2013: Freeman Sets Scoring Pace

Royce Freeman of Imperial scored 43 touchdowns and 258 points in 12 games to lead the San Diego Section for the third year in a row and finished sixth in the state, according to unofficial statistics provided by Max Preps.

Freeman amassed 39 touchdowns and 3 two-point conversions for  240 points in 2011 and 36 touchdowns and 216 points in 2012.

Freeman scored 111 touchdowns in three seasons for Tigers.
Freeman scored 118 touchdowns in three seasons for Tigers.

Edgar Segura of Mendota in the Central Section was the 2013 state leader with 57 touchdowns and a total of 358 points.

Andrew Brown of Ripon Christian of the Sac-Joaquin Section, had 335 points, followed by Rashaad Penny of Norwalk, Southern Section, 320. Tre Watson of Corona Centennial, Southern Section, was fifth with 306.

Freeman also ended his career with the sixth highest single-season performance in the San Diego Section.

Evan Fisher of Julian scored 342 points in eight-man football in 2001, followed by Tyler Gaffney of Cathedral, 336 (’08); Dillon Baxter, Mission Bay, 324 (’09); Zay Shepard, Brawley, 276 (’04), Dionne Grigsby, San Pasqual Academy 8, 262 (’04), and Freeman.

San Diego Section 2013 leaders:

Player Team Games TD PAT 2Pt FG Pts
Royce Freeman Imperial 12 43 0 0 0 258
Clayton Bowler Holtville V 13 27 0 0 0 162
J.T. Barnes Grossmont 12 13 64 0 2 150
Brandon Alexander San Pasqual Academy 8 7 23 0 0 0 148
Thai Cottrell Oceanside 13 22 7 1 0 141
Justin Santa Maria Calvary Christian S.D. V 9 19 0 12 0 138
Riley Racciato Classical V 10 23 0 0 0 138
Jose Ramirez Calvary Christian Vista 8 7 20 0 4 0 128
Damonte Holiday Hoover 11 21 0 0 0 126
Isiah Olave Eastlake 12 21 0 0 0 126
Jimmie Hill Mar Vista 10 21 0 0 0 126
Tim Clow St. Joseph 8 8 19 0 5 0 124
Elijah Preston St. Augustine 11 20 0 0 0 120
Isaiah Capoocia El Capitan 12 19 0 0 0 114
James Harwell San Marcos 14 7 53 0 6 113
Ray Lyons Crawford 10 18 0 1 0 110
Bulla Graft The Bishop’s 10 17 0 3 0 108
Chris Moliga Cathedral 11 18 0 0 0 108
Tony Miro Santa Fe Christian 10 18 0 0 0 108
Dan McManus West Hills 12 6 29 0 14 107
Nareg Skakarian St. Joseph 8 8 12 34 0 0 106
Damian Ramirez Blythe Palo Verde 12 17 0 1 0 104
Jesse Brookins Francis Parker 11 17 0 1 0 104
Ben Lomibao Mount Miguel 10 17 0 0 0 102
Isiah Henne San Marcos 14 17 0 0 0 102
Manny Rodriguez Olympian 11 17 0 0 0 102
Carlos Campos San Ysidro 10 15 8 0 0 98


2013-14: Saints Now 10-0 and on 24-0 Run

saints logo deuceSt. Augustine is 10-0  and has a 24-game winning streak after a 65-49 victory over the host team in the first annual Rancho Santa Margarita Tournament today, climaxing a 4-game run through the Orange County event.

The Saints beat Trabuco Hills, 62-61, Seattle Prep, 79-60,  and Alta of Sandy, Utah, 63-56, in earlier games.  Santa Margarita was 7-0 before taking on coach Mike Haupt’s North Park sharpshooters.

Trey Kell led the top-ranked San Diego Section team with 26 points.  Eric Monroe and Danny Caya had 11 each and Martin Tombe  10.

The Saints, ninth in California and 30th in the country in Max Preps‘ ratings,  now gear up for the Under Armour post-Christmas tournament and draw scoreboard blinking Chino Hills in their opening game at 2:15 p.m. on Dec. 26 in the Torrey Pines gym.

Chino Hills is 7-2 and averaging 79 points a game.

The Huskies most recently dropped a 65-63 decision to Etiwanda, ranked fourth in California and 10th in the country by Max Preps. Chino Hills also holds a 121-102 decision over tough Rancho Cucamonga.  Both games were in the Inland Empire Classic at Ontario Colony.

St. Augustine has not lost since dropping a 62-59 decision to Cathedral on Jan. 24, 2012. The Saints won their last 14 in a run that took them to the State III championship and a final record  of 29-4 in 2012-13.