Battle at the Beach Preview (Part One)
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The biggest passing tournament in Southern California each summer is the Battle at the Beach tournament at Edison High. Last season, Santa Margarita won the tournament and the past two seasons it conflicted with the Elite 11, so some of…
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Continue ReadingThe biggest passing tournament in Southern California each summer is the Battle at the Beach tournament at Edison High.
Last season, Santa Margarita won the tournament and the past two seasons it conflicted with the Elite 11, so some of the top quarterbacks could not participate.
This season, the field is stacked as usual and all the top quarterbacks are expected to be in attendance.
Here is a preview of the first half of teams at the tournament:
Chaparral
Chaparral has a promising sophomore quarterback Dash Beierly Dash Beierly 6'1" | 215 lbs | QB Mater Dei | 2025 State CA who threw 9 touchdowns and four interceptions as a freshman last season. He will compete with and likely backup Caron Tyler Caron Tyler 6'0" | 185 lbs | QB Chaparral | 2023 State CA who has an offer from Graceland University. Raymond Valencia Raymond Valencia 6'1" | 180 lbs | ATH Chaparral | 2023 State CA is a lengthy two-way player for the Pumas and Jake Whitehead could be a big receiver target this season.
Yessir! Another connection. My guy @JWhitehead_19_ was get’n it! https://t.co/JOqbAxjHE6 pic.twitter.com/qDTbHtAuFo
— Dash Beierly (@DashBeierly) June 16, 2022
St. John Bosco
It’s been said numerous times but the strength of St. John Bosco is its secondary. Marcelles Williams Marcelles Williams 6'0" | 185 lbs | DB St. John Bosco | 2024 State CA , RJ Jones RJ Jones 6'1" | 190 lbs | DB St. John Bosco | 2023 State CA , Jshawn Frausto-Ramos Jshawn Frausto-Ramos 6'0" | 180 lbs | DB St. John Bosco | 2023 State CA , Ty Lee Ty Lee 6'3" | 190 lbs | DB St. John Bosco | 2023 State CA , Khristian Dunbar-Hawkins Khristian Dunbar-Hawkins 6'0" | 175 lbs | DB Tustin | 2024 State CA , Peyton Woodyard Peyton Woodyard 6'2" | 195 lbs | DB St. John Bosco | 2024 State CA and Hunter Nowell Hunter Nowell 6'2" | 190 lbs | DB St John Bosco | 2023 State CA are all college prospects. Deven Bryant Deven Bryant 6'1" | 210 lbs | LB St. John Bosco | 2023 State CA is a quality linebacker and the top 2024 prospect Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa 6'3" | 225 lbs | LB St. John Bosco | 2024 State CA returns at linebacker. Pierce Clarkson Pierce Clarkson 6'1" | 195 lbs | QB St. John Bosco | 2023 State CA is the quarterback with Jahlil McClain Jahlil McClain 5'10" | 180 lbs | WR St. John Bosco | 2023 State CA and DeAndre Moore DeAndre Moore 5'11" | 190 lbs | WR St. John Bosco | 2023 State CA as the top two receivers.
@UTRScouting @boscofootball @UCLAFootball @GregBiggins @247Sports pic.twitter.com/lB2HKNGsn5
— Ty Lee (@Ty5_Lee) July 3, 2022
Bishop Amat
Hunter Watson Hunter Watson 6'3" | 200 lbs | ATH Bishop Amat | 2023 CA will be the quarterback for Bishop Amat with some weapons to throw to like Dominic Bryant Rubio Dominic Bryant Rubio 5'10" | 170 lbs | WR Bishop Amat | 2023 CA and the “slot machine” Delano Franklin Delano Franklin 5'11" | 175 lbs | ATH Bishop Amat | 2023 State CA . Dylan Rodriguez is a quality linebacker for Amat and safety Corey Johnson Corey Johnson 5'11" | 170 lbs | DB Bishop Amat | 2023 State CA was recently named to the Elite 11 All-Tournament team.
Can’t share your goals and dreams with everyone. You just have to go up and get ‘em. #SlotMachine🎰 pic.twitter.com/LwQLV7esJ7
— Delano Lee 2️⃣3️⃣🎰 (@DelanoLee23) July 3, 2022
JSerra
JSerra is one of the mystery teams of the tournament. They lost some of their top players from last season. Zander Singh is expected to be the quarterback for the Lions and lacrosse star Jared Referente returns.
Cathedral Catholic
Cathedral Catholic is the defending San Diego Division 1 champion. They have two good returning defensive stars in San Diego State commit Marcus Ratcliffe Marcus Ratcliffe 6'3" | 190 lbs | DB Cathedral Catholic | 2023 State CA and Victory Johnson Victory Johnson 6'4" | 230 lbs | LB Cathedral Catholic | 2023 State CA . Max Bayles is an intriguing returning receiver for the Dons and Madden Faraimo Madden Faraimo 6'3" | 210 lbs | LB JSerra | 2025 State CA is one of the top class of 2025 players in San Diego. Jack Stevens is a junior quarterback who transferred from Nevada with an offer from North Texas.
#NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/vBpLs4cWel
— Jack Stevens 3 ⭐️ QB (@Jack_Stevens18) May 5, 2022
Mater Dei
Mater Dei is loaded with talent as always and is led by star quarterback Elijah Brown. Ajon Bryant Ajon Bryant 5'7" | 160 lbs | RB Mater Dei | 2024 State CA and Jordon Davison Jordon Davison 6'0" | 210 lbs | RB Mater Dei | 2025 State CA are two great young running backs and Texas commit Spencer Shannon Spencer Shannon 6'7" | 240 lbs | TE Mater Dei | 2023 State CA is a big tight end target. Sophomores Chuck McDonald III Chuck McDonald III 6'1" | 180 lbs | DB Mater Dei | 2025 State CA and Daryus Dixson Daryus Dixson 6'1" | 180 lbs | DB Mater Dei | 2025 State CA lead the secondary along with Zabien Brown Zabien Brown 6'1" | 180 lbs | DB Mater Dei | 2024 State CA . Levi Sua Levi Sua 6'2" | 225 lbs | LB Mater Dei | 2023 State CA is one of the biggest and best linebackers in the state for the Monarchs.
Elijah Brown to Jordan Onovughe for a quick 6 pic.twitter.com/TsIgBN6Mc4
— Greg Biggins (@GregBiggins) July 2, 2022
Capo Valley
Trey Kukuk Trey Kukuk 6'0" | 190 lbs | QB Capistrano Valley | 2023 State CA is a talented returning quarterback for the Cougars but Dan Albano of the OC Register just reported that his top target Dane Benedix Dane Benedix 6'0" | 170 lbs | ATH Capistrano Valley | 2023 State CA will miss the event with a knee injury. Cash Moormann is a solid junior athlete for the Cougars and Jackson Sievers Jackson Sievers 6'2" | 220 lbs | LB Capistrano Valley | 2024 State CA is a quick young linebacker.
Capistrano Valley QB Trey Kukuk had a memorable night Friday for a lot of reasons, including this game-winning TD pass to Dane Benedix in the final seconds.
📽️ @capofootball
@MAlvarez02 @SteveFryer @ocvarsityguy @mikehuntley63 pic.twitter.com/rFjVC7AXXU— ocvarsity (@ocvarsity) October 23, 2021
Corona del Mar
The Sea Kings won their own passing tournament two weeks ago and scored on every possession. David Rasor David Rasor 6'1" | 195 lbs | QB Corona Del Mar | 2023 State CA has one of the better arms in the county and Kaleb Annett is a promising backup who would start a lot of schools. Cooper Hoch is a true No. 1 receiver and was just named All-Tournament at the Elite 11.
Great day out there with the boys! 5-0 champs! pic.twitter.com/OvQrD4TKeE
— Cooper Hoch (@cooper_hoch) June 25, 2022
Great day out there with the boys! 5-0 champs! pic.twitter.com/OvQrD4TKeE
— Cooper Hoch (@cooper_hoch) June 25, 2022
Los Alamitos
The Griffins have two of the top players in the state in USC commits Malachi Nelson Malachi Nelson 6'3" | 195 lbs | QB Los Alamitos | 2023 State CA and Makai Lemon Makai Lemon 6'0" | 175 lbs | ATH Los Alamitos | 2023 State CA . Ethan O’Connor Ethan O’Connor 6'1" | 165 lbs | ATH Los Alamitos | 2023 State CA and Gavin Porch Gavin Porch 5'10" | 160 lbs | ATH Los Alamitos | 2023 State CA are quality targets as well and Nehemiah Sagiao Nehemiah Sagiao 6'4" | 215 lbs | LB Los Alamitos | 2023 State CA is a speedy linebacker.
Lincoln
Lincoln has two of San Diego’s best linebackers in Chris Fewell Chris Fewell 6'2" | 200 lbs | LB Lincoln - San Diego | 2023 State CA and David Peevy David Peevy 6'4" | 230 lbs | LB Lincoln - San Diego | 2023 State CA . Josiah Cox Josiah Cox 6'2" | 180 lbs | DB Lincoln | 2023 State CA and Corey Thompson Miller are good athletes and Shawn Pomatto is a transfer from St. Augustine and a candidate to start at quarterback. Johnny Limon is the likely starter at quarterback after transferring from Eastlake. Roderick Robinson II Roderick Robinson II 6'1" | 220 lbs | RB Lincoln (San Diego) | 2023 State CA is the running back and my personal favorite back in San Diego and one of my favorites in the state.
#1 Running Back in Cali Roderick Robinson II (Lincoln High, San Diego ) is chasing GREATNESS ️🔥️
FULL 🎥 https://t.co/rUZpTSesLv @rodrob204 pic.twitter.com/UqyzjJX668— Under the Radar (@UTRScouting) March 21, 2022