Moreau Catholic High quarterback Devin Saxon has been notified by the Harvard football coaching staff that he has been admitted to the Ivy League school and will be on the football team in the fall, according to Moreau athletic director Christine Krisman.

Moreau will be holding a ceremony for Saxon on Friday so his father, who was just hired as the Miami Dolphins running back coach, can attend.  His father needs to report to work on Monday.

I don’t have anymore information at the moment. Check for a full story in the Daily Review.

Remember to check out the live updates on our sister site, the Contra Costa Times. You can find live updates from the North Coast Section 3-A title game between Cardinal Newman and San Ramon Valley at 3:45 p.m. and from the 4-A title game between De La Salle and California at 7 p.m. Both games are being played at Oakland’s McAfee Coliseum.

Here is the link: http://www.ibabuzz.com/eastbayprepsports/   

Here are the prep writer’s championship picks. A big surprise…Dennis Miller takes California to pull off the upset over De La Salle. Not really a surprise if you know him…

I think the best matchup out of the three games is Cardinal Newman and San Ramon Valley. This could be one for the ages.  Newman runs a very similiar offense to Monte Vista _ a no-huddle, but not hurry-up type offense.  Should be a great game.

REMEMBER: All the games will be blogged live at the Contra Costa Times prep blog. Just click the link to get there: http://www.ibabuzz.com/eastbayprepsports/                                                             

                                                      NCS 4-A Championship                     

                            No. 1 De La Salle vs. No. 3 California            

Bower                                           DLS  

Durkin                                            DLS

Miller                                              Cal

Bonagura                                       DLS

Herendeen                                    DLS

Waterhouse                                 DLS

Schoen                                            DLS

                                           NCS 3-A Championship

                          Cardinal Newman vs. San Ramon Valley      

Bower                                           SRV  

Durkin                                         SRV

Miller                                           SRV

Bonagura                                   SRV

Herendeen                                 SRV

Waterhouse                              SRV

Schoen                                         SRV

                                               NCS 2-A Championship 

                                                  Las Lomas vs. Novato            

Bower                                                 Novato

Durkin                                               Novato                                  

Bonagura                                          Novato

Herendeen                                      Las Lomas

Waterhouse                                    Novato

Miller                                                Novato

Schoen                                             Novato

I’m going to try to do my best to post some updates from tonight’s Class B title game. I’ll be doing so through my phone, so have a little patience. At the least, I’ll get scores up at the end of each quarter.

Both teams were stopped on their first drives. Midway through the first, its 0-0.

St. Liz has moved the ball well on its second drive. It converted twice on fourth down to get inside the red zone but a penalty for blocking below the waist pushed them back to the 30. That was costly as their third attempt at a fourth-down conversion failed to keep the game scoreless with 17 seconds left in the first quarter.

The first quarter is now officially over and the score is 0-0.

St. Vincent couldn’t do much on its second drive and had to punt back to St. Liz. About 9 minutes left in the second quarter and its 0-0.

Another scoreless drive here and a pass by St. Liz QB Keith Seales on third down was incomplete and it had to punt. St. Vincent ball with 7 minutes left in the quarter.

St. Vincent is now the one moving the ball well, getting deep into St. Liz territory. Facing a fourth and 8 from the 18, St. Vincent called its first time out with 1:31 left, then St. Liz’s Harry Jamerson sacked SV quarterback Ian Williams to get the ball back. It’s still 0-0.

A few nice pass plays and a pass interference got St. Liz in range to try to score but an interception by Daniel Hanson-Hirt on on a Hail Mary pass ended the half with it tied 0-0. St. Liz sophomore Dave Douglas has a game-high 71 rushing yards on 14 carries. St. Vincent sophomore Kris Farinha has 53 yards on 13 carries.

St. Vincent has to punt on its first drive of the second half. On third down, St. Liz’s Douglas nearly had an interception and possible TD, but couldn’t quite hold on.

St. Liz is on the board! Douglas capped a seven-play, 65-yard drive with a 3-yard TD run. His 2-point conversion run failed, so its 6-0. Douglas has 106 yards on 19 carries.

St. Vincent moved the ball to the SE 12, but a holding penalty on a play in which Farinha was hurt (he never returned) moved them back. Then Williams was sacked by Tyler Woods and fumbled. Jamerson recovered for St. Liz at the 31.

End of third quarter, still 6-0.

That turnover was crucial. St. Liz goes 69 yards in 13 plays and Douglas scores from a yard out. It’s 12-0 with 8:38 left.

SV just turned it over on downs at the SE 14 with three minutes left. Starting to look good for St. Elizabeth as it still leads 12-0.

GAME OVER. ST LIZ WINS 12-0!

Congrats to the Mustangs. From 0-9 to NCS champs or as Douglas put it “From nothing to something.”

Douglas led the way with 182 yards on 32 carries, including both touchdowns. Look at for him in the next couple of years. He’s going to be something to watch.

I just watched Kyle Wright cap his lackluster career at Miami with a 28-14 loss to Boston College. We’ve been pretty fortunate this decade to watch some great high school QBs in the East Bay (Wright, Keller, Olson, Gutierrez and so on). I find it very interesting, though, that the two best from the area turned out to be Dennis Dixon of San Leandro and Josh Johnson of Oakland Tech. 

 dave

8:43 p.m. - PV scores again. No details. It is 28-14 PV with 2:36 left in the third quarter. 

8:32 p.m. - PV takes its first lead of the game on a Smallwood 3-yard Run. It came after Washington fumbled the ball away. It is 21-14 PV in the third quarter. 

8:24 p.m. - Deante Purvis goes in for a 4-yard TD for Pinole to start the third quarter and it is 14-14. 

8 p.m. - It is still 14-7 Washington at the half.  

7:31 p.m. - Washington has a 14-7 lead through the first quarter. Silva scored on a 9-yard run for the Huskies. This one could end up being a high-scoring game. 

7:16 p.m. - TOUCHDOWN SPARTANS. Pinole answers when Smallwood rushes into the end zone from 9-yards out late in the first quarter. 7-7. 

7:08 p.m. - TOUCHDOWN HUSKIES! An 80-yard drive to open the game was capped by an 8-yard TD reception from Mozzeti to Vaughn. 7-0 with 8:57 to go in the first quarter. 

-This is where you will be able to find live updates to the North Coast Section 3-A semifinal game between No. 7 Washington and No. 3 Pinole Valley. Reporter Kyle Bonagura will be calling in with updates as soon as he gets the chance. The winner of this game will play top seed San Ramon Valley in the Regional Recognition game at Dublin High at 7 p.m. on either Friday or Saturday.

Be sure to keep refreshing this page! Updates will appear at the top.

I must say that Friday night was very crazy for me since there was scoring just about every minute, Internet trouble and cell phone trouble. Aww, technology. Don’t you love it?!?!  I still thought everything turned out well and hopefully tonight it goes even better.

I did notice some people were having a little trouble following along. Let me explain real quick how this is going to work tonight. I will be live from James Logan High in Union City for the North Coast Section 4-A East Bay semifinal game between California and James Logan. There will be separate posts of up-to-the-minute updates for each quarter from that game. 

For example, the title of the opening post for that game will read: California at James Logan: 1st qtr

Then below will be all the details from the first quarter. Make sure to keep hitting refresh as the updates will be at the top of that specific post. Once that quarter ends, there will be a separate post for the second quarter (California at James Logan: 2nd qtr), third quarter and final quarter. If you’re still confused, check out how it worked on Friday night.

Anyway, I will be getting updates via cell phone from the NCS 3-A East Bay semifinal between Washington and Pinole Valley and the NCS 2-A East Bay semifinal between Ygnacio Valley and Las Lomas. There will be a separate post for each of those games that will be updated as I get the updates. We try to get it updated after each score for the phone in games, but sometimes we can only get an update after each quarter. We will do our best to get those updated as quick as possible!

So, look for these posts tonight: California at James Logan: 1st Qtr

                                                        California at James Logan: 2nd Qtr

                                                        California at James Logan: 3rd Qtr

                                                        California at James Logan: 4th Qtr

                                                        Washington at Pinole Valley updates!

                                                         Ygnacio Valley at Las Lomas updates!

Again, keep the comments coming all through the games. I don’t want to feel like I am on typing to nobody!

Just curious how many people would want to see all the playoff games televised either live or tape delayed. Do you think TV would make enough money to do this? Just wondering how many of you would watch the taped games or live games.

Both of the upsets didn’t really shock me too much. I figured Campolindo would play Heritage tough and of course the Washington-Newark game could have gone either way.

 I was surprised that the Huskies’ defense was able to hold down Newark’s offense. Maybe we will get a rematch of SRV-Washington in the final? That would be great.  Remember, the teams played to a 35-35 tie earlier this year. A lot of people called that tie a fluke and were saying if they played again that SRV would easily win. I am not so sure about that.

I was surprised how many points Campolindo was able to put up against Heritage. I picked the game to be a 17-14 Heritage victory. I thought it would be a lot closer, but apparently Heritage couldn’t stop the passing game of Campolindo.

What are everyone’s thoughts about tonight? Here are the scores in case you missed them.

NCS 4A
No. 1 De La Salle 59, No. 8 Berkeley 0
No. 2 James Logan 31, No. 7 Foothill 7

NCS 3A East Bay
No. 1 San Ramon Valley 55, No. 8 American 7
No. 7 Washington 21, No. 2 Newark Memorial 7

NCS 2A East Bay
No. 1 Las Lomas 56, No. 8 Piedmont 21
No. 7 Campolindo 42, No. 2 Heritage 14

This just in.

Washington High star wide receiver Rashaan Vaughn will be playing this Friday night against Newark Memorial.

Vaughn is a game-changing receiver with a ton of speed and solid hands. He was out all season because of grades, but the new grades have just come in and he is now eligible. Vaughn has already met the requirement of practicing for 10 days.

This certainly adds some more firepower to Washington’s offense. Vaughn can end up making some big plays in the game and possibly be the difference.