Another Contra Costa College football player has made an oral commitment, as wide receiver Ronald Butler is headed to Utah State.
“I just talked it over with my mother. I was wasting time sitting on it (the decision), so I just went ahead and did it,” said the 6-foot, 182-pound sophomore.
Butler, an all-California Region III selection, caught 55 passes for 870 yards and 13 touchdowns for Contra Costa College last season. He was also an all-Bay Valley Conference selection and was named the Living Breath Foundation Bowl Offensive Most Valuable Player after catching six passes, including two touchdown grabs.
On his official visit to Logan this month, the weather didn’t faze him.
“It’s cold over there, but I’m from New Jersey so I’m used to the weather,” said Butler, who played at Lincoln High in Jersey City.
Butler said he was impressed by the academics and the team when he met them on his visit.
There isn’t much movement in this week’s East Bay high school girls basketball poll:
Team
Record
Points
Last week
1. Bishop O’Dowd (5)
16-3
75
1
2. Miramonte
19-1
69
2
3. Carondelet
16-3
66
3
4. Salesian
19-4
58
4
5. St. Mary’s
17-4
56
5
6. Heritage
16-4
50
6
7. Monte Vista
17-3
46
7
8. Deer Valley
11-7
40
8
9. Berkeley
11-9
33
9
10. Campolindo
16-3
30
11
11. Clayton Valley
14-6
27
10
t12. Dublin
14-5
15
12
t12. Piedmont
14-5
15
13
14. Oakland Tech
15-3
14
t14
15. Alameda
15-5
6
t14
Also receiving votes: None. The East Bay Girls Basketball Poll is voted on by the prep sports staff of Bay Area News Group-East Bay. Records are through Saturday.
Three East Bay football players were selected to Cal-Hi Sports’ all-state first-team. De La Salle’s Michael Hutchings and Austin Hooper were selected to the first-team defense while James Logan’s Warren Miles Long was a multi-purpose selection. De La Salle and Narbonne-Harbor City were the only schools to have multiple first-team selections. Hutchings, a USC-bound linebacker, was already named California’s Mr. Football by Cal-Hi Sports. Hooper is a defensive end headed to Stanford. Long, who thrived at running back and linebacker this year, will play at Northwestern.
Additionally, Clayton Valley’s Joe Protheroe was selected to the second team as a running back. Third team picks include Freedom WR Darrell Daniels, Pittsburg OL Antonia Huey, De La Salle RB Tiapepe Vitale, San Ramon Valley kicker Matt Anderson, De La Salle DL Victor Egu, De La Salle LB D.J. Moffitt and Foothill FB/LB Griffith Gates.
The full second and third team lists can be found here.
Check out this game-winning shot by Pinole Valley High freshman Jessica Rogers from behind half court, as the Spartans beat Excel Academy-Stockton 51-50 on Jan. 21. Rogers had 20 points, six assists, five steals and five rebounds in the victory.
Also receiving votes: Mt. Eden (16-4, 4 points). Records are through Sunday. The East Bay Boys Basketball Poll is voted on by the prep sports staff of Bay Area News Group East Bay.
There will be no national powerhouses for the De La Salle football team in Justin Alumbaugh’s first season as head coach. But since the Spartans are no longer playing a full East Bay Athletic League schedule, there are a few more opportunities for them to take on some out-of-section squads in 2013. A road game at Servite, which lost to De La Salle in the 2010 Open Division state bowl game, is the furthest the Spartans will travel this season. Here’s the full schedule.
After originally committing to Cal, De La Salle High’s Victor Egu now plans to play football at Yale.
Egu, expecting to play linebacker at Cal, had given his verbal commitment to Jeff Tedford in early November. After Tedford was fired, the 6-foot-3, 230-pound senior didn’t see himself fitting in the Bears’ system anymore.
“The new coaching staff informed me that they wanted me to play defensive end, which I was fine with,” Egu said. “But they were full at that position. They didn’t need me really. I thought, I’m not going to stay where I’m not really needed.”
Egu, who held offers from several Pac-12 schools as well as Notre Dame and Nebraska, switched his commitment to the Ivy League school this week.
“They were a school that was after me really early in the process,” Egu said of Yale. “Education was also a factor. I know football isn’t everything and with a degree from Yale I’ll have a wide range of opportunities.”
Egu played defensive end for the Spartans in their 15-0 season, but expects to play linebacker at Yale.
A large number of notable track and field athletes and coaches, including long jump world record holder Mike Powell and Olympic gold medalists Stephanie Brown-Trafton (discus) and Andre Phillips (400-meter hurdles), will be special guests and clinicians at the Willie Davenport Olympian Track and Field Clinic at James Logan High on Feb. 2.
It is a learn-by-doing clinic for all ages. Registration will be held from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., and the clinic will take place from 9 to 4 p.m. The fee for individuals is $20, $10 for youth 10-years-old and younger, and $500 for teams of 50-plus.
For more information, contact Lee Webb (510-304-7172, lee_webb@nhusd.k12.ca.us, logantrackandfield.com)
- East Bay Prep Corner