Prep Rally: Here Are The Offensive And Defensive Linemen To Watch This Season

Hi, and invited to different version of Prep Rally. I’m Eric Sondheimer. It’s clip to springiness immoderate emotion to nan linemen doing nan soiled activity successful precocious schoolhouse football. Let’s analyse nan violative and protect linemen to watch.

Big men successful spotlight

Size surely helps playing connected nan violative statement and has go overmuch successful request from assemblage recruiters. The Trinity League is location to an outstanding group of blockers that includes Drew Fielder of Servite, Lucas Rhoa of Orange Lutheran, Jack Schein of JSerra, Elisha Mueller of St. John Bosco and Lex Mailangi of Mater Dei. Fielder is going to USC, Roha to Texas and Mailangi to Oregon.

The highly large linemen database includes 360-pound Amaziah Siale of Mission Viejo, an LSU commit, 300-pound Jackson Hill of Chaminade, a Notre Dame commit, and 350-pound inferior Lincoln Fa’alafi of JSerra. Vincent Shields, a 6-5, 285-pound inferior from Murrieta Valley, is gaining traction arsenic an improving blocker and apical assemblage prospect.

Sierra Canyon has 6-6, 270-pound inferior Lance Ciechanowski. San Pedro’s David Medina isn’t gangly but his spot and passion comes done arsenic an All-City player. Birmingham’s Pablo Granados enters his elder play pinch precocious expectations to proceed his development.

The matchups this autumn featuring apical blockers against apical protect linemen will beryllium electric. Sierra Canyon’s Marcus Fakatou transferred from Orange Lutheran and reclassified to beryllium a senior. He’s committed to Ohio State. The Trailblazers besides person Kasi Currie. Call them nan Great Wall of Chatsworth.

Godschoice Eboigbodin of JSerra is 6-5, 260 pounds and still learning nan crippled arsenic a UCLA commit. Elija Harmon of Inglewood is an Oklahoma perpetrate returning from an injury.

Caleb Pasina of St. Bonaventure is simply a 6-4, 270-pound inferior conscionable opening to show his dominance. Siave Seti of Bishop Amat was All-CIF and all-Mission League arsenic a freshman.

Sione Felila of Oak Hills is 6-3, 290 pounds and had 18 tackles for losses. Isaia Vandermade of Santa Margarita was 1 of nan champion players during past season’s Division 1 playoffs. Opponents couldn’t artifact nan USC commit. Hunter Taylor from Mira Costa is an Army perpetrate pinch tons of agility. Hunter Eligon starred for Division 2 champion Los Alamitos past play and now is astatine Western. Miles Schirmer of Corona Centennial is simply a 6-5, 260-pound disruptor.

Oaks Christian has improving Aliseleti Tuihalamaka. Junior separator Elijah Tuua of St. John Bosco will beryllium turned loose to harass quarterbacks. David Nansen of Bellflower is simply a sophomore coming disconnected a standout freshman season. Jon Ioane of Tustin was heavy recruited and ended up committing to Washington. Elyjah Staples of Marquez, a Cal commit, had 9 sacks past season. Kingston Sula of Carson had 16 sacks arsenic a sophomore. Kenneth Webb of King/Drew had 9 sacks. Will Gelt of Agoura contributed 11 sacks.

Taft High shot subordinate Carter Wallace, who has been deaf since birth, useful pinch expert Jo Beth during practice.

(Craig Weston)

Taft High’s Carter Wallace is not letting being deaf serving arsenic a roadblock to forestall him from playing football.

Here’s a floor plan of a subordinate making an impact.

And truthful it begins

Official precocious schoolhouse shot believe originates Monday for Southern Section teams pinch zero week games and successful nan City Section. There’s a five-day acclimatization play earlier pads spell on. Each subordinate needs 14 days of believe earlier being capable to compete successful a game. Scrimmages count arsenic a believe day.

Here’s a look astatine really overmuch alteration has travel to practices from nan days erstwhile schools were doing two-a-days.

Preseason apical 25

Santa Margarita celebrates aft winning nan CIF State Football Championship Open Division crippled successful 2025.

(Ronaldo Bolanos/Los Angeles Times)

St. John Bosco originates nan 2026 play classed No. 1 successful The Times’ preseason precocious schoolhouse shot rankings. Last year’s No. 1 team, Santa Margarita, originates astatine No. 4.

Here’s the nexus to nan apical 25 rankings.

National title game?

The Aug. 21 shot opener successful Las Vegas betwixt Bishop Gorman and St. John Bosco mightiness arsenic good beryllium called a nationalist title game, though Bishop Gorman is expected to participate successful a postseason title tally by Overtime that began successful 2025.

It was 108 degrees earlier this week successful Las Vegas and Bishop Gorman coach Brent Browning is predicting 110 degrees pinch a chance of a thunderstorm aliases 2 erstwhile St. John Bosco makes nan trip.

In fact, during nan Josh Rosen backmost days astatine St. John Bosco, nan Braves mislaid to Bishop Gorman 34-31 during a memorable thunderstorm successful 2014 erstwhile the Braves’ set kept playing contempt getting a downpour.

Bishop Gorman besides has a nonleague crippled pinch Mater Dei, truthful nan Gaels are trying to triumph nan Trinity League, which they would gladly subordinate if nan CIF allowed non-California teams to participate.

Notes . . .

Linebacker Wyatt Bogdan from Laguna Beach has committed to Portland State....

Receiver Nathan Williams of Carson has committed to Idaho State....

Standout St. John Bosco pitcher Julian Garcia signed pinch nan Milwaukee Brewers for $1.5 million. He was a fourth-round draught pick....

Grace McCabe has been named nan first girls lacrosse coach astatine Harvard-Westlake, which is adding nan athletics this twelvemonth on pinch emblem shot arsenic nan schoolhouse prepares to unfastened its caller sports analyzable successful Studio City....

Spectrum will erstwhile again televise Southern Section shot games this fall, pinch Chaparral facing Mission Viejo successful nan opening game....

Former Yucaipa shot coach Ralph Grajeda is nan caller caput coach astatine Citrus Valley....

Santa Margarita will play its location shot games astatine Saddleback College this season. It’s a return for nan Eagles, who erstwhile played each their location games astatine Saddleback....

Jordan Vogel of Arcadia has committed to St. Mary’s baseball.....

Pitcher Robbie Erspamer of San Clemente has committed to UC San Diego....

Cal Lutheran adjunct Alec Iniguez is nan caller shot coach astatine Thousand Oaks....

JSerra’s girls’ hoops programme could beryllium facing a Southern Section investigation aft imaginable rules violations were elaborate successful tribunal documents. Here’s the report. ...

Johnny Garcia is nan caller girls hoops coach astatine Bishop Alemany....

The Area Code Games successful shot statesman this play pinch underclassmen astatine Blair Field successful Long Beach, followed by upperclassmen adjacent weekend....

Former Newbury Park transverse state coach Sean Brosnan has taken complete nan programme astatine USC....

Rafael Segura is nan caller lacrosse coach astatine St. John Bosco....

Delvon Rose is nan caller boys hoops coach astatine South Pasadena....

Isabella Dolce, a girls shot standout astatine Santa Margarita, has committed to nan University of Louisiana Lafayette....

St. Monica hoops coach Allen Caveness has resigned to go caput coach astatine Long Beach Jordan....

Rams backmost Matthew Stafford presented a $10,000 instrumentality assistance to Dominguez High connected Sunday to thief acquisition blocking sleds, uniforms and believe gear, among different items, for nan upcoming season....

Encino Little League’s squad made up of 11- and 12-year-olds won its opening crippled of nan authorities championships successful Aliso Niguel to beforehand to nan winner’s bracket semifinals Tuesday. The authorities champion advances to nan Western Regional finals tourney successful San Bernardino, pinch a berth successful nan Little League World Series connected nan line.

From nan archives: Gabe York

Former Orange Lutheran hoops subordinate Gabe York has recovered a measurement to go a pro hoops subordinate since going undrafted successful 2016 aft leaving nan University of Arizona. At property 32, he keeps uncovering opportunities successful overseas leagues, nan latest being pinch nan Zhejiang Golden Bulls of nan Chinese Basketball Assn.

He has ever been known for his shooting prowess. He averaged almost 25 points astatine Orange Lutheran and had a 43-point performance. Always good liked for giving his all, York keeps uncovering ways to contribute.

Here’s a communicative from 2015 connected York playing for Arizona.

Here’s a communicative from 2011 connected York’s scoring potential.

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