Battle at the Bay Passing Tournament Preview
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Corona del Mar is hosting its inaugural Battle at the Bay passing tournament on Friday at 4 p.m. The tournament field includes: Corona del Mar, Aliso Niguel, Cypress, Dana Hills, Foothill, La Habra, San Clemente and Tesoro. Let’s take a…
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Continue ReadingCorona del Mar is hosting its inaugural Battle at the Bay passing tournament on Friday at 4 p.m.
The tournament field includes: Corona del Mar, Aliso Niguel, Cypress, Dana Hills, Foothill, La Habra, San Clemente and Tesoro.
Let’s take a look at the teams who will compete and some of their key players.
Corona del Mar
Corona del Mar has one of the best quarterbacks in Orange County in David Rasor David Rasor 6'1" | 195 lbs | QB Corona Del Mar | 2023 State CA . Running back Evan Sanders is very athletic and can be used in the passing game. Cooper Hoch returns as a top receiver for the Sea Kings and sophomore tight end Zach Giuliano Zach Giuliano 6'6" | 230 lbs | TE Corona Del Mar | 2025 State CA is an intriguing prospect with an offer to UNLV. Mason Kubichek Mason Kubichek 6'2" | 190 lbs | LB Corona Del Mar | 2023 CA is a talented linebacker who also plays for the lacrosse team at CdM. Oliver Ayala is a defensive back to keep an eye on for the Sea Kings.
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Aliso Niguel
Aliso is a team with a lot of question marks but has a solid junior quarterback prospect in Hunter Najm Hunter Najm 6'2" | 170 lbs | QB Aliso Niguel | 2024 State CA . He had a great showing at the Prep Redzone Stock Up Showcase and has been throwing a lot this offseason. Defensively, Chad Desilva is an athletic linebacker and defensive back Marcus Macabitas Marcus Macabitas 5'9" | 160 lbs | ATH Aliso Niguel | 2024 CA is small but has some upside.
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Cypress
Cypress returns two blue chip players in Matthew Morrell Matthew Morrell 6'4" | 195 lbs | WR Cypress | 2023 State CA and Trevor Monteleone Trevor Monteleone 6'1" | 190 lbs | ATH Cypress | 2023 CA . Quarterback Elliot Lemonnier figures to be back for his junior season after getting some valuable reps last season. The Centurions graduated some talented defensive backs but are always well coached and fare well in passing league settings.
Foothill
Foothill is a team with a lot of question marks after graduating elite talent like Austin Overn. They have some promising running backs in Christian Carreras and Aaron Mitchell Aaron Mitchell 5'8" | 210 lbs | RB Foothill | 2024 CA . Ethan Charpentier Ethan Charpentier 6'0" | 205 lbs | LB Foothill | 2023 CA is one of the better linebackers in the county and Bode Jellerson is a nice athlete who is an All-County lacrosse player.
La Habra
La Habra has a very good senior quarterback in Justin Gil Justin Gil 6'0" | 190 lbs | QB La Habra | 2023 State CA . Dathan F Lui Jr Dathan F Lui Jr 5'10" | 195 lbs | RB La Habra | 2023 CA . is a shifty running back who can make plays in the passing game and Jacob Apodaca is a quality receiver who can line up all over the field. Braedon Simonian is another receiver who could be a big part of the La Habra offense this season. Damian Gomez is a junior defensive back who could be a star for La Habra.
San Clemente
The Tritons have a good mix of experienced seniors like Brad Gerken Brad Gerken 5'11" | 190 lbs | DB San Clemente | 2023 CA and Blake Allen and younger talent like Drew Shanley. Dylan Mills Dylan Mills 6'2" | 205 lbs | QB San Clemente | 2024 State CA and Broderick Redden Broderick Redden 6'5" | 225 lbs | TE San Clemente | 2024 State CA will get some reps at quarterback and have excellent targets in Reid Kotiranta Reid Kotiranta 6'2" | 180 lbs | WR San Clemente | 2023 State CA and Jake Poole Jake Poole 6'1" | 180 lbs | ATH San Clemente | 2024 CA . San Clemente’s linebackers are always great and they are deep there this season with Cole Robertson, Nolan Reid, Thomas Hartanov and Kyle Yamano Kyle Yamano 6'1" | 220 lbs | LB San Clemente | 2023 CA .
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Tesoro
The big story with Tesoro is that they have two very capable quarterbacks in Gavin Shaigineik Gavin Shaigineik 6'1" | 180 lbs | QB Tesoro | 2023 State CA and Evan Pierce Evan Pierce 6'1" | 195 lbs | QB Tesoro | 2023 State CA . Pierce was recently offered by the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Mason Wolfe Mason Wolfe 6'2" | 185 lbs | WR Tesoro | 2023 CA is a very good receiver for the Titans and Todd Nelson got quality reps as a sophomore last season. Jake Frey Jake Frey 6'3" | 225 lbs | LB Tesoro | 2023 CA is a linebacker with sideline to sideline speed and Pierce McMahon is a defensive back to keep an eye on.
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