Press-Telegram’s Football Hot List for Week 5

The Press-Telegram’s Michael Huntley checks the somesthesia astir the section precocious schoolhouse shot scene, looking for thing that’s blistery — from players to games to recruits. If it’s hot, helium volition find it — if it’s not, he’ll fto you know.

Hot Game: Long Beach Poly vs. Millikan

Most radical judge that Millikan is the 2nd champion squad successful the Moore League and the Rams whitethorn person proved that with their 44-0 triumph implicit Jordan. Ryan Pellum is the headliner for Millikan with offers from 30 schools including LSU, Notre Dame, Texas and USC.

Sophomore Myles Jackson is Millikan’s backmost and helium volition beryllium asked to propulsion the shot a batch against Poly. Angelo Miranda is Jackson’s fig 2 target. He had a large crippled against Jordan with 144 yards receiving and an interception connected defense.

Santa Ana’s Kevin Hurtando blocks a walk from Millikan’s Myles Jackson successful a nonleague shot crippled astatine Millikan precocious Friday, August 20, 2021 successful Long Beach.(Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)

Poly is coming disconnected a blowout nonaccomplishment to Centennial of Corona successful a crippled successful which everything that could person gone incorrect for Poly did spell wrong. Shea Kuykendall has been getting the lion’s stock of reps astatine backmost the past 2 weeks with sophomore Darius Curry getting into the games arsenic well.

Devin Samples is Poly’s moving backmost and should get a batch of carries against Millikan. Donovan Poe Yandall is an Army perpetrate and leads the Poly defence with 4 sacks. He was the Moore League Defensive Player of the Year successful the outpouring season.

Poly has not mislaid a Moore League crippled connected the tract since 2009. It had immoderate forfeit losses successful 2015, but its past nonaccomplishment connected the tract came to Millikan successful a 35-34 overtime thriller successful 2009. The Jackrabbits should predominate the enactment of scrimmage and stroke retired Millikan, but this whitethorn beryllium their biggest trial successful the Moore League.

Hot Team: Norwalk

Norwalk has won 4 consecutive games aft its season-opening nonaccomplishment to San Marino. The Lancers person scored implicit 50 points successful 3 of their 4 wins this season.

The Lancers are coming disconnected a blowout triumph implicit crosstown foe Glenn wherever they had a 44-0 pb astatine halftime. They are led by their two-headed backfield featuring David Herrera and Jonathan Goodloe. Herrera has rushed for 756 yards and 13 touchdowns done 5 games. Goodloe has 733 yards and 7 touchdowns.

Everybody knows that Norwalk is going to tally the shot connected astir each play, but cipher has been capable to halt it truthful far. Lancers backmost Caden Barnhill has lone attempted six passes each season, which means they tally the shot connected 97 percent of their snaps.

Norwalk has its toughest trial of the play successful its nonleague finale against El Rancho connected Friday. The Lancers are successful a bully spot to gain a third-place decorativeness successful the Suburban League and get a playoff spot.

Hot Player: Erick Barrios, Compton

Barrios had a monolithic crippled successful Compton’s 36-14 triumph implicit Wilson successful some teams’ Moore League opener. He rushed for 100 yards, forced a fumble and returned it 94 yards for a touchdown and had a touchdown reception for the Tarbabes.

He and Compton play Narbonne of Harbor City successful a nonleague crippled connected Friday.

Junior RB / WR / FS Erick Barrios is an emerging two-way subordinate for Compton High School. He changed the momentum of the crippled with his 94-yard fumble instrumentality for a touchdown. Barrios besides had 100+ rushing yards and scored connected a 16-yard TD reception arsenic well. #Compton @BeachVarsity pic.twitter.com/kDL8NO4HWC

— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) September 18, 2021

Hot Recruit: Cash Koepke, Los Alamitos

Koepke was the co-Sunset League Offensive Lineman of the Year successful the outpouring and is 1 of the apical linemen successful the county. He received his archetypal Division I assistance connection from the University of San Diego past week.

He attended a campy astatine the University of Alabama Birmingham successful the offseason and has besides drawn recruiting involvement from Northern Arizona.

After a large speech with @coach_MAponte I americium highly blessed and humbled to person received my archetypal D1 connection to proceed playing the crippled I love!!! #GoToreros @Giantskillz_RML @_OhBelieveMe @DLCoachTiaDAC @LosAlFootball @KoepkeChandra @coachsnyder66 pic.twitter.com/WmfVgQpSaP

— Cash Koepke (@CashKoepke_) September 17, 2021

Hot Prediction: Wilson gets its archetypal triumph of the season

Wilson has had a nightmare commencement to the play and is coming disconnected a nonaccomplishment to Compton.

The Bruins big Cabrillo (1-4) successful a Moore League crippled Friday and volition get their archetypal triumph of the season.

Wilson opened the play with 2 precise challenging nonleague games against Warren and Huntington Beach. Those 2 teams are amended than each Moore League squad too Poly and playing those games made the Bruins better.

Wilson’s Detroit Afusia busts done the squad banner earlier the crippled successful Long Beach connected Friday, Sep. 17, 2021. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)

The Bruins person 7 sophomores starting connected discourtesy and whitethorn beryllium the youngest squad successful the league. Dominique Carter returned a punt for a touchdown against Compton and has the quality to marque large plays connected peculiar teams and defense.

Cordae Jones and Elijah Van Mulligen are 2 different antiaircraft players to ticker for Wilson.