FOOTBALL: STAR QUARTERBACK PICKS UTAHSan Clemente (Calif.) junior quarterback
Travis Wilson (6-6, 215) has committed to the University of Utah, according to the Orange County Register. He passed for 2,020 yards and 12 touchdowns, while running for 466 yards last fall. He also had offers from UCLA, Arizona State, Colorado and Washington.
* The Akron Beacon Journal reports that Buchtel (Akron, Ohio) receiver
Corey Smith has committed to the University of Tennessee. However, he first will attend East Mississippi Community College for two years. Last fall he had 52 catches for 1,100 yards and 16 touchdowns.
* Brush (Lyndhurst, Ohio) junior defensive end
Pharoah Brown (6-7, 220) has committed to the University of Michigan, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
* Mike Newsome, who was the
2009 MaxPreps National Coach of the Year, is the new head football coach at
A.L. Brown (Kannapolis, N.C.). During the past two years, Newsome had led
Butler (Matthews, N.C.) to 31 consecutive victories and two Class 4A state titles and the cupboard definitely is not bare for 2011.
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Arrowhead (Hartland, Wis.) football coach Tom Taraska has retired after posting a 248-76 record with four Division I state titles and five second-place finishes in 29 years.
SWIMMING: LOUGANIS’ RECORD ECLIPSEDIt took 34 years, but the San Diego Section diving record held by four-time Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis has been eclipsed.
BYU recruit Kevin Dreesen of
Granite Hills (El Cajon, Calif.) totaled 587.75 points during the Grossmont Hills League finals to better Louganis’ record of 556.76 set during his junior year at Valhalla (El Cajon, Calif.).
Dreesen’s father was a classmate of Louganis at Valhalla.
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Regis Jesuit (Aurora, Colo.) sophomore Missy Franklin won the 200-meter freestyle in 1 minute, 57.66 seconds during the 27th annual Charlotte (N.C.) UltraSwim meet. She set a meet record and in the process edged U.S. record holder Allison Schmitt by more than a half second.
Franklin, who just turned 16, has won 15 gold medals during the USA Swimming Grand Prix this season – five more than Olympic great Michael Phelps.
