State Regional Championships: Defensive Standouts

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Oak</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='283628' first='Jeron' last='Jones'], Mission Viejo</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='195570' first='Jack' last='Matranga'], Mission Viejo</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1182991' first='Matt' last='Perez'], St. Bonaventure</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='406638' first='Jewelous' last='Walls'], Pittsburg</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->