
Jessee threw a last-second TD pass to Jackson Daniel to beat Long Beach Poly 20-19. Helix, behind QB Ryland Jessee, won the first weekend, beating Long Beach Poly in the championship game and Upland in the semifinals. San Diego State kicked off the summer passing season with play on two weekends.Del Norte, coached by ex-NFL player Nick Barnett, looked sharp before losing in the Green Division title game.The Cougars, however, figure to make some noise this season behind top-flight offensive and defensive lines.

Steele Canyon was the fifth seed in the Gold Division at LCC, losing to San Juan Hills.Fallbrook struggled at LCC, but the Warriors will run the ball during the season behind tailback Chris Bausch, who rushed for 1,581 yards and 27 TDs last season.New Oceanside coach Fale Poumele has added familiar faces Arona Taele and Tofi Paopao to his coaching staff.LCC has six players with college scholarship offers, led by tight end Trevor Ladd, who has 13 offers.Sovacool and his coaching staff singled out senior receivers Bode Estabrook and Paco Martinez, two-way player Sergio “Bubba” Martinez, linebacker Caden Quinn and safeties Kaeden Miller and Carter Kermott for their play this summer.If you can’t handle pressure in a 7-on-7 game, how the heck are you going to handle pressure in a regular-season game? That’s a huge thing for us.” “As coaches, we want to put our guys in pressure situations. “The most-important thing, though, is playing good teams, playing tough, close games. “Of course, we’d like to win our own tournament someday,” said LCC coach Sean Sovacool. Augustine, the fifth time the teams played this summer with the Saints claiming a 3-2 advantage. La Costa Canyon lost in the Gold Division semifinals to St.“Overall, it has been a good summer for us.” “We bounced back and won out, so it ended up being a good day,” said El Capitan coach Ron Burner said. Augustine and a two-point loss to Poway.īut the Vaqueros, who were seeded 14 th in the afternoon, single-elimination round, rallied to beat Poway and Westview to get to the Green Division title game, beating Del Norte 26-20 behind quarterback Brandt Barker, who was named the MVP of the division. El Capitan started the day at La Costa Canyon with a four-point loss to St.Two freshmen on the Saints are Troy Polamalu and Julian Cromartie, both sons of former NFL greats.

“In the championship game, 10 of the 14 starters were either freshmen or sophomores.

“But we got better and started making big plays, key plays, plays that win games. “At the start of the summer, we struggled to make big plays,” Gladnick said.

(Meg McLaughlin/The San Diego Union-Tribune)
