L.A. Cathedral junior is clocked in 10.49 seconds, and Oaks Christian senior Owusu runs to victory in 200.

Sprinter Randall Carroll knows there's a good chance that he could be competing on the same football field some Saturday against Chris Owusu of Westlake Village Oaks Christian. Until then, however, the Los Angeles Cathedral junior has made it his goal to beat the senior in the 100- and 200-meter dashes.

CIF picks Carson facility over six other bids to remain host for season-ending games this year and 2009.

The CIF state football championship bowl games will remain at the Home Depot Center in Carson for the next two years, CIF Executive Director Marie Ishida announced Wednesday.

Will Pidd of Jesuit High School is in his fourth varsity rugby season. He plays scrum half, rugby's equivalent of quarterback or point guard. Following a season of freshman football, Pidd went out for rugby. "I thought it would be a good thing to do for football," he said, "but I haven't played football since." Pidd said he tried rugby because his cousins, who live in England, play it. He shares five things he loves about rugby:

Andy Alfaro / Sacramento Bee file, 2004

The Home Depot Center in Carson will remain the site of the 2008 and 2009 California Interscholastic Federation state football championship bowl games.

Sac-Joaquin Section assistant commissioner John Williams said that the section and UC Davis have agreed in principal to hold the 2008 Sac-Joaquin Section Division I football championship game Dec. 13 at the university.

John Paul hungered to be the boss. Finally last spring, the longtime football assistant got his chance when he became Center High School's head football coach.

Former Center High football coach John Paul, 62, says he thinks his last shot at run- ning a program is gone now that the school reinstated former coach Digol J'Beily.

DIGOL J'BEILY He fought for his reinstatement after he was fired. He coached the 2005 and 2006 seasons, then resigned.

Announcement Los Altos needs a head coach for varsity football. E-mail A.D. Kim Cave at kim.

Announcements Los Altos needs a head coach for varsity football. E-mail A.D. Kim Cave at kim.

Announcements Los Altos needs a head coach for varsity football. E-mail A.D. Kim Cave at kim.

Announcement Los Altos High looking for a head varsity football coach. Contact: kim.cave@mvla.

Announcement Los Altos needs a head coach for varsity football. E-mail A.D. Kim Cave at kim.

Announcements Los Altos needs a head coach for varsity football. E-mail A.D. Kim Cave at kim.

The rosters were released this week for the High Desert All-Star Football Game, and just about every senior standout from last season is ready to suit up.

APPLE VALLEY — Gerryl Bennett wore a jersey that said “McCook” on the back because he wasn’t selected for the inaugural High Desert All-Star Football Game until Silverado teammate Herbert McCook moved to Texas.

Former Lucerne Valley football coach Doug South accepted a football head coaching position at Rosamond High School on Friday.

The first day of spring football practice at Chico High will be May 12, and when the new head coach arrives, introductions won't be necessary.

Four Newport-Mesa senior football players have been selected to play for the South in the 49th edition of the Orange County North-South All-Star Football Game on July 11 at Orange Coast College.

Corona del Mar High senior Erik Rask, the Pacific Coast League Defensive Player of the Year as a linebacker for the Sea Kings last fall, and Mater Dei High receiver Robby Boyer, a Newport Beach resident, lead a list of Newport-Mesa players nominated to represent the South in the 49th edition of the Orange County All-Star Football Game, scheduled July 11 at Orange Coast College.

QB SCHOOL TODAY Newport Beach resident Matt Barkley, a Mater Dei High football standout, is a featured participant in the inaugural Steve Clarkson Quarterback Academy sessions that take place today and Sunday at Glendale Community College.

Clovis West High made it official Thursday when it named Gary Joe Kinne as its football coach.

Clovis West High is preparing to hire Gary Joe Kinne, a high school football coach from Texas who made his third job-related visit to Fresno on Wednesday.

Gary Joe Kinne, who made national headlines when he was shot by a disgruntled parent of a Texas high school player, said he is a finalist for the football coaching job at Clovis West High.

VISALIA -- Football coaches in Visalia have long looked with a touch of envy toward Clovis Unified, where middle school teams use the same playbooks as the high schools they feed into.

Marty Martin is shifting from the bright lights of Clovis West High to the west-side shadows of Kerman, and that's enough.

Selections for overall state and Central Section players:

The lights stayed on this time. There was a full moon, too.

VISALIA -- Ross Hebert praised his team's running game for his breakthrough performance.

TULARE -- There are those who say the Tulare High football team's unbeaten record doesn't mean much because its schedule was weak.

East: David Avina, Strahmore; Gareth Brown, Monache; Josh Dieterle, Porterville; Leonel Donate, Woodlake; Jake Duffin, Strathmore; Johny Dystra, N/A; Josue Fernandez, Monache; Hector Gomez, Strathmoer; Jason Gomez, El Diamante; John Gomez, Woodlake; Robert Hanger, Strathmore; Eric Hofstee, CVC; Patrick Hutcheson, Exeter; Daniel Ibarra, El Diamante; Jacob Kasimoff, Monache; AJ Knight, Strathmore; Jordan Lara, Lindsay; Dave Lucio, Porterville; Dale Madrigal, Strathmore; Amodor Madrigal, Farmersville; Jacob Malahy, Granite Hills; Jose Martinez, Farmersville; Lupe Medina, Lindsay; Wade Mendoncer, El Diamante; Matt Morales, Redwood; Jimmy Moreno, Monache; Thomas Navares, Woodlake; Eric Peterson, Redwood; Aaron Ray, Redwood; Earl Rhodes, El Diamante; JP Slavador, El Diamante; Carson Tevelde, CVC; Anthony Tlernan, Granite Hills; Celso Vellagomez, Golden West; Ashont White, Monache. Coach: Jeromy Blackwell, Strathmore.

The nation's premier high school all-star football game will count not one, not two, but three Edison High players.

FOWLER -- Fowler High's Kenny Corona and Josh Poytress did everything they could to salvage a 22-point first-half lead, but Bakersfield Christian came to play it out.

Five years of football futility has Bay Area fans doubting the future of what once were proud NFL franchises.

Local briefs from Thursday's paper.

The Twin Cities Cougars picked the wrong day to welcome Northern California Amateur Football Federation powerhouse Stockton into town.

For one valley autumn, Yuba College football coach Ted Hoal packed up his team and the equipment, loaded them into vans and drove across the E Street bridge into Marysville for his home games away from home.

Below are the high school football schedules for the 2007 season:

Porterville at Exeter Prep Football.

KINGSBURG — The Exeter football team, seeded No.

Two teams that waged a season-long battle against the injury bug find themselves in improved health as they prepare for a Friday night confrontation in round one of the Division IV prep football playoffs.

The Week 9 Football Player of the Week as voted on by fans at is Porterville’s Josh Dieterle.

The Strathmore football team shut down Riverdale on Friday night en route to a 34-0 victory.

The Week 7 football Player of the Week as voted on by fans at is Strathmore’s Jesse Soria.

TULARE — The Tulare Western football team came out strong and held on to defeat a feisty Granite Hills team Friday night 38-23 at Bob Mathias Stadium.

STRATHMORE — The Strathmore football team remained undefeated after trouncing Orange Cover on Friday night at Spartan Stadium “We knew that Strathmore was a good team,” Orange Cove coach Emilio Botello said.

Hot off the heels of a dramatic fourth-quarter win last week, the Granite Hills football team was the one exiting Jamison Stadium with long faces on Friday night.

It was a day for the natural athlete. Moorpark College sophomore Daniel Wolverton, a wide receiver during football season, weathered a childhood of coaches asking him to join their track teams.

Fifty-three years after Ventura College moved to its current Telegraph Road campus and 46 months after the project began, the school's football team will finally play its opening game in its new on-campus stadium Sept. 13 against Antelope Valley.