Senior quarterback
Rathen Ricedorff fired five touchdown passes – three others were called back – while amassing 274 yards Saturday as Show Low (Ariz.) defeated Snowflake (Ariz.), 42-21, in the Class 3A state semifinals.
During the game he surpassed the state record of 50 scoring passes in one year and he now has 53 heading into this Saturday's state title game against Blue Ridge (Lakeside, Ariz.).
* Northwestern (Rock Hill, S.C.) senior quarterback
Justin Worley broke Willy Korn's single-season state record of 53 touchdown passes by completing four scoring strikes during a 49-35 victory over Ashley Ridge (Summerville, S.C.). He now has 56.
* Shaheem Taylor (149), Tyquan Johnson (127) and Tyrod Skipper (101) each rushed for more than 100 yards as
Sussex Central (Va.) defeated Charles City (Va.), 52-44.
* Collins (Shelbyville, Ky.) senior quarterback
Branden Cresap completed 37 of 66 passes for 440 yards and three touchdowns during a 31-26 loss to Western (Louisville, Ky.).
* The North out-slugged the South, 74-48, during the 10th annual Vermont Senior All-Star Game. One week after leading Rice Memorial (South Burlington, Vt.) to the Division 2 state title, quarterback
Christian McCormick passed for 347 yards and six touchdowns in the North victory.
* Folsom (Calif.) handed previously once-beaten Vacaville (Calif.) a shocking 75-6 defeat, forcing a running clock for the entire second half.
Dano Graves passed for 327 yards and five touchdowns and rushed for another three touchdowns.
* Bastrop (Texas) standout
Josiah Monroe threw for 400 yards and ran for 164 yards while accounting for six touchdowns during a 58-44 victory over Sulphur Springs (Texas).
* Fayetteville (Ark.) quarterback
Brandon Allen passed for 400 yards and five touchdowns during a 34-20 victory over West Memphis (Ark.). Allen, who has committed to the University of Arkansas, has thrown just two interceptions this year.
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Blue Valley (Stilwell, Kan.) avenged a recent three-touchdown loss by upsetting Gardner-Edgerton (Gardner, Kan.), 45-42, during the Class 5A state playoffs. Junior quarterback Kyle Zimmerman lit the spark by passing for 331 yards and six touchdowns. For the losers, quarterback
Bubba Starling rushed 31 times for a school-record 396 yards and five touchdowns.
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Steward Butler rushed for a school-record 367 yards to lead Lakeland (Fla.) to a 56-35 victory over Hagerty (Oviedo, Fla.). Hagerty quarterback
Jeff Driskel, who has committed to the University of Florida, accounted for 494 yards and five touchdowns.
* Playing 8-man football, Lowell (Ore.) senior
Zac Cardwell (6-1, 190) set an all-class state record by scoring 115 touchdowns during his four-year career. He also is a three-time Class 1A-2A state champion wrestler.
* Steve Pardue has resigned after 17 years as head football coach at Georgia power
LaGrange (Ga.) and has been replaced by long-time defensive coordinator Donnie Branch, who also coached the 2004 state baseball champions.
BASEBALL: DUNSTON CHOOSES VANDERBILTShawon Dunston Jr. has chosen Vanderbilt University over Oregon State, according to Perfect Game USA. The 6-2, 165-pound senior outfielder, who is the son of former Major League shortstop Shawon Dunston, plays for Valley Christian (San Jose, Calif.) and is the nation's No. 48 player in the Perfect Game rankings.
* Storm Davis has resigned as baseball coach at
Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.) to become the pitching coach for the Texas Rangers' minor league team in Hickory, N.C.
POTPOURRI* One of the nation's premier junior basketball players, Morgan Tuck, has committed to the University of Connecticut, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The 6-foot-2 standout averaged 18.2 points and 7.5 rebounds last year for
Bolingbrook (Ill.), which has won the last two Class 4A state titles.
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Montini (Lombard, Ill.) wrestling coach Mike Bukovsky has retired following a brilliant career during which he compiled a 460-39 record with eight state titles. He also coached 32 individual state champs.
