County’s Scholar-Athlete Team Named

Foothill, Loara and Woodbridge high schools each had two players selected to the National Football Foundation’s scholar-athlete team in Orange County.

Foothill placed nose guard Randy Laycock and offensive tackle Mike Gazzaniga on the 20-member team. Woodbridge had running back David Townsend and quarterback Mike Yurkovich selected. Loara had linebacker Brian Malavar and defensive Tony Ferrentino selected.

Players chosen for the team must be all-league selections who maintained at least a 3.3 grade-point average. The team:

Jim Howell (Western), RB; Ernest Johnston (Anaheim), QB; Ross Bauer (El Modena), RB; Tony Ferrentino (Loara), DB; Marcel Durand (Capistrano Valley), DB; David Shirota (Troy), WR; Brian Carr (Orange), OT; Eddie Vargas (Brea-Olinda), LB; Shane Brisbin (El Toro), DB; Ken Montgomery (Los Alamitos), WR; Dean Eddy (Westminster), DB; David Sacks (Cal Lutheran), C; Antwon Lark (Saddleback), DB; John Yurkovich (Woodbridge), QB; Brian Malavar (Loara), LB; Daryl Pessler (Newport Harbor), DE; David Townsend (Woodbridge), RB; David Bancroft (Mission Viejo), LB; Mike Gazzaniga (Foothill), OT and Randy Laycock (Foothill), NG.