CHATTER: MCKAY PICKS SAN DIEGO ST.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore and Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer Palmdale High defensive back T.J. McKay has committed to San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. State. McKay visited the school last weekend and was offered the scholarship while attending Palmdale's banquet Monday night. ``I saw the 619 area code pop up on my caller ID A telephone company service that sends the caller's telephone number between the first and second ring of the call. If the calling number is not blocked, the calling number is displayed on the handset or base station of the called party. and was like, here we go, this is it,'' McKay said. ``I'm glad it worked out with them because if this fell through, I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what else I was going to do.'' McKay said the Aztecs began recruiting him when he went to San Diego to watch them practice along with teammate Justin Shaw and dropped off a highlight tape to the San Diego State coaching staff. ``Before that, they weren't recruiting me at all,'' he said. ``But I figured I had to do something. Coaches help you get to school, but you have to help out too.'' ... Benny Ward became the 10th area player to commit to a Pacific-10 Conference The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I. Membership Full members school, orally pledging to Washington State after a weekend visit. A physical yet speedy receiver from Birmingham of Lake Balboa, the 6- foot-3, 190-pound Ward had just 27 catches in the Patriots' spread offense as a senior but took them for 642 yards, an average of 23.8 yards per catch. ``I think it's going to be a great fit for him,'' Birmingham coach Ed Croson said. ``They like to throw the ball and he is a big, young receiver with a lot of potential.'' Ward is awaiting the score of his last SAT attempt to qualify. At Washington State, he would team with Ian Bell Ian Bell can refer to:
n. A principal rival. Taft of Woodland Hills. ... Andy Wizenberg, a 6-foot-1 and 215-pound linebacker from Harvard-Westlake of Studio City, orally committed to Columbia. He is the fifth area player to pledge to an Ivy League Ivy League Group of eight universities in the northeastern U.S., high in academic and social prestige, that are members of an athletic conference for intercollegiate gridiron football dating to the 1870s. school. ... The Canyon boys' basketball team lost two consecutive games to open Foothill League play, but the Cowboys didn't flinch. ``It was tough and we got a little down, but we knew our time would eventually come around,'' Canyon guard Sean Coen said. ``Looking back, if you're going to lose two straight at any point, the best time is right at the beginning because you have time to get things back on track.'' Clearly, Canyon (14-7, 3-2) has done that, especially with Coen and Nate Longshore Nate Longshore (born June 30, 1986 in Canyon Country, California, U.S.) is an American football quarterback for the California Golden Bears. Longshore was an Elite-11 quarterback in high school and a 4-star recruit rated by Rivals.com and Scout.com."How Far ... back in basketball shape after a long football season. The Cowboys will play Hart of Newhall on Friday in a key Foothill League game. Hart beat Canyon in their first meeting two weeks ago. For Coen, it was a difficult transition from football to basketball. ``The mindsets are completely different,'' Coen said. ``In football, you are trying to out-physical people, but in basketball you have to step back a little bit and outthink out·think tr.v. out·thought , out·think·ing, out·thinks 1. To outdo (another) in thinking. 2. To outwit by thinking. people a little bit more. You have to be physical, but you can't overdo it. You have to use quickness and technique. It takes a while to get back to that mentality.''... Andy Wizenberg, a first-team All Mission League middle linebacker has committed to play football at Columbia next fall. ... Former Calabasas boys' basketball standout Michael Goldman Michael Goldman (born 1955) is an American politician of the Charter Party of Cincinnati, Ohio. He worked as a playwright in New York and apprentice screenwriter in Los Angeles, producing plays in Cincinnati and Boston. could not believe his eyes when he walked into the Coyotes' gym last Thursday. There stood Calabasas coach Russell White, and he was smiling. ``I've know Russell for three years and that's the first time I've ever seen him smile on the court,'' Goldman said. White's grin was the result of the Coyotes' dramatic victory over Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. last week in which they overcame an eight-point deficit in the final 45 seconds of regulation to force overtime. ``Russell is the type of guy who's never satisfied no matter what the team's record is, or whether they've won or lost,'' Goldman said. ``But he was smiling big-time when I saw him.'' White, who said Calabasas got ``the break of the century'' when a Simi Valley inbound pass bounced off the foot of a Pioneers player and into the hands of Calabasas guard Drew Housman, who hit a layup and was fouled for a three-point play, chided Goldman for not being at the game. ``Now I wish I went,'' Goldman said. ... The recent Slam Jam King Dream junior high basketball tournament at Cleveland of Reseda offered a glimpse into the near future for some talented young players. Among the standouts: --Dallas Rutherford (eighth-grader at Hillcrest Christian of Granada Hills); Keegan Hornbuckle (seventh-grader at Oaks Christian of Westlake Village); Ryan Merkle (eighth-grader at Harvard- Westlake of Studio City); Kris Bennett (seventh-grader at Nobel Junior High of Northridge); Dayne Crist (eighth-grader at Laurel Hall of North Hollywood) and John Jones (eighth-grader at Lawrence Junior High of Chatsworth). |
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