Football: Birmingham gets transfer student

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Defending City Section champion Birmingham might have found a promising defensive end to help replace the Jackson twins with the arrival of 6-foot-2, 230-pound senior Marquelle Henderson from Boise, Idaho.

Henderson practiced for the first time on Thursday. He moved to the area to live with his father, David, who was a Fairfax High basketball player in the 1980s. Henderson supposedly has good speed and athleticism. Coach Ed Croson is taking a wait and see approach but adding a defensive lineman would be good news for the Patriots.

One certainty is the improvement by senior quarterback Morey Croson. His arm is much stronger than a year ago, and that should bring smiles to USC-bound receiver De’Von Flournoy, who should be getting lots of long passes to catch.

-- Eric Sondheimer