There was just an incredible amount of pressure (to win), McWhinney said. Dana Point Trolley Information & Route Map, Dana Wharf Whale Report: Gray Whale Migration Sees Early Northbound, Late Southbound Traffic, Local Singer-Songwriter Ava August Releases Latest Single, City Launches 2nd Whale Tail Scavenger Hunt, Kneeboards and Stampedes: Local surfers shine in a weekend of wild surf contests up and down the Golden State. Athletics - El Modena High School CIF-SS Division 5 first round. Choucair and linebacker Owen Smith, who were both All-CIF selections last season, and linebackers Brodie Hitchens and Kyle Medel and lineman Davian Ceballos were among the many contributors to another fine defensive effort by the Vanguards. The charges Snitzler is facing could result in a more than 10-year prison sentence, according to Rackauckas. A client should expect nothing but excellence from me. Fit to Be Tied - Los Angeles Times (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer), San Juan Hills quarterback Michael Butter Tollefson, left, scrambles as he is chased out of the pocket by an El Modena defender in a non-league football game in San Juan Capistrano on Friday, September 23, 2022. When the Dolphins last sniffed playoff contention in 2019, they were fighting for a spot in Division 12. Youre going to be bummed out. I will focus on technique and being efficient in and out of breaks. It was this kind of stress that Lester acknowledged as the main reason he decided to resign Tuesday, after compiling a 157-58-8 record and winning three Southern Conference championships in two decades at the school. El Modena Varsity Football (2021 - 2022) | Blast Athletics Though Lester listed stress as a reason for retiring, most perceive him as one of the countys most easygoing, relaxed coaches. Our coaches our dedicated! Doug Rozsa, an El Modena linebacker, the student body president and one of the Rozsa triplets, remembers fellow students telling him their team would be lucky to score at all against the countrys third-ranked team. @dhhs_athletics @tonyhenney pic.twitter.com/EkBPyGIPnA, South OC Sports (@SouthOCsports) November 5, 2021, I thought we fought like a team that belonged, Dana Hills coach Tony Henney said. Although Edison built a 7-0 lead in the first quarter, the El Modena defense held the formidable Bell to just 10 yards rushing on six carries in the first half. Mike DiGiovanna has been covering Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Times since 1995 and spent 19 years as the Angels beat writer and two seasons on the Dodgers. Smith snuck behind coverage to pull in a 31-yard pass in the end zone for a touchdown and a 28-6 lead. Dana Hills needed a stop to win its first playoff game since 2009, but El Modena needed just four plays to earn the win. After El Modernas 14 play drive, Kelly hits Chambers for 56 yards and Black on this 19 yard TD pass. El Modena football overpowers El Dorado to stay undefeated 25 Feb 2023 01:23:28 I would like to get away from football film forever. The Dolphins battled. . I didnt think wed be dominating like this, but we knew this was a special group of guys.. There was pain, and it was just kind of flopping around. Lester had great rapport with his assistant coaches and players. Zach Cavanagh is the sports editor for Picket Fence Media. puts a smile on my face. For $2 or less, they bought a ticket to witness David defeat Goliath. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Lester, who had been the coach since the school opened in 1966, won three. Adams 6-yard touchdown pass to Jeremiah Leftwich with 2:29 remaining in the game completed the scoring. I dont think it wasnt until the fourth of fifth game of the season that I could actually smile.. All League 1st Team WR (2006) We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, or disability. ORANGE El Modena coaches tried the its just another game approach to Thursdays football contest against Villa Park. Other coaches surely envy his staff, which includes 20-year assistants Glenn Lukenbill and Bob Radford, 18-year assistant Dale Arambel, 12-year assistants Pete Parker and Bill Backstrom, and 5-year assistant Al Clinton. Kelly Bills - Football Coach - Utah Tech University Athletics During football season, he partners with Steve Fryer and Jonathan Khamis on OCVarsity's Gridiron Show and hosts a weekly podcast on Trinity League football. View all coaching experience. The Vanguards stingy defense almost recorded the shutout but San Juan Hills Sullivan Land scored on a 6-yard TD run with 55 seconds left in the fourth. Both touchdowns were thrown to senior Omarjaye Black for 68 yards and 19 yards. Police found a gun inside the school, she said. Even when you have a good win, the whole thinking is, What went wrong in the win? That was all either team would manage in the second half. ORANGE - El Modena coaches tried the "it's just another game" approach to Thursday's football contest against Villa Park. It has been 30 years in the business and the time has come where I dont need it anymore, said Lester, El Modenas only football coach. This is exactly the type of training we were looking for. El Modena Football on Twitter: "Shoutout to Coach Mitchell for Basically, I was the young guy coming in and I dont think they wanted to hurt the future. He was in the inaugural class inducted into the Santa Ana Unified School District Sports Hall of Fame. Its other loss also was to an undefeated team, Yorba Linda. High School El Modena City Orange, CA; Class 2023; Watch Highlights. Early in the third quarter Hitchens recovered at Villa Park fumble at the Spartans 26 and returned it to the 5. So far under Barrett the Seahawks are 12-4 overall and lead the Sunset League with a 4-1 record. Dan is a graduate of Cal State Fullerton, where he worked at The Daily Titan as a news reporter, sports reporter, managing editor and opinion editor. Chief among them was senior quarterback Bo Kelly, who completed 18 of 32 passes for 327 yards and two touchdowns. Linebacker Weston Port contributed to two sacks to help lead the Stallions defense. El Modena went on an 11-play, 71-yard scoring drive capped by a 1-yard touchdown run by Smith to give the Vanguards a 15-14 lead entering the half. With the final seconds ticking down in the half, El Modena connected a swing pass that looked destined for the end zone, but Dendiu stonewalled the Vanguard receiver at the 1-yard line. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer), El Modena quarterback Xzavior Guess, center, sprints through a hole in the Villa Park defense in a non-league football game in Orange on Thursday, September 29, 2022. El Modena stuck to its running attack, and in the past that mightve gotten Dana Hills, but the Dolphins met the challenge. Some coaches, especially those who had been on the staff for a long time before accepting the head coaching job, say replacing a very successful coach was not much of a problem at all. Photo: Zach Cavanagh. McWhinney, who two weeks ago was hired to replace Jerry Howell as football coach at Foothill High School, accepted his first head coaching job 20 years ago at El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera. Last week, El Modena beat La Habra 43-6. Especially because the Diablos finished last season 12-1 overall. His brother, Dave, an all-county offensive guard and the senior class president, said, It was comparable to the Raiders playing somebody like the New Orlean Saints.. La Veta High School (Colo.): 24-12-2 (1956-59), Salido High School (Colo.): 15-6 (1960-61), Duarte High School (Calif.): 17-10 (1963-66). Email. When you had a quality quarterback like Frasco, you probably ignored some of the back-ups.. During his first year as the OC, the Trailblazers averaged 421 yards of total offense, including nearly 300 ypg in the air, and 31.4 ppg. Bob is kind of a classic guy, and his resignation is a loss for Orange County football.. In his first season, Henney got this Dolphins program to set its sights higher and showed that it belonged with teams of El Modenas caliber. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer), San Juan Hills wide receiver Jon Jack Shigo hangs onto a pass to make the reception against El Modena in a non-league football game in San Juan Capistrano on Friday, September 23, 2022. El Modena (11-0) advances to next week's second round against Friday's Bishop Diego-Vista Murrieta winner, while Pasadena, which started the season with a 15-14 loss to La Serna, ends the way. ORANGE El Modena was dominant in the trenches and cruised to a 38-0 win over Santa Ana in a nonleague football game Thursday at El Modena High. I mean, he won the Sunset League in 1985, 86 and 87. Assistant Coach Mendoza, Joe Assistant Coach Kulda, Greg Assistant Coach Tafua, Steve . At Mission Viejo, Mike Rush took over last season for Bill Crow, who had coached football at Mission Viejo for 18 years, including the last eight years as head coach. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer). I think if there was a time that people might have second-guessed me, that couldve been it.. Nowadays, when players from the 1979 El Modena High School football team get together to recall a little of their glory days, that is the night that springs to mind. Lesters career coaching record is 213-86-10, for a winning percentage of .706. Before the 1985 season began, Bob Lester, El Modena High School football coach, promised himself that this would be a kick-back kind of year--that he wasnt going to get too excited on Friday nights, and that he wasnt going to lose any sleep worrying about what play to call on third and short. I played HS football in the toughest league in CA, the trinity league at Servite HS. In football or economic terms, those fans got a colossal bargain. Coming into this program when we did, in four years, to say that we flipped around a program, I cant really put words to that.. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer), San Juan Hills quarterback Michael Butter Tollefson looks to fire a pass against El Modena in a non-league football game in San Juan Capistrano on Friday, September 23, 2022. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. In February, Snitzler was accused of meeting the student and communicating with the victim via text messages. 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El Modenas defense and special teams delivered its offense excellent field possession early in the fourth quarter and Hitchens capped a 21-yard drive with a 4-yard TD run to make it 29-0. Support Local Journalism Speaking of bad luck, the El Modena Vanguards--or the Ducks as their colorful coach prefers--actually had to absorb the majority of it. Armstrong ran a wheel route and scored with 15 seconds left in the period. Thirteen members of that Edison team received football scholarships. Next week, El Modena plays Foothill in a nonleague game on Saturday, Oct. 8 at Tustin High. Picket Fence Media is a proud member of the SoCal Media Network. The Stallions have again played a strong schedule. Dana Hills football. It was a different scenario than Ive been in. In nine years, Cuccias teams won seven Olympic League championships, compiled a 180-49 overall record and reached the Southern Section final three times. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer), El Modena running back Owen Smith, center, pushes past the Villa Park defense for a big gain in a non-league football game in Orange on Thursday, September 29, 2022. El Modena HS Varsity Football. El Modena had possession, and Frasco was scrambling near his teams end zone. The Vanguards went to their ground game to toil through a 14-play, 91-yard, seven-minute drive to retake the lead, 10-7, in the second quarter, but not for long. In one period of years from 1978 to 1985, we had a run of eight straight years where we were in at least the semifinals every year. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. El Modena outscored its previous four opponents a combined 160-9 and stuck to that script from the start. Smith help set up the score with a 43-yard run to the San Juan Hills 30. Sign In School Page; Team Page . 13 in the Orange County Top 25. I dont like to lose, and it gets to the point where you tend to dwell on the negative. But Rush, who had been an assistant to Crow for 10 years, said the pressure was minimal, if any. They have outscored their opponents 217-28. . Hell admit that, by all rights, his team should not have had a remote hope of winning the game. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer), El Modena quarterback Xzavior Guess runs into the end zone to score a touchdown against Villa Park in the fourth quarter in a non-league football game in Orange on Thursday, September 29, 2022. El Modena beats Villa Park in football for the first time in 15 years (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer), El Modena running back Owen Smith (5) almost breaks away from San Juan Hills defensive back Isaiah Bennett who pushes him out of bounds in a non-league football game in San Juan Capistrano on Friday, September 23, 2022. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer), El Modena wide receiver Blake Armstrong, left, fights off Villa Park wide receiver Isaiah Moraldo in a non-league football game in Orange on Thursday, September 29, 2022. Bell carried the Chargers 53 yards on seven carries, and Edison was in front, 27-22, three minutes later when Seurer ran the ball in from the one. Lester had a kind of empty feeling. The Vanguards back-up quarterback, Rick Ledesma, had never thrown a pass in a varsity game. Played football at S.A. College. All of the ribbing that went on between the coaches before their games became known as The Ted and Bob Show., The aura surrounding our game and the fun of the challenge will be a little lost for us, Mullen said. In the end, the ultimate responsibility comes back to me, Lester said. Both are nonleague games. The Dolphins got to their first CIF-SS playoff game in eight years by posting their best regular-season record since 2009 the last year Dana Hills won a playoff game. Ledesma rallied the Vanguards with less than two minutes to go, and he won the unwinnable game on a nine-yard pass to wide receiver Scott Buehler with 50 seconds left. Prep Wednesday : Coaches Who Replace Living Legends Can Find Themselves TOUCHDOWN: Dana Hills strikes back. I have no industry certifications but I love the game of football especially the WR position. Varsity Football Chris Dunham Oct 7 Coach Mitchell giving the refs a pregame pep talk!! Shoutout to Coach Mitchell for presenting and sharing his insights at the 2023 Los Angeles Football Coaching Clinic! Mark that as the first major accomplishment in the Henney's tenure as head coach. Sophomore Nate Lewis started but was replaced during the game by junior Cooper Adams. Trying to steady his left arm, Frasco led the Vanguards down the field. He dodged out to the 20-yard line, where he was hit by an Edison safety. After that, Ledesma came on (during the remainder of the season) and became one of the finest quarterbacks we ever had.. The Spartans start Crestview League games at Yorba Linda on Oct. 14. The thing was, they wanted Bob to continue coaching, but they also realized that (his years of coaching) were numbered. Ive learned from some of your favorite players and taught some of them some things I do well at the WR position. How good are the Vanguards? That makes a big difference, I think.. Brandon Camarillo - History Teacher - LinkedIn Two plays later Smith scored on a 1-yard run around right end for a 14-3 lead. The first year I was varsity coach, he was still teaching on campus, so I could go to him for help and he welcomed it. 877-845-6272. The Vanguards went on a scouting mission to watch Edison play a talented Canyon team the previous week. Then he could stand the growing pain no more. ORANGE The Dana Hills football team fought. Advertise with us. Lester began his coaching career at La Veta High in Colorado in 1956, where he spent four seasons before moving to Colorados Salido High for two years. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @ZachCav and follow our sports coverage on Twitter @SouthOCSports. People around here expect results, and they expect them quick. Quarterback Michael Tollefson powered the drive with his running and finished with 63 yards on the ground. Nobody imagined the talented quarterback would have his arm broken from a second-quarter tackle and be lost for the rest of the season. El Modena senior running back Owen . El Modena quarterback Xzavior Guess, center, sprints through a hole in the Villa Park defense in a non-league football game in Orange on Thursday, September 29, 2022. But the coaches told us, Theyre the same age as you. Adams completed his final six passes to finish with 68 yards passing and a touchdown. David Melendez #64 OG Dylan Leslie Coaches View All Michael Myers Offensive Line Sean Fryer Coach Videos Elmo goes into Victory formation and will win the first round of the Playoffs 15-14 over Pasadena! (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer), El Modena quarterback Xzavior Guess (9) finds his way through the San Juan Hills defense in a non-league football game in San Juan Capistrano on Friday, September 23, 2022. Its tough love (to get ready for league and CIF).. But, after an inspirational post-game talk, which Cuccia attended, Brown said the players were remotivated to win a Southern Section championship--something no Whittier Christian team had done. It was a sobering experience. In his 20 years at El Modena, Lester has had just two losing seasons, in 1969 (2-6-1) and 1973 (3-5-1). Its not easy to sever something thats been important to you for so long, but I know that on the weekends, when everyone else is out playing, were here 10 hours Saturday and 10 hours Sunday, watching film and eating Jack-in-The-Box hotdogs, Lester said. 14 El Modena answered its question emphatically Friday night with a well-rounded 29-6 victory against No. Father and son will be on opposite sidelines when the two teams meet next Saturday at LaVell Edwards Stadium. . El Modena HS Football Program. A week ago last Monday, Jamison's wife, Savannah . Many county coaches side with Backstrom in that replacing a successful coach isnt too difficult--especially when the former coach helps when he can. Coach Biagini, Matthew Coach Garcia, Richard Coach Contact 600 W Santa Ana Blvd Ste 705 Santa Ana, CA 92701 (929) 322-4007 [email protected] . CLICK HERE FOR THE EL MODENA FOOTBALL BLAST PAGE. We will be working the core, dynamic warm ups and then depended on how the client moves different tools for their tool box. 15 in this weeks county rankings, have played a challenging schedule. Private football Coaches in Utah | CoachUp TOUCHDOWN: Dana Hills responds lightning fast. The Vanguards Mayson Hitchens had two catches for 44 yards, one of them a reception of a short pass over the middle that he turned into a 38-yard gain by bowling over three defenders. Hes great! This coach has passed an identification, basic background, and sex offender check. Twitter. Im serious. Jack Elsner, El Modena principal, said that he wont name a replacement until January. We worked really hard for this game, said El Modena senior defensive tackle Esteban Choucair. El Modena Varsity Football Roster | Blast Athletics Varsity Football Chris Dunham Oct 7 Varsity Football Linda Slajer Oct 2 Varsity Football Linda Slajer Oct 2 In that time, Crow had won a Central Conference title, and finished runner-up once as well. 2000-2002 Varsity assistant coach at La Quinta with Guy Gardner. Menu Join Team. BYU vs. Utah Tech: Father and son coaches on opposite sidelines For less than the cost of a couple of cups of coffee a month, become an Insider member and continue to get Local News You Can Use from the only independently owned, dedicated local news organization in South Orange County. After spending 11 years as his assistant, Bill Backstrom replaced Bob Lester as El Modena football coach in 1985. Incredible. McWhinney, then only 25, took over for his former high school coach, Ernie Johnson. Jackson Keays's Football Recruiting Profile - NCSASports.org Snitzler surrendered to police about 8:45 p.m., Amat said. 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