Sports Shorts: Lobos Look to Extend Streak, Barons Travel to Downey

In nonleague football action this week, Los Amigos (3-0) meets Irvine (1-1) at Garden Grove High on Thursday at 7 p.m., and Fountain Valley (2-1) plays at Downey (1-2) on Friday at 7 p.m.

The Lobos moved up a couple spots in the to No. 7 after their last week. After the victory, coach Carl Agnew told Patch: "This is good stuff. This is what I like to do. This is how I like to be. It's fun this way. We've still got a lot of work, lots of things to get better at, but we just keep building."

Los Amigos, which is averaging 36 points per game, is led on offense by junior running back Jerry Saldivar (145 yards rushing per game) and senior quarterback Danny Hernandez (116 yards passing per game). Against Loara, senior Robert Bonilla returned an interception 65 yards for a touchdown.

Irvine averages 19 points a game and is led by a couple of sophomores: running back Gary Renteria (38 yards rushing per game) and quarterback Ryan Goodman (81.5 yards passing per game). The Vaqueros opened their season with a 23-10 loss to South Torrance, then bounced back to beat Santa Ana Valley, 28-0.

Irvine suffered a blow in the spring of 2010 when Davonte Young, who rushed for 1,612 yards as a freshman, transferred to Tustin High. He was ruled ineligible to play for the Tillers by the Southern Section, which ruled he had transferred for athletic reasons, so in August of 2010, he enrolled at St. John Bosco of the Trinity League. This season, Young is the leading rusher for the Braves, who are ranked No. 3 in the Pac-5 Division.

Fountain Valley, which opened its season in Henderson, Nev., with a thrilling 52-49 victory over Green Valley, stumbled the following week in a , but rebounded last week to beat Corona, 28-10.

Chris d’Entremont has replaced the injured Kai Fernandez at quarterback for the Barons and against Corona, the junior completed 10 of 15 passes for 173 yards, including touchdown passes of 13 and 26 yards to senior Sean Myers. Senior running back Chris Calvillo scored on runs of two and 72 yards.

Downey opened its season with a 38-28 loss to Mayfair (the same team Los Alamitos defeated 56-21) and a 42-7 loss to La Serna before getting its first victory last week, 50-14 over Schurr of Montebello. In that game, senior Alex Martinez rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns in only seven carries.

TIME KEEPS ON TICKING, TICKING...

If a football team leads an opponent by 35 points or more by the end of three quarters of play, there will be a running clock during the fourth quarter. This “mercy rule,” approved by the CIF Southern Section last spring, will be in effect for all CIF Southern Section football games -- nonleague, league and the playoffs -- beginning this fall.

During a “running clock,” the clock will be stopped only after a score, a fair catch, a charged team timeout or an official’s timeout. Coaches can agree to establish a running clock earlier in the game, but if the points gap between the teams is reduced to less than 35 points in the fourth quarter, the running clock will remain in operation.
To read more about the new "mercy rule," .

ON THE ROAD WITH KAYLA ROBERTS

Kayla Roberts, a 5-foot-10 senior center on Fountain Valley’s girls water polo team, will be visiting five Big West Conference campuses on recruiting trips in the coming weeks, the Orange County Register reported.

Roberts has said she will visit UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 29, UC Davis on Oct. 7, Long Beach State on Oct. 13, Cal State Northridge on Oct. 21 and UC Irvine on Oct. 28. Let’s hope she will be able to use the Diamond Lane.

Roberts played in the Junior Olympics this summer with the Huntington Beach Water Polo Club's 18-and-under team, helping it win a gold medal.

BARONS EXCEL AT CROSS-COUNTRY COUNTY CLASSIC

Fountain Valley High runners competed in the Cross Country Classic Friday and Saturday at Estancia High. The 31st annual meet was co-hosted by Woodbridge, Estancia, and Costa Mesa high schools and the Newport-Irvine Rotary Club, and was sponsored by Puma.

Here are results of races in which the Barons scored among the top 10:

Boys Rated Individuals -- 1. Avila (Cathedral) 14:39; 2. Torres (Warren) 14:44; 3. Dholakia (Esperanza) 14:44; 4. Eagon (Ayala) 14:47; 5. Morgan (University) 14:47; 6. Peckham (Hart) 14:48; 7. Bonthius (Fountain Valley) 14:48; 8. O’Neil (Hart) 14:52; 9. Perez (Mira Costa) 14:54; 10. Simic (Woodbridge) 14:56

Boys Rated Team Scores -- 1. Hart 101; 2. Cathedral 118; 3. Ayala 121; 4. Damien 150; 5. Mira Costa 182; 6. Fountain Valley 222; 7. Warren 224; 8. Woodbridge 246; 9. South Pasadena 247; 10. University 269

Girls Rated Team Scores -- 1. Tesoro 45; 2. Thousand Oaks 93; 3. Great Oak 94; 4. Rancho Buena Vista 144; 5. San Clemente  184; 6. Edison 218; 7. Fountain Valley 221; 8. West Torrance 248; 9. The Woodlands, TX 258; 10. Mater Dei 286

For complete results in all divisions, click here.

Coming up on Saturday are the Dana Hills Nike Invitational as well as the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto.

BARONS PREPARE FOR DAVE MOHS VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

Here are the pool assignments and schedule for pool play for the Divisions 1 and 2 brackets of the Dave Mohs O.C. Championships, which begin play at 3 p.m. Friday and resume at 8 a.m. Saturday.

Friday's pool schedule: 1 vs. 3; 2 vs. 4; 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3. On Saturday, it's 3 vs. 4 and 1 vs. 2. Afterward, the top two teams advance to the playoffs Saturday afternoon at Edison High.

The Division 1 final is Monday at 7:30 p.m., and it's preceded by the Division 2 final at 6 p.m. Both games are at Edison High.

DIVISION 1

Pool 1 at Edison -- 1. Los Alamitos; 2. Rosary; 3. Mission Viejo; 4. Los Osos.

Pool 2 at Corona del Mar -- 1. Corona del Mar; 2. El Dorado; 3. Tesoro; 4. West Ranch.

Pool 3 at Edison -- 1. Ediso; 2. Poly/Long Beach; 3. Bakersfield; 4. University/Irvine.

Pool 4 at Marina -- 1. Mater Dei; 2. San Clemente; 3. Marina; 4. Beckman.

Pool 5 at Newport Harbor -- 1. Newport Harbor; 2. Harvard-Westlake; 3. Capistrano Valley; 4. Chaparral.

Pool 6 at Newport Harbor -- 1. Laguna Beach; 2. Orange Lutheran; 3. Centennial/Corona; 4. Murrieta Valley.

Pool 7 at Edison -- 1. Santa Margarita; 2. Palos Verdes; 3. Wilson/Long Beach; 4. Upland.

Pool 8 at Huntington Beach -- 1. Huntington Beach; 2. Yucaipa; 3. Dana Hills; 4. Carson.

DIVISION 2

Pool 1 at Huntington Beach -- 1. Notre Dame; 2. Garces Memorial; 3. La Habra; 4. Estancia.

Pool 2 at Costa Mesa -- 1. Francis Parker; 2. Villa Park; 3. Calvary Chapel/Santa Ana; 4. Norco.

Pool 3 at Fountain Valley -- 1. Temecula Valley; 2. San Juan Hills; 3. R.E. Mountain; 4. El Modena.

Pool 4 at Marina -- 1. Trabuco Hills; 2. Peninsula; 3. Woodbridge; 4. Fullerton.

Pool 5 at Corona del Mar -- 1. Ayala; 2. Troy; 3. Stockdale.

Pool 6 at Costa Mesa -- 1. Sage Hill; 2. Carlsbad; 3. Canyon/Anaheim; 4. Costa Mesa.

Pool 7 at Corona del Mar -- 1. St. Margaret's; 2. Northwood; 3. Valencia/Placentia; 4. Silverado.

Pool 8 at Fountain Valley -- 1. Brea Olinda; 2. Laguna Hills; 3. Bonita; 4. Connelly.

WRESTLING OFFICIALS NEEDED FOR 2011-12 SEASON

The Orange County Wrestling Officials Assn. is looking to add officials to its rosters and is holding its first mandatory meeting for candidates for the 2011-12 high school season on Sunday at 6 p.m. in Room 240 (across from gymnasium) at Corona Del Mar High School.

For more information, contact Bruce Terry at (714) 876-7230 or drbruceterry@yahoo.com.

IVC WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL HOSTS 'DIG PINK' GAME

Proceeds from the Irvine Valley women's volleyball home match on Friday, Oct. 28, against Orange Empire Conference rival Golden West, dubbed the "Dig Pink" match, will be donated to the Side-Out Foundation, which raises awareness for breast cancer research nationwide through volleyball matches, clinics and camps.

Everyone who donates $5 will receive a pink T-shirt from ASICS and a pink spray cleaner from Simple Green. To check out the Side-Out Foundation’s website, click here.

If you have results or news that you'd like to share, please send it OC Patch sports Editor Bob Rohwer at bob.rohwer@patch.com.