Authorities Weigh Charging Connors : Jurisprudence: Results of blood-alcohol test given former Hart quarterback after auto accident remain confidential.

Former Hart High quarterback Ryan Connors probably will learn early next week whether he will face criminal charges stemming from a high-speed car accident July 23 in Newhall that left a Northern California motorist critically injured, according to authorities.

Deputy Dist. Atty. Brad Stone said he received the Sheriff’s Department accident report Monday and could decide by Monday if any charges will be filed against Connors, The Times’ 1991 Valley back of the year.

Although Connors, 19, was not arrested following the two-car accident on San Fernando Road in Newhall that left Gregory C. Moore, 32, critically injured, authorities believe he might have been drinking and drag-racing. Results of a blood-alcohol test on Connors were completed Friday and were included in the accident report forwarded to Stone.

Authorities have not disclosed the results. Connors has never been arrested for drunk driving, according to a check of Department of Motor Vehicle records in Sacramento.

Last week, Sgt. John DiMatteo said the Sheriff’s Department would recommend that felony drunk driving charges be filed against Connors if the test showed a blood-alcohol level of at least .08, the legal limit.

Connors’ family has hired Newhall-based attorney Tom Kascoutas, who is vacationing and unavailable for comment.

Moore, who sheriff’s deputies say resides in the seaside community of Sea Ranch about 100 miles north of San Francisco, was listed in critical condition throughout his weeklong stay in the intensive-care unit at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital.

He was transferred from Henry Mayo to Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles on Saturday. No information concerning Moore’s medical status has been released at the request of his family.

When contacted at home in Valencia on Sunday, Connors expressed remorse.

“It’s been hard. . . . it’s really been bad,” Connors said. “I feel horrible.”

Added Connors’ father Bernie: “We’re praying for the other driver.”

The accident occurred about midnight on a Friday night on San Fernando Road in Newhall, a few blocks from Hart High. Connors lost control of the car he was driving and crossed the median on the two-lane road, where his car was struck by one driven by Moore, according to the accident report.

Based on eyewitness accounts, deputies believe Connors was racing at nearly 100 m.p.h. against a car driven by a friend.

Authorities have not released the name of the motorist Connors was allegedly racing or the name of the passenger riding with Connors. The passenger, a minor, was treated and released that night, according to a hospital authorities. Connors, who suffered minor injuries, was discharged from the hospital July 25.

Connors became the first player in state history to pass for more than 4,000 yards in a season when he threw for 4,144 and 39 touchdowns his senior year. However, he was not offered a Division I football scholarship largely because of his size (6-foot, 185 pounds).

He attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, R.I., with hopes of receiving an appointment to the Naval Academy this fall. According to a school official who asked not to be identified, Connors was academically disenrolled after failing to maintain a 2.0 grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale), the minimum GPA required for a certificate of completion.

Although many students who fall short of the needed grades are allowed to return for another year and make up course work, a school review board recommended that Connors not return, the school official said.

“I really don’t think he wanted to be here,” the official said.

Capt. Dennis Worley, the school’s commanding officer, declined to comment specifically on Connors’ problems at NAPS.

“All I’ll say is that he had some struggles academically and he was not offered an appointment,” Worley said. “Ryan is a very outgoing young man who was well liked here.”

Connors returned to Valencia in May. He hopes to resume his football career at UC Davis, a Division II school that does not offer athletic scholarships.