All-Around Catch for Villa Park

Villa Park High’s Bryan Arguello continued to show off athletic versatility in the Spartans’ 24-6 victory Friday at Trabuco Hills. Arguello had 14 receptions heading into the game, and he scored on a 48-yard pass play and kicked a 42-yard field goal in the first half.

And football isn’t even his best sport.

Arguello may play soccer this winter when he’s not competing for the starting point guard spot on the Villa Park basketball team.

“Soccer is his best sport,” Villa Park basketball Coach Kevin Reynolds said. “He’s so good, our soccer coach told me he’ll just have to show up for games.

“That way, he’ll practice with us full time. Besides, soccer games start at 3, we don’t play until 7 or 7:30 at night.”

But isn’t Reynolds worried the 5-foot-9 junior might get tired?

“Nah,” Reynolds said. “That guy is the Energizer bunny.”

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At least one county coach, Irvine’s Terry Henigan, will be rooting hard for Mater Dei to win tonight against Concord De La Salle.

“I hope they beat them 30-0,” Henigan said. “We play Mater Dei next week. I don’t want to play them if they’re 1-2.”

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Sunny Hills Coach Tim Brogden was ecstatic over the Lancers’ 2-0 start--”Nobody was quite sure what kind of team we would have,” he said--but he knew the Brea Olinda game Friday would be the kind of early season test to show him where his team stood.

“They are the litmus test,” Brogden said. “We’ve tried to save a lot of things--both offense and defense--for this game. Unfortunately, because we got off to a slow start against El Modena last week, we had to use a couple of plays we wanted to hide.

“They are a very, very good team. It’s my hope we can compete with them.”

The test proved too tough for Sunny Hills, which fell to Brea, 28-0.

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Laguna Beach Coach Dave Holland, in his fourth season with the Artists, has had to teach the basics--and more--to his team, which is off to a 3-0 start after beating Capistrano Valley Christian, 31-10 Friday.

“We had to teach them how to prepare to play, how to win, how to practice hard,” Holland said. “And how to celebrate after a touchdown.

“We would score and the kid would run to the sideline, and no one would congratulate him. We showed them high fives and things.”