Column: Mater Dei vs. Corona Centennial: the battle for Inland Empire athletes

Coaches in the Inland Empire have become used to seeing vans picking up high school students and whisking them to the 91 Freeway toward Santa Ana, ...

August 28, 2022
7:38 PM

Coaches in the Inland Empire have become used to seeing vans picking up high school students and whisking them to the 91 Freeway toward Santa Ana, home of Mater Dei.'I haven't seen them,' Corona Centennial football coach Matt Logan says, 'but I've heard about them.'If you want to know one reason for Mater Dei's current 19-game winning streak in football, it's the ability to attract players from outside Orange County. Logan estimates that there's at least half a dozen on this year's Monarchs roster who could be attending Centennial.

Eric Sondheimer