Mater Dei quarterback Matt Barkley FILE PHOTO: KEVIN SULLIVAN, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER |
Mater Dei, Los Alamitos pass first test of summer
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Review of the top QBs and receivers, plus other notes, from the Dana Hills 7-on-7 tournament.
DANA POINT – As Los Alamitos coach John Barnes put it, “It’s the first day of summer.” Eight teams, including six from Orange County, competed in the Dana Hills seven-on-seven passing tournament this past weekend.
“I think it gives you an idea of how well your kids are willing to compete,” Dana Hills coach Brent Melbon said. “Are they willing to scratch and claw and fight?”
No team did that better than Mater Dei, which played three games in a row Saturday and won the final two, including a 28-26 thriller against Los Alamitos in the final. Jaron Hytche caught the winning touchdown, one of two for the running back in the championship.
The Monarchs lost to the Griffins, 27-26, earlier in the afternoon.
“I was very interested to see how we would come back in the loser’s bracket,” Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson said. “We really rose up against Los Al. That’s the most important thing to me. Were (my players) going to rise to the occasion and battle their way out of the loser’s bracket? Or were they not going to show any character and get beat and everyone’s going, Uh-oh, we got some issues?”
Click on the links below for more from the Dana Hills tournament:
• Ranking the quarterbacks
• All-Hands Team
• Barnes vs. Barnes Showdown
Contact the writer: amaya@ocregister.com
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