Also receiving votes: McClymonds (0-1, 1 point), Granada (2-0, 1). The East Bay Football Poll is voted on by the prep sports staff of Bay Area News Group-East Bay.

Wins by Deer Valley High and Campolindo continued the recent trend of upsets among the East Bay’s top 10 ranked teams.

However, we also had the customary victories by highly touted teams such as top-ranked De La Salle, James Logan and San Ramon Valley.

Here’s the link to our weekly prep football recap, where you’ll find links to stories on each game played on Friday night, plus a slideshow of photos from the games.

A little football news today…

Monte Vista wide receiver/defensive back Bryce McGovern said Wednesday that he’s accepted a preferred walk-on spot at Cal.
“I loved how close it was (to home), that it’s really great football and that it’s great academically,” McGovern said. “Everything just seemed like a family. All the guys took me under their wing and it just felt right.”
McGovern was also considering Ivy League schools Princeton and Cornell before taking an official visit to Berkeley last weekend and giving Cal coach Jeff Tedford his commitment on Sunday morning.
In two seasons at Monte Vista, McGovern finished with 177 career catches for 3,263 yards. He set a Northern California record his junior season when he caught 106 passes.

EDIT: It appears the Cal-Hi Sports numbers were actually a little off for Nottingham. He actually had 3,962 yards last year — his 144 yards in his final game against De La Salle in the NCS semis were not added in to Cal-Hi’s numbers. So Lloyd is actually  91 yards shy of the East Bay record right now.

In working on a preview for tomorrow’s NCS Division II semifinal game between Concord-Casa Grande, I learned that Minutemen QB Ricky Lloyd now holds the East Bay single season passing record. Lloyd threw for 305 yards in Concord’s 46-20 win over Maria Carrillo last week, bringing his season total to 3,871 yards. Monte Vista quarterback Brett Nottingham, who’s now at Stanford, set the record last season with 3,818 yards.

Lloyd actually has a good chance to set the NorCal record should the Minutemen make it to the NCS championship game or with a monster performance tomorrow. Jamie Jensen of Gilroy set the record of 4,323 in 2007. Lloyd needs 453 yards to set a new record, and is averaging 322.6 per game. His season-high of 439 yards came in a 50-14 win over Clayton Valley.

The East Bay and NorCal passing records were confirmed with Cal-Hi Sports’ Mark Tennis.

In case you missed it, here is the All-MVAL football team.
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Here’s the first installment of DFAL stats.
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Ron Thompson and Paul Perenon are back in the Hayward Area Athletic League once again.

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Let us begin by rejoicing! Thirty days from now will mark the eve of the return of high school football. And that, quite frankly, is a welcome thought. So we’re not going to waste any time. Let’s get right to the first question of our daily countdown.

What will be the East Bay’s best league in 2009?

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Hello to all the high school football fans across the East Bay:

By our count, this coming Tuesday will signal the 30-day mark before 2009 Prep Football season will begin in earnest across the East Bay. (That will be Sept. 4, for anybody who was unsure). Thus, it will be time to begin our Prep Corner countdown feature that we’ve termed 30 Questions to Kickoff.

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Nick Montana, the son of Joe Montana and a former quarterback in the De La Salle football program, has garnered an invite the highly-prestigous ESPN RISE Elite 11 quarterback camp. Montana transferred to Oaks Christian-Westlake Village after his sophomore year and had a standout junior season with the Lions. He recently gave an oral commitment to Washington for the Fall of 2010. Montana was one of three California QBs to earn an invite.

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