Ocean View Passing Tournament Preview (Part 1)
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16 Southern California programs will gather at Ocean View High in Huntington Beach to compete in one of the last weekends of passing league tournaments this summer. Some of the teams have been active on the passing league circuit this…
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Continue Reading16 Southern California programs will gather at Ocean View High in Huntington Beach to compete in one of the last weekends of passing league tournaments this summer.
Some of the teams have been active on the passing league circuit this summer and some have not gotten a lot of publicity.
Here is a look at the teams competing in the Ocean View tournament on Saturday, July 15.
POOL A
OCEAN VIEW
Ocean View has a new head coach in Daniel Hernandez who was an offensive coordinator at St. Paul most recently. The Seahawks are led by senior quarterback Frankie Armenta who is entering his third year as the team’s starter. He completed 56 percent of his passes for 106 yards per game with six touchdowns. Sophomore Chris Vincent is a 6-foot-2 WR/DB combo who is a basketball player. He did not play football last season but has had a good spring and summer according to Hernandez.
LA SERNA
La Serna is a team with a question mark at quarterback after the graduation of Jake Long. The big star returner is running back and linebacker Owen Long Owen Long 6'1" | 190 lbs | DB La Serna | 2024 State CA , who has multiple offers including Air Force, Idaho and Washington State. Elijah Blu Flores II is an intriguing junior running back who got some playing time last season.
LOS AMIGOS
The Lobos had a great season last year and earned a second place finish in the Garden Grove League. Maysen Navarro is back at quarterback for Los Amigos after throwing eight touchdown passes and just one interception in 2022. He was also the team’s leading rusher last season with 97 yards per game with 10 touchdowns. Adrian Ramirez and Erubey Bermudez are two junior receivers to watch. Ramirez also had three interceptions on defense along with Justin Vasquez. Jesse Bravo got some significant playing time as a freshman and is back for Los Amigos.
LANCASTER
Lancaster won a lower-level CIF championship last season and has some intriguing skill players returning. The Eagles are a running team and have 1700 yards and 16 touchdowns returning in Ashton Mitchell and Shakir Freeman. Chowlyn Hughes had over 900 yards receiving with 10 touchdowns last season and is back. Zyler Lane is another guy to keep an eye on offensively. Devin Valera is a returning playmaker on defense.
POOL B
ST. MARGARET’S
St. Margaret’s has a new coach in Dan O’Shea formerly of Corona del Mar. Max Ruff Max Ruff 6'2" | 175 lbs | QB St. Margaret's Episcopal | 2024 State CA is the talented quarterback for the Tartans and he has a couple of quality targets in Russell Frye and Maverick Young. Frye is a 6-foot-3 basketball player with a football offer from Carnegie-Mellon. Battle Gideons Battle Gideons 6'1" | 205 lbs | LB St Margaret's Episcopal | 2024 CA is a talented senior linebacker who has been getting some offers lately and Sebastian Salazar is a sophomore to keep an eye on.
SAN PEDRO
San Pedro is one of the top teams in the LA City Section and had an undefeated regular season last year. They had two quarterbacks splitting time at the end of the season last year and both are back: Marcus Jeronymo and Santiago Rivera. Dylan Rubino and Petero Eneliko are two junior skill players returning on offense. Luka Mardesich and Edgar Lomeli are two seniors who combined for seven interceptions last season.
BUENA PARK
Buena Park struggled last season but won three more games than it won in 2021. Alex Delgado took the majority of reps at quarterback late in the season and was a junior last season. Danny Washington is a senior to watch on both sides of the ball. The major addition for Buena Park is transfer Jaden Moore Jaden Moore 5'11" | 180 lbs | ATH Buena Park | 2024 State CA from Orange. He earned All-Tournament honors at the Baldwin Park Showcase recently and has an offer from Northern Arizona.
BASSETT
Bassett challenged itself with a very tough nonleague schedule and it paid off with the team earning a playoff berth. Jonny Guerrero is the receiver to keep an eye on for Bassett, but most of the team’s skill players graduated last year.