PREP FOOTBALL ’95 / SUNSET LEAGUE

Los Alamitos

1994 RECORDS:

OVERALL: 12-1

LEAGUE: 5-0

COACH: John Barnes

RECORD AT SCHOOL: 136-46-6

RETURNING STARTERS:

OFF: 7

DEF: 8

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TOP RETURNERS OFF DEF YR Brian Bausch, 6-3,242 OL -- Sr. Tom Carbajal, 5-10,175 -- DB Sr. Brent Cooper, 5-11,235 -- DL Sr. Kevin Feterik, 6-2,183 QB -- Sr. Ryan Gragnano, 5-9,170 RB DB Sr. Stan Guyness, 6-3,172 WR -- Sr. Tony Hartley, 6-1,185 WR -- Sr. Mike Kahn, 5-9,205 -- LB Sr. Troy Larkin, 6-3,270 OL -- Sr.

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TOP NEWCOMERS OFF DEF YR Tony Austin, 5-11,185 RB -- Sr. Mike Buksa, 6-0,210 -- LB Jr. Ife Ohalete, 6-2,190 -- DB Jr.

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OUTLOOK

The Streak may be over--unbeaten in a section-record 47 consecutive games before bowing to Mater Dei 28-24 in the playoffs--but the winning isn’t. The Griffins aren’t loaded, they’re bursting at the seams. Los Alamitos returns nearly everyone from last year’s squad, ranging from Superprep preseason All-American pick Guyness to Far West regional preseason team selections Feterik and Hartley. They begin the season as the county’s (and the nation’s) top-ranked team. “I think we’re one of the top contenders,” Barnes said. “But if we lose, we won’t jump off bridges; there’s more to life than just football.” Perhaps, but somehow the pressure of trying to win their fourth section title in five years will seem easier without The Streak to worry about.

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SCHEDULE

September 7 vs. Saugus at Veterans Stadium; 14 vs. L.A. Washington at Veterans Stadium; 21 vs. Carson at Veterans Stadium; 29 vs. Pasadena Muir at Pasadena City College.

October 6 vs. Riverside Poly at UC Riverside; 12 vs. Edison at Veterans Stadium; 20 vs. Esperanza at Valencia HS; 26 vs. Fountain Valley at Veterans Stadium.

November 2 at Huntington Beach; 10 vs. Marina at Westminster HS.