FITTING END FOR CANYON ALL-STARS.Byline: GERRY GITTELSON Canyon High football standouts 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 ... and Andrew Schantz plan to end their careers in style, representing the region - and California - in the annual CaliFlorida Bowl all-star game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games Friday at 6 p.m. at Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. . Longshore long·shore adj. Occurring, living, or working along a seacoast. [Short for alongshore.] , a quarterback, set nearly all of Canyon's single-season and career passing records this year, throwing for 3,449 yards and 34 touchdowns. He has committed to California. Schantz, a linebacker, bounced back from an injury-plagued junior season to earn first-team All-Foothill League honors. He has committed to San Diego State. The CaliFlorida Bowl has become arguably the state's most prestigious all-star game. ``It's a good experience. There are some great athletes, so this is a good way to culminate everything,'' Longshore said. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster for $12 and also can be purchased at the gate on game day for $15. Children 5 and under are admitted free. Proceeds benefit the Ronald McDonald House charity, which supports families of terminally ill Terminally Ill When a person is not expected to live more than 12 months. Notes: Any gifts given out by the afflicted person at this time may be considered as a dispersion of the estate rather than a gift. children. --Hart football player Scott Amorelli, a starting cornerback, recovered in just three weeks from a torn anterior cruciate ligament anterior cruciate ligament n. Abbr. ACL The cruciate ligament of the knee that crosses from the anterior intercondylar area of the tibia to the posterior part of the lateral condyle of the femur. and played in the victory over Mission Viejo in the Southern Section Div. II final Dec. 13. And he isn't slowing down. ``He already went snowboarding. The kid is nuts,'' said his mother, Sharon. --Hart High's JV soccer team was so excited after beating Camarillo 4-1 to win the annual Las Virgenes Classic tournament in Calabasas last week that the boys decided to have a rainy mud bath in the middle of the field. Even coaches Louis Romero and Robert Ramirez got down and dirty, as Hart finished the tournament 5-0 and outscored its opponents 23-3. --Lineman Shawn Huntsinger is the latest College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. football player to commit to a four-year university. The former Grant High of Van Nuys standout signed with Charleston (S.C.) Southern. Several teammates also are closing in on scholarships, including brothers Domata and Suki Peko, who are scheduled to take an official visit to Hawaii on Jan. 16. Domata, a defensive lineman, also has visited Michigan State and UNLV UNLV University of Nevada, Las Vegas . Kicker Josh Cummings might sign with Nevada, and lineman Faitasi Lefiti is close to signing with Portland State. --The annual Hart High baseball alumni game is scheduled for Feb. 22 at 11 a.m. at Hart. Brian Baron, the late Nolan LeMar and Larry Fiscus will be inducted onto the wall of fame. The festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. also will include a dedication of the new 25-foot flag pole. LeMar, a baseball player who had survived severe burns suffered in a physics-class accident at Hart, died in a 2001 head-on car collision with a drunken driver. The alumni will play five innings, and a barbecue will follow for all. The freshman, junior varsity and varsity teams also will be introduced. Joe Valancius is organizing the event. He can be reached at (661) 255-8425 or valancius(at)ksce.com. |
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