Salesian

 With two weeks to go before the Southern Section Council meets to finalize new leagues on April 30, the Executive Committee met on Wednesday and upheld appeals submitted by Salesian, Camarillo, Newbury Park and Thousand Oaks, forcing the schools in their areas to meet again and produce another recommendation or reaffirm the existing recommendation. Salesian, part of the Catholic Athletic Association, was moved into a league for football only with Bishop Amat, Loyola and Gardena Serra.

The Catholic Athletic Association voted Tuesday to add Cathedral to a four-team league made up of Loyola, Bishop Amat and Gardena Serra for football only. Previously, Salesian was in the league but won an appeal, forcing the CAA to take another vote. The league is expected to be in the Pac-5 Division. Cathedral was selected over St. Francis. The other likely Pac-5 Division league will be made up of Alemany, Notre Dame, Crespi and Chaminade. Cathedral will appeal to the Southern Section Council on April 30, football Coach Kevin Pearson said.

Bell Gardens 35, Salesian 6--Junior Francisco Samano carried 15 times for 155 yards and two touchdowns and senior German Chavez rushed seven times for 63 yards and a touchdown as Bell Gardens beat Salesian in a Southern Section non-league game. Senior Jimmie Gonzalez scored Salesian's touchdown on a 58-yard pass play, his only catch of the game. Records: Salesian 1-3; Bell Gardens 3-1. Next week: Bell Gardens at El Rancho; Salesian at Western Christian.

Like a mystery novel with lots of plots, twists and turns, the Catholic Athletic Assn. is scheduled to meet on Tuesday and try to hammer out new leagues for football, and one of the newest proposals from Crespi has a seven-team Serra League made up of the Celts, Cathedral, Harvard-Westlake, La Salle, Salesian, St. Francis and St. Paul. Crespi has been a Pac-5 team and made the Pac-5 playoffs last season, but the program is down to 65 players, and schools officials have joined St. Francis in promoting their proposal.

St. Genevieve 21, Salesian 6--After being held scoreless for over three quarters, St. Genevieve scored three touchdowns in the last seven minutes of the game. Dion Contreras passed for two of the scores, the first to Michael Alvarez with 6:49 left in the game and the second to Chad Russell with 2:45 remaining. With a little over a minute left, Russell intercepted a pass at the Salesian eight-yard line. Three plays later, Alvarez ran 19 yards for the score.

Long Beach Poly is two quarters away from winning its sixth state championship. The Jackrabbits have jumped to a 36-23 halftime lead over Salesian in the state Open Division final at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento. Tania Lamb is the high scorer with nine points and Lajahna Drummer has eight points and six rebounds for Poly, which took an early 17-4 advantage and out-rebounded Salesian 24-10 in the first half. Poly is 8 of 10 from the free throw line and has made four three-point baskets.

Oak Park High's 1986 run-and-shoot offense opened Saturday night and perhaps closed also as Salesian capitalized on seven Eagle turnovers in a 34-3 rout at Roosevelt High. Salesian controled the game from the start, recovering a fumble on the opening kickoff. Luis De La Cruz's interception set up a four-yard scoring run by Kyle Franklin with 5:15 left in the half. Less than two minutes later, Tony Gonzales scored on a 55-yard run after Salesion had again taken the ball away from Oak Park.

Like a mystery novel with lots of plots, twists and turns, the Catholic Athletic Assn. is scheduled to meet on Tuesday and try to hammer out new leagues for football, and one of the newest proposals from Crespi has a seven-team Serra League made up of the Celts, Cathedral, Harvard-Westlake, La Salle, Salesian, St. Francis and St. Paul. Crespi has been a Pac-5 team and made the Pac-5 playoffs last season, but the program is down to 65 players, and schools officials have joined St. Francis in promoting their proposal.

The Catholic Athletic Association voted Tuesday to add Cathedral to a four-team league made up of Loyola, Bishop Amat and Gardena Serra for football only. Previously, Salesian was in the league but won an appeal, forcing the CAA to take another vote. The league is expected to be in the Pac-5 Division. Cathedral was selected over St. Francis. The other likely Pac-5 Division league will be made up of Alemany, Notre Dame, Crespi and Chaminade. Cathedral will appeal to the Southern Section Council on April 30, football Coach Kevin Pearson said.

 La Canada St. Francis had better do lots of lobbying if it wants to avoid being moved up to a Pac-5 Division league in football. The Catholic Athletic Association is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to take another vote on new leagues after Salesian won its appeal from the Southern Section Executive Committee this past week. The deadline to submit proposals is Saturday afternoon, and three of the four proposals already submitted have St. Francis moving from the Mission League to one of the two four-team Pac-5 leagues.

 La Canada St. Francis had better do lots of lobbying if it wants to avoid being moved up to a Pac-5 Division league in football. The Catholic Athletic Association is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to take another vote on new leagues after Salesian won its appeal from the Southern Section Executive Committee this past week. The deadline to submit proposals is Saturday afternoon, and three of the four proposals already submitted have St. Francis moving from the Mission League to one of the two four-team Pac-5 leagues.

 With two weeks to go before the Southern Section Council meets to finalize new leagues on April 30, the Executive Committee met on Wednesday and upheld appeals submitted by Salesian, Camarillo, Newbury Park and Thousand Oaks, forcing the schools in their areas to meet again and produce another recommendation or reaffirm the existing recommendation. Salesian, part of the Catholic Athletic Association, was moved into a league for football only with Bishop Amat, Loyola and Gardena Serra.

Long Beach Poly is two quarters away from winning its sixth state championship. The Jackrabbits have jumped to a 36-23 halftime lead over Salesian in the state Open Division final at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento. Tania Lamb is the high scorer with nine points and Lajahna Drummer has eight points and six rebounds for Poly, which took an early 17-4 advantage and out-rebounded Salesian 24-10 in the first half. Poly is 8 of 10 from the free throw line and has made four three-point baskets.

There's no time like the present for Long Beach Poly, but the future could be even brighter. Freshman forward Ayanna Clark scored 14 of her 19 points in the second half as the Jackrabbits dominated down the stretch to win their sixth state championship and first in the Open Division with a 70-52 triumph over Richmond Salesian on Saturday night at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento. It looked as if Poly might run away with the victory when it jumped ahead, 17-4, in the first four minutes and took a 36-23 lead into halftime.

Representatives from the Catholic Athletic Assn. approved new leagues on Thursday, and for football only, L.A. Salesian was put in a league with Loyola, Bishop Amat and Gardena Serra. Salesian will appeal the decision to the Southern Section. Salesian won the Northeast Division last season. That's considered Division XIII in strength. Salesian has been adding transfer students in recent years, alienating some of its member schools, and that probably helped influence other schools to vote in favor of adding Salesian to the more powerful league.

 L.A. Salesian has made it to the Northeast Division championship game on Saturday night at home against San Luis Obispo Mission Prep, and the big question is whether Salesian will be able to slow down one of the state's most productive running backs. Patrick Laird of Mission Prep has rushed for 3,068 yards and 32 touchdowns. He's had three games of more than 300 yards rushing. Salesian has been a surprise under first-year Coach Angelo Jackson, who took over in August. He's a former Compton College and Inglewood coach.

Rk. School (W-l); Result/Next game (Previous ranking) 1. St. John Bosco; 2-0; def. Fresno Clovis North, 48-0; Next: vs. Chandler (Ariz.) (at Mission Viejo), Saturday; (1) 2. Corona Centennial; 2-0; def. St. Bonaventure, 69-55; vs. Long Beach Poly (at Mission Viejo), Friday; (3) 3. Mater Dei; 2-0; def. St. Paul, 56-7 (Thursday); Next: at Carson, Friday; (4) 4. Gardena Serra; 2-0; def. Oceanside, 50-36; Next: vs. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, Friday; (7) 5. Mission Viejo; 2-0; def. Corona Santiago, 58-35; Next: vs. Ramsey (N.J.)

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Rk. School (W-l); Result/Next game (Previous ranking) 1. St. John Bosco; 2-0; def. Fresno Clovis North, 48-0; Next: vs. Chandler (Ariz.) (at Mission Viejo), Saturday; (1) 2. Corona Centennial; 2-0; def. St. Bonaventure, 69-55; vs. Long Beach Poly (at Mission Viejo), Friday; (3) 3. Mater Dei; 2-0; def. St. Paul, 56-7 (Thursday); Next: at Carson, Friday; (4) 4. Gardena Serra; 2-0; def. Oceanside, 50-36; Next: vs. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, Friday; (7) 5. Mission Viejo; 2-0; def. Corona Santiago, 58-35; Next: vs. Ramsey (N.J.)