Boseman Is Indecisive About Future : Preps: Morningside standout says he will decide in March whether to play football or basketball at the collegiate level.

Morningside High’s Stais Boseman said Saturday he will wait until March before deciding to play football or basketball at the collegiate level.

As a junior, the 6-foot-4 Boseman helped lead the Monarchs to their first Southern Section Division VIII football championship. In March, he helped Morningside to its first Division III state basketball title.

“Our football team hadn’t ever won a title and I wanted to be a part of history,” Boseman said. “It was neat to be a part of two history-making teams. It’s something I can tell my grandchildren about someday.”

Boseman, who is a quarterback and defensive back on the football team and guard on the basketball team, helped lead the Monarch basketball team to two victories Saturday in the Los Angeles Watts Summer Games.

Boseman scored 14 points in a 67-45 victory over Inglewood and 19 in a 71-45 win over Southgate. Morningside will play Dorsey in a semifinal game today at 11 a.m. at Compton College. The winner will play Long Beach Jordan or Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in the championship game at 3 p.m.

Boseman said he is feeling the pressure from recruiters.

“Texas told me that they could make me a pro quarterback and Washington State told me they could make me a pro defensive back,” Boseman said. “Most of the Pac 10 schools are pressuring me but I’m letting my mom (Alice Carthures) handle all that.

“I think it’s ridiculous to think about the pros right now, I mean that’s a one-in-a-million thing. I just want to go to school and make sure I get my education.”

Boseman wants to study child psychology in college and hopes to one day be a youth counselor.

“There are a lot of problems in the area and I’d like to try and help kids deal with them,” he said. “I can’t run away from the problems. I grew up here and I just try to adapt.”

Boseman is learning quickly about recruiters.

“I’ve gotten birthday cards in the mail from people I don’t even know, one coach even sent my mom a mothers’ day card,” Boseman said. “It’s all about money nowadays I guess.”

Boseman said he will sit down with his mother and decide which sport he has the best chance to succeed in at the NCAA level.

“I think I’ll adapt to that level, I’m not worried if I’m not the best, there’s always going to be somebody better than you every level,” Boseman said.

Too many commitments and not enough time to shuttle between games forced some area teams to forfeit games.

The defending national champion Peninsula girls’ basketball team forfeited a game with Narbonne because it is also was playing in a tournament in Costa Mesa.

Mary Star and San Pedro also forfeited softball games because of other commitments.

The Westchester boys’ basketball team defeated Santa Barbara, 56-36, then lost to Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, 53-50, in a semifinal game at Jordan.

The Bishop Montgomery girls’ basketball team defeated Inglewood, 44-38, and Chaffey, 40-39, in games at Locke.

Bishop will play Narbonne or Rancho Alamitos in a 9 a.m. semifinal at Compton College. The championship game will be at 1:30 p.m. at Compton College.

The Morningside girls’ basketball team lost to Channel Islands, 49-33, and St. Bernard lost to Millikan, 40-34, in games at Westchester.

In girls’ soccer at Balboa Park in Encino, Torrance defeated Burroughs, 1-0, and will play Peninsula, which defeated Canyon of Canyon Country, 2-0. Torrance and Peninsula will meet today in a semifinal game at 10:30 a.m. at Compton College. The winner will play Arcadia or Pasadena Poly in the championship game at 2 p.m.