/wide receiver and hot college recruit Jabari, that was getting all the ink. In a 21-7 win against Pioneer of San Jose, the 5-9, 170-pound Carr rushed for 233 yards and two touchdowns in 23 carries, including an 83-yard jaunt in which he zigzagged his way to paydirt. The Eagles are 4-0 and Carr has snagged the No. 5 spot in reported rushing leaders in the CCS.
Thomas Carter (Cajon, San Bernardino): In his first start of the season, the Cowboys' quarterback passed for 338 yards and four TDs in a 40-14 win over La Quinta.
Darrian Cazarin (Alhambra): Torched South Pasadena's secondary to the tune of 369 yards passing in Alhambra's 43-14 victory. Cazarin, a junior, completed 13 of 20 passes before intermission for 341 of his total passing yards. His main target was Brian Gonzalez, who finished with seven catches for 194 yards and two of Cazarin's three touchdowns. On special teams, he booted two field goals, five extra-points and recorded five touchbacks. Through four games, he's thrown for 1,044 yards and 11 scores while completing 58 percent of his passes.
Frankie Cota & Cory Maulupe (Pacific Lutheran, Torrance): In a wild 80-50 non-league eight-man victory over Noli Indian at Sodoba Oaks Ranch in San Jacinto, Cota and Maulupe combined for 517 yards passing and seven touchdowns. Cota finished with 320 yards and five touchdowns on 26 of 36 passing while Maulupe tossed 33 passes, completing 20 for 197 yards and two scores. Neither signal-caller had a pass intercepted.
Maurice Culpepper (Citrus Hill, Perris): Listed as a wide receiver and defensive back, Culpepper showed why in Citrus Hill's 55-26 win over Banning. He caught six passes for 154 yards, three of them going for touchdowns, while on the offensive side of the ball and picked off two passes as a DB.
Colton Danz (Tamalpais, Mill Valley): This 5-foot-9, 185-pound hard-nosed senior running back/linebacker was instrumental in helping the Red Tailed Hawks open 4-0 for the first time in four decades after a 39-3 trouncing of rival Drake of San Anselmo. Danz, who gave up the starting quarterback job midway through last year's 0-10 season, fought off cramps to finish with 132 yards rushing on 12 carries with two touchdowns, including a 72-yarder, in three quarters of action. Danz also passed for 22 yards. On defense he had a sack, recovered a fumble, and finished with 11 tackles.
Jesse Diaz (Roosevelt, Los Angeles): Accounted for 327 yards in the Roughriders' 32-13 victory over South Gate. He completed 18 of 30 passes for 226 yards and added 101 yards rushing on only eight carries.
Jonathan Diaz (Chaparral, Temecula): Returning 1,000 yard rusher, who is still only a junior, churned his way for 202 yards in Chap's 42-31 victory over Santa Margarita on the road. Diaz did his damage on 22 carries and scored three touchdowns. His 59-yard dash to pay dirt knotted the game at 7-7 and his eight-yard jaunt put the Pumas ahead for good. Chap's defense also played a whale of a game, as the Pumas recorded eight sacks, including three by DT Mike Sikorski and two and a half by fellow tackle David Watkins.
Julian Dean-Johnson (North, Bakersfield): Put on a one-man show by rushing for 283 yards on 23 carries and scoring three touchdowns of 17,69, 70 yards in the second quarter as the Stars beat Frontier, 25-20, in a Southwest Yosemite League opener.
Josh Edwards (Ceres): Connected for 21 of 34 passes for 330 yards and four touchdowns in a 35-34 loss to Sonora. With three seconds left, Edwards fired a 39-yard scoring pass to Justin Canatsy, but the Bulldogs were still a point short of perhaps pulling off an upset of the Wildcats. They went for two, but Edwards was sacked, which gave Sonora the one-point win.
Noah Fagundes (Lemoore): Ran for a career high by rushing for 291 yards on 28 carries and scored four touchdowns, on runs of 1, 4, 25, and 3, against Hanford West in West Yosemite League game. Lemoore won the scorefest, 38-31.
Steven Fanua (Milpitas): The Trojans (3-1) lost their first game but it was no fault of the 6-1, 215-pound linebacker who recorded 19 tackles in a 27-24 loss to Wilcox of San Jose. Earlier in the season the reported CCS leader in tackles with 59 had 23 tackles in a 28-3 win over Newark Memorial of Newark.
Dylan Finch (Golden Valley, Bakersfield): Young QB had a big night passing, going for 297 yards on 24-of-41 and throwing for four touchdowns, but came up on the short end against Garces, losing 32-28 in a Southeast Yosemite League contest.
Sebastian Frausto (La Costa Canyon, Carlsbad): The first-year starter at quarterback threw for 288 yards with two touchdown passes and added a touchdown rushing in a 47-3 win over Rancho Buena Vista. He finished 18-of-33 without an interception. One of his touchdown tosses was 53 yards to Kenny Stills.
David Graves & Tyler Trosin (Folsom): The team's quarterback and leading rusher, Graves threw for 316 yards and three touchdowns and ran for a fourth score in the Bulldogs' 35-26 win over Franklin of Elk Grove. Trosin added a 94-yard kickoff return for a score in the nine-point victory. On the season, Graves, the reported Sac-Joaquin combined yardage leader has 943 yards passing and 12 touchdowns and 300 yards rushing with five scores.
Kevin Greene & Desarte Yarnway (Sacred Heart Cathedral, San Francisco): After all was said and done, the Irish celebrated a return to WCAL action for the first time since 1989 with a 24-3 trouncing of St. Francis of Mountain View. Running back Yarnway had his usual game, rushing for 165 yards and two touchdowns, but it was Greene who really stole the show. The 6-foot-4, 245-pound defensive end was like a Whirling Dervish in the Lancer backfield, finishing with seven sacks. That mark is one shy of the state record for sacks in a game. Earlier this season in a 19-14 loss to Deer Valley of Antioch, Greene recorded three sacks. So strong was Greene's performance that he was the runner-up for this week's ESPNRISE CalHiSports.com California State Boys Athlete of the Week.
John Harris (Riverside Christian): In a 31-7 win over Downey Calvary Christian, Harris rushed for 233 yards with only the end zone slowing him down on three of his rushing attempts.
Aaron Horne (Castlemont, Oakland): This receiver did his best Reggie Bush impersonation, scoring on a 65-yard reception, a 71-yard punt return, and a 36-yard reverse in a 34-15 Knights' victory over Salesian of Richmond. Horne finished with 240 all-purpose yards on only six touches. He now has 10 touchdowns on the season.
Stefphon Jefferson (El Diamante, Visalia): Helped keep his Miners unbeaten by rushing for 304 yards, 152 coming in the first quarter and 296 in the first half, in a 54-13 win over Mt. Whitney of Visalia. Jefferson also scored three touchdowns on runs of 12, 4, and 11 yards.
Ken Johnston, Andrew Melendrez & Mike Manas (Carmel): This 6-1, 180-pound senior, the reported passing leader in the CCS, exploded last week in a 48-7 win against King City. He completed 24 of 29 passes for 409 yards and five touchdowns. He also rushed eight times for 39 yards for a combined 448 yards of total offense. Eight balls and 188 yards were to Melendrez, who had two touchdowns and also kicked four extra points. Manas had 103 yards receiving and one TD.
Daniel Kingen (Fresno Christian): Led his team to its first win of the season against Kings Christian of Lemoore, 34-20, as he scored three touchdowns and ran for 208 yards on 29 carries.
James Lee, Jeremiah Oates & Cody Barsam (Capital Christian, Sacramento): Junior quarterback Lee, the reported passing leader in the Sac-Joaquin Section, passed for a school record six touchdowns and 305 yards on only 10 of 15 passing. Oates pulled in three balls, all for scores and had 136 yards receiving as well as an interception on defense. Barsam rushed for 155 yards and one TD. The result was a 56-14 victory over San Juan of Fair Oaks.
Vontrail Love (Hanford West, Hanford): Piled up 233 yards on 23 carries and scored three touchdowns, on runs of 78, 71 and 1, in a West Yosemite League game, but Hanford West still lost, 38-31, to Lemoore.
Sean Mannion (Foothill, Pleasanton): Although his team lost the game, 41-31, and he lost the personal duel with Monte Vista of Danville's Brett Nottingham, the 6-foot-4, 185-pound junior still had one heck of an effort. Co-coach Jim Mannion's son had an excellent outing in the setback, throwing for 336 yards and three touchdowns.
James McConico (Compton): In a 68-20 victory over Cabrillo of Long Beach, McConico didn't touch the ball much, but when he did he made it count. He carried the ball six times, but three went for scores and he finished with 188 yards rushing. He also caught a touchdown pass to boot as the Tarbabes improved their record to 4-0 on the season. In the past two games, McConico has gained 330 yards rushing and hit paydirt six times...on only 10 carries!
Christian McCrimon (Anchorpoint Christian, Gilroy): The reported CCS scoring leader added two rushing and two receiving touchdowns, and twice scored on two-point conversions, in a 48-28 win intersection win against Lighthouse Christian of Bakersfield. He did it by rushing for 168 yards on 17 carries, and catching three passes for 65 yards. His 94-point leading total is comprised of 11 rushing and two receiving TDs and 10 two-point conversions.
Joshua McDaniels (Morse, San Diego): The junior wide receiver caught two touchdown passes to lead Morse to a 37-17 win over San Diego High that broke the Tigers' 25-game losing streak. McDaniels' scores were from 13 and 11 yards out. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Morse was a statewide power
that finished No. 2 in the overall state ratings in 1990.
Sean McGowan (Oxnard): Good thing the Oxnard coaches decided to use the 5-foot-9 McGowan sparingly after intermission since he gained 209 of his 227 yards before the break, scoring three times in a 47-7 victory over San Marcos of Santa Barbara. With the easy win the Yellowjackets now own a 4-0 record.
Ryan McLaughlin (Cathedral Catholic, San Diego): The Dons' safety picked off two passes, one that he returned 54 yards for a touchdown early in the second quarter, for a 21-0 lead in a 42-14 rout of Otay Ranch. McLaughlin intercepted the deep pass over the middle and weaved his wave through tacklers to the end zone.
Josh Moten (Narbonne, Harbor City): Moten helped the Gauchos overcome 16 penalties and an injury to star DB Byron Moore that knocked him out of the Gauchos' game with Westchester of Los Angeles. On top of that, Narbonne played without injured starters Sean Parker and Melvin Davis and lost lineman Justin Brown with a broken wrist in the first half. Moten delivered when his team needed him the most, passing for 285 yards and a score while rushing for 59 yards and two more scores.
Derek Muaava (Independence, San Jose): His team lost 26-21 to cross-town Del Mar but it was no fault of the big, strong 6-1, 205-pound junior running back. For the night, the 76ers' star ran for 303 yards on 31 carries and caught two balls for another 33 yards. To the chagrin of the Independence faithful he never found paydirt. On the season he now has 725 yards rushing and 155 yards receiving, plus a TD option pass for 75 yards. All told, 955 yards of combined offense.
Donnay Ragland (Artesia, Lakewood): Went from Rags to riches during the Pioneers' 48-0 victory over Bellflower. Ragland struck gold with five touchdown passes as he completed 12 of 16 passes for 286 yards.
Nick Ramos (Hillcrest Christian, Granada Hills): Hit paydirt a whopping seven times on only 13 carries during a 68-14 victory over Liberty Christian. Ramos rushed for a total of 243 yards while teammate Jesse Goens added 175 yards and two scores and four two-point conversions.
Karsen Reedy (Crescenta Valley, La Crescenta): Did his best John Elway impersonation in the Falcons' 34-32 comeback win over Burroughs of Burbank. With his team down 32-28 with 5:34 left in the game, Reedy readied the troops from his own 20-yard line as he accounted for all 80 yards on that game-clinching drive. He passed for 34 yards on the drive, rushed for 46 yards and scored on the three-yard bolt. In all, he accounted for 333 yards of total offense.
Ryan Rodriguez (Freedom, Oakley): According to San Francisco Chronicle prep sports editor Will McCulloch, this 5-foot-7, 164-pound senior quarterback was equally impressive both as a passer and runner in the Falcons' 62-42 offensively explosive victory over College Park of Pleasant Hill. All in all he accounted for six touchdowns. As a passer Rodriguez completed 21 of 27 passes for 286 yards and four touchdowns. Running the ball he scampered for 133 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries out of a no-huddle shotgun formation used by Coach Kevin Hartwig.
Matt Ross (Placer, Auburn): The Hillmen's senior signal caller makes the stat stars by virtue of his perfect 10-for-10 passing for 253 yards and three touchdowns in Placer's 49-20 win over Mesa Verde of Citrus Heights.
Omar Sanchez (Arleta): Led the Mustangs to a 43-14 victory over Cleveland of Reseda by rushing for 217 yards and four touchdowns.
Lyndell Scarr (Ponderosa, Shingle Springs): The reported Sac-Joaquin Section leading rusher, junior tailback Scarr ran for 204 yards and four touchdowns on 11 carries in a 49-24 Bruin victory over Cordova of Rancho Cordova. He now has 910 yards and eight touchdowns on the season.
Corey Smith (Desert Chapel, Palm Springs): In eight-man competition they only played half a game against West Shores of Salton City since the Mercy Rule went into effect at the break but Smith put up some gaudy numbers anyway. The Eagles led 62-0 at intermission, but that was enough for Smith to score six touchdowns. He had 125 yards receiving, 101 yards in punt returns and 1 TD rushing...more than enough for a full game.
Joe Southwick (San Ramon Valley, Danville): This signal caller doesn't even need a reservation to dine at the stat stars dinner table each week. A seat is already reserved. For the second straight week, Southwick accounted for five touchdowns. The Boise State-bound signal caller completed 16 of 19 passes for 330 yards and four touchdowns. He also rushed three times for 39 yards and one score.
Joss Strauss (Tehachapi): Set a new school record by rushing for 304 yards on 23 carries as Tehachapi trounced Rosamond, 34-8. Strauss he did not score, but he surpassed the old record set by Eric Young of 291 yards in 1989.
Tra Sumler (Rosemead): Dashed for 221 yards on 28 carries with three touchdowns to lead his team to a 45-14 victory over Temple City.
Peter Thomas (Valhalla, El Cajon): The junior quarterback threw for 333 yards, three touchdowns and booted four extra-points as the Norsemen defeated Grossmont of La Mesa, 34-0. Thomas was 26-of-32 with touchdown tosses of 16, 6 and 5 yards. Valhalla improved to 4-0 under coach Steve Sutton, who is in his second year of bringing his wide-open passing game to Valhalla after a long tenure at West Hills.
John Uribe (Santa Barbara): Set a school record passing in Friday night's 51-21 victory over San Luis Obispo in leading the Dons to their first victory of the season. He torched SLO's defense for a whopping 581 yards on 28 of 34 passing. He also found receivers for seven touchdowns in the 30-point win. Uribe's yardage mark also set a Santa Barbara County record and is the No. 2 all-time mark in the Southern Section behind San Bernardino's Robert Fuller's 604 yards against Pacific of San Bernardino in 2006.
Brian Veeh (La Canada): Booted five field goals during a 35-8 victory over Firebaugh of Lynwood. Veeh also scored an offensive touchdown in the win.
Hunter Warren (Diamond Bar): Had a great all-around game, throwing the game-winning touchdown to running back Robert Ignacio in a 33-28 victory over Troy of Fullerton. He also rushed for 128 yards, completed 16 of 26 passes for 235 yards and kicked field goals for good measure.
Daniel Wheeler (Templeton): In a game played two weeks ago, Wheeler had three interceptions in the first quarter against King City. He also returned one of the picks for a TD. Wheeler, a 6-0, 170-pound junior, had five interceptions in his first three games.
Tyler Wilcox (Rio Vista): The reported leading rusher in the Northern Section is one of the big reasons the Rams have started the season 6-0. Last week in a 37-6 victory over Mt. Shasta, he rushed for 201 yards with two touchdowns and caught a 38-yard pass. On the season, he has 972 yards on the ground with 12 touchdowns. Receiving he's tallied 151 yards and three TDs. The 15 touchdowns are second best in the section so far.
Keenen Williams (Laguna Creek, Elk Grove): Senior running back rushed for a whopping 291 yards on 31 carries with two touchdowns but it wasn't enough, as the Cardinals fell for the second week in a row, this time 27-17 to Sheldon of Sacramento.
Mark Wright (Rolling Hills Prep, San Pedro): Only a freshman, Wright came up with three interceptions in his school's 42-16 victory over First Lutheran. A safety and back-up quarterback, the young gun also scored on a two-yard touchdown run.
Sean Young (Garden Grove): When this junior drops back to punt, be careful. Young's 80-yard touchdown out of punt formation keyed a 253-yard rushing night on just 19 carries. He scored four times to lead the Argonauts to a 42-24 victory over Laguna Beach.
Ryan Zirbel (Saugus): Although his team lost a non-league showdown to Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks, 52-28, Zirbel played a fine game with 218 yards rushing to go along with five receptions for 55 yards. He scored on a 73-yard run while QB Desi Rodriguez accounted for 300 total yards, but the Centurions were unable to stop Notre Dame QB Ryan Kasdorf (see overall state top 25 ratings).