Their Own Orange Bowl

Orange County athletes will have a say in most of the college football bowl games played this holiday season. Here’s a look at each team with players who attended a high school or community college in the county:

ALOHA BOWL

California

Pat Barnes QB Trabuco Hills

Rashawn Davis DL Los Alamitos (redshirt)

Reed Diehl OL Irvine (redshirt)

Justin Flagg LB Huntington Beach

Tony Gonzalez TE Huntington Beach

George Roberts DT Huntington Beach

Navy

Kostas Hatzidakis C Esperanza

David Loya G Mission Viejo

Manny Metcalf SB Rancho Alamitos

CARQUEST BOWL

Miami

Scott Covington QB Dana Hills

John Fowle P San Clemente

Virginia

None

COPPER BOWL

Utah

Brian Bachhuber LB Esperanza

Vince Tauanuu DT Westminster/Golden West College

Wisconsin

Dave Cruickshank DE Dana Hills/Saddleback College

Matt Davenport K Capistrano Valley/Saddleback College

COTTON BOWL

Brigham Young

Curt Cannon C Irvine

Kevin Feterik QB Los Alamitos

Kansas State

None

FIESTA BOWL

Penn State

None

Texas

Jeffrey Clayton RB Trabuco Hills/Orange Coast College

Anton Hector CB Esperanza

HOLIDAY BOWL

Colorado

Dwayne Cherrington TB Santa Ana Valley

Josh Holland WR Huntington Beach

Nick Ziegler DE Huntington Beach

Washington

Eddie Burrell ILB Huntington Beach

Kevin Cooper TE Brethren Christian

Reggie Davis WLB Brethren Christian

Jeremy Nicholson TB Fountain Valley

Tony Parrish FS Marina

INDEPENDENCE BOWL

Auburn

None

Army

Jeffrey Brizic HB El Toro

Michael Coerper LB Ocean View

LAS VEGAS BOWL

Nevada

Trevor Insley WR San Clemente

Geoff Noisy WR Irvine

Mike Robertson DE Kennedy

Casey Shine TE El Modena/Rancho Santiago College

Ball State

None

ROSE BOWL

Ohio State

None

Arizona State

Kareem Clark DB Esperanza

O.J. Flowers DB El Toro

Derrick Ford DE Mater Dei

Travis McCullough ILB Esperanza/Orange Coast College

Kyle Murphy OG Edison

Ryan Reilly DL Valencia

Scott Von der Ahe ILB Mission Viejo/Saddleback College

SUN BOWL

Stanford

Jeff Byrd RB Rancho Alamitos

Chris Draft LB Valencia

Che Holloway RB Orange Lutheran

Robert Lathan CB Dana Hills

Matt Motherway G Mater Dei

Patrick Shinnefield K Mater Dei

Bryan Werner DE Esperanza

Michigan State

None

Note: Bowl games not listed have no county athletes on either team.

Sources: University records