SoCal Weekend Recruiting Report

San Clemente running back [player_tooltip player_id="25122" first="James" last="Bohls"] announced his commitment to Arizona Sunday. In a strange turn of events, the decision of his teammate led to Bohls committing. [player_tooltip player_id="25142" first="Cole" last="Batson"] withdrew his commitment from Arizona last week and decided to commit to Boston College. Before Batson withdrew his commitment, Arizona did not have any more spots left in its 2021 class. “It’s kind of funny how it all worked out,” Bohls told Greg Biggins of 247Sports. “Cole committed back in June to Arizona and after he committed, I wanted to commit too but they didn’t have any spots left. A few weeks ago, Cole told me he wasn’t really feeling Arizona as much and wanted to visit Boston College." “He de-committed last week and right after, I got a call from Andy Buh, the LB coach. He told me that a scholarship was back open for me and they would hold it for two weeks. I said, ‘coach I don’t need two weeks, let me just visit the campus first and see how I like it.’ I just visited the last two days and loved it there. I knew that was the place for me.” https://twitter.com/bohls15/status/1297672742754377728?s=20 Bohls was initially recruited as a running back, but is expected to play linebacker at Arizona. He visited the campus with his father and friends over the weekend and was not able to meet with any coaches, but was able to see the stadium and practice fields. He told Biggins he always wanted to play in the Pac 12 and that he is excited about his decision. Bohls wanted to commit quickly so he can focus on school and his upcoming senior season at San Clemente. <strong>Penn State offers pair of young Los Alamitos stars</strong> Los Alamitos top prospects [player_tooltip player_id="25419" first="Malachi" last="Nelson"] and [player_tooltip player_id="25398" first="Makai" last="Lemon"] were each offered by Penn State over the weekend. Nelson, a pro-style quarterback and recently named by 247Sports as the top prospect in the class of 2023, now holds 18 offers. He threw for 883 yards and 8 touchdowns as a freshman for the Griffins last year and split time with a senior quarterback. https://twitter.com/UTRScouting/status/1286395798528225282?s=20 Lemon is an athlete who transferred to Los Alamitos from La Mirada, where he had over 700 yards receiving and four interceptions as a freshman. He has seven offers and recruited to Penn State by coaches Ja’Juan Seider and Taylor Stubblefield. <strong>Class of 2022 prospect offered by Notre Dame</strong> St. Bernard athlete [player_tooltip player_id="25229" first="Larry" last="Turner-Gooden"] added Notre Dame to the list of schools to offer him. He currently holds 31 offers. Turner-Gooden is a 6-foot, 180-pound receiver and defensive back who transferred to St. Bernard from Calabasas. Notre Dame was the first school to offer him since <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2020/07/socal-recruiting-update-top-stars-to-enroll-in-college-early-davis-to-stay-at-mater-dei-two-stars-add-offers/">Minnesota offered him</a> on July 23. <strong>San Diego State lands key Trinity League player</strong> Servite defensive back [player_tooltip player_id="25084" first="Noah" last="Avinger"] announced his commitment to San Diego State on Thursday. The 5-foot-11, 170-pound defensive back chose San Diego State among 14 offers he had. Avinger had four interceptions last season for Servite and two receiving touchdowns. https://twitter.com/ServiteFootball/status/1187556923584864257?s=20 He is the third defensive back in San Diego State’s recruiting class, all of whom are from Southern California. Avinger joins [player_tooltip player_id="25198" first="Jaiden" last="Brown"] of Helix and [player_tooltip player_id="25136" first="New" last="Zealand Williams"] of St. Bernard.